2 - Your Husband

Translated by rabbitrisu

“Eh??” The stall owner was stunned for a while, then he hesitantly stretched out his hand to take the gold coin that Xiao Ran handed over.

“Handsome boy, you can, ah- you actually have two skills with such a low burst rate.” The Shen Bi players next to them also recovered and looked at Xiao Ran with envy.

“It’s good luck.” Xiao Ran smiled. If those players knew that such rare and free skills that had lower burst rates than orange equipment made up over half of Xiao Ran’s current skills, they would probably be so angry that he would be pressed to the ground and beaten.

Except he was an NPC. Even if he was similar to a player, no matter how low his level was, he still had an ‘advantage’ in the game over ordinary people.

Seeing that the belt had been sold, the hopeless people were preparing to leave. But seeing Xiao Ran still standing in place and staring down at the stall, someone couldn’t help but remind him: “That was the only piece of Shen Bi equipment.”

Xiao Ran ignored them, then picked up a Dragon Power Knight 1 Shield from the booth and asked, “You also sell this golden shield so cheaply?”

The purple quality Level 40 golden shield was the most valuable piece of equipment in the stall except for the orange belt. Although the high price of 6 gold coins was enough to discourage most players in the area, it could sell for at least 8 gold coins in the auction house!

After all, Dragon Power Knight was the number one mt 2 career in the good faction on the Chinese server. A good shield could drastically increase the team’s survival rate, and it was even more precious than a Dragon Power Knight’s axe.

This brother was a sincere person. He honestly said: “But the auction house makes you pay a 25% handling fee, so it’s about the same after calculations.”

Xiao Ran had a good impression of him, and the orange belt was really cheap to buy. He was a little bit pitiful, so he thought about it and said: “I’ll help you sell this shield. I did a hidden mission about Lusui Auction House, so I only need to pay a 10% handling fee.”

The reason Xiao Ran said that wasn’t because he wanted to earn 9% percent of the handling fee, but because auctioning items with only 1% handling fee was too bizarre. He was afraid it would be too outrageous.

But even so, there were still bursts of cold air around him. 3

10% handling fee!

In other words, this guy could earn more than one gold coin for nothing?!

Too outrageous! How can that be!

There were a lot of questioning eyes around. Some people advised the stall owner to not risk it in case Xiao Ran ran away with his shield. Shenzhou was so big, it wouldn’t be easy to catch him.

Xiao Ran looked at him calmly and said nothing. Any business was risky, and if it wasn’t for his belt that he bought at an advantage, he wouldn’t have offered to do so. Although he was kind, he wasn’t that kind of warm-hearted person.

The stall owner grit his teeth and agreed to the deal. “Well. I don’t think you look like that kind of liar.”

Xiao Ran said: “Wait for me here, I’ll be right back.”

After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the market.

As soon as Xiao Ran’s figure disappeared, the people around the stall shook their heads, saying that the stall owner was simple. He said that Xiao Ran was so handsome that he couldn’t be a liar, but no one believed that he would really help him sell the shield. The authenticity of the 10% handling fee was yet to be shown. The gold shield was worth at least 6 gold coins, which was too tempting for a Level 30 or 40 player!

So when they saw Xiao Ran reappear at the market entrance and hand over the money from the auction to the stall owner, deducting the handling fee, they froze for a while before reacting. Then, they quickly took all of his valuable equipment into his hands and asked Xiao Ran to auction them.

This was a personal resale machine, ah! Let’s go!

“I only have a 10% handling fee for my first three auctions every day. I only have one remaining today, and I have to sell other equipment.” Xiao Ran refused.

Everyone dispersed regretfully.

The stall owner put the gold coins away and spoke to Xiao Ran with a bright smile: “Thank you, ah.”

Xiao Ran nodded coldly, then turned around to leave. The stall owner wanted to provide his contact information, but seeing Xiao Ran’s cold and distant appearance, he didn’t want to mention it anymore and packed his stall up by himself.

So generous. Not to mention the rare skills and free skills, but even the hidden task for the auction house…

Xiao Ran was a mysterious master in the stall owner’s heart. It was normal to not stay in contact.

He was thinking like that when suddenly a voice broke out from a nearby stall:

Look! Look here! The rare Shen Bi weapon, the same style as Yiye Feihua’s 4 Shenyuan Zhi Huo 5 artifact! Big sale at our loss!”

Yiye Feihua? Wasn’t that Fengdu’s 6 Great God?

The stall owner thought silently.

The central services of the Oracle of the Gods were divided into the good faction, Shenzhou, and the evil faction, Fengdu. The opposing factions did not communicate. Even after experiencing world domination, the players of each faction still looked at each other through fog.

As a result, there were various legends about their own bosses circulating the internet: Today, our Shenzhou will triumph over a Level 60 top dungeon. Tomorrow, we would be able to destroy a Level 60 wild map boss; Today, our Shenzhou is playing easy in front of the Fire Dragon Evil God. Tomorrow, we would go to your Fengdu’s King of the Underworld’s palace to disco……

Anyway, if you bow your head to your boss, I’ll call for my boss. Neither would accept it.

The situation had continued since Fengdu’s opening ceremony a year and a half ago, until Fengdu’s number one master, Yiye Feihua, broke the situation with a very strong stance.

“Yiye Feihua…” Xiao Ran whispered that familiar ID, and a touch of red clouds quickly burned from his cheeks to his neck. 7

“Yeah, ah. Speaking of, that Great God has been very lowkey recently. It’s not like when he first came up from Fengdu, tsk. It really looks like a terrible shura field 8 …” The stall owner shut his mouth and glances at him, only to find that Xiao Ran walked quickly to the stall with an eager appearance… like a little fan chasing stars. Where was that coldness and arrogance of a mysterious master?

The divine clan teenager who had always been wise and calm only needed to hear that ID. No matter when, no matter where his spirit would absolutely be startled. Just like a puppy that hears their owner’s name, the drooping ears on their head would immediately stand up and they would uncontrollably approach the source of the noise.

There weren’t few players attracted by the title ‘Yiye Feihua.’ Xiao Ran made an effort to squeeze to the front.

He raised his eyes and saw that the wolf brush in the stall owner’s hands was 30cm long. The body was pitch black with a cold metallic texture. A cold, dark red light with traces of blood encircled the brush tip to the nib. Except for the runes on the brush being relatively simple and incomparable to the complex and ancient runes inscribed on the Shenyuan Zhi Huo, the similarity was indeed very high.

“6% Critical Hit? With 7% spell damage bonus? What powerful attributes! No wonder it’s so expensive to sell for 9 gold coins!”

“But 9 gold coins is too expensive! That swordsman’s orange weapon only cost 8 coins.”

“Who made Shen Bi’s weapon burst rate so low, not to mention the law of the rich.”

…..

As soon as the stall owner announced the weapon information and price, the surrounding voices never weakened. Despite so many people discussing, though, there was no one bidding.

9 gold coins was too expensive. For most ordinary Level 30 to 40 players, there really wasn’t anyone who could spend so much money at once.

Even Xiao Ran’s balance was still a bit low.

Our divine clan boy was a big boss who wanted face. Such attributes weren’t rare for him. In normal times, he would never run up to someone to bargain for a weapon, but today, just for its appearance… it must be won!

Our divine clan boy was so impulsive!

Xiao Ran glanced at the stall and found that the stall owner had an Immortal Scholar 9 Staff worth as much as the orange wolf brush in his hand, so he shyly suggested to the stall owner that he could help him resell the staff. Including the savings on handling fees and the money in Xiao Ran’s hands, it wouldn’t be a problem to get the wolf brush.

“This…” The stall owner hesitated.

Several players who had seen Xiao Ran resell the Golden Shield before kindly stood up to help testify for him.

Seeing Xiao Ran’s blush, the stall owner seemed to have gathered his courage. His heart softened, and he wanted to accept.

Who knew that at that time—

“I want this wolf brush!” A male voice sounded from behind Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran turned his head and saw a Shen Bi player about 1.8 meters tall with a normal appearance but excellent majestic aura. He was followed by two lower-level players. Their chests were embroidered with a cluster of dark fire, which was their guild logo.

“It’s God of the Underworld…” The surrounding players recognized the guild logo as God of the Underworld. There were hundreds of thousands of ordinary guild members alone, and it was the fifth largest super guild in Shenzhou.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary players wouldn’t dare to offend such a super guild. After all, with a wave of their hands, they would be chased and killed by tens of thousands of people. That image was scary.

The stall owner gulped and hesitated: “But this handsome guy came first…”

“Oh?” The Shen Bi player looked at Xiao Ran. “Then why don’t you pay?”

Xiao Ran: “I don’t have enough money left on me, so I need to go get it.”

The Shen Bi player sneered, his eyes filled with disdain. “That’s not enough. First come, first serve. Hurry up next time.”

As he spoke, a follower next to him vigorously grabbed the wolf brush from Xiao Ran’s hands and handed it to the Shen Bi player with a smile. “Kuangfeng-laoda, 10 here you are.”

The Shen Bi player was called Luobi Kuangfeng. Although he was only Level 39, he had played an immortal scholar before, and he was considered a famous celebrity in the third-ranked guild, Lingfeng Court. Later, because of his excellent control, he was more suitable to playing Shen Bi, so he was bribed by the boss of God of the Underworld and paid a lot of money. He was also placed on the bench of his own team, so he was considered half a professional player.

Although he hadn’t yet leveled up, given time, he would definitely be one of the best Shen Bi players in God of the Underworld, so the ordinary guild members around him naturally respected him.

Xiao Ran sneered. “Your faces are very big.”

The follower spoke fiercely: “What’s the matter? Do you want to fight against our God of the Underworld? Don’t be presumptuous, you stinky brat!”

Although Xiao Ran didn’t like to cause trouble – he wasn’t a bully – his poisonous tongue skill was about to go online when a system prompt suddenly rang.

[Ding! Pay special attention to friends: Fentou Bengdi is online.]

Special attention? Fentou Bengdi? Who was this guy, ah?

Such a wonderful ID successfully attracted his attention. Xiao Ran carefully recalled it in his mind. If his memory was ranked second among players, no one would dare call themselves first. But even so, he couldn’t recall any information on the player.

Wait, wait. Now wasn’t the time to be conflicted about that, you were arguing with people, ah, boss!

Xiao Ran quickly raised his head and found that the three men from God of the Underworld were really fast. They turned around and left after exchanging the money; they were almost at the market entrance by now.

It was obviously unwise to follow and get entangled with them, so Xiao Ran could only let it go.

The orange equipment in the same style as the Great God was stolen…

Hah. So angry, ah.

Xiao Ran scratched his head dejectedly. He felt a grudge toward this ‘Fentou Bengdi’ in his heart, but before he could start nagging him, the other party actually sent a voice message over.

“Are you there?” A rough uncle’s voice came through.

“……Yes.” Xiao Ran replied hesitantly.

“Coordinates 35685.12332. I have something for you.”

“Something to give me? But who are you?” Xiao Ran couldn’t help asking.

“Your husband.” The other party replied concisely.

Although it was different from the low and hypnotizing voice in his memory, the intimate tone still made Xiao Ran’s face flushed instantly.

“What old husband… what the hell was that ID and voice!”

Footnotes

Strong tank class mt = main tank, a tank is the member of a group that will take the most damage so other players won’t die Cold air = jealous people Yiye Feihua is a name. Fire of the Abyss Ghost city in the underworld. Poetic way to say he blushed ? shura field: when someone is stuck in a bad situation and has to struggle to get out of it Cultivator Laoda = boss