Gaining Skills

Fang Xuan casually found a pawn shop. He had to admit that the prices in the city were really expensive. Just buying some combat equipment cost half of his money.

After doing all this, he walked along the shopping street to the auction. He had sold most of the things in his hand, leaving only half of the insect skin and a set of insect armor in his hand.

This could be considered his first bucket of gold. No matter how much it was, he was still quite proud.

As for the insect armor in his hand, he had another use for it.

"Is anyone there? I want to appraise the materials."

Fang Xuan stood at the entrance of the Mercenary Association and shouted.

"Come in."

It was a young male voice. The former pushed open the door and strode in.

The Mercenary Association was an organization unique to this continent. Similarly, there was also the Alchemist Association. However, the threshold of the Mercenary Association was very low. As long as one was a cultivator, they could obtain the qualifications to become a mercenary. The Mercenary Association would issue some missions from time to time.

There were high-risk assassinations and treasure seizures, but there were also low-level jobs like sweeping the floor and washing the dishes.

No matter what, they had to eat the same meal. The Mercenary Association was spread all over the world. It was said that even the royal families of the various countries did not dare to casually interfere in the Mercenary Association's matters. It could be seen how big its size was. No one knew who was really controlling it.

The Cloud City was not too big to begin with. It was only a ten-minute walk from the school and was adjacent to the auction house.

Fang Xuan sat on the cold seat and watched as the man in gold-rimmed glasses stroked the Thousand-legged Worm armor he had brought.

"Little Boss, how should I address you?"

"Fang Xuan."

"It's like this, Mr. Fang. This insect armor of yours is very rare. Normally, if the level of the equipment is not high enough, it might not be able to withstand the consumption, but this one of yours…"

"Its level is not high, but it has two random skills. It has a low threshold for wearing it, and at the same time, it has an extremely good defense attribute. To be honest, I'm also a listed elder of the auction house. If you're willing, I'm willing to buy it at a high price, and the appraisal fee will be waived."

Fang Xuan pondered for a moment.

According to what the person said, if this attribute was true, then this insect armor should be in high demand and could be sold for an extremely good price.

After all, those families were afraid that their young master would accidentally die prematurely. They felt much more at ease wearing such low-level and high-defense armor.

However, he still declined the appraiser's good intentions and kept the insect armor. Fang Xuan had his own thoughts.

The appraiser's face was full of regret. "Forget it. This is my exclusive gold card. With it, you can freely enter and exit the auction hall. You can also participate in the auction."

As he spoke, the appraiser took out a golden card. There was no content on one side, and on the other side was the word 'An'.

Fang Xuan was a little hesitant. After all, this was the first time the two of them had met. This… The appraiser opposite him wasn't someone who hadn't seen the world. From Fang Xuan's reaction, he could roughly guess what was going on.

"Don't worry. I'm half a businessman, and I know how to invest. Seeing Mr. Fang's outfit, I think he must have had some fortuitous encounters. Besides, since you've brought such high-quality materials, we should cooperate more in the future. If you change your mind and want to sell this insect armor, you can contact me at any time."

Only then did the former relax and reach out to take the golden card.

The card was cold to the touch, and he didn't know what it was made of.

Fang Xuan understood that the other party must have seen the silver-white Spatial Ring on his hand and was wearing tattered clothes. Coupled with the special characteristics of the armor he had brought, he must have decided to get to know him. He had to repay this favor in the future.

However, he didn't have resources at this stage, so he did not refuse.

It seemed that he had to increase his strength quickly.

After leaving the Mercenary Association, he went to buy some supplies and changed into a new set of clothes before slowly returning to school.

Seeing that Lan Yu was not in the dormitory, he closed the door, took out the insect armor, and put it on.

He knew how to use the armor. It was written in the book that the original equipment of a magical beast only needed a small piece. It could be recognized by dripping blood. If the primitive magical beast was too strong, it might have the consciousness to resist.

Fang Xuan didn't care much since he was surrounded by ants. He lightly cut his palm with the dagger and a drop of red blood dripped onto the shell.

Without the discomfort he had imagined, Fang Xuan only felt that he had established a special connection with this armor. Then, the originally small shell rapidly shrunk from the size of a palm to the size of a fingernail and gently landed beside Fang Xuan.

He closed his eyes and gently sensed the two skills from the insect armor.

The first skill, Thousand Venomous Worms: Create and absorb poisonous fog. It can shrink the poisonous circle at will, and the range of control will increase with the level.

The second skill, Ant Speed: Increases the speed of releasing ants by 10%, increases dodging rate by 30%, and has a certain chance of teleporting. Moreover, the effect of the skill is permanently enhanced, evolving further as the level increases.

The skills that came with equipment were divided into evolutionary skills that could be upgraded and evolutionary skills that could not be upgraded. The former had a lower probability of obtaining them than the latter.

It was unknown if it was because of Fang Xuan's good luck or something else, but the two skills he obtained this time could upgrade his evolution skills.

However, he still had to wait for the actual combat test…

Just as he was thinking about how to become stronger, someone wanted to make things difficult for Fang Xuan.

It was Sun Ming, who had made a fool of himself in the Misty Forest.

"Cousin, it was that bastard who harassed Ning Lanqing. In the end, not only did he fight with Ning Lanqing for the spirit core, but he also caused her to fail to kill the Thousand-legged Worm King. He even caused Ning Lanqing to be bitten by the Thousand-legged Worm King and be in danger."

At this moment, he was sitting casually in an inconspicuous corner of the school. Beside him was a fatty with a fierce face.

This fatty's name was Sun Tao. He was related to the Sun family, but he was not a direct descendant of the Sun family. He was a year older than Sun Ming and was a second-year senior.

"Damn it, this kid is really tired of living. How dare he touch my woman."

Sun Tao was obviously not a smart person. His face immediately flushed red as he punched an old tree beside him. The latter's trunk immediately caved in a few centimeters.

"Hehe, Cousin, who doesn't know that you've admired Ning Lanqing for a long time? This kid doesn't put you in his eyes at all. I think…"

"There's no need to say anymore. Lead the way. I'll teach him a lesson."

Sun Ming immediately smiled sinisterly. "Alright, alright. I'll let a piece of trash like you play the hero. I'll turn you into a bear soon."

With this thought in mind, he walked straight towards the dormitory building.

Along the way, the students all looked away when they saw the fierce-looking Sun Tao and obediently made their way. Just like that, the two of them arrived in front of the dormitory building and looked up to see Fang Xuan's balcony.

Even though Fang Xuan had just changed into new clothes, he could not bear to throw away his old clothes even if he tore off a piece. He washed them and placed them on the balcony to dry. They were very easy to recognize.