Su Ming turned around, looked at the afro-headed stalker, and asked:
"Call me?"
Su Ming looked Mai Lang up and down, wondering if his afro was not very suitable for a stalker...
Mai Lang smiled and said:
"Of course I called you, my big customer. I bought 99 whetstones in one go. I know of an upcoming trade fair. How about I take you there?"
The so-called trade fair is a place where a group of players come together to anonymously buy and sell high-quality equipment.
There are two advantages to trading in this kind of place - 1. You can avoid the system's commission. 2. You don't have to worry about others knowing that you bought good equipment.
If it's just the first point, you can do it by setting up a stall. However, if a piece of good equipment appears when setting up a stall, it will often attract a lot of people to watch, and it will be clear who bought it.
There have been many cases in the game where after buying equipment on the front foot, someone PKed away the equipment on the back foot.
In order to avoid the above situation from happening, players have gradually begun to organize trade fairs themselves.
Trade fairs rely on several intermediaries to contact sellers and buyers, are held irregularly, and have relatively few participants.
Hearing Mai Lang mention the trade fair, Su Ming knew what Mai Lang had in mind - sometimes if there weren't enough buyers at the trade fair, they would entrust others to find buyers. Those who found buyers would receive rewards based on the buyer's presence.
Mai Lang obviously wanted to earn dividends from the trading volume in this trade fair.
"When will the trade fair be held?" Su Ming asked.
Venus is about to go to sea. If the trade fair is held later, Su Ming will have no choice but to give up.
When Mai Lang heard Su Ming ask this question, he knew that Su Ming had the intention to participate. He said happily:
"It's being held right now. If you want to go, I can take you there right away."
Su Ming didn't expect that it was a trade fair that had already been held. This kind of trade fair didn't last long. It didn't take much time to go shopping, buy what you wanted, and leave what you didn't want.
"I can participate, but I don't guarantee that I will buy equipment." Su Ming vaccinated Mai Lang in advance. He has good equipment, but he may not be able to find equipment that suits him at the trade fair.
Mai Lang laughed and said:
"It's easy to say, just try your luck. If you are lucky, you will make money and I will make money too."
Mai Lang sent an invitation to Su Ming to form a team, and it would be up to the team to identify who was brought in later.
After Su Ming agreed, Mai Lang saw Su Ming's name under the dress and said in surprise:
"He is actually the master of spores. No wonder there are 99 whetstones in his hand."
"What's this...you have many more whetstones than I do. By the way, where did this whetstone explode?"
"The rock monsters outside the city will explode. They are only over ten levels, so you can kill them casually, but the explosion rate is a bit low."
"Then how did you save so much?"
Su Ming's question opened up Mai Lang's chatterbox. He was worried that no one knew about his unique vision and making a lot of money...
In this way, Su Ming listened to Mai Lang's story about him and the whetstone, and came to a manor. There were two hunter players guarding the door to prevent stalkers from sneaking in.
The trade fair was held in this manor. The organizer was a well-known player from around Mordia City. The manor was rented.
The hunter guarding the gate recognized Mai Lang and said with a smile:
"I thought you weren't coming... Why does this person you brought look familiar?"
Su Ming now wears an eye mask, which can be regarded as a small piece of clothing. It was given by Mai Lang and can hide his identity and fine-tune his facial lines.
Mai Lang said to the hunter player in a joking tone:
"It's taboo to inquire about the buyer's identity. Get out of the way. If I don't move faster, all the good stuff will be bought."
"Okay, okay, I won't interrupt you to make money, let's go in. It's only been open for 10 minutes, there should be a lot of good things, but it's a pity that I don't have any money left, otherwise I would go in and buy a few."
Su Ming followed Mai Lang and entered the manor. In a house with ordinary decoration, thirty or forty players gathered.
There are only about a dozen players setting up stalls, and the rest are buyers.
"You go shopping first and call me after you finish shopping. I'll go say hello to my friends first," Mai Lang said.
Su Ming nodded and wandered alone.
As he clicked through the stalls one by one, Su Ming was a little disappointed. Everyone displayed common golden equipment, and even common equipment such as Oasis suit parts could be entered.
Su Ming naturally doesn't like this kind of equipment, but for normal players, these are already very good equipment.
Soon, Su Ming arrived at the last stall. There was a lot of noise here, as if there was an argument.
"Damn, is there something wrong with him? He came to the trade fair and he only exchanged it but didn't sell it. Who let him in?"
"That's right, you've got 20,000 gold. What equipment can't you buy with this money? Can't you use the money to find equipment yourself? You have to exchange it here."
"Hey, you two look like they're new here, right? Brother Jar has been to the 3rd trade fair, and he didn't even buy it if someone offered him 25,000 gold. I don't know what he thinks."
Su Ming looked at the stall owner who was being complained about - this man had a clay pot on his head, sitting cross-legged on the ground, with a long sword on his knees.
Su Ming thought:
"No wonder he's called Brother Jar. With a jar on his head, others can't see his face clearly. It's indeed a good way to hide his identity. It's much more reliable than a blindfold."
Brother Guan just sat quietly and didn't care about other people's complaints. When someone asked about the equipment, he would just say "just exchange it, not sell it."
Su Ming opened his stall to check and smiled.
He thought it was some kind of good equipment, but it turned out to be just a piece of dark gold...
Earth-shaking steel trousers (LV38, dark gold):
+1300 health, +140 armor, +100 magic resistance
+125 strength, +145 constitution
+8% maximum health, -3% damage taken.
Earthshaker: Passive: +35 movement speed.
Active: Stomp on the ground, knocking down enemies within 4 yards around yourself, and causing (100+10% of the wearer's maximum health) points of damage. Cooldown: 30 seconds.
Durability:110/110
Career requirements: None
At first glance, this piece of equipment is for Rou Tuo Tuo. To put it bluntly, its value is not as high as the pants that Su Ming used to kill the multi-headed snake.
The most valuable part of this pair of pants is the "-3% damage received" and the active control skills.
It's not that it's very powerful, it's just that it's relatively rare, and its power can only be exerted when a lot of equipment with the same entry is worn together.
Although the fierce scale trousers currently used are more expensive than the ones listed by Guan Ge, being expensive does not mean they are good. The fierce scale trousers are obviously not as suitable as steel trousers for Su Ming, so Su Ming posted the properties of the fierce scale trousers to
Brother Jar, then asked:
"Can I trade these pants with you? But my pants seem to be better, so you have to give me some extra money."
When Brother Guan saw the equipment sent by Su Ming, which provided a 12% bonus to basic attack damage and a 15% bonus to movement speed, he immediately agreed.
These two attributes are perfectly suitable attributes for the swordsmanship apprentice profession.
"How much more?" Brother Jar asked.
"5,000 gold?"
"I don't have that much money, but can I use this equipment to add 2,000 gold?"
Brother Guan sent Su Ming the attributes of another piece of equipment.
Deep sea escape boots (LV30, gold):
+800 health, +900 mana
+80 Agility, +45 Constitution
+30 movement speed.
Gem Slot(2):
Advanced movement speed gem*2: +8% movement speed.
Deep Sea Escape: Active: Can be activated in an underwater environment, jetting air to propel itself forward 60 yards quickly. Cooling: 1 minute.
Durability:45/45
Career requirements: None
This piece of equipment is obviously used by Brother Jar himself. Its basic attributes are not very good, and it also has a useless skill. If it hadn't been equipped with two rare movement speed gems, it would definitely not be worth 3,000 gold coins. But if there are gems, let's talk about it separately.
Already.
When Su Ming saw this piece of equipment, he opened his equipment column and checked it, and found that the format was very similar to his own scarf. Su Ming was surprised: It has no set attributes, and the names are so similar. Is it a coincidence?
Seeing Su Ming deep in thought, Brother Guan asked anxiously:
"May I?"
Su Ming came back to his senses, nodded and said:
"Okay, let's trade."
Su Ming initiated a transaction request to Brother Jar. During the transaction, Su Ming asked:
"Where did that jar on your head come from? Is it equipment or fashion?"
When Brother Guan heard Su Ming ask about this jar, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly:
"You like it? I'll give you one."
He conveniently placed various jars in the transaction column...
There are rows of jars with different colors, styles and materials.
"Which one do you like? Pick whatever you want, don't be polite."
Su Ming placed his gaze on the jars, magnified them, and observed them carefully. These were ordinary jars with no attributes. Apart from covering the head, they were probably of no use at all.
But as Jar Jar said, you have to pick what you like.
"That's it." Finally, Su Ming chose a simple clay pot.
"Haha, you are discerning and like me to be low-key."
After the transaction was completed, Brother Guan left. Su Ming found Mai Lang who was chatting with someone and asked:
"How much do you want to smoke?"
Mai Lang smiled and said:
"Did you buy what you wanted? I won't smoke yours. You take me to the person you have traded with, and I will smoke his."
"Uh...it seems like he didn't make any money, and even lost money..."
"What?"
Mai Lang was stunned for a moment, and after listening to Su Ming explain what happened just now, he said speechlessly:
"You are really amazing. You can actually earn 2,000 gold coins for just one trip. I'll take 5%. Please give me 100 gold coins."
"Okay." Su Ming gave Mai Lang 100 gold, and then asked, "Do you know who that jar guy is?"
"I'm not sure. He just appeared in Mordia City recently. He's a strange guy. Whether it's fighting monsters or PK, he only uses flat A, but he's really strong. Many people can't beat him..."
Su Ming nodded, indicating that he understood. There are many strange people in the game, and it would not be surprising to meet one of them.
After that, Su Ming withdrew from the team and left the manor.
