My Chaotic City

Chapter 17: Itching to Kick Him Away

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After obtaining his Passive Skill, Li Hanqiang felt excited to try it out regardless of whether it was good or not.

However, as the Chaotic Energy in the Chaos’ Core had yet to reach five points, he was unable to use it and try his luck.

“It seems that I can only go idle…” Li Hanqiang was very displeased. The Defensive Tower Shop, Chaotic Treasury, and Limitless Tower were also not yet constructed. Neither were there any monsters attacking the city. If he did not go idle, what else could he do?

“I guess being an adventurer is more fun, you don’t ever need to go idle. Whatever, let’s just go fishing!” Li Hanqiang rode Young Black Thorned Turtle back to the Blue Ripple Pond and got on the boat, taking out his fishing rod as he began to fish.

Blue Ripple Pond’s rules were that fishing while online had a higher success rate than fishing while idle. Li Hanqiang was incapable in other areas, but he had endurance and was patient. He was especially adept at “being a turtle”. This was his special skill of ‘sleeping online’ that he had trained. As long as he was not hungry, he did not need to go offline.

Did the King of Endurance need to go offline to sleep?

Obviously not!

With modern technology, the VR headset was very good at monitoring the player’s vital signs. As soon as it found out the player was asleep for more than ten minutes or detected that the player was in a state of exhaustion and was in no shape to continue the game, it would automatically disconnect the player.

However, Li Hanqiang’s ‘sleeping online’ skill was cultivated from a decade of training. He could fall asleep within a minute and wake up 5 minutes later. Keeping up this pattern meant that he could continue to keep his mental energy up.

This was not something a normal King of Endurance could do.

Li Hanqiang was excited to see what other interesting things he could fish out and was extremely charged up. However after four continuous hours, he only caught 26 Green Carp.

“Am I fated to end up with the Green Carp?” Li Hanqiang looked at the green diagrams in the Fish Basket’s board and felt very displeased. He could not take this kind of boring fishing anymore.

At this moment, he received a message from a friend.

[Big Trader: Bro, I’ve gone to your shop and bought some stock. Please remember to prepare my subsidy.]

Big Trader was Li Hanqiang’s first in-game friend and the pot-bellied player who sold him the construction blueprint for Blue Ripple Pond.

[Ok!] Li Hanqiang replied, then thought about it. Could an adventurer enter The Chaotic City when there were no monsters attacking?

He did a quick search and found out that this was possible. There were also no limits on how often they could enter.

Of course, it would require a special ticket and they would need to leave before the next wave of monster attacks. It was also impossible when the Chaotic City Lord was not online.

Very quickly a system notification came by.

[Player Big Trader is requesting permission to enter your Chaotic City. Do you permit this?]

[Yes!]

Li Hanqiang was bored of fishing Green Carp as well, and he rapidly put away the fishing rod and rode his Level 1 Young Black Thorned Turtle back to The Chaotic City.

At that moment, the Space-Time Wormhole flashed and Big Trader stepped out of it.

The fellow was grinning from ear to ear, seeming very pleased with himself.

The 50 low-level Healing Potions which he bought were all sold out.

Furthermore, selling potions in the wilderness was a very good business. Endless World was too popular and players who were grinding to level up were as numerous as grass. There were many players who were too lazy to return to the city to buy potions, so he just made a few announcements in the wilderness. In a dozen or so minutes, 50 bottles of low-level Healing Potions were sold out. He even sold it at 11 silver coins per bottle, which was 1 silver coin higher than what was sold in the in-game store.

This convinced him of the viability of the business.

In the future, Big Trader was not going to grind for levels. He would just return to the city to stock up and go out to the wilderness to sell his wares. He would be a potion trader.

In the beginning, he had made a killing.

However very quickly, he had competition. Everybody returned to the city to buy potions and sell them at 11 silver coins in the training areas of the wilderness.

Furthermore, the number of players who were too lazy to return to the city to buy potions started to dislike these potion merchants and began to boycott them, creating a downturn in demand.

In that way, the price of low-level potions began to deflate. For example, a low-level Healing Potion’s original price was 11 silver coins a bottle. It was now 21 silver coins for two, and then 31 silver coins for three…

Big Trader’s business started to become less profitable, and at this time, this kind of potion trading was no longer profitable.

Truthfully, he had been thinking of coming to Li Hanqiang to get some stock. However to get in, he would need a special ticket.

One ticket cost 1 gold coin!

How many potions would he need to sell to recoup his cost?

Big Trader thought about it for a long while and felt that he had to get at least 200 bottles of low-level potions to turn a profit. Therefore he had endured until now, collecting 35 gold coins before he returned to buy some more stock.

To be honest, the game had only gone live not too long ago, and a player who was able to make 35 gold coins was considered gifted. Big Trader was already no ordinary person.

He did not think of himself as an outsider as he walked to a Chaotic Stone Slab on his own and began to buy his potions.

Low-level Health Potions, 100 bottles purchased!

Low-level Magic Potions, 100 bottles purchased!

In a minute’s time, Big Trader had spent 24 gold coins. He was left with less than 11 gold coins. He hesitated for a moment, before buying another 40 low-level Inspiration Potions.

“These potions should net me a profit of at least 3 gold coins!” Big Trader thought to himself. He waited a while and then saw Li Hanqiang leisurely riding a little turtle towards him.

Big Trader’s eyes immediately went wide!

“He has a mount! This dumbass City Lord actually has a mount.”

As Li Hanqiang got closer, Big Trader’s jaw dropped.

“And it’s an Elite Mount! What kind of joke is this!”

Seeing Li Hanqiang’s arrogant demeanor on Young Black Thorned Turtle’s back, Big Trader could not help but want to kick him away. You are willing to ride a baby, are you still human?

“Welcome, welcome! I have always kept my word. Come come, let me see how much you have bought, and I will give you your subsidy.” Li Hanqiang enjoyed looking at Big Trader’s expression and smiled. He did some calculations before saying, “Looks like you’ve spent a total of 33 gold and 60 silver. With a 25% subsidy, here you go, take your 8 gold and 40 silver!”

“Brother!” Big Trader did not seem to hear what Li Hanqiang said. He was smiling widely. “Where did you find this mount? Are you selling it?”

“Oh, you mean this little turtle?” Li Hanqiang craved this kind of envious attention, and he felt happy. He spoke casually, “It’s just an Elite Mount with a level cap of 60, it was tamed by yours truly. Why, are you interested in buying it? Sure, but the price cannot be low. I’ll let it go for 10,000 gold, haha!”

Big Trader’s face blackened for a moment before he smiled again. “Brother, don’t joke around… However, this mount of yours is really strong and can fetch a good price. I certainly can’t afford it. If you’re willing though, I could find you a buyer.”

“Oh?” Li Hanqiang felt some excitement. “Go ahead then. However, I’m not keen on selling it now. Let me ride him around for a couple of days.”

“No no no, after a few days, it won’t be as valuable as it is now.” Big Trader rolled his eyes. “If you believe me, I’ll help to organize an auction for you and you can make a killing! How does that sound?”

Li Hanqiang was intrigued and considered it for two seconds, “Are you serious?”

“Of course I am!” Big Trader replied as he slapped his chest.

“If that’s the case…” Li Hanqiang smiled. “Then go ahead with the auction. The venue will be here. Go and advertise it then, and those who are willing to buy it can come here.”

After he finished, Li Hanqiang opened his friends’ list and copied Young Black Thorned Turtle’s stats, sending it to Dark Redemption, Fanning Knight, and Fiery Blade Sage.