Cold Wind City, Trade Street.
"Guild Leader, more and more people are following us. I'm afraid the Gaishi Family has already discovered us. Should we let Brother Yefeng know?" Yan Ya glanced at the players staring at them on the street, unable to hide her worry.
The Gaishi Family's people had just been wiped out, which must have stirred up an enormous commotion throughout the city.
Now they were walking openly down the main street as if nothing had happened — this was practically slapping the Gaishi Family in the face. When the Gaishi Family's people showed up, they definitely wouldn't let it go.
Cold Wind City was nothing like the wilderness. The Gaishi Family had thousands upon thousands of members inside the city. Killing a player within city limits would be as easy as a game, and on top of that, they were still under the death-soul state.
Gu Jiuji nodded in agreement.
From what he knew of the Gaishi Family, they were the type to seek revenge for the slightest grudge. They wouldn't hesitate to act even inside the city. Although he believed in Shi Feng's strength, facing the Gaishi Family on their home turf, it would probably be hard to come out ahead.
"Brother Yefeng, why don't we head to the Library first? If we stay here much longer, the Gaishi Family's people will start converging on this spot, and then things could get troublesome." Gu Jiuji walked over to Shi Feng and said in a low voice.
"Troublesome?" Shi Feng asked with puzzlement. "Can players completely control cities here?"
Gu Jiuji hadn't previously gone into detail about how cities were managed in the Crystal World. If it was like the shelters in the Dark Caves where everything was fully under player control — where the rules inside the city were set entirely by players — then it would indeed be very troublesome.
"That's not the case. It's just that the Gaishi Family has a massive presence in Cold Wind City," Gu Jiuji shook his head.
"Then it's fine. This is an NPC city after all. But I've more or less finished browsing the shops. Let's head to the Auction House first." Shi Feng let out a sigh of relief and pointed toward the Cold Wind Auction House not far away.
"This..." Gu Jiuji and the others were speechless.
They were starting to wonder whether Shi Feng actually understood what "massive numbers" meant. Cold Wind City was the Gaishi Family's headquarters — they could rally ten thousand players in the blink of an eye, and the only force that could match them was the Baishi Dynasty.
"Guild Leader, then we..."
"Forget it, forget it. We'll risk our lives to keep a gentleman company. Let's hope the Gaishi Family's president, Lei Zhentian, can keep his cool. This is the interior of a city after all, with NPC guards patrolling everywhere. A full-blown fight wouldn't benefit the Gaishi Family either."
Watching Shi Feng leisurely strolling through the market, Gu Jiuji didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He simply couldn't understand how a top-tier expert like Shi Feng thought. But since Shi Feng and his group had saved their lives, he couldn't just leave on his own. All he could do was silently pray that the Gaishi Family's people wouldn't go completely berserk.
Walking into the Auction House's main hall, they could see players everywhere shouting about items for sale.
"Level 40 Gold-grade weapon, fire sale! Ten gold for one, five percent off for two! Bring your own materials, one gold crafting fee."
"Fire Meteor Copper on the cheap — three gold per stack!"
"Frost Iron Ore for sale — one gold per stack!"
...
The hall was packed with more sellers than buyers, and the items on offer were so remarkable that even Shi Feng couldn't believe his eyes.
Level 40 Gold-grade weapons! Back in the Divine Realm, any one of these would be worth at least fifteen gold, but here Gold-grade weapons were going for just ten gold — and they were player-crafted!
He could flip them for a five-gold profit, and every major guild was desperate for them. There was no risk of not finding a buyer.
As for the Fire Meteor Copper, it was a rare forging material. A single piece was worth thirty silver on the market and was extremely hard to come by. A stack of twenty would be six gold, but here it was only three gold — a quick double-your-money flip.
In fact, every type of weapon and equipment crafting material throughout the hall was priced far lower than in the Divine Realm. Moreover, forging resources were incredibly abundant here — even empires famous for their ore output probably couldn't compare.
"This really is a wonderful place. Too bad I can't come and go freely. I'll just have to stock up on rare materials before leaving." Shi Feng gazed at the players selling rare ores and all manner of raw materials everywhere, his heart filled with a wistful sigh.