Online Game: Super Beast Tamer

Chapter 315: Brother Jar (Subscribe~)

Su Ming turned around, looked at the Afro stalker, and asked:

"Call me?"

Su Ming looked up and down at Mai Lang, wondering if his afro was too flashy to be a stalker...

Mai Lang laughed and said:

"Of course I'm calling you. You're a big customer. You bought 99 whetstones at once. I know there's a trade fair coming up. How about I take you there?"

The so-called trade fair is a place where a group of players get together to anonymously buy and sell high-quality equipment.

There are two advantages to trading in this kind of place: 1. You can avoid the system's commission. 2. You don't have to worry about others knowing that you bought good equipment.

If it is just the first point, it can be achieved by setting up a stall. However, if a good equipment appears at the stall, it will often attract a lot of people to watch, and it will be obvious who bought it.

There have been many cases in the game where players bought equipment and were PKed and killed right after.

In order to avoid the above situation, players gradually organized their own trade fairs.

The trade fair relies on a few intermediaries to connect sellers and buyers. It is held irregularly and has relatively few participants.

When Su Ming heard Mailang mention the trade fair, he knew what Mailang was thinking - sometimes there were not enough buyers at the trade fair, so they would entrust others to find buyers. The person who found the buyer would receive a dividend based on the buyer's transaction volume in the trade fair. Mailang obviously wanted to earn this dividend.

"When will the trade fair be held?" Su Ming asked.

Venus was about to go out to sea, and if the trade fair was held later, Su Ming would have no choice but to give up.

When Mai Lang heard Su Ming ask this, he knew that Su Ming was interested in participating. He said happily:

"It's happening right now. If you want to go, I can take you there right away."

Su Ming didn't expect that it was a trade fair that had already been held. This kind of trade fair didn't last too long. He could just go around and buy what he wanted, and leave if he didn't want anything. It didn't take too much time.

"I can participate, but I can't guarantee that I will buy equipment." Su Ming gave Mailang a heads-up in advance. The equipment he had was all good, and he might not be able to find the right equipment for himself at the trade fair.

Mai Lang laughed and said:
"Okay, let's try our luck. If we're lucky, you make money and I make money too."

Mailang sent a team invitation to Su Ming, and later the team would identify who was brought in by whom.

After Su Ming agreed, Mai Lang saw Su Ming's name under the costume and said in surprise:
"It's actually the Spore God. No wonder he used 99 grindstones in one move."

"This is nothing... You have more whetstones than me. By the way, where did this whetstone explode?"

"The rock monsters outside the city will explode. They are only about level 10, so you can just kill them. But the explosion rate is a bit low."

"Then how did you save so much?"

When Su Ming asked this question, Mai Lang started talking. He was worried that no one knew about his unique vision and how he could make a fortune...

In this way, Su Ming listened to Mailang telling the story between him and the whetstone all the way, and came to a manor. There were two hunter players guarding the door to prevent any stealth players from sneaking in.

The trade fair was held in this manor. The organizer was a well-known player in the vicinity of Modia City, and the manor was rented.

The hunter guarding the gate recognized Mailang and said with a smile:

"I thought you weren't coming... Why does this person you brought look familiar?"

Su Ming now wears an eye mask, which can be considered a small fashion item, given to him by Mailang. It can conceal his identity and fine-tune facial lines.

Mailang said to the hunter player in a joking tone:
"It's a big taboo to ask about the buyer's identity. Get out of the way. If I don't move faster, all the good stuff will be sold out."

"Okay, okay, I won't bother you from making money. Come in. It's only been open for 10 minutes, there should be a lot of good stuff. It's a pity I don't have any extra money, otherwise I would go in and buy a few things."

Su Ming followed Mailang into the manor. In the ordinary decorated house, there were thirty or forty players gathered.

There were only a dozen players setting up stalls, and the rest were buyers.

"You go shopping first, and call me when you're done buying things. I'll go say hello to my friends first." said Mailang.

Su Ming nodded and wandered around alone.

Looking at the stalls one by one, Su Ming was a little disappointed. All the equipment on display were common gold equipment. Even the pieces of Oasis suits that were acquired through hard work were allowed in.

Su Ming naturally didn't think much of this kind of equipment, but for normal players, these were already very good equipment.

Soon, Su Ming came to the last stall, where there was a lot of noise, as if there was a quarrel.

"Shit, is he crazy? He came to the trade fair only to trade and not sell. Who let him in?"

"That's right, it's 2 gold. What equipment can't you buy with this money? Can't you just use this money to find equipment yourself? Why do you have to exchange it here?"

"Hey, you two are new here, right? Brother Jar has been to the trade fair for three times. He refused to buy something when someone offered 3 gold. I don't know what he was thinking."

Su Ming looked at the stall owner who was being complained about—the man had a clay pot on his head, was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and had a long sword on his knees.

Su Ming thought:

"No wonder he's called Jar Brother. With a jar on his head, others can't see his face clearly. It's really a good way to hide your identity. It's much more reliable than a blindfold."

Brother Can just sat there quietly, ignoring other people's complaints. When someone asked about his equipment, he would just say four words: "Only exchange, not sell."

Su Ming opened his stall to check and smiled.

He thought it was some good equipment, but it turned out to be just a dark gold piece...

Earthshaking Steel Trousers (LV38, Dark Gold):

+1300 Health, +140 Armor, +100 Magic Resist
+125 Strength, +145 Constitution
+8% maximum health, -3% damage taken.

Earthshaker: Passive: +35 Movement Speed.

Active: Stomp the ground, knock down enemies within 4 yards around you, and cause (100 + 10% of the wearer's maximum health) points of damage. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

Durability: 110/110
Occupational requirements: None

This piece of equipment is obviously for Routuotuo. To be honest, its value is not as high as the pants that Su Ming got when he killed the Hydra before.

The most valuable thing about this pair of pants is the "-3% damage taken" and the active control skill.

It's not that it's so powerful, it's just relatively rare. It will only be effective when many pieces of equipment with the same attributes are worn together.

Although the Fierce Scale Pants he was using now were more expensive than the ones Brother Jar had put up, expensive didn't mean they were good. The Fierce Scale Pants were obviously not as suitable for Su Ming as the Steel Pants, so Su Ming gave Brother Jar the attributes of the Fierce Scale Pants and asked:
"Can I exchange these pants with you? But my pants seem to be better, so you have to give me some extra money."

When Brother Guanzi saw the equipment sent by Su Ming, which increased the damage of normal attacks by 12% and the movement speed by 15%, he immediately agreed.

These two attributes are perfectly suitable for the swordsmanship apprentice profession.

"How much extra?" asked Brother Can.

"5000 gold?"

"I don't have that much money, but can I add 2000 gold with this piece of equipment?"

Brother Jar sent Su Ming the attributes of another piece of equipment.

Deep Sea Escape Boots (LV30, Gold):

+800 health, +900 mana

+80 Agility, +45 Constitution
+30 movement speed.

Gem Slots (2):
Advanced movement speed gem*2: +8% movement speed.

Deep Sea Escape: Active: Can be activated in an underwater environment, ejecting airflow to propel itself forward 60 yards. Cooldown: 1 minute.

Durability: 45/45
Occupational requirements: None

This piece of equipment is obviously used by Brother Jar himself. Its basic attributes are not very good, and it has a useless skill. If it weren't for two rare speed gems, it would definitely not be worth 3000 gold coins. But it's another story with the gems.

When Su Ming saw this equipment, he opened his equipment bar and compared it, and found that the format was very similar to his scarf. Su Ming was puzzled: There is no set attribute, and the names are so similar, is it a coincidence?
Seeing Su Ming lost in thought, Brother Guanzi asked anxiously:
"May I?"

Su Ming came back to his senses, nodded and said:

"Okay, let's trade."

Su Ming initiated a trade request to Brother Can. During the trade, Su Ming asked:

"Where did you get this jar on your head? Is it equipment or a costume?"

When Brother Jar heard Su Ming asking about the jar, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly:
"You like it? I'll give you one."

He conveniently placed various jars in the trading column...

There are cans lined up horizontally, with different colors, patterns and materials.

"Which one do you like? Pick whatever you want. You're welcome."

Su Ming focused his sight on the jar, magnified it, and observed it carefully. These are ordinary jars, without any properties, and except for covering the head, they are probably useless.

But like what Canzi said, choose what you like.

"Let's take this one." Finally, Su Ming chose an ancient clay pottery jar.

"Haha, you have good taste. You like to keep a low profile just like me."

The transaction was completed, and Brother Jar left. Su Ming found Mai Lang who was chatting with someone and asked:
"How much do you want to smoke?"

Mai Lang laughed and said:

"Did you get what you wanted? I won't smoke yours. Take me to find the person you traded with, and I'll smoke his."

"Uh...it seems that he didn't make any money, but lost money..."

"What?"

Mai Lang was stunned. After listening to Su Ming's account of what had just happened, he said speechlessly:

"You are really amazing. You can actually make 2000 gold coins in one trip. I'll take 5%, so you can give me 100 gold coins."

"Okay." Su Ming gave Mailang 100 gold and asked, "Do you know who that jar guy is?"

"I'm not sure. He just appeared in Modia City recently. He's a weird guy. Whether he's fighting monsters or PKing, he only uses basic attacks. But he's really strong. Many people can't beat him..."

Su Ming nodded, indicating that he understood. There were many strange people in the game, so it would not be strange to meet one of them.

Afterwards, Su Ming withdrew from the team and left the manor.

(End of this chapter)