Chapter 114: Rongrong

Yu Qian’s account was constantly being leveled up by a substitute player who completed tasks, escorted caravans, and fought on the battlefield for her. Thus, she wasn’t short on reputation points, but what she lacked were equipment and gems.

With a sigh, she decided to first purchase all the gear for level 137, replacing the set of level 109 equipment she was currently wearing. She then contacted the ingot merchant, choosing not to enhance the gear herself, as her past life had taught her that self-enhancement was a trap.

Although she wasn’t short of ingots.

In real life, Rongrong was an ordinary person, but in the game “The Ghostly Lady,” he was anything but ordinary. Every game had its throngs of merchants, and Rongrong was one of them.

Originally a substitute player for a game under the Penguin brand, upon discovering “The Ghostly Lady,” he felt he had found a new way to make money and decisively switched games to start anew. After a brief understanding of this game, he trusted his intuition and chose to become an ingot merchant—and his intuition was indeed correct.

Only six months since the server opened, the name Rongrong resounded throughout the game. Nicknames like “Billions Rong” and “Boss Rong” were given to him by players.

Whenever players sought an ingot merchant, he was their first thought.

After all, he was the sole merchant in the entire “The Ghostly Lady” game with a stockpile of ingots worth over a hundred million.

Today, Boss Rong was somewhat excited because he had taken on a big order.

Though the other party’s main account was mediocre, the title of leader of the Yun Zhongge Guild was enough to earn his full trust.

[**Rongrong**]: “Boss, you want all equipment with a percentage of 130+ and enhancement level 20?”

[**Yun Qian**]: “Yes, nine pieces in total, all 130+.”

[**Rongrong**]: “Including the bracers? Enhancement on bracers doesn’t count towards the Wushan Stone level.”

[**Yun Qian**]: “I know, but I want them too.”

[**Rongrong**]: “... Boss, you’re really generous. When do you need them?”

[**Yun Qian**]: “As soon as possible.”

[**Rongrong**]: “Okay, 4,000 yuan per piece for 130+ with enhancement 20. Since you’re a big client, I’ll give you a 10% discount — 3,600 per piece, 32,400 for nine.”

[**Yun Qian**]: “600435, my Penguin account. Add me.”

Spending over thirty thousand at once made Yu Qian a bit reluctant, though she wasn’t short of money.

Rongrong quickly added her and gave his bank account details.

Back in 2007, Alipay was still just an extension of Taobao, not yet universally known or used, and WeChat hadn’t even appeared.

Therefore, the main options for transferring money were online banking or bank transfer.

Yu Qian was currently using a sub-card under Wen Xiu’s name because, as a minor, she couldn’t open online banking. Soon, she transferred 10,000 yuan as a deposit to Boss Rong.

Her decisiveness stemmed from trust; after all, Boss Rong had been a renowned ingot merchant in “The Ghostly Lady” even during the year she died in her previous life.

Rongrong was somewhat stunned when he received the bank’s SMS notification. He hadn’t expected Yun Qian to be so prompt and had prepared himself mentally for the possibility that she might back out and he’d have to sell those enhancement 20 items to someone else.

But such “what ifs” were nonsense—she would never go back on her word!

[**Rongrong**]: “Boss, you’re so straightforward, but aren’t you afraid I’m a scammer?”

[**Yun Qian**]: “If you dare to cheat me, I have plenty of ways to find you.”

[**Rongrong**]: “... I’m going to get to work.”

He was overthinking. Not everyone helplessly cries or curses when faced with a scammer; some have the confidence to deal with them.

Enhancement was heavily dependent on luck. The same Wushan Stones could yield full-value green stats or all low red scores.

Yu Qian didn’t trust her own luck, so she left enhancement to the ingot merchant, but the rest she would handle herself.

[**Loudspeaker Announcement**] Yun Qian: “Buying unbound keys 30R, bound keys 15R; buying fixed Suspended Vessel, Heart-Protecting Family Heirlooms; buying Heart-Protecting, Qi-Benefiting Suspended Vessel +6, necklaces, weapons; buying vegetables.”

The petty verbal sparring from a small loudspeaker was abruptly drowned out by a larger loudspeaker—the very source of this verbal skirmish.

Once again, the world fell silent.