Chapter 1 The Meaning of the Mana Mine

Tianquan Huixiang's anger lingered in his eyes for a moment. He looked at the silent Shi Feng and took a deep breath, turning to look at Water Rose.

He hoped Water Rose could say something.

If possible, Twilight Echoes really didn't want others to get involved in the Mana Ore Mountain.

However, the Mana Ore Vein was too conspicuous, and Senluo Pavilion was growing stronger day by day. Moreover, Twilight Echoes and Senluo Pavilion could be said to be old rivals in the Storm Empire, so it was only a matter of time before Senluo Pavilion dealt with Twilight Echoes.

That's why they planned to cooperate with Zero Wing Guild.

Firstly, it could better protect the Mana Ore Mountain. Secondly, it would tie Zero Wing Guild to the Twilight Echoes' warship, so that Senluo Pavilion wouldn't go too far when facing the alliance of their two major guilds. Thirdly, it would enhance the strength of Twilight Echoes. He had clearly investigated the Mana Ore Vein and knew it was one of the veins that could produce Mana Crystals. A large number of Mana Crystals would help improve the strength of the guild's players, and major guilds were willing to use Mana Crystals for weapon and equipment transactions.

However, before Water Rose could say anything, Shi Feng spoke again, "This condition I've stated is my bottom line. If you don't think it's suitable, you can look for other partners."

"Guild Leader?" Water Rose, standing to the side, didn't expect Shi Feng to be so firm.

Business negotiations should involve give and take. Sticking to one point made it difficult to continue the discussion.

How could any guild agree to giving away 70% of the ore vein's profits, not to mention completely controlling the mining town?

Twilight Echoes' situation in the Storm Empire wasn't good. If they negotiated properly, Zero Wing Guild could definitely get 60% of the profits. As for the mining town, they shouldn't even think about it. No one would hand over a town they had worked so hard to obtain.

Not only was Water Rose somewhat astonished, but even Bai Qingxue was incredibly surprised.

The deal Twilight Echoes was proposing was a good thing for Zero Wing Guild. Even without the town, the Mana Crystals from the profits could allow the guild to grow further.

Although Zero Wing was now a three-star guild with a guild training room, the guild training room only taught the basics. To further improve into an expert, one still needed to fight in the Trial Tower of the Gods and Demons Arena.

"Guild Leader Black Flame, the most our Twilight Echoes can give you is 70% of the ore vein's profits. As for the town, we won't give it up," Tianquan Huixiang said, feeling that this might be Shi Feng's attempt to intimidate him. Considering Zero Wing Guild's current situation, he ultimately chose to take a step back.

"It seems Twilight Echoes still doesn't understand the significance of the Mana Ore Vein." Shi Feng sighed. "Forget it, if you're not giving up the town, this cooperation is impossible. Anyway, the town is still under protection. Even if other guilds have the intention, they can't do anything about it. You should go back and think about it carefully before coming back."

After saying that, Shi Feng asked Fire Dance to see them off.

Tianquan Huixiang didn't even have time to react. He had already made a big concession, but Shi Feng had no intention of continuing the discussion.

He even wondered if Shi Feng understood the value of the Mana Ore Vein.

"Guild Leader, is that town really that valuable?" Bai Qingxue asked after seeing Tianquan Huixiang leave.

Currently, Zero Wing Guild was already stretched thin managing Stone Forest Town and sending manpower to other NPC cities. Even if they obtained a very valuable town now, Zero Wing Guild wouldn't have the strength to manage it.

After all, the construction and development of a town consumed a lot of manpower and resources.

"The town itself has no value. The real value lies in the Mana Ore Vein, but the value of the Mana Ore Vein far exceeds Twilight Echoes' imagination. If we want to protect the Mana Ore Vein, the town must be controlled by our Zero Wing Guild. Otherwise, even if we cooperate with Twilight Echoes, we won't be able to protect the Mana Ore Vein in the future. It's better not to cooperate then," Shi Feng shook his head.

Mana Ore Vein!

That was a vein even more valuable than the Source Iron Ore Vein. Just the Source Iron Ore Vein alone required the full effort of Dark Crow, one of the six dark guilds, to protect. If it were a Mana Ore Vein, even Dark Crow wouldn't be able to protect it.

In his previous life, every Mana Ore Vein that appeared was a world war. First-rate guilds were at best bystanders, and dreaming of obtaining a Mana Ore Vein was simply impossible.

Yet Twilight Echoes believed that their two guilds could protect the Mana Ore Vein. It was simply wishful thinking.

If he could really get 50% of the profits from the vein by contributing some manpower and resources, he would definitely agree with both hands and feet. However, the cruelty of God's Domain wasn't as simple as Tianquan Huixiang thought.

The reason he dared to agree to Tianquan Huixiang was entirely because he had three trump cards he could use.

The first was the Four Elements Tower. He had the design blueprint in hand, and he could build it as long as he had enough materials.

The second was Feng Qianyu. Feng Qianyu was the Pavilion Master of Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion. Bringing her in would be a considerable deterrent to the outside world.

The third was Tianji Pavilion. He had a lot of cooperation with Tianji Pavilion. Tianji Pavilion was a very transcendent force in God's Domain, and its deterrent force was even greater than that of Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion.

As long as the town had the Four Elements Tower to guard it, coupled with the two super forces of Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion and Tianji Pavilion as backing, other super forces and first-rate guilds would naturally have to think twice.

He had to spend so much manpower and resources to have a chance to protect the Mana Ore Vein, and letting Twilight Echoes take 30% of the profits was already giving Water Rose face.

Of course, if Zero Wing Guild was strong enough, with a million elite members and tens of thousands of experts, it could also take the Mana Ore Vein for itself. However, Zero Wing Guild didn't have that ability right now.

Although Shi Feng said it simply, Bai Qingxue and Water Rose quickly understood the reasoning behind it, so they didn't say anything more.

A common man is innocent, but he is condemned because of his treasure! (idiom)

They just didn't expect the Mana Ore Vein to be so valuable.

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"Brother Quan, what should we do now?" The level 41 Berserker looked at Tianquan Huixiang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, and asked, "Zero Wing's asking price is too high. It's impossible to negotiate."

The purpose of this mission was to discuss cooperation, but before there was any cooperation, they had already been kicked out by Zero Wing Guild...

"What else can we do? We can only tell the other elders about this matter and see what they say. Anyway, I'm too lazy to care about this matter. I knew I shouldn't have agreed to this position as acting guild leader," Tianquan Huixiang glared at the strong man next to him, and the anger in his heart grew stronger.

Then, Tianquan Huixiang took out a Return Scroll and directly left White River City.

On the other side, Shi Feng also directly teleported to the Barren Ancient Land through the teleportation magic array built in the guild's basement, preparing to go to the Sea of Death. As for the guild's other affairs, they had already been handed over to Water Rose and Bai Qingxue.

Just as Shi Feng left White River City, in the Stone Ape Forest within the Star-Moon Kingdom region, a level 40 twenty-man elite team was dealing with a level 43 Stone Ape Lord.

"Increase your firepower, this Boss is about to die!" The leading level 41 Ranger shouted excitedly.

Just as the Stone Ape Lord had less than 10% of its health left, a painful scream suddenly came from the back of the team, causing everyone in the team to turn their heads to look at the source of the sound.

"Haozi!" The leading level 41 Ranger saw his teammate, who had fallen to the ground and turned into a dried corpse, and felt a chill run down his spine.

Too fast!

From the time he screamed to the time they turned their heads to look, the priest in the team was dead.

"How did he die?" Everyone couldn't help but be surprised. "Could it be the Stone Ape Lord's skill?"

Just as everyone thought so, a black shadow flashed by, and one person in the team was directly snatched away by this black shadow, followed by another scream.

"Not good, it's a monster ambush, everyone be careful!" The leading Ranger quickly reminded.

However, not long after he finished speaking, several black shadows flashed by again, and one player after another was killed. Only a few people who reacted quickly activated their life-saving skills, allowing everyone to see the true appearance of these black shadows.

These black shadows were all humanoid creatures, but they had a long horn on their heads, and their entire bodies were covered in black scales. The way they looked at them was like they were mocking food.

"Run!"

After seeing this scene, the leading Ranger clearly understood that they had no chance of winning against the Boss and these monsters.

Although the idea was correct, after a moment, everyone in the entire team was killed by these unicorn monsters.

"Hahaha, these humanoid monsters are indeed powerful. I wonder if another one can emerge from these people."

After everyone was dead, a person walked out of the forest. This person exuded an eerie aura and was out of tune with the entire environment. His entire skin was dark gray, and a blood-colored magic array was imprinted on his forehead. He didn't look like a human at all.

But if Shi Feng were standing here, he would definitely discover that this person was none other than Abandoned Wave, the guild leader of Blackwater Guild!