Chapter 1 Seafaring City

As Shi Feng exited the teleportation hall, a scene of azure sea and blue sky unfolded before his eyes, resembling a maritime metropolis. Various docked boats were scattered at the foot of the mountain, while large groups of players shouted and formed teams at the harbor, a stark contrast to the cities on land.

"Team going to hunt Armored Behemoths, four advanced speedboats are ready, those who want to go quickly sign up, requirement is level 40 or above, only veterans, no newbies."

"Team going to Redglow Bay to farm Red Coral, level 39 and below, do not disturb."

"Level 41 Shield Warrior looking for a team for the Underwater Temple! I own an advanced speedboat!"

"Going to Black Mist Sea to farm Magic Crystals, led by a Bronze speedboat, still lacking two advanced speedboats, those with advanced speedboats hurry up!"

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The number of players forming teams at the harbor exceeded three or four thousand, resembling a bustling market. Unlike teaming up on land, players here placed more emphasis on level and speedboat quality.

Having an advanced speedboat guaranteed players would be sought after, just like encountering a master. Ordinary players couldn't wait to latch on, and owning a Bronze speedboat was akin to being a superstar, exceptionally eye-catching.

"There are really a lot of players with advanced speedboats here." A glance from Shi Feng revealed that at least ten percent of the speedboats in the entire harbor were advanced, unlike in the Apocalypse Empire where even ordinary speedboats were rare, let alone advanced ones.

In addition to the generally higher level of speedboats, the players here were also generally higher level. Players above level 40 were a common sight on the streets, a level that would be considered a master player in Star-Moon Kingdom, but here it was ordinary.

Although the players here were higher level, commerce was not well-developed. Shi Feng didn't see any player-run shops on the streets, and there were even fewer player-made items. Instead, he saw many players setting up stalls along the streets. Unlike the NPC cities on land, which prohibited players from setting up stalls on the streets, requiring them to shout out what they were selling for personal transactions, stalls didn't require that. Customers could directly see what items the players were selling.

Shi Feng looked at dozens of stalls in a row, and the items for sale were all monster drops, or materials. There were no items made by lifestyle players at all.

"As expected, the development of secondary professions is slower for players at sea," Shi Feng smiled faintly.

In his previous life, he had spent almost all his time on land and didn't know much about the Endless Ocean. He only knew some general information.

Moreover, by the time he came to understand the island cities at sea in his previous life, many island cities in God's Domain had already developed. They weren't as desolate as they were now. After all, the resources at sea were more plentiful than on land, and there were also many unique resources at sea. Therefore, the NPC cities on the islands in his previous life were very prosperous, and various maritime merchants and magnificent shops could be seen everywhere.

But thinking about it, the development of secondary professions at sea was actually not much slower than on land. It was just because of the butterfly effect brought about by his early development of guild secondary professions that the development speed of secondary professions on land was much faster than at sea.

Just as Shi Feng was investigating the prices of goods in Azure City, a large crowd of players suddenly gathered in the commercial street. Many players who saw this scene showed excited expressions on their faces and rushed over.

This made Shi Feng curious.

"Today, we are buying a large quantity of Magic Rune Fragments, 6 silver coins per stack, first come, first served!"

A slightly fat, middle-aged man with a small mustache walked out of a three-story shop on the main street and shouted with a smile.

With just one sentence, the surrounding players couldn't wait to pounce on him.

In a short time, large numbers of players poured into the shop, obviously wanting to sell Magic Rune Fragments.

"Damn it, I'm one step too late!"

"There are too many people snatching them up. Can't the Sea Territory Home buy more Magic Rune Fragments every day? I've been waiting all day, but I still haven't sold them."

"But there's no way around it. Who told the Sea Territory Home to be the only ones buying Magic Rune Fragments at a high price? If I sell them to NPC merchants, a stack would only be 40 copper coins. It would be too much of a loss to sell them to NPC merchants."

"That's right, the Sea Territory Home seems to be making something, so they are buying Magic Rune Fragments at a high price."

"Yeah, I have saved up a full twenty stacks of Magic Rune Fragments. If I can sell them all at once, I can get 1 gold and 20 silver coins, and I can exchange them for a good piece of equipment."

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In just a short while, a large number of players walked out of the shop called Sea Territory Home, each with a disappointed expression, obviously feeling sorry for not being able to sell their Magic Rune Fragments.

"Magic Rune Fragments?" Shi Feng couldn't help but recall the Magic Rune Fragments. "I remember that Magic Rune Fragments should be items dropped from sea beasts. They are not valuable in themselves. The only value is to synthesize Magic Rune Crystals, but the synthesis rate is quite low. Even if an Alchemy Grandmaster synthesizes them, the success rate is only 10%. Could it be that the Sea Territory Home wants to synthesize Magic Rune Crystals?"

Magic Rune Crystals were unique items at sea, belonging to energy crystals, similar to Magic Crystals, but the amount of energy contained in them was different.

Magic Crystals contained more magic power, while Magic Rune Crystals contained less, about two-thirds when calculated by magic power, but the value was not even half of that of Magic Crystals, about 10 silver coins each.

This was because Magic Rune Crystals could not be used in the God-Demon Arena and had a narrow range of application.

If there was any great use for them, it was for exchanging and making items.

Magic Rune Crystals could be used to exchange for many items at the Sea God Temple at sea, but the exchange was not unlimited. The items in the Sea God Temple were replaced every week, and the quantity was limited, but it had to be said that the items exchanged in the Sea God Temple were very good. In very rare cases, it was said that epic-level items were also sold, but exchanging for epic-level items was impossible in the early stages of God's Domain.

In addition, the best item to exchange for was a potion called Sea God's Blessing.

Five Magic Rune Crystals could be exchanged for one bottle, which was equivalent to a cost price of 50 silver coins.

And this thing was very popular not only with players at sea, but also with players on land. After drinking Sea God's Blessing, players would not only have all their attributes increased by 10%, but also have all their resistances increased by 100 points, a super potion that lasted for twelve hours, and had no cooldown time, allowing for two bottles to be stacked.

In other words, after drinking two bottles of Sea God's Blessing, the player's attributes would be increased by 15%, and all resistances would be increased by 150 points, lasting for fifteen hours.

It should be known that the more the game progressed, the more important environmental factors became, and players needed to reach the corresponding magic resistance to survive well. Otherwise, they would not be able to level up in those special areas. Being able to increase all resistances by 100 points meant that they could freely travel to most places in God's Domain without being affected by the environment.

However, because the number of exchanges was limited, the actual price was much higher. One bottle of Sea God's Blessing cost two gold coins on the market, and that was just the price at sea. It was even more expensive on land, costing as much as three gold coins per bottle...

"That's right, there's also this opportunity to make a fortune." Shi Feng suddenly thought of the Philosopher's Stone.

Others might have to spend a lot of effort to synthesize Magic Rune Crystals, but he had the Philosopher's Stone, and the synthesis rate was much higher than that of an Alchemy Grandmaster. No matter how he synthesized them, he would make a profit.