bookcurios Chapter 651 Hidden NPC
Chapter 651 Hidden NPC
Another crucial point is that there's a hidden NPC in the underground market who sells random rare items, sometimes rare general skill books and rare magic scrolls. However, you need to complete a pre-quest to prepare 24 bottles of Sun Flavor and 24 bottles of Holy Spirit Flavor for him. This is why these two potions were so expensive in the previous life.
With the Imperial Armor recipes now available as ceremonial items, the required materials have also been localized, all existing in the world of Apocalypse. For example, the "Evil Haunting" armor, originally crafted from the ferocious, dangerous dragon Tyrande, now requires the carcass of a demigod-level dragon or higher, along with a large amount of rare metals.
Zhou Ning naturally didn't expect to buy the former in the market, but there was still a chance for the latter. In addition, there was also a chance to gather the materials for "God's Hand·Perfecter". Many types were needed, but the rarity was not too high. Before going out today, he rolled the gambler's dice, and 5 indicated that he was still very lucky.
As mentioned before, Yukal, like Tartarus, is an island where pirates are allowed to freely enter and exit the port. Consequently, its underground market, like that of Tartarus, is renowned. Many pirates, pioneers, and adventurers are active here, and the pet trade is particularly popular.
After talking to Elsa, Zhou Ning walked through a garment shop opposite and found a hidden room inside. He walked down the stairs of the secret door and came to a spacious underground area.
Zhou Ning had been here several times in his previous life, just for the hidden NPC. Unfortunately, his goods in the previous game were limited and basically all bought up by the studio, so he failed to buy it.
The layout here was similar to that of Darkland and Tartarus Island, with an underground market selling various materials, ancient books, and various mystical materials. However, there was a slight difference, as there were also various pets for sale. Zhou Ning even saw many pets with rare dragon bloodlines.
There is also an area selling guns and ammunition... There is actually a gun ban in the Kingdom of Sifalik. Apart from open gun dealers like me, only overseas colonies can sell guns in disregard of the ban.
In the pet area not far away, Zhou Ning also saw several high-level foreign players such as Purple Arthur. Because of his attire, they did not recognize him. They were buying pets and wanted to put them in Poké Balls.
This group of players is quite astute. Although buying pets here is expensive, they are very strong and many of them have dragon bloodlines, so they are definitely worth the money.
Zhou Ning smiled and didn't bother to greet the players. He went to the surrounding stalls to buy materials... This time his luck was really good. After shopping for a while, he bought a batch of materials for making dragon potions and crazy strength potions.
Even the materials for the "God's Hand" have been gathered. Most of the other materials are also in his own stock. The rarest one is a material called "mountain copper", which is known as "the hardest metal given by God". This material is also needed by those who are haunted by evil spirits.
Zhou Ning shuttled through the well-connected roads, with rows of shops on both sides.
"I wonder if I can still find it." Zhou Ning thought.
The shops around looked similar, so it was not easy to find him. He only remembered the general direction.
After walking around for more than ten minutes, I finally came to a shop and looked at the name: Dalia Bookstore.
"Is this the place?" Zhou Ning hesitated slightly, as if he was calling this name.
There was a sign hanging at the door that read: Buying Sun Potion/Holy Spirit Potion.
This should be the place, Zhou Ning thought, and pushed open the door.
The owner was a skinny old man in his sixties, who was dozing in a chair. The bookshelves around him were piled high with books.
He opened his eyes and found Zhou Ning coming in. He asked in a harsh tone, "What do you need?"
In his previous life, a player discovered that it was actually a coincidence. The other party's collection of potions was a cyclical task, with 6 bottles to be handed over in a round, and the personal store would only be opened after 4 rounds of delivery.
"I have some Sun Potion and Holy Spirit Potion here. I heard you're buying them?"
"That's right. How many do you have? How's the quality?" The skinny old man became energetic and asked hurriedly.
A prompt came from the panel:
[You trigger the C-level cycle task [Purchase Pharmacy]]
[Mission Introduction: Dalia Lightner needs a batch of Sun Mixture and Holy Spirit Mixture. Give him 6 bottles of Sun Mixture and 6 bottles of Holy Spirit Mixture, and he will give you a generous reward.]
[Quest requirements: Give him 6 bottles of Sun Mixture and 6 bottles of Holy Spirit Mixture, quality requirement > 75.]
[Reward: 226000 Experience]
This should be the task. Zhou Ning was delighted and accepted the task without hesitation.
He smiled without saying anything, and placed the two mixtures he had prepared in advance on the table one by one: "Are these enough?"
After four rounds of transactions, a prompt popped up on the panel:
[C-rank cycle mission [Purchase of Medicinal Agents] completed]
[You gain 426000 experience points.]
[Dalia Lightner's favorability +30, tradeable]
Zhou Ning glanced at the trading column and found that it was just as he remembered from his previous life. There were 7 kinds of goods displayed randomly, and they were refreshed every three days.
Currently, there are a general skill book and two magic scrolls that are suitable for me, namely the general skill "Extraordinary Trap Making", a random creature summoning scroll and a magic scroll of "Angel's Blessing".
These things are all pretty good. This old man should be a mage. He often writes magic into scrolls and then sells them. Selling skill books is just a side job.
Zhou Ning seemed to have seen the skill "Extraordinary Trap Making" in a lottery, but did not choose it. Unexpectedly, he encountered it here. This skill is very powerful in the PK field and is very suitable for use in long-range professions.
However, the skill book "Extraordinary Trap Making" is very expensive, priced at 120 Victa, and "Angel's Blessing" and the random creature summoning scroll are both 70 Victa. Although the latter two have average effects, Zhou Ning is now rich and powerful, and he doesn't care about this little money.
After buying things, Zhou Ning walked out of Dalia Bookstore and headed towards the end of the underground market. Then he knocked on the door of the auction with three long and two short knocks.
It was quite quiet inside, with robes and masks of various styles hanging on the shelves nearby, used to cover oneself.
Zhou Ning casually took off a mask and put it on his face, then entered another room under the guidance of a doorman.
There were already no less than forty people gathered here, most of them were extraordinary people with decent abilities. Zhou Ning recognized several pirates and adventurers on the bounty list, whose combined bounty would not be less than five figures. The only drawback was that there were no scholars who could identify the authenticity of items, so they could only judge the authenticity of items by sight.
Zhou Ning's goal in participating this time was to see if he could collect materials to make "Evil Ghost Haunted" and "God's Hand·Perfecter", and to see if he could obtain some equipment to improve his own strength.
About five minutes later, the transaction officially began. Zhou Ning folded his hands, quietly found a sofa to sit down, and watched others' transactions.
There are a large number of unknown and rare items with good quality and low price here, but except for a few that look good, no one buys them. One piece of equipment after another fails to sell, and the transaction is unexpectedly quiet.
Zhou Ning understood clearly that this was the consequence of not having a scholar who could identify the authenticity of items. The authenticity of extraordinary items could not be guaranteed. The unknown wonders in this world were too terrifying. Even if the items might be real, the existence of negative effects was enough to make the value of this item approach zero.
Soon it was Zhou Ning's turn. He lowered his folded hands and said in a deep voice:
"I need a large amount of orichalcum, a complete demigod-level dragon corpse, or information related to the dragon."
The room was silent for a full half minute, and everyone looked at Zhou Ning as if they had seen a ghost. He was asking for information about the demigod-level dragon. Doesn't that mean that the other party is at least a demigod?
After half a minute, a hoarse voice sounded:
"I have orichalcum. How much do you need?"
It actually happened? It seemed like those five points of luck weren't exaggerated. Zhou Ning controlled his excitement and turned his head to look at the person who was speaking. He discovered that the other person was a pirate with a bounty of 5 Vectra.