by Zhuang Bifan
Chapter 879 - Each Took What He Needed
Chapter 880 - The Crazy Prince
Chapter 881 - Research Log
Chapter 882 - Here Lies the Immortal King
Chapter 883 - Giant Undead Beasts
Chapter 884 - Ghost Behemoth
Chapter 885 - A Flight of Humerus Wyrms
Chapter 886 - Ice Dragon Sindera
Chapter 887 - Judgment Of Light
Chapter 888 - Magic Array
Chapter 889 - War Totem Poles
Chapter 890 - Ice Armor
Chapter 891 - Awakened Sindera
Chapter 892 - Sanctuary-realm
Chapter 893 - Which Direction To Go In?
Chapter 894 - Attitude
Chapter 895 - Super Lich
Chapter 896 - Big Door
Chapter 897 - Silhouette
Chapter 898 - Father
Chapter 899 - An Endless Stream
Chapter 900 - Dragon Blood Essence
Chapter 901 - Old Mage
Chapter 902 - Arbitrator Chris
Chapter 903 - Invitation From The Supreme Council
Chapter 904 - Sky Garden
Chapter 905 - Old Friends
Chapter 906 - Flies
Chapter 907 - So Arrogant?
Chapter 908 - Finding Trouble
Chapter 909 - The Tera Mine
Chapter 910 - Villain Accomplishes His Ambitions
Chapter 911 - Clown
Chapter 912 - What's The Logic?
Chapter 913 - It Must Be An Illusion
Chapter 914 - Top Floor
Chapter 915 - What Is Your Opinion?
Chapter 916 - Successor
Chapter 917 - Still Mentioning It?
Chapter 918 - So What If It's Just Half?
Chapter 919 - Calamity
Chapter 920 - Sanctuary Aura
Chapter 921 - Armor
Chapter 922 - Alchemy Nation
Chapter 923 - Compensation
Chapter 924 - Frightening
Chapter 925 - Shameless Boasting
Chapter 926 - Breaking Through The Limits
Chapter 927 - Exaggerating
Chapter 928 - We're All Friends
Chapter 929 - Holding The Sky Castle
Chapter 930 - Adhere
Chapter 931 - They Each Had Their Means
Chapter 932 - Immortal
Chapter 933 - Each Having Their Own Needs
Chapter 934 - Thorough
Chapter 935 - Deadly Ambush
Chapter 936 - Magic Storm
Chapter 937 - Peculiar Undead Creatures
Chapter 938 - Undead Creature Elemental Dragon
Chapter 939 - Power Of The Sanctuary-realm
Chapter 940 - Psychic Tower Of Two Realms
Chapter 941 - 36 Towers
Chapter 942 - Bloodied Battlefield
Chapter 943 - Individual Power
Chapter 944 - Broken Tower
Chapter 945 - Retribution Knights
Chapter 946 - Fusion Magical Crystal
Chapter 947 - Battle Spoils
Chapter 948 - Bone Pearl
Chapter 949 - 1,300 Years Ago
Chapter 950 - World Creation
Chapter 951 - Ultimate State
Chapter 952 - The Highlord's Willpower
Chapter 953 - Attacking Alanna
Chapter 954 - Buying Time
Chapter 955 - Void of the Stars
Chapter 956 - Judgment Day
Chapter 957 - Break the Deadlock
Chapter 958 - Undead Creature Laboratory
Chapter 959 - World Of Skeletons
Chapter 960 - Sea Of Undead Creatures
Chapter 961 - Undead Demons
Chapter 962 - Legion Of Mages
Chapter 963 - Undead Plants
Chapter 964 - Storm
Chapter 965 - Sanctuary-realm
Chapter 966 - Felling a Tree
Chapter 967 - Collapse
Chapter 968 - Seed
Chapter 969 - Well of the Sun
Chapter 970 - Phantom
Chapter 971 - Irresistible Force
Chapter 972 - Lord Devourer
Chapter 973 - Arduous Battle
Chapter 974 - Devour
Chapter 975 - Mana Tide
Chapter 976 - Garl
Chapter 977 - Subdue
Chapter 978 - Soul Contract
Chapter 979 - Gate Of Sunfall
Chapter 980 - Devouring The World
Chapter 981 - Going Up All The Way
Chapter 982 - Nothingness
Chapter 983 - Owner Of The Well of the Sun
Chapter 984 - Shadow
Chapter 985 - King of Hunters
Chapter 986 - Real And Fake Debris of The Stars
Chapter 987 - Battle Begins
Chapter 988 - Archery
Chapter 989 - Barely Surviving
Chapter 990 - Take A Gamble
Chapter 991 - Prey
Chapter 992 - Return To Position
Chapter 993 - Disappear
Chapter 994 - The Crown
Chapter 995 - King Of Curses
Chapter 996 - Control Center
Chapter 997 - Highlord
Chapter 998 - Fight
Chapter 999 - Failure
Chapter 1000 - Separation Of Soul And Body
Chapter 1001 - Mana Erosion
Chapter 1002 - Successful Control
Chapter 1003 - Tour
Chapter 1004 - Bottom
Chapter 1005 - Loser
Chapter 1006 - Opening the Door
Chapter 1007 - Figure
Chapter 1008 - Guidance Battle
Chapter 1009 - Stop
Chapter 1010 - Return
Chapter 1011 - Changes
Chapter 1012 - Three Years
Chapter 1013 - Battle
Chapter 1014 - Dwarves
Chapter 1015 - Summon
Chapter 1016 - Return
Chapter 1017 - Meteor
Chapter 1018 - Three Years
Chapter 1019 - Legendary-mage Gerian
Chapter 1020 - Returning To The Library
Chapter 1021 - Shock
Chapter 1022 - Asserting Dominance
Chapter 1023 - Confidential News
Chapter 1024 - Illuminati
Chapter 1025 - First Sanctuary-realm
Chapter 1026 - Storm
Chapter 1027 - Settled
Chapter 1028 - Gilded Kingdom
Chapter 1029 - Nonsense
Chapter 1030 - Barbarous Arena
Chapter 1031 - Continuous Battles
Chapter 1032 - Instant Kill
Chapter 1033 - Envoy
Chapter 1034 - Negotiation
Chapter 1035 - Pseudo-Sanctuary-realm
Chapter 1036 - Departure
Chapter 1037 - Boasting
Chapter 1038 - Let's Go Together
Chapter 1039 - Unhappy Parting
Chapter 1040 - Navigation Data
Chapter 1041 - Established Deal
Chapter 1042 - Stone Slab
Chapter 1043 - Prehistoric Times
Chapter 1044 - Viper
Chapter 1045 - Viper's Poison
Chapter 1046 - Wind And Thunder Beast King
Chapter 1047 - Meditation Ground
Chapter 1048 - Golden
Chapter 1049 - World Sword
Chapter 1050 - Reincarnation
Chapter 1051 - Undercurrent
Chapter 1052 - Fleet
Chapter 1053 - True Sanctuary Powerhouse
Chapter 1054 - Blackwater Swamp
Chapter 1055 - Levidan Canyon
Chapter 1056 - What Exactly Do You Want?
Chapter 1057 - Dragon Prison Island
Chapter 1058 - Requesting Aid
Chapter 1059 - Aid
Chapter 1060 - Reason
Chapter 1061 - Evil Dragon
Chapter 1062 - Imprisoned Wyrm
Chapter 1063 - Founder of Blood Moon Clan
Chapter 1064 - G
igantic Alchemical Ship
Chapter 1065 - Distance
Chapter 1066 - Magic Net
Chapter 1067 - Obsidian Wyrm
Chapter 1068 - Crypt Lord
Chapter 1069 - Death Shadow
Chapter 1070 - Black Giant
Chapter 1071 - Dragon Corpse
Chapter 1072 - Menacing
Chapter 1073 - Reason
Chapter 1074 - Must Fight
Chapter 1 - Prologue
As per usual in the mornings, Lin Li logged in on his smurf 1 account—which was a mage—the first thing after he went online.
Bright Moon City was particularly busy on Sundays. The continuous stream of players was more than double in number when compared to other days; it was overcrowded even in the private warehouse where the fees were more expensive.
"Could you please help—" Lin Li finally made his way to Suo Lan and was about to ask the pretty administrator for help in getting his mail item.
But he was pushed away from the back before he could finish his sentence.
"Didn't you see the words outside clearly? This is a private warehouse, what is a low-level player like you doing here?" Those words came from a level forty-something warrior who was followed by a group of four or five players. He seemed to be the leader of their small team.
After the warrior had spoken, the rest of the players expressed their discontent one after another. "Something's wrong with this low-level guy; he's coming here and taking up a space for nothing."
"Who knows. Maybe he thinks the rich are here and so would like to get some money for a potion to level up."
"Why not go to the auction house for money? That's where all the rich men are. If anyone happens to be in a good mood and throws some gold coins your way, you will never have to worry about not getting enough money for the level-up potion."
Lin Li only glanced at these wasps, then once again calmly wedged his way through to reach Suo Lan. "Would you help me get the mail items posted yesterday?"
"Sure, please wait."
The onlookers watched as various mine ingots were being taken out of the private warehouse. There were the common mithril and thorium, and also rare adamantine and fiend iron. The sheen unique to magical metals sparkled in the private warehouse, dazzling the eyes of the players. The commotion died down instantly, and only sounds of players swallowing their saliva could be heard in the private warehouse…
The players had yet to shift their gazes away from the bulk of ingots when the pretty administrator took out another pile of stuff from the warehouse—over a hundred pieces of black dragon skin stacked neatly together. The fine and closely woven dragon scales were breathtakingly lucent under the sheen of the magical metals—this was genuine black dragon skin. It was the perfect combination of magical and physical defense. Gear made from the dragon skin was of a legendary scale at the very least. Hundreds of black dragon skin pieces meant hundreds of pieces of legendary gear at the very least!
And this was not the end. Beneath the stack of black dragon skin were over twenty pieces of smelted divinity metals.
The entire private warehouse seethed with excitement at the sight of these divinity metals.
"Look, these look like the legendary divinity metals!"
"Look like? These are the divinity metals. Oh, God! More than twenty pieces, did this low-level mage just rob a dragon?" The guy had guessed it half right, Lin Li had indeed raided a dragon's lair. But at the same time, while raiding the dragon's lair, he had finished off the Dragon of Destruction Azardas.
There was no lack of professional blacksmiths in the crowd. No one knew the value of the divinity metals better than them.
The properties of equipment made out of divinity metals might not stand out in the beginning, but the longer you use it and the higher the level you attain, the more its fearful growth characteristics would show—albeit slowly. Many professional blacksmiths had predicted on official forums that if a player began using equipment made out of divinity metals at level one, then when he reached level 70, the equipment could reach an epic level at the minimum even if it might not be an artifact!
Was this beast intending to give anyone a way out at all, having over twenty divinity metals out at once?
The players could only watch as Lin Li swept the twenty pieces of divinity metals into his bag, their expressions ones of those who had witnessed their wives entering a hotel with other guys…
But then, Suo Lan retrieved a scroll from the warehouse yet again, and all life had escaped from the players' eyes. He was a beast capable of producing two pieces of epic equipment at ease, and in addition possessed over a hundred pieces of dragon skin and over twenty pieces of divinity metals. What else could he not do?
However, everyone had a breakdown the time the scroll was handed over to Lin Li.
"The Wishes Spell! That is the scroll of Wishes!" only players who knew their stuff exclaimed as the scroll was passed.
"How is that possible! Did you see it correctly?"
"It really is! That is really the scroll of Wishes!"
The private warehouse had just quieted down for a few minutes, but the appearance of the scroll threw the place into a frenzy again.
"Powerful" might be an understatement in this case. Having the scroll of Wishes meant the player could tell the System Lord one wish. As long as the wish was not against the rules of the game, anything could be granted. The player could wish for an endless pool of wealth or the most powerful equipment. He could also wish for the Lord to kill any legendary creature for him, or even ask for a vast land with rich natural resources to build his own kingdom on.
At this time, the looks cast on Lin Li had a certain degree of other meanings to it.
But Lin Li heeded them not. He stretched out two fingers and lightly picked up the scroll, put it in his bag, and strode out of the private warehouse.
As Lin Li walked along the canal towards the trade zone, there were dozens of men with devil tails trailing behind him.
They really came along… Lin Li glanced back and couldn't help but feel excited. Playing bandits without looking into whom they'd be dealing with. They had better follow closely. Just wait till I settle the business on hand, I'll be putting on my hunter form for a good talk with them.
In reality, Lin Li's hunter form was stationed in the auction house at the moment. He was a super hunter holding the legendary weapon, Stars of Fury. The mage was just a smurf account he used in the warehouse. However, he seemed to have an extraordinary luck. He had created a mage smurf intending to use it as a warehouse, but he had gotten one with top levels of mental and intellectual abilities, a mage of the highest grade. Lin Li always had trouble deciding what to do with such an exceptional smurf.
Finally, he thought he couldn't let such an outstanding smurf go to waste. Hence, he began training the smurf in various kinds of professions.The fellow was one of a hardy character. It was either no training at all, or all training at once. As long as it was a life skill to be learnt, he'd learn it all. Now, a level one mage like him had mastered all five basic skills—forging, alchemy, pharmaceutics, magical enchantment, and inscription—to the highest level. In addition to these, his knowledge on medicine, minerals, cooking, scroll making, and other general skills had also increased beyond the highest level.
Lin Li took his time to walk to the trade zone. He stopped in front of a blacksmith shop.
Over a hundred pieces of mithril poured noisily into the furnace. Lin Li waited on the side for two minutes, then, disregarding whether the mithril was melted, he took one piece out and began hammering once it was on the anvil. The players behind him saw in between fits of sparks mithril valued at over a hundred gold coins hammered into a piece of scrap iron in an instant.
Top-class blacksmiths used mithril in their forging, hence it was natural to turn mithril into scrap iron. However, it made no difference to Lin Li whether the mithril was hammered into scrap iron. He was neither short on those few hundred gold coins, nor was he
short on those few pieces of mithril. In fact, he had his own private mineral veins in places like the Glistening Plains and Thousand Pinnacles, but no one knew about it…
What was the big deal about scraping a few pieces of mithril as long as the skill points increased?
Lin Li began busying himself again in the midst of those blacksmiths looking as if they were going to cough up blood. He took the mithril pieces one after another, and after using up almost half an hour, finally managed to scrap all hundred of them. Of course, his forging skills had improved significantly.
Right after mithril was thorium, then fiend iron, which was followed by adamantine…
After the million gold coins' worth of minerals was hammered into scraps, the system prompt tone that was ever so pleasant to the ears rang out. "Congratulations! You have advanced to become the Master of Forging!"
Lin Li massaged his aching shoulder. He took a look back at the stupefied onlookers before packing his tools and turning in the direction of the pharmacy.
Again, another million gold coins worth of herbs smashed and an advancement to become the Master of Pharmaceutics.
Followed by metallurgy…
… and magical enchantment…
… and finally inscription…
It was already noon when Lin Li finally reached the mastery level for all five skills. The group of players who had followed behind watched in shock as they witnessed Lin Li ravaging the materials. They had felt pity for him at the beginning, but were completely numb by the time he finished. The onlookers even started guessing whether Lin Li came from some rich family and took to gaming to vent his frustrations after encountering some stress at home.
Lin Li finally stopped to catch his breath after successfully upgrading his skills to the mastery level. Just when everyone thought he'd finally call it a day, he took out the scroll of Wishes from his bag.
"What is he trying to do?" The power of the scroll of Wishes was almost terrifying. Lin Li had just taken the scroll out when the players behind him made all possible preparations for a formidable enemy. After all, not only did this fellow not seem normal from the start, he was holding the scroll of Wishes, the freakiest item of all. Should he take things too hard and ask the System Lord for a huge massacre, they'd be digging their own graves standing here.
"You think too highly of yourselves…" Lin Li glanced at the players who looked as if they met their mortal enemy. Did he have nothing else to do other than using the scroll of Wishes on them? Couldn't they be more self-aware and decide if they were worth the price?
As the scroll of Wishes gently unfolded, a rainbow appeared suddenly on the skies of Bright Moon City. As the colorful rays shone down lightly, the whole city seemed to be enshrouded in a dream. A majestic voice rang through the solemn and divine choir, a voice that appeared to come from afar yet nearby at the same time.
