Chapter 50

In the town of Red Leaf, gray clouds hung in the sky, and a bright moon hung high in the sky. The magic lamps on the streets illuminated the town of Red Leaf brightly.

Shifeng had just logged in at this moment.

The Divine Realm was still in the night, and most players were in the trading area, making it very crowded. Only a few elite players would go to the wilderness to level up and kill monsters.

On the wide stone road, players setting up stalls could be seen everywhere. White cloths were laid out with materials needed for auxiliary professions and some ordinary equipment. Sellers and buyers haggled over prices, arguing fiercely over a few copper coins. The streets, which were desolate during the day, had now turned into a bustling market.

System: The Guard Armor you sold at the auction house has been sold. After deducting the handling fee, 5 silver 31 copper has been deposited into your backpack.

System: The Guard Armor you sold at the auction house has been sold. After deducting the handling fee, 5 silver 67 copper has been deposited into your backpack.

System: The Guard Armor you sold at the auction house has been sold. After deducting the handling fee, 5 silver 98 copper has been deposited into your backpack.

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Shifeng had not taken two steps when he heard a series of auction house notifications. He casually checked the system messages and was immediately startled.

The value of the Guard Armor far exceeded Shifeng's expectations. He originally thought 5 silver would be about right, but the bidding kept going higher, with the highest selling for 6 silver 42 copper. The eleven pieces of Guard Armor sold for a total of over 67 silver, making him a wealthy man in gold coins.

At this stage, the purchasing power of 1 silver was quite astonishing. The entire liquid funds of a second-rate guild would be around 60 to 70 silver coins. To ensure that ordinary members could develop well in the early stages, they could not charge too many copper coins, as it would affect future development. Only top-tier guilds could have liquid funds reaching over 1 gold coin, but these funds, when spread across dozens to hundreds of people, seemed quite limited.

Now, Shifeng was a wealthy man.

At this time, most players who had been fighting outside during the day had returned to the town, and the materials they carried were abundant. Shifeng naturally would not let this opportunity pass. He found a place with fewer people, laid out a white cloth, and started setting up a stall to collect materials.

The highest level players were now level 4, while ordinary players were still at level 2, and high-level players might have reached level 3. Therefore, the materials for sale were varied, ranging from high-grade to ordinary.

The price of high-grade materials was extremely expensive, and Shifeng naturally would not collect them. Earning money by forging equipment alone was limited, and selling these pieces of equipment was just to accumulate some capital. With capital, he could make big money.

"Buying one set of magic essence for 6 copper, one set of stone materials for 10 copper, and one set of sturdy stones for 23 copper," Shifeng shouted.

Players on the street gathered around upon hearing him.

"Boss, I have 10 sets of stone materials. How many sets do you want?"

"I have 6 sets of magic essence. Do you want all of them?"

"I have one set of sturdy stones."

After a day of fighting wild monsters, magic essence and stone materials were common, usually sold to NPCs or kept for practicing auxiliary professions. However, sturdy stones were quite rare, generally dropped only by level 3 area goblins or small stone monsters.

One set of sturdy stones contained 20 pieces and was worth 20 copper when sold to NPCs. Sturdy stones were used for forging, which was somewhat luxurious at this stage. Few guilds collected them, so their value was not high. However, after level 7, they would be very useful. At level 7, many special monsters would appear in the monster zones, and fighting these monsters would greatly consume the durability of weapons. Without durability, weapons could break, and the chance of repairing them was only about 20%. If they could not be repaired, they would be scrapped.

Sturdy stones could be used to make whetstones, which not only increased additional damage but also repaired 5 to 10 points of weapon durability. This allowed many players grinding monsters to avoid having to return to the city to repair their weapons, saving a lot of time and increasing their grinding efficiency.

In the previous life, sturdy stones were in high demand, and whetstones rapidly increased in value, making many forging players very wealthy. The Shadow Guild was not taken advantage of by those unscrupulous merchants, who had to grit their teeth and buy them to quickly level up and gain an advantage.

In this life, it was Shifeng's turn to make a fortune by stockpiling these sturdy stones in advance.

After collecting materials for over an hour, Shifeng had gathered over 80 sets of magic essence and over 120 sets of stone materials. However, the number of sturdy stones was very low, and he only collected 12 sets.

Seeing his backpack was almost full, Shifeng had to go to the bank's storage first to store these items.

The bank's storage had 500 slots, and the first 500 slots cost 20 copper to activate. The second 500 slots cost 50 copper, and each subsequent 1000 slots cost 1 silver coin. Additionally, there was a weekly management fee of 10 copper for every 1000 slots.

This amount of money was not much for Shifeng, so he directly activated 3000 slots, which would cost him 30 copper in management fees each week.

After storing all the materials, Shifeng ran to the auction house.

The auction house, along with all the small towns in White River City, might have fewer sellers for ordinary materials, but there should be some sturdy stones, even if the prices were a bit high.

However, compared to players who would grit their teeth and buy whetstones when they reached level 7 to maintain their weapons, it was not a big deal.

Upon arriving at the auction house, Shifeng noticed something strange. There were many guild logistics personnel, each waiting in the auction house, seemingly waiting for something.

Shifeng found a place to sit and brought up the auction house interface.

While searching for sturdy stones, he overheard the guild logistics personnel complaining to each other.

"How much longer do we have to wait? Why hasn't the Guard Armor appeared yet? I need to finish my task after buying it!"

"You've only been here for 3 hours. I've been waiting for over 10 hours. You didn't see how intense the competition for the Guard Armor was. I heard that many guilds killed a lot of special elites in the wilderness because of this Guard Armor, gaining a lot of rewards. Some guilds even got a lot of equipment and skill books in the Silent Forest because of this Guard Armor, so they all came to snatch it. Unfortunately, the remaining pieces of Guard Armor were quickly snatched up."

"Exactly. Our guild is now regretting it. If we had known, we would have spent 7 silver coins to get one piece, and we wouldn't have fallen so far behind other guilds. Now, the higher-ups have given a strict order: if it appears, we must get it."

While the guild logistics personnel were discussing, Shifeng did not expect the Guard Armor to have such an immediate effect.

So, Shifeng took out the remaining seven pieces of Guard Armor with defensive power and quietly put them up for auction, setting the starting price at 8 silver coins, which was 2 silver coins higher than his previous estimate. However, these guilds should accept it. As for the best Guard Heavy Armor, he would sell it after some time, allowing these guilds to digest it first.

After putting the equipment up for auction, Shifeng started searching for sturdy stones, wondering how many were being sold at the auction house.