Chapter 117 Ten Times the Price

Ten times…

Honestly, this was a price that Lan He wouldn't find too surprising. After all, these were dungeon guides that represented the number one productive force, and selling a dozen or so copies was no problem at all. Buying out the guide would save a lot of time, so giving a slight discount and only charging ten times the price was quite reasonable.

However, for Lan He, who had tasted the sweetness of success, hearing ten times the price this time was a bit disappointing. Paying ten times the price to purchase this advanced technology just to try for another dungeon record was a bit too much.

Having a decent understanding of Ye Xiu’s personality, Lan He sighed and didn’t plan on saying much. He simply replied, "Oh, give me one."

"Buying it out?" Ye Xiu replied.

"No, no, just a regular copy…" Lan He hurriedly said.

"Alright, I'll package it up and send it to your mailbox right away," Ye Xiu replied.

Lan He was a little bewildered. Why did he suddenly feel like he had just bought a serving of river noodles?

While thinking about this, he opened his mailbox. Ye Xiu was efficient, and the guide had already been sent. Lan He didn't waste any time. He immediately downloaded it and gathered a group of people to study it. Now that they had this dungeon technology, they needed to master it quickly to transform it into the number one productive force.

While Blue Brook Guild was busy, Ambiguous Rain was not idle either. Four days. They spent four days but still couldn't figure out the guide with the highest technical content. Although they hadn't lost confidence yet, such backward development technology was really unreliable in a fast-paced activity like dungeon competition. So, after reaching level 40, Misty Rain was also racing against time to buy the guide, to use it as technology and as a textbook to learn from!

The most conflicted was Tyrannical Ambition. Jiang You had been studying for four days, just like Ambiguous Rain, and was always one step away from the final solution. He had pulled out countless hairs for this. Moreover, he was so busy with the City of Sin strategy that Ye Du Han Tan didn't dare to disturb him. As a result, they had reached level 40, but they hadn't figured out the City of Sin, and they hadn't even started researching the new Thousand Wave Lake dungeon...

Because of his special relationship with Ye Xiu, Jiang You was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.

As for the other guilds, such as Herb Garden, they weren't stupid. They had already found out some information in four days. They weren't late to the game at all and had already approached Lord Grim.

Ye Xiu was also selling the guides calmly, and he was watertight when it came to inquiring about other guilds. However, even the major guilds had very limited high-level rare materials, so Ye Xiu only asked Blue Brook Guild for high-level rare materials, as he trusted them to repay him in the future. For those unfamiliar guilds that he wasn't sure about, he could only ask for the materials they currently had. If they didn't have enough, they could exchange them for other materials of equal value.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Xiu had sold ten copies of the Thousand Wave Lake dungeon guide, most of which were material-first, guide-later. He had made a fortune in an instant.

The guilds naturally began to study the guides after getting them, and the competition for the Thousand Wave Lake dungeon record was already in full swing at level 40.

The ten guilds that bought the guide took turns to set new records, like a revolving door. When they looked at each other, they all knew what was going on. To make sure their materials weren't wasted, they farmed even harder. Tyrannical Ambition was still hesitating, and when they saw this, they were shocked. The records of the ten guilds had completely left the masses behind, and Tyrannical Ambition was about to be buried among them.

After grinding his teeth for a while, Jiang You finally had to compromise: "Forget it, the guy's retired, what's there to argue about? Go buy a guide!"

Ye Du Han Tan had been restless for a while. When he saw that Jiang You had finally figured it out, he didn't care about face and contacted Lord Grim without saying anything.

Ye Xiu also didn't say anything. If you want the guide, then pay the materials. He didn't care who you were.

Tyrannical Ambition immediately started researching after getting the record. Although they started a little later than others, they knew that everyone had the same guide. This time, the key to victory was no longer the guide, but the strength and skill of each guild. The way Lord Grim's guide operated as a ticket to compete for the dungeon record was finally completely formed.

However, the three major guilds, who knew Lord Grim's true identity, were confused about something. Including Tyrannical Ambition, there were obviously eleven guilds competing fiercely for the guide. But among these eleven, there was no Excellent Dynasty? This was something the three guilds couldn't understand.

Excellent Dynasty… was obviously more entangled with Lord Grim because of Chen Yehui. He already knew about the dungeon guides. However, Liu Hao was completely ignoring the game, and Chen Yehui's technical skills were just as backward.

And he really needed this dungeon guide. No one valued the records of the tenth server more than Excellent Dynasty, but they were being ignored.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yehui finally found a trusted subordinate who wasn't affiliated with any guild and secretly contacted Lord Grim to see if he could get the guide.

The progress was smoother than he expected. This character with an unknown origin was eventually added to Lord Grim's friends list. After explaining his intentions, he received a quote.

The price list was naturally passed on to Chen Yehui. After looking at it, he didn't find anything unreasonable and immediately approved it. After receiving the guide and flipping through it, he felt that it was genuine. So, he gathered a team and practiced hard. Soon, they joined the ranks of guilds competing for records. He was secretly pleased, thinking that he had tricked Ye Qiu so easily with this clever plan.

And what about Ye Xiu? He didn't care about getting a dungeon guide from a player with an unknown origin. He continued to maintain his attitude of not revealing anything to other guilds. He only quoted the price and made the trade.

After the guide was sold, Excellent Dynasty, who hadn't bought the guide directly from him, also joined the competition. Ye Xiu naturally guessed what was going on. He just smiled and didn't feel like he had been tricked at all. Instead, he thought that Chen Yehui was just being nosy.

Ye Xiu sold enough guides, and he didn't care who ultimately got the record, and it was still early. Ye Xiu was quite interested in the official website. The New Year was coming, and games usually had some events. However, since they had just held a very generous event at Christmas, the New Year event probably wouldn't be too exciting. However, something was better than nothing.

Another day passed, the last day of the year, December 31st. The official finally released the New Year event notice. It was a small task. Ye Xiu skimmed through the task flow and found it very complicated and a bit difficult. The final reward should be quite generous, right?

Ye Xiu quickly flipped to the reward section, and disappointment quickly crept up.

Players who completed the task would get a chance to draw a lottery. The rewards were indeed generous, but the problem was that all the rewards were physical items!

Judging from the number of prizes, the Glory game company's New Year's sale was quite generous to the players. But for Ye Xiu, he wasn't interested in physical rewards, whether it was a computer, monitor, graphics card, mouse, keyboard, account card, or recharge voucher.

At midnight, the calendar turned to the new year, and the Glory New Year event officially began. The NPC for the first step of the task was instantly lined with long queues.

This task could only be done once. However, some analysts pointed out that due to the task's complexity and difficulty, it might not be completed in three days. So, the players didn't dare to be negligent. As soon as the event started, they immediately jumped in. Ye Xiu really wasn't interested in the final reward, but he heard that the experience reward during the task was quite good, so he finally joined in.

If this task was so difficult that even someone like Ye Xiu was stumped, then people would have to wonder if the game company was really trying to give the rewards to the players.

As a result, the task that analysts said might not be completed in three days was completed by Ye Xiu in three hours. But this task wasn't ranked, and there was no order. Ye Xiu completed it so quickly that there wasn't even a system announcement in the world. Then, he went to participate in the lottery and won a one-yuan recharge voucher, making Ye Xiu seriously suspect that his guide sales had used up all his luck.

After finishing the task, Ye Xiu had no choice but to level up elsewhere.

Ye Xiu hadn't considered the New Year event tasks, but after doing this one, he found that the value that could be exploited was extremely low. Selling guides? Helping with difficult parts? There was no money to be made. Players could help each other. The talk about it being impossible to complete in three days was nonsense.

Three days passed quickly. During this time, Happy Internet Cafe occasionally let out surprised exclamations. The prize-winning rate of this New Year event was quite high. During these three days, someone in Happy Internet Cafe even won a computer, almost being killed by the envious gazes of everyone.

Leveling up continued during the event. The dungeon competition in Thousand Wave Lake in the tenth server was still fierce. Two more guilds had bought the guides from Ye Xiu. Ye Xiu didn't care about the dungeon record at all. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella had been fully upgraded to level 35. The buyout list that he had sent to Lan He was exactly what was needed to complete the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella. At this time, Ye Xiu was leveling up while starting to research the next dungeon guide.

The day after the event ended, Ye Xiu got up and prepared to go to the smoking area to play the game, as usual, but was stopped by Chen Guo.

"Come with me on a business trip this weekend!" Chen Guo said.

"Business trip?" Ye Xiu was surprised. Did internet cafe employees have business trips?

"Yes, to S City," Chen Guo said.

"S City?" Ye Xiu was stunned and suddenly remembered something. (To be continued. Please log in for more chapters, support the author, and support authentic reading!)