It was a quiet and peaceful summer afternoon at the eastern square of Sky City. There weren’t many players hanging about because most of them had logged out of the game to catch their afternoon nap. I only counted dozens of player stalls scattered throughout the area. Anyway, I sat down at a corner, dropped about a hundred pieces of equipment in front of me and began hollering,

"Freshly looted equipment for sale! I got a Level 190 Earth-grade helmet that adds 24% Defense and 10k max HP for only 4500 gold for you tanks! There’s also a Level 200 female-only metal armor that adds 37% Defense and 15% Attack! It may or may not have dropped from the mistress of the SSS Rank Ancient Divine Skill owner, Soul Slayer! Buy now for only 9999 gold! First come first served, and beauties before all else!"

Unfortunately, despite having hollered for customers for over ten minutes, not many people checked out my items, and those that did, couldn’t afford it. After all, 1 gold was equal to 1 RMB in the real world, and it was a price the average player couldn’t hope to afford.

Rustle rustle...

Suddenly, I heard a rustling...