Chapter 17 The Value of Scarcity

Things are valued for their rarity.

Although Shi Feng had hundreds of sets of Dragon Scale equipment, to sell them for a good price, the first thing was not to sell too many. He needed to learn to sell in moderation.

Although selling six sets right now wasn't much to the numerous guilds present, even if he sold three or four more sets, the price wouldn't go down.

But Shi Feng wouldn't do that. Six sets was almost the limit, even a little too much. If he sold any more, everyone would think the Dragon Scale sets were very easy to obtain, and it would be impossible to sell them for a high price later.

Although he had crafted hundreds of Dragon Scale sets, the cost wasn't low.

To craft a single piece of the Dragon Scale set, in addition to the basic materials, he also needed ten Starfire Essences. The cost of just one Dragon Scale set was more than ten gold coins. Adding in the issue of success rate, getting a single Dragon Scale set required more than thirty gold coins. If someone else were to craft them, the cost would be at least one hundred gold coins. Naturally, Shi Feng couldn't sell them cheaply.

Although Shi Feng said he was out, the representatives of the major guilds didn't believe him at all.

He had taken out six sets at once. It looked like Shi Feng had found a special channel to obtain the Dragon Scale sets, but this channel was only known to Shi Feng alone.

But Shi Feng insisted that he didn't have any more, and there was nothing they could do. However, too many people hadn't bought any, and they were very unwilling.

The appearance of Water Rose immediately got everyone talking, and they were all curious about what guild was behind Water Rose. Even first-rate guilds like theirs had to hesitate for a long time to purchase a Dragon Scale set, feeling the pinch. But the guild behind Water Rose was actually willing to spend so many gold coins to buy a set, which was really surprising.

After the auction ended, Shi Feng didn't stay in the restaurant for long. Instead, he found a hotel to rest and used the Demon Mask to change his appearance again.

"As expected, there are quite a few people following me." Shi Feng glanced at the players resting in the hotel lobby. As soon as they saw him come downstairs, they all turned to look.

Dragon Scale sets were still level 20 Fine-Gold equipment. The desire of the major guilds for Dragon Scale sets was self-evident.

Not to mention selling Dragon Scale sets in large quantities, it was hard not to attract attention.

These guilds would naturally think of ways to find out where the Dragon Scale sets came from. With so many major guilds paying attention, if these guilds knew that the Dragon Scale sets came from the Zero Wing Guild, then Zero Wing would be in trouble. Facing an Alluring Smile was already troublesome enough, but if they also had to face other first-rate guilds or even super guilds, Zero Wing wouldn't even have a way out.

Right now, Zero Wing was only developing in White River City. Unlike other guilds that had branches everywhere, Zero Wing was only relatively famous in the Star-Moon Kingdom, but outside the Star-Moon Kingdom, it wasn't well known.

The Zero Wing Guild was nothing in the eyes of these first-rate guilds and super guilds in Blackwing City. They wouldn't care about it at all, just like a lion never pays attention to the ants at its feet.

Shi Feng was barely able to cope with an Alluring Smile in White River City. If many major guilds targeted Zero Wing, it would be very dangerous.

That's why Shi Feng had Water Rose come.

One reason was to raise the price, and the other was to make the appearance of Dragon Scale sets from the Zero Wing Guild less sudden, so as not to arouse suspicion from these major guilds.

"You can just wait here slowly."

Shi Feng smiled faintly and walked out of the hotel, without attracting the attention of the trackers from the major guilds in the lobby from beginning to end.

After leaving the hotel, Shi Feng immediately took a carriage on the street to the Blackwing Auction House.

In addition to the large auctions held every week, players could also consign items at the Blackwing Auction House. However, items consigned in Blackwing City could only be seen in the Blackwing City Auction House. Auction Houses in other places couldn't see them.

Although the sales range of the Auction House was very narrow, the main function of Blackwing City was trading. Guilds and players from various kingdoms and empires liked to consign items at the Blackwing Auction House. The sales effect far exceeded selling items at the imperial capital auction house.

Shi Feng came to the Blackwing Auction House, and without saying a word, he took out eighty sets of Dragon Scale equipment and sold them in batches at the Auction House. The time between each sale was more than an hour, and the number of Dragon Scale sets sold ranged from two to three, with a minimum price of two hundred gold coins.

After the matter was completed, Shi Feng left Blackwing City.

However, not long after Shi Feng left.

The Blackwing City Auction House exploded.

"This is actually Dragon Scale equipment!"

"No way, someone is selling Dragon Scale equipment at the Auction House."

"The price is so high. The starting price is two hundred gold. This person is crazy about money."

Players who often came to the Blackwing Auction House to resell items drooled when they saw the Dragon Scale equipment. They didn't know how many things they had to resell to earn the price of a set of equipment.

Soon the news spread in Blackwing City.

Before, because Shi Feng had let the major guilds bid for Dragon Scale equipment, the Dragon Scale equipment had already spread among the major guilds. Moreover, the fact that the three super guilds had bought Dragon Scale equipment put a lot of pressure on the first-rate guilds, so they were even more eager for Dragon Scale equipment. But there were no more for sale, so they could only think about it. Now that they heard there were some for sale, they naturally had to fight for them.

For a time, the price of Dragon Scale equipment soared.

From the initial two hundred gold, it soared to two hundred and eighty gold in a short while.

In the end, the three sets of Dragon Scale equipment sold at the Blackwing Auction House were bought for 316 gold, 324 gold, and 328 gold respectively, which made Shi Feng a lot of money.

However, Shi Feng knew that this was just the beginning. The competition between the major guilds was very fierce. Having a strong MT (main tank) was the primary guarantee. Although Dragon Scale equipment wasn't suitable for MTs, the set effects still greatly improved the strength of the MTs of the major guilds. Just by relying on this point, it was enough to make these guilds crazy, so the Dragon Scale equipment sold later would be even more expensive.

And these gold coins would all quietly flow into Shi Feng's pocket, without anyone knowing.

This speed of earning money was much faster than the Starstreak Trading Firm. However, there was no way around it. The operating range of the Starstreak Trading Firm was only a few cities after all, while Blackwing City faced the entire God's Domain. Even ten Starstreak Trading Firms couldn't compare to the Blackwing Auction House.

During the time Shi Feng went to Blackwing City, Alluring Smile hadn't stopped either. The original hundred mysterious experts had suddenly become more than two hundred, and they were all frantically killing Zero Wing members. However, Zero Wing wasn't easy to bully either. The fifty-plus Tier 1 experts also caused a lot of trouble for Alluring Smile. The experts on both sides suffered casualties, but because Zero Wing had fewer people, they were obviously at a disadvantage.

For a time, the entire level 20 map became the battlefield of the two guilds, scaring others to not dare approach within half a step.

In just a few hours, the number of deaths on both sides exceeded a thousand, which was incredibly crazy. Similarly, the amount of gold coins consumed by both guilds was also chilling.

Consuming more than five hundred gold coins in a day was no longer a battle, but a bloodletting.

"Does Alluring Smile want a quick battle?" Shi Feng frowned slightly as he looked at the death statistics of the members on both sides, feeling very puzzled.