Chapter 1304 Merchant City Emerald

"Boss Yitao, there's absolutely no mistake. Look at these pictures. All the original shops have been changed into Candlelight Firm branches." A bald, middle-aged man took out a stack of pictures sent by his subordinates.

Qi Yitao's expression turned incredibly grim after looking through them.

"Bai Qingxue!" Qi Yitao slammed his hand on the wooden table, causing the wine glasses and the Tears of the Witch to shake violently, almost falling to the ground.

He hadn't expected that the moment he removed Bai Qingxue from her position and cleaned up her subordinates, she would pull this stunt, not allowing him any time to enjoy himself.

In fact, it wasn't just Qi Yitao who was furious; the expressions of the major guilds throughout the Star-Moon Kingdom were also extremely unpleasant.

Because this news was simply too shocking.

"What exactly does Bai Qingxue want to do?"

"She sold so many potential plots of land to Zero Wing. Is she crazy?"

The major guilds hated Bai Qingxue's actions. They would rather spend double the price to buy these plots from Bai Qingxue and let them rot in their hands than hand them over to the Candlelight Firm.

So many New Moon Firm branches under the Serpent Guild in major cities had now become Candlelight Firms. Although these shops were the cheapest storefronts, they were now crowded with players coming to visit and shop.

Transferring shops in God's Domain was easy. You just had to go to the city hall to complete the formalities. If you didn't modify the shop, just changed the name, the NPCs could immediately change it for you at no cost.

The Candlelight Firm had always been famous for selling Light Stones and Armor Slugs.

Especially the Intermediate Mana Armor Slugs, which were already out of stock in the market. If the production of Intermediate Mana Armor Slugs wasn't so low and the price so ridiculously high, the Candlelight Firm would have already dominated the entire Star-Moon Kingdom market. Other firms without exclusive products simply had no room to survive. But even so, it had become the number one firm in the Star-Moon Kingdom.

Moreover, due to the limited foundation of the Candlelight Firm, even with aggressive land purchases, the amount of potential land they could buy was limited. As for buying prime real estate in major cities, first, they didn't have the capital. Buying one piece of prime real estate would cost as much as buying three or four potential plots in the same city. Unless they were building a main base or had too much money, they wouldn't buy prime real estate. Second, Zero Wing Guild members didn't have enough reputation to buy it. So the Candlelight Firm's development in the Star-Moon Kingdom was limited.

Bai Qingxue had deliberately chosen potential plots in major cities where the Candlelight Firm wasn't present, or plots that were geographically far apart, to avoid direct competition with the Candlelight Firm.

The shops Bai Qingxue sold completely made up for the Candlelight Firm's lack of quantity and limited coverage. Moreover, the Candlelight Firm had previously recruited a large number of lifestyle players. If these lifestyle players were trained, it would be a disaster for those with a low market share. Yet, they couldn't directly attack the Candlelight Firm in the Star-Moon Kingdom...

Just as the major guilds were holding meetings to figure out how to deal with the suddenly expanded Candlelight Firm, Shi Feng teleported from the Black Dragon City, the capital of the Black Dragon Empire, to Emerald City.

As one of the top ten major cities in the Black Dragon Empire, Shi Feng discovered that the number of players on the streets was no less than that of White River City as soon as he walked out of the teleportation hall, only their levels and equipment were a little worse.

Due to the problem of the abyssal monsters, level 37 and 38 players were everywhere on the streets of White River City, and even level 39 experts could occasionally be seen.

Emerald City was different. There were few players above level 36 on the streets, and players at level 37 and 38 were rare.

However, empires were different from kingdoms. Generally, real-world cities that could be classified as empires by God's Domain were second-tier top or first-tier cities with populations of tens of millions. These cities were filled with all sorts of people, with many studios and large guilds, and the competition was extremely fierce. Emerald City was one of the top ten major cities, and there were no fewer than ten different large guild members that could be seen on the streets.

This was rare in the Star-Moon Kingdom. It was already cruel for three or four major guilds to compete in a big city, but there were more than ten in Emerald City, all of which were at least second-rate guilds, and there were three first-rate guilds, which was no less than the number of first-rate guilds in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom.

"I remember that the guild that ultimately ruled Emerald City in the previous life seemed to be Undefeated Dynasty. Undefeated Dynasty is a very inclusive guild among many first-rate guilds. If I open a shop here, I shouldn't have to worry about being suppressed." Shi Feng sat in a high-end carriage, looked around at the players on the street, and secretly estimated.

Currently, the guilds with the largest number of members on the street were two first-rate guilds, Illusory World and Undefeated Dynasty. As for the other first-rate guild, it was the one Shi Feng was familiar with, Unyielding Soul.

Since Zero Wing Guild became the absolute overlord of White River City, Unyielding Soul had completely withdrawn from the battle for hegemony in the Star-Moon Kingdom and focused on strategic cities in the Black Dragon Empire and other kingdoms.

The surrounding area of Emerald City was mainly mountainous, a major city producing rare ores and emeralds, and could be considered a strategic city in the Black Dragon Empire, but Dragon Phoenix Pavilion looked down on these things, which was why Emerald City was in its current state.

Just as Shi Feng walked out of the high-end carriage, he saw more than a dozen free players walking out of the New Moon Firm. These players were quite extraordinary in level, with a minimum level of 36 and a general level of 37. They were elite even in a large guild. In terms of combat level, free players could hardly reach level 37 unless they had passed the fourth floor of the Trial Tower.

Moreover, these people were well-equipped, almost all with level 35 Mithril quality or higher, definitely considered experts in the eyes of ordinary players.

"It's really hateful. The Intermediate Recovery Potion and Intermediate Mana Recovery Potion sold out so quickly. I really should have bought more to stock up. Now we don't even have a chance to earn a bounty."

"There's no way around it. Who would have thought that Illusory World and Undefeated Dynasty would fully go to war in Emerald City? Now they're offering bounties on each other's guild members."

"But what's wrong with these two guilds? They suddenly declared a full-scale war for no reason. They were quite restrained before."

"I heard from their internal people that it seems that both guilds have discovered a town. This town is a treasure. There is a Mithril mine under the town, which allows players who occupy the town to mine this vein at will."

"A Mithril mine that can be mined at will? Wouldn't they be rich if they got the town!"

"Who says no? But the NPCs defending the town are unusual, and it's very difficult to capture. As long as they are slightly attacked by other guilds, they may fail, so both sides now want to drive each other out of Emerald City."

"It's good to be in a big guild. We free players have to run our legs off just for ordinary mines, but they can directly dig in the town!"

When these players talked about the Mithril mine, they were all drooling.

Although Mithril ore wasn't very valuable, it was commonly used in forging weapons and equipment and was a relatively scarce ore. Generally, as long as you collected it, you could easily sell it. If you could easily collect it, the money you earned would be unimaginable.

"Mithril mine?" Shi Feng looked at the free players who were talking and laughing as they left, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

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