Chapter 1 Opening the Shop

Hearing the system notification, Shi Feng directly chose to open the Wanderers' Shop.

Although after the Wanderers' Shop advances to two stars, it can hire better NPCs to manage it and change the shop's decor to attract more players and NPCs, Shi Feng didn't have that much money right now.

Just buying the Wanderers' Shop cost him 9,000 Ancient Gold Coins, leaving him with only 1,000.

Within Dragonheart City, all expenses required Ancient Gold Coins. The Gold Coins earned in kingdoms and empires were useless here. Even exchanging Gold Coins for Ancient Gold Coins at high prices was ineffective, because players who came to Dragonheart City were generally experts who weren't short on Gold Coins. They preferred to buy items that could improve themselves, so they were unwilling to part with Ancient Gold Coins.

Moreover, entering places like the World Tower also cost money.

Entering the first level, the Geocentric Mountains, was relatively cheaper, costing five Ancient Silver Coins each time. But going to the higher-level second floor cost one Ancient Gold Coin.

Food and drink in Dragonheart City were also expensive, but necessary. Unlike outside, they could accelerate a player's stamina and mental recovery. More importantly, they could dispel the alien world energy erosion in the body, allowing players to enter the World Tower faster.

This was one reason why small forces couldn't survive in Dragonheart City. Otherwise, such a good place to level up and acquire resources would have been packed with players. Why bother going to maps that took forever to travel to and eroded the body with strange energy?

Shi Feng planned to have Zero Wing members come to Dragonheart City to develop as well, and they would need money.

Most importantly, the Wanderers' Shop required a payment of 3,000 Ancient Gold Coins every ten days, so opening it as soon as possible was best.

As the Wanderers' Shop opened, an NPC soon came to the shop to sell items. The item for sale was a Tier 2 skill book, but it was very expensive, requiring sixty Ancient Gold Coins.

Soon after the NPC entered, players began to walk in.

These originally wandering players were completely captivated by the items displayed on the counter.

"Holy crap! Is that a resurrection scroll? That's a great item that can resurrect players without healing, and the death penalty is halved! I've never seen it in the empire's auction house. I only saw it once at an auction, and it sold for 200 gold. Here, it only sells for fifty gold!"

"Cheap? It's Ancient Gold Coins here."

The players looked at the items in the Wanderers' Shop with shining eyes, but they deflated when they saw the prices. For experts from well-known adventure teams, scraping together fifty gold coins was possible, but fifty Ancient Gold Coins was beyond their reach, even if they sold themselves.

In the Wanderers' Shop, all items were priced in Ancient Gold Coins...

Shi Feng watched as these players complained about the Wanderers' Shop being greedy, and could only look on. He shook his head and smiled, remembering how he used to be the same. Even as the Guild Leader, he felt things in the Wanderers' Shop were expensive, let alone these adventure team members.

Then, Shi Feng left the shop to meet up with Qin Yin and the others.

Now that the Wanderers' Shop was open and there were so many players in Dragonheart City, it would inevitably attract the attention of the major forces. He wasn't worried about selling the Black Market slots. At the same time, Shi Feng left 500 Ancient Gold Coins in the shop specifically to buy Epic-rank materials. As for other things, he would have to wait, as he couldn't afford them. All he could do now was slowly accumulate Ancient Gold Coins through the Wanderers' Shop.

Inside Dragonheart City's inner area, at a bar called Blue Rose, Shi Feng arrived to find Qin Yin and the others chatting happily with a Level 79 Half-Tiger Beast Berserker.

This Half-Tiger Beast Berserker not only had a high level, but also very good equipment. He wore the Level 75 Fine-Gold ranked Wrath Set and carried a giant axe that radiated an Epic-rank aura. Even top experts from first-rate guilds didn't dare approach him easily because of his wild aura.

Moreover, judging by the Half-Tiger Beast's movements, he was a Micro Realm expert, and his strength was definitely greater than Qin Yin's.

"Brother Black Flame, you're done with your business?" Qing Zhu asked when she saw Shi Feng approaching.

"Yes, I'm done." Shi Feng nodded.

"That's good. Let me introduce you. This is my friend, Long You Tianxia. He's the leader of the Dragon Rider Adventure Team," Qin Yin introduced. "This is the Guild Leader of Zero Wing, Black Flame."

"So you're the Sword King, Black Flame!" Long You Tianxia looked at Shi Feng, surprised.

Adventure teams operating within Dragonheart City typically didn't have much knowledge of external guilds. However, they were very familiar with the top fifty experts on the Wind and Cloud Expert List.

Especially since Shi Feng's ranking had recently risen, reaching fourteenth place in the latest issue. It was hard not to know.

Although the rankings on the Wind and Cloud Expert List didn't reflect the true strength of God's Domain experts, being ranked so high meant his strength was undeniable.

However, Shi Feng seemed like an ordinary person. If Qin Yin hadn't introduced him, he might have thought Shi Feng was just a regular player. He couldn't sense any imposing aura from Shi Feng, and his presence was weak. He was completely different from the experts he had met, and didn't seem like an expert at all.

"Hello." Shi Feng simply nodded.

After a brief introduction, Long You Tianxia began to talk about the West Continent teleportation passage. The situation wasn't as everyone had imagined. Dragonheart City didn't have a teleportation passage. Instead, a King-rank Sea Beast had been discovered not far from Dragonheart City. According to intelligence, the King-rank Sea Beast might drop a Teleportation Boundary Stone that could transport people to the West Continent.

The reason the news spread was that the King-rank Sea Beast was too strong, and was guarded by a group of powerful Sea Beasts. It couldn't be taken down by one or two super forces alone. They needed to borrow the strength of various forces to jointly conquer it.

So, they had all the maritime forces that had rushed over gather on the island closest to the King-rank Sea Beast, and then deal with the King-rank Sea Beast together.

And which force operating in Dragonheart City wasn't operating at sea?

Long You Tianxia also planned to go this time to see if he could get a share. Qing Zhu and Qin Yin also wanted to take a look, and Shi Feng naturally didn't object, so he went with Long You Tianxia to the island.

"There are so many people!" Qing Zhu said, clicking her tongue as she looked at the speedboats at the harbor.

Although there were usually many ships docked at Dragonheart City, there were more than ten times as many ships now, making it difficult to leave the harbor.

"It's too slow to go with our own ships. Dragonheart City has dedicated transport ships to that island, so it's more convenient to take the transport ship," Long You Tianxia said. "I already had someone buy tickets, so we can just get on board."

Long You Tianxia then led Shi Feng and the others to where the transport ship was located.

The transport ship was packed with people, all waiting to board. Shi Feng and the others had no choice but to wait in line.

After waiting for half an hour, just as it was about to be Shi Feng's group's turn to board the ship, two burly players, Level 78 and 79, walked over. The surrounding players avoided them, not daring to look directly at them, because these two were very influential experts in Dragonheart City, and ordinary people didn't dare to provoke them.

"You Long, I heard you bought tickets to board the ship. Give them to me," the Level 78 Shield Warrior said with a grin as he looked at Long You Tianxia. "I'm in a hurry. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly. I'll repay this favor later."

"Iron Hand, you're too late. All the tickets I have are for people already," Long You Tianxia said, shaking his head.

"It's okay! People can be changed, right? Who are they? Let me discuss it with them. I think they'll be happy to agree," the Shield Warrior named Iron Hand said with a smile.