Chapter 1 Contract

In the elegant and exquisite reception hall, Shi Feng quickly finalized contracts with representatives from various guilds.

As long as they joined the Candlelight Firm, they could participate in the Azure Light auction every three days. Guilds that had already won a bid could not bid again. The number of sets for sale ranged from three to five. In addition, there were other valuable items such as Stamina Recovery Potions, Stamina Gems, Advanced Mana Armor Plates, rare Master-level potions, and even Small Ballista Carts for sale depending on contribution to the Candlelight Firm.

This delighted all the guilds present, especially the small and medium-sized guilds. At this point, whether or not they could obtain a temporary residence in Stone Forest City was no longer important. On the contrary, obtaining these items from Zero Wing was the most important thing.

In just three short hours, nearly two hundred guilds signed contracts with Zero Wing, becoming members of the Candlelight Firm. Among them, the two super forces, Hu Yao and War Spirit Unyielding, also became high-level members without hesitation, because they offered prices that Shi Feng could not refuse.

Hu Yao not only opened up markets in two entire kingdoms, but also provided a complete set of *ru wei* (entering the subtle) inheritance and many unique materials. In addition, they would jointly defend Stone Forest City.

As for War Spirit Unyielding, although they only opened up one kingdom and part of the Dark Night Empire market, they could provide some information about the Flowing Water Realm and related energy equipment. They also provided ten unlimited training slots, allowing *ru wei* experts to fight simulated experts without limit, accumulating experience in the fastest way possible to reach the Flowing Water Realm.

These unlimited training slots were not comparable to those provided by Tianji Pavilion. They could fight any kind of *ru wei* and Flowing Water Realm expert, unlike Tianji Pavilion where they needed to earn points themselves.

Of course, the reason Tianji Pavilion didn't do this was simple: it would consume too much energy.

High-level energy was not only rare but also widely used, and heavily regulated. Even large consortia could not obtain much. The energy consumed by simulated experts was considerable, and the more powerful the expert, the greater the consumption. Even Tianji Pavilion dared not let all training members do this, so they adopted an elite strategy, giving the most resources to true geniuses.

If War Spirit Unyielding hadn't needed a temporary residence in Stone Forest City so badly, they would never have offered these ten unlimited slots, allowing *ru wei* experts to grind experience to become Flowing Water Realm experts.

Of course, War Spirit Unyielding was confident that Zero Wing had too few experts they could put forward, especially Flowing Water Realm and Vacuum Realm experts, which were simply laughable compared to ordinary super forces.

Shi Feng was naturally very willing. Currently, there were many experts in the guild stuck at the *ru wei* stage. It wasn't that Water Rose, White Feather, Fire Dance, Purple Smoke, Sword Shadow, Flying Shadow, Half Summer, Cola and others lacked talent, but their combat experience was too little. Unlike his own thick accumulation in God's Domain, they could not smoothly jump from *ru wei* to Flowing Water Realm.

If they now had War Spirit Unyielding's training help, he believed it wouldn't be long before Water Rose and the others could successfully become Flowing Water Realm experts, which would be of great help to Zero Wing, even more so than the complete *ru wei* inheritance provided by Hu Yao.

In this cooperation, the biggest gain for Zero Wing was not these, but the addition of a large number of small guilds, which instantly expanded the Candlelight Firm's channels to twelve kingdoms and three empires. Perhaps it wasn't as comprehensive as what Hu Yao and War Spirit Unyielding provided, just a part of it, but this was enough for Zero Wing.

It could be said that the simple range of channel coverage already surpassed that of an ordinary super force. The various super forces could no longer hinder Zero Wing's economy in the slightest.

Previously, the super forces could hinder Zero Wing's economy because Zero Wing's coverage was small and easily targeted, but now that it covered more than a dozen kingdoms and three empires, even if the super forces wanted to, they were powerless.

Moreover, the collection of materials became easier, no longer subject to others. As long as it wasn't an ultra-rare material, it could be obtained in piles with just a word, which was of great help to the Candlelight Firm.

After signing the contracts, Shi Feng handed over the subsequent docking matters to Water Rose and White Feather, while he himself was busy with the construction and NPC recruitment of Stone Forest City.

Although Stone Forest City had only been open for less than a day, the number of players pouring into it had exceeded one million. If it weren't for the environment and difficulty of the Abyss of No Return, it would probably have already developed into a large city with a population of five or six million.

However, the arrival of these one million people also made Shi Feng feel what it was like to count money until his hands cramped.

"No wonder the guilds that owned cities in the Abyss of No Return developed so fast in the previous life, the speed of making money is simply faster than robbing," Shi Feng thought, amazed as he looked at Stone Forest City's income so far.

Four silver coins per person, the entrance fee alone was 51,204 gold. Not to mention the players joining the arena and the players in the auction house. Without adding any shops, the pure daily income exceeded 100,000 gold, which even top-tier first-rate guilds couldn't match, and was comparable to those super forces.

And all this was just the beginning. As more and more players came to Stone Forest City, even after deducting Tianji Pavilion's share, the daily income would probably exceed 200,000 gold...

One must know that it was already good if ordinary super forces could immediately take out 200,000 gold. They would need to accumulate 500,000 or 600,000 gold for a while, but Stone Forest City's pure daily income would exceed 200,000 gold, and 500,000 or 600,000 gold would only take three days. If they fought a war of attrition with ordinary super forces, they could definitely make them cry.

As for the debts for the airport and other things, they were no longer a problem.

Suddenly having so much money made Shi Feng's mind race, and many plans came to mind.

Before, he didn't have much money, so many plans couldn't be tried, and even the development of the guild was a problem. But now that he had the income from Stone Forest City, he could completely enter the Dark Night Empire, and Silverwing Town and Lost Town could finally start to exert their strength.

For the development of a guild town, the biggest constraints are usually population and popularity, but for Zero Wing, it wasn't. On the contrary, it was the money that the super forces didn't lack.

Soon, Shi Feng used the newly acquired gold coins to build Stone Forest City. Shops, hotels, restaurants, bars, blacksmith shops, and private residences quickly took shape. The recruitment of NPC guards was also easy, and the equipment given was all Fine-Gold rank. Any Tier 2 guard could easily kill existing Tier 2 experts, so that even the top experts of today dared not fight head-on.

As for Dark-Gold equipment, it was too expensive, 1,500 gold per set. Shi Feng only equipped ten of the Tier 2 NPCs with the highest potential. Even monster-level experts would have to run away if they encountered them one-on-one. If they were surrounded by three or four such Tier 2 NPC guards, it would be a dead end.

While Shi Feng was wholeheartedly building and developing Stone Forest City, the news of the Candlelight Firm's establishment also reached the ears of various forces in the kingdoms and empires, especially the super forces, causing a huge sensation.