Chapter 1 Second Step

Next, he was going to implement the second step of his leveling plan, but the premise of this plan was that he needed twenty copper coins!

Earning money while leveling up quickly was the most cost-effective way. After a moment's thought, Nie Yan ran towards Tarrak Town.

Tarrak Town coordinates 309.289.221, NPC: Hunter Klaus, quest: collect twenty Giant Silver-Gray Rat skulls; coordinates 290.231.256, NPC: Farmer Ender, quest: kill fifty Giant Silver-Gray Rats. Tarrak Town suburbs coordinates 350.220.389, hidden NPC, Apothecary Or, quest: collect twenty-one Giant Silver-Gray Rat tails...

Nie Yan found two ordinary NPCs and three hidden NPCs with quests to kill Giant Silver-Gray Rats. The coordinates of those three hidden NPCs were provided by the game guides from his previous life. They were the experience of countless players summarized. If he didn't know their locations, it would be difficult to find them.

After accepting five quests, he went outside Tarrak Town to the area where the Giant Rats spawned. Giant Silver-Gray Rats were huge, silver-gray rats, larger than a water buffalo. When they moved, they were like small hills, but their movement speed was very slow, and their attacks weren't high.

Giant Silver-Gray Rat: Level 1, Health 100/100.

The game had been open for more than a week, and most players had leveled up to two or three and gone to higher-level monster areas. This level 1 monster area only had a few scattered players leveling up.

Spotting a Giant Silver-Gray Rat, Nie Yan moved while stabbing the Giant Silver-Gray Rat's back several times.

-21, -20, -21, three damage values floated above the Giant Silver-Gray Rat's head.

The Giant Silver-Gray Rat turned to attack Nie Yan. Nie Yan used a Vital Strike, stabbing it into the Giant Silver-Gray Rat's eye.

System: Vital Strike completed, attack position off by 5%, causing additional attack damage bonus.

-38, a damage value floated above the Giant Silver-Gray Rat's head, and the Giant Silver-Gray Rat squealed and fell to the ground.

The effect of Vital Strike was pretty good. Nie Yan picked up the Giant Rat skull that the Giant Silver-Gray Rat dropped on the ground.

The cooldown time for Vital Strike was thirty seconds, which allowed Nie Yan to have plenty of time to find the next Giant Silver-Gray Rat.

Finding a place where the Giant Silver-Gray Rats respawned quickly, Nie Yan began to camp and farm monsters. One Giant Silver-Gray Rat after another fell to the ground.

Experience points began to rise slowly, 1%, 2%...10%... After about two hours, Nie Yan had killed more than two hundred Giant Silver-Gray Rats, and his experience points had risen to about 15%.

He collected a lot of Giant Rat tails, Giant Rat skulls, etc., and even looted three copper coins.

The drop rate of money was extremely low, only slightly higher in some dungeons, making the value of money in Faith very high.

Nie Yan used a Vital Strike to kill a Giant Rat. Under the Giant Rat's body, something was shining. His heart skipped a beat, and he bent down to pick it up.

Tough Leather Leggings (White): Level Requirement 0.

Attributes: Defense 3-5.

Weight: 3 pounds.

User Restriction: Warrior, any faction can use.

In Faith, equipment was very rare. It only dropped more often in some more difficult dungeons, but the threshold for dungeons was high. Nie Yan still clearly remembered that many players above level ten could only wear some level five equipment to team up and farm monsters because they couldn't find level ten equipment.

This Tough Leather Leggings, since it was warrior equipment, could be sold for at least seven copper coins at the auction house.

He put the Tough Leather Leggings into his backpack space. The beginner backpack only had twenty slots. After loading so many things, there were only eleven slots left.

The backpack was a dimensional space and wouldn't increase the player's weight.

A player's weight only referred to the equipment the players wore on their bodies.

Having looted three copper coins earlier, plus selling the Tough Leather Leggings, he could raise ten copper coins. Completing the quests would also give him some rewards, which should exceed twenty copper coins.

Nie Yan looked at his backpack. All five quests he had accepted were completed. He stopped farming Giant Silver-Gray Rats and ran towards Tarrak Town.

He was desperately chasing time, first catching up with the level gap between him and others, and then using the game information he knew from his rebirth to gradually expand his advantage.

Returning to Tarrak Town, Nie Yan completed all five quests and received more than six hundred experience points, bringing his level experience to 55%. He also received thirty-four copper coins. The amount of the reward exceeded his imagination. The hidden NPCs gave several times more money and experience rewards than ordinary NPCs. In addition to money and experience, he also received three bottles of Beginner Instant Health Potions.

Nie Yan threw the Tough Leather Leggings into the auction house and walked towards the weapon store.

Arriving at the weapon shop, the weapon shop was a very small storefront, but once inside, the space was quite large, about 5*10 yards.

On the left and right walls were weapons for various classes. On the rear wall were common equipment for all classes, bows, crossbows, daggers, etc.

Everywhere he looked, there was equipment, a dazzling array.

The owner of the weapon shop was a burly blacksmith, about forty years old.

"In the entire Western Prairie area, the weapons I forge are the best. Respected adventurer, what can I get for you?" The blacksmith, seeing business come to his door, greeted him and said in a rough voice.

"Bows and crossbows."

"What kind of requirements do you have for bows and crossbows? The things here can meet all the needs of adventurers within level five."

"Usable at level 0, attack check +3 or higher, firing rate 12 or higher." Nie Yan thought for a moment and added, "Price within thirty copper coins."

Nie Yan had originally thought that gathering twenty copper coins to buy an ordinary bow and crossbow would be enough, but he didn't expect to exceed the target and earn thirty-seven copper coins. After the Tough Leather Leggings were sold, he would have more than forty copper coins, which was more than enough to buy a better bow and crossbow.

"There are three bows and crossbows that meet your requirements. The first type is the Swift Shortbow, attack check +3, firing rate 13, attack deviation 11%, range 20 yards, price seven copper coins." The blacksmith took out a shortbow and demonstrated it to Nie Yan.

"Is there anything better? Preferably with higher accuracy."

He was going to do something. In fact, this Swift Shortbow was enough, but if there was a better bow and crossbow, it could save a lot of time.

"The second type is the Swift Longbow, attack check +5, firing rate 12, deviation 9%, range 30 yards, price fifteen copper coins." The blacksmith took out a longbow, demonstrated it, and then took out an exquisite single-handed crossbow, loaded it with five bolts, supported it with his arm, aimed, and said, "The third type is my masterpiece, the Small Swift Repeating Crossbow, with a triple-shot effect, attack check +5, firing rate 8, but because it has a repeating effect, the firing rate check for a single bolt is 15, deviation 5%, range 30 yards, price twenty-eight copper coins."

"I'll take it, and give me nine tubes of Inferior Crossbow Bolts." Nie Yan said. Each tube of Inferior Crossbow Bolts had 1000 bolts, which was definitely enough.

That spent all thirty-seven copper coins, not a single one left. Nie Yan put the newly bought crossbow and nine tubes of crossbow bolts into his backpack.

"Welcome to visit again next time, respected adventurer, I wish you a pleasant journey."

When Nie Yan first entered the game, he was surprised by the simple intelligence of the NPC virtual characters, but later he got used to it.

As soon as Nie Yan stepped out of the weapon shop, a system notification came.

System: Your Tough Leather Leggings has been sold, and you have received 8 copper coins.

It was sold, not bad. He had 8 copper coins in his backpack, which was better than being penniless.

Nie Yan left Tarrak Town and ran towards the area where the level 8 Wild Bull monsters spawned. Wild Bulls were more dangerous than Wild Cats. They had extremely strong attack power, and their movement speed was much faster than Wild Cats, more than three times faster than Nie Yan. Facing Wild Bulls was basically a dead end.

No player dared to face level eight monsters yet, not even the first on the level榜 (bǎng, rank) leaderboard.