"System notification: Your pet Cerberus has leveled up and gained 300 HP, 700 MP, 56 Attack, 24 Defense, 2 Fire Attribute Enhancement, 2 Water Attribute Enhancement, 2 Metal Attribute Enhancement, and 1 Soul Power."

"System notification: Congratulations on killing the level 18 Yellow Rank boss Shadow Panther. Due to the current nighttime period, the experience gained is halved. You have gained experience, 4 gold coins, 15 silver coins, and merit +100."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, granting you 2 Strength, 3 Free Attribute Points, 1 Agility, 2 Intelligence, and 2 Stamina."

"System notification: Congratulations, your level has increased to 19. You have gained 40 health points, 20 mana points, 5 free attribute points, and 1 soul power point."

...

A few hours later, Wang Ming's level reached 19, and Cerberus's level also reached 15.

Wang Ming sat on the ground and added all the free attribute points he received from leveling up and those he stole from Soul Devourer to his stamina.

After resting for a while, they picked up the items dropped by the boss.

Although it's a level 19 boss, there's no first-kill notification, so it's likely been cleared out by other players long ago.

Wang Ming glanced at the loot and found that only two 3-star equipment pieces were somewhat valuable; the rest were nothing of note.

"System notification: The item you bid on, the Flame Lord Hidden Class Change Scroll, has been successfully sold."

"System notification: The skill book - Yangguan Sandie that you bid on has been successfully sold."

"System notification: The Elemental Bracelet you bid on has been successfully sold."

"System notification: The item you bid on, the Boots of Agility, has been successfully sold."

"The auction is over." Wang Ming heard the system announcement and then opened the auction house with some anticipation.

I opened the sales page, and there were a bunch of items that had been sold.

Flame Lord Hidden Class Change Scroll: Sold for 1550 gold.

Yangguan Sandie: Transaction price 350 gold.

Elemental Bracelet: Sold for 220 gold.

Boots of Swiftness: Sold for 186 gold.

Resurrection: Transaction price 430 gold.

In addition to the items auctioned, five Philosopher's Stones were also sold.

"1550 gold! Is this hidden profession scroll really that valuable?" Wang Ming was somewhat surprised.

Wang Ming expected that the hidden profession's job change scroll would sell for a maximum of 1,000 gold, but he didn't expect it to sell for such a high price.

Wang Ming then collected all the gold coins that had been sold.

"System notification: The item you listed - Flame Lord Hidden Job Change Scroll - has been sold. After deducting the handling fee of 155 gold coins, you have received 1395 gold coins."

......

......

"Ding ding ding~" A series of system notification sounds rang out, and the number of gold coins held by Wang Ming continued to rise, eventually breaking through the 3,000 mark.

"3425 gold coins, wow, respectable."

"The auction house's fees are just too expensive!"

Open the currency exchange system. At this time, the buyback price of gold coins is 1:4500, and the purchase price is 1:6500.

"It's only been one day, and I've already lost another 500. I need to exchange these gold coins for real money quickly."

Wang Ming opened the recycling interface and was about to enter a number when a series of messages from his friends came through.

"System notification: You have received a message from a friend."

...

"Who is it? Why the rush?" Wang Ming opened his friend list and saw that it was a message from Shengcai Youdao.

"Making Money (Yesterday): Bro, are you there?"

...

"Making Money (Just Now): Bro, are you there?"

"Making Money (Just Now): Brother, I need to talk to you urgently."

"Making Money (Just Now): Bro, can you reply to me?"

...

"Damn it, it's this kid."

Shengcai Youdao was a ghost dancer, and Wang Ming's throwing proficiency skill was bought from him.

During the beginner village period, he was also Wang Ming's dart supplier.

Wang Ming's throwing proficiency has played a significant role since he entered the game, so he has a certain fondness for the "Money-Making Way" (a game mechanic).

But ever since Wang Ming learned that Shengcai Youdao had sold him worthless darts for 5 copper coins each, Wang Ming was furious and has held a grudge against Shengcai Youdao ever since.

"Damn it, you scoundrel."

Wang Ming closed the friend request and ignored it, but then a series of rapid beeping sounds came through.

"System notification: You have received a voice request from Shengcaiyoudao. Do you wish to accept it?"

"no!"

...

"Holy crap, they rejected it! No way, bro, we can't do this!"

When Shengcai Youdao saw that his voice request had been rejected by Wang Ming, he became anxious and sent another voice request.

"System notification: The other party has rejected your voice request."

"Damn it, another rejection. No, no, keep applying, or it'll be too late."

...

"Damn it, isn't this kid annoying?" Wang Ming was speechless, but finally accepted the voice request with some impatience.

"Brother, my dear brother, you finally answered the phone."

"Hehe, I'm saying there's a way to make money, but don't call me that so affectionately, you can't take that title."

"No, brother, even though you're not my biological brother, in this game, you are my biological brother."

"Oh, really? When you sold me the darts for 5 copper coins each, did you treat me like your own brother? Is this how you rip off your own brother?"

Upon hearing Wang Ming's words, Shengcai Youdao's heart skipped a beat, realizing that Wang Ming had finally discovered the secret of the darts.

"Hehe, bro, you don't know, when I first entered the game, it was so hard."

"Although these darts aren't worth much, I spent my days and nights mining iron ore, which was very hard work."

"Of course, bro, that's no reason for me to cheat you."

"If you still feel uncomfortable, I'll refund your money."

"Brother, do you think this will work?"

"Forget it, let's not dwell on the past. A few dozen gold coins are nothing to me."

"Tell me, what do you want from me this time?"

Wang Ming wasn't a petty person; he was just a little upset because he had suffered a loss in silence.

"Hehe, bro, it's like this, I want to buy the gold coins you have."

"What? You want to buy my gold coins?"

"Yes, bro, you just sold the hidden job change scroll and Yangguan Sandie, you should have a lot of gold coins on hand."

"Uh, how did you know?"

"Hehe, bro, you forgot? When you uploaded it yesterday, you sent it to the server loudspeaker."

"Oh, right, I forgot about it."

"Hehe, right?"

"I messaged you then, intending to reserve the gold coins you had, but you didn't reply."

"I thought the items had just been put on the shelves, so I didn't want to bother you and waited until now."

Wang Ming recalled that among the messages he had just seen was one from yesterday.

"How about it, bro, sell me the gold coins."

"I will offer 5,000 Chinese yuan per coin to buy it."

"5000 Chinese Yuan, are you sure?"

"Hehe, bro, I'm sure."

"5000 Chinese Yuan, brother. I'll take all the gold coins you have."

I have 5000 Huaxia coins, and I have more than 3400 gold coins, but the system's buyback price is only 4500 Huaxia coins.

In other words,

Selling it to Shengcaiyoudao would yield 1.7 million more Huaxia coins than having it recycled by the system, which seems like a good deal.

“Selling it to you isn’t out of the question, but I’d like to know why.”

"Because in my opinion, you wouldn't be buying so many gold coins for your own use, would you?"

"Well, hehe, brother, you have a keen eye."

"I definitely didn't use it for myself."

"So what are you doing...?"

"Hehe, I'm a game merchant."

"I bought these gold coins so I could resell them to someone else."