Chapter 1 Golden Start

As a golden light rose from the teleportation magic array, Shi Feng arrived at Angelfire Town in the blink of an eye.

As the only safe place in Angelfire Shelter, Angelfire Town was more like an NPC city with a population of four to five hundred thousand in the Star-Moon Kingdom. Moreover, the defending NPCs were all above level 120, making it second only to the twelve major cities of the Endless Sea.

"There are really few players leveling up here." Shi Feng walked out of the teleportation hall, looked around, and found that the number of players on the street was less than the number of NPCs.

But after thinking about it, it was normal. After all, Angelfire Shelter was a map for levels 40 to 65. Currently, very few players in God's Domain could reach level 40 or above, and even the Endless Sea, where leveling was faster, wouldn't have many.

Not to mention that Angelfire Shelter was very dangerous, so even fewer players were willing to come.

The reason why Angelfire Town had such high-level NPC guards was that the entire surrounding area was very dangerous. As soon as players left the guarded area of Angelfire Town, they would definitely be attacked by a large number of murlocs. If they were careless, they would be surrounded and killed by a large number of murlocs.

If players left the island where Angelfire Town was located, the danger would be doubled. At that time, players would not only have to face sea beasts, but also be attacked by underwater murlocs. These murlocs were not like the stupid sea beasts. They would jump onto ships to fight players in close combat, and would also command sea beasts to attack ships, putting players in a situation where they were attacked from both sides.

It could be said that the Endless Sea was the habitat of alien murlocs. The difficulty of survival was at least two levels higher than the previous maps. Even teams composed of elite players from the Endless Sea found it difficult to survive here, and they had to be led by experts.

Because in the Angelfire Shelter map, there were requirements not only for the players' boats, but also for the players' combat skills. It was no longer like before, where they only had to control the boats and resist the attacks of sea beasts together on the boats. They also had to fight against murlocs with considerable intelligence. This was a test for the players in the Endless Sea, and it was also a time to improve their combat skills.

Although there were few players in Angelfire Town, the players who had been leveling up in Angelfire Shelter were relatively strong. The level of any random player on the street was above level 41, and there were many players who had reached level 42. It should be known that in the Star-Moon Kingdom, only expert players could reach level 40 or above…

As for the weapons and equipment, not to mention, the worst were level 40 Mithril equipment.

"Team up to go to the Corrosion Cave, already have an advanced speedboat, looking for players above level 41, with at least four pieces of level 40 Fine-Gold equipment, Mithril and below please don't bother!"

"One-day tour of the Murloc Nest, looking for experts above level 41, novices please don't bother! At least six pieces of level 40 Fine-Gold equipment, priority for those with level 40 Dark-Gold weapons! Weapons, equipment and materials will be auctioned off at the team's bottom price!"

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Shi Feng had just walked to the main street when he saw many players recruiting players on the main street. The requirements were incredibly high. In the Star-Moon Kingdom, only experts were wanted, but in Angelfire Town, it seemed normal, and many people could be seen running over.

However, Shi Feng was not very interested in this. His goal was the trade area at the town gate.

The trade area could be said to be the most lively place in the entire Angelfire Town. Many players could be seen setting up stalls to sell items everywhere.

"Selling Fine-Gold Swiftwind Bow cheaply! Come quickly if you want it!"

"Selling Murloc Secrets, 12 silver coins per page, don't miss it if you want to do the quest!"

"Buying a large amount of Silver Tears, 3 silver coins per piece, only buying one hundred pieces!"

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The towns in the Endless Sea were different from those in the Star-Moon Kingdom. Players would take the items they dropped from killing monsters to the trade area to set up stalls to sell, and would not take them to the auction house. There were two reasons for this. One was that the auction house was only available in the twelve major cities of the Endless Sea, and the round-trip teleportation fee was not cheap. Because the distance between the islands was very far, Shi Feng's one-way teleportation fee was 52 silver coins. Ordinary players coming from Azurewater City would generally teleport to the nearest directly-administered town to Angelfire Town first, because the teleportation fee in the directly-administered town was very cheap, and then slowly sail over by speedboat, which would take a lot of time.

The second was that the handling fee for the auction house in the Endless Sea was more expensive than the handling fee on the land, almost 20%, which could be said to be extortionate. But it had to be admitted that it was worth the price, because the items in these auction houses were for players in all twelve major cities of the Endless Sea, so there was no need to worry about not selling them at a good price. But if the items were ordinary, players would pay some stall fees themselves and sell them at a low price in the town trade area, or accumulate a period of items and take them to the auction house to sell together. After all, it was inconvenient to travel back and forth, except for those who were rich and generous.

Shi Feng came to an NPC grocery store next to the trade street.

"Esteemed guest, what do you need? All the items in this store are of high quality, and definitely worth the price." A middle-aged, slightly fat shopkeeper with a mustache stepped forward and said.

"I want to rent this shop." As Shi Feng spoke, he put on the Angelfire Emblem.

He had already checked the environment of the trade area. The location of this shop was quite good, and it was perfect to use it as a secret shop for the Candlelight Firm. Although he wanted to buy it, he didn't have enough money on hand, so he could only rent it first.

The town shops in the Endless Sea were different from those in the Star-Moon Kingdom. There was no need to go to the city hall, just negotiate the price with the shopkeeper. Of course, there was a prerequisite, that was, the authority had to be high enough. In addition, you could also rent, which also required a certain amount of authority. Compared to buying, renting was much cheaper, but there were two risks. One was that the rental was for the highest bidder. When the rental period expired, if other players also wanted to rent, then the two would have to compete. The other was that if the shop was bought by that player during the rental period, you would be kicked out when the rental period expired.

So choosing to rent was just a temporary solution. For long-term benefits, it was better to buy it.

"Esteemed guest, you have great foresight. This shop is a century-old shop with an excellent location. But you are a respected guest of the town, so I can give you a 10% discount. You only need to pay 900 gold per month." The shopkeeper rubbed his hands, his eyes shining with golden light.

"Okay, I'll rent it for a month first." Shi Feng was slightly taken aback when he heard this, but this price was reasonable. After all, it was a future little holy land. If it were to be bought, the price would be more than ten times higher.

Afterwards, Shi Feng paid 900 gold and also obtained the rental certificate for this grocery store.

Shi Feng did not intend to renovate the shop, nor did he intend to change the staff. He just hung a sign at the entrance of the shop.

The shop is buying a large number of Magic Rune Fragments, 5 silver coins per stack, while supplies last!

Although it was just a small wooden sign, the effect was very amazing, and it directly shocked the passing players. Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes and look at the wooden sign.

"Damn, am I seeing things? An NPC is actually willing to buy Magic Rune Fragments for 5 silver coins per stack?"

"Could this be a shop opened by the Sea Territory Alliance!"

"Hahaha, that's great. I was just thinking of going back to the city to sell the Magic Rune Fragments to the Sea Territory Alliance's shop. Although the purchase price here is a bit cheaper, if I can sell them all at once here, it will save me a lot of teleportation fees."

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Everyone looked at the two-story grocery store in front of them and discussed it one by one. The gazes looking at the wooden sign were extremely excited.

In the entire Endless Sea, only the Sea Territory Alliance's shops would spend a lot of money to buy a large number of Magic Rune Fragments. No one else would collect them at all, and the NPC's purchase price was too cheap, only 40 copper coins per stack. It was better to gather a pile of Magic Rune Fragments and go to the NPC alchemist to synthesize Magic Rune Crystals. Although the success rate was only 10%, after synthesizing Magic Rune Crystals, the selling price of a Magic Rune Crystal was more than 10 silver coins.

If you were lucky, five stacks of Magic Rune Fragments could synthesize a Magic Rune Crystal, which was equivalent to selling a stack of Magic Rune Fragments for 2 silver coins. However, the NPC alchemist's favorability was a bit difficult to increase, and the synthesis also required some cost and time. Ordinary players were not very willing to do it, and would save them for future synthesis.

Now that an NPC shop was willing to buy them for 5 silver coins per stack, how could everyone not be excited?

This was a great opportunity to make money!

Immediately, a large number of players rushed into the grocery store. The first thing they did was to rush to the NPC shop assistant, open the transaction bar, put the Magic Rune Fragments on hand, confirm that the purchase price was 5 silver coins per stack, and then directly put all the Magic Rune Fragments in their backpacks and clicked on the transaction.

The whole process was smooth and flowing, even faster and more accurate than dodging a Boss's attack.

In just a moment, the grocery store bought more than two hundred stacks of Magic Rune Fragments, and the 1,000 gold that Shi Feng had stored in the shop was instantly reduced by more than ten gold.

"Damn it, I still have a lot of Magic Rune Fragments stored in the bank's warehouse. Don't finish collecting them so quickly!" In addition to a large number of players rushing into the shop, even more players did not care about their stalls and rushed directly to the bank's warehouse on the main street.

And the news that a nameless shop was collecting Magic Rune Fragments was also spreading like wildfire and gradually spreading in the Endless Sea.