The remaining items are bronze equipment, which is currently not in high demand. However, the attributes of the two pieces of bronze equipment dropped by the Silver Wolf King are actually similar to the level 20 Black Iron equipment dropped by the bandits. After some consideration, Wu Shaochen decided to list the two pieces of equipment for 60,000 each, but they were instantly bought out. It seems that the buyers were only interested in the fact that they were bronze and didn't even look at the attributes.
Wu Shaochen looked at the two remaining pieces of equipment, the "Black Bear King Boots" and the "Graphite Helmet." One was dropped by a level 17 Black Bear King, and the other was dropped by a level 20 Bandit Leader. Both items had good attributes. He was considering whether to put them up for auction or set a price based on previous transactions.
Unknown to Wu Shaochen, most players in Jinling City were eagerly watching the auction house, as they had never seen such a large quantity of wholesale Black Iron and bronze equipment before.
Meanwhile, Wu Shaochen received a private message.
Xueer: "Did you list all the equipment on the auction house?"
DustySeal: "Yes, what's up?"
Xueer: "..."
Xueer: "Is there any left?"
DustySeal: "Do you want some?"
Xueer: "Yes."
Realizing that the conversation seemed ambiguous, Xueer quickly added, "I only want bronze equipment. Do you have any?"
After some thought, Wu Shaochen sent screenshots of the attributes of the remaining two pieces of equipment, both of which were suitable for all professions.
Xueer: "How much are you selling them for?"
DustySeal: "The usual price, 160,000 each."
Xueer: "Okay."
The transaction was quickly completed. Wu Shaochen couldn't help but ask curiously, "Beauty, do you own a mine or something? You seem quite wealthy."
Xueer: "Yes, that's why we can collaborate in the long term."
...
DustySeal: "Can't we be a bit more low-key?"
After converting all the unwanted equipment into money, Wu Shaochen suddenly gained nearly 900,000. He was in a great mood and glanced at the house where the Bandit Leader resided. Curiously, he walked inside, wondering why this guy didn't come out even after all his subordinates were killed.
Entering the house, he found it to be quite large but lacking in decoration. Besides the main hall, there were a few rooms, and faint sounds of crying could be heard from inside.
Wu Shaochen walked towards the source of the sound and opened the door, only to see two women with disheveled clothes and tear-stained faces, looking at him in fear.
After taking a quick look at the situation in the house, Wu Shaochen finally understood why this Bandit Leader didn't want anyone to come up here. What a pleasure seeker, engaging in threesomes? He had interrupted their affair, no wonder they looked at him as if they had deep-seated grievances.
Glancing at the disheveled clothes of the two women, they seemed to be village girls kidnapped from somewhere. They were quite decent looking. This Bandit Leader had good taste, it seemed.
"Alright, you two should hurry back home. I've already killed the Bandit Leader of the Heifeng Bandit Camp," Wu Shaochen said to them.
"..."
However, the two women showed no reaction and continued to look terrified.
"Uh, you don't believe me??" Wu Shaochen had to emphasize loudly once again.
This time, the two finally reacted, and one of the women weakly asked, "I-Is it... really true?"
"Why would I lie to you? Go outside and see for yourselves. Hurry up and leave, or you might not be able to escape later," Wu Shaochen was unsure if the bandits in this area would respawn. If these two women continued to dawdle, they might really be trapped.
The two women tidied up their clothes and cautiously walked outside...
After a few minutes, the two women came running back and knelt directly in front of Wu Shaochen.
"Thank you, young hero, for saving our lives. Thank you... thank you..." They kowtowed and cried. They thought their lives were over, that they would forever be playthings for that demon. They never expected to have a chance to escape.
Wu Shaochen was flustered by the whole situation and quickly helped them up, saying, "Alright, alright, no need to thank me anymore. Hurry and go back."
It took a while to calm the two women down. At that moment, one of them suddenly said, "Sir, I know where this demon's treasure is hidden."
"Really?" Wu Shaochen's eyes lit up. He didn't expect there to be hidden benefits.
"Please follow me, sir," the woman said, leading Wu Shaochen towards one of the rooms.
The room looked like a storage room, with various random items scattered about. To be honest, if he had to search for something himself, he would give up after a glance at a place like this.
The woman knocked and fiddled around in the room. After a while, a stone wall on one side of the room suddenly opened, revealing a stone door big enough for one person to enter.
"Quite fancy!" Wu Shaochen was a bit surprised. This mechanism was well-hidden; he couldn't tell at all before.
"Sir, the demon has put all the money he looted over the years into the chests inside. You'll be able to see it once you go in, but he's the only one with the key to the treasure chest," the woman explained.
"Oh?" Wu Shaochen suddenly remembered the key he had just obtained. He had initially thought it was the key to a treasure chest on a treasure map, but now it seemed to be for this place.
Wu Shaochen entered the room. It was a small house with only one large chest inside, and nothing else.
Wu Shaochen walked over excitedly and saw that the treasure chest was locked. He took out the key from his backpack and tried it, and it opened right away.
The moment the chest opened, Wu Shaochen's eyes were almost blinded. The room was originally dimly lit, but when the chest opened, it revealed a dazzling golden sight that made it difficult for Wu Shaochen to keep his eyes open.
After a while, his vision recovered, and he saw that the chest was filled with golden coins. Wu Shaochen's mouth watered.
"I'm getting rich..." Wu Shaochen unabashedly started filling his backpack.
After a while, he finally emptied the chest. His backpack now showed that he had 673 gold coins. He originally had only 161 gold coins in his backpack, which meant this one chest had over 500 gold coins. Wu Shaochen was ecstatic. It was a good thing he came in; otherwise, he would have missed out.
Although the value of in-game currency had significantly decreased due to the increased money-making ability as everyone entered the main city and improved their strength, the exchange rate was still 1 gold coin for 10 copper coins. In other words, 1 gold coin was equivalent to 1,000 yuan, so over 500 gold coins amounted to over five hundred thousand.
"Ah, the depreciation of gold coins is so fast. Should I sell some?" After considering it, Wu Shaochen decided against it. He felt that gold coins would be very useful in the future, and besides, he didn't lack this five hundred thousand.
After collecting the gold coins, he noticed a pearl at the bottom of the chest and quickly picked it up to examine it.
[Magic Pearl]: Carrying it with you allows for a continuous recovery of magic points at a rate of 2% per second.
"..."
Damn, this effect is comparable to an artifact. Although the amount of recovery isn't much, it's continuous, which means it can restore magic points even during battles. No need to worry about running out of mana.
But it's a bit of a waste for me, a rogue, to have it. If I sell it to a mage, it'll definitely fetch a sky-high price. What should I do? Should I sell it or keep it?
I'll use it myself for now. The price of this item is really hard to determine. Who knows, when I have more skills, I might also have times when I don't have enough mana.
Seeing that there was nothing else in the room, Wu Shaochen walked out satisfied. He was surprised to see the two women still standing outside, so he asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"
The two women looked hesitant, and one of them said, "Sir, could you please be kind enough to escort us back? We're from Liu Family Village, which is 10 kilometers away from here. But to get there, we have to pass through Tiger Roar Forest, where there are many fierce tigers. The two of us are not strong enough to handle them, so..."
I see. Well, saving people means seeing it through. I'll see it as a good deed. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to get so many gold coins. Wu Shaochen was in an extremely good mood at the moment, so he readily agreed.