novelraw Chapter 77 - Identification of Equipment
Chapter 77 - Identification of Equipment
Chapter 77: Identification of Equipment
“Triggering [Hundredfold Reward] effect. Final rewards: EXP +12 million, Gold +5000, Reputation +200,000, Honorary Hero Title!”
“Triggering [Hundredfold Reward] effect. Final rewards: EXP +18 million, Gold +5000, Yunhuang City Pardon Token!”
A series of system notifications rang out.
The two quests brought Jiang Chen an incredibly generous amount of experience—30 million in total.
Golden light began to rise from Jiang Chen’s body, and his level started to skyrocket like an elevator.
Lv26.
Lv27.
Lv28.
Lv29.
It finally stopped right before the milestone of Level 30.
Without taking time to check his stats, Jiang Chen quickly opened the panels for the two special items.
[Honorary Hero Title]
Effect 1: +500 NPC Favorability.
Effect 2: +500% monster-kill experience gain.
Description: An honorary title bestowed by Lord Luo En, City Lord of Yunhuang, to those who have rendered great service to the city.
[Yunhuang City Pardon Token]
Effect: Allows the bearer to manually negate 10,000 points of Evil Value, and grants 500 instances of PK in the city without penalty. Daily uses refresh.
Description: A pardon decree given by Lord Luo En, City Lord of Yunhuang, to those who have rendered great service to the city.
Pfft…
If other players saw this, they’d probably cough up three liters of blood from sheer jealousy.
Even Jiang Chen felt his mouth go dry just seeing the attributes of these two items. Setting aside the 500 points of NPC Favorability for the[Honorary Hero Title], the +500% EXP from monster kills was insanely powerful.
For an average player, equipping this title meant gaining experience at five times the usual rate—it was a rocket to fast leveling.
You could say this single effect alone was enough to elevate the title to divine-tier.
Jiang Chen quickly checked the attributes of a regular Honorary Hero title—NPC Favorability +5, EXP gain +5% from monster kills—only one percent of this version.
So the [Hundredfold Reward] had even boosted built-in item attributes by 100 times. Absolutely broken.
As for the Pardon Token—it was equally savage.
Negating 10,000 points of Evil Value meant Jiang Chen could kill 5000 players without getting flagged red. Although this effect seemed redundant with his [Cloak of the Prison Shadow], it had its own merits.
Thankfully, the Evil Value negation could be manually activated, or things might get awkward—like the flood sweeping over the Dragon King’s temple and drowning his own men.
And that second effect was insane too.
500 PKs without penalty in the main city meant Jiang Chen could slaughter 500 players in town with no consequences.
Who would dare mess with Jiang Chen in the main city now? Say the wrong thing and you’re done for, and you can’t even report it. Normal players could only cry their eyes out after seeing this…
Both items had incredible effects, perfectly concluding Jiang Chen’s mission to the Howling Moon Mountains.
However, Jiang Chen wasn’t in a rush to leave—he still had two pieces of equipment that needed appraisal before he could use them. This task could only be entrusted to Luo En.
If he asked an NPC lacking the necessary skill to appraise them, he might risk destroying two divine weapons.
Jiang Chen directly stated his request to Luo En, who smiled. In his mind, most adventurers had mediocre gear these days, and the Blacksmith Guild could easily handle it.
Still, since Jiang Chen was the hero of the day, Luo En remained patient.
“Bring out whatever equipment you want. I’ll have someone help you refine them.”
Luo En genuinely thought this adventurer was trying to hint at asking for better gear, and just didn’t want to say it directly. The thought made him chuckle.
Jiang Chen then straightforwardly took out the [Starfall Spirit-Crushing Helm] and the [Purple Jade Ring].
In an instant, blinding light burst forth. A diamond-grade item and a purple-gold-grade item seemed to glow even more fiercely, as if responding to having just been underestimated.
Luo En’s eyes went wide with shock. He subconsciously swallowed hard. Just what had this adventurer done to acquire such terrifying equipment?
“How about it? Can you help me appraise them?” Jiang Chen asked eagerly.
“Y-Yes.” Luo En’s mouth twitched. He honestly didn’t know how to express the sheer disbelief he was feeling.
Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up. “Then I’ll leave it to you.”
As he held the equipment, Luo En’s hands trembled slightly.
This is an Amethyst-grade item! Heaven knew where this adventurer had gotten such incredible gear.
It’s simply unbelievable.
In the main city, Amethyst gear was considered top-tier, and for players at this stage, this was practically divine weapon level…
Ahem. “To ensure the appraisal is successful, I’ll call in our city’s master blacksmith, Yang Yanzi.”
Luo En directly summoned the old president of the Blacksmith Guild—Yang Yanzi, a grandmaster few players had ever even seen.
Jiang Chen was more than happy. If even the legendary ‘Divine Craftsman’ of Yunhuang City couldn’t succeed, no one could.
Soon, Yang Yanzi entered the hall. A sprightly old man with snow-white hair, he examined the two pieces of equipment and nodded.
Then his hands turned into gold and jade, and as he brushed over the gear, a radiant light flared.
Jiang Chen knew—the appraisal had succeeded!
He eagerly took the helmet from Yang Yanzi’s hands.
[Starfall Spirit-Crushing Helm] (Diamond-grade)
HP: +7820
Spirit: +326
Constitution: +195
Bonus Effect 1: Increases max HP by 7%.
Bonus Effect 2: Increases attack power by 5%.
Level Requirement: Lv40
Description: A hundred years ago, a meteor fell from the sky and was retrieved by a blacksmith master, who eventually forged it using a special method into this tremendously powerful gear.
Powerful!
Very powerful!
Jiang Chen was stunned by the stats.
As expected of a diamond item requiring appraisal—its attributes far surpassed those of the [Cloudstep Fire-Walking Boots], which were also diamond-grade.
Fixed stats massively boosted HP, making him a tank. The additional 326 Spirit was also quite impressive—he was thrilled.
First bonus—+7% max HP—was a dream stat for shield warriors, and for Jiang Chen, it was also incredibly valuable.
Second bonus—+5% attack power—no explanation needed. Divine-tier stat.
The only issue: it was a Level 40 item. Without a [Natural Fit] effect, Jiang Chen couldn’t equip it yet.
While Jiang Chen was checking the helm’s stats, Yang Yanzi had already begun appraising the [Purple Jade Ring]. Suddenly, the ring burst out in a brilliant light that made it hard to keep one’s eyes open.
Jiang Chen didn’t know what was going on, but he had a feeling—the [Purple Jade Ring] was bound to be even more terrifying…