Translator: Hellscythe_ Editor: Vampirecat
Chapter 1049 – Popular Battle Arena
“Beco a mber?” Shi Feng’s eyes imdiately lit up with joy when he received this notification.
The exchange shop operated by its mysterious rchant had two modes of exchange.
One mode was available to all players.
The other mode was limited to mbers of the exchange shop.
In the past, Shi Feng had yearned to beco a mber of the shop. Unfortunately, obtaining mbership was not that easy.
Based on his understanding, there were two ways to beco a mber of the exchange shop.
The first one was very normal, and that was to achieve a certain number of transactions and trade volu with the exchange shop. One needed to make thirty consecutive transactions with the shop as well as attain a total trade volu of five million Magic Crystals.
The number of transactions was not calculated based on the number of exchanges made but on the number of tis the Golden Sands Exchange Shop refreshed its stock. The exchange shop would only refresh its stock of rare items once a week. In other words, one needed to visit the shop for thirty weeks in a row and make a huge purchase every week. If one were to stop even once midway, their count would have to start all over again.
However, the number of transactions was only secondary. The key point was that the required trade volu was ridiculous.
In reality, even if a player visited the exchange shop thirty tis in a row and purchased plenty of items on every visit, they would still have great difficulty achieving the required trade volu. This was true even when they encountered valuable items up for exchange. There also weren’t a lot of useful items up for exchange in the shop. Hence, unless one was willing to take a loss and purchase useless items at above market price, it was practically impossible to achieve the required trade volu. Moreover, Magic Crystals were a strategic resource to Guilds. It would be foolish to spend them wastefully.
Hence, Shi Feng had never managed to beco a shop mber in the past.
The other thod to beco a mber was through killing the Boss monsters inside the ancient ruins, which had a chance of dropping fragnts of an ancient stone tablet. If one could complete a set of the fragnts and hand it over to the mysterious rchant, one would likewise beco a mber of the exchange shop.
Only, the drop-rate for the tablet fragnts was criminally low. In addition, there were very few Bosses in the ancient ruins. The ti they took to respawn was also very long. It was practically impossible for an ordinary large Guild to gather enough fragnts to complete a set.
Shi Feng could still clearly rember that in the past, a single tablet fragnt had been worth at least a thousand Gold. Even so, the supply was far from enough to et the demand. As long as a tablet fragnt went up for sale, the various large Guilds would buy it almost instantly.
So there’s also such a benefit for the first person to discover the exchange shop. Luckily, I ca here before anyone else did. Shi Feng inwardly celebrated.
Players who beca a mber of the Golden Sands Exchange shop would enjoy very excellent benefits.
The first benefit was that mbers were allowed to enter the second floor of the exchange shop and exchange for the items there.
For the second benefit, mbers would receive a 20% discount on all items on the first floor.
For the third benefit, mbers would receive a Teleportation Crystal. In the future, they would no longer need to waste ti traveling to the shop. Instead, they could teleport directly to it. Though the crystal had a Cooldown of 12 hours, it would still provide great convenience. It could also help players travel quickly to the Golden Sands Archipelago—allowing much more ti for players to spend on leveling up.
Following which, Shi Feng clicked “Agree” to beco a mber of the exchange shop.
System: You do not have the required number of Magic Crystals. You have 48 hours to collect 10,000 Magic Crystals. If you are unable to collect them in ti, it will be considered as you forfeiting this opportunity.
“What a short ti limit.” Shi Feng smiled bitterly.
Currently, Zero Wing’s inco for Magic Crystals was indeed considerable. However, its expenditure of the precious resource was also very high. He had prepared only 3,000 Magic Crystals for the trip this ti.
Having no other choice, Shi Feng took out the Abyss Pendant and set a teleportation marker in front of the small cabin. He then took out a Guild Transfer Scroll and activated it.
Along with a white flash, Shi Feng disappeared from the Golden Sands Archipelago.
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Star-Moon Kingdom, Stone Forest Town, Zero Wing’s Residence:
Why are there so many players here? Shi Feng was surprised by the crowd of mbers in the main hall.
Currently, Zero Wing’s Residence was extraordinarily lively. Normally, there would only be several hundred Guild mbers lurking around the first-floor hall. Now, however, Shi Feng could see more than a thousand present.
“Today’s PvP match was aweso! Since coming into the ga, this is the first ti I’ve managed to achieve such a high standard with my techniques!”
“I know, right? If I could spar at the Battle Arena for a few more hours every day, it won’t be long before I can give the Trial Tower’s fourth floor a try. At that ti, I’ll beco an elite mber of the Guild and receive a 20% discount when I visit the Battle Arena.”
“Forget about it. Didn’t you see how many players were crowding into the Battle Arena today? If not for us being Zero Wing mbers, we wouldn’t get a turn even after queuing up for a day. And you want to fight several tis a day? Didn’t you notice the looks those independent players were giving us when we entered the combat room? If looks could kill, we would’ve died multiple tis back there.”
“I was just thinking about it. I wonder when our Guild will occupy another town? It’d be fine even if the town’s surrounding environnt is poor. As long as the Guild sets up another Battle Arena there, we would be able to have so fun there, too, every day.”
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Guild mbers were chatting rrily in the main hall. When they spoke about the Battle Arena, their eyes sparkled with excitent. They could not help but wish they could spend more ti training there. Unfortunately, there were simply too many players trying to get into the establishnt. Hence, the Battle Arena had limited every player’s usage of its combat rooms to no more than one hour per day.
Moreover, the original price of one Silver per hour had also risen to two Silver per hour. Even so, an endless number of players still waited to enter the Battle Arena. There just was not enough combat rooms to go around.
This situation relieved Shi Feng.
He could not help but admit that the Battle Arena was worth every Coin he spent on it.
Even without him doing anything, the advanced NPC managers would automatically deal with everything related to the Battle Arena. For example, the NPC managers would make adjustnts to the pricing based on market conditions. Moreover, they would also provide corresponding preferential treatnt to Zero Wing’s mbers. The NPCs had even set up a mbership system for the Battle Arena.
Those who beca a mber of the Arena would enjoy priority entry into the establishnt. They would also receive discounts on their expenditures.
anwhile, in order to beco a mber of the Battle Arena, one needed to pay a registration fee of 100 Magic Crystals, which was nonrefundable. If one wanted to get back their Magic Crystals, they could only do so by buying each crystal back for 20 Silver.
Personally, Shi Feng felt that the mbership fee of 100 Magic Crystals was a little too steep. However, the NPC managers had obviously done their market research because after they promulgated this rule, over a hundred players had promptly registered to beco mbers. At this point, the Battle Arena already had over 300 mbers. Just like the treatnt that the normal mbers of Zero Wing received, these Arena mbers had priority in entering combat rooms. At the sa ti, they also enjoyed a 10% discount when using the establishnt’s services.
Due to this benefit, the number of players trying to join Zero Wing had also exploded.
Currently, word had already gone around that becoming a mber of Zero Wing was equivalent to gaining 100 Magic Crystals. No other Guild could offer this treatnt. If one managed to beco an elite mber, the treatnt they received was even more amazing. Not only did they receive a 20% discount, but they also received even greater priority in entering combat rooms.
Just as Shi Feng stepped out of the Residence’s main entrance to take a look at today’s Magic Crystal inco, a notification ca from the system informing him that he had received a ssage.
“It seems they’re finally unable to continue sitting still.” Shi Feng’s lips curled up into a smile as he read the ssage.
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