Inside the Adventurer's Association, Shi Feng was currently applying to build a Forging Room within his guild territory.
"Sir, here is the catalog of Forging Room designs. Additionally, we have a list of blacksmiths—you may freely choose anything from these." The NPC receptionist smiled as she handed two catalogs to Shi Feng.
In the Divine Realm, buildings were not limited to a single design. There were many variations, and players could even design their own, though that was extremely time-consuming. Unless a guild specifically wanted to stand out, most simply chose from the hundreds of pre-made designs.
Upgrading a building only required an upgrade token and no extra money, but constructing a new building or remodeling an existing one required significant expenditure. The cost varied greatly depending on the building's floor area, materials, and functions.
A guild's Forging Room was extremely important, which was why Shi Feng needed to choose carefully.
Forging Rooms came in three tiers: ordinary, refined, and luxurious, with prices increasing and functionality improving at each level.
An ordinary Forging Room cost between 100 gold and 200 gold. It could be used to repair equipment for guild members and to sell unwanted items to the Forging Room's NPCs.
A refined Forging Room cost between 300 gold and 500 gold. In addition to all the functions of an ordinary Forging Room, it featured more exquisite materials and a weapon maintenance function. Weapons stored inside would suffer significantly reduced durability loss over a period of time. It also allowed the recruitment of decent intermediate-tier blacksmiths.
Don't underestimate blacksmiths—these NPC blacksmiths varied in ability. The time required to repair weapons could be long or short, and the quality of maintenance they could provide ranged from weak to strong. Securing a capable blacksmith was crucial.
The luxurious Forging Room cost between 800 gold and 1000 gold. In addition to all the functions of a refined Forging Room, it also featured a rest area where guild members could bank double experience. However, it only stored 20% of double experience over 48 hours. Its greatest asset was that it came with a Forging Room—one far superior to the one in Star Mark Trading Company. This meant a higher success rate when forging weapons and equipment, and it also allowed the recruitment of better high-tier blacksmiths.
"For the guild's future development, it seems best to get everything done in one go. I'll go with this 1000-gold one." Shi Feng browsed for a while before selecting the largest luxurious Forging Room, which could accommodate ten blacksmiths. Once the Forging Room was confirmed, he immediately began selecting blacksmiths.
Shi Feng had earned 700 gold from system rewards alone. Combined with the Dragon Scale Sets he had been auctioning off in Blackwing City one after another—each set selling for over 300 gold—and with more than twenty sets sold so far, the amount of gold in his possession had already exceeded 8000. That was more than any guild in the Star Moon Kingdom currently had, and there would be even more Dragon Scale Sets going on sale in the future, meaning his income would keep soaring. He naturally didn't mind building the best and largest Forging Room available.
After that, Shi Feng selected ten high-tier blacksmiths. The wages for each high-tier blacksmith ranged from 3 gold to 5 gold per month. They were the most skilled blacksmiths he could currently find.
Once everything regarding the Forging Room was settled, Shi Feng found a quiet spot and switched back to his original character, Nightfall. He then hailed a carriage back to the Zero Wing headquarters.
When Shi Feng arrived, he found the main entrance of the headquarters swarming with people, bustling with excitement.
Two Berserkers wearing Dragon Scale Sets were stationed at the guild entrance, maintaining order. The radiant glow of their Gold-grade sets left all the players who had come to tour and sign up completely awestruck.
"Are those Gold-grade sets?"
"I've seen them online. I think they're the Dragon Scale Sets. Each one is worth over 300 gold. Zero Wing must be insanely rich to have bought two sets."
"It's not just two—I heard the Zero Wing guild treasury also has a Dragon Scale Set available for exchange."
While many people were marveling at just how wealthy the Zero Wing guild was, they were equally captivated by the newly constructed Forging Room.
Building a Forging Room was nothing like the Guild Hall — it required far less construction time. With significantly fewer functions than the Guild Hall, it could be built incredibly quickly. Once the payment was submitted, it was finished in less than ten minutes.
The Forging Room stood a full three stories tall. Its luxurious appearance and high-end materials made everyone's eyes light up, as though they had stumbled upon a premium Forging Room in the Royal Capital. The interior was spacious enough to accommodate several hundred people, dwarfing the average guild's Guild Hall in sheer floor space.
"This is the most extravagant Forging Room I've ever seen!"
"This is going to make it impossible for Smile Flower to compete. Zero Wing's Forging Room alone is nearly as large as Smile Flower's entire Guild Hall, and the decoration and facilities inside absolutely blow Smile Flower's Guild Hall out of the water."
"From what Zero Wing guild members are saying, this Forging Room can also perform weapon maintenance. Apparently, it significantly reduces weapon durability loss over a period of time. Think about how much money that could save when farming monsters in the wild or running Dungeons."
"Forget everything else — just for this guild's Forging Room alone, I'd give it my all just to join Zero Wing."
The free players who had come to sign up for Zero Wing's recruitment exam were filled with deep admiration for the guild's transformation, and their desire to join Zero Wing burned even hotter than before.
Watching more and more players sign up to join, the members of Zero Wing felt their spirits soaring. Now, all they had to do was wear their Six-Winged insignia and stroll through the streets to draw everyone's envious gazes. Every free player who spotted them looked on with undisguised longing.
"Night Edge, over here!" Not far from the guild entrance, Siyu Qingxuan spotted Shi Feng approaching and waved, calling out to him.
Shi Feng immediately walked over.
Standing beside Siyu Qingxuan was another powerhouse Shi Feng found very familiar — Zhan Wuji.
However, in his previous life, Shi Feng had known of Zhan Wuji, while Zhan Wuji had no idea who he was. Setting aside Zhan Wuji himself, even the five companions at his side were remarkable experts. They simply lived in a different world — an entirely different tier. Back then, Shi Feng had had no way to reach the upper echelons of the Divine Realm, let alone its very pinnacle.
"Night Edge, let me introduce you. This is Zhan Wuji — the one who wanted to discuss a trade with you." Siyu Qingxuan made the introductions one by one.
At that moment, Zhan Wuji was sizing Shi Feng up as well, a look of astonishment in his eyes.
The pressure Shi Feng radiated was overwhelming.
He had never expected that besides Black Flame, Zero Wing harbored such an unfathomable expert.
"Hello, my name is Night Edge." Shi Feng looked toward Zhan Wuji with a smile. "This isn't a good place to talk. Why don't we head inside first and chat at leisure?"
As he spoke, Shi Feng led everyone into the rest room of the Smithy at the guild headquarters.
The rest room was elegantly furnished and offered refreshments — not much inferior to the restaurants outside.
"Wow, is this really the Smithy?" Qingzhu, who had been following behind Siyu Qingxuan, had stars in her eyes as though she had discovered a new continent. She whispered excitedly, "Siyu, look — that's the weapon maintenance room. The quality of the weapons inside is incredible, and even the blacksmiths are rare Advanced-rank smiths. In a little while, Siyu, you really need to put in a good word with Night Edge. A guild with benefits this good — it would be such a waste not to join!"