Chapter 1 A Mysterious Figure

Inside the dilapidated inn, besides a man in black robes and a dark hood sitting not far from the window, and two dark guards standing on either side, there were no other players.

Moreover, there were only two NPCs in the inn: a bartender and a waiter.

This was quite pathetic for an inn.

From the moment Shi Feng entered the inn until he walked in front of the man in black, the two dark guards' eyes were fixed on him, as if they would immediately attack at the slightest movement.

They felt like two very well-trained bodyguards.

"This is your own inn; is it really necessary to be so nervous?" Shi Feng was puzzled by the attitude of the two dark guards, and even more curious about this Xue Ya (Blood Fang).

In his previous life, no one outside had ever seen Xue Ya's true face. He was a complete enigma, even more mysterious than the legendary Seven Sins Flowers.

Many people had investigated, but no matter how the major guilds investigated, they couldn't find any clues.

No one even knew if Xue Ya was male or female, because in God's Domain, there were many items that could disguise players, and Xue Ya always wore a black hood, so even advanced observation skills couldn't see anything. The only thing known was that the people in the Dark Raven Guild all referred to the guild leader as Xue Ya.

"Would you like something to drink?" After Shi Feng sat down, Xue Ya asked, "This inn makes very good drinks."

Xue Ya's voice was not like the dark guards', devoid of emotion and icy cold, but rather somewhat deep.

"No need. Just get to the point. You invited me here, surely not just to drink something, right?" Shi Feng shook his head.

"Just as Devourer said, you're a straightforward person. Since you've said so, I'll get straight to the point. What do you think of this town?" Xue Ya smiled and pointed to the town outside the window.

"I can only say it's rudimentary. I don't know about other things, but since your guild wants to occupy this town, I think there must be something here that your guild is very interested in," Shi Feng said honestly.

The Dawn Empire was geographically very far from the Star-Moon Kingdom. Just teleporting from Star-Moon City to the Dawn Empire cost 4 gold and 24 silver, which showed how far it was. Even expert players would find this cost hard to accept.

In his previous life, he had always developed in the Star-Moon Kingdom, and didn't know much about kingdoms and empires that were too far away. He only knew their approximate locations.

Of course, he knew something about major events.

Although he didn't go to those places, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion's Wind and Cloud Expert Rankings often recorded major events happening in various kingdoms and empires in God's Domain.

However, in his memory, nothing major had happened in the Dawn Empire in the current stage of God's Domain.

"Indeed, you're perceptive. Just as you said, this town is very rudimentary, but Dark Raven has paid a lot to take it down. We've almost taken out all our savings since entering God's Domain. Only then were we able to take down this town with great difficulty." Xue Ya sighed, "It's embarrassing to say, but although Dark Raven has some savings, building this town is really too expensive."

Hearing Xue Ya say this, Shi Feng looked surprised.

He knew very well about the establishment of a town. The initial investment was indeed considerable, but it shouldn't be a problem for a force like Dark Raven.

"I'm saying this, and I think you definitely don't believe me, but I'm not lying, because this town is a bit special. As you can see, it's very rudimentary. In fact, it was very prosperous before. The way you see it now is the second time we've built this town." Xue Ya said these words with a lot of helplessness in his tone.

"Built a second time? Could it be that this town was destroyed once before?" Shi Feng was even more shocked after hearing this.

As everyone knew, any newly established town could hire NPC guards to protect it for a period of fifteen days. Level 150 NPC guards were simply invincible for current players. Even if there were level 40 monsters harassing the town, Dark Raven could easily handle it with its own strength. It was impossible to destroy the town.

"That's right, this town has been destroyed once. Even though I hired many guards, the final result was that we couldn't hold it. In the early stages, Dark Raven invested too much in this town, which led to Dark Raven no longer having the resources to build a town. So, this time, I found the Zero Wing Guild, wanting to discuss cooperation with the Zero Wing Guild and let Zero Wing invest in this town together to develop it." Xue Ya nodded seriously, very confidently, "The value of this town is currently unknown to other guilds. I only learned about it by consulting ancient texts. If the Zero Wing Guild invests 100,000 gold coins, I can give Zero Wing 20% of the profits from this town."

"Guild Leader Xue Ya, that's 100,000 gold coins, not 100,000 copper coins. 100,000 gold coins is enough to rebuild this town six or seven times or build six or seven towns. In the end, you can only get 20% of the profits from this town. Even if there's a gold mine here, it can't be that valuable." Shi Feng shook his head.

Hearing Xue Ya mention ancient texts, Shi Feng understood that this town was indeed not simple.

But 100,000 gold was enough to initially form a city.

Even if there was a gold mine here, a lot of manpower and resources would be needed for mining, not to mention melting the gold ore into gold bars and selling them. Even if the daily production revenue was high, he would only get 20%. He didn't know how long it would take to get his money back, and he wouldn't waste his existing gold coins here.

"Elder Nightfall, don't rush to refuse. I haven't mentioned the special thing about this town yet." Xue Ya wasn't surprised by Shi Feng's direct refusal.

"Special? What's so special about it?" Shi Feng asked.

"There is a source iron vein here, and you can also mine some magic crystals. Although there aren't many, I think it's more than the daily profit of magic crystals from Stone Forest Town. Moreover, source iron ore is originally a rare ore, one of the main materials for making level 50 or higher weapons and equipment, which is a good thing for Candlelight Firm." Xue Ya smiled and said, "How about it? Is it worth considering now?"

"I see. No wonder Guild Leader Xue Ya is so confident. But I'm very curious, why did Guild Leader Xue Ya find our Zero Wing Guild? Wouldn't it be better to cooperate with those super guilds? With the financial resources and manpower of super guilds, they can definitely develop this town better." Shi Feng couldn't deny that he was tempted.

Source iron veins were one of the super rare veins. In addition to producing source iron ore, because of the rich magic power of source iron veins, they would also form magic crystals. Although they were just byproducts of mining, they were slightly worse than earning magic crystals by farming monsters in Stoneclaw Mountains. But there was one very good thing, that was there was no danger. Any player could mine as long as their mining level reached the requirement, and the higher the mining level, the greater the chance of producing magic crystals.