Chapter 1 Zero Wing's Strength

Cola felt a sense of bewilderment upon hearing Shi Feng's words.

Show the strength of the Zero Wing Workshop?

The three of them had been under constant surveillance, so they hadn't been able to leave Red Leaf Town to level up, kill monsters, or do quests. Their levels were still at 7, only slightly stronger than ordinary players. They were no match for the members of other guilds. If this continued, their levels might even fall behind ordinary players.

"Does he want us to level up in the wild?" Cola wondered, a little excited. "That's great, I've been cooped up in town and it's been stifling me to death. It would be nice to go out and kill something."

"Wait for me at the trade area inn in town. I'll be right over," Shi Feng said with a smile, without explaining.

"Brother Feng, what happened that made you so happy?" Hei Zi asked curiously, seeing Shi Feng's cheerful smile.

"Good things. You guys level up here for now. I'll have Cola and the others come here later. You take them to level 10 quickly and then go to White River City for advanced quests," Shi Feng said.

"Brother Feng, don't worry, I have a full set of Level 15 Mysterious Iron and Bronze equipment, and Mebius's Guardian. It'll be too easy to take Cola and the others to level up," Hei Zi said confidently. After all, he had an Epic staff and was already Level 13. If he couldn't quickly bring Cola and the others to Level 10, he might as well go play in the mud.

"Cola and the others will definitely be shocked when they see our levels, especially Hei Zi's Epic staff, Mebius's Guardian. They'll be speechless. I can't wait to see their shocked expressions," Lonely Snow teased.

"Yeah, Cola and the others would never have imagined that in just a few hours, we went from being hunted by the Martial Union and hiding everywhere, to reaching Level 13 and taking the top three spots in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom, with an Epic weapon. It's completely different from before. If I were them, I wouldn't believe it either," Hei Zi said, even happier at the thought of Cola and the others' shock.

"You guys..." Shi Feng smiled and took out a Return Scroll, teleporting back to Red Leaf Town.

Red Leaf Town had undergone many changes. There were more and more players buying equipment and items on Trade Street, and the cries of vendors were endless. Many wealthy new players were looking for the equipment and items they needed at the stalls on the street.

Inside an inn in the trade area.

"How much of the Solid Stones I asked you to collect have you gathered? Why haven't you made even half a Whetstone yet?" Fengyun Wu Hui's face darkened, and he stood up abruptly, looking at the subordinate who came to report, and asked seriously.

"Guild Leader Fengyun, after you gave the order, we frantically collected Solid Stones everywhere, but for some reason, there were very few Solid Stones on the market, and they weren't cheap. We gritted our teeth and have only collected four stacks, but the guild has only just started training blacksmiths, and their success rate in making Whetstones is very low, so..." the subordinate said timidly.

Bang!

Fengyun Wu Hui punched the wooden table, angrily saying, "You bunch of trash, I clearly told you long ago. It's been three or four hours now, and you haven't even made a single Whetstone. How can the elite group level up? What use are you?"

"Guild Leader Fengyun, could it be that other guilds have also discovered the secret of rapid weapon degradation, which is why we can't collect many Solid Stones?" the Berserker Wuxing Shu said.

"That's possible. After all, we're not the only ones leveling up in the high-level monster areas, but Solid Stones aren't rare materials. They drop in Level 2 monster areas, and no one usually uses them. Red Leaf Town should have accumulated a lot of Solid Stones by now. There should be a lot of people selling them at the auction house. We weren't slow to discover this. Even if other guilds take action, they can't eat it all up in one bite!" Fengyun Wu Hui nodded, then shook his head, still unable to figure it out.

After they chased Shi Feng's team, they suddenly discovered that the durability of their weapons was dropping abnormally fast. They didn't pay attention at first, searching for Shi Feng's team while leveling up. But in the end, they didn't find Shi Feng, but their weapons and equipment were almost scrapped. So they gave up searching for Shi Feng and chose to return to repair their equipment.

Although running back and forth was a waste of time, the elite group members' equipment was excellent. If they didn't repair their equipment, they would be scrapped, and the guild couldn't afford the loss. Moreover, without equipment, they couldn't kill monsters and level up, so they had to come back to repair it.

After repairing the equipment, Fengyun Wu Hui heard many people below complaining that the repair costs were too expensive, almost spending all the money on them. As for the classes wearing plate armor, they had to borrow money everywhere to repair their equipment.

This stunned Fengyun Wu Hui.

These people were all elites of the elite group, and they usually had a lot of money. They were definitely considered wealthy, but they didn't even have enough to repair their equipment.

Then Fengyun Wu Hui discovered the problem. The less durability the equipment had left, the more advanced the equipment, the more expensive it was to repair. Moreover, high-level areas in the wild consumed equipment durability, and running back and forth in the high-level areas would waste at least two or three hours. While leveling up in the high-level areas, they had to come back to repair their equipment every three or four hours, which meant half the time was wasted on running back and forth.

The result was that the time it took to level up was at least doubled.

If they could save the time of running back and forth, then their leveling speed would be faster than others.

Fengyun Wu Hui thought of this key point, so he tried his best to collect information and find a solution, which was the Whetstone. Although this thing could only restore the durability of weapons, that was enough, because compared to armor, it was mainly the consumption of weapons. Moreover, repairing weapons with Whetstones was much cheaper than repairing them at the blacksmith shop. So he immediately ordered people to fully collect Whetstones, but found that blacksmiths usually didn't make Whetstones, because the cost was too high, and Whetstones couldn't be sold.

So Fengyun Wu Hui had to settle for second best, collecting Solid Stones, the raw material for making Whetstones. This thing itself was not expensive. The main use was to make Whetstones and some engineering parts. A stack was only 30 copper coins, and a stack was 20, which meant that 20 Whetstones could be made.

What shocked Fengyun Wu Hui even more now was that he couldn't buy Whetstones, but how could it be so difficult to buy Solid Stones?

In fact, it was not only the Martial Union that discovered this problem, but also other large guilds. When they went to collect Solid Stones, they suddenly discovered that whether it was the stalls in town or the auction houses, there were only a few Solid Stones left, which was not enough for their guild's blacksmiths to use.

On the other side, Shi Feng was walking on Trade Street, seeing that major guilds were collecting Solid Stones at high prices, spending 80 copper coins to buy a stack, the price had quadrupled, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

He had waited so long, and it had finally blossomed and borne fruit.

But this was just the beginning, and he had to add fuel to the fire to make the price climb even higher.