175 Chapter 175 - Gu Fei, the Merchan (2/2)

The common sound that could be heard in Peddlers' Street 2 was the haggling of players. As Gu Fei quietly waited for customers, he listened to the players' bartering to gain a better market insight.

Gu Fei had not done any research regarding the pricing of his equipment, as he was only planning to sell every item for 10 gold coins until he obtained the 200 gold coins he needed. But after listening to the haggling all around him, Gu Fei now more or less had an idea of how much his items on hand were currently worth and his pile of obsolete items was hardly worth 10 gold coins each. A nearby stall was selling a pair of footwear for only 8 gold coins even when it had better traits than any of the items Gu Fei had on display. Comparing the traits of his items with the other merchants' successfully sold items, Gu Fei finally realized how naive he was at item tradings.

Even if he managed to sell off his pile of items, he might not even make 50 gold coins in total. To reach that goal of 200 gold coins, he would have to make a few trips back to the warehouse.

Gu Fei treated selling items just like how he treated his stat point allocation: he only cared for speed. Gu Fei cared not even if he incurred a loss and merely wanted to quickly gather the 200 gold coins he needed for his Job Class Advancement. Fueled by this thought, he raised his voice and said, ”Dollar stall here! Every item is only going for 1 gold coin; buy it if you want it!”

Low-priced goods would always be the most tempting items in a marketplace. That one shout of Gu Fei caused many players to bound toward him immediately. Even some of the players who had their stalls set up came by and had a look.

Gu Fei felt delighted as he began calculating in his mind: One piece of equipment for 1 gold coin, so 200 pieces of equipment would give me 200 gold coins! That should be about everything I have in my storage. Just a few more trips and 200 gold coins won't be an issue anymore.

Unexpectedly, he was still being too optimistic. The players who had been enticed by his 'dollar stall' call carefully examined the items in Gu Fei's stall and almost all of them quickly shook their heads and departed.

It would not matter how cheap the items were if they had no need for them. Furthermore, the items Gu Fei was selling were odds and ends that did not have any worth in 'buying low and selling high'.

Quite a few players had come with such a thought in mind, yet they could only leave dispiritedly once they realized that nothing was of value in Gu Fei's stall.

Some players remained, yet they were all beginners. Since equipment in Parallel World had no level requirement, outfitting themselves with above level 20 gear was very tempting to these beginners. Nonetheless, such fresh players would not be that rich and would have silver and copper coins at most. As such, they resolutely haggled with Gu Fei for that 1 gold coin.

Gu Fei stiffly said, ”It's already cheap enough as it is, it can't be any cheaper!” This caused three potential customers to leave.

The remaining two patiently attempted to wear down Gu Fei. Just the term 'big bro' had been tossed about so frivolously by these two customers. In the end, Gu Fei finally came up with a 'buy three, get one free' sales pitch, allowing them to only spend 3 gold coins and obtain four items from Gu Fei. The two customers happily left with their successful transactions.

All that just to earn 6 gold coins... Gu Fei emotionally took out his money pouch and placed the 6 gold coins inside it, lowering his head to count his money again. Regrettably, Gu Fei did not miscount earlier. He only had 43 gold coins on him right now, 157 gold coins away from his target of 200 gold coins.

”Are you selling any of these items for 1 gold coin?” A voice suddenly asked Gu Fei as he was counting his money.

”Ah, yes!” Gu Fei hurriedly replied as he raised his head to face the customer.

”It's you!” The two said the same thing simultaneously.

The person who was asking about the price was actually Vast Lushness. Gu Fei felt surprised to meet someone he was familiar with in Peddlers' Street 2 of all places, while Vast Lushness felt puzzled that the man who had previously helped her out of a difficult situation on the outskirt of Yunduan City was actually poor. He was an expert who had easily sliced up six players, after all. In online MMOs, most experts were wealthy. Although this was not an absolute fact, they at least would not be this poor.

Vast Lushness was truly surprised to find Gu Fei in such a destitute state that he had to sell a whole pile of trashy items for 1 gold coin each. Why is he here selling these trinkets? With how powerful he is, wouldn't it be faster for him to earn money by farming for high-grade items from high-level monsters?

The method that Vast Lushness had come up with was truly the most appropriate path to riches that Gu Fei should have taken. Everything in MMOs was dependent on level. As long as a player was at a high level, he or she would have first-rate farming capabilities when it came to making money.

This was especially true if a player was able to farm the highest grade equipment. Player who could do this would be able to conquer the peak of the market. In fact, quite a lot of gaming experts made it rich through this method.

Equipment in Parallel World had no level requirement; this design made such a path to riches all the more attractive to everyone.

Unfortunately, the players were unable to pull ahead too drastically because leveling was also extremely difficult. Thus, not many people could easily walk this path toward prosperity. As for Gu Fei, he indeed have the ability to do so and was also capable of beating monsters twenty levels above his.Farming is a term used for players who – well – 'farm' or 'acquire' items. This is especially true for gold farmers (currency grinders) and item farmers (who usually auction the items they get for more in-game currency).