Without hesitation, Shifeng chose to promote Ling Yi City.
System: Promotion to a Main City requires 500,000 Gold Coins and 200,000 Magic Crystals. Do you wish to make the payment?
"Yes!"
Shifeng did not seem surprised. He had long since prepared the necessary Coins and Magic Crystals in his bag.
The instant Shifeng agreed to make the payment, the 500,000 Gold Coins and 200,000 Magic Crystals disappeared from his bag. A series of system notifications then reached his ears once more.
System: Payment complete. All players in Ling Yi City will be teleported out of the city in three minutes. Estimated time for promotion is two hours.
Ling Yi City Region System Announcement: Ling Yi City will be promoted to a Main City-level Guild City. All players in the city will be forcibly teleported out of Ling Yi City in three minutes. Players in the city, please prepare for teleportation.
However, Ling Yi City, which had less than one million players remaining in the city, was suddenly flooded with cries of surprise and incredulity.
"What's going on? It's being promoted to a Main City? "
"Ling Yi City isn't even an Advanced Guild City. How did it get promoted to a Main City-level Guild City?"
"What did Ling Yi do to get promoted to a Main City-level Guild City?"
…
The news of Ling Yi City's promotion to a Main City stunned the independent players and members of the various major powers in Ling Yi City.
The various major powers' members, in particular, felt as if the system was playing a joke on them.
Ordinary players might not know what a Main City was, but as members of the various major powers, they knew just how difficult it was to promote a Guild City to a Main City. In fact, it was extremely difficult to even promote a Guild City to an Intermediate City. Not only did the promotion require a large amount of manpower and resources, but the Guild City also needed to continuously develop, increase its Popularity, and improve its defenses.
It wasn't something that could be done with just one or two things.
Meanwhile, after Ling Yi had announced that it would not be active in Ling Yi City and increase its entrance fee, the city's prosperity and popularity had plummeted. Now, it was impossible for the city to even become an Intermediate City, much less a Main City.
Yet, now, they were suddenly told that Ling Yi City would be promoted to a Main City. How could they possibly believe this?
However, no matter how much Ling Yi City's players refused to believe it, the system's countdown continued. Three minutes later, every player in Ling Yi City was teleported out of Ling Yi City. Only when they stood outside the city's entrance did they finally realize that all of this was real …
Meanwhile, this shocking news quickly reached the ears of Star-Moon Kingdom's various major powers, and every one of them couldn't help but be shocked.
While the various superpowers in God's Domain hadn't even promoted a single Intermediate Guild City, Zero Wing had already established a Main City. Shi Feng had to admit that this was simply too shocking.
"Guild Leader, what did you do?" When Liang Jing received the news from Silverwing City, she hurriedly contacted Shi Feng and asked, "How did Zero Wing City get promoted to a Main City?"
Currently, the popular Silverwing City was still a long way from becoming an Advanced Guild City. Hence, she found it hard to believe that Ling Yi City, which wasn't particularly popular, would become a Main City first.
Currently, not only did Ling Yi lack weapons and equipment, but its income from its Guild Towns and Cities was also decreasing. This was especially true after the various superpowers had imposed a financial blockade on the city. Even Silverwing City, which had a Teleportation Hall, didn't have many adventurer teams that dared to set foot in the city.
If Ling Yi hadn't obtained a large sum of Coins from Crimson Emperor and Unyielding Soul, she most likely wouldn't have survived until now. After all, the cost of maintaining a Guild City was far greater than before the system's first major update. Just the NPC soldiers alone cost a fortune. There was also the cost of maintaining the city's various buildings and magic arrays. This was a cost that hadn't existed before the system's first major update.
Due to the battle at the Secret Covenant Tower, the various superpowers' blockade on Ling Yi had only been lifted slightly. However, they were still suppressing her. It was obvious that they hated Ling Yi. Meanwhile, the various superpowers were scattered throughout God's Domain. Even if Ling Yi managed to occupy the Secret Covenant Tower, it would still take a long time for her to gather enough manpower to attack all four corners of God's Domain.
In the various superpowers' eyes, Ling Yi's combat power was indeed frightening. Even the Five Great Super Guilds were no match for her. However, the fact that Ling Yi could only defend her territory remained unchanged. Hence, the various superpowers weren't afraid of Ling Yi at all. They would continue to suppress her economically.
Meanwhile, if a Guild possessed a Main City, it would be truly amazing.
Setting aside the fact that a Main City was much larger than a Guild City and could easily accommodate tens of millions of players, just the high-end buildings that could only be found in a Main City were far superior to a Guild City.
Moreover, this wasn't the most important aspect. Once a Guild City became a Main City, it would be absolutely safe. Just the number of NPC soldiers a Guild City could recruit could reach 30,000, and the Guild City would have the authority to rule over an entire region.
This authority was very powerful in God's Domain. It meant that the Guild City could recruit 20,000 NPC soldiers to fight outside of the city. In other words, the Guild City had complete control over the entire map.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that as long as Ling Yi had a Main City, she could open Ling Yi City to all NPCs. Moreover, those NPC forces wouldn't dare cause trouble. To a Guild City, nothing was more important than this.
"It's a secret." Shifeng chuckled. "However, you should start making preparations on your side. Once the promotion to Main City is complete, I'll open Ling Yi City to the public. At the same time, I'll construct a Teleportation Hall in Ling Yi City, connecting Sky Spring City and Ling Yi City. At that time, I'll leave Ling Yi City to you. As for Silverwing City, I'll leave it to A Melancholy Smile."
"You want me to manage Ling Yi City?" Liang Jing was slightly surprised. "But hasn't A Melancholy Smile always been in White River City? Wouldn't it be more convenient for A Melancholy Smile to take control of Ling Yi City? "
Shifeng shook his head. Slowly, he said, "No. Once Ling Yi City's promotion is complete, I plan to transfer Ling Yi City to a neutral map. It's very far from Starmoon Kingdom. A Melancholy Smile is already very busy managing Candlelight in Starmoon Kingdom. He can't take care of Ling Yi City as well."
As an Advanced Master Forger, not only did A Melancholy Smile have to manage Candlelight City, but he also needed to become a Grandmaster Forger. If he had to manage a Main City as well, he wouldn't be able to cope even if he didn't sleep. After all, a Main City was different from a Guild City.
In fact, just recruiting 30,000 NPC soldiers was enough to keep a Melancholy Smile busy, not to mention assigning daily tasks to these NPC soldiers, such as adjusting the weapons and equipment configuration of these NPCs at all times. If these NPCs performed well, their strength would increase, their positions would be promoted, and so on.
As the Guild Leader of a Guild in the past, Shi Feng knew all too well how tiring it was to manage a Main City.
In the past, it was precisely because he had to split his attention between managing the Guild's various issues and improving himself that he couldn't even get promoted to Tier 4. Hence, in this life, Shi Feng had handed over these matters to others and focused on improving himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't have his current combat power.
"Are we still moving Ling Yi City?" Liang Jing's breathing quickened when she heard Shi Feng's words.
A Main City was already shocking enough. If they could transfer Ling Yi City to another neutral map, Ling Yi City would make a fortune.
"Mhm. That's why you need to prepare yourself. I'm afraid you'll be very busy in the future," Shifeng said, nodding, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.
Currently, Ling Yi had three major Guild Cities. They were Stone Forest City in the Dark Night Empire, Silverwing City in the Ore Empire, and Ling Yi City in the Starmoon Kingdom.
Among the three cities, Stone Forest City and Silverwing City were located in crucial locations and couldn't be moved easily. This was because Stone Forest City had to prevent the Dark World's invasion, while Silverwing City was a barrier against the Faux Saint army. Hence, both cities couldn't be moved.
The only remaining city was Ling Yi City. It no longer had much value in garrisoning in the Starmoon Kingdom, and it also didn't need to act as a deterrent to other powers. Hence, it was the best choice for Shi Feng.
Two hours later, a brand new Ling Yi City appeared before everyone's eyes once more.
However, before anyone could get a good look at the new city, Shifeng arrived at the City Lord's Mansion's core control room. He then poured 5,000 Mana Stones into the World Mirror and moved Ling Yi City to a Level 140 neutral map. The players, who hadn't had the time to admire Ling Yi City, were stunned.
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