"Let's trade the two thousand sets from my side first," Shusheng Tanxiao said, completely at ease.

"Alright," Shi Feng said with a slight smile, nodding.

Shusheng Tanxiao opened the trade window with a smile on his face and started the transaction.

Now that there's a contract, even if Wei Wo Dukuang in front of him knows the secret, he won't dare to break it. Five thousand gold coins or fifty million credits, with gold coins as the preferred payment, Wei Wo Dukuang definitely wouldn't dare, and could only grit his teeth and buy fifty thousand sets of sturdy stones for fifty copper each.

If he paid in full, that would be 250 gold. Forty-eight thousand sets of those were resold from the NPCs, so he would earn a net profit of 48 gold coins immediately. Adding the 10 gold he got from the two thousand sets, he could get a total of 58 gold, enough to buy a lot of good things at the auction house, and also increase the guild's working capital.

The excitement almost made Shusheng Tanxiao roar.

"So refreshing!"

However, Shusheng Tanxiao suppressed it, still needing to maintain appearances.

Now with so much working capital, Echo of Dusk could develop better and faster. With such a contribution, he wondered how the guild leader would reward him.

Shi Feng was also very happy at this time, seeing so many forging materials only cost 10 gold coins. Nothing could be better than this.

As long as he went back to White River City and resold them, the two thousand sets of sturdy stones alone could sell for 200 gold. If they were all made into sharpening stones, that would be 800 gold. If they were made into advanced sharpening stones, that would be 2000 gold.

Although it was impossible to convert 100% into ordinary sharpening stones and advanced sharpening stones, it wouldn't be a problem to earn a thousand gold after deducting costs.

Moreover, this was only two thousand sets. If it were changed to fifty thousand sets, then the 30,000 gold quest could be solved quickly.

"Guild Leader Wei, please wait a moment, I'll go get some more," Shusheng Tanxiao said, feeling very satisfied after receiving the money. He could now use this money to buy more sturdy stones.

"Alright, then let's meet at the bank," Shi Feng said, smiling as he looked at Shusheng Tanxiao's satisfied smile.

The bank in Blackwing City couldn't withdraw items from a personal bank, but it could store items. Shi Feng's backpack was full, and it would be inconvenient to buy things at the Blackwing City auction later, so he planned to store things first.

As for the subsequent forging materials, Shi Feng no longer had any hope for them, because the result could already be predicted.

He just wondered what kind of expression Shusheng Tanxiao would have when he saw that the NPC selling forging materials was no longer there, and that there would be no NPCs selling materials in the future.

Soon, Shusheng Tanxiao ran over.

"Where's the person?" Shusheng Tanxiao looked at the empty alley, and besides a few players, the previous NPC was gone.

"You're talking about the NPC who sells forging materials? You're too late. That NPC's forging materials were sold out a long time ago. I heard that they will be sold again tomorrow."

"You guys are really naive. How can there be so many good things happening every day selling these materials? I guess this was triggered by a quest, and it's only this once. There shouldn't be any more in the future. Otherwise, selling so many sets of sturdy stones in limited quantities every day would break the balance. The Main God System shouldn't make such a mistake."

Two kind passerby players suddenly talked about this matter.

"How could this happen?" After hearing the two's kind answers, Shusheng Tanxiao's face suddenly turned liver-colored, and he didn't know what to use to describe his current mood. "Oh heavens, what have I done?"

Whether they were sold in limited quantities every day or not sold at all in the future, it made no difference to Shusheng Tanxiao, because it was impossible for him to collect the remaining forty-eight thousand sets of sturdy stones within ten days.

If he couldn't collect them, he would be in breach of contract, and he would have to pay five thousand gold coins or fifty million credits. Such a heavy price instantly made Shusheng Tanxiao fall from heaven to hell, and it was still the most terrifying eighteenth level of Abi Hell.

If he had known this would happen, he would never have sold those materials so cheaply. In the end, he only got 10 gold coins, and he had brought it upon himself. He had signed a contract for fifty thousand sets with Wei Wo Dukuang. What was he going to do?

"No, I must immediately find Wei Wo Dukuang and try to invalidate this contract." Shusheng Tanxiao was an old hand in the business world after all, and knew what to do now, so he hurried to the Blackwing City bank.

If he only lost this batch of forging materials, Echo of Dusk could still bear it and it wouldn't affect the guild's development. After all, there was an income of 10 gold coins, but the remaining forty-eight thousand sets of sturdy stones would cost Echo of Dusk their lives. If he cost Echo of Dusk their lives, then the guild leader would also cost him his life.

At this time, Shi Feng had just stored all the materials in the bank, when he saw Shusheng Tanxiao running over in a panic. Although he really wanted to pretend to be calm, the huge pressure and fear made it impossible to calm down.

"Brother Shusheng came really fast. It must have been hard work transporting the stones back and forth. I wonder how much you brought this time?" Shi Feng teased unhurriedly.

"Guild Leader Wei, I want to discuss something with you." Shusheng Tanxiao lost his confidence, and even began to speak with honorifics, but he had to do so, because his life was entirely in Shi Feng's hands.

"We are all partners, so feel free to say anything," Shi Feng nodded.

"Guild Leader Wei is right. We at Echo of Dusk have always been petty men before gentlemen. We are all partners, so we should naturally consider our partners more. We are taking out fifty thousand sets of sturdy stones at once, and I think Guild Leader Wei can't take out so many gold coins at once. I'm afraid you can't do it even if you have ten days. So after careful consideration, we decided to modify the contract and make the conditions more relaxed. What does Guild Leader Wei think?" Shusheng Tanxiao explained slowly, and it made a lot of sense.

If Shi Feng hadn't known that Shusheng Tanxiao wanted to break the contract, he would have been moved to tears.

"Truly an old hand in the business world, he doesn't blush or skip a beat when he lies, and even pretends to be doing it for my own good." Shi Feng sneered in his heart, but unfortunately such words couldn't move him, especially since he already knew Shusheng Tanxiao's true colors, and it was even more impossible to be deceived.

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Shusheng, but don't worry, Brother Shusheng. As long as I go back and resell these materials, the gold coins will come back soon, and I will definitely be able to pay within ten days, so there is no need to bother modifying the contract," Shi Feng said with a slight smile. "Let's hurry up and trade, the auction is about to start."

After that, Shusheng Tanxiao gave more than a dozen reasons to modify the contract, such as increasing the purchase volume or making the price cheaper, but all of them were rejected by Shi Feng. This made Shusheng Tanxiao almost go crazy, but he couldn't say it out loud, and was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Brother Shusheng, you don't have to waste your breath thinking about modifying the contract. I won't modify this contract. After all, it's a good thing that you can buy fifty thousand sets of sturdy stones for 50 copper each. You can't find such a good thing even with a lantern. Even if you go to the NPCs to buy them, you definitely won't be able to buy so many. Maybe there won't be any more for sale in the future."

"You know everything!"

"Of course, who doesn't know about such a big thing? Are you okay? You wanted to buy sturdy stones from the NPCs and then resell them to me to make a big profit. You thought it through, didn't you? I felt that that NPC was unreliable before, so I agreed to you. Seeing how flustered you are, it turns out that that NPC is really unreliable. I'm really looking forward to the remaining forty-eight thousand sets of sturdy stones."

"You're tricking me!"

"I represent Echo of Dusk. Aren't you afraid of angering Echo of Dusk by doing this? With your Dark Star, a third-rate guild like that, our Echo of Dusk can destroy you in minutes."

"I'm so scared of the first-rate guild Echo of Dusk. Unfortunately, your Echo of Dusk is far away in the Storm Empire, too far away from the Star-Moon Kingdom. Even if you're powerful, what can you do to me? What can you do to Dark Star? If you have the ability, come to the Star-Moon Kingdom, and I'll destroy your Echo of Dusk and remove your name from God's Domain in minutes. But you'd better consider the compensation problem first, hahaha."

After Shi Feng finished speaking, he left the Blackwing City bank laughing, leaving only Shusheng Tanxiao, who was paralyzed on the ground and already in a daze.

He couldn't accept the fact that he had been tricked.

But compared to being tricked, there was more of a sense of humiliation. From beginning to end, Shusheng Tanxiao felt that he was being played by Shi Feng, and he was still as happy as a monkey. Just thinking about it was embarrassing.

After a long time, Shusheng Tanxiao roared angrily, "Wei Wo Dukuang, just wait, the power of our Echo of Dusk is far beyond what you think. Our Echo of Dusk will definitely destroy your Dark Star."