Lu Chen had no idea that his well-intentioned replies to the major guilds had caused such a stir.

But even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

On that rainy night when he was eight, his younger sister held his hand as the two children huddled under the eaves next to Wang Er's bun shop.

The bun shop had long since closed, and the neon lights on the street were hazy in the night rain, red and green. Like a magician, Lu Chen pulled a bun from his coat and handed it to Lu Yi.

He had stolen it during the day.

"Eat up!"

"Brother, you eat it. I'm not hungry."

"Nonsense, how can you not be hungry? We haven't eaten in two days."

"Brother, when Mom and Dad left, they told me to take good care of you."

"Yeah right, you taking care of me... Silly girl, eat up! After you finish, I'll get more tomorrow! And didn't I tell you not to mention those two again!"

"Oh, got it... Then, let's split it in half!"

From then on, in this world, he only cared about two things: money and Lu Yi!

No, money was just to make their lives better. What else could money do?

Lu Chen only cared about that silly girl!

Leveling up from 9 to 10 required 100,000 experience points. With the help of the three fools, Lu Chen could now earn about 10,000 experience points per hour.

At 1 PM, Zakas respawned on time.

"It really does respawn every eight hours, way too slow!" Lu Chen hurriedly took the three fools over.

After leveling up, fighting Zakas was no longer dangerous for Lu Chen. Soon, Zakas was beaten to death by Lu Chen and the three fools.

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Although Zakas respawned slowly, there were benefits. Each time, this guy would drop a Cragbreaker, a Leather Shoulder Guard, and either a Club or a Vest at level 1.

During the rest period to recover health, Lu Chen organized the equipment on himself and the three fools.

28 Clubs, 1 Shoulder Guard, 1 Vest, and a Cragbreaker.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot to send them emails." Lu Chen remembered his previous promise, sent out a mass email, and then threw the equipment onto the Trading Platform.

25 Clubs were priced at 250 each, three Epic ones were priced at 500, 600, and 600 respectively based on their attributes, and the Vest was priced at 150.

The Shoulder Guard and Cragbreaker were thrown into the Auction Zone, with the Shoulder Guard starting at 1000 and a buyout of 1500, and the Cragbreaker starting at 2000 and a buyout of 4000.

This time, Lu Chen's pricing was based on reference.

Although many players had leveled up and could now farm Special Monsters with higher drop rates, there was still a huge demand for Clubs, keeping prices relatively stable.

However, since Lu Chen was selling in bulk, he lowered the price by 10 bucks to facilitate quick sales.

Last time, the Shoulder Guard and Cragbreaker sold successfully, but an important factor was that they were the first on the server. Players would gradually become rational, and price drops were normal.

Even at yesterday's prices, someone would still buy the Shoulder Guard and Club, but Lu Chen's philosophy was that equipment was just in the game!

Getting cash in hand was real, and quick monetization was most important, even if it meant earning a little less.

Lu Chen's strategy quickly paid off. As soon as the equipment was listed, he received new emails.

Including the Cragbreaker, all the equipment was quickly bought out!

"Received 12,645, account balance 37,886!" Lu Chen nodded in satisfaction, "Killing one more boss makes a noticeable difference in income!"

"Erzi, Sanzi, and Sizi, let's keep going, push to level 10!"

At 8:30 PM, after killing a level 8 Strong Gnoll, a golden light arrived as expected!

Lu Chen let out a long sigh of relief, finally reaching level 10!

"I'm exhausted, I wonder if there's a qualitative change at level 10! Open the Personal Panel." Lu Chen sat on a dirt mound to rest.

[Character Bound: Lu Chen]

[Character: Exceptionally Strong, Exceptionally Agile, Exceptionally Burly Gnoll]

[Quality Tier (2-Star Perfect): Base Strength, Agility, Physique increased by 100%]

[Level: 10 (Level Up Progress: 7/150,000)]

"Damn, next level requires 150,000 experience." Lu Chen shook his head and continued reading.

[Physical Strength: Strength: 42 (36+6) Agility: 44 (36+8) Physique: 42 (36+6)]

[Attack Power: Physical Attack 71-77]

[Defense Power: Physical Defense 33 (18+15)]

[Health Points: 1570 (1340+230)]

[Talent "Inferior Werewolf Bloodline" (Tier-2): Normal attacks have a chance to critically hit, 14% chance for double critical hit.]

[Talent Evolution Shard: 0/80 (Tier-3 Shard)]

[Quality Evolution Points: 0/80 (3-Star Evolution Points)]

[Monster Reputation: 38]

[Legion Recruitment Order (Three Yuan): 38/2000]

A qualitative change, definitely a qualitative change!

His level 9 self and level 10 self were completely different!

Health directly broke through 1500, and attack went over 70!

From level 9 to 10, Lu Chen's stats significantly improved.

All three attributes increased by 5 points! Base attack increased by 4 points, and base health increased by 100!

"Damn, those 100,000 experience points were worth it. With my current stats, I can solo Zakas without any pressure!" Lu Chen was also shocked.

"Oh right, there's also Reputation!"

Lu Chen rummaged through his backpack. After accumulating for some time, he had a large amount of low-level materials again.

"This time, let's exchange 1000 and see if anything new appears!" Lu Chen thought it over and realized that exchanging for advanced materials was more reasonable.

Because low-level materials can be synthesized into advanced ones, but advanced ones can't be broken down into low-level ones! And if he recruits new subordinates, he would still need low-level materials, so it's better to exchange for advanced ones.

"Sell 5 Talent Shards and 5 Quality Shards at 3-Star each!"

1000 Reputation acquired.

"Open the Reputation Shop!"

Whether it was because he reached level 10 or because he had more Reputation, there were indeed some new items in the Reputation Shop.

Tier-3 materials cost 1000 Reputation each, a buy-and-sell transaction, and after the identity swap, the value increased tenfold, exuding luxury... Lu Chen felt he had lost out again.

The fourth equipment slot required 200 Reputation, but Lu Chen didn't have new equipment, so there was no need to exchange it now.

"Skin? There's such a thing? It actually costs 1000 Reputation! Worse than a mobile game!" Lu Chen was shocked.

Not only was it expensive, but purchasing also had other requirements, like having to kill enough of the same species!

Currently, the shop only had one skin, the Gnoll Hide, priced at 1000 Reputation.

Since Lu Chen was already a Gnoll, he obviously wouldn't be foolish enough to spend a fortune changing his appearance.

"Flashy stuff, does this even have any meaning? And it's so expensive!" Lu Chen shook his head and skipped it.

"Bloodline? Hmm~ What is this thing!" Lu Chen quickly spotted a new item and hurriedly checked it out.

[Kill enough of the same species to obtain the species' Bloodline. Bloodline is the core item for acquiring talents and enhancing talent quality. (If you also have the species' skin, you can completely change form and attack style.)]

Lu Chen blinked, "Changing skin and having talents, even changing attack styles, does that mean... I can transform into other Wild Monsters?"