Chapter 7: Shenxia Empire Exchange

"Xiaoxue!"

Xia Dongyang's voice brought Xia Xue back to reality.

"Dad, why are you here?" Xia Xue obediently walked up to Xia Dongyang.

At this moment, Xia Xue didn't look arrogant at all.

Xia Dongyang's eyes were doting, "Let's go, let's go back."

Since Xia Dongyang came by car, they didn't need to take the school bus.

Xia Xue followed Xia Dongyang into the car, but she couldn't stop looking at Lin Moyu.

She really wanted to understand how this guy reached level 7.

Xia Dongyang noticed his daughter's gaze, "Are you competing with Lin Moyu?"

Xia Xue was deflated, "Yeah, I lost again. This guy is too hateful."

Xia Dongyang laughed, "Do you want dad to take care of it..."

"No!" Before he could finish, Xia Xue resolutely refused.

"It's my own business. I will solve it myself, and I will not lose to this idiot forever."

Xia Xue snorted, the fighting spirit in her eyes burning.

Xia Dongyang smiled even more happily, "Okay, then dad won't interfere. But I want to tell you that Lin Moyu came out in 10 hours after killing all the level 8 monsters in the novice dungeon."

Xia Xue was startled again...

Killed all level 8 monsters...

She had just reached the area with level 7 monsters and had never even seen a level 8 monster.

She felt taking down a level 7 monster at level 5 was already very powerful.

Unexpectedly, Lin Moyu killed all the level 8 monsters and came out two hours earlier.

In other words, if there were more level 8 monsters, maybe this guy would have directly reached level 8.

"Is there such a big gap between me and him?" Even if Xia Xue refused to admit defeat, she felt a little frustrated now.

Xia Dongyang said, "Each profession has its own characteristics. Some are powerful at low levels, while some only exert their strength later. It doesn't matter if you win or lose for now. Compared to him, you have an advantage."

Xia Xue understood the meaning of Xia Dongyang's words.

Her advantage was her family status, enough money and resources.

Whether for equipment, skills or items, she would not lack anything.

And someone like the underprivileged Lin Moyu would lack money, equipment and skills later on.

"Anyway, I won't admit defeat. Even if you lead now, I will surpass you in the future."

Xia Xue had only slumped for two minutes before her fighting spirit reignited.

Xia Dongyang was very satisfied to see his daughter like this.

On the school bus, Gao Yang purposely sat with Lin Moyu, "I'm already level 4, I'm so good. It's much more fun to bring my sister to fight monsters together than going alone."

Lin Moyu looked at this brat and asked where he wouldn't be happy.

"Oh right, I didn't pay attention earlier. You're already level 7! How did you level up so fast?"

"Have you cleared all the monsters in the dungeon?"

"I worked so hard to reach level 4. How did you get to level 7? Are you a fairy?"

Gao Yang's loud voice allowed the entire bus to hear him.

Only then did everyone notice Lin Moyu had really reached level 7.

When everyone was around level 3, with level 4 considered awesome, Lin Moyu was already level 7.

All of a sudden the bus became lively.

Although many were still afraid of Lin Moyu and the skeletons he summoned,

it was normal psychology for many to want to get close to the strong.

Someone wanted to talk to Lin Moyu and befriend their powerful classmate.

But Lin Moyu's silent demeanor, coupled with the horror of the skeleton warriors, made them hesitate.

"Quiet!"

Lu Yun gave a low rebuke, and the noisy bus suddenly fell silent again.

Gao Yang rubbed his head, "I got too excited earlier. Boss, can you take me to level up?"

Lin Moyu said, "If there's a chance, yes."

Gao Yang was overjoyed immediately, "Then it's settled."

Early the next morning, Gao Yang couldn't find Lin Moyu at the school gate.

"Mr. Lu, why isn't Lin Moyu here?"

Lu Yun said, "He went to the suburbs of Xihai City."

Ah?

Only then did Gao Yang realize he had been tricked by Lin Moyu. No wonder he promised so happily yesterday.

He couldn't help but shout, "Lin Moyu, you cheated me!"

"I set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines in the ditch. I can't make peace with you. I want to fight you!"

Lin Moyu had already arrived south of Xihai City by car.

The tall city wall ran across here, separating the human living area from the monster area.

Leaving the city wall would enter the wild monster area, where the weakest were level 10.

Compared to the monsters in the novice instance, the monsters here were much stronger.

Similarly, fighting monsters here could yield more experience and various harvested materials.

With some luck, monsters might even drop weapons and equipment usable or sellable for money.

Many shops lined both sides of the street at the city wall's entrance and exit.

There were blacksmith shops, weapon shops, jewelry stores, armor shops, and more.

The most important was the Shenxia Empire Exchange.

Officially opened by the Empire, it spread across large, medium and small cities nationwide.

At the exchange, you could freely buy and sell equipment, materials and other items - either selling directly or consigning them.

Besides commerce, various tasks could also be taken from the exchange.

This was Lin Moyu's first time at the exchange, having only seen it in books before.

Hundreds of stone pillars half a person's height had a magic crystal inlaid above each one, allowing all exchange functions to be accessed.

The exchange embodied the highest level of god-tier alchemy skill.

Lin Moyu found an empty seat and put his hand on the magic crystal.

[Start authentication.]

[Authentication successful, Lin Moyu, a citizen of the Shenxia Empire.]

[Allowed to use Shenxia Empire Exchange.]

[Contribution: 0]

[Permission: Level 1]

The Shenxia Empire Exchange is open only to citizens of the Shenxia Empire.

Lin Moyu has permission to use the exchange, but his permission level is very low, at only one level.

To gain greater authority, he can only increase his contribution.

However, that is for the future and has nothing to do with him at the moment.

He took a quick look at the items for sale on the exchange: weapons, armor, jewelry, materials - everything.

Yet, nothing is cheap.

Lin Moyu has only about 100 gold coins, which is not enough even for the cheapest black iron weapon.

As for the more expensive bronze and silver grades, he could merely look at them, as they were out of his reach.

After writing down the value of some low-level materials, Lin Moyu began checking the tasks again.

The level of monsters in the suburbs of Xihai City ranged between 10 and 20, which belonged to the low-level area.

There were not too many related tasks, most of them involving collecting materials.

[Unlimited recycling of green sprout grass, with each recycling priced at 50 gold coins.]

[Unlimited recycling of black wolf fur, with each recycling priced at 20 gold coins.]

[Unlimited recycling of animal bones, with each recycling priced at 30 gold coins.]

Alchemists, blacksmiths, and other lifestyle professionals would need a lot of materials for skill training.

They would process the materials into useful items and sell them to obtain income.

During skill training, lifestyle professionals could also increase their levels.

In this way, a good cycle had been formed, allowing even lifestyle professionals to have room for development.

"Well, this task...is a bit interesting."

[Strategy level 14 West Sea Mine dungeon, obtain the dungeon boss's crystal nucleus of the Goblin King.]

[Note: Only dungeon bosses with difficulty above the nightmare level will drop this item.]

The reward given by the task is 100,000 gold coins.

To receive such a price, it is obvious that this task is difficult.

The Xihai Mine is located south of Xihai City, just over 50 kilometers away.

Lin Moyu did not plan to go, as the level 14 dungeon requires a minimum level of 10 to enter, and his current level is not enough.

The dungeon difficulty can be divided into Normal, Nightmare, and Hell.

How difficult the nightmare level is, Lin Moyu does not know.

According to the book's description, the difficulty of the nightmare level is at least several times higher than that of the normal level.

Without a strong team, it is basically impossible to attack.

As for the hell-level difficulty, it is not something ordinary professionals can attempt.

After watching for a while, Lin Moyu left the exchange and came to the city gate.

"Lin Moyu, level 7, necromancer?"

The city gate guards took the exit certificate given by Lin Mo and confirmed Lin Moyu's information.

Although puzzled about how a seventh-grade student was allowed to leave the city, the guards knew that the monsters outside the city started at least at level 10.

With a difference of 3 levels, it was very dangerous.

But since leaving the city proved to be true, the city gate guards quickly verified and allowed him to pass.

"Your certificate of leaving the city has taken effect. Unless there are special circumstances, you can freely enter and leave the major cities of our Shenxia Empire."

"There are many monsters outside, pay attention to safety, and be careful in everything."

"If you cannot handle it, run back quickly. It does not matter if you lose face or not, your life is important."

"Especially at night, some monsters will specifically choose night to carry out sneak attacks."

The gate guard kindly advised Lin Moyu.

Lin Moyu saluted him slightly, "Thank you, I will be careful."

Walking out of the city gate, a gust of cold wind blew head-on.

The sky suddenly darkened for a few minutes, and the air was filled with an oppressive atmosphere.

Inside and outside the city were like two different worlds.

"This city wall is not simple!"

A city wall divided the two worlds.

Lin Moyu stepped forward and quickly disappeared into the wilderness.

The air became more and more oppressive, seeming to smell of bloodlust.

From time to time, the roar of beasts could be heard in the distance.

Occasionally, people could be seen fighting monsters here.

Basically, all were occupations above level 10.

The city wall behind him had long disappeared, and his sight was shrouded in a thin layer of fog.

With a thought, a skeleton warrior walked out of the summoning space.

At this time, there were 28 skeleton warriors in the summoning space. After recovering his mental strength through meditation last night, Lin Moyu summoned 4 more skeleton warriors.

Lin Moyu looked at a monster twenty meters away, "Go, kill the monster in front."

The skeleton warrior ran over with a clicking sound.

At the same time, Lin Moyu also cast a detection spell.

[Goblin Patrol]

[Level: 10]

[Power: 120]

[Agility: 50]

[Spirit: 50]

[Physique: 120]

[Skill: None]

A level 10 goblin patrolman with a ferocious face, holding a mace.

This monster mainly relied on strength, and its agility and spirit were pitifully low.

Its physique was not bad, showing that its skin was rough and flesh thick.

But this kind of attribute was nothing compared to the skeleton warrior whose four-dimensional attribute reached 750.

Here, the main monsters were the goblin hordes.

They occupied a very large area, all the way to the West Sea Mine, 50 kilometers away, belonging to the goblin group.

The skeleton warrior rushed to the goblin in the blink of an eye.

The goblin noticed the skeleton warrior and launched an attack first, the mace smashing towards it with a whistling sound.

The skeleton warrior was hit by the mace without dodging or evading, making a loud bang.

The goblin patrol was so powerful that even the skeleton warrior couldn't help shaking.

But that's all, as the skeleton warrior had already raised the tattered sword in its hand and slashed at the goblin.