Chapter 1224 Stargazing Tower

"This should be the inheritance site on the island," Jun Wu Chang said, gazing at the towering pagoda hidden in the center of the canyon, his eyes filled with excitement.

The greatest inheritance within the entire Sea Dragon Secret Realm had been found so easily by Shi Feng.

Last time, it had taken their Third Fleet more than four hours just to pass the initial test. After reaching the inheritance island, they couldn't find the inheritance site within the remaining time, and even suffered some losses due to magic array traps.

Now, Shi Feng had found it in less than three hours. It was nothing short of a miracle.

Although he felt a little unwilling that Shi Feng would obtain the greatest inheritance, on second thought, it was still better than letting Shang Buyan and the others get it. Moreover, with Shi Feng's help in the time to come, obtaining the inheritance in the 50-yard grotto should be no problem, which would stabilize the Free Alliance's third-place position.

If he hadn't cooperated with Shi Feng this time, his Third Fleet would likely become the seventh or even eighth fleet, and wouldn't even have the qualification to use the large shipyard.

Shi Feng looked at the Stargazing Tower, also somewhat excited, but he didn't rush over. Instead, he calmly turned to Jun Wu Chang and asked in a low voice, "Wu Chang, are you interested in making a deal?"

He had basically secured the Sea God's inheritance, which could be said to have achieved his initial goal for coming here.

However, Zero Wing Guild was currently short on both money and resources for its development. Candlelight Trading Firm's profits were also basically saturated. To increase revenue, it needed to expand the Candlelight Trading Firm.

The Free Alliance occupied three of the twelve major cities in the Abyssal Sea. If they could open shops in these three cities, the profits would be unimaginable.

But opening shops in these three cities was not as easy as on land, where one only needed enough reputation and gold coins to purchase them. In all the NPC cities in the Abyssal Sea, reputation was not needed, but the city administrator's consent was. This was similar to players establishing their own towns.

Because of this, commerce in the Abyssal Sea was not well-developed.

To get the city administrator to agree, a profit-sharing agreement was usually required. Because there were no competitors, they could do whatever they wanted. Some kinder city administrators would split the profits three-seven, while the greedy ones could reverse it, with the split generally being five-five. This was why players chose to set up stalls to sell items, as they didn't have to share profits with the administrator and only needed to pay a small stall fee.

"Make a deal? I wonder what kind of deal Brother Yefeng wants to make?" Jun Wu Chang looked at Shi Feng, very curious.

"Are you interested in becoming the commander of the First Fleet?" Shi Feng said with a smile.

"Commander of the First Fleet? Brother Yefeng, you must be joking. You've seen Shang Buyan's and Bai Ye's foundations. Even if I obtain the inheritance this time, I'll have a hard time just holding onto third place, let alone becoming the commander of the First Fleet," Jun Wu Chang said, shaking his head.

"That's why I'm making a deal with you," Shi Feng said seriously. "You've seen my strength, and you know that Zero Wing Guild is behind me. How much do you think your chances of becoming the First Fleet commander would increase if Zero Wing Guild helped you with all its might?"

Shi Feng's words immediately silenced Jun Wu Chang.

If it hadn't been for Shi Feng's help this time, their Third Fleet would likely have been in a miserable state.

"Although I don't know the specific strength of your Zero Wing Guild, in my opinion, having a 20% chance would be good enough. Shang Buyan is not as simple as you think," Jun Wu Chang said.

"Twenty percent?" Shi Feng just smiled. "Even twenty percent is not bad, at least there's a hope, isn't there? If I help you become the commander of the First Fleet, I want the management rights of the city under your command, and we'll split the profits fifty-fifty. What do you think?"

The Free Alliance was not like a guild. Becoming the commander of the First Fleet didn't mean directly controlling all three major cities. But he could control Seawatch City, which had the largest number of players. The remaining two major cities were jointly managed by the remaining ten fleet commanders.

This was why even the Sacred Hall would get involved.

Becoming the commander of the First Fleet meant being able to independently control a major NPC city. If managed well, the wealth gained would definitely exceed imagination.

"City management rights?" Jun Wu Chang thought for a moment and said, "Alright, that's no problem, as long as I can become the commander of the First Fleet of the Free Alliance."

City management rights were not important to adventure teams like theirs, as long as they could obtain enough resources and gold coins.

"But it's very difficult to compete for the position of the First Fleet. Every time we deal with sea beast invasions, it's a test of the fleet's overall strength, not something that can be done with two small sailboats and a few high-quality speedboats," Jun Wu Chang clearly understood that Shi Feng's ships were very powerful, but that didn't help much in competing for the First Fleet's throne.

The city management rights of the Abyssal Sea were contested every month during the sea beast invasions. The fleet that could defend the most areas would ultimately become the city's manager. The Free Alliance also used this method to compete for positions within the organization.

Shang Buyan had been able to become the commander of the First Fleet time and time again because no one could match the area he defended each time.

Although Shi Feng seemed very confident, Jun Wu Chang didn't have much faith in it.

"I understand that, and I will also find a way to improve your overall strength," Shi Feng said with a smile. "Then let's sign the contract now."

He still knew something about the Free Alliance's position competition, as the Free Alliance was one of the sea overlords in God's Domain.

Shi Feng then signed a contract with Jun Wu Chang.

The content of the contract was simple: to help Jun Wu Chang become the commander of the First Fleet of the Free Alliance, after which the city under his command would be managed by Shi Feng, with profits split fifty-fifty. During this time, Jun Wu Chang must fully assist.

After signing the contract, Shi Feng nodded with satisfaction and led Jun Wu Chang and the others towards the distant Stargazing Tower.

The Stargazing Tower was three stories high. According to the Sea God Island's map, the first floor of the Stargazing Tower was a reward for all players who could come here, while the second and third floors depended on whether the players had the ability to obtain the inheritance. Moreover, the rewards on the second and third floors were unique. Once obtained by the first player, players who went up later would not receive any rewards or inheritance.

Just as Shi Feng and the others arrived in front of the Stargazing Tower, Shi Feng suddenly stopped everyone, which puzzled Jun Wu Chang and the others. However, a familiar voice reached everyone's ears a moment later.

"So you were discovered so quickly?"

At this time, figures suddenly darted out of the forest. The speaker was Bai Ye.

Moreover, Shang Buyan was also present beside Bai Ye.

"How could you be here?" Jun Wu Chang was extremely surprised to see Bai Ye and Shang Buyan.

The Magic Whale Beast was not so easy to deal with, especially its final team-wipe ultimate move. Even if the people from Bai Ye's and Shang Buyan's fleets could come over, it would take a long time. But they had just arrived here, and Bai Ye and Shang Buyan had already arrived. It was impossible to imagine.

Bai Ye seemed to see through Jun Wu Chang's thoughts and chuckled, "There's nothing surprising about this. It's just that Commander Shang and I temporarily joined forces to form a two-hundred-person team, and quickly came here at the cost of sacrificing my small sailboat and Commander Shang's two Bronze-rank speedboats. Although the sacrifice was not small, we managed to catch up with you, otherwise the inheritance would have really been obtained by you."

Jun Wu Chang couldn't help but be shocked.

He didn't expect Bai Ye to be so ruthless, even daring to abandon his small sailboat.

"Commander Bai Ye's subordinates are really amazing, they were even able to track us down here." Shi Feng glanced at an assassin wearing a black cloak beside Bai Ye, admiringly.

He had tried his best to hide his tracks all the way here. To track them down, one would need at least Master-level Tracking Skill.

"You flatter me. Now that we've arrived at the inheritance site, it's time to settle things." Bai Ye looked at Shi Feng and the others, smiling slightly.