Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 20: It Was a Serendipitous Encounter After All
Depending on their storage capacity, opening a Qiankun bag requires varying degrees of spiritual energy infusion. Some high-level Qiankun bags are even subject to restrictions set by their owners, and forcibly opening them will cause them to self-destruct.

However, the Qiankun bag that Fang Xianyu secretly made was the lowest grade, without many fancy features. Wang Ergou simply transferred some spiritual energy into it and felt himself enter a wonderful state.

He seemed to "see" another dimension, but this "seeing" was not just visual; it was an indescribable sensation. The size of the Qiankun Bag and what it contained were "clear at a glance." If he wanted, he could precisely take out any item!

This feeling was quite wonderful, something he had never experienced before. It was like the intuition and inner senses designed in games—a completely new design that transcended the constraints of the five senses in reality!

"Fuck!"

His standard, profanity-filled exclamation piqued the curiosity of the players.

Then, a pile of "miscellaneous objects" shimmering with a mixture of gold and purple light appeared at Wang Ergou's feet.

"Wow--"

The crowd gasped, their eyes sparkling.

Wang Ergou was so excited that his face turned red. He rummaged through the "miscellaneous items" and began to appraise each one, taking screenshots and sending them to the team channel. Then he cleared his throat and skillfully began the auction: "Let's start with the first item, the Qiankun Bag. This thing is quite practical, but I estimate that there will definitely be a way to get it in the future. But the sooner we bid, the sooner we can enjoy it. Come on, let me estimate the price. The starting bid is 10 RMB. No objections, right?"

The boss was defeated, and with no fear of causing trouble, everyone started whispering among themselves. Someone quietly questioned, "Wasn't that too cheap?"

"The starting price is something to make us poor folks feel like we can participate!"

Another player said, typing "2" in the team chat.

"20 RMB, add to your order if you want it, get it by the time you place your order!"

"3!"

"4!"

"5!"

Seeing that the filming was going lukewarmly, the wage earners, who were waiting to get their paychecks, quickly started stirring things up: "Bosses, can't you be a little more generous? Stop being so stingy!"

"Exactly, is this not going to work, bosses?"

"It's not very good, I've tried!"

How do I test the fine-grained method?

……

Soon, the first loot bag was acquired by Wang Ergou for a "high price" of two hundred yuan. The main reason was that there were too few people, and none of them were big spenders. In the lectures given by Senior Sister Baili Shuang every night, it was mentioned that this thing was not scarce. Everyone guessed that it would be available for purchase in the future, so there was no urgent desire to buy it. However, Wang Ergou had always spent a lot of money in the game, so he didn't even blink when bidding.

"Come on, here comes the second one! A level 10 gold item with four stats, the [Spirit Essence Swift Boots]! Take a look! Although the appearance is a bit plain, this thing is gold! And it has four stats!"

[Spiritual Swift Boots]: [Increases movement speed by 3%. Increases status recovery speed by 3%. Increases spiritual energy absorption speed by 3%. Increases experience gain by 3%.]

Before Wang Ergou could announce the starting price, a player eagerly shouted, "100 RMB!"

The stats on this equipment look amazing. You could even guess that it might become stronger when facing stronger opponents. Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage or even the Golden Core stage, the 3% bonus to multiple attributes would be an incredibly powerful number!
Not to mention the 3% experience gain, which I've never seen before. Wearing this while doing quests will save you so much experience points!

In the past few days, in addition to daily tasks, players have also done some strange hidden tasks, such as helping the senior sister collect ores or herbs. They have come into contact with quite a few equipment with affixes, but most of them are green special and blue rare. They have only seen purple epic once or twice. This is the first time they have encountered gold legendary quality equipment!
Within minutes, this obviously extravagant piece of equipment was sold for over two thousand RMB, and the price is still soaring.

This is not surprising, because the equipment in this game is not bound, which means it can be transferred privately at any time. Although there are only 50 players in the game now, such an awesome game will definitely open up more slots in the future. When the number of players increases after the public beta, they can resell the equipment to recoup some money. No matter which game it is, this kind of gold quality equipment and items will not be cheap. Even if they don't sell for a high price, it's still worth it to enjoy them for a few days!
With this mindset, Wang Ergou and the usually quiet Jieran haggled over the price to 3500. When the price was raised further, Jieran visibly hesitated, which made Wang Ergou feel a little guilty. Theoretically, Jieran, who had unlocked the [Swiftness] skill, clearly needed and was more suited to this equipment. However, as a game streamer with some fame and wealth, spending over 3000 on a decent piece of equipment wasn't much, so it was unlikely he would give up the item.

When the price reached 3800, Wang Ergou couldn't help but try to persuade Ziran: "Ziran... well, how about this? You want this because you like the speed-up affix, but I want the experience affix. How about this, I'll lend it to you when we're doing dungeons or fighting bosses, and I'll wear it myself when I'm doing quests. Next time I come across a piece of equipment with a speed affix, I'll bid on it to compensate you, okay? It's not worth haggling over this price for a speed affix!"

Upon hearing this, one player immediately joked with a grin: "Come on, raid leader! Aren't you afraid of catching Cumin's athlete's foot?"

Wang Ergou glared angrily: "Damn it, I don't have athlete's foot!"

"You didn't say anything! You can't tell from the game!"

Wang Ergou immediately stretched his foot towards the player who had spoken: "Come on, smell it—"

"Damn it! The regimental commander is a real freak!"

"Pass it on! The commander is a pervert!"

"Pass it on! The commander likes perverts!"

"Pass it on! The commander is gay! And he likes to do perverted things!"

……

"That's enough for you!"

Wang Ergou silently stopped everyone's frivolous talk and turned to look at Jieran expectantly.

After hesitating for a moment, probably because his wallet wasn't really that full, he nodded in agreement.

Aside from this golden piece of equipment, there were three purple pieces of equipment with three stat bonuses and about ten pieces of blue and green quality equipment. The stat bonuses were relatively average in comparison. The most expensive piece of equipment, a defensive robe with three stat bonuses, only cost a little over 200 RMB, and the cheapest piece of equipment, a belt with 100 points of spirit energy, only cost 1 RMB...

In addition, there are many rare spiritual plants and herbs of much better quality than those that everyone dug up around Lieshi Mountain. However, these are not as attractive as equipment. Everyone felt that they could be found in the mountains if they searched carefully. Since the output was not special, not many were photographed.

Even so, the "salary" brought by this BOSS was quite considerable, with each person receiving nearly 500 coins, which made some players who missed this group activity green with envy.

However, after Wang Ergou completed the quest for Baili Shuang, two golden announcements appeared on the world channel, exciting all the players:
Congratulations to player [Wang Ergou] for completing the adventure [Enduring the Retirement]! A hundred years of cultivation in the mortal world, years of suffering in the temple. May all people live long and healthy lives; there's no need for incense offerings. (Overall Rating: S)

[Congratulations to all players on the server for unlocking the [Serendipity] event! Different Serendipity events have different hidden prerequisites. Players do not share a cooldown for triggering Serendipity events; each player has only one valid trigger opportunity per day, and the trigger probability is slightly affected by player activity.]

But at the same time, a personal information notification made Wang Ergou's expression change drastically.

[Affection Hint]: [Huang Gong's affection for you -100]

[WARNING]: [The Affection System is now available. Please be careful with your words and actions during the game. Decreasing NPC affection will result in various debuffs. You currently have the [Huang Gong's Hatred] debuff.]

[Huang Gong's Hatred]: [Do not accept any tasks assigned by Huang Gong.]

"Why should I?! It wasn't me who blew up the temple!!"

Wang Ergou howled in grief and indignation.

(End of this chapter)