White River City, Overwhelming Smile's Guild Residence: Rustle.
"Vice Guild Leader Youlan, I've finished investigating Candlelight," a Level 1 male Assassin reported as he entered Overwhelming Smile's meeting room.
"Who opened it?" Youlan asked anxiously.
Originally, Overwhelming Smile was already at a disadvantage on the field battlefield. The amount of Coins they spent every day was not small.
Although Underworld had increased its investment, especially in terms of funds, it was not easy to convert Credits into Coins. Even after spending a fortune to purchase Coins, the Guild's Coins were barely enough to cover the cost.
Initially, Youlan had not discovered that repairing equipment cost so much Coins.
However, as the death count of Guild members continued to rise, dying once was nothing. After two or three deaths, however, most of the Guild members' Coins would be depleted. Afterward, to repair their equipment, these Guild members had no choice but to compensate with Coins.
This situation gave Youlan, who had been brimming with confidence, a headache. She wished she could strangle Hei Yan to death.
Just the Coins they had spent so far exceeded 1,000 Gold, not to mention the Credits they had to compensate.
If this situation dragged on, they would have to compensate with Coins. After all, if they did not repair their equipment, they would not be able to level up in the outside world. If their equipment turned to scrap, they would have no choice but to purchase new equipment. However, how could good equipment be so easy to obtain? Every piece of equipment cost a player a lot of effort. Losing even a single piece was akin to losing a piece of meat.
Hence, before their equipment's durability reached a critical point, even if they had to spend Credits to purchase Coins, they would still have to repair their equipment.
However, there was one thing that puzzled Youlan. Overwhelming Smile had suffered heavy losses. However, Ling Yi's losses were similarly significant. Not to mention, Ling Yi had not used Credits to compensate for her losses. She should have spent more Coins than they did. Yet, even now … Not only did Ling Yi not show a lack of money, but she had also spent even more.
This was simply stupefying!
Youlan had asked around. Just the construction of the Advanced Smithy and the purchase of several sets of Dragonscale Set Equipment cost over 2,000 Gold, not to mention the Coins they had to compensate for the war of attrition.
Even the entire Underworld would find it difficult to come up with such a large sum of gold coins.
If this war of attrition continued for so long, Youlan could already see Overwhelming Smile withdrawing from White River City. She needed to make a change. She needed to earn a large amount of Coins.
Meanwhile, if she wanted to earn a large sum of Coins from God's Domain … The only way was through trade.
Although the Guild Quests issued by the Guild Residences were a sizable source of income, it paled in comparison to trade.
Although the various large Guilds had plenty of Gold Coins on them, compared to the countless players in God's Domain, this amount of Gold Coins was nothing. Even if they only earned 1 Silver Coin from each of the millions of players in White River City, that would be tens of thousands of Gold Coins.
At that time, not to mention dealing with the Ling YI Society, they could even deal with several large Guilds at once.
In White River City. The most powerful trading firm was the Starstreak Trading Firm. Not only did the Starstreak Trading Firm occupy a very good location, but it also owned Lands in eight of the cities surrounding White River City. Just the sight of him earning so much money every day was enough to make one drool.
Unfortunately, the Starstreak Trading Firm was an NPC's business and not a player's. The various large Guilds had tried all sorts of methods to cooperate with the Starstreak Trading Firm. In the end, he could only give up and open his own shop.
However, ordinary land didn't have much value. The various large Guilds had all set their sights on golden Lands. They had continuously saved up money and increased their Reputation, waiting to purchase them.
Now, however, the Candlelight Trading Firm had appeared out of nowhere. Moreover, the Candlelight Trading Firm had purchased two golden Lands before the Starstreak Trading Firm. Although the Candlelight Trading Firm was inferior to the Starstreak Trading Firm in every aspect, by relying on the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits and a complete set of products, the Candlelight Trading Firm stood among the top trading firms in White River City. Moreover, as time passed, the Candlelight Trading Firm would sell several items that the majority of players were in urgent need of.
Moreover, unlike the Starstreak Trading Firm, Candlelight was a player's shop. Hence, there was a possibility of cooperation.
Hence, Youlan had sent someone to investigate Candlelight.
"I heard that the person in charge of that area is a young woman named A Melancholy Smile. Moreover, she is also a forger. She was once a hired forger of the Starstreak Trading Firm," the Assassin said slowly. "In addition, aside from this woman, the other two forgers of the Starstreak Trading Firm seem to have transferred to Candlelight. They are the ones who produced the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits."
"Good. You've done well." Youlan smiled faintly. "A Melancholy Smile. This is the first time I've heard of this name. It seems that I'll have to make a trip there personally and have a good chat with them."
At this moment, aside from Overwhelming Smile, several other large Guilds had also begun to have designs on Candlelight.
Such a prosperous trading firm was like a massive gold mine. It could provide a steady stream of resources to their Guilds. If they could obtain it, their Guilds could instantly improve by several levels.
Meanwhile, in Star-Moon City, Shifeng had once again set his sights on Star-Moon City's Lands due to the additional 10,000 Gold Coins in his pockets.
Although Candlelight's business was still doing well beside the Underground Arena, the Underground Arena was still not very popular. If they wanted to attract the attention of Star-Moon City's players, they would need to purchase the Lands in the city's central district.
However, Lifeless Blade was only an ordinary noble of Star-Moon City. The Lands he could purchase were only ordinary Lands. He had no way of purchasing the Lands in the city's central district or the golden Lands.
"I need to think of a way to increase my Reputation!" Shifeng's mind continuously searched for information regarding Star-Moon City.
After pondering for a moment, Shifeng's eyes suddenly lit up. Immediately, he hailed a horse carriage and rushed towards the Palace.
Star-Moon City was the core of Starmoon Kingdom. Hence, it was extremely difficult to increase one's Reputation there. If one completed Reputation Quests by themselves, it would take years before they could obtain the title of Viscount in Star-Moon City.
Because of this, many players had given up on doing business in Star-Moon City and moved to other cities.
However, Star-Moon City had a large player population, so there were bound to be a few powerful characters. Among them, there were several independent players who had obtained the title of Baron or even Viscount before some large Guilds. They had also obtained some good Lands and used them to make a fortune. Just the monthly rent they collected was enough to allow these people to live a carefree life for the rest of their lives.
However, these people were not ordinary people. They did not have nothing to their name. Instead, they were tycoons. They were relatively famous in several virtual reality games and had even earned quite a bit of money.
These people had used a special method to rapidly increase their Reputation within a short period of time, instantly becoming Barons in Star-Moon City. Afterward, they had become the envy of all players in Star-Moon City.
Their method was very simple. They would use Coins to purchase resources and contribute them to a Grand Duke. Through this, they could obtain Star-Moon City's Reputation. However, the exchange rate of Coins for Reputation was enough to make ordinary players' scalps tingle.
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