"You want all of them?" The NPC senior steward, upon hearing Shi Feng's words, couldn't help but confirm once more. "Honorable Guardian, those plots across several streets number a total of fourteen. Are you truly looking to purchase all of them?"
Yan Ya, who was standing beside Shi Feng, also looked at him in astonishment, her little mouth wide open, completely unable to understand what Shi Feng was planning.
Even though these plots weren't in the city's central district and each one was relatively cheap, buying fourteen of them in one go was still a massive sum of money. Moreover, the location was remote — they had gone unpurchased for so long, which only proved how bad the positioning was. When the time came, they wouldn't even be able to rent them out.
"That's right. I want all of them." Shi Feng nodded.
"Very well. The fourteen plots come to a total of 31,500 gold!" The NPC senior steward, hearing that Shi Feng was indeed going to buy, excitedly calculated the total price and directly handed the price list over to Shi Feng.
Shi Feng glanced at the list. Any single plot here cost over two thousand gold — the prices were no lower than those in the Royal Capital, and in some cases even a bit higher.
But once the air routes between the main cities were opened, the value of these plots would increase several times over, even more than tenfold. Even if he didn't use them himself, renting them out would bring in a huge profit. With such an opportunity now, he certainly couldn't let it slip.
After confirming there were no issues, Shi Feng promptly paid the full amount.
Over thirty thousand gold was absolutely a huge sum for any first-rate guild at the moment, but to Shi Feng it wasn't particularly significant. Before this, he had sent Gu Jiuji to transport all the rare materials collected from Frostwind City to the Candlelight Trading Company, and afterward had received a considerable number of items in return from the Candlelight Trading Company — things like Stamina Secret Potions, Ice-Resistance Armor Plates, and other goods unavailable in Frostwind City that could be sold or exchanged through the Adventurer's Alliance.
For the players of Frostwind City, rather than exchanging rare materials, they preferred to purchase with money, which meant Shi Feng had earned a nice sum.
Gu Jiuji had made two transport runs in total. The first shipment of goods had yielded a net profit of over twenty thousand gold. The second run came a few days later, and since the Candlelight Trading Company had already received the rare materials and was far better prepared this time, it netted him over sixty thousand gold in one go.
It could be said that Shi Feng's coffers had been filled overnight. Unfortunately, these transport runs couldn't be done every day, since the players of Frostwind City needed time to consume the goods. After all, there were only so many players, and their absorption capacity was limited. By his estimates, it would take at least four to five days to work through everything — meaning he could only earn once every four to five days.
He had spent ten thousand gold building the teleportation gate in Frostwind City earlier, and afterward had set aside another ten thousand gold for the development of the Shura Adventure Team and the Adventurer's Alliance. What he currently had on hand was just over sixty thousand gold.
Sixty thousand gold might seem like a sizable amount, but for Shi Feng at this point, that money was far too little to accomplish anything of real consequence. He needed far more gold, because beyond developing Frostwind City — which required enormous capital — he also needed massive amounts of gold for the Black Dragon Empire, Silver Wing Town, and Lost Town.
Silver Wing Town and Lost Town were especially critical. Silver Wing Town was situated at an ancient divine ruin and provided access to the Ancient City, capable of continuously supplying the Zero Wing Guild with combat techniques and advancement resources. And Lost Town went without saying — it was a holy ground where players could train to grasp "Principles," a place that could cultivate numerous powerhouses in the future.
These two locations were the foundation upon which the Zero Wing Guild would rise to become a superpower in the Divine Realm. He had to pour in heavy investment and develop them as quickly as possible. Otherwise, once the other major superpowers caught wind of it, they would stop at nothing to seize them. That was exactly why he had kept Lost Town's existence a secret until now.
The Zero Wing Guild had grown to its current state, but the number of moles lurking within it was staggering. If Lost Town's capabilities were exposed and they lacked the power to defend it, it would all become someone else's gain. He had seen far too many such outcomes in his previous life — and the Divine Realm was simply that ruthless, where the strong devoured the weak.
Right now, only by making money from money could he build up the two towns as fast as possible.
And buying these fourteen plots was the first step.
After acquiring the fourteen plots, Shi Feng selected the largest one and spent three thousand gold to construct a luxurious adventure team manor to serve as the Shura Adventure Team's base. From the remaining plots, he picked five and spent five thousand gold converting them into high-end shops to serve as temporary warehouses.
After all, Frozen City was nothing like Frostwind City. The player population here was far larger, and the resources in the players' hands were on an entirely different level from those of Frostwind City's players.
With all preparations in order, Shi Feng pulled up Frozen City's official forum and posted a message — under his name as the captain of the Shura Adventure Team.
The Adventurer's Alliance is recruiting in Frozen City! Excellent benefits, no restrictions. Those with outstanding strength may join the Shura Adventure Team directly!