New Attribute: Monster Drop Rate +1

Jiang Yan ran far out of the wild boar forest until he could no longer hear any sound behind him before stopping, panting heavily.

"Fortune truly does come from danger!"

Jiang Yan excitedly glanced at the system notification:

[Congratulations to the player for killing the Bronze Boss, the Wild Boar King! Experience +8000]

A bronze-level boss actually added 8000 experience points, increasing the experience bar for level 7 by nearly a third!

Cool!

Jiang Yan hurriedly opened his backpack again.

Because of time constraints, Jiang Yan only picked up one piece of bronze equipment, three gold coins, the boar king's tusk, and a small golden stone from the pile of loot dropped by the boar king.

[Wild Boar King's Leather Armor] (Bronze): Physical Defense +8, Wearing Requirements: None!

The attributes of bronze equipment range from 5 to 9. This wild boar hide armor adds 8 points of physical defense, which is close to the limit. It is definitely a top-tier item among bronze equipment!

Most importantly, there are no requirements for wearing it!

"We're about to fight the mutated tiger king. Wearing this leather armor should greatly increase our chances of survival!"

However, since [Afang's Magic Leather Jacket] added 3 points of magic attack, Jiang Yan was reluctant to take it off.

Then he looked at the fangs.

【The Wild Boar King's Tusk】: Quest item.

This is a quest from the village chief in the starting village. By handing over the fangs to the village chief, you will gain his friendship and be able to use the starting village's teleportation array to go to the main city for free.

It seems like it's not very useful.

Jiang Yan glanced past the gold coins and looked at the last item, a hexagonal, high-quality golden stone.

[Gemstone Seeker] (Level 1): A legendary gemstone that increases monster drop rates. Go to the blacksmith to have it imprinted onto your equipment! (Three Level 1 [Gemstone Seeker] gems can be upgraded to Level 2 [Gemstone Seeker] through refining.

Stones that increase drop rates?

Jiang Yan was both surprised and delighted when he saw the stone's attributes; this was another important piece of information that had not been disclosed by beta testers.

He finally understood that whether it was the bronze treasure chest or this [Gem Hunt], anything that beta testers were keeping hidden was definitely a good item!

Jiang Yan originally wanted to go directly to fight the mutated tiger king, but this [Gemstone Seeker] made him change his mind!

Even if it's just a tiny increase in the drop rate, it's worth the trip back to the starting village!

Jiang Yan immediately changed direction and ran towards the beginner village.

Meanwhile, the chaos in the Wild Boar Forest continued, and Jiang Yan took the opportunity to rush back to the beginner village and enter the blacksmith shop.

"Boss!" Jiang Yan was in a hurry and immediately took out the [Gemstone Finder], but before he could say anything, the blacksmith shop owner excitedly rushed over!

"Is this the legendary divine stone?!" The blacksmith shop owner grabbed Jiang Yan's hand excitedly, his eyes fixed on the golden stone.

Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Boss, this [Gemstone Finder] dropped when I killed the Wild Boar King. Do you know where it came from?"

The blacksmith's attention was already captivated by the [Gemstone Seeker], and upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Legend has it that countless years ago, in order to fight powerful demons, our ancestors collected meteorite iron from outer space and rare gold from the deep sea, forging six divine stones that could greatly enhance combat power! This [Gemstone Seeker] is one of them!"

"Six kinds?" Jiang Yan suddenly remembered the small green stone dropped by the mutated fox king in the newbie village where Sun Cairen was.

"Boss, can you tell me which six types?" Jiang Yan asked quickly.

The blacksmith sighed, "This is the first time I've ever seen these divine stones, and I don't know the specific details! But according to legend, each of the six divine stones has a unique color: red, orange, blue, green, purple, and gold!"

The green stone dropped by the mutated fox king was indeed one of the divine stones, but he didn't know what its attributes were... Jiang Yan was itching to know, but he knew he wouldn't get any information out of it.

He took a deep breath, removed the bronze staff from his equipment slot, and said, "Boss, could you help me imprint this divine stone onto my weapon?"

"Of course!" The blacksmith nodded excitedly. "It would be my honor to be able to inlay the legendary divine stone! But let me make this clear beforehand! Inlaying the divine stone requires first drilling a hole in the equipment. If you fail, the equipment will disappear!"

"Disappeared?" Jiang Yan's heart tightened.

"Yes," the blacksmith nodded. "And the inlay fee is a bit expensive, but for the sake of this divine stone, I'll only charge you three gold coins this time."

"..." Jiang Yan was speechless. Was this old bastard a fortune teller? How did he know that he had just picked up three gold coins?

"The decision is yours," the blacksmith said calmly, looking at Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan looked at the bronze staff, somewhat reluctant: "Can I use a basic, un-equipped item instead?"

"No, only equipment of bronze level or above can bear the power of the divine stone!" the blacksmith shop owner said with certainty.

Jiang Yan sighed. What else could he do? He could only obediently take out the three still-warm gold coins and grit his teeth, saying, "Please help me inlay the seal!"

"Haha, wait for me a moment!" The blacksmith immediately grabbed the divine stone, the bronze staff, and three gold coins, then turned and went into the courtyard behind the counter.

Jiang Yan couldn't get in; he could only hear the sound of ping-pong balls coming from inside.

About five or six minutes later, the blacksmith shop owner came out, clutching a bronze staff, laughing heartily: "Kid, you're lucky! You succeeded on your first try!"

Jiang Yan excitedly took the bronze staff and examined it closely. He discovered that there was a hexagonal hole at the top of the staff, and inside the hole was the golden [Gemstone]!

【Bronze Staff】(Bronze): A staff inlaid with 【Gemstone Seeker】, Magic Attack +8, Monster Drop Rate +1, Requirements: Mage, Priest!

Looking at the new attribute [Monster Drop Rate +1] on the staff, Jiang Yan felt that the three gold coins he had just spent were worth it!

Jiang Yan equipped the bronze staff and turned to leave.

But as he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked, "Boss, once the divine stone is inlaid, can it be removed?"

"Of course, but there will be an extra fee," the blacksmith shop owner said.

"You're obsessed with money, aren't you..." Jiang Yan thought to himself, cursing wildly.

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Jiang Yan arrived at the beginner village square.

After more than ten hours and countless tests by players, it was finally proven that the village chief in the newbie village really did not have any quests, so there was no player to be seen around him.

"Village Chief!" Jiang Yan strode towards the village chief, took out the tusk that had been looted from the wild boar king, and said, "I heard that your grandson went missing while trying to kill the wild boar king. I just killed the wild boar king and got this tusk. I hope it will be of help to you."

Upon seeing the fang, the village chief's previously formulaic expression suddenly became excited.

"The Wild Boar King? My...my grandson, my precious grandson!!" The village chief, his hands trembling, accepted the tusk and bowed sorrowfully to Jiang Yan: "Grandpa Jiang, thank you, thank you for avenging my grandson!"

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for gaining the friendship of the village chief of the novice village, number 142857!]

"It's what I should do." Jiang Yan knew there was nothing to be gained from this village chief and was about to leave when he suddenly saw an exclamation mark above the village chief's head. Fortunately!

Is there a follow-up mission?

Jiang Yan was startled and quickly stared at the exclamation mark.

[Gain the village chief's friendship and you can freely use the 142857 beginner village teleportation array!]

Upon seeing this message, Jiang Yan knew he had been disappointed, because this information had already been disclosed by beta testers.

But for some reason, he always felt that this message had a deeper meaning!

He walked to the crooked old tree behind the village chief, which was where the teleportation array for the newbie village was located.

Unfortunately, just as he got close, a system notification popped up: Level 10 unlocked!

Forget it, let's go fight the mutated tiger king first!