Chapter 52: Silver-Tier Equipment, Starlight Power!

Silver-tier equipment?!

Lin Youwei's words made Lu Ming's heart violently surge with shock.

In the Heavenly Abyss World, equipment quality is categorized into Common, Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Gilded, Dark Gold, and so on.

Generally speaking, Level 40-50 Silver-tier equipment is relatively common on the market.
Silver-tier equipment in the Level 30-40 range belongs to the rare tier.
Silver-tier equipment in the Level 20-30 range can be called absolute masterpieces!

Yet Lin Youwei was currently only level 17, which meant that what she obtained through this quest was... a Level 17 Silver-tier piece of equipment?!

At that moment, Lin Youwei took out an exquisitely crafted, crystal-clear, silvery-white necklace from her backpack—

[Starlight Might] (Lv17 Silver-tier, Necklace)
[Mana: +1020]
[Additional Attribute: Spirit +50, Spirit +50, Intelligence +50]
[Additional Skill: Star Radiance (Passive: Every time the wearer slays an enemy, they draw forth starlight energy from the enemy's corpse, recovering 3% of their max mana + 120 points of mana)]
[Durability: 92/92]
[Class: General for Magic Classes]
[Description: A necklace forged by condensing the power of star radiance, representing the hope of the City of Starlight...]

Seeing the attributes of this necklace, Lu Ming could not help but feel astonished.

A four-digit mana attribute on its own, coupled with a double addition of 50 Spirit points, plus a passive skill for mana regeneration upon kills.

It perfectly solved the agonizing problem that all magic-class players faced in the early stages: insufficient mana and running out of mana after casting only a few skills. It could even completely replace the use of mana potions!

For any player under level fifty, this was simply the pinnacle of perfection, a priceless rare treasure that money simply couldn't buy!

Unfortunately, Lu Ming's class could not use it.

And keeping this Silver-tier equipment on Lin Youwei would be a terrible waste of heavenly resources.

Because she followed behind Lu Ming to kill monsters, her demand for mana was not particularly high.

"However, the market value of Level 17 Silver-tier equipment shouldn't be low..."

Thinking this, Lu Ming once again deployed his sweet-talking tactics on Lin Youwei.

"Listen to me, you can't handle this necklace."
"Trust me, hand it over to me and let me handle it!"

Lin Youwei didn't hesitate at all: "Okay, Brother Youming!"

As she spoke, she handed the Starlight Might over to Lu Ming.

Lin Youwei looked a bit silly, but in reality, her little brain spun extremely fast.

If it weren't for Lu Ming carrying her, how could she have possibly completed this Level 30 quest at level 17?
And she certainly wouldn't have obtained this Silver-tier necklace!

Therefore, with the 8 silver coins as a quest reward, Lin Youwei was already extremely content and did not greedy covet possession of this necklace.

Holding the Starlight Might in his hand, Lu Ming opened the trading house to check.

He discovered: within the shared trading market of the three cities of Jiang Province—Navigation, Seaview, and Yunzhou—there were only three pieces of Level 20-30 Silver-tier equipment in total!

The best among them was a Level 27 Warrior and Knight piece, [Turbid Legguards], listed in an auction format with a starting bid of 100,000 RMB.

As of now, the number of participating bidders had reached as many as 421 people, and the bidding price had already reached 257,000!

"A pair of Level 27 legguards can be worth over 200,000, so wouldn't this Level 17 necklace easily sell for 500,000?"

Lu Ming instantly became full of anticipation for the future!

Because he knew that if it were a regular Level 30 player completing the tenth tier of this Level 30 quest, they would at most receive a Level 30 Bronze-tier equipment reward.

Unless their luck was through the roof, they might obtain a Level 30 Silver-tier piece, but the probability of that was no different from winning the grand prize in the lottery!

And Lu Ming realized: "As long as I keep leaping levels to do high-level quests, I can drastically increase the drop rate and acquire rare equipment and skill scrolls that ordinary people can never get!"

In other words, if he and Lin Youwei, at their current levels, could complete a Level 30 quest and obtain an E-tier skill scroll and Silver-tier equipment reward...
If they continued at their current levels to challenge even higher-level quests of Level 40-50, wouldn't they be able to obtain D-tier, C-tier skill scrolls, or even Gold-tier and Gilded-tier equipment rewards?

For other players, the higher their level, the lower their upper limit, so the higher-level quests and monsters they faced, the more powerless they would appear.

Yet the three innate talents of Lu Ming's account could upgrade every 10 levels, vastly raising his upper limit.

This meant that the higher Lu Ming's level, the greater his strength amplification would be, allowing him to slay monsters across even more levels!

"When I reach level 20 and my three innate talents reach Lv3, I should be able to attempt Level 40-50 quests!"

Lu Ming's attention returned to the Silver-tier necklace in his hand.

Selling it would indeed yield a massive profit.

Compared to that, however, Lu Ming had an even better idea!

That was: sell it to Qin Churan!

That way, not only would he make money, but he would also win her a personal favor!

Thus, Lu Ming opened Qin Churan's WeChat chat window, sent the equipment illustration of [Starlight Might] over, and asked, "Interested?"

As expected, Qin Churan simply could not resist the temptation of this Silver-tier equipment.

She replied to Lu Ming's WeChat almost instantly: "Level 17 Silver-tier? How did you get your hands on this?"

Lu Ming didn't answer Qin Churan's question, instead following up with another: "Want it? If you want it, I'll sell it to you."

"Want it!"

Qin Churan was indeed tempted.

From Lu Ming's perspective.

Qin Churan was, after all, a high-ranking member of God Slayers.
Even if she couldn't use it herself, she would definitely prioritize high-potential expert players recruited into the team at great expense.

Qin Churan immediately asked, "How much?"

"The soul gear set you gave me has a market value of about 500,000. Let's just offset it directly against the soul gear set."

Seeing Lu Ming's reply, Qin Churan said without the slightest hesitation: "Alright! No problem! Send me the equipment via mail!"

Without another word, Lu Ming sent [Starlight Might] to Qin Churan via mail.

Immediately following that, Lu Ming looked at the reward he had obtained.

E-tier Skill Scroll: Fortress of Life.

Although compared to the Silver-tier equipment worth 500k that Lin Youwei obtained, the value was far inferior.

However, it was precisely what Lu Ming urgently needed right now!

Because he had already mastered this skill within his skill list, its F-tier effect applied a shield to allies within range equal to (1% of Array Trickster's max health + 65) points per second, with a maximum shield value capped at (30% of Array Trickster's max health).

Lu Ming directly used the E-tier Fortress of Life, overwriting the original F-tier version.

This upgraded the skill's effect to applying a shield to allies within range equal to (2% of Array Trickster's max health + 65) points per second, with a maximum shield value capped at (50% of Array Trickster's max health)!

Combined with the twenty-fold enhancement from the Lv2 Comprehensive Amplification, it clearly elevated the survival capability of the Undead Legion to an even greater level!

This morning's harvest was truly fantastic.

Therefore, Lu Ming said to Lin Youwei, "Let's go, I'll treat you to a nice meal outside."

Yet Lin Youwei said, "But... didn't you say you wanted to eat shrimp at noon?"

"That works too, then we'll eat at home at noon and go out to eat tonight."

Logging off.

Lin Youwei began chopping vegetables in the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Her technique was skilled and delicate, clearly revealing her to be an expert cook.

As for Lu Ming, he was considering where to go grind quests in the afternoon.

Before long, a rich fragrance filled the air.

Braised shrimp in oil, celery stir-fried with pork, stir-fried bean sprouts, and tomato egg drop soup.

Three dishes and one soup, boasting color, aroma, and flavor alike, making anyone look at it with a huge appetite!

Lu Ming took a taste and discovered that while every dish could not be said to be utterly perfect, it possessed a warmth of home completely unlike anything eaten in a restaurant!

In his past life, it was always Lu Ming who meticulously prepared three meals a day for Ye Ling'er.

This was the first time he had ever eaten food cooked by someone else for him, and he could even taste whether the other person had poured their heart into it.

"I never imagined that not only are you beautiful, but your culinary skills are also this good."

Receiving Lu Ming's praise, Lin Youwei's face flushed slightly, and she smiled with pursed lips: "If Brother Youming likes eating it, then I'll cook for you every day from now on!"

"Then I truly have quite the appetite's blessing!" Having learned a thing or two following behind Ye Ling'er for years, Lu Ming certainly knew how to pluck a young girl's heartstrings.

"Let's eat first, take a short nap after eating, and we'll go do another quest this afternoon."

"Mhm, okay!"

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

After logging back in, Lu Ming led Lin Youwei to find the tailor [Alais] in the City of Starlight and accepted a Level 30 quest called [Collect Tiger Pelts].

Following the map guidance, they departed the city through the West Gate.

Just as Lu Ming's front foot left the City of Starlight.

In a corner, several pairs of eyes locked onto him.

"So this is the kid Ranran fancies?"
"Level 18 Array Trickster Youming, isn't it just him?"
"And here I thought he was some kind of powerhouse; at the very worst, he should at least be a wealthy scion from an evenly matched prominent family! Look at this... frail and poverty-stricken, how on earth did our Ranran fall for him?"
"Let's go, let's go meet this kid and vet him for Ranran! We can't let our family's prized cabbage get devoured by a pig!"