Chapter 1336 The Auction Begins

"Home of the Seas really dares to set such prices." Shi Feng looked at the information Fire Dance sent and smiled wryly. "Aren't they afraid of losing their shirts?"

Selling the Blessing of the Sea God for one gold coin per bottle was a foolish act of hurting oneself to injure the enemy.

Neither side would profit; it was simply a contest to see who could last the longest.

The survivor would naturally recoup all losses in the future, but if one couldn't endure, all previous efforts would be in vain.

Moreover, his situation differed from Home of the Seas, which had shops in major empires and could set its own prices. He could only sell through auction houses, where the minimum price was 1 gold and 20 silver. He couldn't compete with Home of the Seas in a price war.

At this rate, the number of Blessings of the Sea God he could sell daily would likely be minimal, barely earning any money.

"Guild Leader, are we still selling the Blessing of the Sea God?" Fire Dance asked softly, looking at Shi Feng.

"Why wouldn't we sell? Since Home of the Seas wants to fight to the death, I'll see how long they can last." Shi Feng smiled indifferently. "Fire Dance, organize a group of trusted assassins from the guild and have them peddle the Blessing of the Sea God in the capital cities of various empires. Sell each bottle for 60 silver coins, limited to 3,000 bottles per empire per day. Assign them in teams of three, rotating shifts. Also, have people go to various cities in the Endless Sea to acquire Magic Crest Shards. Since they're buying them for four silver coins per set in other cities, we'll offer five silver coins, always one silver coin higher than Home of the Seas's price."

Selling each bottle for 60 silver coins would be a losing proposition for any player synthesizing and exchanging them, but not for him. Acquiring Magic Crest Shards for five silver coins per set only cost 12 silver and 50 copper coins to exchange for a bottle of the Blessing of the Sea God. Selling them for 60 silver coins wouldn't yield huge profits, but he could still earn a decent amount.

It could only be said that Home of the Seas had chosen the wrong opponent.

"I understand," Fire Dance said, smiling upon hearing Shi Feng's plan.

Home of the Seas was in for a rude awakening.

If Home of the Seas had competed fairly, both sides could have profited, but this was simply shooting themselves in the foot.

Fire Dance immediately contacted the elite assassins in the guild, asking them to come to Nuifeng Town. Shi Feng himself took four thousand bottles of the Blessing of the Sea God back to White River City, intending to put them in the guild warehouse as exchangeable benefits for core guild members. He also planned to collect Dragon's Blood.

Dragon's Blood, also known as Dragon Blood Grass, was an extremely rare herb not found anywhere in the Endless Sea. It was a treasure usually only found in empires and kingdoms known for producing herbs.

Obtaining it required luck.

Even for him, it was difficult to obtain Dragon Blood Grass. It depended on luck. So, he needed to have the Candlelight Trading Firm acquire Dragon Blood Grass at a high price, or he wouldn't be able to proceed with the remaining steps.

White River City Teleportation Hall.

Shi Feng had just returned using a Return Scroll when he noticed that the number of players teleporting in was astonishing, at least twice as many as usual.

Among them were members of large guilds from other kingdoms and empires. Just in the hall, he could see at least fourteen first-rate guilds, and even a large number of members from the super guild War Wolf. For a moment, Shi Feng thought he had arrived in the capital of the Wan Beast Empire.

"What's going on?" Shi Feng glanced around the hall, secretly surprised.

Before Shi Feng could figure out what was happening, he heard many players on the street talking about the Candlelight Auction House.

"There are so many people coming to the Candlelight Auction!"

"Of course! I heard that the Candlelight Auction House is not only selling slots to Titan City, but also Bronze Mounts and a number of private houses in Stone Forest Town. Not to mention the slots to the Holy City, private houses in Stone Forest Town are definitely the most popular right now. I heard that many expert players from other kingdoms and empires have come specifically to participate in the Arena for the private suites."

"Yeah, it would be awesome to own a private room in Stone Forest Town! Not only can you PK in a place with rich mana to improve your skills, but you can also buy rare items from the NPC stores at any time, and you can move freely between Stone Forest Town and the leveling areas."

"That's right. Look, besides the big guilds, many well-known adventurer teams have come to participate in the auction, supposedly to acquire private housing in Stone Forest Town."

"Too bad the starting price of 300 gold coins for the houses being sold is too expensive. Otherwise, I would have liked to buy one too."

"It's already cheap. Stone Forest Town is now the number one player town in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom, including the surrounding kingdoms."

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Almost all the players teleporting into the hall were talking about Stone Forest Town, their faces filled with longing.

"Stone Forest Town is already so popular?" Shi Feng was slightly surprised.

He admitted that Stone Forest Town was good, but he didn't think it could attract too many players from other kingdoms and empires. After all, the location of Stone Forest Town was gradually becoming disadvantageous. Once the level of mainstream players reached level 50, Stone Forest Town would completely lose its competitiveness.

The only advantages might be the town's high mana density and the rare items sold in the NPC stores.

White River City, Candlelight Trading Firm.

The Candlelight Trading Firm, with its seven floors, was now surrounded by players. The original requirement for players to participate in the auction was to have more than 10 gold coins in their backpacks, but now it had to be reset, requiring players to have more than 100 gold coins in their backpacks. Otherwise, the huge auction hall simply couldn't accommodate so many people.

Even so, the entire ten-thousand-person auction hall was filled, and even the VIP boxes were not enough. The original requirement for a VIP box was a net worth of more than two thousand gold coins, but now it was set at ten thousand gold coins or a super power. Even many first-rate guilds didn't have that much money, but all thirty VIP boxes were filled.

The popularity of the Candlelight Auction exceeded all expectations.

Even the auctioneer, Melancholic Smile, was stunned. It was hard to imagine that an auction held by a mere shop could attract so many large forces and well-known adventurer teams.

In fact, not only was Melancholic Smile surprised, but the various forces attending the auction were also surprised that so many large forces would attend an auction in a kingdom.

Generally, an auction that could invite so many large forces would require at least a super power, but now a guild that had only recently risen had done it, and all were uninvited...

In a VIP box on the second floor,

"Guild Leader, I've just investigated. There are seven super guilds and top-tier guilds that have come, and almost all of the surrounding kingdoms and empires have sent first-rate guilds," Purple Eye whispered to Galaxy Past, who was next to her.

"There's really no comparison." Galaxy Past looked at the sea of players on the first floor and smiled wryly. "If One Sword Burial knew about this, I wonder what he would think?"

He had painstakingly managed the Galaxy Alliance for so many years, and had only just barely ranked among the first-rate guilds.

If the Galaxy Alliance were to hold an auction, it would be a great honor to have five or six first-rate guilds attend.

But the Zero Wing Guild, a guild that had only developed in God's Domain, had easily surpassed his years of effort.

It had to be said that comparing people was maddening.

And the Heavenly Burial Guild's announcement to hold an auction at the same time as Candlelight was probably a joke by now.