Chapter 74: Drizzle Sword Technique

“One Star, Two Star alchemy materials, forging materials, archer’s rapid shot, blade user’s Black Tiger Sword Technique, swordsman’s Drizzle Sword Technique—all are great Skill Cards. Hey brother, don’t you want to take a look?”

A warrior wearing silver-white chain armor leaned on a Two-Handed Sword by the roadside, watching the people passing by.

He saw Xu Feng approaching, his eyes lit up, and he called out loudly.

Xu Feng wore a brand-new special forces combat suit, carried a Black Iron-grade Longsword on his back, a Bronze-grade crossbow at his waist, and the wrist guards he wore were clearly not ordinary items.

This Two-Handed Sword warrior was sharp too. Seeing Xu Feng’s extraordinary aura, he figured Xu Feng must be very strong and definitely wouldn’t lack Fate Points.

“So, brother, come take a look—see if there’s anything you need?”

Xu Feng glanced at the warrior. From his equipment, it seemed he followed the Western knight path, but the Skill Cards he sold were more like Eastern martial arts skills.

“Brother, you’ve got pretty good luck to get so many Skill Cards,” Xu Feng said with a laugh.

“Hey, exactly. My teammates and I have been farming monsters in Jingshan nonstop—I’m sick of it. We kept getting materials, shells, and fangs in huge piles. These Skill Cards all came from opening Fate Treasure Chests, but they’re just not suitable for us to learn,” the Two-Handed Sword warrior complained, starting a chat with Xu Feng.

Jingshan was west of Linhai City, dozens of miles from Nüwa Village. Usually, monsters in the mountains were much stronger than those in the city. However, powerful monsters had a chance to drop something called Fate Treasure Chests. Like treasure chests in the wild, opening them could give all kinds of treasures.

“Is there only one type of swordsman Skill Card?” Xu Feng asked.

In his past life, Xu Feng knew over a dozen sword techniques, but he had never learned the Drizzle Sword Technique this warrior had.

“Just this one. The other Skill Cards that suit us were used within our team.”

“How much? Name your price,” Xu Feng said.

“I’d prefer to trade for equipment. If it’s equipment I can use, that’d be best.”

Xu Feng thought for a moment. He hadn’t acquired much equipment himself, and most of the weapons he had were Black Iron-grade. To trade for this Skill Card, he’d need at least Bronze or even Silver grade gear for the other party to agree.

“Will materials work? I don’t have equipment of equal value to this Skill Card,” Xu Feng said.

“For materials, I’d need at least two pieces of Silver Quality, or ten pieces of Bronze Grade materials.”

Xu Feng’s Storage Ring held a large stock of materials, all obtained from hunting Fish Monsters at Resort Lake and gathering through camp missions.

Not just Bronze or Silver Quality—he even had three pieces of Gold Quality materials in his ring.

“Fine, I’ll trade five Bronze Grade materials and one Silver Quality material for this skill of yours.”

Few people had taken up life professions yet, so material prices were generally low. Many knew that once life professions became available, material prices would definitely soar, so quite a few were already stockpiling materials for future value increase.

“Deal,” the Two-Handed Sword warrior nodded, pulled out the Drizzle Sword Technique Skill Card, and handed it over.

Xu Feng also passed over the six materials.

“Brother, these materials of yours are in great condition—so complete, not a bit damaged,” the Two-Handed Sword warrior said in surprise. “You must’ve learned a lot of gathering skills, and your skill level seems pretty high. Planning to go the life skill route?”

Xu Feng smiled but didn’t say anything.

Taking the Skill Card, Xu Feng used it directly.

[Skill Name] Drizzle Sword Technique

[Skill Property] Active Skill, permanently mastered

[Skill Category] Combat

[Skill Effect] When activated, sword strikes become continuous, attack speed +10%, self-defense +15%, block +5, interrupt +2

[Skill Cost] 15 Energy Value per second

[Learning Condition] Use single-handed sword type weapons

This skill wasn’t bad. Xu Feng clapped his hands together, and the Skill Card turned into a white light that entered between his eyebrows.

“This skill is good for both offense and defense. If we could use it, we wouldn’t be selling it,” the Two-Handed Sword warrior said regretfully, watching Xu Feng learn the skill.

“You didn’t lose out either. Material prices are low across the board right now; just hold onto them for a while and their value will rise sharply,” Xu Feng said.

“That’s true, but who knows when life professions will be learnable? Stockpiling materials carries big risks too—if you’re not careful, you’ll get stuck with them.”

“Didn’t you see the Adventurers’ Guild being built? It won’t be long before other guilds like Alchemy, Forging, and guilds for all professions start up. That’s when you’ll be able to choose professions,” Xu Feng gestured toward the Adventurers’ Guild under construction.

“Hey, you’re right, brother. Good point,” the Two-Handed Sword warrior slapped his thigh, a happy look on his face.

“I’m Zhou Bo. What’s your name, brother? Let’s add each other as friends.”

“I’m Xu Feng.”

They added each other on their Communicators.

Just as they were talking, an argument suddenly broke out near the entrance of the Blacksmith Shop not far away. One person wore cloth clothes with a Doomsday Ark Alliance badge on his chest. His level wasn’t high—not even One Star. He looked young, probably only seventeen or eighteen years old, and seemed to be a Forging Apprentice. The other person had decent gear: a Bronze-grade cloth armor, a Bronze-grade one-handed staff in his right hand, and a Black Iron-grade mage crown on his head. He appeared to be a magic-based professional.

This magic professional looked to be in his thirties and was shoving the Forging Apprentice with a look of disdain.

“How many days has it been, and you still haven’t forged even one single Black Iron-grade piece of equipment? You’re really useless.”

“It’s not my fault. The materials you gave me were too badly damaged, completely unusable.”

“Tell me, how many materials has our Doomsday Ark Alliance provided you? If you’d forged just one piece of equipment for us, we wouldn’t say anything. But what’s the result? And you still say you’re not useless, not trash? And you claim to have SSR forging talent? Bullshit.”

The magic professional grew angrier as he spoke and kicked out.

“Get lost. From now on, you’re on your own.” Stepping forward, the magic professional tore off the badge from the other’s chest and cursed loudly.

“Give me back my forging tools.”

“Bastard, you wasted so many of our forging materials and still want your tools back? That set of yours isn’t even worth half the price of the materials you wasted.” The magic professional rushed over and kicked him several more times.

This magic professional was a Two Stars powerhouse, while the Forging Apprentice on the ground was just an ordinary person. A few kicks made him cough up blood.

The magic professional didn’t dare kill anyone in Nüwa Village. After cursing fiercely a few more times, he turned and left.