Inside the elegant reception hall, Shifeng quickly signed contracts with the various large Guilds' representatives.
As long as they joined the Candlelight Chamber of Commerce, they would be allowed to participate in the auction for the Crystal Light Set every three days. Guilds that had already won the set wouldn't be allowed to bid again. Guilds would also sell three to five sets of the set. In addition, there would be other precious items such as Exotic Stamina Potions, Stamina Gemstones, Advanced Mana Armor Kits, rare Master Potions, and so on. Based on their contributions to the Chamber of Commerce, Zero Wing would even sell Miniature Ballistas.
Every Guild present was ecstatic, especially the various Guilds. At this moment, whether or not they could secure a temporary Residence in Stone Forest City was no longer important. On the contrary, obtaining these items from Ling Yi was far more important.
In three short hours, nearly 200 Guilds had signed contracts with Zero Wing, becoming a member of the Candlelight Chamber of Commerce. Among them, Shining Tiger and Unyielding Soul had become advanced members of the Candlelight Chamber of Commerce without hesitation. After all, the two superpowers had offered Shi Feng a price he couldn't refuse.
Not only had Shining Tiger opened the markets in two kingdoms, but it had also offered a complete set of Refinement Realm Legacies and plenty of unique materials. In addition, Shining Tiger had promised to defend Stone Forest City.
As for Unyielding Soul, although it had only opened the markets in one kingdom and the Dark Night Empire, it had offered to provide a portion of the Flowing Water Realm's information and related energy equipment. It had also offered ten unlimited training slots, which would allow Refinement Realm experts to battle simulated experts without restrictions. This would allow them to accumulate EXP and reach the Flowing Water Realm as quickly as possible.
Unlike the Secret Pavilion's slots, which allowed players to fight any Refinement Realm and Flowing Water Realm experts they wanted. Unlike the Secret Pavilion, players had to earn points themselves.
Of course, the Secret Pavilion's reason for not doing so was very simple. It would consume far too much energy to do so.
Not only was Advanced Energy very rare, but it also had a wide range of uses. However, it was also heavily regulated. Even large corporations could only obtain a limited amount of Advanced Energy. Meanwhile, simulating an expert required a lot of energy. Moreover, the more powerful an expert was, the more energy they would consume. Even the Secret Pavilion did not dare allow all of its training members to do the same. Hence, it adopted an elite strategy, allowing true geniuses to obtain the most resources.
If not for Unyielding Soul's urgent need for Stone Forest City's temporary Residence, it wouldn't have offered ten unrestricted slots to its Refinement Realm experts to grind for EXP and become Flowing Water Realm experts.
Of course, this was also because Unyielding Soul knew that Ling Yi had too few experts on his side right now, especially Flowing Water Realm and Void Realm experts. Compared to ordinary superpowers, Unyielding Soul's strength was nothing.
Naturally, Shifeng was more than willing to accept the offer. Currently, many of the Guild's experts were stuck in the Refinement Realm. Shiuse Qiangwei, Gentle Snow, Fire Dance, Violet Cloud, Jian Ying, Flying Shadow, Alluring Summer, and Ke Le weren't talented. Rather, they lacked combat experience. Unlike Shi Feng, who had accumulated plenty of experience in God's Domain, he had been able to jump from the Refinement Realm to the Flowing Water Realm without any hindrance.
With Unyielding Soul's help, it wouldn't be long before Shiuse Qiangwei and the others became Flowing Water Realm experts. This training would be of great help to Ling Yi. In fact, it might even surpass Shining Tiger's complete Refinement Realm Legacy.
However, this wasn't Ling Yi's greatest gain from this partnership. Rather, it was the large number of small Guilds that had joined the Candlelight Trading Firm. With this, the Candlelight Trading Firm's distribution channels would expand to 12 kingdoms and three empires. Although the Candlelight Trading Firm's distribution channels wouldn't be as comprehensive as Shining Tiger and Unyielding Soul's, it was more than enough for Ling Yi.
In terms of distribution channels, the Candlelight Trading Firm's distribution channels had already surpassed that of an ordinary superpower. The various superpowers had no hope of hindering Ling Yi's economic growth.
Previously, the various superpowers had only been able to hinder Ling Yi's economic growth because Ling Yi's distribution channels had been very small. Now, however, the Candlelight Trading Firm's distribution channels covered over a dozen kingdoms and three empires. Even superpowers would be powerless to stop Ling Yi.
Moreover, the Candlelight Trading Firm would have an easier time collecting materials. They would no longer be restricted by others. As long as the materials weren't super-rare, they could obtain them with a single word. This would be of great help to the Candlelight Trading Firm.
After signing the contract, Shifeng left the rest of the work to Shiuse Qiangwei and Gentle Snow. He then busied himself with the Stone Forest City's construction and NPC recruitment.
Although Stone Forest City had only been open for less than a day, more than one million players had already flooded into Stone Forest City. If not for the Bottomless Abyss's environment and difficulty, Stone Forest City would've long since developed into a major city with a player population of five to six million.
However, the arrival of over a million players had also given Shifeng a taste of what it meant to count money until one's hands cramped.
It's no wonder why the Guilds that owned cities in the Bottomless Abyss developed so quickly in the past. The rate at which they made money is even faster than robbing. Shifeng was astonished as he looked at Stone Forest City's income so far.
Just the entrance fee alone was 51204 Gold, not to mention the players who joined the Battle Arena and Auction House. Even without purchasing a Shop, Stone Forest City's net income exceeded 100,000 Gold per day. Not even peak first-rate Guilds could match this income. Only the various superpowers could.
Moreover, this was only the beginning. As more players visited Stone Forest City, even after deducting the Secret Pavilion's portion, Stone Forest City's income would most likely exceed 200,000 Gold per day.
At this stage of the game, ordinary superpowers would be lucky if they could afford 200,000 Gold, and they'd have to spend a lot of time accumulating that much. However, Stone Forest City's daily income would exceed 200,000 Gold, and it would only take three days to accumulate that much. If Stone Forest City were to engage in a war of attrition with ordinary superpowers, it'd definitely beat them to a pulp.
As for the airport and other debts, they were no longer a problem.
Now that they had so much money, Shifeng's imagination ran wild, and many plans began to form in his mind.
Previously, they hadn't had much money, so they hadn't been able to carry out many of their plans. Even their Guilds' development had been a problem. However, now that they had Stone Forest City's income, not only could they expand into the Dark Night Empire, but they could also start developing Silverwing Town and the Lost Town.
Normally, a Guild Town's development would be limited by its population and popularity. However, that wasn't the case for Ling Yi. On the contrary, the various superpowers didn't lack money at all.
Very quickly, Shifeng invested the newly earned Coins into Stone Forest City's construction. Shops, hotels, restaurants, bars, smithy, and private residences quickly took shape. As for the NPC soldiers, they also had a relatively easy time recruiting. Moreover, they gave these NPC soldiers Fine-Gold Equipment. With this, any Tier 2 NPC soldier could easily defeat an existing Tier 2 expert, and current peak experts wouldn't even dare to fight them head-on.
As for the Dark-Gold Equipment, it was simply too expensive. Each set cost 1,500 Gold. Hence, Shi Feng had only given the equipment to the ten Tier 2 NPCs with the highest Growth Potential. With this equipment, even monster-level experts would have to flee in a one-on-one fight. If three or four Tier 2 NPC soldiers surrounded a player, only death awaited them.
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