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After finishing his conversation with Xuanjing, Shi Feng pretended to reach out to Black Flame.
After all, Black Flame was his own alter ego — there was no way he could contact himself through the system. He'd only said that to mask his identity. If he could make decisions on matters like these directly, it would definitely arouse Xuanjing's suspicion.
Though he was only pretending to contact Black Flame, Shi Feng did actually get in touch with Fire Dance.
The Sacred Law Hall's offer had to be said to make Shi Feng quite envious, but it also served as a useful reminder.
Zero Wing was nothing like those super guilds. They didn't even compare to a first-rate guild in terms of land plots controlled across cities — they were even behind some ordinary second-rate guilds.
But there was nothing to be done. Those guilds had deep foundations, with extensive early investments and member networks spanning numerous cities. Nearly every major guild had funneled their early gold-farming teams or acquired gold into land plots across various cities. Now, after all this time, the advantages of the big guilds were beginning to show.
Zero Wing had started from scratch, so being able to control this many city plots was already quite remarkable.
The Divine Realm had been running for so long. Even though Zero Wing now had plenty of money, the prime plots in every major city had long been divided up among the guilds, each one treasured like a gem. Buying them with money was almost impossible — unless something came along that truly tempted the major guilds, something they considered more valuable than those city plots.
The Holy City slots presented a rare opportunity.
Currently, Torchfire Trading House only covered a limited number of major cities. Once the crafting players who entered Titan Holy City had all advanced to high-level artisan status, this market would be far too small for Torchfire to make its move.
If they could secure land plots in a few of the empire's top-ten cities, the customer base would easily overwhelm Torchfire's current clientele. Combined with the Solidified Magic Equipment and the exclusive blueprints from Titan Holy City, the money Torchfire earned could rival even that of Stone Forest Town.
The problem was, Shi Feng didn't currently hold any entry tokens for Titan Holy City. And even if he did, he had no intention of selling them now. With so many super guilds hungry for them, he needed to sell at a good price — without provoking their hostility or allowing Wan Shi Wushuang's plan to succeed.
His only way back into Titan Holy City was the Holy City Emblem, but it had a seven-day cooldown. Having just used it, he'd have to wait another full week before he could enter again.
That seven-day window was perfect for making preparations.
After all, purchasing land plots required a hefty sum.
No matter how precious the Holy City slots were, a single slot couldn't buy a prime plot in a major city — not unless those super guilds had gone completely mad, or he traded more than a dozen slots for one golden plot.
In his previous life, a Holy City slot had sold for just a few hundred gold. They were pricier now, but still only around a thousand gold apiece. A prime plot in a major city, though?
That was tens of thousands of gold.
With his current slots, he could at most buy a single plot — and that was far from what he wanted.
His plan was to use the Holy City slots as capital for trading city land. One slot in exchange for one city plot, with the difference settled in gold. If he sold ten slots, he could acquire ten plots. To pull this off, he needed to earn as much money as possible during this time.
"Fire Dance, organize the main raid team and the Black God Legion. Have all official and probationary members of the Black God Legion head toward the Undead Grand Canyon. Suspend all other tasks and activities for now," Shi Feng instructed. "Don't forget to stock up on plenty of Solidified Magic Equipment and magic scrolls from Torchfire Trading House. The Undead Grand Canyon's regional dungeon is Shura difficulty, same as the others, but the monsters inside are far tougher than the Stone Claw Mountains. Don't go dying in there."
He had never heard of the Undead Grand Canyon before, but any dungeon connected to a new content update was bound to be significant — with far richer resources, especially Magic Crystals.