The Professional Skills Academy spanned over 800 square meters, featuring a single-story ancient building ten meters high. Compared to the bustling activity near the Spirit Refining Tower, this place was remarkably deserted. This was because very few players had reached level ten.
In the entire village, with its population of over two hundred thousand, Ye Yun estimated that including himself, there were at most three such individuals.
Ye Yun arrived at the Priest profession mentor and spent two gold coins to learn two skills.
" hồi phục: Cast on oneself or an ally, restoring 1% of maximum HP per second for 10 seconds. Costs 15 Qi, cooldown 60 seconds.
" Anthem of Life: Cast on oneself or an ally, increasing maximum HP by 5% for 300 seconds. Costs 15 Qi, cooldown 60 seconds.
"As expected of a dependent, parasitic profession, all skills are for serving the people. But both these skills are good. Combined with Xiao Hei's reflection, it's practically the king of solo battles. If Xiao Hei's reflection were even stronger, it would be even better," Ye Yun mused, his mind calm as he looked at his newly acquired skills.
He then went to the blacksmith's shop and cleared out all his gear below green quality. At present, very few players were level ten. His level twenty equipment might not even sell, and keeping it would just take up space. Therefore, it was better to sell it for some money, no matter how little.
Ye Yun returned to the entrance of the secret realm and spent twenty gold coins to enter the second level of the dungeon. Although he was the owner of the dungeon, entry still required a fee. However, this gold was simply moving from one pocket to another.
The second level of this secret realm was no different from the first, with the same cave-like environment, just larger. It wasn't like the Lost Land, as Ye Yun had imagined.
The only difference was the way monsters appeared. The first level spawned a thousand monsters at once, and monsters above level eleven would attack proactively. Consequently, the second level had half the number of monsters, but ten waves in total!
Ye Yun assigned Xiao Hei his tasks, then logged out of the game and entered the Heavenly Dao Forum. This was a habit he'd cultivated in his previous life; he felt an itch if he didn't post a paid thread and rake in some profit every day.
"What the hell is going on?"
Ye Yun was dumbfounded upon seeing a pinned post on the forum.
"China's Ministry of National Defense is recruiting donations?"
"Has the US squeezed its allies dry again?"
This didn't happen in his previous life. How had things changed so drastically in just two days?
Even more astonishing was another post titled "Seeking Chinese players with Emperor-grade talent!" It had a staggering one hundred and thirty million views. This post clearly had something to do with him!
The content was simple: a reward of 10 million gold coins for verified clues. At the end, an address and phone number were provided.
Ye Yun's brow furrowed as he saw the signature "Dragon Palace."
Dragon Palace was the number one team in China in his previous life. Initially, it had 121 members, later expanding to 3600 core members and 85,000 peripheral members. Ye Yun himself had been a peripheral member once.
Compared to teams like the Imperial Dragon Association, their core membership was less than half, but each of those 3600 individuals was an exceptionally strong player, with the lowest world ranking being within the top 20,000!
He hadn't expected that in just two days of playing the game, he would have attracted their attention. Unfortunately, he was no longer the person he used to be. With the existence of the divine skill 'Midas Touch,' their gap would only widen.
Ye Yun closed the post and began a new round of writing.
"Melee King! The first legendary equipment in the entire server, Saber - Moon Chaser!" Paid thread: 20 yB/view. He attached a screenshot of Moon Chaser's stats and added in the post that it would be auctioned in five days.
"Absolute Defense! Epic grade armor - Moonlight Armor! Looks even cooler paired with Moon Chaser!" Paid thread: 10 yB/view. Attached screenshots of the armor's stats, and also noted that it would be auctioned in five days.
Having profited from the forum for three years in his previous life, Ye Yun was highly experienced. Although each view cost only a few cents, most people didn't care. As long as there were enough viewers and his titles were enticing enough, he could expect millions of gold coins as a baseline income!
Especially the allure of legendary equipment. Most people in the新手村 (Newbie Village) couldn't even equip white-grade gear.
"Should I upload videos of myself killing Moon Shadows and Vermin Demons? That should earn quite a bit, right?" Ye Yun felt a surge of impulse. He couldn't help it; the allure of gold coins was blinding him. Poverty was the root of it all.
After posting the first two threads, Ye Yun wrote again.
"Do you know how legendary equipment is obtained? You'll never understand the joy of killing an Emperor-grade boss."
"Have you seen an Emperor-grade boss? Have you seen legendary sets?"
Ye Yun didn't post these two threads immediately, setting them to automatically publish six days later. Each view would cost 50 yB.
Ye Yun would not abandon this path to wealth. However, posting them now might be too stimulating for the general public, so he scheduled them for the day after the 'Moon Chaser' auction. This way, he could leverage the auction's hype to boost viewership!
As soon as Ye Yun's posts were published, they immediately attracted a large number of followers on the forum. His fan count surged again, and private messages flooded his inbox.
Primarily, the popularity of his earlier posts had gained him a large following. Combined with the enticing titles of these new ones, they instantly propelled these threads to the top, becoming the top three on the China sub-forum and the top ten on the world forum!
"Holy crap, my knees told me I needed to look at this post kneeling, and they were right!"
"I'm still stuck at level five, scraping by for a white-grade item, and this brother already has level twenty gear. So beautiful."
"Damn it! As expected of legendary gear, these stats are insane. Looking at my weapon with only 1-3 attack, I want to go to the Central Tower."
"Are all these items going to be auctioned? Does the楼主 (OP) have even better gear?"
"You Chinese people are indeed habitually cheating! I'm going to report this!"
Countless people left comments below the threads. Some cursed, some asked for contact information, and most were just spectating.
Ye Yun smiled as he looked at the thread's view count and logged out of the game, returning to let Xiao Hei continue idling.
"Go ahead and curse. The more you curse, the higher the popularity, and the more I profit! I'm extremely tolerant of those hateful comments. I've been through too much to bother with them."