Chapter 18 The Best Knife in the Village
Chapter 18 The Best Knife in the Village
After repeated experiments several times, I broke three cardboard boxes, two foam boxes and a mineral water barrel.
Xiao Jie finally stopped trying.
Phew, using ultimate skills is really tiring!
He rubbed his sore and swollen arm and talked to himself.
Unleashing combat skills is not as simple as it seems. Every time you swing the sword, you have to gather all your energy and spirit to make that strike, which consumes a lot of physical strength.
Especially for someone like him who lacks long-term exercise.
It seems I have to find time to exercise later.
Putting the kitchen knife back into the kitchen, Xiao Jie thought that he had to buy another knife. He couldn't always use this thing to experiment with his skills in the future.
I will definitely learn more skills in the future, and I will have to prepare the corresponding weapons.
Let's start with the knife.
Taking into account his limited financial resources, Xiao Jie did not plan to buy a very good sword. Anyway, it was just used to experiment with game skills, so it was fine as long as it could be used.
Xiao Jie went to the gold-mining website, searched for a while, and placed an order for an embroidered spring knife.
It's only 268 and comes with a maintenance kit. Looking at the gorgeous sword in the product picture, I feel a little excited just thinking about it.
After placing the order, seeing that it was not yet dark, Xiao Jie decided to go back into the game and play around.
He was not going to continue chopping wood today. He had been chopping wood mechanically for six or seven hours throughout the day, which was a huge strain on his mental and physical strength. If Xiao Jie had not been a professional gamer before, most people would not be able to endure it.
But even if he was a little tired of tree-pulling, there was no game where you could just do nothing but stroke trees all day long.
Xiao Jie was going to hand in all the firewood in his bag and go to the village to see if there was any other work he could do.
Oh, by the way, I have to buy a knife. I should have enough money to buy a weapon now. Although there will be no danger in the village, I will always feel insecure without a weapon.
Back in the game, Xiao Jie first went to find Wang Daniu and handed over the remaining firewood.
Wang Daniu (the woodcutter): "Little brother, you have chopped a lot of dry wood today. The wood I have here will be enough for the next period of time. If you want to work again, you have to come back in a few days."
Xiao Jie said, "It's okay, I can find other work to do. Brother Wang, take care of yourself too." Xiao Jie returned the hatchet, took the reward, said goodbye and left.
This time he got another 80 coins, which meant he worked almost for nothing in the morning. In the afternoon, he earned a total of 270 coins. After deducting food and repair costs, his profit was about 200 coins.
One cent is ten yuan, 200 cents is two thousand yuan, and you can earn two thousand yuan a day. At this rate, it is easy to make fifty or sixty thousand yuan a month. It is definitely a high-paying job.
However, the effect of my enlightenment only lasts for seven days. I am afraid that after seven days, it will not be so easy to improve the level and proficiency of my life skills.
I looked at the savings in my backpack, a total of 296 coins, and felt richer than ever before.
The first thing he did was to buy ten steamed buns. These were daily consumables. As long as one was active in the game, his satiety would gradually decrease. Even if he did not work, it would only decrease more slowly, but it would still decrease.
So I'm afraid I'll have to always carry food in my backpack in the future.
Then he went to the blacksmith shop to buy himself a knife.
What surprised him was that Wang Kai was not there, but the bearded blacksmith appeared again.
Zhou Tong (blacksmith): "Young man, you are here again. What? Do you have money this time?"
"I did make a little money. I want to buy a knife. Can I take a look at it?"
"Of course, feel free to choose. All the weapons in the shop are here."
The product list appeared in front of Xiao Jie again. Although there were many products, Xiao Jie was only interested in knife weapons, so the range of options suddenly became much smaller.
Hatchet: 12 cuts. Price: 100 coins. Product description: A knife used for chopping wood. Although it is not a qualified weapon, it is better than being empty-handed.
Lancet: 14 cuts. Price: 180 coins. Product description: A one-handed knife shaped like a willow leaf, with average sharpness and chopping power. It is a very common standard knife, and a common choice for those who are not good at martial arts to defend themselves.
Ghost-headed broadsword: 19 cuts. Price: 300 Wen. Product description: A thick broadsword with an evil ghost pattern on the handle, suitable for two-handed grip, with great power, but due to its high weight, it is slightly lacking in speed.
There are only three knives in total. The hatchet is definitely not an option. It's just a tool and it's too short. It's okay for chopping branches, but not for chopping people.
"Can I try it out?"
After getting a positive answer, Xiao Jie first chose the Lancet.
This thing only has 14 cuts, and the damage is not much higher than that of a hatchet. Fortunately, it is relatively long, so the attack distance is much longer. Most importantly, he can afford it now.
After equipping the scimitar, Xiao Jie used a combat skill towards the air. Cut it in two with one stroke!
The knife slashed through the air, and it felt so light and had no power at all.
The bearded blacksmith was surprised when he saw it.
"Little brother, you are really skilled. This knife move is really beautiful. You can tell at a glance that you are an expert."
"Haha, no, no, I'm just playing around. Master, excuse me for making fun of you. Can I try out this ghost-head knife?"
"please!"
Xiao Jie was equipped with the Ghost Head Sword, but he immediately frowned. The damage of the Ghost Head Sword was good, but it was a bit overweight, weighing 12. His strength was only 8, and he could only lift a weapon weighing 8 with one hand at most.
If you hold it with both hands, you can get a 50% strength bonus, so you can use this knife, but then you won't be able to use your fighting skills.
This is a bit of a pain in the ass.
Xiao Jie slashed at the air twice, the speed was obviously a little slower than the scimitar, but the damage of the scimitar was too low.
I feel like neither knife is ideal.
Xiao Jie was somewhat unwilling.
"Master Zhou, don't you have any better knives? What you sell is too bad."
“Hahahaha, little brother, your requirements are quite high. Well, if someone else said this, I wouldn’t bother to pay attention, but I see that you are also good with a knife, so I’ll open your eyes.”
As he was speaking, a new item suddenly appeared in the product list in front of him.
【Yanling Knife (Limited Time Item)】
Hey, there are limited-time products for sale? He hurriedly checked the properties of the knife.
[Yanling Knife (One-handed Knife/Excellent)
Attack power: 21 slashes, 17 stabs.
Weapon special effects: Wild goose feathers. The narrow blade can ignore the resistance of the air, the attack speed is +1, and the attack speed will not be affected by wind spells.
Item Description: A long sword shaped like a goose feather, with a narrow blade and an extremely sharp blade forged with fine steel. While ensuring the blade is light, it also has great killing power. The sharp tip can also be used for stabbing. It is an excellent weapon that requires extremely high forging skills. 】
What a good thing!
Xiao Jie was immediately envious when he saw the attributes of the knife. Among a bunch of blank weapons, this green-quality one-handed knife stood out so much.
Look at the price again—3000 Wen.
Holy shit! This is a bit of a rip-off, it's just a green weapon, why is it so expensive?
No, Xiao Jie realized immediately that it was not that the knife was expensive, but that he was too poor.
Looking at the more than 200 copper coins in the bag, I suddenly felt that the money was not worth it.
"What's the matter, little brother? How about this knife?" the bearded blacksmith asked proudly.
"It's a good knife, but I can't afford it."
"Hahaha, that's nothing I can do. It's you who has no money. You can't say my knife is bad, right?
But don't worry, I won't use this knife easily. Only a true master is worthy of this weapon. If you can make enough money in the future, you can buy it. Or how about using the scimitar first?"
Xiao Jie didn't buy the scalpel after all. He decided to wait until he saved enough money to buy a good one.
Forget about the rubbish blank slate like The Lancet.
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Xiao Jie continued to wander around the village. He could no longer work as a woodcutter for the time being, so he had to find a new job quickly.
They had not walked far when Xiao Jie suddenly exclaimed. On the wall near the village gate, Wang Kai was standing on the wall, looking into the distance.
Xiao Jie wondered why this guy ran up the wall?
He was curious and after hesitating for a moment decided to go over and take a look.
"Brother Wang, what are you looking at?"
Wang Kai was startled by the sudden shout, and only heaved a sigh of relief when he turned around and saw it was Xiao Jie.
He sighed and said, "It's almost dark, but the boy hasn't come back yet. It feels like trouble is coming."
(End of this chapter)