"The House of Seas sure is daring," Shifeng said, smiling bitterly as he read Fire Dance's message. "Aren't they afraid of suffering a loss?"
Selling the Sea God's Blessing for one Gold Coin a bottle was a foolish move that would cost him a thousand Gold Coins.
Neither side would make a profit. It would all depend on who could last until the end.
If they could last until the end, they could recoup their losses in the future. If they couldn't, then everything they had done would be for naught.
Moreover, unlike the House of Seas, which had Shops in the various empires, Shi Feng could only sell the Sea God's Blessing in the Auction House. However, even the cheapest Auction House sold the Sea God's Blessing was 1 Gold, 20 Silver. He couldn't compete with the House of Seas in a price war.
As a result, the number of Sea God's Blessings he could sell each day would be very small.
"Guild Leader, are we still selling the Sea God's Blessing?" Fire Dance asked softly as she looked at Shifeng.
"Why not? Since the House of Seas wants to fight to the bitter end, I want to see how long they can keep this up," Shifeng said, smiling. "Fire, gather a group of trustworthy Assassins and have them sell the Sea God's Blessing in the various empires' imperial capitals. Each bottle is 60 Silver, and each empire can only buy 3,000 bottles per day. Work in groups of three and have them purchase Runic Fragments from the various cities in Sea's End. Since the House of Seas is selling the Sea God's Blessing for 4 Silver per stack, we'll sell it for 5 Silver. We'll always be one Silver higher than the House of Seas' price."
Selling the Sea God's Blessing for 60 Silver per bottle would be a loss to any other player. However, that was not the case for Shi Feng. If he purchased Runic Fragments for 5 Silver per stack, the cost for each bottle of Sea God's Blessing was only 12 Silvers, 50 Coppers. Although he couldn't make a huge profit from selling the Sea God's Blessing at 60 Silver per bottle, he could still make a small profit.
The House of Seas had picked the wrong opponent.
"I understand." Fire Dance smiled when she heard Shifeng's words.
The House of Seas was in for a bad time.
If the House of Seas had competed with them properly, both sides would have profited. Now, however, they had shot themselves in the foot.
Following which, Fire Dance contacted the Guild's elite Assassins and had them head to Stormwind Town. Meanwhile, Shifeng himself returned to White River City with the 4,000 bottles of Sea God's Blessing. He planned to store these bottles in the Guild Warehouse and exchange them for the Guild's core members.
Dragon's Blood was also known as Long Xue Grass. It was an extremely rare herb that could not be found in the entire Sea's End. Normally, it would only appear in empires and kingdoms that produced herbs.
If you want to obtain it, you need luck.
Even he would have a hard time obtaining Long Xue Grass as it required luck. Hence, he needed Candlelight to purchase Long Xue Grass at a high price. Otherwise, he would not be able to complete the rest of the quest.
White River City's teleportation hall.
As soon as the Shifeng teleported back to the Guild Hall, they discovered that the number of players teleported to the Guild Hall was at least twice as high as before.
Many of them were members of large Guilds from other kingdoms and empires. There were at least 14 first-rate Guilds in the hall. There were even a large number of members from the Super Guild Battle Wolves. For a moment, Shifeng even thought that he had arrived in the Wan Shou Empire's imperial capital.
"What's going on?" Shifeng was inwardly surprised as he swept his gaze over the hall.
Before Shifeng could figure out what was going on, he overheard many players discussing the Candlelight Auction.
"There are so many people participating in the Candlelight Auction this time!"
"That's for sure. I've heard that the Candlelight Auction is not only selling entry slots to the Holy City of Titan, but also Bronze Mounts and many private houses in Stone Forest Town. Setting aside the entry slots to the Holy City, Stone Forest Town's private houses are definitely the most popular right now. I've heard that many experts from other kingdoms and empires are participating in the Battle Arena's private suites."
"That's right. If we could have a private room in Stone Forest Town, that would be awesome. Not only could we train in Magic-rich areas, but we could also purchase some rare items from the NPC Shops. We could also travel freely between Stone Forest Town and the leveling areas."
"That's right. Aside from the large Guilds, many well-known adventurer teams are also participating in the auction. I've heard that they're here to secure Stone Forest Town's private houses."
"It's a pity that the starting price of 300 Gold is too expensive. Otherwise, I'd have enough to buy one myself."
"It's already very cheap. Stone Forest Town is currently the number one player town in the entire Starmoon Kingdom and the neighboring kingdoms."
…
Practically every player in the hall was talking about Stone Forest Town. When the topic of Stone Forest Town came up, they all revealed expressions of yearning.
"Stone Forest Town is already so popular?" Shifeng was slightly surprised.
He admitted that Stone Forest Town was very good. However, he did not think that it would attract too many players from other kingdoms and empires. After all, Stone Forest Town's current location would gradually become disadvantageous. Once mainstream players reached Level 50, Stone Forest Town would lose its competitive edge.
The only advantage Stone Forest Town had over Stone Forest Town was the town's Mana density and the rare tools sold in NPC Shops.
White River City, Candlelight:
At this moment, a crowd of players surrounded the seven-story-tall Candlelight Auction House. Originally, players had to have at least 10 Gold in their bags to participate in the auction. Now, however, the Auction House had no choice but to change the rules. Players had to have at least 100 Gold in their bags to participate in the auction. Otherwise, the massive Auction House wouldn't be able to accommodate so many people.
Even so, the 10,000-seat Auction Hall was filled to the brim. Moreover, there weren't even enough VIP rooms. Originally, only those with 2,000 Gold or above were qualified to use the VIP rooms. Now, however, the VIP rooms were set to 10,000 Gold or those belonging to superpowers. Even first-rate Guilds didn't have that much money, yet all 30 VIP rooms were filled.
The Candlelight Auction's popularity had far exceeded Shi Feng's expectations.
Even A Melancholy Smile, the Auction House's host, was astonished. He found it hard to believe that an auction hosted by a Shop could attract so many major powers and well-known adventurer teams.
In reality, A Melancholy Smile wasn't the only person surprised. Even the various major powers that had come to participate in the Auction House's auction were surprised.
Normally, only superpowers could invite so many major powers to an auction. Yet, a Guild that had recently risen to prominence had done so. Moreover, these major powers had come uninvited …
Meanwhile, inside one of the VIP rooms on the second floor …
"Guild Leader, I've already investigated the situation. Seven Super Guilds and super-first-rate Guilds have come. As for the first-rate Guilds, practically all of the neighboring kingdoms and empires have come," Purple Eye quietly reported to Galaxy Past.
"There really is no comparison." Galaxy Past could not help but reveal a bitter smile as he looked at the sea of players in the first-floor hall. "If Singular Burial finds out about this, I wonder what he'll think?"
After so many years of painstaking effort, the Star Alliance had finally become a first-rate Guild.
If the Star Alliance were the one hosting the Auction House, it would be impressive if five or six first-rate Guilds showed up.
However, the Ling YI Society was only a Guild that had developed in God's Domain, yet it had easily surpassed his many years of effort.
He had to admit that comparisons were odious.
Meanwhile, the Sky Burial Society had most likely become a joke when they announced that they would be hosting the Auction House at the same time as the Candlelight Auction. (To be continued.)
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