Chapter 48: Ouhuang Shocked, Skill Unlocked
Those people had become Ouhuang's underlings out of sheer desperation, all just to survive.
The main reason was that Zhou Han did not accept subordinates, so they had no choice but to settle for becoming Ouhuang's followers instead.
Thus, their goal was to constantly slander Zhou Han and absolutely prevent him from gaining any higher reputation.
At this moment, Ouhuang's expression was somewhat unpleasant. He saw that on the store rankings, he had already become second place.
And the number one store, Wanbao Pavilion, was Zhou Han's.
"Who knows where he got all these equipment from? Maybe he just killed and looted them," Ouhuang thought unwillingly, making such a speculation in his mind.
Of course, he definitely would not voice this suspicion in the public chat.
He was not stupid. He would not jump out like Chen Beixuan did to confront Zhou Han, only to end up in a miserable outcome.
Without absolute confidence to deal with Zhou Han, he would not confront him head-on.
At most, he would let his underlings stir up some public opinion and target Zhou Han.
...
"Good point from this brother. I indeed cannot produce any silver-grade equipment right now."
Zhou Han sent this message with a faint smile.
As expected, after this message was sent, it triggered even more ridicule.
"Hehe, Zhou Han is nothing special after all! I thought he was some amazing big shot."
"So you all still worship him like that!"
Zhou Han: My words are not finished yet. I currently only have gold-grade equipment. Silver-grade? Sorry, I don't even look at that anymore.
After sending this, Zhou Han listed all the gold-grade equipment in his inventory.
[Gold-grade Equipment]
Price: 500 gold coins or equivalent resources
Quantity: 86
[You have successfully listed gold-grade equipment.]
"What the hell, is he bluffing? Brother Han, I support you, but gold-grade equipment isn't something so easy to obtain."
"Yeah, I don't really believe it either. It feels unrealistic."
"Zhou Han, see? Don't think just because you're number one in the region you can brag endlessly."
...
Soon even those who originally supported Zhou Han, his little fans, began to doubt him.
Gold-grade equipment! That completely exceeded their imagination.
However, less than a minute later, the situation changed again.
"You guys who don't believe Brother Han, come over and slap yourselves in the face. Look at this—Zlataline Longsword.JPG."
"Holy crap, it's really gold-grade equipment. 86 pieces listed. This is insane!"
"All those who mocked Brother Han, get out here and say it again if you dare!"
"Come out! How dare you slander Brother Han! You're courting death!"
At this moment, Ouhuang's troublemaking underlings did not dare to say a single word. Their faces were burning with embarrassment.
Even Ouhuang himself was shocked.
He understood better than anyone what gold-grade equipment meant.
And there were 86 pieces—this was not exaggeration, this was terrifying.
It seemed he was still far from Zhou Han's opponent.
His underlings were quickly restrained and ordered to stop provoking Zhou Han.
His expression also changed unpredictably, his gaze deep and uncertain.
"I must continue to endure. Given time, surpassing him will not be a problem."
Ouhuang still had strong confidence in his A-rank talent—Lucky Boost.
"Brother Han is amazing! Truly number one in the region, so domineering!"
"When will you form a guild? We're willing to follow you!"
"I was wrong to doubt Brother Han."
"Sorry +1"
"Sorry +2"
...
Soon the public chat was flooded with "sorry" messages.
Zhou Han merely smiled after reading this and said nothing more.
He then opened the shop interface again.
[Wanbao Pavilion]
Owner: Zhou Han
Store Manager: None
Total Transaction Value: 35,300
Store Level: LV3
Visitors: 1.045 million
Listed Items: Gold-grade Equipment ×36
Regional Rank: 1
Purchase Requests: 99+ unread messages
PS: A new purchase request system has been added. Players can upload images of items they want to sell and submit their asking prices.
Seeing the purchase request feature, Zhou Han's eyes lit up.
This meant that if other players had good items in the future, he could exchange resources with them.
This was extremely convenient.
The transaction value had reached 35,300 gold coins, and the shop level had successfully risen to LV3.
There were still 36 pieces of gold equipment left; 50 pieces had already been sold.
After all, at 500 gold coins, 90% of players did not have that much wealth.
So gold equipment was not selling out quickly.
But judging from today's progress, it would most likely sell out.
"However, what is a store manager used for?"
[You can hire a store manager to help manage the shop, handle listing items, and advertising.]
After hearing the system's reply, Zhou Han understood.
He clearly did not have that much time to manage the shop himself.
Just the purchase requests alone contained so many messages every day. If he had to read them one by one, he would have no patience.
As a result, he might miss some good opportunities.
So he could hire someone to manage it, saving a lot of time and effort.
He did not expect the system to be this user-friendly. Zhou Han had to admit the strength of the system in the God and Demon Continent.
As for the store manager candidate, Zhou Han already had an answer.
It would naturally be Han Qinxue.
She was more stable in personality and more careful—an ideal choice.
"Qinxue, I want to ask you to help manage my shop. What do you think?"
After making up his mind, he asked her.
"Ah! Me… me?" Han Qinxue was stunned.
Her face immediately turned red.
She subconsciously thought of the scene where a husband lets his wife manage household money.
She then glanced at Han Xiangning nervously. Seeing no reaction from her, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes, you. The job may be a bit complicated. What do you think?"
Zhou Han did not mention any reward. Their relationship was already not ordinary, so there was no need for that.
Of course, any good items would naturally not be missing for the two sisters.
"I'm willing, of course I'm willing," Han Qinxue quickly replied.
Being able to help Zhou Han made her very happy.
At least she would no longer feel like a burden.
After she agreed, Zhou Han nodded in satisfaction.
"I'll grant you permissions now. Go in and get familiar with it first."
[Do you grant player Han Qinxue store permissions?]
After Zhou Han agreed, Han Qinxue received the prompt.
She then entered the purchase request interface and began handling the messages inside.
Very quickly, she got into the rhythm of it.
The matter here was now settled.
The three of them had already left the Firecloud Mountain Range. The air suddenly became much cooler.
There were still a few hours before nightfall.
They needed to hurry and grind monsters to level up, striving to reach level 25 today and complete their first awakening.
With the permanent fivefold experience buff, it should not take too long.
However, before grinding monsters, Zhou Han needed to unlock his ultimate skill.
"Unlock skill: Myriad Swords Return to the Origin!"
[Your attack power has reached 2000, meeting the requirement for unlocking.]
[3,000 gold coins deducted. Unlock successful! Please check!]
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