Chapter 743: What a Coincidence

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Regarding Mo Wen and Qian Chen, any Zhu Lu player would hardly be unfamiliar with them.

So the players running stalls, upon seeing the famed game's top player standing before their booths, all showed a hint of excitement.

But unfortunately, Su Sheng didn't buy anything the whole way.

It's not that Su Sheng's taste is high; these items are all quite good. After all, if the items were mediocre, tossing them into the auction house would be easier. Because the items are good, their selling price is high, and the transaction fee is higher, which makes sellers feel reluctant and thus come to set up stalls.

Of course… the items are good, but only for ordinary players.

For Su Sheng, they're still a bit lacking.

Until…

Su Sheng arrived at a stall selling potions.

"Hmm?"

Su Sheng looked at the stall with a hint of interest.

Temporary Enhancement Elixir (Strength):

Strength +10

Duration: 30 seconds

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A series follows, covering Strength, Constitution, Spirit, Intelligence, and Agility.

But each is only a tiny mosquito‑leg amount, and the duration is only 30 seconds.

It's a good item, but the base stats are too low.

"How about it? Does Mo Wen have any interest? I'll give you a 20% discount."

The stall owner, seeing Su Sheng's interested expression, quickly came up to recommend.

"The items are good, but the quality is too low. Did you craft this thing?"

Su Sheng glanced at the nickname they had used for each other before the year.

"I'm not Shen Nong," a rather interesting nickname, a Priest… Holy Light Priest.

"Yes, I made it myself. Since my secondary profession level hasn't risen yet, I can only brew this lowest‑grade potion."

"And the materials for these things are hard to gather; higher‑grade materials are even harder."

Wo Fei Shen Nong said with a hint of bitterness.

"Are you a Solo Player?" Su Sheng became interested; his Yanhuang actually needed a pharmacist.

"Both and not…"

Wo Fei Shen Nong gave a wry smile.

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Su Sheng was intrigued.

"I'm not a fool; of course I know that Solo Players basically can't switch secondary professions."

"Originally I was just a miserable wage‑earner; I entered the game because I saw its prospects and thought I could earn some money, so I chose the Priest profession."

"Luck was on my side; I obtained a few special potion formulas, and I intended to transition into a dedicated secondary‑profession player, which would be easier."

"Then I thought of finding a guild; back then, Mo Wen, although your reputation was just rising, you didn't have Yanhuang."

"So I approached the Imperial Dynasty; they were indeed interested… and we signed a contract."

"It was fine at first, but the materials for my potion formulas are relatively demanding, and the failure rate isn't low either."

"I spent a lot of resources, but the results were scant; it was a case of more effort, less gain."

"Then they reallocated the resources on their side."

"The resources and materials for my side kept dwindling. I got angry and argued with the higher‑ups, but there was nothing I could do; the materials they gave kept decreasing."

"More pharmacists arrived later, one of whom seemed to be a connected client; my share basically became nothing."

"So now I'm essentially a Solo Player, but the contract remains with the Imperial Dynasty. I'm a miserable wage‑earner; I can't afford the penalty."

Wo Fei Shen Nong finished his rant, looking at Su Sheng with a hint of expectation.

Su Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Is that so."

"Then you, good luck!"

Su Sheng gave a word of encouragement, then turned and walked away.

Wo Fei Shen Nong was left standing there, dumbfounded.

What's going on?

Meanwhile, Su Sheng silently opened a Private Chat.

The story is very real…

But the Imperial Dynasty.

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes; he had a feeling…

Wo Fei Shen Nong, that guy, is a bit fake.

Hard to explain, can be directly understood as…

When carrying out some special missions before, this intuition… almost never erred.

"Huan Jie, have you found the pharmacist?"

Su Sheng privately messaged Lin Huan to ask.

"No, but the news has already been released," Lin Huan replied.

Su Sheng smiled.

That would be too coincidental…

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Enchanted, and equipped a new Shield.

Su Sheng smiled.

The level‑50 purple Shield was directly upgraded to a level‑65 orange Shield.

The attributes increased, not just a little.

Magic defense, which Su Sheng doesn't need, was ignored and overwritten by the balance of the lion‑bodied form.

Base attack and defense rose by 240, HP by 2000, and Constitution by 140.

Strength was also ignored.

After calculation, attack and defense increased by 380, HP by 3400.

Quite good…

Looking at his own Su Sheng, he showed a satisfied smile.

Attack/Defense: 5734!

HP: 44370.

Of course, this is while holding the Shield.

If the Shield is removed, the attributes drop dramatically.

However, the circumstances that allow Su Sheng to remove the Shield now…

are extremely rare.

In Pve, the Shield is basically never removed.

Only in PVP against top‑tier opponents, for weapon maneuverability, would one consider removing the Shield.

Of course, it also requires a top‑tier opponent that Su Sheng would have to face without the Shield…

Only a handful… within the Domestic Server circle, the Foreign Server is unknown.

Shen Wang counts as one…

Qiancheng Lihualuo counts as half, I guess.

Other people…

Heh…

Getting ready to log off.

Su Sheng clapped his hands.

Tomorrow, we'll help that fisherman run a Dungeon, then obtain Fragment Eleven, and even use Fragment Twelve as a mock‑up.

However, it probably still won't advance…

Don't know how many fragments are needed to advance to Red Legend.

Anyway, we only know that Fragment 44 is multicolored.

If we collect 49, it's most likely the Seven-Color Artifact.

On the other side, speaking of…

What about the Dream Building Squad members?

We haven't seen any news from them for so long.

Checked the guild members.

The Dream Chasing Squad all remain in the guild… but they're black and white…

Not online?!

The year is already over, how could they not be online?

Or maybe…

Foreign Server?!

What is this guy doing? How did he end up on the Foreign Server?

Truly worthy of being an Innate Mission Holy Body.

However, they're on the Foreign Server, and we can't contact them; we'll ask them about the situation when they return.

Su Sheng shook his head.

Logged off.

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After logging off, Su Sheng discussed the market plan with Lin Huan.

Lin Huan naturally supported it.

However, Su Sheng only proposed it; the actual execution... will be up to Huan Jie.

Su Sheng, with a flattering expression, squeezed Huan Jie's shoulder to relax…

Can't help it; after all, I'm just a hands‑off manager.

Also while at work.

Su Sheng contacted that guy Kong Lang.

Brought up the matter about my non‑Shen Nong status.

"Can't do it openly? That bastard Ye Tianzi is gearing up to play dirty tricks?" Kong Lang complained.

"I had you look into the specifics; if that guy isn't lying, we can consider poaching him."

"But if it really is Ye Tianzi, we can just ignore his petty tricks." Su Sheng said with a smile.

Although, maybe I'm just being overly suspicious.

But now I'm not a lone wanderer; behind me are the brothers of the entire Flame Yellow family, and the existence of Flame Yellow... is of great importance.

Unintentionally, Su Sheng was careless.

In short, being careful is never wrong...