Chapter 42: Chapter 42: This Works Too?!
Editor: Henyee Translations
Swish, swish, swish. This time he directly tipped a hundred bucks. An Alliance Hierarch appeared!
Wang Hao: “…” Is this the aura of a rich person?!
Young man: “Bro, I love your book. Let’s be friends. My name is Liu Jinhua. Add me as a friend so you can show me your new chapters first. I’ll definitely tip you generously!”
“Sure,” Wang Hao agreed immediately, “Add me on QQ. I’ll send you the new chapters. By the way, make sure to keep it a secret.”
Liu Jinhua: “Of course, I get it. I’ve never leaked any drafts from other authors I follow. I’m very tight-lipped.”
They added each other on QQ, and Liu Jinhua still seemed unsatisfied, saying, “Bro, I’ll promote your book well. My buddies usually have free time and love reading, but the stuff other writers are putting out these days is as bland as plain water. They will definitely like your book!”
As he spoke, he opened the QQ group. Wang Hao watched from the side, thinking, as expected of a rich guy, the circles he moves in are different!
Wind and Clouds Alliance Hierarch Club! See, see? An Alliance Hierarch group!
Brother today’s luck is off the charts! Invincible!
Long Yi: “Brothers, I found a great book with tremendous potential!”
Jiu Miao: “What’s all the fuss about this afternoon? What book has you so excited?”
Qiangwei: “Yeah, what book has you promoting it so much? Send it over for us to see.”
Long Yi: “Here’s the link. You’ll definitely love it!”
Qiangwei: “Let me check it out… The book code is nice, the title is good too… Only over 6,000 words? This isn’t even a seedling, at best it’s just been planted in the soil.”
Jiu Miao: “Only 6,000 words? Then I won’t read it.”
Long Yi: “Come on, don’t you trust what I recommend?”
Qiangwei: “Checked it out, the opening is pretty fresh. Not sure about the rest, but I’ll bookmark it and give 10 Wind and Cloud Coins. If the later chapters are good, I’ll tip more.”
With Long Yi stirring things up in the group, even though there weren’t many words, a lot of people became curious. Wang Hao stealthily refreshed the author’s backend—bookmarks reached 43! Wahaha! Not bad!
After busying himself in the group for a while, Liu Jinhua said with a chuckle, “Bro, this group is full of Alliance Hierarchs. Write well, and if they enjoy reading it, the tips will definitely come. Right now, the word count is too low for effective promotion, but trust me, with my years of reading experience, your book is bound to blow up!”
You don’t say, this book is the pinnacle of fantasy novels, and that’s not an exaggeration! Totally not kidding!
“Hope so,” Wang Hao smiled sheepishly, “Thanks for your kind words, hehe.”
They laughed for a while, then Liu Jinhua noticed Wang Hao finishing his typo corrections and complimented, “Bro, you’re meticulous with your writing. A lot of authors don’t even bother to correct their mistakes before uploading. It’s so full of typos it’s unreadable.”
I can only correct typos at best…
“Absolutely,” Wang Hao nodded vigorously, “Attitude determines achievement!”
“Haha, great. Just for your attitude, I should give twelve thumbs up!” Liu Jinhua laughed heartily and then asked, “Bro, besides writing, do you play games?”
Games? Can this world’s games be played?
Wang Hao had seen it before. The games in this world are at least ten years behind those from Earth before he was reborn!
Currently, the hottest game in this world is an adventure MMORPG called Chaotic World. It’s the type where you level up and gather gear—basically similar to a game like Legend.
Grinding monsters for leveling up and gear, PK in dangerous zones, killing people and such.
“Occasionally,” Wang Hao shook his head, deciding to act cool: “I mostly write novels, so I don’t have much time to play.”
“That’s fine,” Liu Jinhua seemed impressed with Wang Hao, “I’ll give you a small account, and you can join me for a bit.”
This was a big spender and building a good relationship would undoubtedly bring benefits in the future. Wang Hao nodded immediately, “Sure, I’ve got some time to spare anyway.”
Most importantly, today I’ve got good luck, invincible!
Whoever blocks me, I’ll eliminate them! Bring it on!
Liu Jinhua handed Wang Hao an account of a healing class. The game only had four classes—warrior, mage, priest, and assassin. Liu Jinhua himself played a warrior with a flashy name: Cool Cool Saucy Guy.
The two of them entered the game. Wang Hao was completely clueless, not recognizing anything. Fortunately, Liu Jinhua led the way, and they formed a party to head to the leveling spot. When they arrived, Liu Jinhua said, “Just focus on healing me, pick up and sell any junk gear that drops.”
Simple enough, Wang Hao nodded, “Got it!”
They started grinding.
Soon, a golden bracelet dropped. Wang Hao controlled his character to pick it up and then asked Liu Jinhua, “Is this thing worth anything?”
Liu Jinhua replied, “Junk, sell it.”
“Oh…” Wang Hao responded, having no idea of its value, but since he had nothing better to do, he glanced at it, “Hey? What’s this green text on the item’s attributes?”
“Minor epic,” Liu Jinhua continued focusing on killing monsters, “Means it’s a bit better than normal gear—speaking of which, have you really never played this game before?”
No joke, I’ve only been here for three days thinking about how to make a living, where would I find the time to play games?
“I usually just write,” Wang Hao smiled and asked, “Minor epic isn’t worth much, right? This one has +2 defense and +4 attack, seems better than the one I’m wearing. Should I equip it?”
Liu Jinhua: “Yeah, go ahead…” Then he froze, turned to Wang Hao in surprise, “How much does it add?!”
“+2 defense and +4 attack,” Wang Hao responded in confusion, “Seems a bit better than my current one…”
“Better than mine! Holy crap!” Liu Jinhua’s voice trembled, “Bro, don’t move, don’t move. Trade that bracelet to me… Yes, like that… Wahahaha!”
When Wang Hao traded the bracelet into his backpack, Liu Jinhua laughed loudly, “Superb epic gold bracelet with +2 defense and +4 attack! Hahahaha!” Without thinking, he pulled out his wallet and handed Wang Hao five hundred bucks, “I’ll buy this bracelet, hahaha! Today’s my lucky day!”
Holy crap?! Just like that, five hundred bucks?!
Wang Hao stared in shock—this too?!