Starmoon Kingdom, Ling Yi City:
When Shifeng returned to the Guild's first-floor hall, he was greeted by the sight of Guild members. They were either actively accepting quests or exchanging items from the Guild's Warehouse. At a glance, he noticed that every one of these players was Level 50 or above. There were even Tier 2 players wearing Ling Yi's core member insignia leading the Guild's elite members to raid Team Dungeons.
The Guild's hall was filled with an atmosphere of prosperity. It was completely different from before Shi Feng had entered the Ice Crystal World.
After observing the situation in the Guild Hall for a while, Shifeng made his way to Candlelight.
As Shi Feng walked down the streets of Ling Yi City, he noticed that there were far more players than before he had left Ling Yi City. This was especially true for merchant players. There were even some casual players wearing virtual clothing chatting and laughing as they walked down the streets. It was obvious that these players had already treated Ling Yi City as a place to enjoy life.
Aside from merchant players and casual players, most of the players on the streets were expert players from the various kingdoms and empires.
As Shi Feng walked down the streets, he saw dozens of Level 53-plus experts. Moreover, he even spotted one or two Tier 2 players, which were extremely rare at this stage of the game. Such a situation had never occurred even in Frozen City.
However, the biggest difference between Zero Wing City and Zero Wing City was the constant stream of horse carriages. These horse carriages belonged to NPC merchants, and many of them were Advanced Transport Carriages. The more carriages there were, the more prosperous a city would be.
Once a city reached a certain level of prosperity, as long as its security level met, it would begin to upgrade from a Basic City to an Intermediate City.
In Shifeng's opinion, Ling Yi City wasn't far from becoming an Intermediate City with its current prosperity.
If a Basic City wanted to become an Intermediate City, it first had to be Popularity. If one didn't know the Popularity of a City, they could determine the City's Popularity based on the number of NPC merchants on the streets. This was also the basis for the various large Guilds to collect information on other Guild Cities. Normally, when half of the number of Advanced Transport Carriages in a Guild City, it was a sign that the City had reached Popularity.
Currently, roughly one-third of the Advanced Transport Carriages were on the streets. It wasn't far from reaching the halfway mark.
The rapid development of Ling Yi City had exceeded Shifeng's expectations.
By then, Ling Yi City, with its four towers of elements, would be promoted to an intermediate city.
It would be great if Silverwing Town and the Lost Town could be upgraded so quickly. Shifeng sighed ruefully as he looked out the window.
He had to admit that being the first Guild City in the Starmoon Kingdom was a huge advantage. Including the Four Towers of Elements, which were Advanced Defensive Structures, Ling Yi City would have a hard time slowing down.
On the other hand, Silverwing Town and the Lost Town, which were located in neutral maps, did not have such an advantage.
After less than ten minutes of driving, Shifeng arrived at Candlelight. Currently, Candlelight was as lively as ever. There were even quite a few Lifestyle players applying to become Candlelight's Lifestyle players.
"Guild Leader, you're back." A Melancholy Smile, who was busy recruiting new members on the second floor, could not help but be pleasantly surprised when he saw the Shifeng approaching him.
"Mhm. How are things going in Ling Yi City and Candlelight?" Shifeng nodded slightly when he saw A Melancholy Smile approaching him. When he noticed the Master Forger's Insignia on A Melancholy Smile's chest, he was surprised. "You've been promoted to Master?"
"I was lucky enough to become a Master Forger yesterday. This is all thanks to the large number of rare materials you had Solitary Nine and the others send over. Thanks to them, I was able to conduct a large number of experiments and produce new equipment." Although A Melancholy Smile said so, he still felt a little proud of himself. After all, the Master class was a heaven-defying achievement. Too many people were stuck at the Advanced class. Even now, they had no clue how to produce new items.
"Since you've been promoted to Master Forger, I'll leave these designs to you," Shifeng said as he retrieved several designs from his bag.
He had obtained these designs from the Snow Ruin. The first design was for the Level 50 Dark-Gold Weapon, Sockham's Blade, the second design was for the Level 50 Fine-Gold ranked plate armor gloves, and the third design was for the Level 50 Dark-Gold ranked cloth armor robes.
When A Melancholy Smile saw the designs, he was stunned. His eyes were glued to the Sockham's Blade and the Fine-Gold ranked plate armor gloves.
"Guild Leader, can I really learn them?" A Melancholy Smile asked excitedly.
As a Master Forger, she wouldn't even spare a glance at a Secret-Silver Forging Design. However, it was a different story for Level 50-plus Fine-Gold Forging Designs. Forging these weapons and equipment required different techniques and combinations of materials, as well as how to utilize the materials to their best effect, were different.
To put it bluntly, forging weapons and equipment depended on the forger's ability to utilize the materials.
When forging Bronze and Mysterious-Iron Weapons and Equipment, the forger's ability to utilize the materials' properties was extremely poor. However, the higher the quality of the materials, the better the effects would be. At Dark-Gold rank, weapons and equipment would become true works of art. The combination of materials was practically perfect.
If one wished to create such weapons and equipment, they would need to continuously study Level 50-plus Fine-Gold and Dark-Gold Forging Designs, not to mention the weapons and equipment produced from the designs themselves.
However, Level 50-plus Forging Designs were extremely rare and difficult to learn. Even now, aside from the Fine-Gold Forging Designs obtained from the Holy City of Titan, Candlelight did not have any other Level 50-plus Forging Designs.
"Of course, if a Tailor in Candlelight becomes a Master Forger, that Dark-Gold cloth robe Design will belong to him or her." Shifeng chuckled. The gratitude in A Melancholy Smile's eyes made him feel that aside from the various rare materials he could obtain in the Ice Crystal World, the Advanced Forging Designs of Lifestyle players was also a huge advantage. Later, he would have Solitary Nine deliver the Advanced Forging Designs he obtained.
"Thank you, Guild Leader. I guarantee that I'll be able to produce weapons and equipment to your satisfaction very soon," A Melancholy Smile said as he stored the Forging Designs, his eyes brimming with joy.
Following which, A Melancholy Smile reported the recent developments regarding the Ling YI Society to Shifeng.
He had to admit that the Ling YI Society had developed rapidly after acquiring Ling Yi City and Silverwing Town. Currently, the Guild already had over 240,000 elite members and over 7,000 expert members. The Guild was already on par with first-rate Guilds.
Moreover, Ling Yi City's player population had already reached 5,000,000, and it wasn't too far away from White River City. The entrance fees the Guild collected each day were already a massive source of income for the Guild.
Only, the rapid increase in the Guild's member population had also increased the Guild's expenditure. This was especially true for the construction of Silverwing Town. Due to the Evil God's Temple and some other dark forces' ambushes and harassment from time to time, the Guild had no choice but to construct a large number of defensive structures in the town. In addition, the Guild also had to compensate for the losses of its members.
However, thanks to Silverwing Town, the Ling YI Society had reaped a bountiful harvest from the Primordial Divine Ruin. The number of players entering Primordial City was particularly high.
Upon hearing this good news, the Shifeng, who had been having a headache collecting Fire Resistance equipment, relaxed considerably.
Now that the Guild had so many experts, the Ling YI Society wouldn't have any problems collecting Fire Resistance equipment. At the very least, it wouldn't affect the development of the Guild's main force.
As for the Guild's lack of funds, A Melancholy Smile was at a loss for words when the Shifeng took out a bag full of rare materials and piled them into small hills in Candlelight's Warehouse.
The amount of rare materials Solitary Nine had brought was far more than the two times Solitary Nine had sent him …
With so many rare materials, the Guild could make a fortune just by selling them, not to mention crafting them into products. This was especially true since many of these materials could be used to craft Level 50 Secret-Silver Equipment and above. If the Guild could produce these materials and sell them, they'd earn a lot of money.
"Right, Guild Leader, I have an item from the Secret Pavilion. They said they had to hand it over to you personally, but since you weren't around and they've come to visit several times, I decided to accept it on your behalf," A Melancholy Smile said as he took out a pitch-black gift box from his bag and handed it to the Shifeng.
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