Chapter 188 The Second Test

Shi Feng couldn't help but smile wryly at the beautiful NPC's words.

"As expected, an Epic quest couldn't possibly grant a city that easily." Shi Feng had found it strange that Xia Lian was so kind, offering a City Creation Order just for collecting ten thousand Undying Souls. The reward seemed too generous for an Epic quest. "There really is a double trial."

It was still early in God's Domain.

Even first-rate guilds could only scrape together a few thousand gold coins, and it would take a considerable amount of time to do so. After all, guilds needed to develop, expand, and improve, and gold coins vanished like water. Having a thousand gold in liquid assets was considered a luxury for first-rate guilds.

Only guilds like Zero Wing, with Candlelight Trading Firm, Stone Forest Town, and guild tasks, had a daily income of over several thousand gold coins. But after the guild expanded, there were even more places to spend money. After various benefits were distributed, Zero Wing made a net profit of only about a thousand gold per day, earning thirty thousand gold per month.

This was a number that other guilds would laugh at in their dreams.

But Shi Feng knew very well that he was still broke.

That amount of money wasn't even enough for the down payment to build a city.

Basic construction costs alone were 120,000 gold coins, plus the cost of dealing with monster attacks. You couldn't get by with less than 150,000 or 160,000 gold coins. And that didn't even include the construction of various buildings in the city, which was where the real spending began.

Shi Feng clearly remembered the scene when he built the Magic Tower.

The basic material cost for building a Magic Tower alone was nearly ten thousand gold, and you had to hire a bunch of NPCs to build it. In total, building a Magic Tower cost as much as 35,000 gold.

The black market was a little cheaper, but it still cost more than 20,000 gold.

And that didn't even include other buildings. If you added everything up, you would find that the hundred thousand gold coins for building a city was just the first step of a long journey.

But even so, the major guilds were willing to sell everything they had, seek various financing options, and sell off small portions of their guild shares in order to build a city. When they did, the city would become a huge money-making machine, and they could count money until their hands cramped every day.

Back then, Underworld had carried out more than a dozen rounds of financing in order to build the first city, and that was when Underworld's shares were divided up by many groups and companies.

If Zero Wing didn't want to rely on outside forces to build a guild city, it would have to earn more gold coins.

Shi Feng couldn't help but have a headache when he thought about earning several times more gold coins than he was currently making.

It was still early in God's Domain, which was very different from when Underworld built its first city. Back then, the players were much higher level than they were now, and it was easier to make money. Now, most players in God's Domain were still below Level 30, so it was much more difficult to get tens of thousands of gold coins in a short period of time than it was back then.

Moreover, the daily income of Candlelight Trading Firm was almost saturated, and it was difficult to increase it any further.

As for Stone Forest Town, it mainly earned Magic Crystals, and it was impossible to increase Stone Forest Town's income in a short period of time. As for the income from guild tasks, it couldn't compare to Candlelight Trading Firm and Stone Forest Town at all.

"It seems I have to find new ways to make money."

Shi Feng thought about it. The most profitable business in God's Domain was selling top-quality weapons and equipment, followed by various consumables. Top-quality weapons and equipment were more than enough for his own guild, so how could he sell them?

Just as Shi Feng was racking his brains to find a new source of income, Aqua Rose suddenly contacted him.

"Guild Leader, the post-war statistics are all done. We've made a fortune this time." Aqua Rose said excitedly, "In addition to the compensation and rewards for guild members, we obtained 18,456 pieces of Level 25 Mysterious-Iron equipment, 3,187 pieces of Level 25 Mithril equipment, 549 pieces of Level 25 Fine-Gold equipment, 84 pieces of Level 25 Dark-Gold equipment, 1,427 pieces of Level 30 Mysterious-Iron equipment, 241 pieces of Level 30 Mithril equipment, 53 pieces of Level 30 Fine-Gold equipment, and 4 pieces of Level 30 Dark-Gold equipment."

There were bound to be gains after a great battle, but Shi Feng didn't expect the gains to be so great.

These gains were net income.

By filling the warehouse with this equipment, the guild's strength would soon increase by a large margin.

If they had to spend money to buy this equipment, it would cost at least 50,000 gold coins.

"With this equipment, plus the equipment originally in the guild warehouse, we can handle expanding by another 30,000 to 50,000 people." Aqua Rose had previously been worried about the equipment problem after the guild expanded.

Now, Zero Wing was a large guild recognized by the players of the Star-Moon Kingdom, and its reputation was even higher than Star River Alliance and Ouroboros. The number of players flocking to the guild was increasing every day, making it a good time to increase the number of guild members.

However, if the guild warehouse didn't have enough equipment, it wouldn't work to absorb a large number of new members.

Aqua Rose had originally thought that absorbing 10,000 people would be the limit, but now that they had so much equipment, there was no problem in absorbing another 30,000 to 40,000 people.

"However, the durability of this equipment has been greatly reduced, and the repair costs alone will be quite high. I want to take some money from the guild funds to repair this equipment." Aqua Rose requested.

If it was just a small amount of money, Aqua Rose could naturally use it at will, but there were tens of thousands of pieces of equipment to be repaired, and the money was not a small amount, so she had to get Shi Feng's approval.

When Shi Feng heard this, he felt another headache coming on.

"There's not much money left in the guild funds. Why don't we sell some of the lower quality equipment and use the money from the sale to make up for the repair costs?" Shi Feng thought for a moment and said.

"I understand." Aqua Rose then hung up the call.

After Aqua Rose hung up, Shi Feng immediately thought of a design in his bag.

Magic Equipment Engraving!

It could strengthen players' equipment and greatly reduce the consumption of equipment durability.

This was an essential item for players at this stage.

At low levels, players in God's Domain didn't notice the wear and tear on their equipment, but as their levels increased and the monsters became stronger, the consumption of equipment became more and more exaggerated. The repair costs alone could consume most of a player's assets every day.

"Selling Magic Equipment Engravings is a new way to make money." Shi Feng couldn't help but smile slightly. He had previously thought about selling Magic Tools, but Magic Tools were too precious. Only the upper echelons of those large guilds could afford them. However, because of their rarity, his own guild couldn't even use them all, so how could he easily sell them to other guilds? But Magic Equipment Engravings were different.

Thinking of this, Shi Feng immediately left the City Hall and headed to Candlelight Trading Firm.

"Hmm, isn't this the broken sword that Star River Past dropped?" While Shi Feng was searching for the Magic Equipment Engraving design in the carriage, he suddenly noticed an unusually eye-catching broken sword.

Even if this broken sword was just placed in his bag, Shi Feng could feel a palpitation power.

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