Chapter 6: Character Templates

Yin Feixue’s [Blood Swamp] move had instantly killed over a hundred monsters.

The equipment from those monsters dropped one after another, and Qin Yu swept everything into his bags without a second thought.

He had spent a million yuan to open his storage space specifically for this kind of scavenging.

“This isn’t quite right, Xiao Xue. Your attack just now was too overwhelming; all this equipment is damaged.”

Because of Yin Feixue’s powerful attack, the equipment dropped by the hundred-plus monsters was broken, meaning its resale value would be heavily discounted.

Repairing it would cost more than it was worth.

In Qin Yu’s eyes, white, green, and blue-grade gear were all consumables—items to be used and discarded.

Anyone who repaired them was a fool; that money could just buy new ones.

Yin Feixue looked indifferent, her cold crimson eyes sweeping over Qin Yu as she replied in a nonchalant tone, “Servant, do you truly wish to collect such trash?”

Her implication was clear: she thought Qin Yu looked like a scavenger.

“If you can provide a million gold coins, Xiao Xue, then I certainly won’t scavenge for junk anymore.”

Qin Yu knew her well; she was currently in that difficult transition state of moving from luxury to frugality, having no idea how difficult life truly was for the common man.

“…”

Yin Feixue didn’t quite grasp the concept of a million gold coins because she had rarely dealt with money before, so Qin Yu’s words left her momentarily stunned.

“Servant, although I do not have a million gold coins, you may use this sword to replace the scrap metal in your hand…”

To alleviate the awkwardness, Yin Feixue summoned the [Bloodwood Coffin] and pulled out a hilted sword woven from dark red and black.

The guard where the blade met the hilt was shaped like red thorns.

Yin Feixue tossed the sword to Qin Yu, who accepted it gladly.

“Thanks, Xiao Xue~”

Seeing his reaction, it seemed as though he had known all along that she would bring out this sword.

And indeed he did; Qin Yu had said those things specifically to prompt Yin Feixue to give him the [Blood Thorn].

His plan had succeeded.

“Servant, I have a feeling you understand me very well?”

Floating in the air, Yin Feixue leaned in close to Qin Yu’s face, trying to see something in his eyes.

However, Qin Yu was perfectly sincere with her.

“We’re an old married couple; it’s only natural that we understand each other~”

Seeing her so close, Qin Yu reached out and gently patted Yin Feixue on the head.

Yin Feixue was slightly startled by this sudden pat, and her expression immediately turned solemn.

“Servant, you are not permitted to be so rude to your master.”

“Not at all. Isn’t this a normal way for lovers to interact? If you don’t like it, I’ll switch to a different way.”

After saying this, Qin Yu replaced the pat with a gentle stroke.

Yin Feixue’s expression became even more complicated—neither angry nor happy.

“Servant, have you stroked enough?”

“Mm-hm. Xiao Xue, your hair is as silky as ever.”

“…”

Yin Feixue found this man named Qin Yu extremely strange; he truly seemed to know her inside and out.

“Where are we going next?”

“To the place where the good stuff is, of course. This area is a treasure trove.”

Having done his homework before arriving, Qin Yu had already marked the locations of the most important treasures in the Blood Soul Realm.

Those items would play a decisive role in his future development; he had to obtain them.

“Then lead the way, servant. I will assist you depending on the situation… provided you don’t look too pathetic…”

Yin Feixue’s words were contradictory; the moment Qin Yu would actually need her help would be when he looked most pathetic.

She was clearly just being stubborn.

But Qin Yu understood her; she was just being tsundere.

In reality, when help was needed, she would act faster than anyone.

Qin Yu led the way toward the next burial site of a treasure in the Blood Soul Realm.

This particular treasure was the most important, so it had to be obtained first; with it, other items could be used to their maximum potential.

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Back at the Nameless Graveyard, Sugar was thinking about how to handle these treasures.

Three purple Rare weapons, two purple accessories, and several pieces of gear below purple quality.

“If I sold these now, I could probably get ten million yuan, right?”

It was only the first day of the server launch, and Sugar had already obtained purple Rare equipment.

If she put these on the auction house, they would definitely spark a bidding war; they wouldn’t go for less than a million or so each.

As the saying goes, to make money in an MMO, one must seize the timing.

Sugar was currently standing before the very opportunity that countless professional gold farmers dreamed of.

“I’m not short on money, though. I’ll keep them as souvenirs! If I see that guy again, I’ll ask if he needs any of this…”

If any professional merchant knew Sugar was wasting such treasures, they would probably strangle her.

These were items that could be sold at astronomical prices to fleece wealthy whales during the launch period, yet Sugar was treating them as souvenirs.

“I can equip this ring and necklace first. And this shortsword… I’ll put the bow and the longsword away for now…”

Soon, Sugar equipped the two purple accessories and the purple shortsword.

She felt her body become lighter and her strength increase slightly.

She was very satisfied with the attribute boosts provided by these two accessories.

“Speaking of which, are there no level requirements for equipment?”

It seemed that equipment in this game had no level restrictions for wearing them; as long as you obtained it, you could use it.

Of course, there was a downside: once you equipped an item of purple quality or higher, there was a chance it would drop if you died.

You win some, you lose some.

“The character aptitude template is only given after exploring the Divine Realm, too. This game is really strange…”

Having packed her things, Sugar prepared to set out again, wondering if she would run into Qin Yu again.

Actually, never mind—she didn’t want to see that “evil woman.”

As he neared his destination, Qin Yu was thinking about the character aptitude templates.

Initial acquisition of these templates in this game was divided into two types.

The first was entering the game directly at launch, where a template was assigned based on one’s own performance.

Generally, templates obtained this way were trash, with aptitude usually at 1 or 2, and a few reaching 3.

Basically, it was a fate of being cannon fodder.

The second way was to enter the Divine Realms for trials during the first seven days.

Depending on your gains, you would receive different levels of character templates.

Under the second method, even if you entered a Divine Realm at the very last second of the last day and were ejected when the time ran out, you would still receive a template with an aptitude of 4.

This was far superior to players who joined the game later.

One must understand that increasing aptitude was the most difficult task in the game, even harder than increasing one’s strength.

Once an aptitude template was fixed, increasing it required extremely rare items.

In his previous life, the prices of these items were driven up to over a hundred million each, and even then, there was no supply for the demand.

Qin Yu’s goal for himself was to obtain a template with at least Aptitude 7, because 7 was a massive watershed.

In his past life, he had stumbled through and only managed to get a template with Aptitude 6.

It was fine in the beginning, but later on, he had to endure a long period of being beaten down before he luckily managed to raise his aptitude to 7 and break through to Tier 7.

In this game, those below Tier 7 could be considered ants.

This was because only upon reaching Tier 7 did one earn the right to awaken their Destined Relic.

Furthermore, only those at Tier 7 were capable of dealing damage to the Tier 10 Gods…