Chapter 1 Looking at Rodney's Dream

Looking at Rodney’s longing gaze, Shi Feng didn’t rush to answer his question. He simply scanned the environment of the second floor.

It had to be said that although the second floor had many rare materials, it was quite rudimentary.

The magic density in the entire room was too low, completely unlike the environment a workshop should have.

It was like every time he went to Cerrola's blacksmith shop.

Although the exterior was simple, it had many magic arrays inside that could condense a large amount of magic power at all times, keeping the workplace at a very high magic density.

But Rodney's second-floor hall did not have any magic arrays designed at all, and the magic density was no different from the outside world.

In such an environment, it would be very difficult for players to be promoted to a Grandmaster Engineer, let alone an NPC.

Moreover, Rodney eventually became a Grandmaster Engineer in such an environment, showing that Rodney's talent was really good.

Back then, Rodney was eventually able to advance to a Grandmaster Engineer by relying on the super rare materials collected by players everywhere, as well as good engineering tools, which were like the hammer used by a blacksmith, and the flame for refining materials.

Rodney had clearly obtained the inheritance of the Dahl Workshop, but the engineering tools he used were only pathetic Bronze-grade. So the last task of the hidden mission was to collect a set of Mysterious-Iron-grade engineering tools.

To put it bluntly, Rodney was just too poor, which caused him to be unable to advance to a Grandmaster Engineer.

If this were said, I'm afraid Grandmaster Dahl from hundreds of years ago would not know what to think...

"It's simple to advance to Grandmaster, but I don't know if you, Rodney, are interested in becoming the engineering consultant of our merchant guild?" Shi Feng then turned his gaze to the anxious Rodney and asked cautiously.

In God's Domain, players can hire living NPCs, just like players can go to merchant guilds managed by NPCs, but it is not cost-effective for players to hire ordinary NPCs.

NPCs don't make things as fast as players, but their success rate is higher. However, making ordinary items is all about speed. Otherwise, if you only make so few things a day, the money you earn is not enough to pay the employment fee.

So if players want to hire living NPCs, they have to hire Grandmaster-level NPCs, because only in this way can they make high-priced rare goods. Even if the NPC's production speed is not fast, one piece a day is enough to make a lot of money.

It's just that it's too difficult to hire Grandmaster-level NPCs. Every Grandmaster-level NPC has almost the same status as a city's noble. Just like Cerrola, when he was at the Grandmaster level, even the Tier 4 governor Whiteman had to treat him with caution. However, after Cerrola became a Grandmaster, his status had long surpassed Whiteman. Even the king of the Star-Moon Kingdom had to give him three points of respect.

Because of this, it is too difficult to hire a Grandmaster-level NPC.

Generally speaking, there are only two ways to hire one.

The first is very direct, which is to be able to offer conditions and treatment that even Grandmaster-level NPCs cannot refuse. However, there are really not many guilds that can meet this condition.

The second is to invest in NPCs who may be promoted to Grandmaster, and recruit them when they are still at the advanced level. The cost is much less than the first one, which belongs to the form of casting a wide net. As for whether they can become a Grandmaster, it depends on their fate.

Now that he already knew Rodney's potential, he naturally couldn't let it go.

A Grandmaster Engineer can easily build ships or make Bronze-grade locomotives. Earning money is just a matter of minutes.

When Rodney heard Shi Feng's proposal, his fiery expression immediately cooled down, and he said very straightforwardly, "Guardian, as the heir of the Dahl Workshop, my only wish is to revive the workshop. Please forgive me for not being able to agree to your conditions."

"Don't rush to refuse. I'm not hiring you to join directly, but just want you to help me make some things." Shi Feng had already known that it would not be so easy, so he took a step back and said, "In any case, the Dahl Workshop will definitely need money if it wants to grow. And I will also pay you normal employment remuneration, what do you think?"

"This..." Rodney became a little hesitant, and after a long while, he said, "If you can help me advance to Grandmaster, I can agree to you and serve you for three months, is that okay?"

"Okay, three months it is." Shi Feng sighed helplessly.

He had to say that Rodney was too difficult to deal with. If he didn't have a high-level title, he was afraid that he wouldn't even give him three months.

But in three months, through Titan City, the Candelight Trading Firm should be able to produce a Grandmaster Engineer. Letting Rodney be a transition is not bad.

Then Shi Feng took out a set of Mysterious-Iron-grade engineering tools and an old design drawing the size of a table from his backpack.

The Mysterious-Iron-grade engineering tools were directly given to Rodney to ensure the success rate of making new items. As for the table-sized design drawing, it was the Elementary Magic Gathering Array.

This was a good thing he got when he killed Serea, the ruler of Stone Forest Town.

This thing can directly increase the magic density within a 30*30 yard range, but it takes fifty magic crystals to use it for an hour. In addition, the range is small, so it can barely be used by two people for PK. It is too extravagant to use it for practicing skills, so Shi Feng has never taken it out for use.

Now that the environment around Rodney is too bad, using the Elementary Magic Gathering Array is perfect.

Then Shi Feng spent fifty magic crystals in the second-floor hall to set up the Elementary Magic Gathering Array, and then used the design drawing to activate the magic array.

Suddenly, the magic density in the entire second-floor hall began to soar, and in a short while, it exceeded the magic density in the Trial Tower of the God-Demon Arena.

"What a dense magic density!" Rodney couldn't help but be surprised.

This level of magic density was the first time he had ever felt it in his life. Every breath made his brain extremely calm, and his concentration was unusually high.

"Try making something now." Shi Feng pointed to the workbench not far away.

Rodney used to lack good tools and environment, but now he has made up for it. With Rodney's talent, becoming a Grandmaster Engineer is only a matter of time.

"Thank you, Guardian!"

Rodney thanked him repeatedly, then walked to the workbench and started making items.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Rodney showed a look of ecstasy, because he had successfully made a ship's power core. When Shi Feng was observing Rodney, Rodney's introduction text also changed, from the original Advanced Engineer to Grandmaster Engineer.

And Shi Feng heard the system prompt that the task was completed.

System: The only hidden mission, Dream of a Grandmaster, is completed.

Then Shi Feng's experience bar directly increased by 15%, reaching 44th level 19%. The reward experience was more abundant than imagined.

"Guardian, thank you so much for finally giving me the opportunity to revitalize the Dahl Workshop. I don't have any items to thank you for. This ancient speedboat was made by Master Dahl himself and has always been the treasure of the workshop. I hope you can accept it." Rodney took out a palm-sized glass bottle, and in the glass bottle was a huge speedboat floating on the water. On the speedboat, you could see the flowing magic patterns, which was obviously not an ordinary product.

"Didn't you say it was Bronze-grade?" Shi Feng's heart trembled when he saw the speedboat, and his eyes couldn't move away.

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