Shi Feng stepped down from the premium carriage, drawing sidelong glances from players on the street — as eye-catching as someone pulling up in a luxury car in the real world.
"Wow, that guy's loaded!"
"Looks like someone from Zero Wing Guild — no wonder he's so rich!"
"Exactly. Zero Wing has so many high-level quests every day that even regular members have a shot at them. Not like our guild — we get a handful of high-level quests daily, and the higher-ups snatch them all up. It's nearly impossible for an elite player to get one. I mean, I'm an elite member of my guild, and I've only managed to pick up two high-level guild quests this whole time. Man, those were sweet though — earned over ten silver coins in just one day."
"For real. My friend's friend is an elite player at Zero Wing, and apparently they can grab a high-level guild quest every two or three days now. Even regular players get one every five or six days. Must be nice."
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The moment anyone brought up Zero Wing Guild, envy filled the air.
A regular carriage cost one silver coin. A premium carriage cost three. For most players, even taking a regular carriage was a lavish display of wealth — a premium carriage was pure extravagance. The little bit of time saved? They'd rather just run there themselves.
Shi Feng couldn't help but shake his head, not expecting that even something like this could earn him envy.
While mainstream players were still grinding themselves into the ground over a single silver coin, even a gold coin had become essentially useless to Shi Feng. Compared to the silver coins spent, he cared far more about saving time now.
Meanwhile, the towering City Hall had also grown bustling.
The Divine Realm had developed to the point where every major guild, whether in reputation or gold, had accumulated a certain level of wealth. Naturally, more and more people were coming to purchase city land.
However, what they were buying was all ordinary land. Plots in the central district and premium plots were not so easily acquired.
"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" A beautiful receptionist approached and asked.
"I'd like to go through the city-building procedures," Shi Feng said.
"Please follow me." The beautiful NPC smiled and led Shi Feng toward the VIP meeting room.
Whether establishing a town or a city, players needed to complete the relevant procedures at an NPC city.
"May I ask, do you have a City Building Order, sir?" the beautiful NPC asked.
Shi Feng promptly produced the Star Moon Kingdom City Building Order that Xia Lian had given him — a single sheet of parchment worth well over a million gold.
"Very good, sir. Might I ask where you plan to establish the city? That way I can prepare an estimate for you." The beautiful NPC took out a magic scroll and spread it open on the table.
The image displayed on the magic scroll was the map of the Star Moon Kingdom, far more detailed than the system maps players carried.
"Witch's Hill." Shi Feng tapped a spot in the southwestern part of the Star Moon Kingdom, and the map of Witch's Hill immediately appeared.
Witch's Hill was a large-scale map for levels 50 to 70. Legend had it that a great witch had once lived there, which was why those hills bore the name Witch's Hill. Even after hundreds of years, once the territory had long since fallen under the Star Moon Kingdom's control, the name had never changed.
As a leveling map, Witch's Hill could be considered quite ordinary — not a high-resource area at all.
However, in Shi Feng's previous life, Witch's Hill had nearly been fought over like crazy by the major guilds.
There were two reasons for that.
The first was convenient transportation. Near Witch's Hill, there were two high-resource maps: one was the Shadow Forest, spanning levels 80 to 100, and the other was the Sorrowful Ruins, spanning levels 60 to 75.