Chapter 41

In the town of Red Leaf, at the fountain square.

As the sun set, a light red hue spread across the entire square. Many life players set up snack stalls by the pool, selling various special snacks from the Divine Realm. These snacks were incredibly delicious, far surpassing the delicacies in the real world, and they only cost two or three copper coins, making them both high-quality and affordable.

Many players, after a day of hard battles, would come here to rest and taste the special snacks of the Divine Realm. After all, they could earn dozens of copper coins a day, and even after expenses, they could still save over ten copper coins, so enjoying a bit was not a problem.

Many couples were sitting on stone benches, chatting while enjoying the snacks they had bought, savoring this beautiful time.

Suddenly, all the players in Red Leaf received a system message.

System: Players have triggered a special event, "The Insurrection of the Little Fishmen." Red Leaf Town has opened a quest to suppress the rebellion. Players can go to the Adventurer's Guild to receive the suppression quest. Completing the quest will grant rich rewards and guild honor.

All the players were immediately excited. In Red Leaf Town, where quests were scarce, there was actually a suppression quest, and the rewards were generous, almost unimaginable.

"Who is so powerful that they can trigger a special event?"

This player caught the attention of the Red Leaf Town players. Everyone could imagine that this player would gain a lot, after all, triggering an event was extremely rare, and the rewards could not be anything but substantial.

Many players had ideas, wanting to eliminate this player who triggered the event, but unfortunately, the system announcement did not reveal the player's name.

Compared to ordinary players, the major guilds were already in a frenzy. At this stage, apart from completing dungeons, no other quest could increase guild honor.

Guild honor was a necessary condition for upgrading a guild. As long as a guild could be the first to upgrade to level 2, it would receive corresponding guild benefits, thus gaining a significant advantage over other guilds.

Not only Red Leaf Town, but also the surrounding towns near the Red Water Lake received this system notification. The major guilds began planning their strategies to suppress the little fishmen.

Meanwhile, the culprit who triggered the event, Shi Feng, was sitting in the auction house.

The auction house was a very convenient place. Items placed there could be seen not only by the entire Red Leaf Town but also by the hundreds of small towns and cities under the jurisdiction of Baihe City. However, the auction house was also quite greedy, charging a 5% handling fee, so the prices of items listed there were generally higher.

But for selling items that one did not want others to see, the auction house was undoubtedly a good choice. After such a long time in the Divine Realm, players had accumulated a considerable amount of money, and the major guilds had also collected a significant amount of funds. If he only set up a stall in Red Leaf Town, it would be too noticeable, and he might be targeted by someone like Flame Tiger again.

Most importantly, there were very few players in Red Leaf Town who could afford to buy, so the prices would not be high. But with hundreds of small towns competing, it was a different story.

So, Shi Feng listed a piece of玄铁级板甲 (Xuantie-level plate armor) equipment with a starting price of 25 silver coins, five pieces of青铜级 (Bronze-level) equipment with a starting price of 3 silver coins for the plate armor and 2 silver coins for the others. These were items that his team did not need. As for the 10-level精金级 (Fine Gold-level) greatsword, listing it would be too terrifying, as this weapon was worth at least two gold coins, or 200 silver coins. In a time when even one silver coin was very valuable, who could afford it?

After that, Shi Feng searched his semi-transparent screen for his backpack. The initial backpack given to him had only 100 slots, which was far from enough for him. Each player could equip up to 7 backpacks, so he directly bought 6 of the largest backpacks available, each with 25 slots, costing 40 copper coins each, or 240 copper coins for 6. Ordinary players could not afford this, but for Shi Feng, it was a small amount of money.

Equipping 6 backpacks, his storage space increased significantly.

Shi Feng then walked out of the auction house and set up a stall not far from it. He had no interest in the event quest that he had triggered.

He had already eaten and drunk his fill, so he decided to let others have a taste, and not compete with them.

"Mass purchase of magic essence and stone materials. 6 copper coins for a set of magic essence, 10 copper coins for a set of stone materials." Shi Feng shouted.

At this stage, magic essence was one of the materials for practicing enchanting, and stone materials were one of the materials for engineering. However, these items dropped from many level 0 to level 3 monsters and were not very valuable. The guild players could supply the life players in their guilds with these materials, so they never bought them, and ordinary players occasionally bought a little.

But there were still a large number of players whose magic essence and stone materials could not be handled. They usually sold them cheaply to NPCs, with a set of 20 bottles of magic essence selling for 5 copper coins and a set of 100 blocks of stone materials selling for 9 copper coins. Shi Feng offered to buy them at a price 1 copper coin higher, and many players were happy to sell to him, as an extra copper coin per set was a significant income.

Magic essence was a necessary material for making the Guard Armor, and it also required a large amount of copper ore and bronze ore. These ores were very scarce, and the major guilds were buying them in large quantities, but it was difficult to obtain them.

Shi Feng originally planned to farm the ores himself, but with the Philosopher's Stone, the ores were no longer a problem. The Philosopher's Stone had the ability to refine elements, meaning it could refine stone materials, with a high chance of obtaining ores, even rare ores, so he did not need to farm the ores himself. Stone materials were very cheap, and nearly ten thousand players became his workers.

Soon, a large number of players gathered in front of Shi Feng.

"Big brother, I have 6 sets of magic essence, will you buy them?"

"I have 3 sets of stone materials, do you want them?"

Many players began to ask, worried that Shi Feng would be full. After all, there were too many magic essence and stone materials, and selling them to NPCs was a waste, but no one else bought them, so players kept them in their bags.

"I'll take them all, just trade directly." Shi Feng said.

Previously, Shi Feng had accumulated a considerable amount of wealth, and the transaction with Bai Qingxue had added to his wealth, allowing him to buy a large amount of magic essence and stone materials.

In no time, one player sold 3 sets of magic essence, another sold 5 sets of stone materials, and Shi Feng quickly acquired 60 sets of magic essence and 85 sets of stone materials, with only a few copper coins left.

"Sorry, I'm full." Shi Feng packed up his stall and explained.

Many players who came to sell magic essence and stone materials were immediately disappointed.

"Big brother, will you buy more in the future?" a player asked.

"Yes, but it will take some time. You can store them for now." Shi Feng affirmed. The magic essence and stone materials he had acquired were far from enough for him to advance to a higher-level forging apprentice.

Leaving the commercial street, Shi Feng went to the forging guild, spending 5 copper coins to rent a regular forging room for 1 hour.

In the regular forging room, all the forging tools were available, so he did not need to buy them himself. The intermediate forging room was more expensive, increasing the success rate by 3%, but it cost 1 silver coin per hour. The advanced forging room was only available in cities and was extremely expensive.