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Yan Yu walked into an equipment store with the equipment on her bracelet. This store was the one with the highest purchase price that she had found while strolling around.

C-grade eyebrow tip knives are purchased at the price of 3 gold coins and 50 silver coins each, and 97 of them are purchased for a total of 339 gold coins and 50 silver coins.

The D-level petrification ring is a special equipment, which is slightly more expensive than ordinary D-level equipment. It was finally sold at a price of 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins each, with a total price of 120 gold coins for 80 rings.

A C-grade petrifying ring costs 5 gold coins each. Yan Yu had a total of 18 rings, but only sold 15 of them, earning 75 gold coins.

There are also 5 B-level frozen necklaces and 5 B-level eyebrow knives, 56*10=560 gold coins.

After a trip to the equipment store, she earned a total of 1,094 gold coins and 50 silver coins. There were still 3 C-level petrification rings, 2 B-level petrification rings, 3 B-level eyebrow knives, 4 B-level and 1 A-level freezing necklaces left in her bracelet, which was considered a small fortune.

Of course, these transactions were conducted behind the backs of the live broadcast audience.

After acquiring so much equipment at once, the owner of the equipment store looked at Yan Yu with an even more kind look: "If you have any new equipment in the future, come to my store to sell it. I guarantee you will get the highest price in the city."

"If you want to buy some equipment, I'll give you a 20% discount."

For some reason, Henry felt that Yan Yu was kind from the first moment he saw her. In addition, the attributes of the equipment she sold him were really good, so he had a very good impression of her and was willing to make concessions.

Yan Yu's eyes lit up. "Thank you, Uncle Henry. Can I get a 20% discount on all levels of equipment?"

Henry was stunned at first, but soon he stroked his beard and laughed heartily: "Hahaha, of course."

"Okay, I'll remember that. Uncle Henry, please don't regret it."

"Don't worry, I'll keep my word. But after you forge new equipment, remember to come to me first to sell it."

Yan Yu made a gesture that it was all right, then smiled and picked out a few pieces of A-level equipment that he had set his eyes on before from the equipment store, arming himself from head to toe.

The original price of the four A-level equipment was 800 gold coins, but a 20% discount was applied during settlement, so only 640 gold coins were collected, saving a net 160 gold coins. It’s simply amazing!

The only pity is that the highest level of equipment sold in Uncle Henry’s shop is A-level, otherwise Yan Yu would have gotten an S-level one no matter what.

The time flow rate of this Western fantasy copy is basically the same as that of the player city. I entered it at 9 o'clock in the morning. After struggling for half a day, it is now past 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Yan Yu's stomach has been growling with hunger.

With the warm gold coins in her pocket, she swaggered into a bar and ordered food. While eating, she did not forget to listen to other people's conversations and extract some useful information from them.

The reason they chose a bar over a restaurant was, firstly, that this was the time when the most people came to the bar to eat and drink, being a gathering place for all kinds of people, and where information flowed quickly. Secondly, it was because the majority of people here were mercenaries and explorers, most of whom made their living hunting monsters, and thus had the most comprehensive information about them.

From those people, Yan Yu had a general understanding of the distribution and habits of the five monsters.

The lowest level is the Goblin, which is level 20. It is active in the eastern part of the forest and has a fixed refresh location. Each refresh point will spawn about 1,000 at a time. Its skill is Stink Spray. After being attacked by this skill, 200 health points will be lost at one time.

The second is the level 30 gargoyles, which mainly live in the mineral producing area in the northwest of the forest. They are just ordinary stone statues during the day and turn into wild monsters that can be killed at night.

Then there were the level 40 Tauren and their Skeleton Soldiers. The Tauren were scattered across the wasteland north of the town and were incredibly powerful. The Skeleton Soldiers, along with the level 50 Skeleton Lords, occupied the desert about 10 kilometers east of the town.

Except for the Skeleton Soldiers and Skeleton Lords, the other monsters are very far away and it takes at least five or six hours to walk. This forces players to choose only one type of monster to hunt, otherwise a lot of time will be wasted just on the road.

The closest place to the town is the goblin stronghold in the eastern part of the forest. Although it is close and convenient for returning to the city for supplies and accommodation, the goblins are of the lowest level, with only 1 point each. After clearing one wave, the second wave will not appear until the refresh point time limit is up, so it is not a good choice.

Yan Yu glanced at the bracelet and found that his teammates' points were increasing one by one. Although the speed of increase was very fast, the points soon stagnated like dead water. It was probably because the goblin refresh point entered the cooling period.

In five hours, the total points of Cardolin and the other three were about 10,000. It can be inferred that the refresh time of the goblins is about half an hour.

Yan Yu glanced at the contestant leaderboard again. The top place had already reached over 30,000 points, three times as many as her team. The 100th place at the bottom of the leaderboard also had 15,000 points, which was also much higher than theirs.

Teams ranked below 100 will not be included in the leaderboard, but the overall ranking will be displayed in the team information on the bracelet, right after the total team points.

Mermaid Princess' Most Beautiful Team - Total Points: 10055 - Rank: 1088

To enter the second stage, they must be ranked in the top 900 out of the 3,000 teams. With their current points, let alone getting the top three rewards, it is even a question whether they can qualify.

Yan Yu shook his head. It seemed that just charging forward wouldn't work.

After eating and drinking, Yan Yu took away the various snacks and drinks bought from the bar and went straight to the mission hall, but happened to witness a quarrel between a player and an NPC.

"I saw someone post a task this way this morning, exchanging equipment for materials, and settling the bill after trading the materials. Why doesn't it work for me?" A male player's eyes turned red with anxiety and his voice was particularly loud.

Aunt Mary put her hands on her waist and showed no sign of weakness: "They are people, and you are you. Right now, the mission hall only accepts missions that are paid with gold coins. Barter is not allowed!"

"Go get your manager. I want to file a complaint!"

Aunt Mary snorted, indicating that the process still had to be followed. Then, under the male player's smug look, she called someone at random: "Go call our manager, my eldest nephew, over here. Someone is causing trouble here and bullying his second aunt. Will he intervene?"

Male player: “…”

The matter was resolved quickly. After Aunt Mary's nephew came to the hall, he didn't even ask the reason for the matter. He directly listed the male player as a person with whom he should not have any dealings and threw him out.

Male player: "Fuck! The NPCs are ganging up on me!"

"So what if we bully you? We knew you weren't a good person the moment we saw you. If we really helped you launch a mission and used equipment to pay for materials, you'd definitely pass off inferior goods as good ones and deliberately fool us. We absolutely won't let you tarnish our reputation."

Aunt Mary brushed off the nonexistent dust on her apron and said in a cold voice, "You and your team are not allowed to enter the mission hall again."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and when she saw someone in the crowd, her eyes lit up: "Miss Yan, you're here again. What task do you want to issue this time?"

Aunt Mary, with a bright smile, took the initiative to come forward with a very kind attitude, without any trace of the cold and hostile attitude she had just shown towards other players.

The male player who just received a critical hit: "..."

Why is the world so different?

Yan Yu ignored the male player's doubtful look and walked straight forward, handing the bottle of rose wine in her hand as a gift to Aunt Mary: "I know you like to drink this, so I brought it specially for you."

"Haha, it's rare that you're so thoughtful. How about we have a drink together after Auntie gets off work?"

Aunt Mary pulled out the cork, leaned close to the bottle mouth and sniffed it, her expression intoxicated. "The wine made from the new red roses this year is so fragrant."

"I'm afraid I can't keep my appointment today. I'm going to find a team of mercenaries and go check out the forest."

[Hahaha, today the lady in the quest hall kicked out six guys like that male player. Anyone who's watched previous competitions knows that the favorability of the NPCs in the dungeon has been uniformly lowered by Lucy. Trying to get something for nothing is as difficult as climbing a mountain.]

I'm wondering why everyone rushes to the monster-filled areas upon entering the dungeon. There's very little intel you can get from the city or NPCs, and you're not allowed to enter anywhere without gold. It's a waste of time to just stay here.

[However, why can't others do this, but this person named Yan Yu has such a good relationship with the NPC lady? He even made his first pot of gold with the NPC lady's help.]

[Right, other players can only earn gold coins by killing monsters and getting the rare drops, but she got the gold coins without killing any monsters?]

What else could it be? She must have a talent or skill that increases NPC favorability. Thinking about it this way, Princess Cardolin's choice of her makes sense. Perhaps she's planning a surprising move.

[Stop joking above. Have you forgotten that there was a big boss leading a team before, and one of his teammates specifically obtained a skill book that increased their favorability by 30 points. With this skill, they did gain an advantage early on, but later they were backstabbed by the mercenaries they hired, and the entire team was wiped out. Now Yan Yu is trying to use her favorability to hire those unethical mercenaries again. Just wait for her to repeat the same mistake.]

[Yeah, none of those mercenaries are good. They're just a bunch of vultures that eat flesh and drink blood. Doing business with them is pure idiocy!]

[No matter what you think, I have a feeling that she can bring miracles.]

The last sentence in the barrage was criticized so much that the person who posted it stopped talking and just watched the live broadcast silently.

There weren't many viewers in Yan Yu's live broadcast room. Many trolls went to other small live broadcast rooms to seek a sense of presence after they finished taunting. Those who stayed were basically those who were looking for novelty or had a strong sixth sense.

It's simple, they are all expecting a miracle.

A miracle that was not favored by everyone.