Chapter 10: A Lucky Find! Obtaining the Quest Token

[Defeated a Level 1 Green Claw Beast, gained +10 energy points.]
[Defeated a Level 1 Green Claw Beast, gained +10 energy points.]
[Defeated a Level 1 Green Claw Beast, gained +10 energy points.]
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[100% drop rate triggered. The item has been automatically placed in your storage space. Please check.]

A stream of white light surged into Ye Chuyun’s body.

In less than five minutes, he had effortlessly slain five Green Claw Beasts!

His current level was now Level 2 (130/300).

He would soon reach Level 3 and unlock the level leaderboard.

Unfortunately, he had already reached the limit for the Green Claw Beast’s essence and the Green Claw Machete; he could neither consume nor enhance them further.

Ye Chuyun had no choice but to store all these items in his storage space for now.

Just then!

[Announcement: The trading post is now open. Everyone can buy or sell items here with zero transaction fees—truly fair and honest.]
[Note: The trading post is currently limited to internal transactions within District 118.]

As soon as this message appeared, the once quiet chat channel suddenly burst into life.

Cai Kun: “Holy crap, it’s only been a few seconds and I already see people listing items.”
Huang Li: “What the hell are these junk listings? Selling newbie machetes for 10 Divine Demon Coins? I barely earned 10 coins after working hard—who’d buy your common trash?”
Wang Gang: “Hey, someone’s selling cooked Green Claw Beast meat for just 1 Divine Demon Coin. I’m starving; might buy some.”
Lei Chen: “Wow, everything’s on sale except equipment. Even underwear is being sold, and people are actually buying it. What a sight.”
Zhuang Liang: “Offering 20 Divine Demon Coins for Tier 1 equipment. Anyone selling?”

Ye Chuyun glanced for a moment, then closed the chat channel and opened the trading post.

Instantly, a virtual screen appeared before him.

Less than a minute after the announcement, hundreds of people had already started listing items.

Suddenly, Ye Chuyun’s eyes lit up.

He spotted an item listed by someone named Huang Peng—a Purple Star Herb, priced at only 1 Divine Demon Coin.

Without hesitation, he snatched it up!

Apart from him, virtually no one possessed the Identification skill.

Even if they held the Purple Star Herb in their hands, they wouldn’t recognize its value.

In his previous life, a single Purple Star Herb could sell for hundreds of Divine Demon Coins.

Now, Ye Chuyun had acquired it for just 1 coin.

The thrill of snagging such a bargain was indescribably exhilarating.

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After browsing the trading post further, besides the Purple Star Herb, Ye Chuyun also bought out every piece of “Sturdy Stone” listed.

Over five hundred pieces of Sturdy Stone cost him only 8 Divine Demon Coins.

Sturdy Stone was a type of ore material but was considered trash by most—neither tasty nor useful, yet hard to discard.

But Ye Chuyun knew this item would prove immensely valuable in the future.

His fortune would depend entirely on it.

Apart from that, the trading post was mostly filled with junk.

No equipment, skill books, beast essences, or special items were on sale.

Such items were usually consumed internally by players who obtained them, never put up for sale.

Besides, Divine Demon Coins were currently as worthless to players as scrap metal.

But Ye Chuyun understood that once they left the Trial Grounds, the importance of these coins would gradually emerge.

“Sigh, looks like I need to give everyone a little shock,” he muttered.

He opened the trading post and began setting up his listings.

First, he put up a Green Claw Machete for sale, priced at 50 Divine Demon Coins.

Considering the drop rates, most people probably had only a few coins or maybe a dozen at most.

Moreover, this Green Claw Machete was just newbie equipment in the previous world, often considered overpriced even at 10 coins.

Fifty coins seemed reasonable.

As soon as Ye Chuyun listed the machete, it caught immediate attention.

Cai Kun: “Holy crap, is that a Tier 1 equipment? Only 50 Divine Demon Coins?”
Huang Li: “You must be some big spender. I’ll be impressed if you actually have more than 10 coins.”
Lei Chen: “This Green Claw Machete is incredible—+5 attack, +2 strength. Way better than my newbie machete. Leaf Lord, can you give me a discount?”
Wang Gang: “Brother Ye, 50 coins is a bit steep. We’ve only earned around 40 after all this time. Can you lower the price?”
Zhuang Liang: “How about I trade one Green Claw Beast essence plus 40 coins?”
Liu Qian: “@Ye Chuyun”

Ye Chuyun naturally noticed and returned to the chat.

Ye Chuyun: “Everyone, if you don’t have enough Divine Demon Coins, you can trade crafting materials with me, such as spirit herbs or special ores.”
Ye Chuyun: “I’m also open to buying special items, crafting materials, skill books, and so on. If you think it’s valuable, feel free to message me.”

Cai Kun: “Wow, the big shot has arrived! Big shot, please take me under your wing!”
Huang Li: “Where’d you get that equipment, big shot?”
Ye Chuyun: “Just lucky—I killed a Green Claw Beast and it dropped.”
Cai Kun: “Whoa, such luck! I salute you, O Emperor of Fortune!”
Huang Peng: “Yeah, that’s me who sold the spirit herb to the big shot. I just happened to see it could be collected and pulled it up. Didn’t know it was sellable!”

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Feng Yu: “Damn, I saw it too, but there was a Stone Ape Beast nearby, so I didn’t dare go. Missed out big time.”

After exiting the chat, Ye Chuyun found that Wang Gang had sent him a private message.

Wang Gang: “Brother Ye, you’re looking to buy crafting materials, right?”
Ye Chuyun: “That’s right. Do you have some?”
Wang Gang: “No, but I can trade this with you as a deduction. See if it works.”

Wang Gang then sent an item info.

Ye Chuyun’s expression instantly turned shocked.

[Quest Token: Activate to receive quest details. Complete the quest for a reward.]

Ye Chuyun: “Where did you get this?”
Wang Gang: “Dropped from monsters. I’ve been to the indicated location and saw lots of spirit herbs, but it’s full of pythons. One of my teammates died there. It’s dangerous.”
Ye Chuyun: “This is good. Let’s say it counts for 20 Divine Demon Coins. Deal?”
Wang Gang: “Deal. But that place is risky—I can’t promise you’ll complete the quest.”
Ye Chuyun: “No problem.”

After receiving the Quest Token, Ye Chuyun activated it immediately.

The next second, a prompt appeared:

[Quest: Fulfill the wish of the Hermit Qingxu!]
[Quest details: Go to the indicated location and assist Hermit Qingxu in refining an unfinished elixir.]

“An alchemy quest! Maybe I can get an alchemy furnace from this!”

A spark of excitement flashed in Ye Chuyun’s heart as he hurried toward the quest location.

Along the way, he took out his treasure chest detector to continue searching for hidden chests.

While traveling, Ye Chuyun recalled that in his previous life, Wang Gang’s team had sold a large batch of spirit herbs.

At that time, people noticed the trading post suddenly flooded with spirit herbs sold by Wang Gang’s team, sparking much discussion in the chat.

From then on, Wang Gang’s team’s levels skyrocketed, ranking among the top on the leaderboard.

Among them, Wang Yun became an alchemist and a target of recruitment by various factions.

They eventually joined a second-rate faction as core members, dominating the scene for a time.

This was undoubtedly linked to that Quest Token.

Thinking of this, Ye Chuyun quickened his pace.