Panda people are quite reliable!

Yang Jian discovered that these salespeople were all black-hearted.

They wanted to earn his money and also his favor... Luckily, he wasn't a real Pandaren.

Otherwise, this whole situation would be a mess... When he was sweeping up goods at the Auction House, this fox-girl was watching from the side.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have known that Yang Jian was a Blacksmith.

After he had spent his money and bought his things, she popped up with all this nonsense about earning his favor.

No matter how many storms raged in his heart, he still thanked her on the surface.

Then he inquired about the location of the Blacksmiths' Association.

Following the fox-girl's directions, Yang Jian arrived at the Blacksmiths' Association in the southeast corner of Shifang City.

The temperature in the entire southeast corner was at least ten degrees higher than other places.

A dry, hot atmosphere permeated the air.

Yang Jian took a quick look.

At least half of those inside were Dwarves.

Honestly, no matter where Dwarves went in the Ten Thousand Worlds, they were always blacksmiths.

The other half consisted of humans and scaled demon races!

There were no furred demon races!

Yang Jian didn't know why.

Perhaps they were afraid of their fur getting burned!

Seeing this situation, Yang Jian knew it wasn't suitable to go in with his Pandaren appearance today.

Yang Jian just wanted to blend in, not stand out.

His Tian Mu swept over the many Dwarves present.

Yang Jian casually copied several auras!

The identity of a Dwarf... seemed quite useful!

"Hello, sir, do you need something forged at the Blacksmiths' Association? We offer custom services!"

Yang Jian looked at the goblin in front of him, a bit confused.

Shouldn't this be a race of wild monsters that needed to be eliminated?

Perhaps Yang Jian's gaze was too shocked.

The goblin frowned.

"Time is money, my friend! If you're not here to do business, don't block the door!"

[Name: Goblin Supervisor Viscount]

[Description: A roadside nobody, nothing much to say!]

[Remark: Is it not the norm for struggle to have you in me, and me in you?]

Yang Jian blinked, so that's it.

He still hadn't seen enough.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so shocked by such a small scene.

He casually recorded the aura of the goblin in front of him as well.

Yang Jian turned and left.

Originally, when it existed as the Orb of Deception, the copy skill could only copy one aura.

After copying a new one, the previous copied aura would be automatically overwritten.

But ever since Yang Jian devoured the Orb of Deception, as his strength increased, he found that he could copy and store more and more auras!

It was a good thing.

In the future, he might be able to become a thousand-faced spy... Yang Jian planned to first visit the Ten Thousand Mountains.

He wanted to retrieve his things from the territory of the Pandaren and Howling Moon Wolf Clan first.

Stepping out of the city limits, Yang Jian found an empty corner.

He transformed into a bird and soared into the sky.

The Ten Thousand Mountains was still some distance from Shifang City.

While flying, Yang Jian even encountered several attacks from birds.

He didn't know where these birds, eagles, and such got the courage to attack him.

Couldn't they feel his flying speed?

He casually dealt with a few fierce beasts that attacked him.

Only then did he realize that these were all beasts of roughly level sixty strength.

Yang Jian thought as he flew.

If he had to compare, it was much more enjoyable in a world without level suppression!

With Yang Jian's current strength, he couldn't claim to kill a first-turn expert with ease, but he was at least capable of contending with one.

However, in the Eastern Continent, let alone a first-turn expert, even level fifty-five wild monsters were difficult for him to fight.

As he was about to reach the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest Sea, Yang Jian landed and restored his original appearance.

While flying, Yang Jian could clearly see the endless forest sea on the distant mountain peak.

In the New World, everything was dictated by the system.

But upon arriving in the Tian Yao Realm, Yang Jian discovered that strong individuals had a sense of each other.

When Yang Jian detected Xiong Da in the distance, the other party had clearly detected him as well!

So Yang Jian landed directly and waited.

His voice arrived before he did!

"Haha, Brother Tian Mu, long time no see, I hope you've been well!"

As soon as the words fell, a Pandaren over two meters tall descended from the sky and landed in front of Yang Jian.

Yang Jian stepped forward to greet him.

He couldn't help it; when his strength was inferior to others, Yang Jian was always very polite.

This Pandaren was Zhu Xi's eldest son, named Zhu Sheng.

His alias was Xiong Da.

He was at level 90 strength.

Once one reached this realm, getting stuck usually meant for life.

"The reply you sent to Bamboo Leaf said half a month. I've been free recently and wanted to travel around, so I planned to bring Bamboo Leaf back to visit!"

Zhu Sheng nodded.

"Originally, we should have contacted you, but it just so happened that this period was when my father went to the Abyss Gate to oversee the rotation of guards, so the matter was delayed a bit!"

"Rotation of guards?"

"Yes, these seventeen major clans in the vicinity take turns guarding the Abyss Gate for ten years. Once signs of a large-scale invasion are detected, they must issue a timely warning and do their best to resist the first wave of attack..."

"Is that a gate? Can't it be dismantled?"

"Although it's called the Abyss Gate, it's actually a spatial rift opened and reinforced by the Abyss!"

"I remember spatial rifts are all unstable and could collapse at any time?"

"That's why it's said to be reinforced by the power of the Abyss! A god who hasn't mastered a complete law cannot close a spatial rift empowered by the Abyss!"

After so much talk, the two had already returned to the Pandaren city.

Without Xiong Da even needing to speak, Yang Jian summoned Bamboo Leaf.

Looking at the now level forty Bamboo Leaf, a sharp glint flashed in Xiong Da's eyes.

This was followed by a deep sense of unwillingness.

The first generation of players were truly terrifying!

His father, at least, managed to seize the last open beta opportunity of the game to get a complete player identity.

He, however, relied entirely on the Awakening Stone.

The hardship of cultivating and leveling up on one's own, only those who experienced it would know!

Although he had only been away from home for a little over half a month, when Bamboo Leaf returned to the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest Sea, he still felt as if a lifetime had passed!

Seeing Yang Jian chatting with his grand-uncle, Bamboo Leaf said hello and went to find his long-unseen companions.

"Ten years ago, it was the Pandaren clan's turn to guard the Abyss Gate. Now that the ten-year period is up, father personally went to bring them back! They should arrive tonight!"

"Is it appropriate for me to be here?"

"Why wouldn't it be appropriate? You are Bamboo Leaf's contractor, that makes you one of us!"

Yang Jian was just being polite.

After all, his purpose for coming had not yet been achieved, so how could he leave so easily?

These things were too difficult for him to collect on his own!

Previously, at the Auction House in Shifang City, Yang Jian had also seen some of the materials required for advancement.

Meteorite Iron (Orange) was nowhere to be seen.

However, he did see one or two stalks of purple materials like Jade Bird Sand and Heavenly Dog Grass.

They averaged a thousand gold coins per stalk!

And the entire Auction House didn't have much stock.

Although they were all purple materials, these two were high-grade materials, and the weapons, equipment, and potions produced from them were all for level seventy or eighty experts.

star glow wood belonged to the low-end purple materials... That's why its price could be lowered, given its abundant yield.

Otherwise, if it were a high-grade, urgently needed item, the price would never have been driven so low.

Therefore, in a fantasy world, it's impossible not to talk about bloodlines!

For example, this time, it was also a purple aptitude advancing to orange aptitude.

Bamboo Leaf's cost, according to the Tian Yao Realm market price, was worth about fifty thousand gold coins.

Mo Song, on the other hand, needed about two hundred forty to two hundred fifty thousand gold coins for advancement.

So!

If Mo Song's backing wasn't strong, then the cost of advancing from orange to gold aptitude, Yang Jian definitely wouldn't be able to afford it in the short term.

Actually, was two hundred fifty thousand gold coins expensive?

According to Yang Jian's current level and combat power, it was certainly expensive.

But the problem was, to big shots at level ninety or even one hundred, how expensive could two hundred fifty thousand gold coins be?

But the calculation wasn't that simple.

If Mo Ren only had Mo Song as a grandson, he would definitely put all his effort into nurturing him.

But Mo Ren had over forty sons, and eighteen were still alive.

Mo Xuan was just one of his eighteen sons.

He led a small clan, occupying a mountain as his territory on Mo Ren's turf.

Even Mo Xuan himself had dozens of sons.

The wolf demon clan, among other things, was definitely prolific!

So, how could they possibly pay so much for Mo Song?

Being able to find ways to provide one-third, or even half, of the resources would already be considered the utmost benevolence!

In fact, Bamboo Leaf faced a similar situation.

The forty to fifty young Pandaren Yang Jian saw in the bamboo forest last time were all Bamboo Leaf's peers. How many more were a little older or younger than him?

The difference was... Bamboo Leaf had a direct bloodline of a demigod, so his advancement conditions were a bit lower.

However, Bamboo Leaf's disadvantages were also quite obvious.

After all, his birth father died in battle.

Subsequent advancements might not be able to borrow the power of the Pandaren clan.

However, being able to save a large sum of money and a lot of energy, Yang Jian was content whether there was future help or not!

Zhu Sheng still had to prepare for the welcome banquet in the evening.

He couldn't accompany Yang Jian all the time.

So he arranged for his son to guide Yang Jian.

In the past few centuries, his descendants ranged from the second to the thirtieth generation... The family was actually quite prosperous.

But it still couldn't compare to the wolf clan.

With Zhu Sheng's authorization, Yang Jian, having nothing to do, went to the Pandaren clan's dungeon group to clear dungeons.

"Little friend Tian Mu, these are the treasures you mentioned in your letter that can assist Bamboo Leaf in advancing!"

Meeting Zhu Xi again, the two exchanged pleasantries.

After a few polite words, they both coincidentally brought up the main topic.

Yang Jian examined the materials before him.

Twenty Spirit Tiger Bamboos, twenty Emerald Jade Bamboos, twenty Taiyi Bamboos, and one Meteorite Iron!

"Are the quantities of these three types of bamboo not quite right?"

"Hehe! They are all purple materials, getting a bit more is just in case!"

Zhu Xi's smile was very bright.

Orange talent was already not low!

He himself only had orange talent.

Among his many descendants, only four or five children had orange talent... Talent couldn't determine a person's upper limit, but it could cap a person's lower limit!

"Good! I will not fail in my mission. The next time we meet, Bamboo Leaf will have orange aptitude!"

(Eating the setting, eating the setting! The later setting is that advancement can only happen in the New World, under game rules! Once game rules fade, the advancement path is severed!)

"Good, I'll entrust this matter entirely to you, little friend!"

After speaking, Zhu Xi pondered for a moment.

"When little Bamboo Leaf is about to advance to golden talent, send me the list of materials! I can't guarantee how much I can provide, but I will definitely do my utmost!"

Hearing Zhu Xi's words, Yang Jian was truly very surprised.

He had originally thought that Bamboo Leaf's grandfather's love was only so much.

He didn't expect this old Pandaren to love his grandson so deeply!

Yang Jian didn't think the other party was just being polite.

If he wasn't willing, it would have been better not to say anything at this time!

Silently glossing over the matter.

They were all seasoned individuals; seeing this display, they would understand... With his words, Yang Jian was pleased.

If Bamboo Leaf's family was willing to bleed a bit more, he might actually have a chance to advance to golden talent.

With the main business concluded, Yang Jian began to inquire about some local news from this local expert.

For example, how many Abyss Gates were there in the Tian Yao Realm.

Which races occupied them respectively.

Which world the star glow wood and water of life at the Auction House were specialties of... Some questions Zhu Xi could answer readily.

Like questions about the Abyss.

Some questions were truly difficult for the old bear!

star glow wood?

What's that?

It was too low-grade; he had never even heard of it!