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Chapter 1556 – 3-star NPC rchant
“The Moon God’s Secret Journal!”
Everyone present was stunned montarily when they heard Silent Wonder’s words, their eyes staring dazedly at the thick book on the stone table.
As long as one was an alchemist in God’s Domain, they would generally have visited a library and read up on matters regarding the alchemy world.
Most of the many introductory books on alchemy would ntion the alchemy treasure known as the Moon God’s Secret Journal.
Among the nurous epic wars that the continent of God’s Domain experienced before, quite a few of them were over the Moon God’s Secret Journal.
anwhile, such a precious alchemy treasure was actually being offered as a benefit for the internal mbers of the Candlelight Trading Firm.
No wonder the three of them could improve so quickly. Realization dawned upon Silent Wonder as she turned to look at Dormant Twilight and the others.
At the sa ti, the benefits offered to Candlelight’s internal mbers also rendered her utterly speechless.
Shi Feng’s confidence in allowing even official mbers to compete for the top ten positions was understandable.
anwhile, Silent Aspiration’s eyes were practically glowing as he looked at the Moon God’s Secret Journal. He wished he could take a read through the book right this instant.
“I’m sure you all know how valuable this Moon God’s Secret Journal is. If you wish to read it, you’ll have to rely on your own abilities to do so. Any internal mber can look for lancholic Smile to learn Basic Secret Alchemy Techniques. Also, only after learning one technique completely will you be allowed to learn another. Each ti you finish learning a technique, you’ll be given one opportunity to read through the Moon God’s Secret Journal. How many tis you’ll be able to read through the journal will depend on yourselves.” Shi Feng could not help but chuckle when he saw the longing in everyone’s eyes. He then left the remaining matters for lancholic Smile to deal with.
Upon hearing Shi Feng’s words, the Advanced Alchemists that had beco internal mbers just now imdiately ran up to lancholic Smile, fighting over the chance to start learning a Basic Secret Alchemy Technique as soon as possible.
Had Shi Feng taken out the Moon God’s Secret Journal and shown it to them before the competition, they would have treated the journal as rely an alchemy treasure. They would not have had a clear understanding of its value. However, after watching Dormant Twilight and the others’ performance, they ca to fully appreciate the power of the Moon God’s Secret Journal. Now, they hoped to grasp the knowledge stored inside the journal as soon as possible.
Just as Shi Feng was letting Dormant Twilight and the other two top three winners learn the Mana Enhancing Potion Recipe, Aqua Rose suddenly contacted him.
“Guild Leader, I just received a report stating that Heaven’s Burial has begun raiding the Orc Empire’s Ancient Rock City. Moreover, they’ve mobilized a considerable force. At this point in ti, we estimate that Heaven’s Burial has mobilized over 100,000 elite mbers and 5,000 NPCs. By the looks of it, they are almost certain to capture Ancient Rock City,” Aqua Rose reported.
They dare raid an Orc city with just 100,000 elite players and 5,000 rcenaries?Hearing Aqua Rose’s words, Shi Feng could not help but fall into deep thought.Could Heaven’s Burial have so other insurance?
He might not have a clear idea of how powerful the cities in the Orc Empire were, but one thing he did know was that the cities located in neutral maps were not that easy to raid.
For example, even though the Secret Pavilion had obtained 15,000 NPC rcenaries from him, its chances of securing an Orc city were minimal.
After all, a city possessed a defensive magic array. anwhile, attacks at Tier 3 and below would do very little to deplete the energy of a city’s defensive magic array. In addition, the Orcs defending the city would definitely outnumber players by a lot. There were also Mythic monsters garrisoning the city.
Unlike the Mythic monsters found in Dungeons and out in the fields, a Mythic monster defending a city would receive a significant buff from the city’s defensive magic array. An army of 100,000 elite players was no different from a bunch of ants in the face of such a Mythic monster. The latter could annihilate the forr with little to no effort.
In fact, even if the Mythic monsters defending the city did not make a move, the Orc army stationed inside the city would most likely be able to annihilate Heaven’s Burial’s army of 100,000 elite players easily.
Hence, by attempting to capture Ancient Rock City, either Heaven’s Burial’s upper echelon consisted of utter fools or the Guild had so other power they were relying on.
“Guild Leader, I heard that many first-rate Guilds are sending their own forces to take advantage of the situation. Should we poke our hands into the matter as well?” Aqua Rose did not have any positive feelings about Heaven’s Burial. In other words, their two Guilds were basically enemies. Now that Heaven’s Burial was trying to capture Ancient Rock City, Zero Wing naturally could not just sit out and do nothing.
“Forget it. Since Heaven’s Burial dares to take such an action, I’m sure they’ve considered this problem as well. For all we know, we might end up stepping into a trap they set up. Let the other Guilds have their fun. However, make sure to keep an eye on the situation there as well,” Shi Feng said, shaking his head. “Right, are you done sorting through the information on the NPC rchants yet?”
Beast Emperor’s shadow lood behind Heaven’s Burial. In a field battle without the aid of defensive structures like the Magic Tower, dealing with a swarm of Evil Beasts and Evil Demons would be very difficult. At the very least, Zero Wing currently still lacked the ans to contend against an army of monsters in a frontal confrontation.
In fact, Heaven’s Burial’s goal in attacking Ancient Rock City might not be the conquest of the city at all. It might very well be an attempt to lure the various large Guilds into a trap and turn their mbers into resources for Beast Emperor to create even more Evil Demons. After all, the Black Dragon Empire’s Evil God’s Temple had already been activated. If Beast Emperor wished to nurture powerful Evil Demons, he would need a large number of sacrifices to do so. anwhile, hunting for players the normal way would take a very long ti. If he could gather a large number of players in a single location at the sa ti, with the said location even being in a neutral map... Just the thought of it horrified Shi Feng.
Now, the only thing Shi Feng could do was improve Zero Wing’s power as quickly as possible. He was confident that so long as he developed Zero Wing City properly, be it Heaven’s Burial, Beast Emperor, or the Blackwater Corporation, none of them should even dream of shaking Zero Wing’s foundations by even the slightest.
“I understand. I’ll have Flying Shadow and the others head over to take a look.” Aqua Rose nodded. “As for the NPC rchants, I’ve already compiled a report on their details. I’ll send it over to you now.”
Following which, Aqua Rose disconnected the call and sent the statistics report on the NPC rchants to Shi Feng.
Why are there so many of them?! Shi Feng was stunned as he looked through the information Aqua Rose sent to him.
During the short amount of ti Zero Wing City had been open, over a thousand NPC rchants had actually co seeking to do business in the city. This number exceeded even that of the NPC rchants Shadow had managed to lure in with its main city.
Although the majority of the rchants had low potential and were only 1-star NPC rchants, there were still over two hundred 2-star NPC rchants seeking to do business in Zero Wing City. With this amount of 2-star NPC rchants, Zero Wing City could already rival the main cities operated by first-rate Guilds in the past.
These are...3-star NPC rchants?! As Shi Feng reached the end of the list, he noticed that the symbol representing the NPC rchants had transitioned from two stars to three stars. How is this possible? Zero Wing City was just constructed recently, yet 3-star NPC rchants are visiting it already?
If the Guilds in the past were to find out that 3-star NPC rchants visited Zero Wing City almost imdiately after the city’s opening, they would definitely die of envy.
In God’s Domain, there was a qualitative difference between 2-star and 3-star NPC rchants. Although there was not much of a difference when it ca to the kinds of products both types of NPC rchants sold, when it ca to potential, a 3-star NPC rchant surpassed their 2-star counterparts by leaps and bounds.
An NPC rchant’s star-ranking determined not only the quality of the items they sold but also the developnt speed of the Shop purchased by the said NPC rchant.
Shops operated by NPC rchants were different from those operated by players. Players had to either complete extrely difficult team quests or obtain the corresponding Promotion Orders. In contrast, NPC rchants did not have to go through such troubleso procedures. Instead, the promotion of their Shops relied entirely on their sales volu.
After a Shop achieved a certain sales volu, the Shop would get promoted automatically. anwhile, the higher-ranked an NPC rchant was, the greater the sales volu they were able to achieve, allowing them to get their Shops promoted much more quickly. When an NPC-operated Shop got promoted, it would start selling much more valuable items—which, in turn, would help attract more players to the city the Shop was located in.
anwhile, on average, the promotion speed of a Shop operated by a 3-star NPC rchant was double that of a 2-star NPC rchant. If a city possessed a sufficiently large player population, the promotion speed could even be two or three tis faster.
Hence, the various large Guilds in the past would do everything they could to attract a 3-star NPC rchant to their cities.
In the past, Shi Feng had only ever heard of 3-star NPC rchants taking the initiative to visit the main cities operated by Super Guilds—and never for cities of lower standards. As a result, the large Guilds had to compete over the 3-star NPC rchants found in the various major NPC cities or wandering out in the fields.
anwhile, not just one 3-star NPC rchant was seeking to do business in Zero Wing City right now, but two instead.
Thinking up to this point, Shi Feng imdiately contacted Aqua Rose.
“Aqua, think of a way to have these two NPC rchants stay in the city. I’ll head over imdiately.”
In God’s Domain, NPC rchants would stay for only a certain period of ti when visiting a city. They would not remain in the city permanently unless given a positive response to their request to do business. If he were to let these two 3-star NPC rchants get away now, the next one would be long in coming.
After saying so, Shi Feng called upon Youlan and had her teleport to Zero Wing City’s Guild Residence with him.
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