Chapter 267 NPC Merchants

"So fast?" Shi Feng was pleasantly surprised to hear the system notification.

Building a city in God's Domain was not like conquering a town. Even after construction was complete, it would still take a considerable amount of time to introduce NPCs to the city, only then would the city officially open.

The introduced NPCs were crucial for the city's development. The sooner they were introduced, the sooner the city's various functions could be activated. Once the number of NPCs reached a certain level, the city could be opened to the public.

He had originally thought it would take several days for NPCs to settle in Zero Wing City, but the fact that they were starting to move in so quickly was beyond his expectations.

Immediately, Shi Feng clicked to agree, allowing these NPCs who had come attracted by the city's reputation to settle in Zero Wing City.

Not long after Shi Feng agreed, Aqua Rose contacted him immediately.

"Guild Leader, I don't know what's going on, but a lot of NPCs have suddenly poured into the city. Many NPC merchants have come to the City Lord's Mansion asking to buy shops in the city, and these purchase requests have time limits. Should we approve them or not?" Aqua Rose, who was in the City Lord's Mansion, asked anxiously.

This was the first time she had encountered such a situation. There had never been anything like this in Stone Forest Town. Those NPCs already had their own shops, and they only had to manage the players' shops.

Now that Zero Wing City was built, it goes without saying that land would be very valuable in the future. If they sold it to NPCs, they would never get it back.

"NPC merchants?" Shi Feng said in surprise, "Sell, of course, we have to sell, and the more the better. But check the credit rating and the items they sell. Organize everything and send it to me."

NPC merchants were essential for players in God's Domain, because they could buy many daily necessities, even rare items, from these NPC merchants, and they could also sell some junk that players didn't want.

Player-built cities were slightly different. As long as it was a guild city, NPC merchants would come, and these NPC merchants were very different.

These NPC merchants would not only sell the items sold by NPC merchants in NPC cities, but also sell some unique items. However, some of these items were genuine and some were fake, so it depended on the player's own judgment and luck.

Among them, the higher the star rating of the NPC merchant, the better the items they would sell after opening a shop, and the higher the star rating, the faster the shop's promotion speed. The better the shop, the more items it would have, which could better promote the city's development and attract more players and NPCs.

Therefore, the cities of major guilds were trying to find ways to attract NPC merchants to settle in the city.

Shi Feng did not expect that as soon as he allowed NPCs to settle in Zero Wing City, NPC merchants would come to him so quickly. He had never encountered this in his previous life.

Even after upgrading the advanced town to a beginner city, it took a lot of effort to attract some NPC merchants. Now, he had not yet done any publicity to the NPCs, and these NPC merchants had rushed over.

"Is this the benefit of building the first city?" Shi Feng couldn't help but think.

In his previous life, when he upgraded the advanced town to a beginner city, many first-rate guilds already had intermediate cities, and super guilds were on the road to impacting advanced cities.

Now, Zero Wing City was the first player city in the Star-Moon Kingdom. Without the existence of competitors, there would naturally be more NPC merchants. After all, there was no choice, and later players had to compete for the entry of NPC merchants.

After arranging the NPC merchant's affairs, the advanced carriage Shi Feng had hired stopped at the gate of the Zero Wing Residence.

"There are so many people!" Youlan, who got out of the car, looked at the long queue at the entrance of Zero Wing and exclaimed slightly.

At this time, the number of players queuing to join the Zero Wing Guild was as many as several thousand, and these players were quite skilled, with levels generally above level 40. There were even many players wearing level 40 Fine-Gold weapons and equipment in the queue.

However, these players who wanted to join the Zero Wing Guild were far inferior to the Zero Wing members guarding both sides of the gate.

A full hundred-man team, all of whom were above level 43, and the leading members were level 46. Their equipment was at least level 40 Mithril, and the leader was wearing a set of level 45 Fine-Gold equipment and carrying a level 45 Dark-Gold longbow. The guild emblem printed on their equipment was clearly not the purple-gold core member mark of the Zero Wing Guild, but the silver-white elite member mark.

"Are these people just elite members of the Zero Wing Guild?" An Tong looked at the leading level 46 ranger, feeling unbelievable.

A set of level 45 top-quality equipment. Even he was envious of this set of equipment. A level 45 Fine-Gold set, if the effect attributes were good enough, was completely no less than a set of level 45 Dark-Gold equipment. You had to know that half of the equipment he was currently wearing was still level 40 Dark-Gold equipment, and he only had four pieces of level 45 Dark-Gold equipment.

After all, the level 45 hundred-man team dungeon was not so easy to conquer, and the weapons and equipment dropped were very limited. It was not easy for him to get this set.

This ranger's level had also reached level 46. Even in a first-rate guild, he would be a high-level player, an absolute core member, but here he was just an elite member. It was simply unbelievable...

Youlan looked at the elite team guarding the gate and was filled with emotion.

The current Zero Wing Guild was really not the Zero Wing Guild she used to know. With this foundation, it was no wonder they dared to challenge the Blackwater Financial Group.

"Hahaha, another group of people are amazed by Zero Wing's equipment. How many groups is this today?"

"How can they not be surprised? That's a level 45 Fine-Gold set. Even skilled players are lucky to get level 45 Fine-Gold equipment now. A Fine-Gold set is simply a dream."

"A level 45 Fine-Gold set is definitely top-quality in other guilds and adventurer teams, but it's nothing in the Zero Wing Guild. I heard that core members of Zero Wing can also exchange for Tier 1 sets. Do you know what Tier 1 sets are? They are better than level 45 Dark-Gold sets before level 50. If you wear that set of equipment, it's hard not to become a master. It's just that the exchange points are a bit too expensive."

"Tier 1 sets are already old news. I heard from internal members of Zero Wing that core members can exchange for Epic items. There are several Epic equipment in Zero Wing's warehouse now."

"Really? Epic equipment can also be exchanged? Isn't that distributed by the guild?"

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The players queuing at the gate couldn't help but talk about the Zero Wing Guild when they saw An Tong and others, and the more they talked, the more excited they became, making the players queuing behind and the passers-by drool and become extremely envious.

This made An Tong and others who had just arrived at Zero Wing not know what to say.

They originally thought that it would be easy for them to join Zero Wing and become core members, after all, they were also masters in the Underworld, but seeing the level 46 ranger guarding the gate made them feel unsure.

"Let's go in." Shi Feng didn't care about the discussions of the players queuing at the gate. He then revealed the dark-black guild emblem that only Zero Wing's higher-ups had and led An Tong and others into the Zero Wing Residence.

The crowd watching Shi Feng, who was wearing a black cloak, reveal the dark-black guild mark caused a stir.

"Dark-black mark! Is that a higher-up of the Zero Wing Guild?"

"The guild mark and guild emblem can't be faked. That person must be a big shot of the Zero Wing Guild. I wonder who those people following the big shot are. Could they be core members of Zero Wing?"

"That's absolutely impossible. Since they are core members, how come they don't even wear the Zero Wing guild emblem?"

"They should be joining the Zero Wing Guild, right? I think their levels are not low, and their equipment is not bad."

"These people are really lucky to know a higher-up of Zero Wing. They can join the Zero Wing Guild directly without queuing for testing!"

Everyone couldn't help but envy Youlan and others who entered the Zero Wing Guild.

After An Tong and others entered the Zero Wing Residence, an assassin lurking on the opposite street revealed himself. It was San Gui (Third Ghost), one of the Seven Ghost Gods of the Underworld that Shi Feng had fought before.

"This Zero Wing Guild actually dares to take in Youlan and the others. They really don't take our Blackwater Guild seriously." San Gui looked at Youlan, who had already walked into the Zero Wing Guild Hall, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. "It seems like it's time to report to the higher-ups."