Chapter 69

In reality, the sky gradually darkened as the sun set, and the sunset faded, while in the Divine Realm, all the players were welcoming the rise of the morning sun.

The town of Red Maple was now brightly lit, like daytime, with players bustling on the trade streets. Compared to the previous day, there were even more players in Red Maple Town, many of whom were newbies at level 0.

After two days of public testing, the Divine Realm had already made many people realize its uniqueness. Not to mention the various pleasures outside of combat, the combat itself was very engaging. As the level of the monsters increased, the battles became more realistic, no longer the simple turn-based system where you hit the monster once and the monster hits you once. It was more like real-life competitive fighting.

This was an era of nationwide fitness, and people in reality were already obsessed with fighting tournaments, which were incredibly popular. Everyone wanted to have a thrilling battle, especially with skilled opponents, to experience that blood-pumping, nerve-wracking feeling, which was almost irresistible. And the Divine Realm offered all of this without the risk of losing one's life.

Moreover, the Divine Realm offered exciting and thrilling adventures, countless unknown things waiting to be discovered and explored, and double the time for daily life. Many players wished they could stay in the Divine Realm for their entire lives, living their second lives.

As a result, a large number of people were drawn to play the Divine Realm. With more and more virtual game companies seeing this irreversible trend, they declared bankruptcy one after another, preparing to move into the Divine Realm for development. This left players who were unwilling to abandon their old games with no choice but to enter the Divine Realm, causing the number of players in the Divine Realm to suddenly increase.

As soon as Shi Feng returned to Red Maple Town, he received a bunch of system notifications.

Almost all of them were from the auction house, and this gave him over 500 silver coins, or 5 gold coins.

He remembered that not long ago, he had listed 3 gold coins on the virtual trading center. In just one day, he had 5 more gold coins, and most of this money was what the guilds had barely managed to obtain, all of which they had contributed to him.

Now, in the entire Baihe City area, there was probably no player richer than him, not even the leaders of top-tier guilds.

However, this was just the tip of the iceberg. The real money-making opportunities were just beginning.

Shi Feng first put all the items in his backpack into the warehouse, not planning to sell them, but to keep them for future use. After all, gems and skill books were hard currency that would never depreciate, unlike equipment, which depreciated quickly as players' levels increased.

Then, Shi Feng resumed his old trade. The evening was the best time to do business. As dawn was approaching, he put his tasks aside and set up a stall to collect stone materials, magic essence, sturdy stones, and card sets.

Since Shi Feng had collected these items several times before, many players would deliberately keep them, waiting for him to come and collect them. Now, with just a shout from Shi Feng, a group of players would come running over.

While collecting materials, Shi Feng listened to the conversations of the players setting up stalls nearby.

"The Assassin Alliance has really done well this time, completing the task of the Little Fish Rebellion and earning a lot of guild reputation. It won't be long before the Assassin Alliance can be promoted to a level 2 guild."

"What's that? I heard that a big event happened in the capital area. The leader of the top-tier guild, Star Federation, completed a major task and has been promoted to a first-class citizen, just a step away from becoming a noble. When he has the status of a noble, what does a bit of guild reputation matter? As a noble, he can always go to the barracks and city hall to request guild tasks, quickly surpassing the Assassin Alliance. With the many privileges of a noble, the accumulated advantages are not small. Even now, the Star Federation has already surpassed the Devouring Serpent. In the future, the capital's competition will likely fall into the hands of the Star Federation."

"What you're talking about isn't a big deal. The hottest thing right now is the showdown between the Black Flame Forger and One-Hammer Deal."

"Who doesn't know that? I doubt there's anyone in the entire Baihe City area who doesn't know. But I really didn't expect the winner to be decided so quickly, and even more, I didn't expect One-Hammer Deal to win. Hehe, luckily I was smart and borrowed money to buy a Glowing Chestguard. This thing is now being bought at a high price by many people. I can make 3 silver coins just by reselling it."

"Exactly, the Glowing Chestguard is cool in both attributes and appearance. The cost must have been very high. To compete with One-Hammer Deal, it was sold at such a low price, and it couldn't sustain the losses. Eventually, it couldn't hold on and lost. It's a pity that not a single piece of equipment was sold. Otherwise, I would have borrowed money to buy one. Now, One-Hammer Deal is in the limelight, with a huge reputation. He even cursed the mysterious forger on the forum, calling him a coward who dares not compete with him. He is so proud. The top-tier guilds will definitely invite him to increase their guild's reputation and influence. One-Hammer Deal is probably negotiating contracts right now."

"Chief forger of a top-tier guild, just thinking about it makes one drool. But we can only envy. Who would have thought we don't have the design blueprint for bronze equipment? If I had it, even if I went bankrupt, I would compete with One-Hammer Deal. If I could get the chief position in a top-tier guild, my future would be bright, with luxury cars and beautiful women to choose from."

After hearing this, Shi Feng frowned slightly and then brought up the official forum.

Sure enough, One-Hammer Deal was insulting and mocking him in various ways.

"Grandson, weren't you super awesome? Now you're a coward, hiding your head like a turtle. If you have the guts, let's continue the competition! Watch me crush you, you black-hearted forger."

Seeing these low-level provocations, Shi Feng smiled calmly. He had to admire One-Hammer Deal, who had gone crazy to become famous, using any means necessary, just like in the previous life, where he sold out the entire guild to become the chief forger of the top-tier guild, Dominating the World.

After collecting the materials, Shi Feng headed to the auction house.

Thanks to One-Hammer Deal's antics, the Glowing Chestguard had become a household name, and it was time to start the next step of making money.

At this stage, most ordinary players were already level 3, many high-level players were level 4, and some experts had reached level 5. Ordinary players definitely couldn't afford the Glowing Chestguard, and only high-level players could borrow money to buy one. For experts, the Glowing Chestguard was not very useful anymore, as there were many pieces of equipment in level 5 dungeons that surpassed it.

In other words, the Glowing Chestguard wouldn't make much money anymore. After all, the main buyers were the guilds, and ordinary players couldn't afford it. Perhaps only a few rich players would buy it for fun, but rich players were extremely rare.

Shi Feng entered the auction house, and the entire hall was packed with people. He had to find a corner and quietly open the auction house's display screen, putting up twenty design blueprints for the Glowing Chestguard at a low price of 30 silver coins each, selling one every half hour.

It wasn't that Shi Feng didn't want to sell in large quantities, but selling in large quantities wouldn't fetch a high price. Only by creating a sense of scarcity could he maximize his profits, letting the guilds fight it out.

Afterward, Shi Feng cleared out the accumulated sturdy stones and card sets in the auction house and left, heading toward the library.

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