"It's done already?" Shifeng was overjoyed when he heard the system notification.
Building a city in God's Domain was different from raided towns and cities. Even after a city's construction was complete, it would take a considerable amount of time before NPCs could enter the city.
Meanwhile, the NPCs that entered the city were crucial to the city's development. The sooner they entered the city, the sooner the city's various functions could be activated. Once the number of NPCs in the city reached a certain level, the city could be opened to the public.
Originally, Shi Feng had thought that it would take a few more days for the NPCs to enter Ling Yi City. Now, however, the NPCs had begun to enter the city so quickly.
Following which, Shifeng clicked "Agree," allowing these NPCs to enter Ling Yi City after hearing about the city's reputation.
Shortly after Shifeng agreed, Shiuse Qiangwei contacted him.
"Guild Leader, I don't know what's going on, but a large number of NPCs have suddenly entered the city. Many NPC merchants have come to the City Lord's Mansion, requesting to purchase the city's Shops. Moreover, these requests have a time limit. Should we approve them or not?" Shiuse Qiangwei, who was currently in the City Lord's Mansion, asked anxiously.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. Previously, such a situation had never occurred in Stone Forest Town. Those NPCs had long since established their own Shops, and they only needed to manage the player's Shops.
Now that Ling Yi City had been completed, it went without saying that Lands would become extremely valuable in the future. If they sold their Lands to NPCs, they would never be able to return them.
"NPC merchants?" Shifeng was pleasantly surprised. "Of course, we'll sell them. Moreover, the more, the better. However, you'll need to check their Credibility Ratings and the items they're selling. Once you're done, send them to me."
NPC merchants were indispensable to God's Domain's players. This was because players could purchase many Daily Necessities and even rare items from these NPC merchants. They could also sell miscellaneous items that players did not want.
However, player-built cities were slightly different. As long as they were Guild Cities, NPC merchants would visit them. These NPC merchants were different.
Not only would these NPC merchants sell the same items as the NPC merchants in NPC cities, but they would also sell some unique items. However, whether these items were real or fake depended on players' judgment and luck.
The higher a Merchant's star-rank was, the better the items they would sell after opening their Shops. Moreover, the higher a Merchant's star-rank was, the faster the Merchant's Shop would be promoted. The better a Shop was, the more items it would sell. Hence, a Merchant could promote a city's development and attract more players and NPCs to the city.
Hence, the various large Guild cities were all trying to attract NPC merchants to their cities.
Shifeng had never expected that NPC merchants would come knocking on his door so soon after he allowed NPCs to enter Ling Yi City. He had never encountered such a situation in his previous life.
Even after upgrading an Advanced Town to a Basic City, Shi Feng had spent a lot of effort to attract some NPC merchants. Now, however, he had yet to advertise to these NPCs, yet these NPC merchants were already rushing over.
"Is this the benefit of being the first to build a city?" The Shifeng could not help but think.
In the past, after upgrading an Advanced Town to a Basic City, many first-rate Guilds had already established Intermediate Cities. Meanwhile, Super Guilds were already on their way to establishing Advanced Cities.
Now that Ling Yi City was the first player-built city in the Starmoon Kingdom, there were no competitors. Naturally, the number of NPC merchants visiting the city would increase. After all, the city had no choice but to recruit NPC merchants.
Meanwhile, after making arrangements for the NPC merchants, the Shifeng's advanced horse carriage stopped before Ling Yi's entrance.
"There are so many people!" Youlan exclaimed when she saw the long line of people lining up outside Ling Yi's entrance.
Currently, there were several thousand players lining up to join the Ling YI Society. Moreover, these players were considerably skilled, with the majority of them being Level 40 or above. There were even quite a few players wearing Level 40 Fine-Gold Weapons and Equipment.
However, these players who wished to join the Ling YI Society paled in comparison to the Ling Yi members guarding both sides of the entrance.
There was a 100-man team, and every one of these players was Level 43 or above. The team leader was Level 46, and the weakest piece of equipment he wore was Level 40 Secret-Silver Equipment. The team leader wore a Level 45 Fine-Gold Set Equipment and carried a Level 45 Dark-Gold longbow on his back. However, the Guild Emblem on these players' equipment clearly wasn't the purple-gold emblem of the Ling YI Society's core members. Instead, they were all silver-white elite members.
"These people are only Ling YI Society's elite members?" Dark Eye stared at the Level 46 Ranger in disbelief.
Even Dark Eye envied the Ranger's equipment. A Level 45 Fine-Gold Set Equipment! If the Attributes were good enough, it could rival a full set of Level 45 Dark-Gold Equipment. Currently, half of his equipment was Level 40 Dark-Gold Equipment, and he only had four pieces of Level 45 Dark-Gold Equipment.
After all, raiding a Level 45, 100-man Team Dungeon wasn't easy. The weapons and equipment it dropped were very limited. It had already been a miracle that he had obtained so many pieces of equipment.
This Ranger had already reached Level 46. Even in a first-rate Guild, he would be considered an expert and a core member. Yet, here, he was only an elite member. It was simply unbelievable …
Youlan sighed ruefully as she looked at the elite team guarding the entrance.
The current Ling YI Society was no longer the Ling YI Society she had known. With such a foundation, it was no wonder why they dared to challenge the Blackwater Corporation.
"Hahaha! Another group of people has arrived to admire Ling Yi's equipment! How many groups have arrived today?"
"How can they not be surprised? That's a Level 45 Fine-Gold Set Equipment we're talking about! Even expert players would be lucky to get their hands on Level 45 Fine-Gold Equipment. Fine-Gold Set Equipment is simply a dream! "
"Level 45 Fine-Gold Set Equipment would be considered top-tier in other Guilds and adventurer teams. Unfortunately, it's nothing in the Ling YI Society. I've heard that Ling Yi's core members can even exchange for Tier 1 Set Equipment. Do you know what Tier 1 Set Equipment is? Before Level 50, Level 45 Dark-Gold Set Equipment is even better than Level 45 Dark-Gold Set Equipment. With such equipment, it'd be hard not to become an expert. Only, the exchange points are a little too expensive. "
"Tier 1 Set Equipment is old news. I've heard from Ling Yi's internal members that core members can exchange for Epic items. Currently, Ling Yi's Warehouse has quite a few pieces of Epic Equipment."
"What? They can exchange for Epic Equipment as well? Isn't that the Guild's distribution system? "
…
The players lining up at the entrance could not help but discuss the Ling YI Society when they saw Dark Eye and the others. Moreover, the more they talked about the Ling YI Society, the more excited they became. The players lining up behind them and the passersby couldn't help but drool with envy.
Dark Eye and the others, who had just arrived at Ling Yi's headquarters, were at a loss for words.
Originally, they had thought that joining Ling Yi and becoming core members would be a piece of cake. After all, they were also experts in Underworld. However, when they saw the Level 46 Ranger standing guard at the entrance, they lost their confidence.
"Let's go in." The Shifeng paid no attention to the players lining up at the entrance. He then revealed the dark Guild Emblem that only Ling Yi's upper echelons wore and led Dark Eye and the others into Ling Yi's Residence.
Meanwhile, when the players lining up saw the cloaked Shifeng reveal the dark Guild Emblem, a commotion broke out.
"A dark Guild Emblem?! Is that one of Ling Yi Society's upper echelons? "
"Guild Emblems and Guild Emblems can't be faked. That person must be Ling Yi Society's big shot. I wonder who those people following him are? Could they be Ling Yi's core members?"
"That's impossible. Since they're core members, why aren't they wearing Ling Yi's Guild Emblem?"
"They should be trying to join Ling Yi Society. Judging by their levels, they should be quite high, and their equipment should be quite good."
"These people sure are lucky. They actually know one of Ling Yi's upper echelons. They can join Ling Yi Society without having to wait in line for the assessment!"
Everyone could not help their envy as they watched Youlan and the others enter Ling Yi Society.
Meanwhile, after Dark Eye and the others entered Ling Yi's Residence, a stealthed Assassin standing guard across the street revealed himself. He was none other than Third Ghost, one of Underworld's Seven Ghosts that Shifeng had fought before.
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