On the seventh floor of the Ling Yi Auction House, a hall the size of a sports stadium could accommodate 30,000 people. It was hard to imagine that such a large Auction House would be packed with players. This was something none of the various major powers or players had expected.
Originally, they had assumed that very few people would attend the auction this time. Now, however, there were no empty seats …
Moreover, this was because the Ling Yi Society had imposed a restriction on outsiders. Only members of the Ling Yi Auction House or those with 2 Gold or more in their bags could attend. Normally, players with so much liquid funds were all expert players. Even if they couldn't afford to purchase Ling Yi's private houses now, they could in the future.
As for ordinary and elite players, the Auction House simply couldn't accommodate so many people.
"Commander, look! There are so many adventurer teams participating this time. Not only are there well-known adventurer teams from the Black Dragon Empire, but there are also many well-known adventurer teams from other kingdoms." Graceful Moon, who sat in the front row of the hall, was surprised when she saw the familiar figures and faces around her. She had never thought that the Ling Yi Auction House would have such a wide influence.
However, after giving the matter some thought, she found it understandable. After all, Stone Forest Town was simply too good.
Not only did the town have an advanced Auction House, but adventurer teams could also trade rare items and tools for the items they wanted. There was also the advanced combat rooms in the Battle Arena, which could allow experts like herself to improve rapidly. It would be strange if these adventurer teams didn't come to Stone Forest Town to develop.
"So be it. I've already had Flying Fox prepare a lot of funds. I'm not afraid of losing to them," Remnant Cloud said, chuckling. He glanced at several well-known adventurer teams from the Black Dragon Empire, which ranked among the top 50 in the Black Dragon Empire, and chuckled.
Originally, Remnant Cloud had planned to compete for Candlelight's Adventurer's Home Auction in a few days. However, when he thought about how prosperous Stone Forest Town was right now, he doubted that Firecloud Fox could compete with those top adventurer teams with its financial strength alone. After all, the Ling Yi Society had limited the number of Adventurer's Homes available for sale.
Hence, Remnant Cloud changed his mind and decided to just compete for two or three private houses in Stone Forest Town. That way, they would barely be enough for the adventurer team's main force members.
For this purpose, he specially mobilized all of Firecloud Fox's funds and raised a total of 5,000 Gold Coins, which was enough to buy a large private residence in the Black Dragon Empire's Imperial Capital's Trade District.
Just as everyone was quietly discussing Ling Yi's auction, A Melancholy Smile walked out from behind the scenes and began to host the auction.
As A Melancholy Smile was only auctioning Stone Forest Town's private houses and Shops, he did not introduce the items in detail. Instead, he listed the locations of the private houses and set a starting price of 800 Gold, allowing everyone to start bidding.
"850 Gold!"
"900 Gold!"
"One thousand Gold!"
…
As soon as the first private house was put up for sale, the price skyrocketed. In the blink of an eye, the price had exceeded 1,200 Gold. The independent experts present were astonished. The adventurer team, which consisted of several dozen players, despaired. With this price, they could purchase a relatively good private house in an ordinary NPC city, yet they couldn't even afford a private house in a player town.
"1,600 Gold!" Remnant Cloud shouted, gritting his teeth.
"2,400 Gold! Our FFF adventurer team will buy it! "a Level 45 female Elementalist in aqua-blue mage robes calmly placed a bid a short distance away.
The price of 2,400 Gold immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone turned to look at the female Elementalist.
"Crap! Even FFF, a top adventurer team in the Black Dragon Empire, wants to compete for it? Are they trying to kill our Starmoon Kingdom's adventurer teams?! "
"Isn't she Yi Luofei, one of FFF's vice commanders?!"
Hearing the female Elementalist's words, the adventurer teams that had intended to compete for the private house immediately gave up on the idea. They all fell silent.
To be able to become a top adventurer team in the Black Dragon Empire, where crooks mixed with honest folk, one had to possess extraordinary strength and financial strength. Even third-rate Guilds were no match for FFF. In terms of financial strength, FFF could even contend with ordinary second-rate Guilds. Furthermore, FFF was one of the five top adventurer teams in the Black Dragon Empire.
Ordinary Guilds and well-known adventurer teams had no hope of competing with FFF.
"2,600 Gold!" At this time, a handsome man in silver armor raised the price once more. "Our Drinking Solo adventurer team will buy this first private house."
When everyone saw this man, they couldn't help but be shocked.
Drinking Solo was one of the top adventurer teams in the Dark Night Empire. Although its influence was not as great as FFF's, it was not much weaker.
"3,000 Gold!" Yi Luofei frowned slightly as she placed a new bid.
"3,200 Gold!" the handsome man shouted, not to be outdone.
For a time, the auction became a contest between these two top adventurer teams. The other adventurer teams had no room to interfere.
In the end, Yi Luofei spent 4,500 Gold to purchase the first private house closest to the Ling Yi Auction House and the Adventurer's Association. However, the players present gasped when they saw this.
Nobody had ever imagined that two top adventurer teams from two empires would come to Stone Forest Town to compete for it.
"Two top adventurer teams from two empires have come to compete for Stone Forest Town's private houses. The adventurer teams stationed in Red Iron Town are probably regretting their decision."
"Aren't they a little too rich? If I had that many Coins, I'd definitely buy a Shop in a major NPC city."
"What do you know? In the future, Stone Forest Town will be much more amazing than major NPC cities. Buying a private house now will not be a loss. If you buy one in the future, it will most likely cost even more. "
Nobody had ever imagined that Stone Forest Town's private houses would be so popular. The various Guild members hiding in ambush were also stupefied.
Just like that, a total of 20 private houses were auctioned off. The most expensive one sold for 4,500 Gold, while the cheapest sold for 1,500 Gold. The intense bidding war had even attracted the attention of many top and well-known adventurer teams, making everyone realize just how frightening Stone Forest Town was.
The competition for the Shops was even more intense. Of the ten Shops available, the cheapest had sold for 3,500 Gold, while the most expensive had sold for 9,000 Gold. The Shops were located between the Ling Yi Auction House and the Battle Arena. It was an excellent location. Meanwhile, many of the merchant players competing for these Shops had the support of large Guilds or top adventurer teams. Ordinary merchant players simply couldn't afford them …
In the blink of an eye, Zero Wing had earned 113000 Gold from this auction!
Not only did the Guild have enough money to pay for the city's construction, but it also gave the Black Dragon Empire's Branch Guild an opportunity to establish a town.
After the auction ended, news of this matter quickly spread. The adventurer teams and merchant players, who had originally held a wait-and-see attitude toward Stone Forest Town, were rendered speechless. They all regretted not competing for the Shops.
Meanwhile, inside White River City's Candlelight, Shifeng focused on producing the Titan Device.
He had to admit that the Titan Device was extremely difficult to produce. Even after becoming a Master Forger, Shifeng's success rate was only around 25%. In reality, they'd be fortunate if they could produce two out of ten devices successfully. Meanwhile, the cost of producing a single Titan Device was already over 2 Gold. The cost of producing a single Titan Device was over 12 Gold. If not for the money, no large Guild would be so wasteful.
After all, the Titan Device only improved a player's combat state. It did not provide any substantial boost to their Basic Attributes.
While Shifeng was busy producing the Titan Device, a series of system notifications reached his ears. Turning to look at the ID requesting communication, Shifeng was stunned.
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