Zhan Zhouzhou doesn’t realize she’s facing possibly the only cheater in the entire Matrix.
Li Zheng, as soon as the opponent gained this ability, saw through all the attributes with Prelis’ Eye.
[Swordsmanship Specialization
Description: Increases the attack power of melee weapons - swords.]
It doesn’t explicitly say how much it increases, but Li Zheng speculates it might be tied to the player’s personal ability.
The stronger the ability, the stronger the effect of the specialization.
This means Zhan Zhouzhou has acquired a "growth" type skill, and it’s even a passive skill!
"This specialized ability was gained after that slash just now, which means each mastery can be further improved."
In this transaction, Zhan Zhouzhou genuinely shows sincerity by risking the disclosure of her trump card and telling Li Zheng how to acquire specialized abilities. Just this alone, its value is hard to measure.
Li Zheng thought for a moment and asked, "The price is negotiable. Why don’t you first tell me what’s your mental expectation?"
"It’s actually very simple."
Zhan Zhouzhou smiled: "Just tell me the source of your Spear Mastery."
Li Zheng’s eyes shifted: "How are you so sure I have Spear Mastery?"
Zhan Zhouzhou laughed aloud, turned off the ability panel: "Just like how you can see my breakthrough in swordsmanship, martial artists are very sensitive to these things.
Anyone who’s observed you fight with a spear at close range, unless they’re a fool, can basically see you’ve trained in Spear Art, and with considerable power."
Li Zheng continued to bluff: "About Spear Mastery... because I have a natural talent, I managed to train it myself in just a few days."
Zhan Zhouzhou gave a look as if he was looking at an idiot: "Can you make your bluff a little more believable?
Training from zero to having years of proficiency in spear in just a few days?
If you really could achieve that, I’d eat my capsule living space right here."
Li Zheng was helpless; these veteran martial artists had such sharp eyes, effortlessly seeing through his strength.
Reluctantly, he had to tell the truth: "It’s a Diamond Level item, called the Memory Release Device, which I obtained by chance."
"That’s more like it."
Zhan Zhouzhou got up satisfactorily, leaving a note: "These two pieces of information will serve as the deposit for this transaction. In the next few days, I’ll write down the essentials of the family swordsmanship and send it to you.
You should also prepare."
Then she returned to her capsule living space.
This set the tone for this transaction. Once Zhan Zhouzhou sent the items over, Li Zheng could soon master another melee mastery.
"I wonder how many types of melee masteries are needed to become a Warrior?"
Li Zheng envisioned the future, having an intuition.
The ceiling for advancement as a "Warrior" is definitely higher than a single melee mastery!
Li Zheng suddenly got up and ran to knock on Zhan Zhouzhou’s door: "Hey, give me back Sakura!"
The door opened, and Zhan Zhouzhou handed over Sakura.
This little guy was holding an empty bottle of bell rock milk, sleeping soundly, very satisfied.
Li Zheng, with a head full of black lines, took it over and touched its little belly, which was bulging.
"This little one, drinking so much at once, isn’t it afraid of spitting up?"
Li Zheng thought for a moment and took out another bottle of bell rock milk, planning to share a bit with Zhan Zhouzhou.
"Forget it, you better keep it to raise the kid, or the little one will fuss again if it finds out.
It’s getting late, and there’s exploration to do tomorrow, good night."
With that, Zhan Zhouzhou closed the door.
Li Zheng didn’t mind, holding Sakura and returning, and put it back in its little nest.
Checking the time, it was near midnight, with the Treasure Chest soon to refresh.
Might as well not sleep yet, wait to collect the Treasure Chest first.
The materials for Prelis’ Eye had been gathered today, perfect time to submit the upgrade.
[Time required for this upgrade: Twelve hours]
"Hmm, just as I expected, I can make it right after waking up tomorrow.
There’s still quite a few potion commissions today, I’ll take on a few to help them improve their strength."
In the process, I can also store up some Black Iron Level Power Cores.
Li Zheng woke up Numbers Two and Three, took on some genetic potion commissions, and got busy.
Once busy, time flew by quickly.
When Li Zheng snapped back to reality, he realized the time had long passed midnight, nearing one o’clock.
"Sigh, the channel’s getting crowded, more and more workers..."
Li Zheng looked at the exchange hall with a heap of potion commissions yet to be completed, feeling a headache coming on.
In the future, as more players’ strength grows, his genetic potion business will be overwhelming.
At least, until everyone reaches the Silver Level limit, making potions 24/7 might not even be enough to keep up.
"If only I could open a blueprint for an intelligent humanoid that can help operate the equipment from the Treasure Chest."
Li Zheng muttered, contacting the Treasure Chest System.