Chapter 1 A City of Lights

The Realm of Gods fell into night once more, and White River City was ablaze with lights.

After nightfall, only a very small number of experts and elite teams would level up in the wild in the Realm of Gods. The vast majority of players could only return to the city to rest.

But White River City was exceptionally lively, and the most popular place was the Candlelight Trading Firm.

The reason it was so popular was all thanks to the Basic Strengthening Armor Plates produced by the Candlelight Trading Firm.

Although Basic Strengthening Armor Plates were not as good as Basic Mana Armor Plates, the number of Basic Mana Armor Plates was too scarce. They could not compare with the large quantities provided daily by the Candlelight Trading Firm.

Not far from the Candlelight Trading Firm was a high-end bar.

Feng Xuanyang sat on the open-air terrace on the second floor, looking down at the Candlelight Trading Firm with a smile.

"I want to see how long you can last." Feng Xuanyang smiled arrogantly.

Originally, Feng Xuanyang was a little worried that the Candlelight Trading Firm's booming business would not stop, and it would be difficult to deal with in the future, but in the process of poaching from the Candlelight Trading Firm, he suddenly discovered a secret.

It was also a fatal flaw of the Candlelight Trading Firm.

That was, only three people could make Basic Strengthening Armor Plates.

It was impossible for three people to produce enough to satisfy the players of the entire White River City. Even if they could satisfy them after a long time, the players at that time might not need them.

So Feng Xuanyang did one thing, which was to spend a lot of money to buy Basic Armor Plates, and buy as many as he could.

The first was to quickly consume the Candlelight Trading Firm's inventory. As long as there were no more Basic Strengthening Armor Plates, then the popularity of the Candlelight Trading Firm would decline, which would have a great limiting effect. Although the invested gold coins were a bit large, the Basic Strengthening Armor Plates were not useless. They could help a lot in team dungeons.

It allowed teams that were only a little short on attributes to immediately pass the team dungeon, thereby obtaining some good equipment, which greatly improved the guild.

Secondly, the major guilds of Star-Moon City were now working hard to establish guild residences and save money to buy gold land. In addition, they were conquering large dungeons to increase the guild's popularity and equipment. Saving money to buy gold land required a lot of gold coins.

Feng Xuanyang not only used the purchased Basic Strengthening Armor Plates in his own team, but also sold some to other cities.

Other cities did not have the Candlelight Trading Firm, nor did they have Basic Strengthening Armor Plates. Because of冥府 (Mingfu)'s channels, he could sell the Basic Strengthening Armor Plates to major guilds in other cities. These guilds saw these Basic Strengthening Armor Plates and snapped them up like crazy. He just turned a hand and earned a lot of money.

Feng Xuanyang's move was completely killing two birds with one stone. It not only consumed the Candlelight Trading Firm's inventory of armor plates, but also earned a lot of money through the armor plates, which made him happy.

But while he was happy, he also had a deep understanding of the terribleness of the Candlelight Trading Firm.

Fortunately, the Candlelight Trading Firm only opened in White River City. Fortunately, there were only three blacksmiths who could make Basic Strengthening Armor Plates. If the Candlelight Trading Firm solved these problems, it could quickly occupy the entire Star-Moon Kingdom's market. At that time, who could be the opponent of the Candlelight Trading Firm in the Star-Moon Kingdom's trade market?

Thinking of this, Feng Xuanyang couldn't help but feel jealous.

"Why isn't the Candlelight Trading Firm mine?" Feng Xuanyang hated Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile) in his heart.

If the Candlelight Trading Firm agreed to cooperate, then the Candlelight Trading Firm would be his now. At that time, he would control the Candlelight Trading Firm and earn a lot of gold coins. His status in 冥府 (Mingfu) would also rise. At that time, wouldn't those high-level people have to look at his face?

"Hmph, just because you don't sell to me, you think I have no way to deal with you. I will definitely snatch it!" Feng Xuanyang was already imagining the moment when he gained control of the Candlelight Trading Firm. At that time, the entire 冥府 (Mingfu)'s power in the Star-Moon Kingdom would be controlled by him. Dealing with a small Zero Wing Combat Guild would be a piece of cake.

Just as Feng Xuanyang was savoring the wine of victory, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes and a slightly fat figure sat next to Feng Xuanyang.

"Young Feng, I wonder what you called me here for?" Although the middle-aged man's level was only 10, just reaching the standard for entering the city, he exuded a shrewd temperament, especially the small eyes that were slightly narrowed, carrying a hint of shrewdness.

"How is the matter I asked you to handle?" Feng Xuanyang asked in a low voice.

"Young Feng, don't worry. I have already talked to many members of the Candlelight Trading Firm. Although only a dozen or so advanced blacksmith apprentices have been poached so far, many people are willing to do so. I believe that more advanced blacksmith apprentices will be willing to come soon. At that time, the Candlelight Trading Firm's goods will definitely be out of stock to a certain extent. At that time, the popularity will definitely decline, and it will be easier to poach people. At that time, if they have no one to make items, even if they have the best store and Basic Armor Plates, it is impossible to develop," the middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.

"Okay, you did a good job. As long as you get things done, you will definitely get your benefits." Feng Xuanyang nodded with satisfaction.

In the forging room of the Candlelight Trading Firm, Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile) frowned.

Just now, several more advanced forging apprentices wanted to terminate their contracts, and these advanced forging apprentices all mastered rare design drawings.

Although these people would pay more than ten times the compensation, it would be a great loss to the Candlelight Trading Firm. It would not be easy to get these rare design drawings again. Without these goods, how could they continue to retain customers?

"It's really hateful. I didn't expect to nurture so many ingrates. I would never have let these people learn these rare forging design drawings if I had known." Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile) bit her silver teeth tightly, regretting that she had valued these people so much at the beginning, providing these people with rare design drawings to help them advance to advanced forging apprentices as soon as possible.

At this moment, Shi Feng suddenly opened the door and walked in, but Shi Feng's movements were silent, completely making people unable to feel any sense of existence, until Shi Feng appeared in front of Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile), Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile) was surprised.

"Guild Leader!" Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile) exclaimed, "Why are you here?"

"Seeing you are so flustered, did you encounter any trouble?" Shi Feng asked with a smile.

At this time, Shi Feng's mood was indescribably happy. He had just snatched the Divine Crystal from the legendary monster Beast King Tresik and fled all the way, and rushed back to White River City without stopping, for fear of being chased and killed by Beast King Tresik. Now that he had returned to White River City, even if Beast King Tresik had great abilities, it was impossible to attack White River City.

Now that he saw Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile) frowning and worried, as the former guild leader of a second-rate top guild, how could he not see it?

"Guild Leader, it's my uselessness that has failed your trust and nurtured several ingrates." Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile)'s eyes were full of regret. Those rare design drawings were entrusted to her by Shi Feng one by one, and he repeatedly emphasized that they should be handed over to trustworthy people to learn, but the result was...

After listening to Youyu Weixiao (Melancholy Smile)'s story, Shi Feng couldn't help laughing.

"So it's just this matter!"

"It's okay, although we lost some rare design drawings, we also earned several million credit points." Shi Feng smiled indifferently, then took out a stack of design drawings from his backpack and threw them on the forging stone platform, "Since Yixiao Qingcheng (Alluring Smile) wants to poach advanced forging apprentices who have learned rare design drawings, then let him poach them. As long as he can afford to poach them, just go ahead and poach them. I welcome it."