Chapter 1: The Aerial Dancer

When Shoko came to the trading floor, he was once again impressed by the imagination of the temple, this so-called trading floor is actually like the stock trading floor on the earth, completely modern facilities, completely modern processes.

The trading floor was crowded with more people than Shoko had seen anywhere else. Just as Xiao Ke was looking around, a surprised voice suddenly came: "Xiao, it's really you!" ”

Shoko turned to see a familiar figure rushing towards him, it was Petty. Petty rushed forward and gave Petty a warm hug without saying a word, and Shawco was not polite, hugged Petty tightly, and enjoyed Petty's hot body. Behind Petty, Huke and another trialist also walked over.

After hugging for a while, Petty let go of Xiao Ke and said with a smile, "Xiao, I'm so happy to see you again." At this time, Yu Ke also stepped forward and stretched out his hand and shook hands with Xiao Ke: "Brother Xiao Ke, meet again." ”

Xiao Ke grinned: "I said we would meet again, Brother Yu, Petty, it seems that you have a good relationship, and you will become a pair when you return to the temple, to what extent?" Have you lived together? ”

Yu Ke's face immediately turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "Hehe, this, Brother Xiao is really joking, the trial ground is too dangerous, we are together to take care of each other." ”

Petty was much more open than Yu Ke: "Xiao, I am very close to Yu Ke, and we are indeed dating, but he wants to go to my bed, and he has to work hard!" ”

At this time, another trialist suddenly interjected: "Petty is so right, the situation in the temple is now worthy of the name of the wolf more meat less, every lady is very popular, Officer Yu has to seize the opportunity and work harder, hahaha." After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to Xiao Ke and introduced himself: "My name is Hou Jie, I was a real estate businessman when I was on earth, and I used to be favored by a police officer. I heard that Officer Yu told Mr. Xiao's deeds, and I admired him very much, and I didn't want to meet Mr. Xiao so soon, which was really a blessing for my three lives. ”

Xiao Ke shook Hou Jie's hand and said noncommittally: "Be polite, Mr. Hou came here earlier than us, we are all recruits, and we have to ask a senior like Mr. Hou for more advice on the affairs in this temple." ”

Hou Jie hurriedly said: "Where is it, I have only only experienced three trials, I can't talk about any veterans, as long as I know, I must know everything." ”

At this time, Yu Ke interjected: "Brother Xiao, Manager Hou was a famous entrepreneur when he was on earth, and this trading floor is all about business-related things, and he is very proficient. I don't know if Brother Xiao wants to buy something or sell something? ”

Xiao Ke smiled: "Both." ”

Hou Jie smiled and said, "I was just going to show Officer Yu and Petty how to inquire about buying and selling items, why don't you come with Mr. Xiao." ”

After speaking, Hou Jie took the initiative to show the three of them how to buy and sell items on the trading floor.

This trading floor is somewhat similar to the buying and selling system of the Temple of Nothingness, with a very detailed inquiry system. The trialist uses the trading platform to list the items they want to sell on the system and mark the price. If the sale is successful, the system will automatically transfer the remaining soul points to the trialist after deducting part of the transaction intermediary fee, which is very convenient.

After the demonstration, Xiao Ke first checked the equipment system, and to his surprise, there were very few pieces of equipment sold, and most of them were not very good equipment of white quality. As for the green quality equipment, it is extremely expensive, and the very few pieces of blue quality equipment are marked with a sky-high price of tens of thousands of soul points, and as for the equipment such as rings and necklaces, no one sells them at all.

Hou Jie seemed to see Xiao Ke's doubts, and took the initiative to explain: "Mr. Xiao has just experienced the novice trial, I'm afraid I don't know very well. In the Novice Trial, in order to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of newcomers, the drop rate of equipment is extremely high, and after the Novice Trial, the drop rate of equipment is very low. Among the newcomers, there are probably very few strong people like Mr. Xiao, so there will not be a lot of equipment played. In the first layer of the temple, the green quality is high-level equipment, and the blue quality is only dropped by a few extremely strong bosses, so the price of equipment remains high, even if it is white quality equipment, it is very marketable. ”

Xiao Ke took out the five pieces of white equipment in his hand and asked Hou Jie, "Old Hou, how much do you think these are worth?" ”

Hou Jie took a closer look and said in surprise: "Mr. Xiao is really a strange person!" In the first trial, there was so much extra equipment, and I was ashamed that I had only sold one piece of equipment that I didn't use in the three trials. Mr. Xiao, these five pieces of equipment, except for the average attributes of dinosaur leather boots, the rest are good things, and together, they should be able to sell for about 2500~3000 soul points. ”

Xiao Ke didn't ask much, just according to the price Hou Jie said, all the equipment was listed on the trading platform, and then checked the ancient tree fiber, and the result was that there were really three ancient tree fibers for sale, and the price was the same, 680 points. Xiao Ke asked Hou Jie again for information about the Jade Forest Sea and the Source of Order, and learned that in the private planes of these gods, there are adventure places similar to parallel spaces, and the Dryad Forest is one of them, these places cost a lot of soul points every time they enter, and the monsters are very powerful, and they can only enter once in the 10-day interval of each trial. As a result, most of the Trialists went in a team after purchasing a team contract from the Temple.

So Xiao Ke dispelled the idea of going to the Jade Forest Sea immediately, and honestly spent 680 points to buy an ancient tree fiber, and then exchanged numbers with Yu Ke and Petty, so that they could be contacted at any time in the shelter, as convenient as talking on a mobile phone. After doing all this, Shoko said goodbye to the three of them and returned to Salman's tanning hut alone.

This time Salman didn't say much, just took all the materials, and after charging a production fee of 300 points, he began to make the cloak, and in the process of making, Salman's hands often emitted a blinding white light, making it impossible to look directly. Finally, when the production was completed, Salman smiled and handed the finished product to Xiao Ke, saying, "Boy, the production is complete, it is actually a dark green quality thing, and it is cheap for you." ”

Xiao Ke asked suspiciously, "Dark green?" What is that? ”

Salman pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "Your kid's personality is quite tempered with me, so I'll teach you a lesson." The color of the equipment is the quality corresponding to the equipment, gray is inferior, white is ordinary, green is excellent, blue is sophisticated, purple is epic, and then there are orange legendary and higher-level artifacts, these are too far away from you, wait until you reach the third and fourth floors to find out. Equipment above green quality is divided into light and dark colors, dark equipment attributes are better, and have the potential to upgrade quality, this cloak is like this, your kid's luck is really good, some people have gone to the second layer and haven't seen dark equipment. ”

Xiao Ke immediately took the cloak and observed the attributes:

"Air Dancer Cloak (Dark green quality, with upgradeable potential, agility +2, spirit +1, reduces the damage of falling from a height by 50%, increases jump height by 50%, comes with skill: levitation, allows you to stay in the air for a short time, and move freely for 20 seconds, cooldown for 30 minutes. )”

Xiao Ke was very happy to put on his cloak, and at this moment, a message suddenly came from the soul mark: "Number 00998 asked to call you, did you answer?" 00998 is Yu Ke's number, Xiao Ke passed Yu Ke's request, and Yu Ke's voice came from the soul mark: "Brother Xiao, if you have time, come to the Hero Altar." Lao Hou invited us to watch a show together. ”

Xiao Ke also planned to go to the Altar of Heroes, but of course he agreed.

When you enter the Hero's Altar, you will be greeted by strong winds and raging sand. This is an endless wilderness, full of wild and fierce atmosphere, the land seems to be dyed red with countless blood, this is the world of wind, sand and blood.

In the middle of the wilderness, stand three huge buildings, made entirely of boulders. In the center is a megalithic palace, on the left is an icy megalithic fortress, and on the right, a huge stone gate, and the three huge, ancient buildings are full of traces carved by the wind and sand. Xiao Ke has to admit that all the buildings that have been precipitated by time are full of classical and mysterious charm, and here is worthy of the name of the Altar of Heroes.

At this moment, thousands of trialists gathered under the Gate of the Stone, talking to each other in low voices. Yu Ke, Petty, and Hou Jie were among them, and when they saw Xiao Ke, they immediately greeted each other.

Xiao Ke walked over and asked with interest, "What is this going to perform?" ”

Hou Jie replied with a smile on his face: "This is the gate of the gladiatorial arena of the Altar of Heroes, and after a while, there will be a life-and-death gladiatorial battle, which is not a common thing." In this boring temple of the soul, there is no entertainment on weekdays, so watching gladiatorial battles has become the only way for everyone to relieve stress, and they can also deepen their understanding of other trialists and confirm themselves through the battles of others. It's just that when you go to the gladiatorial arena, you have to divide life and death, there is no absolute certainty and great hatred, and no one wants to joke with life, so this kind of gladiatorial fight is not common. We've caught up this time, so let's go check it out. You're all first-time visitors, so I'll pay for the entrance fee. ”

"Do I need an entrance fee to watch the gladiatorial fight?" Shoko asked

"Of course, it's very cheap, 10 points per person, and a part of these entrance fees will be awarded to the winner." Hou Jie replied, and as he spoke, he traded 10 soul points to each of the three Xiao Ke.

Shoko pointed to the other two sprawling buildings and asked, "What are those two places for?" ”

"In the middle is the Temple of Destiny, the place where sacrifices are offered to the Temple. The sacrifices there are not the same as those offered at the altar of the soul, and it is said that they require divine items, which are very rare, and I have not seen them. The fortress on the far left is the Hero Training Ground, where you can go to exercise your skills and basic ability mastery during the interval of trials. As he spoke, the space in the center of the Boulder Gate suddenly spun and twisted, and then a huge portal slowly opened, and the trialists began to rush in.

Hou Jie said: "The entrance portal is open, let's go." After speaking, he led Xiao Ke and the three into the gladiatorial arena. As he passed through the portal, Xiao Ke felt a slight light flash around him, and his soul points were deducted by 10 points.

Like most temple buildings, the Colosseum was vast, magnificent, majestic, and full of awe. It is modeled after the ancient Roman Colosseum, but many times larger. The stands around the amphitheater were filled with trialists watching gladiatorial fights.

Although the seats in the stands were very far from the center of the arena, Schucko and the others found that no matter where they sit, they felt like they were standing in the center of the arena. Hou Jie explained with a smile: "This place seems to be a monolithic building like the ancient Roman Colosseum, but in fact, the stands inside and outside the arena are two spaces, where we can clearly watch the battle of the trialists, the scene and sound are as if we are in the scene, but for both sides of the gladiatorial battle, we cannot be seen or heard at all, and we cannot enter the gladiatorial arena." ”

Shoko nodded, thinking that this was a fair fight.

At this moment, two portals opened on both sides of the arena at the same time, and the two trialists stepped into the arena with gloomy eyes.