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Childish Can Also Become a God was thrilled to hear the good news about the Locator being on sale, so he arranged to meet Lufeng at the Suzhou Warehouse.
Lufeng was currently at West Lake, recording the coordinates of the criminals. By using the Punishment Order, he could locate the criminals and then eliminate them for a chance to obtain a Treasure Map. Since he had finally arrived, he naturally planned to complete this task before heading back.
Finding treasure maps was not a trivial matter; the higher the level, the farther the locations required for finding them. Therefore, levels 30 to 40 were most suitable. If one reached level 90, they would need to go to remote places like Miaojiang, which no one would willingly do.
An essential item for finding treasure maps is the Locator (only usable in main cities, not in the wild). Without a Locator, it would take a lot of time to make a trip. For Lufeng, Locators were plentiful, so he had set his location near the teleportation arrays outside Wu Jie, Suzhou South City Gate, and Dali South City Gate. If he wanted to go to West Lake, Erhai, or Yan Nan, he could directly use the Locator from Wu Jie to teleport to the nearest city gate. Currently, only Lufeng would waste his location tokens like this.
Thus, there is a specific level at which one should go treasure hunting, as it directly affects efficiency. Treasure hunting tasks can only be accepted in Suzhou — [Wu Jie]. If the location where the Punishment Order can be used is in one of the three scenes connected to Suzhou (North City Taihu, West City Mirror Lake, South City West Lake), then the time spent from accepting the task to finding where the Punishment Order can be used will be minimized. Additionally, the level of the Evil Person that emerges from using the Punishment Order adapts to the player's level, so generally, players engaging in treasure hunting should not be too high in level.
Level 30 is just right for starting treasure hunting. At this level, usable locations for the Punishment Order include Erhai, West Lake, Taihu, Songshan, and Yan Nan. For those between levels 30 and 40, usable locations include Erhai, West Lake, and Yan Nan. Therefore, Lufeng timed his treasure hunting perfectly; it would save him quite a bit on treasure map costs and allow him to experience some hidden aspects of treasure hunting.
After using the Punishment Order, the major criminal — Qian Boba — emerged from underground like a deity, one level higher than Lufeng, wielding a large machete and targeting only him with hatred. He shouted, “Kid, do you want your grandpa to come out because you don’t want to live anymore?”
Lufeng smiled slightly: “Grandpa is here!”
Upon seeing Lufeng’s face, Qian Boba leered: “Oh~ little cutie, let me have my fun first!”
Feeling uncomfortable, Lufeng retorted angrily: “You little brat! I’m a pure man! Do you want me to greet all your female relatives? If you don’t believe me, let your sister come over; my big gun will definitely take her down!”
Qian Boba roared in fury: “Come at me!!!”
The level 36 Qian Boba was quite arrogant as he swung his large knife towards Lufeng, appearing powerful and intimidating. However, without support from Murong Xiaoxiao, engaging in close combat was somewhat foolish for Lufeng. Thus, he had no choice but to maneuver around the perimeter of Qian Boba, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Treasure hunting is similar to digging for treasures; basic skills are essential. If one's inventory isn’t full, then the chances of obtaining treasures are halved. Having already split some materials and items into individual slots to fill his inventory beforehand, once he defeated Qian Boba, he could stack similar items of equal level together to accommodate any loot obtained. Additionally, before coming here, Lufeng had instructed his friends like Gao Chao to store all their money in the warehouse to prevent losing it during treasure hunting. Although such situations are rare, it's better to be cautious.
Facing a minor boss like Qian Boba, there was no pressure for Lufeng. These types of bosses were designed for ordinary players to handle easily; their seemingly powerful moves were merely flashy.
Soon enough, Lufeng defeated Qian Boba. The next moment, he was refreshed by the system and dropped a small yellow package.
With a thought, Lufeng collected the package without surprise; among its contents was a Treasure Map along with some materials. He made space in his inventory for the map while dismissing those materials as mostly useless; they wouldn’t sell for much silver coins anyway and were too cumbersome to carry. After a few minutes, they would be reclaimed by the system.
With the treasure map in hand, Lufeng immediately used his Locator to return to Suzhou Wu Jie and then hurried towards the warehouse.
The distance from Wu Jie to the warehouse was short; soon enough, he found himself face-to-face with Childish Can Also Become a God who was waiting there.
“Ha ha~ Brother Becoming God! A day apart feels like three autumns! I’ve missed your... Yellow Paper very much!”
Seeing an old friend, Lufeng was naturally overjoyed; after all, this was the God of Wealth.
"Get lost! Although the 'Basic' national policy has become widespread, I don't do that!" Childish Can Also Become a God laughed and scolded.
"Hehe, enough of the nonsense. How many sets of Yellow Paper do you have left? I'll take them all at once."
Childish Can Also Become a God glanced at Lufeng, his eyes shifting as he smiled and said, "You really are ruthless, not sharing the wealth even after getting rich!"
"Why would I say that? I'm here to find you, aren't I? I'm selling each Level 1 Locator for 1 gold. At most, I'll sell you 50 silver each. As long as you have enough Yellow Paper, we can cooperate long-term. The condition is that you provide me with a set of Yellow Paper; I can only sell you one Locator," Lufeng said with a smile.
Childish Can Also Become a God was puzzled: "Why sell it at such a low price? Even if it's two gold, we still have an absolute market!"
Lufeng shook his head: "We can't be too harsh!"
"Why's that?"
Lufeng pretended to ponder and smiled slightly: "There must be others who have learned Close at Hand, Far Away besides me, but why are we the only ones selling Locators?"
Childish Can Also Become a God shook his head in confusion.
"It's because of our cooperation. You provide me with cheap Yellow Paper, so naturally we need to handle it at a low price. Moreover, 1 gold is not low either; it's about right. As long as our price is lower than other sellers', preventing them from selling Locators as cheaply as we do, we will have an absolute market advantage."
After hearing Lufeng's words, Childish Can Also Become a God suddenly realized: "Right! How could I not think of that? I was greedy for a moment's cheapness but ended up with more competitors; that's truly self-inflicted suffering. Fine, let's set the price for Level 1 Locators at one gold. I still have 60 sets of Yellow Paper in my warehouse; I'll sell them for a flat price of 120 gold. If you sell me 60 Level 1 Locators at 50 silver each, that's equivalent to 30 gold. You just need to give me 90 gold, and I'll hand over the Yellow Paper to you."
Lufeng couldn't help but smile broadly: "Deal!"
After trading the Yellow Paper, Lufeng first stored 50 sets of Yellow Paper in his warehouse and kept 10 sets (40 sheets each) to immediately craft the status symbols. Five sheets of Yellow Paper could produce one Locator, so with 10 sets he could make 80 Locators. Lufeng had previously made 80 Level 1 Locators, reaching an experience level of 80; he only needed to make another 20 to upgrade his Close at Hand, Far Away skill.
To avoid making Childish Can Also Become a God wait too long, Lufeng quickly prepared 60 Level 1 Locators and traded them to him.
"Alright, next time I should be able to trade Secondary Locators with you. I need to handle these Level 1 Locators first. Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
Childish Can Also Become a God was very pleased with receiving the Locators; both benefited from the deal, making it a win-win situation.
Seeing that he exceeded level 40 in proficiency, Lufeng decided not to sell Level 1 ones anymore and immediately sought out Old Daoist with a Cow Nose in Dali. After some back-and-forth negotiation, Lufeng upgraded his Close at Hand, Far Away skill to level 2 for the high price of 100 gold. Along with the transaction with Childish Can Also Become a God, Lufeng spent another 190 gold in one go. The money he earned from Murong Xiaoxiao wasn't even enough to cover costs; after spending all his money, Lufeng's finances in Fifth Squad were left with just a few gold coins.
Although all the money was spent at once, Lufeng did not feel distressed. Close at Hand, Far Away was equivalent to his own skill; as long as he had the means to eat, he could earn more.
In Asking Heaven, a Level 1 Locator can be used 8 times and requires 5 Yellow Papers; a Level 2 Locator can be used 16 times and requires 10 Yellow Papers; a Level 3 Locator can be used 32 times and requires 20 Yellow Papers, and so on. The higher the skill level, the higher the level of the Locator produced, and the more Yellow Papers required increases proportionally. The only difference is that higher-level Locators have more uses.
However, upgrading the Close at Hand, Far Away skill is not an easy task. Upgrading from Level 1 to Level 2 requires 100 proficiency, from Level 2 to Level 3 requires 1000 proficiency, from Level 3 to Level 4 requires 10,000 proficiency, and so on. Crafting a Level 1 Locator increases proficiency by one point, while crafting a Secondary Locator increases it by two points, and so forth.
Locators of the same level cannot be stacked after use; therefore, higher-level ones are naturally more popular as they take up less space in the inventory.
Subsequently, Lufeng returned to Suzhou Warehouse and continuously crafted Level 2 Locators. A set of 40 Yellow Papers could only produce 4 Level 2 Locators. Lufeng had Murong Xiaoxiao price them at two gold coins each, which was still profitable and saved half the crafting time.
Previously, using 60 Level 1 Locators consumed 300 Yellow Papers. With ten sets of Yellow Papers (400 sheets), there were still 100 sheets left. Lufeng only crafted 10 Level 2 Locators and then used the remaining 50 sets of Yellow Papers (2000 sheets) to produce 200 Level 2 Locators, giving Murong Xiaoxiao a total of five sets of forty each at once.
Murong Xiaoxiao was very happy; this was a big business worth 400 gold coins.
“Brother, I’m going to set up my stall right now!” Murong Xiaoxiao smiled sweetly, looking very pleased.
“Let’s store them first. Right now, Xiaojing and the others are almost done with their ten runs for maps. I won’t do any mapping; I’ll go brush horses later!”
Murong Xiaoxiao was overjoyed: “That’s great! I can level up again.”
Seeing Murong Xiaoxiao's happy smile made Lufeng genuinely pleased. There were reasons for not selling charms himself; having just traded 60 Level 1 Locators to Childish Can Also Become a God, selling Level 2 Locators now would be competing with him. After all, Locators are consumables; once he sells out, he can sell again later. This way, there would be no conflict between them, fostering a harmonious business relationship—a long-term Way to Make Money.
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