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[Ding, ding, ding...] The mail notifications kept going off.

Lu Chen had changed.

He used to love that sound; a single ding could mean he made some money. But now, it was a bit annoying. He had bigger things to do!

"Turn off the mail notifications. And you three, why are you just standing there? Get back to farming!"

With the notifications silenced and the three fools back to work, Lu Chen finally had a moment of peace.

Cragbreaker's attributes were too domineering, and a crucial point was that top players were now at level 5.

After using the Gnoll Club for two days, they were eager to switch weapons.

However, from Lu Chen's experience farming monsters, only Quinn Zakas dropped other equipment, while the other gnolls only dropped level 1 clubs.

And Lu Chen was very sure that, aside from him, no one could handle this elite monster.

Players weren't like Lu Chen; they would attract aggro from other monsters. They couldn't even get close before being swarmed and wiped out by the surrounding gnolls.

Lu Chen really didn't know how to price such an item.

"Better ask on the forum. Last time, someone gave a pretty accurate estimate."

Entering the forum, the topics were unexpected.

Almost all the pinned posts were discussing one thing.

"Wow, someone got a white item! Can you believe it?"

"Where did you see this white item?"

"Don't bother asking about the white item; it's already been snapped up. But I got a screenshot in time. Check it out, the attributes are insane!"

"Did the shoulder guard sell?" Lu Chen clicked on the thread.

Sure enough, the original poster had posted a picture of the Leather Shoulder Guard.

[Leather Shoulder Guard (White Low-Grade)]

["Crafted from selected wolf hide by skilled hands, this durable armor is meticulously made."]

[Level: 5]

Find the original at bit.ly/3iBfjkV.

[Defense: 8]

[Health +110]

It also included the auction house transaction record, showing that the player "Lone Madman" had consigned the "Leather Shoulder Guard" (White) and it was instantly bought by "Luo Shui" at 7:24:33, adding credibility to the picture.

The comments below exploded.

"Wow, a white item really dropped! Where was this farmed? The attributes are amazing."

"8 defense, 110 health, no wonder it's level 5 gear. I really want it."

"Damn, I missed it. It sold for just 1500? I could have offered 2000!"

"Did Lone Madman get it again? Damn, who is this guy really?"

Mentioning Lone Madman, the comment section quickly went off-topic.

Someone posted an image that instantly made people forget about the Leather Shoulder Guard.

It was a transaction record from the Trading Zone, showing dozens of consecutive transactions, all sold by "Lone Madman"!

The caption read, "33 Gnoll Clubs, I'm going crazy. Is this guy a monster?"

"Nice Photoshop, 33 clubs? Who would believe that?"

"To the commenter above, the picture is real. I just saw it in the Trading Zone. It scared the hell out of me."

"Oh my god, while global players struggle to find a single club, this guy is selling in bulk? What the hell!"

"There's something even scarier. Check the Auction Zone; that guy sold 6 epic items..."

"I'm speechless. Is this guy the heir of some corporation, with tens of thousands of employees playing for him?"

Lu Chen frowned. Tens of thousands of people playing for me? All these items were farmed by me, one by one!

Of course, a large portion was also farmed by the three fools helping him...

In fact, once they have the ability to farm special monsters, clubs aren't that hard to drop.

Seeing players wildly speculating, Lu Chen could only shake his head helplessly and get back to business.

With all the attention, Lu Chen decided to post anonymously.

"I want to ask, if there's a level 5 weapon with 9-15 attack, 6 strength, 8 agility, and 6 stamina, how much do you think it's worth?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Chen's post quickly sank... everyone was discussing the Leather Shoulder Guard.

Lu Chen had to bump his own post.

"Bump!"

"Bump again!"

"Manual bump!"

His hard work finally paid off; someone commented.

"OP, this kind of question is really pointless. Save your energy."

Then someone else joined in.

"Is there really such equipment? If you really want to know, I can give you a reference. A level 5 shoulder guard with 8 defense and 110 health was instantly bought for 1500. You could ask for 5000 for that weapon!"

"5000 is too much. Many people are level 5 now; they can farm it themselves."

"They can farm it themselves, but do you know where to farm it? Has anyone gotten that level 5 shoulder guard before? Even if such equipment exists, OP, I'm sure you can't farm it, so stop dreaming!"

"OP is just trying to get attention, seeing how hot the shoulder guard post is, and made up this equipment to attract views."

"I'm telling you, Lone Madman posted a similar inquiry about a small epic club's price a long time ago. He then auctioned it off. OP, are you trying to say you're Lone Madman?"

"Lone Madman, huh? He has tens of thousands of people leveling up for him; does he care about this little money?"

Lu Chen was about to lose it. Here we go again... tens of thousands of people leveling up for me... the heir of a family business... damn, why does it sound more and more real?

Lu Chen waited for a long time but only got a bunch of mockery, with no valuable reference.

Just as Lu Chen was about to close the forum, he received a private message.

"Are you Lone Madman?"

Lu Chen replied irritably, "No!"

"No, you are! I tracked your account. Even if you post anonymously, my tracking led me to this post!"

Lu Chen was taken aback, "Account tracking?"

"Yes! I'm Wind Chime Fairy in the game, a streamer on the official website's streaming platform. You once tipped me 10 bucks."

Lu Chen frowned. There's such a feature? If I had known, I wouldn't have tipped.

"Sorry, you got the wrong person. I have things to do, logging off." Lu Chen closed the chat without hesitation; Cragbreaker was waiting for him to make a move.

Wind Chime Fairy is known as the number one goddess in the Nine Heavens National Server. With several billion people in the national server now, having such a title shows how stunning this woman must be.

But Lu Chen didn't care.

Wind Chime Fairy's advantage is that many people watch her streams, so they see her. Many beauties don't stream; they might be even prettier.

Can you trust the streaming visuals? If you do, you lose.

Besides, what does beauty have to do with Lu Chen?

Lu Chen's impression of Wind Chime Fairy is limited to this: a woman who seems to have decent looks and once spoke up for him in a stream, nothing more.

As for why she wanted to find him, Lu Chen didn't know, and he didn't want to know.

He hadn't even told his own sister, Lu Yi, about his situation, so how could he have too much contact with someone who was essentially a stranger like Wind Chime Fairy?

Wind Chime Fairy stared blankly at the closed chat window.

She was on a break during her live stream.

Seeing the other party close the chat without hesitation, Wind Chime Fairy frowned, pouting, and said unhappily, "Hmph, I know, you are Lone Madman!"

"Otherwise... who else could be so mad!"