35: Chapter Thirty-Five Skills +1

A golden scroll lay quietly in his hand.

Lin Feng's eyes lit up, and he quickly checked it—

[Skill Upgrade Scroll]

Grade: Rare

Effect: Can be used to designate one learned skill to increase its grade by +1. Each skill can be upgraded up to three times.

Note: Extremely rare; can upgrade any skill except for talents.

The gear that dropped earlier was all useless, but finally, something practical has arrived!

"The misunderstanding is cleared up, buddy, you can rest in peace."

He solemnly cupped his hands in salute toward the corpse of the Black Armored Corpse King, nearly kowtowing to the boss on the spot.

He weighed the scroll in his hand, feeling very conflicted.

Either upgrade [Hand of God] or the newly learned [Shuriken]. He opened his skill panel, and several selectable skills instantly popped up:

"There is only one scroll, no matter how I choose, there will be flaws."

After thinking for a moment, he no longer hesitated; he would choose Hand of God!

This way, "in the future, every time I kill a monster, there will be a higher probability of obtaining an extra loot drop. Over time, the rewards will be much greater."

With a series of operations from Lin Feng, the next moment, a soft golden light melted directly into the skill bar.

"Ding: Upgrade successful, skill [Hand of God +1]."

[Hand of God +1 (Perfect Grade Skill Book): After learning, it can be used on a target corpse, with a 95% probability of obtaining an additional loot reward. Level requirement: 10, Class requirement: None]

Increasing directly from 50% to 95%, the looting probability is nearly one hundred percent...

The effect of this skill upgrade is simply exaggerated. This time, Lin Feng knows... he is going to make it big.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his wild joy.

Any top-tier equipment or offensive skills are not worth mentioning in front of a permanent passive god-tier wealth-generating skill like [Hand of God +1]!

From now on, killing monsters and farming bosses is almost equal to getting an extra reward; he is definitely going to take off...

"There is no danger right now, let me try the newly learned skill first! Let's see how it works."

The new round of elite monsters hasn't refreshed yet, only a few scattered stragglers are wandering around.

He held the dagger in a reverse grip and, at the maximum attack range, launched the skill.

"Shuriken!"

The moment the weapon was thrown, the ghost flame shadow dagger spun continuously in the air, rapidly striking toward the target...

"Puchi! -1160!"

The dagger instantly pierced through the monster's body, and the damage number floated out in response.

The shadow dagger didn't slow down; after reaching the maximum distance, it suddenly turned back! It flew back toward the direction where Lin Feng was located.

The high-speed spinning dagger was like a boomerang. "-1421"

The elite monster was stunned for a moment, taking another fatal hit.

"The skill damage is quite good." Lin Feng caught the returning dagger with great satisfaction.

"Let's try again; I want to see under what circumstances it won't return."

His gaze swept over the stone wall by the tomb, and he threw the dagger in his hand in a straight line, aiming at both the monster and the stone wall.

The dagger flew out spinning again, pierced through the monster, and went straight toward the stone wall behind it. "Clang!"

A collision sound rang out; the dagger was knocked to the ground and lost its effect.

[Ding! The Shuriken's return path was blocked, it cannot return!]

Lin Feng stepped forward to pick up the dagger, suddenly realizing: "So that's how it is. As long as there is an obstacle blocking the return path, the skill will lose its effect, causing the weapon to be lost."

Having figured out the mechanism, he felt confident. In the future, as long as he finds an open area to cast it, or masters the attack distance, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

He easily finished off the low-health elite monster and raised his hand to cast a skill.

[Ding! Hand of God +1 trigger check successful! Obtained extra reward: Corpse Insect Flower ×1]

The check was successful as expected; he picked up the dropped gold coins and chose to return to the city immediately.

He had been out for several hours and didn't know how the business at the general store was doing. With his mind on his little shop, he rushed toward his general store the moment he returned to Luofeng City...

From afar, he could already see the eye-catching sign in front of the shop. A goofy-looking player was standing at the entrance, looking around, appearing not very clever.

Passing by, Lin Feng walked straight into the shop.

The shop assistant, Jin Lian, stood up and bowed, saying: "Boss! You're back..."

Lin Feng nodded in response and checked the items on the shelves, which were all sold out, with the inventory count at 0. The operating funds in the shop had actually increased to 3510 gold coins!

At this rate of income, making ten million a month would be easy... Lin Feng felt secretly pleased, unable to help but sigh that opening this shop was truly brilliant.

In any case, the popularity here surpassed all the shops run by NPCs, and the items available for purchase were of a higher grade than what the system sold; making money was beyond reproach...

He took out more than 10 pieces of white-grade gear from his backpack; most of these were loot sent by the Baqi Family.

After listing them one by one, he marked the base price according to the equipment's attributes, ranging from 100 to 500 gold coins. This price wasn't expensive; right now, they were essential artifacts for ordinary players, and white-grade gear was definitely in high demand.

As for the fine-grade equipment with better attributes, he set them directly to auction mode for 4 hours... the highest bidder would win.

When listing the last piece of rare-grade weapon, he unexpectedly received a system prompt.

"Ding~!" System prompt: Since you are the first to list an item of rare quality, please fill in the relevant information, and the system will provide you with a free server-wide announcement. You may choose to decline...

"Free publicity, how could I refuse?" After choosing to accept, a page appeared in front of him, similar to the process at the Trading House.

The listing mode was the same, fixed price/auction. Without thinking, he chose directly: auction mode. Auction time: 120 minutes. Transaction mode: Real Universe Currency.

After filling in the information, he casually clicked: Confirm Publish.

"Ding~!" [Server Announcement] Player "God Slayer" has listed a rare quality equipment, [bone jade scepter], in their personal shop [24-Hour General Store]. The auction has now started; players are welcome to head to Luofeng City to participate in the bidding!

He could have chosen to be anonymous, but it didn't really matter. Now, anyone with a brain knew that he opened this shop. His main task was to make money, so the more famous he was, the better.

After finishing these chores, he glanced at the level leaderboard. The player ranked second was already level 13; he didn't know how they leveled up, but the leveling speed was ridiculously fast.

A nutrient capsule must be arranged as soon as possible. Now it's not just about making money; the level advantage must also be maintained.

"Selling this batch of gear will be enough to pay for it in full." "However, it would be great if some kind soul could sponsor me..."

Just as Lin Feng was about to log off, a teasing voice rang out. "Hey!"

Looking toward the sound, the person calling him was someone he had just seen—the player who had been standing at the entrance. ID above his head: Ye Weiyang.

Why is this name so familiar? It seems like I've seen it somewhere. After recalling for a few seconds, he suddenly realized. The one ranked fifth on the leaderboard, isn't that him!

Lin Feng sized him up calmly. The person in front of him looked goofy, but he didn't expect him to be a top-tier player. It seems one shouldn't judge a book by its cover...

Lin Feng: "Something up?"

Ye Weiyang cleared his throat and said: "You must be God Slayer, right? I'll tell you some good news; you've been hired..."

Lin Feng was dumbfounded. Where did this idiot come from, speaking without a brain? He then said in a cold tone: "No need."

"???" Ye Weiyang was stunned on the spot, the smile on his face instantly collapsing. He never expected that after offering an olive branch, he would be rejected so bluntly?

"No, buddy! Do you know who I am! And you just refuse..."

"None of my business." Lin Feng said indifferently.

"You... you... very good!" Ye Weiyang was so angry he couldn't speak clearly. Since he was old enough to know better, he had never met a guy more arrogant than him.

Lin Feng pointed outside the door: "If you're not buying anything, you can get out. Don't hinder my business."

"Wait... wait." "I want to challenge you to a duel."

Ye Weiyang directly issued the threat, his aura of a hegemon radiating outward; he was clearly very angry.

"Not interested." Lin Feng just glanced at him indifferently and said coldly.

"You..." Ye Weiyang couldn't catch his breath, almost suffocating. As a man, he won't even accept a duel? Is he a coward?

Just as he was about to explode, Lin Feng added a remark that was truly heart-piercing: "Your level is too low; you are not worthy of fighting me."

After saying that, he ignored the trembling Ye Weiyang and logged off directly. A duel with such a blockhead? A total waste of time. With that time, he could have earned a few more thousand.