When he returned to the game, Happy had a small stack of silver notes on his person. This was the result of fighting against the savage Wild Wolves for a night.
The fangs and claws of ferocious wild wolves could be used to create pretty good hidden weapons or ground into powder to be used as medicine. Their value was equivalent to twice that of a normal adult wild wolf. To normal players, they might not be easy to deal with, but to veterans who knew how ferocious wild wolves attacked, Happy felt that they were not ferocious enough! They could not last long under Shaolin's Long Fist, and they did not even have the chance to use Jinchuang Ointment.
Day arrived.
The savage Wild Wolves vanished without a trace, and only adult Wild Wolves remained outside Cold Mountain Temple.
The normal Wild Wolves could no longer help Happy. Shaolin's Long Fist at the seventh realm had reached the realm of wielding something heavy as if it were light. The wind generated by his fists was astonishing, and with just two or three punches, he could crush a Wild Wolf's bones. The value of the fur he obtained was less than a quarter of what he obtained during the night. If he continued fighting, he would just be wasting time.
Without hesitation, Happy took the silver notes and went to a weapon shop in Gusu City.
…
The weapons in World of Martial Arts also had a huge system!
In the beginning, the iron weapons only increased a little, but they were worn down quite a lot, and their consumption was great. Basically, after a fierce battle, they needed to be refined and repaired again.
The price of iron weapons was also rather normal. They could be bought for fifty taels of silver crumbs to one hundred taels of silver crumbs.
The slightly more durable ones were bronze weapons. Even though their attack did not increase significantly, their toughness and sturdiness were their characteristics. They were also thick and easy to wield. Swordsmen usually liked bronze swords more than iron swords. No one liked patching up their weapons for no good reason or having their weapons break during critical moments.
However, the price of bronze weapons was much higher. Usually, they cost more than two hundred taels of silver crumbs. The superior quality weapons made by famous masters were even sharper, and their prices would increase by several fold!
Above bronze were refined steel, red copper, and cold iron. All of them had to be forged by famous masters, and practically every sword had a famous name.
Just as the name implied, the weapons created by famous masters were a brand. Famous brands naturally had higher prices, and they were not something a normal person could afford.
The lowest grade nine weapon was worth one thousand taels of silver crumbs to high-grade grade one masterpieces, which were worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver crumbs.
Above masterpieces were the legendary divine weapons that no one had ever possessed!
Gan Jiang! Mo Xie!
Heavenly Sword! Slaying a dragon!
Fish Intestines (Five bites: Clear Sable, Pure Jun, Evil-Slaying, Fish Intestines, Juque) …
Every divine weapon had an extraordinary ability, but no one knew the real situation.
…
With Happy's five hundred taels of silver crumbs, it was naturally impossible for him to buy masterpieces. Once he strolled through the weapon shops, he became incredibly hesitant.
The lowest price for a bronze sword was two hundred and forty taels of silver crumbs, but what he wanted to buy was a pair of gloves. There were only three types of gloves in the shop. One of them was an iron ring, and when he looked at it, he thought of the villains in the movies. He decided to pass on that one. The other was a Soft-silken Silver Scales. It increased the protection of the hands and allowed them to come into contact with weapons. At the same time, it also increased the damage of the gloves. They also looked pretty good, and their durability was greater than that of bronze weapons. As long as they did not touch high-grade masterpieces or divine weapons, it would be very difficult for them to be damaged.
However, the price of this item was also ridiculously expensive!
Two thousand silver taels …
There was no need to even mention the last one. It was a high-grade masterpiece, Green Jade Shrouded in Heavenly Silks. It was decorated in a luxurious and beautiful manner, and it exuded a cold presence. With just one glance, Happy could tell that it was a famous brand among famous brands. There was no need to even think about it.
In his gloominess, he could only turn around.
"A pawnshop?"
He cast a glance at the word "pawnshop" in the shop beside him, and a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
Even though pawnshops were places where people used small items to bet on big items, they often had good items appear in them. There were times when pearls were covered in dust, and the price was much lower than the market price in normal shops. As long as a person's eyes were sharp enough and he was lucky enough, he might be able to get a good pawnshop item.
A thought appeared in his head, and Happy entered the shop with five hundred taels of silver crumbs.
It was different from the pawnshops of the Qing Dynasty. The pawnshops of that time had a spacious compartment, and they were no different from normal shops. They were filled with items that had already been pawned, and they were displayed for sale at a price that was higher than the price they were supposed to be mortgaged. There were all sorts of items, including swords, medicinal pills, clothes, jade artifacts, and even martial art manuals.
Happy looked around.
He skipped over the useless jade artifacts and clothes. He was not interested in medicinal pills either. He only looked at the weapons and martial art manuals, but in the end, he still found nothing. He could not find anything suitable.
Some of them might have value, but if he added the repair fees, he would only be able to sell them at a normal market price. He would not be able to earn anything from them.
Just when Happy was about to turn around and leave, two players rushed in from outside the shop. They were dressed in the attire of laborers, and they happened to walk past him. They quickly cast a glance at the items in the counter and the prices.
They did not stay for long. They quickly looked around before they left.
It should have been a very inconspicuous scene, but pawnshops were not places where players often came to. Besides, it was clearly not very smart for them to just take a quick look at the items.
Happy stopped moving and waited for the duo to leave. Then, he cast a glance at the spot where one of them had stayed for a rather long time, and his expression finally changed.
Jade artifacts!
There was an old piece of jade in the counter. It looked very normal, and it was placed among the many jade artifacts. If the duo's strange actions had not stirred up Happy's curiosity and suspicion, it would have been very difficult for him to notice that there were some words on the jade slit ring if he did not look carefully.
A jade slit ring!
Some of the older generation in the world of martial artists were worried that their martial arts would be lost to them or that they would forget the words, so they usually liked to record martial art manuals and incantations on jade pendants that were rather small and easy to wear. These jade pendants would only reveal their secrets under certain circumstances, and this jade slit ring was clearly one of them.
"I see."
Happy smiled and looked away before he turned around and left.
Even though the value of the jade slit ring was normal and he could buy it, he would not have any extra money left after he bought it. Instead of buying a normal high-tier martial art that was of little value, it would be better for him to do something more meaningful.
Happy did not believe that the pawnshop, which was such an intelligent place, would not be able to notice the value of such an obvious skill transmitting jade slit ring.
There were only two possibilities.
Either the value of the skill transmitting jade slit ring was not high, or the incantations were incomplete!
By the looks of it, the two players from before had already set their eyes on the "bait" the pawnshop had set, but Happy did not want to be a stupid fish. He turned around and left the pawnshop resolutely.
"That brat didn't fall for it!"
The two players from before walked out with frowns on their faces when they turned the corner of the pawnshop.
As they watched Happy leave, they frowned at each other.
"That doesn't make sense."
"It's not easy for us to run into a quest that the shopkeeper gave us. The reward is one hundred taels of silver crumbs, but he didn't manage to complete it. That brat is too stingy."
Happy did not know that the previous incident was actually a quest that the shopkeeper had planned. His experience had allowed him to avoid a disaster.
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