"The Moon God's Secret Record?!"
Everyone was momentarily stunned when they heard Silent Wonder's words. They then turned to look at the thick tome on the stone table.
Any alchemist in God's Domain would, more or less, visit a library to learn more about the alchemy world.
Many of these books would mention the Moon God's Secret Record.
Many of the major wars that had occurred in God's Domain had been for the sake of this Monthly Secret Record.
Yet, Candlelight's internal members had actually received such a precious alchemy treasure …
"No wonder those three have improved so quickly." Realization dawned on Silent Wonder as she glanced at Dormant Twilight's group.
She was utterly speechless about the benefits Candlelight's internal members received.
It was also no wonder why the Shifeng was so confident. He didn't even care that Candlelight's official members ranked among the top few.
Meanwhile, Silent Aspiration's eyes glowed as he read the Monthly Secret Record. He couldn't help but wish he could rush up and take a good look.
"I'm sure you're all very satisfied with the benefits Candlelight's internal members receive. I'm sure you all know how precious this Monthly Secret Record is. If you wish to read it, you'll have to rely on your own abilities. Every internal member of Candlelight's Secret Alchemy Technique can learn from A Melancholy Smile. You can only learn one Secret Alchemy Technique after learning one Secret Alchemy Technique. As for how much you can improve, that will depend on yourselves." The Shifeng could not help but chuckle when he saw everyone's eager gazes. He then passed the relevant tasks to A Melancholy Smile.
Hearing the Shifeng's words, everyone promptly ran up to A Melancholy Smile, fighting over the chance to learn the Secret Alchemy Technique.
If the Shifeng had simply revealed the Moon God's Secret Record, they would've treated it as an alchemy treasure. However, now that Dormant Twilight's group had placed the Secret Record before them, they clearly understood the Secret Record's power. Hence, they all wished to grasp the technique recorded in the Secret Record as soon as possible.
Just as Shifeng was about to teach one of Dormant Twilight's trio the Mana Growth Potion Recipe, Shiuse Qiangwei contacted him.
"Guild Leader, I've just received news that the Sky Burial Society has begun attacking Ancient Rock City within the Ore Empire's borders. They've mobilized a lot of manpower, roughly over 100,000. Moreover, they've hired 5,000 NPC mercenaries. By the looks of it, they're confident in capturing Ancient Rock City," Shiuse Qiangwei reported.
"A hundred thousand elites and five thousand mercenaries dare to attack a city of the Orc Empire?" When Shifeng heard Shiuse Qiangwei's words, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. "Could it be that the Sky Burial Society is relying on something else?"
He didn't know how strong the Orc Empire's cities were, but he was very clear about one thing. It wasn't easy to capture a neutral city.
Even though the Secret Pavilion had traded 10,000 mercenaries from him, he wasn't confident in his chances of success.
After all, every city had a defensive magic array. Attacks below Tier 3 would barely deplete a city's magic array. In addition, there were definitely more Orcs guarding the city than players. Even the weakest of the monsters guarding the city was Mythic rank. To current players, such a situation was simply impossible.
The Mythic monsters guarding a city weren't like those in the fields or Dungeons. They were strengthened by the city's magic array and were significantly stronger than monsters of the same level. In front of these Mythic monsters, an army of 100,000 elite players was no more than ants. The Mythic monsters could easily annihilate the army.
In reality, even without Mythic monsters, the Orc army inside the city could most likely annihilate Heaven's Burial's army of 100,000 elite players.
The only possibility was that the Sky Burial Society had to rely on some other force.
"Guild Leader, I've heard that many first-rate Guilds have sent their members over to Ancient Rock City to interfere. Should we join in as well?" Shiuse Qiangwei didn't have a good impression of the Sky Burial Society. To put it in another way, their two Guilds were enemies. Now that the Sky Burial Society wanted to capture Ancient Rock City, Ling Yi naturally couldn't allow the Sky Burial Society to succeed.
"Forget it. Since the Sky Burial Society dares to make such a move, they must've already considered this problem. If we rush over, we might fall into the Sky Burial Society's trap. Let the other Guilds cause a ruckus. However, we still need to keep an eye on the situation." Shifeng shook his head. "Right, what's the progress on the NPC merchants I asked you to compile?"
Beast Emperor stood behind the Sky Burial Society. Without the defenses of towns and cities, dealing with a sea of Evil Beasts and Evil Demons wouldn't be easy. At the very least, Ling YI Society's current combat power wasn't enough to face the Evil Beasts and Evil Demons head-on in the fields. If they carelessly took the risk, they might even end up as fodder for the Sky Burial Society.
Furthermore, the objective of this siege wasn't Ancient Rock City. It was a trap Beast Emperor had set up to nurture more Evil Demons. After all, the Black Dragon Empire's Evil God's Temple had already activated. Nurturing powerful Evil Demons would require a large number of players. Normally, it would take a lot of time to hunt and capture these powerful Evil Demons. If Shi Feng gathered everyone in one place, especially in a neutral map like the Orc Empire, the consequences would be dire.
The only thing Shi Feng could do right now was to increase the Ling YI Society's strength as quickly as possible. He was confident that as long as he constructed Ling Yi City, Heaven's Burial, Beast Emperor, and even the Blackwater Consortium wouldn't be able to touch Ling Yi in the slightest.
"I understand. I'll have Flying Shadow and the others take a look in a moment." Shiuse Qiangwei nodded. "I've already compiled the information on the NPC merchants. I'll send it to you right away."
Following which, Shiuse Qiangwei disconnected the call and sent the information he had compiled to Shifeng.
"Why are there so many?!" Shifeng could not help his astonishment when he saw the information Shiuse Qiangwei had sent him.
Over a thousand NPC merchants had visited Ling Yi City during the short time the city had been established. This was even more than the number of NPC merchants Shadow had recruited in Ling Yi's Main City in the past.
Although the majority of the NPC merchants were 1-star NPC merchants with relatively low Growth Potential, there were still 200 2-star NPC merchants visiting Ling Yi City. Even Guild Cities could only recruit 2-star NPC merchants on average.
Two hundred 2-star NPC merchants could rival a first-rate Guild's Main City in the past.
"These are … 3-star NPC merchants!" As Shifeng checked the list, he discovered an envious 3-star NPC merchant. "What? Ling Yi City has only just been established. Even 3-star NPC merchants have come?"
If the other Guilds in the past had known about 3-star NPC merchants, they would've been envious. Some Guilds would've even offered all sorts of benefits to 3-star NPC merchants.
In God's Domain, 2-star NPC merchants were relatively common, while 3-star NPC merchants were extremely rare.
There was a fundamental difference between a 3-star NPC merchant and a 2-star NPC merchant. Although there was not much of a difference between the two in terms of the items they sold, the difference between a 3-star NPC merchant and a 2-star NPC merchant was massive.
Not only did the NPC merchant's star rating determine the quality of the items they sold, but it also determined the NPC merchant's Shop's development speed.
Unlike players' Shops, NPC merchants' Shops were extremely difficult to promote. They either had to complete difficult team quests or obtain a Promotion Order. However, NPC merchants' Shops were not as troublesome. Promotion depended entirely on the Shop's sales volume.
When the sales volume reached a certain level, the Shop would naturally be promoted. Meanwhile, the higher a NPC merchant's rank was, the more effective they would be at promoting their Shops. When a Shop was promoted, it would bring in more rare items. At the same time, it would attract more players.
Meanwhile, a 3-star NPC merchant's Shops were generally twice as fast as a 2-star NPC merchant's. If a city had enough players, a 3-star NPC merchant's Shops could even be promoted two or three times faster.
Because of this, the various large Guilds would fight tooth and nail to recruit a 3-star NPC merchant.
Shi Feng had only heard of 3-star NPC merchants visiting Guild Cities in the past. Only Super Guilds' cities had such a situation. Aside from that, the various large Guilds usually snatched merchants from other large NPC cities or wandering merchants.
Yet, not only was there one 3-star NPC merchant willing to visit Ling Yi City, but there were actually two of them.
Thinking up to this point, Shifeng immediately contacted Shiuse Qiangwei.
"Aqua, think of a way to detain these two NPC merchants for me. I'll head over right away."
In God's Domain, NPC merchants would only stay in a Guild City for a short period of time. If Shi Feng missed out on these two 3-star NPC merchants, who knew how long it would take for him to find another 3-star NPC merchant?
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