Chapter 1434 High-Intelligence NPC

Inside the quiet and elegant reception room, Shi Feng had been browsing for half an hour without realizing it, and the more he looked, the more shocked he became.

High-intelligence NPCs, usually hard to come by, were now everywhere.

There were even NPCs with an intelligence of 80.

If the God's Domain system didn't stipulate that NPCs hired from the Adventurer's Association couldn't become a player's direct guards, he would have wanted to bring them all back to form a large NPC guard army.

"I'll choose these ten."

After looking through all the lists, Shi Feng directly pointed out ten advanced NPCs, nine of whom had an intelligence of 70 or higher, and one with an intelligence as high as 82.

An intelligence of 82 in God's Domain was roughly equivalent to the intelligence of a Tier 3 NPC.

Although he wanted to hire more, this was the limit he could currently reach.

Because a beginner town could only hire ten advanced NPCs at most.

Moreover, hiring advanced NPCs wasn't easy. Not only did he have to meet the hire prices they offered, but also the conditions they set, unlike ordinary NPCs, who had no restrictions and only needed to be paid 2 gold coins per month.

Just the one NPC with an intelligence of 82 that he had selected was enough to make an ordinary guild bleed.

Because the hiring price offered by that NPC was ten gold coins per day, with a one-month deposit required in advance, and the number of people managing the store had to be no less than 500.

For a typical shop, employing a dozen or twenty NPCs was already good enough. Hiring 500 NPCs could open more than ten shops, and an ordinary shop could never meet that condition.

Fortunately, he was opening a large arena, which required a large number of ordinary NPCs, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to cope with so many players every day.

After Shi Feng finalized his choices, the beautiful NPC beside him excitedly started calculating the bill and quickly replied, "Honorable Slayer, the ten advanced managers and five hundred ordinary managers you have hired require a one-month deposit in advance, totaling 4000 gold. After your payment, we will send them to Stone Forest Town within an hour. Do you need anything else, Honorable Slayer?"

"That's all." Shi Feng nodded and directly paid the 4000 gold deposit, feeling a slight pang in his heart.

Players' levels had improved quite a bit now, and they earned more money than before, but copper coins still had considerable purchasing power, let alone gold coins. There probably wasn't a guild in the entire God's Domain that could be as generous as him, directly spending 4000 gold to hire NPCs to manage a store.

But only Shi Feng knew that this money had to be spent, as players alone couldn't manage it.

After finishing the NPC hiring, Shi Feng checked the time and realized it was almost time for his appointment with the representatives of those large enterprises. He then left the Adventurer's Association and took a high-class carriage to the Candlelight Trading Firm.

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In the VIP reception room on the seventh floor of the Candlelight Trading Firm, the representatives of various large enterprises had been waiting for a long time, but they weren't angry because of it. Instead, they were shocked.

White River City was now the most populous city in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom.

And the Candlelight Trading Firm was located on the main commercial street of White River City. Besides the NPC-managed buildings, the Candlelight Trading Firm was the tallest, and the view of the street was unobstructed, as if they were emperors overlooking the entire city.

This unique scenery wasn't all that amazing. What was truly surprising was the news they had just received.

During this time, the number of players in Stone Forest Town had reached 500,000, and it would definitely exceed 1,000,000 in the near future.

One million players was equivalent to a large NPC city. If they could open a virtual store in such a prosperous town, they definitely wouldn't lack customers.

The only problem was that Stone Forest Town was too small.

If it could be larger, advancing from a beginner town to an intermediate town, that would be perfect. But Stone Forest Town had just come out of its protection period, and the introduction of NPCs had just begun. It would take a considerable amount of time to be promoted to an intermediate town.

Furthermore, Zero Wing was asking for too much money.

They were asking for 1 billion credits upfront. With that much money, they could directly build a large guild or invest in a second-rate guild, owning a considerable share, instead of just getting priority access to a town and being guaranteed to rent a prime piece of land in a Zero Wing-occupied town, with the rent slowly deducted from the 1 billion. This condition was simply too high.

Of course, after signing the contract, if they didn't want to rent anymore, they could return the remaining credits after six months.

But they still intended to negotiate the price.

After all, the entire Star-Moon Kingdom wasn't peaceful, and the Blackwater Guild had been eyeing the Zero Wing Guild. They could use this to lower the price.

Just as everyone was thinking about how to negotiate the price, the door of the reception room suddenly opened, and a woman with a peerless figure and a veiled face walked in. Although they couldn't see her face, everyone could tell from her graceful figure that the woman was definitely a beauty of unparalleled elegance.

"Could this beauty also be here to cooperate with Zero Wing?"

Everyone immediately started whispering about the identity of this stunning beauty, but they soon discovered that the seat this beauty took was next to the main seat, showing how much Zero Wing valued this stunning beauty.

This stunning beauty was Feng Qianyu.

Feng Qianyu was also surprised when she walked in.

She didn't expect so many large enterprises to want to cooperate with Zero Wing, and these large enterprises were all rich and powerful, comparable to Aqua Rose's Sun-Moon Corporation.

Moreover, after she walked in, she suddenly noticed that Aqua Rose had become much stronger. Although her level was concealed, the aura emanating from her couldn't be faked. Furthermore, Purple Smoke, who was next to Aqua Rose, was even more powerful, faintly posing a considerable threat to her.

As for Half Summer, who was on the other side of Aqua Rose, was also very good. A level 41 Elementalist would be a top-ranked player in any guild, and seeing as she was so young, she had great potential in the future.

"Is this really the Zero Wing Guild I knew before?"

Feng Qianyu carefully observed Purple Smoke and suddenly discovered that Purple Smoke's every move was incredibly natural, making people feel indescribably comfortable. She was even more surprised.

She had watched the battle in the Dark Arena last time. Although Purple Smoke hadn't made many moves, it was clear that Purple Smoke hadn't reached the Refinement Realm, but in such a short time, she had directly stepped into the Refinement Realm from the Semi-Refinement Realm.

Moreover, Purple Smoke was obviously just a young girl in her teens. Reaching the Refinement Realm at this age would definitely make her one of the best geniuses in their Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion, and she would definitely receive key training. After all, even Azure Phoenix hadn't reached the Refinement Realm when she was as young as Purple Smoke.

Not long after Feng Qianyu sat down, Shi Feng walked in from outside the door.

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