Chapter 29: Silvermoon City Trading Market |
Not long after… on the way to the trading market.
Lilith followed closely beside Vivian, silent the entire time.
Heaven knew what she had just experienced.
Vivian had been stuffing food into her mouth like a starving ghost reincarnated.
Recalling the looks from the people around them earlier, Lilith felt utterly miserable.
“So Vivian, are you really okay?” Lilith asked worriedly.
“Do I look like something’s wrong?” Vivian replied.
Seeing Vivian’s calm expression, just like yesterday, Lilith looked like she was about to cry.
That’s exactly why it’s abnormal!
You really have been possessed by something dirty, haven’t you?!
Lilith screamed internally.
“Um, Vivian, I know a church—how about we go take a look?” Lilith tried to suggest.
“Why go to a church? The most important thing right now is to buy equipment!”
Hearing Vivian’s reply, Lilith became even more suspicious.
‘Not willing to go to a church? Could she really be possessed by something?’
The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became.
With all sorts of thoughts swirling in her mind, Lilith brought Vivian to the trading market.
The trading market was located in the old district of Silvermoon City.
The buildings here all looked aged.
On the distant ancient clock tower, creeping plants could be seen covering its surface, and the surrounding wooden houses bore the marks of time.
The street wasn’t wide—Jiang Chen estimated it to be only about ten meters across—with shops selling all kinds of goods on both sides.
People dressed in all styles came and went, and the lively, grounded atmosphere unique to the old city rushed toward them.
“Um, Vivian, you can browse around here first. I have something to take care of—I’ll come find you later.” Just as Vivian was observing the surroundings,
Lilith gave a brief explanation and hurried off without even waiting for Vivian’s response.
Jiang Chen didn’t care about Lilith leaving.
At this moment, all his attention was on the trading market.
The first thing that caught his eye was a potion shop.
“Finally, potions!” As he spoke, Jiang Chen immediately walked into the shop.
The moment he entered, his attention was drawn to the dazzling array of potions on the shelves.
【HP Potion (Small): Slowly restores 40 HP】
【MP Potion (Small): Slowly restores 40 MP】
【Stamina Recovery Potion: Quickly restores energy】
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Looking at the wide variety of potions, Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up.
The importance of potions in games was self-evident.
But when he looked at the prices—
The cheapest cost ten Silver Coins per bottle, while HP and MP potions were priced as high as twenty Silver Coins.
“Damn, these prices are outrageous!”
“And they’re all small potions—there aren’t even medium or large ones.”
Honestly, Jiang Chen wasn’t satisfied with this shop’s inventory.
“Better check other shops first—buy what I need, then come back.”
Jiang Chen had a habit when playing games—he would first buy what he needed, and then spend the rest of his money entirely on potions.
Thus, he began wandering around the market.
Aside from regular shops, there were also small street vendors.
Compared to the items in stores, the goods sold by these vendors interested Jiang Chen even more.
“This game’s design is pretty interesting.”
“The vendors’ goods come from various sources—some are found by chance, some are crafted from gathered materials…”
“Some are even dug up from underground.”
This greatly piqued Jiang Chen’s interest.
If shops were like fixed NPC stores in other games,
then these vendor stalls were like randomly spawned mysterious shops.
“Usually, mysterious shops have a chance to refresh with rare items. I’ll look around—maybe I’ll get lucky.”
Muttering to himself, Jiang Chen browsed through different stalls.
Vivian, however, didn’t believe a word of what he said.
Especially after seeing that the items at the few stalls they had already visited were all ordinary, she became even more convinced.
But at that moment, Vivian’s attention was suddenly drawn to a stall not far away.
When she saw the items being sold there, her emotions surged violently.
These things!
These were the very things that marked the beginning of her out-of-control life!
Especially when she saw the stall owner’s familiar black robe, her pupils shrank sharply. The chipped Holy Chalice she bought back then had come from this very person.
Could this man also be a follower of Lord God?
Clearly, Vivian had misunderstood something.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen looked thoughtfully at the items displayed.
Some resembled chalices, others looked like cones, and some were shaped like crosses—there were all kinds of strange forms.
But what interested Jiang Chen wasn’t their appearance—it was the item descriptions.
【Cursed Sacred Artifact (Disguised) (5%)】
【An unknown existence has placed a curse upon it. Praying to it will attract her descent. When progress reaches 100%, a projection can be summoned. Defeating it grants unknown rewards.】
【Note: The projection is extremely powerful. Summon with caution!】
Looking at the description, Jiang Chen stroked his chin, casually pulling out a cigarette and lighting it as he fell into thought.
“I just asked this NPC—one Sacred Artifact costs 10 Gold Coins.”
“The highest progress is 5%, the lowest is only 1%.”
Isn’t this just a classic early-game mechanic?
Some special equipment sets require items like summoning tickets—use them to summon a special boss, defeat it, and obtain rewards.
But because this method made it too easy to get top-tier gear, later games changed the system.
They introduced things like abyss dungeons,
or artifact farming dungeons with random stats, plus enhancement systems with randomized attributes—greatly increasing the difficulty of completing a full build.
Honestly, Jiang Chen was a bit surprised that this game still retained such a summoning-ticket-like system.
“If that’s the case… it might be worth gambling on luck.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen hesitated.
Based on the prices at this stall, he roughly calculated—
One “summoning ticket” would cost around 300 Gold Coins.
“But why doesn’t the summoned boss have a name listed? Could it be random?”
“If that’s the case, then completing a full set in this game won’t be easy at all.”
The best equipment in the game came in sets.
If the item specified which boss it summoned,
then targeting that boss’s summoning items would make assembling a full set relatively easy.
But without specifying which boss would appear—
then completing a set would truly depend on luck.
If luck was bad, one might end up with nothing but mismatched pieces.