"Then just sell them through the shop," Shi Feng nodded.
Over the past two days, Shi Feng had used up the Book of Gold. With nearly a hundred blacksmiths continuously producing Stones of Light, the output was more than enough to supply several cities. On top of that, the increased proficiency meant several advanced blacksmith apprentices had been promoted to full blacksmiths, so future supply for the mass of players was well secured.
"Guild Leader, how should we set the sale price?" Youyu Weixiao asked.
Before, they had been too focused on mass production to even think about what price to sell Stones of Light for.
As for Stones of Light, the materials were quite ordinary. A stack of twenty cost less than 3 silver coins, and with the blacksmiths' success rate over fifty percent, that brought the total cost to about 6 silver coins per stack.
"Simple. One silver coin per stone, nineteen silver coins per stack," Shi Feng stated the price directly.
After all, Stones of Light were everyday consumables—not something extravagant like basic reinforcement armor plates for ordinary players—so the price needed to stay low.
In his previous life, Stones of Light had started at roughly one silver coin per stone as well. Any higher and people would feel it wasn't worth it. But as more and more players learned to make them, the price eventually dropped to 50 copper coins per stone, or 10 silver coins per stack.
"And what about the mid-tier Magic Energy Armor Plates?" Youyu Weixiao asked.
In truth, if there was a real trump card for the Torchlight Trading Company, it wasn't the Stones of Light—it was the mid-tier Magic Energy Armor Plates.
Only Shi Feng knew how to craft mid-tier Magic Energy Armor Plates. Nobody else could learn the method, and that was their greatest advantage. Although nobody else knew this, it was also why Star Trace Trading Company had possessed such terrifying competitiveness in the past—it was all because of the basic Magic Energy Armor Plates.
And even basic Magic Energy Armor Plates had always been hugely popular among elite players, let alone mid-tier ones.
Once equipped, mid-tier Magic Energy Armor Plates—physical type—added 200 points of armor, +10 Strength, +12 Stamina, +10 Agility, with a maximum of three bound. The magic type added 60 points of armor, +10 Intellect, +12 Stamina, +10 Spirit, also with a maximum of three bound. Mid-tier Magic Energy Armor Plates could only be attached to level 25 or higher equipment; anything below level 25 could not use them.
Equipping three mid-tier Magic Energy Armor Plates would boost your stats to rival an extra level 25 epic-grade piece of equipment.
A single level 25 epic item simply wasn't available on the market. Many people offered over 20 gold coins for non-tank epic gear, to say nothing of weapons or tank equipment.
Right now, the elite players in the Divine Realm were around level 25—the perfect window to use mid-tier Magic Energy Armor Plates. Selling them now would be the absolute best timing.
That made the pricing very tricky.
Shi Feng thought about it for a good while. It couldn't be too expensive, but he couldn't let it lose value either. Besides, he wouldn't have much time in the future to keep crafting them.
"Let's start at 5 gold," Shi Feng decided. The major guilds were busy with trade right now and had spent a fair bit of money, but they still had some gold on hand. To fight for a first clear of a large raid dungeon, spending a few hundred gold coins to gear up a team wasn't out of the question.
Youyu Weixiao then began making arrangements.
Meanwhile, at the Qingcheng Trading Company, they had already started selling Dragon Fire Potions.
"This Dragon Fire Potion is amazing! It stacks both stats and fire resistance. With this potion, clearing that level 25 raid dungeon should be no problem at all."
"The only issue is the price. One bottle costs 10 silver coins. Just sending a tank into one dungeon run costs 50 silver coins, let alone everyone else needing at least one each."
"Expensive or not, there's no choice. Only the Qingcheng Trading Company has them. As long as we can clear the hard-mode 10-man and 20-man raids, we'll earn it all back."
Yixiao Qingcheng's marketing had been extremely thorough. Almost at the same moment the Dragon Fire Potions went on sale, advertisers were deployed throughout every busy spot in the city. Many teams who had been stuck on high-fire-resistance dungeons became eager and flocked to the Qingcheng Trading Company to stock up.