Retrograde Gaming - Chapter 41

Chapter 41: In Terms of Making Money

After saying goodbye to Night Flyer, Li Huailin went offline. He had no plans to go online again tonight. Although it was the best time for players to level up and achieve level difference, leveling up was never too difficult for Li Huailin. Because of the buff, all of his attributes were increased by 280%, Li Huailin couldn’t die in a dungeon or field no matter how hard he tried.

But Li Huailin comforted himself by saying that this buff could be slightly beneficial to him. After all, he was almost invincible. By taking advantage of this period of time, he could do some preparations in order to help his future level ups. For example, he could earn more money right now so he could buy some health potions. He could also challenge some dungeons and sell dropped equipment, or maybe earn a few useful skill books in the process. In short, during these days, he needed to find something to do, it didn’t matter if these tasks would deduct his experience. He could always make it up later without a problem.

While he was thinking to himself, Li Huailin opened an empty document on his computer and started typing what he knew about Viper Cave. As he wasn’t that good at writing, the resulting information was kind disordered, it made the entire thing a bit hard to read. However, all the key points were included.

Li Huailin then quickly finished typing everything within 1,000 words. Anyways, he just wanted to finish the task as soon as possible. He changed the document’s title to, “To Night Flyer” and sent it to him.

After doing this, Li Huailin checked the official website of Sky Corporation. All of the important information remained the same, the website didn’t have any updates either. Li Huailin then checked the forums and found that it was quite lively there. News of him having just completed an Abyss Mode dungeon had become the pinned forum thread. The title was written in big, red letters. In fact, Li Huailin could find himself in almost every pinned forum thread he browsed through.

This time, the pinned post didn’t contain any videos. Li Huailin still had no idea how to record the game, and neither did the ladies who partied with him too. In the post, a player simply wrote down what he saw. He witnessed that Li Huailin arrogantly claimed in front of the dungeon that he would pass Abyss Mode after killing a man with one hack, and then, soon after, Li Huailin indeed completed it. At the end of the post, the player shared his opinion: At this stage, it’s almost impossible to pass Abyss Mode. Kickass Brother must have used some special techniques.

Li Huailin was also a bit worried. He had definitely made himself famous, but it seemed that he had gone too far this time. The truth of the matter was that he logged in the game illegally. If Sky Corporation found out, Li Huailin didn’t know what was going to happen. At the same time, he also found it a little odd though… Sky Corporation somehow never responded to his bugged character.

With these thoughts, he decided to keep a relatively low profile from now on. He should stop causing a stir and make his stories inconceivable to the rest of the players. Before today, he had never really told himself that he should stay out of trouble.

Li Huailin spent a bit more time in the forums, looking for posts on teaching players how to make money. Of course, Li Huailin really wanted to make more money, both in the game and in real life. The more, the better. During this period of time when the buff was still lingering, he hoped to find some ways to ease his pockets.

“Land title?”

This specific forum immediately caught Li Huailin’s attention. He found that a big guild was offering 300 Gold Coins for one land title. This was absolutely crazy. At this stage, 300 Gold Coins was a big sum of money even to a leading guild with more than a thousand members.

Why was this thing so valuable then? Li Huailin quickly searched this keyword on the forum, and only a dozen posts mentioned it.

Li Huailin quickly read through the posts and got the general gist. In the business district of the main city, the City of Divine Protection, there was a special area reserved for players where they could open shops. However, space was limited. Those who got to choose first could get the best locations, this was a great advantage.

There were two ways a player could buy a shop: First was to get a land title; And second, they had to become an aristocrat. The latter required military exploits and reputation points. Since the battlefield wasn’t open yet to players, the second way was impossible to achieve. Therefore, hypothetically speaking, getting a land title was the only way.

So far, information was very limited. No one knew where one could find a land title. Nobody knew whether it was dropped by treasure chests, quests, or bosses. In the business district, there weren’t any shops that were open for the time being. Only empty buildings filled the area.

“300 Gold Coins… If I could get my hands on one land title, I’ll be able to drink health potions like drinking tea.” Li Huailin’s eyes suddenly lit up. He was also aware of the fact that since the guild was willing to pay 300 Gold Coins for it, the potential value of a land title might be even greater. He wondered how much money he could actually make out of it.

This suddenly reminded Li Huailin of Red Dust Misty Rain. He assumed that she would give him a long lecture about it. After all, professional things should be handed over to professional people. Li Huailin decided to ask her tomorrow, since he had already helped her twice, he believed that she would do him a favor.

After making up his mind, Li Huailin was ready to go to bed. He slept very well throughout the night whereas the rest of the players were too shocked to fall asleep.

The next day, Li Huailin got up early in the morning. After having some junk food for breakfast, Li Huailin went online.

“Morning, Huailin.”

As soon as Li Huailin showed up in the tavern where he logged out yesterday, Red Moon’s name appeared on the guild’s channel. Because one was able to see all the online guild members on the channel, Li Huailin wasn’t sure whether Red Moon was here waiting for him or not.

“You were too cruel yesterday, leader. You ladies left me without any hesitation.” Li Huailin replied on the guild channel.

“I shed my tears when I had to abandon you. Your sacrifice was very important. Otherwise, we would be trapped too.” Red Moon joked around, she seemed to be in a good mood.

“That’s right. Because of your words, I’ve suddenly realized that I’m in fact, a hero.” Li Huailin smiled.

“Oh, here you are, Huailin.”

At this time, Red Bloodstain, the second sister, joined the conversation on the guild channel. She asked Li Huailin, “I sold the potions you gave me yesterday and made a fortune. Do you need the money or do you want me to keep it?”

“I’m waiting for you at that tavern in the city’s business district.” Li Huailin knew that she was just making fun of him and he wouldn’t allow this to happen.

“Tsk… Wait for me, I’ll be there shortly.” Red Bloodstain seemed to be a bit disappointed.

“By the way… Hello, Misty Rain?” Li Huailin suddenly recalled the topic about land titles yesterday, he left a message on the channel.

“What?” It seemed that Red Dust Misty Rain’s tone was cold.

“Oh! It’s great that you’re here, do you have some time? I’d like to ask you some questions,” Li Huailin said.

“Oh, you want me to do you a favor? This is rare.”

While feeling very surprised, Misty Rain raised her voice a little bit.

“Come on… Yesterday, I took you to the dungeon, you can return my favor, right?” Li Huailin quickly coaxed her.

“Well… I see. I’ll come and meet you with Second Sister,” Red Dust Misty Rain said after momentarily thinking about it.

“Okay.”

“I’ll go with you two,” Red Moon, the leader of the guild, wanted to tag along. “Since everyone’s here, I want to run a quick meeting.”

“Don’t take Little Water with you…” Li Huailin would have a headache when Red Face Drinks Water was around him.

“She’s still sleeping, you don’t need to worry,” Red Dust Misty Rain reassured him.

“Can you hurry up? I still have some stuff to do later!” Li Huailin immediately spoke.