Wind Eye Ring (1)
The development of a civilization was not a fixed path. Take Earth as an example. Apart from ancient China, no civilization had ever created such beautiful poems.
They were all from China and used the same Chinese characters, so why were the ancient people able to write beautiful poems that were passed down through the ages, while the modern people could only recite the works of their predecessors?
This was an unsolvable question. Things like poems could only be produced in a specific time and space, and they were indispensable.
Not only was poetry a unique existence on Earth, but it was also an unparalleled masterpiece in the entire universe.
Therefore, when Xia Fei released these dozens of poems, all the poetry lovers in the Endaro Star Region went crazy!
The translation chip in Xia Fei's brain played a huge role in this. After it translated the poems, they were able to retain their own charm, unlike many other translated works that were ruined to the point of being neither fish nor fowl.
In just three days, these poems were bought no less than ten thousand times on average. Just this alone earned Xia Fei more than a hundred thousand star coins.
It must be known that this was the genuine universal currency of the universe, and if converted to federal dollars, it would be worth hundreds of millions!
Xia Fei's ID, WindTalker, was even more sought after. Everyone wanted to know who this mysterious author was and how he could write such a beautiful poem.
Many hardcore poetry lovers waited in front of their computers day and night, hoping to wait for Windspeaker's ID to come online so that they could read his other works as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, since the last time he logged in, there was no news from Windspeaker for three whole days, which whetted the appetite of these people.
It was only after Xia Fei left the Western Hills that he felt exhausted and sleepy. He had a hot pot meal at Dong Lai Shun before returning to his hotel room for a good night's sleep. Only then did he head to the AI computer room on the top floor of the A-class Citizen Management Bureau.
After logging into the Endaro Star Region Poetry Lovers website, Xia Fei opened his account.
"Oh my god!" Xia Fei could not believe his eyes. After deducting the 50% transaction fee, his account actually had five digits!
It was a total of 74,351 star coins, and this number was still constantly changing, changing every few seconds.
There were countless requests to speak to him in his inbox, and the top few were from the Endaro Star Region Poetry Lovers website.
He casually opened one of the letters. It was written that he wanted to monopolize the copyright of these poems and pay a thousand Star Coins per word.
Each word was worth a thousand taels of gold! What a fortune it would be!
From the poems left behind by the ancients, it was easy to take out a work of tens of thousands of words. That was equivalent to tens of millions of star coins!
Xia Fei thought about it for a moment before closing the letter and ignoring it.
"Quickly agree to them. That way, we'll have enough money to buy medicinal ingredients. Don't you want to become a true expert?" Gui Ying said anxiously.
Xia Fei shook his head and boasted shamelessly, "If we sell the copyright to them, they will surely take the opportunity to charge us a large sum of money. When that happens, it will be even more difficult for those ordinary lovers to read poems."
Actually, it was not that Xia Fei did not want to earn so much money, but that he could not.
The ancients were long gone, so the copyright naturally did not belong to anyone. Xia Fei could take advantage of the fact that the extraterrestrial civilization did not understand Earth to make some money, but it was not a wise move to get himself involved in a copyright dispute that he could not explain.
How could Gui Ying know any of this? He believed Xia Fei's words and praised, "I am truly more and more impressed by you. You are actually so considerate for the vast number of poetry lovers."
Xia Fei was speechless. He was not as great as Gui Ying made him out to be. He flipped through the other letters. Most of them were friendship letters from poetry lovers, and there were also some interview invitations from news organizations. Xia Fei was determined to hide his identity, so he ignored all these letters.
A special letter caught Xia Fei's attention. The other letters were all gray, and even the website's internal letters were black. However, this letter was different from the rest in pink.
He took a glance at the sender, Avril.
Xia Fei casually opened the letter and could not help but burst into laughter after reading it.
The content of the letter was like this:
"I order you to write a poem about the autumn ocean and send it to my mailbox."
Xia Fei lit a cigarette and took a light puff. From the name, it was obvious that it was a girl, but this attitude was really hard to accept.
"Order? Who do you think you are? "
With a light tap of his finger, Xia Fei wrote his reply.
"The ocean, you are so big. Autumn, you are so dry. Autumn, the ocean, you are still so big."
Xia Fei very vulgarly modified Gui Ying's crooked poem. He had a proud smile on his face as he lightly tapped the send button.
After he was done with this prank, Xia Fei racked his brains to come up with twenty-four poems to post on the website. He was now regretting that he did not have enough knowledge. If he had known that he could earn money doing this, he would not have skipped his language class.
After transferring 74,000 star coins to his bank account, Xia Fei began to browse through other trading websites. He was prepared to buy some medicinal ingredients for his cultivation and some high-tech items that could not be found on Earth.
"Give me ten Golden Crow Grass, ten Luminous Fruits, and more Green Vine Date Pits. Give me thirty of them." Gui Ying very casually said, as if these things were free.
Xia Fei endured the pain in his heart as he clicked on the purchase button. Every time he clicked, his heart would ache.
There was no other way. Now that Xia Fei had lost the ability to advance by himself, he could only rely on these medicinal ingredients to supplement his cultivation.
Seventeen medicinal ingredients and a set of refining equipment actually cost him 63,800 star coins. The wealth that he had just obtained was gone in the blink of an eye. How was this spending money? It was practically burning money!
"Too low-grade. I wouldn't even look at these medicinal ingredients in the past. Now, I can only use these to make ends meet." Gui Ying sighed.
Xia Fei was speechless. He, who was born into poverty, was still far from Gui Ying's level of spending money like it was dirt.
After exiting the medicinal ingredients market, Xia Fei began to wander around the general goods market. The general goods market was similar to the flea market on Earth. Most of them were second-hand goods. Xia Fei had limited funds and could not afford to buy anything too high-end, so he could only look for opportunities at the street stalls.
It was very inconvenient to wander around the market without the virtual reality helmet. Countless items were displayed on the screen, making him dizzy after looking at them for a while.
Xia Fei lit up a cigarette and forced himself to continue watching. This place charged ten thousand federal dollars for an hour, so Xia Fei was not willing to waste a single minute.
"Wind Eye Ring!" Gui Ying exclaimed, "Grade 2, made from Cicada Stone. This item is not bad. Buy it."
"What's the use of this item?" Xia Fei asked.
"It's very useful." Phantom said, "What you have is the Speed Ability. Can you feel the resistance of the air when you run?"
Xia Fei nodded, "Of course."
"This Wind Eye Ring is designed to reduce the air resistance. Those with the speed ability would need to wear such a ring. According to my calculations, the medicinal ingredients purchased this time should be enough for you to break through to the Star Light rank and reach the Primary Star Base rank. By then, your speed will exceed 100m per second. Without the Wind Eye Ring, just the air resistance alone would be enough for you to drink a few pots."
Xia Fei nodded slightly. This item actually had such a miraculous effect. With it, he could overcome the air resistance to a certain extent, allowing him to perfectly utilize his speed ability.
The price column had the word 'negotiable' written on it, and the item description column had the words' Steady Wind Ring '.
"It says that this is a Steady Wind Ring and not some Wind Eye Ring." Xia Fei pointed at the screen and said.
"This person doesn't know the ropes." Gui Ying said with contempt, "The Steady Wind Ring and the Wind Eye Ring have the same effect, but the Wind Eye Ring is slightly more outstanding. In terms of price, a Wind Eye Ring is at least 80,000 star coins, while the Steady Wind Ring is at most 10,000 star coins."
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