Chapter 1 Invitation

As Shi Feng clicked on the gift box, the exquisite wooden box slowly opened.

Inside the wooden box was a beautiful golden card, with an invitation to the Tianji Pavilion auction printed on it.

"An invitation to Tianji Pavilion's internal auction?" Shi Feng took out the card and examined it. "This is getting interesting."

The invitation contained the address of this Tianji Pavilion internal auction in the real world. It also served as an electronic pass to enter the internal auction, allowing up to five people to attend.

He was very familiar with Tianji Pavilion's internal auctions. They were definitely a feast of high-end items. And it wasn't just items from God's Domain, but also items from the real world that could help with the game. That's why they were held in reality.

In the first two years after the launch of God's Domain, the Dark Auction couldn't compare to Tianji Pavilion's internal auctions. At these internal auctions, the sale of Epic-grade items was nothing special. They even sold fragments of Legendary-grade items and clues related to Legendary-grade items.

Furthermore, the number of items for sale was so great that sometimes it took an entire day to sell them all. Anyone who went would definitely gain something. Especially now, since he wanted to enter the Yanmo Valley, he needed a lot of Fire Resistance equipment of considerable quality. For the Tianji Pavilion, which was spread throughout the God's Domain continent, there would definitely be Fire Resistance equipment for sale. Buying some there would save him a lot of time in collecting equipment.

Shi Feng checked the time of the auction. It was exactly four days later, which gave him some time to prepare.

Then, Shi Feng summoned Shui Se Qiangwei and Bai Qingxue and told them about the Tianji Pavilion's invitation to attend the internal auction.

If it were an ordinary auction, he might not have informed them at all. However, Tianji Pavilion's internal auction was different. At that auction, they could see many outstanding experts who had recently risen in power among the various forces in God's Domain. This was because the auction had a custom: to prevent super forces from monopolizing the final items and leaving other forces to watch from the sidelines.

Therefore, Tianji Pavilion, taking into account the interests of the various forces, would hold some competitions to determine the number of final items each force could purchase. Of course, they could choose not to participate in such competitions and still purchase items, but they could only purchase two or three final items.

This was a major loss for the various forces. They would all try to compete and strive to purchase more of the final items at this auction, because the final items that Tianji Pavilion took out were extraordinary.

Of course, not just anyone could participate in this competition. It was limited to those under 25 years old. If the old monsters were allowed to compete, the other newly emerging forces could just give up.

Because of this, the various forces would send out some outstanding experts, who might not be very prominent in God's Domain right now, but would definitely be well-known figures in God's Domain in the future.

Shui Se Qiangwei and Bai Qingxue, as the two vice presidents of the Zero Wing Guild, would do well to pay attention to these individuals, because no one knew if these rising stars would become enemies in the future.

When Shui Se Qiangwei saw the invitation in Shi Feng's hand, her beautiful eyes widened.

"Guild Leader, you're amazing! You actually managed to get a Gold Invitation. I heard that Tianji Pavilion only issued fifty Gold Invitations for this auction." Shui Se Qiangwei couldn't help but admire Shi Feng.

Tianji Pavilion's internal auction was a grand event in the entire virtual gaming world. Even the established first-rate guild Twilight Echo only received a Silver Invitation. Having a Gold Invitation meant enjoying a large overdraft limit at the auction. Even if you didn't bring any money, you could use the Gold Invitation to make purchases directly. As for the money owed to Tianji Pavilion, you could pay it back a few days later.

This was a considerable advantage in bidding.

Of course, the reason for issuing this was to compensate the super forces for not being able to purchase the final items at will. It was hard to imagine that Shi Feng could actually get one...

"Only fifty issued?" Shi Feng couldn't help but take another look at the invitation in his hand.

He had never been to Tianji Pavilion's internal auction, because the Shadow Guild in his previous life didn't have the qualifications to be invited. He only learned about Tianji Pavilion's internal auctions through information from other guilds. He didn't expect Tianji Pavilion to be so optimistic about their Zero Wing Guild, directly offering a Gold Invitation.

"Guild Leader, can I bring a friend with me to Tianji Pavilion's internal auction?" Shui Se Qiangwei asked softly, somewhat hesitantly.

The number of people that could be brought depended on the level of the invitation. The most common Bronze level only allowed two people, the Silver level allowed three people, and only the Gold level allowed five people.

"Sure, there's plenty of room anyway," Shi Feng agreed.

For this auction, his main intention was for Shui Se Qiangwei and Bai Qingxue to go. As for the others, it didn't matter. After all, going to the auction was just to learn about the new talents of the various forces, which would help the guild's management. If the guild's experts went, it wouldn't improve them in any way, and would only waste a lot of time.

"Thank you, Guild Leader!" Shui Se Qiangwei said happily.

Then, Shi Feng, Shui Se Qiangwei, and Bai Qingxue agreed on a time to meet at the designated location of Tianji Pavilion in the real world. Before that, they would lead teams to grind some designated team dungeons to get more Fire Resistance equipment.

As for Shi Feng himself, he would try his best to gather funds.

This was because Tianji Pavilion's internal auction allowed three types of payment: Credits, which were the favorite payment method of the super forces; Gold Coins; and Magic Crystals.

Currently, the Zero Wing Guild didn't really have any Credits, so they could only raise Gold Coins and Magic Crystals. However, Tianji Pavilion preferred Magic Crystals and Gold Coins the most, so they would prioritize Magic Crystals and Gold Coins at the auction, followed by Credits.

However, Shi Feng didn't plan to sell any Magic Crystals, because it wasn't easy for him to obtain them, and the Zero Wing Guild needed Magic Crystals more than other guilds to maintain its operations. Therefore, he could only trade with the Gold Coins he had on hand.

So, Shi Feng spent the entire three days in the advanced forging room of the Candlelight Trading Firm, constantly making Advanced Mana Armor Plates.

Advanced Mana Armor Plates were always loved by the major guilds and were extremely popular in the market. However, Shi Feng had never had the time to make them specifically. Now, he could not only use them to make money, but also to practice his forging skills. After all, an Apprentice Forging Master needed 100,000 skill points to become a Journeyman Forging Master. Only when the skill points were full and he had created the corresponding weapons and equipment could he be promoted to Journeyman Forging Master.

After all, to make Bronze Defensive Puppets or Hell Chariots, he needed a Journeyman Forging Master.

Putting aside the Bronze Defensive Puppets, the materials and manpower needed to make Hell Chariots were currently the easiest to obtain. If he could make Hell Chariots, it would be of great help to the Zero Wing Guild.

And in the entire Candlelight Trading Firm, he was the first player to become an Apprentice Forging Master. Melancholic Smile had only just become an Apprentice Forging Master. So, it could be said that he was the most likely person in the entire Candlelight Trading Firm to be promoted to Journeyman Forging Master.

In those three days, in order to quickly obtain a large number of Gold Coins, in addition to the income from making Advanced Mana Armor Plates, Shi Feng also had Melancholic Smile send people around to sell some of the less important rare materials he had brought back. These rare materials were highly sought after by the major guilds, and they were being bought at high prices in the market.

However, because of the Tianji Pavilion auction, Shi Feng also clearly felt that there were more and more guilds storing funds in the market. Some guilds were even selling some of their strategic guild resources to gather funds, giving the entire God's Domain a faint sense of impending storm. Only those small guilds and small forces didn't feel anything, and instead thought they had bought a lot of items they couldn't usually buy, feeling like they had made a profit...

And in those three days, the sale of Advanced Mana Armor Plates and rare materials earned Shi Feng a total of more than 80,000 Gold Coins. Adding in some of the income from Zero Wing City and Stone Forest Town, Shi Feng's pocket suddenly had more than 124,000 Gold Coins, which was definitely an amount that any first-rate guild would look up to.

"So many Gold Coins should be enough."

Shi Feng looked at the time, then chose to log off and prepare to go to Tianji Pavilion's internal auction.