After leaving the two beauties, Xie Feng put on less eye-catching equipment and left his mansion.
Both Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue wanted to go to level up and practice by themselves. That was what they said before taking out a teleportation scroll and turning into two rays of light, going to a map with monsters of a manageable level for both of them but relatively far away from Eminentis City; that way they were killing two birds with one stone since they could level up faster and avoid being bothered by other players.
But even though they both said they wanted to go level up casually, Xie Feng knew instinctively that both Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue felt a lot of pressure on their shoulders after not being able to help Xie Feng in the slightest against the Thousand Ice Cocatrix; they both wanted to be women who could support him, but Xie Feng was simply growing too fast compared to the other players, which made it difficult for the beauties to catch up.
For this, Xie Feng could only apologize in secret. Currently, although to the other players he was too strong, Xie Feng knew better than anyone else how weak he really was... Xie Feng had a premonition that in the future he would have to face existences that the current one he couldn't even scratch. Precisely because of this and to achieve his goals, he had no choice but to become stronger.
...
After he left his mansion, the first thing Xie Feng did was to head south of the city.
Although Samsara Online had already been launched about a month and a half ago, the number of people arriving from the Beginner Village was still so terrifying that even a city as large as Eminentis City was starting to look small for the number of players.
Murmurs, screams, laughter, and curses of all kinds filled the streets of the place. Some players who chose a lifestyle profession were trying to sell their services and other players were trying to sell or trade some equipment for something they needed.
Xie Feng blended into the crowd easily and with iron-grade pieces of equipment, the people who passed by him did not look back at him after a casual glance; Xie Feng even received a few looks of disdain, but he did not mind in the least... If these people knew his identity, they would probably kneel on the ground apologizing profusely for fear that he would directly kill them on the spot.
After about fifteen minutes or so, Xie Feng finally reached his target.
"I am able to appraise objects up to gold grade! I only charged a 70% fee compared to the Appraisal Store!"
"I can appraise items up to gold grade and only charge 50%! Big brothers, big sisters, you can be sure to trust me with your items. I will definitely not fail!"
In the vicinity of the appraisal store were at least a dozen of players, men and women of all ages, trying to sell their services to the players passing by.
Xie Feng shook his head secretly. These shouting people were really interesting.
The success rate when it came to appraising an item depended on several factors. If a player with the Appraiser class was just a beginner who had not yet advanced to the next level, the success rate for Bronze grade items and below was 80%. For Silver grade items, the success rate dropped directly to 50%, for Gold grade items the success rate was 30%, and for Immortal grade items, the success rate was less than 1%.
The reason Xie Feng thought these people were funny was because they claimed to be able to appraise everything under the Gold grade, clearly they were relying on that 30% success rate since Xie Feng didn't believe that any person had already upgraded their appraisal skill. But weren't they worried? You should know that each object had up to three chances of being identified, if after three times the appraiser failed to identify the object, then the object would be ruined and become practically useless.
Just imagining the face of the item's owner and the appraiser in the event that a Gold grade item worth a few hundred thousand or even millions of gold coins was actually damaged, the corner of Xie Feng's lips curved slightly into an amused smile.
After ignoring the players who were trying to lure him like sports talent hunters, Xie Feng entered the appraisal store.
There, the same old man Xie Feng met several days ago was sitting in a chair behind the counter. Currently he seemed to be reading some ancient-looking book.
Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the old man put down his book and turned his gaze toward the newcomer. As if he had received some kind of stimulant, the old man jumped up from the chair he was sitting on and loudly shouted: "Brat, it's you!"
Xie Feng was almost scared to death and unconsciously took a couple of steps back... Could it be that this person went crazy? Who in their right mind screams like a deranged person when they see a person enter their store? Did he still want to do business or not?
"This..." Xie Feng was so confused that he didn't even know what to say. He even looked behind him to make sure that there was no other person there.
"Don't play dumb, kid!" The old man ran towards the exit as if he was afraid that Xie Feng would suddenly run away and said, "Last time I identified a cloak for you and you left without paying me!"
Xie Feng's mouth gaped wide open... Had something similar really happened? To be honest, he didn't remember it... But it was likely.
"I see." Xie Feng casually nodded and looking straight into the old man's eyes slowly said, "Uncle, how much do I owe you?"
Seeing Xie Feng's attitude being so easy and not making things difficult, the grumpy old man's expression softened a little and he said lowering his voice, "Forget about calling me uncle. Just call me elder brother Chen Feng."
Xie Feng blinked, surprised. What the hell was this coincidence? This old man happened to bear the same name as his real name!
Without changing his expression, Xie Feng nodded and said politely, " Elder brother Chen Feng".
The old man, Chen Feng, looked satisfied and nodded. He returned to his work station and said, "That's 20 gold coins, kid. Seeing that you are a simple young man, I won't tax you."
Under the tiger mask, the corner of Xie Feng's mouth constricted several times... If this old man dared to ask him for taxes then he would turn around and leave from there!
"By the way, elder brother Chen Feng." Xie Feng took out twenty gold coins from the inventory and handed them to the old man. Curious, he asked, "How do you know it was me who owed you money?"
This was something Xie Feng did not understand. After all, he was wearing a mask that completely covered his face. It couldn't be that this old man had X-rays, or did he?
"Hmph... This is my special skill." Chen Feng boasted and said proudly, "Don't tell anyone but really.... I can smell people who owe me money!".
Xie Feng's face turned black as the bottom of a pot when he heard what this crazy old man said. In just one day, he had encountered a stranger who claimed to be able to smell money, and now he encountered an old man who claimed to have the ability to sniff out people who owed him money... Could it be that the gold of this world had some special smell?
Cough...
Xie Feng coughed to shake off useless thoughts and got down to business. As he took out the boots he obtained earlier after slaying the Thousand Ice Cocatrix, he slowly said: "Elder Brother Chen Feng, I'll have to trouble you to help me identify these boots."
Chen Feng quietly took the boots and after touching a screen that only he could see, he looked at Xie Feng and said clearly, "Immortal grade boots, no level requirement. Identifying them will cost you a total of 230 gold coins. Just so you know, you must pay me in advance!"
"..."
Xie Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the old man's careful attitude in front of him... Obviously, the man was afraid that he would disappear again without paying.
Anyway, two hundred and thirty gold coins was nothing to him. Without saying a word, Xie Feng took out the gold coins and handed them to Chen Feng, who immediately went to work without a worry after receiving the payment.
"Here." Chen Feng finished his work only a few seconds after starting and handed the identified boots to Xie Feng.
'Sigh... With such an easy job, people could probably get rich if they had such a skill'. Xie Feng sighed to himself and shook his head. His attention was soon directed towards the object in his hands.
[Frost Walker: Immortal-grade equipment -
[Description: A pair of boots created from pure ice. With each step, it freezes everything around it and keeps temperatures low. It is said that even water can be frozen.
[Equipment requirements: Water Resistance +20%.
[Attributes: Movement speed +20 / Water Resistance +20% / Defense +700 / HP +4000 / Strengthens the power of water-type attacks by 20%.
[(Supplemental Skill(s):
[Frost Walker: With this skill, the user can walk on liquid surfaces. Effect: Creates under your feet two small ice platforms. The ice platforms disappear when you advance and a new one takes their place. The effect lasts for 120 minutes. Cooldown: 12 hours. No MP consume].