"Fine! But are you sure I can't give your dad 600 bucks for a Black Iron grade piece of equipment?"
Suture Saint: ...Why didn't you say so earlier?
What do you mean, small ask?
But seriously.
"How come you're asking me for 600 bucks? Didn't I send you 500,000 before?"
"Your mom won't let us use it. She says it's saved for your dowry. We're both zero-spending players—only freeloading allowed. No depositing money into the game, or we'd be a disgrace to the free-to-play crowd!"
"Stop, stop, stop!" Suture Saint sometimes couldn't keep up with his dad's gaming lingo, so he cut him off, saying he had things to do and hung up.
He wondered if Jiao Jiao was having any luck on her end, and whether she could snag a villa for herself too.
...
On the other side.
Huang Jiaojiao and Chu Feng headed to Wangxi Estate together.
Considering this was still a property of Wantu Real Estate, Huang Jiaojiao and Chu Feng put on disguises—one wore a mask, the other sunglasses.
Dressed in designer labels, Huang Jiaojiao said to the saleswoman, who stared in shock, "I'm buying houses for my lovers.
Here's the plan: 50 million for my main wife—the biggest imperial palace—and see what else you can throw in.
Then 23 million for my second wife.
13 million for my third!
5 million for my fourth!
All on loans!"
The saleswoman's expression shifted completely as she looked at Huang Jiaojiao.
A queen in the lesbian world?
That was brutal—four wives, spending 90 million in total.
If this deal went through, she'd be rolling in commissions.
Soon, with the saleswoman's recommendations, Huang Jiaojiao secured a 5,600-square-meter super imperial palace and two 2,050-square-meter mansion estates for Chu Fu.
She got two 2,050-square-meter mansion estates for Shen Chi and one for Xie Lin.
She added a bit more money and bought a 1,020-square-meter garden villa for Suture Saint.
All on loans.
Finally, for herself—she could only afford half of the remaining villas.
She only had 100 million in liquid cash left.
Just as she was hesitating, Chu Feng stepped in.
"Don't just go for the big ones. We'll split them half and half."
Though he said half and half, after Huang Jiaojiao spent 100 million, Chu Feng dropped 200 million and bought up all the remaining estates.
Together, they secured 95% of the houses in the entire complex.
The saleswoman's heart nearly jumped out of her chest.
Was money really just a number to the rich?
Huang Jiaojiao wasn't surprised. Chu Fu's brother couldn't be a nobody—this was a mega-bigshot.
And Chu Feng's money came from meeting a tycoon in the car earlier, selling him a guild token meant for auction for 200 million.
After the game [Primordial Gate] launched and enabled bank card-linked trading, the bank's monitoring systems became essentially useless (a revisions—making it more logical).
That was exactly why major nations were eager to uncover [Primordial Gate]'s secrets.
If this continued, the existing economic system would completely collapse.
But this played right into Huang Jiaojiao and Chu Feng's hands.
They swiped their cards without any hiccups.
First came the deposits.
Full payment would come when the property deeds were issued.
The saleswoman was frantic, her entire team moving like their feet were on fire, getting everything done in half a day.
"Put all these houses in my sister's name!" Chu Feng said.
Huang Jiaojiao: "...Is it too late to call you brother now?"
Chu Feng raised an eyebrow. "As I recall, you're older than me!"
"Brother Feng, you'll always be my brother in my heart!"
Both were easygoing people, and after just half a day together, they were already comfortable enough to joke around.
...
[Server 0308888]
[Server 0308888] [Suture Saint]: Recruiting—1,000 for getting killed. Death allows resurrection and revival; you'll lose EXP, which can also be used to exchange for gear. One person can be killed up to 10 times. Message me.
That's right, Suture Saint suddenly had an idea—why not kill people and then resurrect them?
That way, the other party wouldn't lose their character, and he could rake in sin points.
Sure enough, this method exploited a bug and actually worked.
However, every time Suture Saint revived someone, they got a heavy injury debuff, reducing health and HP cap. After 10 kills with this debuff, they would permanently die and couldn't be revived.
That's why Suture Saint only offered up to 10 kills.
Even so, he was racking up sin points faster than anyone else.
The world chat chimed in with jokes:
"Those who sold their heads for 1,000 earlier really missed out!"
"The ones for 5,000 got an even worse deal."
"Hey, our village priest actually has a resurrection skill? Can you bring me back if I die later?"
[Suture Saint]: Accepting resurrection requests. 1 silver coin per revive. Extra charge for long-distance; no dungeons.
Although Chu Fu said one resurrection cost 10,000, that was for areas with players above level 10. Prices were lower in the starter village now. Some players, unwilling to lose their accounts, naturally turned to Suture Saint.
"Don't bother the plant girl. We three can handle it!" Shen Chi said, readying his mech and bomb-thrower.
Xie Lin nodded.
They had all grown stronger.
But the werewolf Turg's stats remained the same.
If it showed up, they'd still wipe the floor with it.
It just took 3 minutes to kill instead of 30 seconds.
Three minutes later.
The werewolf Turg was dead for good.
Finally, Suture Saint got his Golden equipment piece.
"Thanks, my amazing teammates from Touching Flower Nation!" Suture Saint expressed his gratitude to the two.
"No problem. I'm off to farm the mutated rat achievement!" Shen Chi said.
"Me too!" Xie Lin added.
"I'll stay and farm red-eyed rabbits. I can one-shot them now with my needle!"
Suture Saint stayed behind, simultaneously messaging Chu Fu to tell her she didn't need to come back and that he was farming red-eyed rabbits.
"You've got the Stitch Corpse skill, so you don't have to grind this hard!" Chu Fu said.
Healers were always special.
Suture Saint smiled. "I believe resurrection-type skills will become common later. Then what difference would I have from other healers? Grinding hard now is so I can take it easy later!"
In Suture Saint's view, [Primordial Gate] might be called an RPG, but it was really an experience simulator.
How well you built your character came from daily effort.
Clearing dungeons for first kills required skill; earning achievements for stat points required persistence.
Neither could be missing.
He probably couldn't rack up too many monster kills within 10 days, but he couldn't afford to fall behind either.
"Alright, keep farming for now. When Jiao Jiao logs in, we'll clear some world bosses and then tackle a nightmare-level dungeon. Let you guys hit level 10 first, so achievements will be easier."
After saying that, Chu Fu frowned.
"Is the boar king supposed to respawn soon?"
Suture Saint checked the time and asked curiously, "There's still one hour and three minutes. But do we really need to farm the boar king now?"
