"Looking for me?" Shi Feng couldn't help but think of the deal Yuan Tiexin had mentioned earlier, and immediately said, "Have them wait at the Candlelight Trading Firm headquarters for a bit. I'll be right there."

A great battle had completely disfigured Stone Forest Town.

It probably wouldn't be able to operate normally for quite some time, meaning Stone Forest Town would be at zero income.

Reconstruction and repairs would require a lot of gold coins. Selling the Filthy Crystals was undoubtedly a foolish choice, and the purpose of the Filthy Crystals was still a secret, so how could he easily reveal it? However, relying on the current Candlelight Trading Firm was probably far from enough, let alone the funds to establish a city.

He really needed to have a good talk with Tianji Lao Mao.

When it came to which of the many super forces was the richest, it was none other than Tianji Lao Mao.

Just the sales from each issue of the Experts Ranking List brought in an unimaginable amount of money, not to mention various consulting fees and so on. Just thinking about it was terrifying.

How could he not fleece such a big client who personally came to his door?

Just after Aqua Rose went to inform Tianji Lao Mao of the meeting location, White Feather came over to report: "Guild Leader, many free players are reporting that they hope we reopen Stone Forest Town as soon as possible, especially those who have become Arena members. They say that if Stone Forest Town doesn't open the Arena immediately, they will demand a refund of their magic crystals. Should we fix the Arena first to appease the Arena members? If this continues, the number of members requesting refunds will probably increase."

As the Vice-Guild Leader of Zero Wing, White Feather knew some detailed information about Zero Wing and was very clear about how poor the Zero Wing Guild was now.

She had always thought that Zero Wing was definitely the wealthiest guild in the Star-Moon Kingdom.

It clearly had two major sources of gold coins, the Candlelight Trading Firm and Stone Forest Town. The gold coins earned every day were the envy of even her, a former first-rate guild leader. But now, looking at the books, they were practically empty…

She really didn't know where all the money Zero Wing earned had gone.

However, White Feather didn't know that Zero Wing earned a lot of gold coins, but it spent even more, and it was all in amounts of tens of thousands of gold…

"So eager?" Shi Feng thought for a moment and smiled. "Alright, tell them that refunds are possible, but after Stone Forest Town is rebuilt, membership will be increased to 1,200 magic crystals across the board, and the price of renting a combat room will also be doubled. If they want to quit, then go ahead and quit. I welcome it."

"This…" White Feather couldn't help but look at Shi Feng in astonishment.

This was clearly a move to drive customers away.

The membership fee charged before had already made many players hesitate. Now, 1,200 magic crystals was simply outrageously high. Only a fool would pay 1,200 magic crystals, not to mention the doubled rental fee. It would definitely affect the Arena's business.

"Don't worry, just tell them that." Shi Feng waved his hand and said nothing more.

Before, he had planned to manage Stone Forest Town as an ordinary town so that ordinary players could also enjoy it, but now he had changed his mind.

He intended to build Stone Forest Town into a holy land for player PK! (player versus player)

The three magic towers had already been built in Stone Forest Town, and the concentration of magic power was much higher than before. The cost of maintaining the three magic towers every day was very high, so it was impossible to maintain the previous prices.

And the most important point was that he had a Town Promotion Order in his hand.

Shi Feng had not expected Lancelot to drop this item.

Although this Town Promotion Order was only Bronze-grade, it could directly promote an elementary town to an intermediate town.

This was a treasure that countless guilds dreamed of. Even twenty epic-level items would definitely not be exchanged for it.

Town promotion in God's Domain was a very difficult and time-consuming matter. If there were any instability or safety issues, the efforts of the past few days might be wasted.

With the Town Promotion Order, it could be directly promoted to an intermediate town. The number of npC guards that could be hired would directly increase to 2,000, and real defensive buildings could also be built. There was no need to use basic defensive buildings like turrets anymore. The town area would also double in size, allowing it to accommodate more players without being so crowded.

The increase in the town's area would definitely attract more players to Stone Forest Town, so there was no need to worry about a lack of players.

After being promoted to an intermediate town, all the buildings in the town could also be further upgraded. Actually, it was just increasing the building area. For example, the five-story Arena could be increased to eight stories, plus one underground floor, making it nine stories. This would increase the number of players that could be accommodated several times over each day.

At that time, Stone Forest Town would become a real money-making machine.

However, there was one prerequisite.

That was money!

And a lot of money!

Afterward, White Feather helplessly turned around and left, preparing to notify everyone and issue the new regulations for Stone Forest Town. Shi Feng himself used a Return Scroll to directly return to White River City.

The new regulations immediately aroused the anger of many free players.

"Zero Wing is too black-hearted. 1,200 magic crystals? Why doesn't he just rob us! Only a ghost would become a member!"

"The rental price is being doubled? This is too much. Our money doesn't grow on trees."

"I'm going to get a refund. Only an idiot would go to Stone Forest Town in the future. With that money, I might as well go to the God and Demon Arena."

Many players who had been misled began to stir up trouble in secret, making many players feel that they were right.

It was only because Stone Forest Town had a higher concentration of magic power, which they felt would help improve their strength in combat PK, but the price was really beyond the limit that ordinary players could bear. Even elite players probably wouldn't dare to play for too long.

For a time, many member players began to demand refunds, feeling that Zero Wing was simply cheating them and that only idiots would fall for it.

While Aqua Rose and White Feather were busy and overwhelmed, far away in White River City, in a VIP box on the second floor of the Adventurer's Association, Shi Feng was sitting on the sofa, leisurely selecting a construction blueprint for an intermediate town.

When promoting from an elementary town to an intermediate town, players had a variety of templates to choose from. These templates had different focuses.

Different templates also had different prices.

Some were more suitable for the town's npC economic development, which would increase the town's popularity faster. There were also templates suitable for the players' economic development. In addition, there were templates that made it easier to hire powerful npC guards. In short, there were many different kinds, depending on what kind of town the player wanted to build.

In addition, promoting a town was different from capturing a town. It cost less money, and the money required to promote a town using a Promotion Order was even less. It only cost 3,000 gold to promote it. Plus, Shi Feng's identity as a City Guardian gave him a 20% discount, so it ultimately only cost 2,400 gold.

This gave Shi Feng a lot of money to choose a better template.

"It seems that the templates here are indeed much worse than the one Lancelot dropped." Shi Feng carefully flipped through them. Some templates were only available because of his high-level title, but these templates were still much worse than the Town Design he got from Lancelot. He then looked at the beautiful npC attendant, took out an old and simple design from his backpack, and asked softly, "If I want to build using this design, I wonder how much it will cost?"