Chapter 109: Weapon Crafting Master

Hearing the man named Liu say this, Xiao Fen’s heart moved slightly. He turned his head and asked: “Is it hard to meet a Weapon Crafting Master?”

Hans frowned and nodded: “Of course. Don’t think that the Weapon Crafting skill is easy to level up to Advanced. That takes 4 Skill Points plus a Gold Point. How could Trialists have so many Skill Points and Gold Points to put into that skill? They don’t get many chances to use weapon crafting in daily life, either. The real Weapon Crafting Masters in the Asia region are all under those big families. Trialists who become Weapon Crafting Masters independently are very few and far between here. It’s hard to run into one.”

Xiao Fen nodded slightly. He could understand to some extent.

Despite having 4 Gold Points now, he actually still had 3, with the next ability waiting to be activated. In the end, these 3 Gold Points were the result of the first London Trial World.

One had to achieve a very high completion rate in a Trial World to have a chance of obtaining a Gold Point. For other tasks to obtain Gold Points, it was probably only those above SS-level side quests in advanced Trial Worlds.

Not all Trialists could have a surplus of Gold Points like Xiao Fen. Therefore, it wasn’t surprising that very few became Weapon Crafting Masters.

However, hearing Hans say this, Xiao Fen quietly decided in his heart to use one of his Gold Points on the Weapon Crafting skill.

It sounded like a Weapon Crafting Master also had the ability to repair equipment. In a world like that of the Trialists, the ability to repair equipment was definitely in high demand.

Moreover, as Xiao Fen’s level increased, he would come into contact with some equipment. If he could repair them himself, it would be equivalent to having an extra chance of survival during combat.

The group chatted as they walked, slowly entering the massive hall of the Auction House.

To Xiao Fen’s surprise, there were no hostesses or similar staff welcoming customers in this hall. In every corner of the hall, there were small rooms. Trialists kept entering these small rooms to conduct transactions via the screens inside.

“Privacy is maximized for every Trialist. Buyers and sellers absolutely never meet, and there is no possibility of any personal secrets being leaked. The person who buys your equipment could be right beside you, or they could be in the Americas.”

Hans spoke as he waved to his companions to head in another direction, seemingly having a different objective. He waved his hand to Xiao Fen and said: “We’re going to check out new trial quests, and then decide on our next plan. So, we’ll part ways here for now. Maybe we’ll meet again if there’s a chance.”

Xiao Fen nodded. He was somewhat interested in the small rooms in this hall. As for trial quests and the like, he didn’t have the energy or the thought to start a new round of trials right now.

Beside him, the door to a small room was pushed open, and a female Trialist walked out. She looked a bit pale, as if she had encountered some problem inside earlier.

After seeing Xiao Fen, the female Trialist merely nodded slightly by way of greeting, then strode out of the hall.

Xiao Fen looked around and saw no new Trialists entering this small room. He shrugged and walked in.

The smell of blood, an extremely heavy smell of blood.

As soon as he entered the small room, Xiao Fen clearly smelled it. In this small room, a heavy smell of blood permeated the air, seemingly left by that female Trialist just now.

The smell was so strong that for Xiao Fen, who had very keen perception, it was tantamount to torture.

He frowned and looked around the small room but didn’t see any bloodstains anywhere. The smell filled the entire room, and he couldn’t find the source of the scent.

Shaking his head, Xiao Fen looked at the screen in front of him. Seeming to sense that a new Trialist had entered, a line of text quickly appeared on the screen.

“Welcome, Trialist. This is the Auction House hosted by the Council of Elders. Please select your objective.”

Xiao Fen glanced at it. Among the many selection columns, there were categories such as “Item Consignment Auction,” “Item Bidding,” “Item Appraisal,” “Item Repair,” and so on. He thought for a moment and clicked on “Item Bidding.”

“Please wait.”

“A new round of item bidding will begin in 5 minutes. The specific item list is being compiled. Please select the items you wish to bid on.”

Xiao Fen thought for a moment, then clicked “All.”

In an instant, a stream of data like a waterfall appeared on the screen. The dazzling array of items made Xiao Fen a bit overwhelmed.

He hadn’t expected at all that an ordinary auction would have so many items participating. What surprised him even more was the sheer volume of material exchange between Trialists.

Controlling an Auction House like this, even just taking a cut, would be substantial.

Xiao Fen looked at the data, calculating secretly in his heart.

However, his eyes did not stop searching. Although the quantity of data was huge and the screen changed extremely fast, Xiao Fen’s reading ability allowed him to keep up with the data updates effortlessly.

After a while, he shook his head with a bitter smile.

In this batch of auctions, there were no Potion Crafting scrolls he needed, and the starting prices for the auction items were all 500 Gene Points or more, making it impossible for him, a Trialist who now only had a few hundred Gene Points, to even make a move.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Fen decided to put the staff in his Warehouse up for auction to test the waters; after all, this staff was meaningless to him, and it would be good even if he just exchanged it for a few bottles of Healing Potions.

He exited the bidding, selected “Item Appraisal,” then summoned his Light Screen, transferred some information about Fisna’s Knight to the large screen in front of him, and began waiting to see what price this large screen would offer.

The large screen was quiet for a moment, then suddenly flashed with new text.

“Your item exceeds the bidding range of the 1st floor. Please proceed to the 3rd floor; preparations for reception have already been made there.”

Xiao Fen smiled and shook his head, pushed open the door, and as he walked out, he looked back at the room filled with the smell of blood, feeling as if he had missed something somewhere.

At the same time, on the third floor of the Auction House, two women were watching Xiao Fen’s actions through a monitor; one of them asked in a low voice, “Is that him? A Level 1 Trialist, yet he actually possesses Exquisite Level equipment.”

The other woman turned her head to look in the direction of the elevator and said, “Screen fingerprint collection has confirmed it; this is a little guy who just passed the trial assessment yesterday. However, his assessment results were quite good; he survived for more than 24 hours in the assessment world and leveled up immediately after coming out. It’s estimated he also encountered a few high-level missions inside. Not to mention mission rewards, even if he occasionally unlocked a key and got an Exquisite weapon, it’s nothing abnormal.”