Main Quest 2

"You are from Sword Intent Riding the Wind, aren't you? Can you tell me who sent you?"

My Deepest Affection raised an eyebrow, "Can't it be my own idea?"

"No," Fox Selling Newspapers pointed to his temple, "You don't have that kind of temperament."

"Temperament?"

"You're like a cold, silent blade, efficient, with no wasted movements."

"And strategizing is the job of the one wielding the blade."

My Deepest Affection: "..."

It was the first time he'd heard someone describe a 'tool person' so elegantly.

"Since that's the case, let's compete with our respective financial resources and speed."

This scene fell into Lu Chuan's eyes, and an idea surged into his mind:

"If I don't raise the prices now, wouldn't I be letting down all the blood I, the Creator, shed before?"

His fingertips danced across the keyboard.

A transparent panel suddenly appeared in the hall in front of the Transaction Hall:

"[Detecting high player enthusiasm for land and shop rental activities, the following discounts are now available to players:]"

"[Discount One: Auction for rent, highest bidder wins.]"

"[Discount Two: Players can obtain rental qualifications for land/shops at the reserve price, with all profits going to the player system.]"

Fox Selling Newspapers / My Deepest Affection: "Scoundrel!"

As soon as they spoke, the two looked at each other.

Fox Selling Newspapers spoke first: "Brother Shen Qing, these so-called player discounts are nothing but price gouging and taking advantage of the situation."

"If we choose the first option, both of us will suffer losses."

"If we choose the second option... the player system will become the biggest winner."

My Deepest Affection understood the other party's underlying meaning.

It was nothing more than seeking cooperation.

However... what My Deepest Affection was more concerned about was something else: "You know my name?"

Just now, this fellow kept calling him "Your Excellency," and he thought the other party didn't know him at all.

"Merchants, you know, always value intelligence."

For example, which big tree offers good shade, which business is most profitable... "Alright, even if our financial resources are combined, we can only take up forty percent of Dawn City's venues. Let's wait until we reach an agreement before making a move."

My Deepest Affection said.

"We'll split the largest plots of land and shops fifty-fifty."

As for the loan rental function introduced by the game, Sword Intent Riding the Wind completely disregarded it.

Their guild and trade association had different functional positioning.

The purpose of establishing the trade association was solely to make "money."

The purpose of Sword Intent Riding the Wind was to cultivate powerhouses, acquire more resources in the wild, and achieve a virtuous cycle.

The income generated from shops or land was merely icing on the cake.

They were the main producers of yuan energy and primary resources.

And Fox Selling Newspapers also realized this, "Your Excellency, rest assured, the original intention of our trade association was to maintain the commercial environment in the game, and at the same time develop industries such as alchemy, artifact refining, and potion making."

"As long as Sword Intent Riding the Wind is willing to yield the remaining sixty percent of the land and shops to us, the future trade association will never impose restrictions on Sword Intent Riding the Wind's shops."

"We also hope that your guild will prioritize selling rare materials to us when you obtain them, and we will definitely purchase them at a price higher than the game mall."

Upon hearing this, My Deepest Affection was surprised, "You've mastered the methods of alchemy and artifact refining?"

As far as he knew, although the game had opened up these functions, the mall did not sell these knowledge-based skills; it only had alchemy furnaces, artifact refining furnaces, potion making devices, various spirit herb seeds, and various precious materials.

To do these businesses, one must have mastered these skills before entering the game.

"Indeed," Fox Selling Newspapers smiled slightly, "I wonder if Your Excellency has noticed that the game mall doesn't sell equipment or weapons of purple grade and above, but it does have materials of corresponding levels."

"Elixirs and potions are the same."

Not only were the grades not high, but the variety was also pitifully small.

Take weapons, for example; there wasn't even his favorite fan-type weapon.

Tasteless!

"These are all business opportunities; if I can't seize them, I won't be able to sleep at night."

"Also, the selling and recycling mechanism of the game mall is very interesting."

"The price of the same crystal core when sold to the mall and when bought from the mall can actually differ by 1.5 to 5 times."

"If the appearance of this game was truly the work of some intelligent being, then I guess he must be an enormous scoundrel."

..."Achoo—"

Lu Chuan rubbed his nose, "Fox Selling Newspapers, huh? I'll remember you."

Lu Chuan had no regrets about the peaceful conclusion between the two.

Firstly, he had silently raised the reserve price when he changed the method of obtaining rental qualifications.

Secondly, ever since he obtained the Myriad Spirits' Favor skill, the way he acquired yuan energy had changed from transactions between players and the game system to all living beings in the entire Beginning World.

Compared to the mechanical and rigid way players bought and sold items from the mall and to the system, he preferred the entire Beginning World to become "active."

And while merchants didn't produce, they could accelerate the circulation of yuan energy and resources.

Not only that, the appearance of trade associations could also give rise to a variety of Transcendent professions.

At that time, knowledge of various alchemy, artifact refining, potion making, or other rare professions would continuously flow to Lu Chuan through Myriad Spirits' Favor.

Lu Chuan could then use this knowledge to cultivate even more powerful intelligent races... "How exciting..."

"[Congratulations to player 'My Cat Can Do Backflips' for successfully changing to the 'Feather Shaman' profession!]"

The sudden message flying out in the world chat was like a drop of cold water into a hot oil pan:

"Holy moly! Someone actually succeeded in changing professions on their first try?"

"As expected of the first Feather Clan Player! Big shot, quickly tell us if the Feather Shaman profession is strong or not?"

"Speaking of which, Big shot My Cat Can Do Backflips seems to be a support player, right? How is he faster than all the combat players? Is it easier for support players to succeed in this profession change?"

"The one upstairs, do you think strong crowd control support is weak? Especially mental control big shots, they might not even give you a chance to make a move, okay?"

The heated discussion quieted down the moment My Cat Can Do Backflips spoke:

"'Feather Shaman' gains some, but not all, of the Shaman God's ability to control weather. Its positioning is a relatively well-rounded support."

"As for whether it's powerful or not, that's up to individual opinion. Players who initially chose the Feather Clan aiming for a mage or ranger role need to consider carefully."

After a moment of silence, more voices surged like a spring.

However, My Cat Can Do Backflips no longer cared what everyone would discuss next and simply blocked the world chat channel.

"[Congratulations to player 'Black White' for successfully passing the inheritance trial and becoming the spokesman for the Shaman God 'White Owl'!]"

"No way? Who is Black White?!"

"Never heard of them before, a newbie? Why them?!"

Even Big shot My Cat Can Do Backflips only passed the profession change trial!

"Look quickly, there's a new main quest!"

"[Main Quest (All)]: Arrange teleportation arrays, light up the map!"

"[Quest Reward]: Random yuan energy/weapon equipment. (Note: Specific rewards will be issued based on the location, strategic significance, and safety/obstruction of other teleportation array arrangements; and based on the value of the map locations lit up.)"

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