The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

After discarding the Shadow Goblin's loot, Huan Cheng's attention was first drawn to the two pieces of Black Iron-grade equipment.

[Shadow Short Blade]: Black Iron grade, Physical Attack +18, Critical Hit Rate +1%, Additional Attribute: Agility +4, Equipment Requirements: None

[Shadow Boots]: Black Iron grade, Physical Defense +6, Movement Speed ​​+1, Additional Attribute: Agility +2, Wearing Requirements: None

These are two typical assassin-type equipment items. The Shadow Dagger's 1% critical strike chance is very attractive, but its overall attributes are still far inferior to the Wild Boar Blade. I promptly put it on the trading platform.

Both the Shadow Boots and Huan Cheng's Wild Boar Boots are of the Black Iron grade. The Wild Boar Boots focus on health and defense, while the Shadow Boots provide a bonus to movement speed.

Based on his own circumstances, he decided to continue using the Wild Boar Boots and also put the Shadow Boots on the market.

Besides the two pieces of black iron armor, the Shadow Goblin also dropped two white armor pieces. Huan Cheng glanced at them and immediately put them up for sale on the trading platform.

[Basic Health Potion]: Immediately restores 50 health points upon use, then restores 20 health points per second for eight seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

This is a nice little gadget; it can restore over 200 health points, which is much better than a mini health potion and very useful for players at this stage.

In the starting village, a bottle of basic health potion sells for 40 copper coins, while in the real world, large corporations buy copper coins at an average ratio of about 1:25.

Huan Cheng thought for a moment, then priced the bottle of basic life potion at 1000 Chinese coins and put it on the trading platform.

This is another trading model on the trading platform, where sellers list prices, and buyers can purchase directly if they find it suitable. In this model, the trading platform only charges a 10% commission, half that of the auction model.

A few minutes later, as Huan Cheng was chasing down the throwing goblin, a system notification sounded:

"Ding! Your consigned item [Basic Health Potion] has been purchased. After deducting transaction fees, the proceeds have been automatically transferred to your character's bound account!"

"Tsk tsk, there are so many rich people!" Huan Cheng exclaimed in amazement upon hearing the system notification.

He could understand the frenzy for equipment; after all, those things could be used indefinitely as long as they weren't damaged. But the fact that someone was willing to spend a thousand dollars on a one-time recovery potion truly opened his eyes.

After reaching level 7, killing throwing goblins no longer grants the experience bonus for killing monsters above your level; each goblin only contributes 40 experience points.

However, Huan Cheng did not seek out higher-level monsters.

Goblin Throwing has low health and defense, making it very efficient to kill. He plans to use Goblin Throwing to reach level 8 today.

After the upgrade, his attack power increased slightly. A combo of Wind Slash, a heavy strike, and then a normal attack is enough to take down a throwing goblin.

If you're lucky enough to trigger a critical hit, you won't even need to use normal attacks, and the battle will be over in five seconds.

"Sigh, too few skills, it's wasting time!" Huan Cheng was a little dissatisfied after killing another throwing goblin and putting Wind Slash on cooldown.

If other players heard him say that, countless people would be so angry they'd vomit blood.

Currently, 99.99% of players in the game are still using F-level basic skills to kill monsters. Not only has his heavy attack been upgraded to E-level, but he also has a B-level skill, which has already left most players far behind.

Huan Cheng casually listed the stone spear dropped by the goblin on the trading platform and continued grinding monsters.

Even without the Wind Slash, his normal attacks can deal more than 140 damage to the throwing goblins, and he can kill one in six or seven strikes.

……

"Guild Master, another stone spear has been added to the shelves!"

While Huan Cheng was focused on hunting down the goblins, in a corner of the beginner village, Changfeng Yinuo overheard his underling's report.

"Alright! Keep acquiring them. The more stone spears we have, the higher our chances of success!" Changfeng Yinuo looked at the man-eating flower BOSS not far away, a rare hint of excitement on his face.

By chance, the Changfeng Guild discovered the hidden boss, the Man-Eating Flower, in this remote corner.

The man-eating flower, a special plant-type bronze boss, has no mobility, but its flower buds constantly emit pollen toxins.

Anyone who gets within eight meters of you will be attacked with 30 points of poison per second.

In addition, the carnivorous plant has a very overpowered passive skill called "Resurrection," which restores one percent of its maximum health per second.

This makes the carnivorous plant boss theoretically impossible for newbie players to defeat.

After learning about the carnivorous plant's properties, Changfeng Yinuo once considered giving up.

Just then, Huan Cheng put up the Goblin Stone Spear.

The stone spear has a maximum throwing distance of 10 meters, allowing players to attack outside the poison range.

The Changfeng Guild has no shortage of people. If they could get dozens or even hundreds of stone spears and arrange them in an arc to fire at the same time...

With this in mind, Changfeng Yinuo immediately ordered a full-scale search for stone spears and poison resistance items to prepare for the battle against the man-eating flower BOSS.

However, after searching the entire newbie village, apart from the trading platform listing one every few minutes, there was no other source of supply.

Based on the word "goblin" inscribed on the stone spear, Changfeng Yinuo could deduce that the spear came from a goblin's lair. He specially arranged for people to explore it, but the Changfeng Guild players had limited strength, and they could only reach the first floor. They died and returned before even finding the door to the second floor.

"Riding the wind!"

Silently reciting the name, Changfeng Yinuo felt a mix of emotions.

Even a fool would know that at this point, Huan Cheng is practically the only one in the entire 23333 newbie village who can freely grind monsters in the goblin nest.

"It seems our previous analysis was correct; the strategic value of top experts in the Divine Realm is higher than ever before!"

Just as Changfeng Yinuo was pondering the future development strategy of the guild, he suddenly heard a reminder from his subordinate: "Guild leader, the price of stone spears has exceeded 3000."

Upon hearing this, Changfeng Yinuo's face darkened immediately, and he couldn't help but say, "It's that Young Master Wu again?"

Before his subordinate could answer, Changfeng Yinuo pressed on, "Have you found out his identity?"

"We've got some leads. According to rumors, it's the second young master of the Wu family from Tenghui Group."

"Tenghui Group!"

Upon hearing this, Changfeng Yinuo's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Another Fortune 500 giant!

3000 yuan was nothing to Changfeng Yinuo, but this young master Wu seemed to be targeting them on purpose, meddling in everything, which gave Changfeng Yinuo a headache.

After thinking for a moment, Changfeng Yinuo sighed helplessly and instructed his subordinates, "Help me arrange an appointment with this Young Master Wu. I need to talk to him in person."

Huan Cheng was unaware that the goblin stone spear he casually tossed onto the trading platform had sparked a new round of competition in the already turbulent 23333 newbie village.

I glanced at the experience bar and realized I was only a thousand experience points away from level 8, and I still had forty minutes left to log in today.

A smile appeared on Huan Cheng's lips, and his enthusiasm grew even stronger, his swinging speed seemingly increasing by three points.

Thirty minutes later, the system notification arrived as scheduled.

"Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 8. All attributes +1, free attribute points +5, maximum health +50."