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

For the next two days, Huan Cheng didn't go anywhere and spent all his time at the training ground. Whenever Yun Xi had free time, she would spar with him and give him pointers on combat techniques.

Huan Cheng is a self-taught fighter whose combat skills are all learned through trial and error in actual combat. He is definitely not as skilled as Yun Xi, who has been training since childhood and has honed her swordsmanship by combining the strengths of various schools.

Two days is certainly not enough for Huan Cheng to become a master swordsman, but it has greatly improved his combat ability, allowing him to barely withstand a few moves from Yun Xi.

On the third day, Banzhan Wenrou sent a message saying that the auction was about to begin, and Huan Cheng finally left the training ground.

In the backyard of the Gentle Little Shop, Half a Cup of Gentleness was checking a list one by one when a flash of white light appeared and Huan Cheng suddenly appeared.

Half a cup of gentle warmth was startled, but after recognizing the person, she chuckled and said, "Hey boss, could you please let me know next time you're coming? This sudden jump around is enough to make someone sick!"

"This is a surprise inspection to see if you're slacking off!" Huan Chenghun didn't care and made himself a cup of tea.

"How could I dare to slack off? If the big boss fires me, I'll be homeless." Banzhan Wenrou showed a pitiful expression, her big eyes blinking as she looked at Huan Cheng, her brows and eyes seemingly full of charm.

Huan Cheng immediately felt a bit overwhelmed and coughed lightly to change the subject: "How are the preparations for the auction going?"

"A great success!" Upon hearing this, Banzhan Wenrou immediately forgot her teasing of Huan Cheng, handed over a list, and introduced it with great enthusiasm: "This is the list of those who signed up. We collected nearly ten thousand gold coins in deposits alone!"

Huan Cheng took a look and found that most of the participants in the auction were the leaders of the major guilds in Qingyang City, with only a few casual players.

"By the way, please prepare three seats for me. A friend of mine wants to come and join in the fun."

Upon hearing about the auction, Liu Feng approached Huan Cheng hoping to get a ticket to broaden his horizons.

This small request is naturally not a problem.

Since Liu Feng already had one, the Yun siblings also prepared one.

However, given Yunxi's personality, she might not be interested in the auction.

"It's all ready!" Half a cup of gentle warmth took out several beautifully printed invitations and handed them to Huan Cheng: "VIP exclusive tickets. Besides the one you have, only the eight major guilds each have one."

"The eight major guilds?" Huan Cheng was taken aback. "You brought people from the Fierce Tiger Guild and the Heroic Clans as well?"

"They're bringing us money, how can we turn them away?" Half-Cup Gentle said, a slight smile playing on her lips, a hint of something unreadable in her expression. "I've prepared quite a few good things for them!"

Huan Cheng accepted the invitation, while silently mourning for the Fierce Tiger Guild. Women are known for holding grudges, and Fierce Tiger Roaring Sky and his gang were in for a rough time.

Half a cup of gentle warmth handed over another list, "These are the items to be auctioned. You can take a look first, and if there are any suitable ones, I can talk to the seller."

The list was divided into two categories. One category was provided by Huan Cheng, which included guild tokens and Shadow Assassin scrolls.

The other type consists of items consigned for auction by players in the past two days. There are fewer of these, only about ten pieces.

After all, it's going to be auctioned, so the quality can't be too low.

The truly good items are rarely available on the market, and if it weren't for the high demand at this auction, even these items wouldn't have been gathered.

Huan Cheng examined them one by one, hoping to find something useful to him.

Half a cup of gentle warmth thoughtfully recorded the specific attributes and even made a price estimate.

Huan Cheng's gaze lingered on the last record.

【Ancient Treasure Map】: Treasure maps passed down from ancient times. Due to the passage of time, few people can decipher the text on them anymore.

"What is this? Is it worth two hundred gold coins?"

Half a cup of gentle light glanced at it, then shook her head and said, "It's exactly as described in the text. I had the NPCs examine it, and they couldn't decipher the text either."

"However, it is certain that what is written on it is indeed ancient Elvish."

Huan Cheng thought for a moment, then said gently to Banzhan, "Take this thing away."

"No problem. The client is just an ordinary casual player who got lucky and obtained this treasure map. It won't cost much."

"Don't bet too much, it's not easy for casual players."

Half a cup of gentle warmth rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, my big boss!"

"Huh? There's even a brewing recipe?"

His gaze shifted downwards, and Huan Cheng immediately spotted something interesting.

[Zephyr Brewing Recipe]: Records the secret brewing method for the C-grade fine wine Zephyr. Usage requirements: Senior winemaker.

Brewing is one of the many life professions in the game. Apart from combat maniacs like Huan Cheng, most players will take on several life professions, among which the pharmacist, blacksmith, and tailor are the most popular.

While brewing may not be as practical as these three professions, it is still one of the more popular careers.

Life professions are uniformly divided into ten levels: apprentice, junior, intermediate, senior, elite, expert, master, grandmaster, great grandmaster, and divine craftsman.

Leveling up in life professions is equally difficult. Even now, the highest level known to be achieved by players who specialize in life professions is only intermediate pharmacist.

Remembering Kader's passion for fine wine, Huan Cheng said, "Let's try to get this winemaking recipe as well."

"No problem, I'll go talk to them!"

After looking at it again, Huan Cheng lost interest in the rest.

They were just skill books and equipment items. He couldn't use the skill books, and the equipment was even worse than what he had put up for auction, not to mention the Azure Sun Set and the Blazing Sun Greatsword he was wearing.

"Boss, guess how much we'll make this time?"

Hearing this, Huan Cheng became interested and couldn't help but laugh, "What? The auction hasn't even started yet, and you can already calculate how much you'll earn?"

"I don't know how much money is made at the auction, but the items on the shop shelves are all counted!"

Banzhan smiled gently and smugly, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with delight: "Besides the dozens of items that went up for auction, we've bought and sold tens of thousands of pieces of equipment and props in the past two days."

"In three days, the daily turnover was 2,800 gold coins, and the gross profit was over 300 gold coins."

Even after deducting rent, labor costs, taxes, and other miscellaneous expenses, we still take home about two hundred yuan a day.

"So many?" Huan Cheng was startled by the number.

Limited by his tragically low luck, Huan Cheng killed hundreds of various BOSSes, but the total amount of gold coins dropped was only a little over a hundred.

If we don't consider the dungeon rewards from [Swiftwind Bandit Camp], Huan Cheng's accumulated profits over such a long period of time are still less than the daily profit of Gentle Shop.

"My dear boss, you're underestimating your influence."

"With your prestigious reputation, if we were to seek financing in the name of our store in the real world, I wouldn't even bother to look at any investment that's less than one billion."

"Oh, right, there's something I forgot to tell you. I've put you up for auction too, so be prepared."

"What??"

"What do you mean by putting me at the auction too???"