After reading Hei Zi's message, Shi Feng was baffled.
Why would the guild from the White River City region come looking for trouble out of the blue? And they wanted an explanation.
An explanation for what?
However, Shi Feng couldn't be bothered to worry about it too much right now. He decided to use the Seven Luminaries Crystal to return to White River City first.
Level 10 Monster Area - White Sand Ruins.
An elite team of forty was clearing out level 10 Desert Twin-Headed Serpents. Everyone moved in an orderly fashion, and dozens of serpents fell one after another, transforming into generous experience points.
This elite team belonged to the Martial Alliance guild that Shi Feng had driven out of Red Leaf Town, led by Fengyun Wuhui.
"Boss Fengyun, everything is done," an assassin reported, running up. "I've laid out the terms and the pros and cons to them. They'll share the secret of how Ye Feng leveled up to 10 so quickly. A total of eight minor guilds have already agreed to join our small alliance."
"Good, well done," Fengyun Wuhui grinned. He muttered to himself, "Ye Feng, this is you asking for death. You dared to ignore me. Now the entire White River City knows you have a fast way to reach level 10. And with this small alliance I've built, whether you reveal that leveling secret or not, I'm going to make sure you're finished."
After Shi Feng had firmly refused him, Fengyun Wuhui had been stunned for a while, not expecting him to be so decisive.
Since he couldn't control Shi Feng through threats, Fengyun Wuhui had to use a more troublesome method: publicize the secret. In the current fierce competition among major guilds, they all wished their members could instantly reach level 10. Now that Shi Feng had such a method, the major guilds naturally wanted it.
After all, while other guilds were still struggling to reach level 10, their guild's entire membership would already be at level 10 developing in White River City. The gap would be immense. All of White River City's resources would essentially be monopolized by their guild. With so many resources, they could widen the gap even further. By the time most people finally entered White River City, they would have likely occupied all high-level resource zones long ago. How could others even compete?
In other words, whichever guild obtained Shi Feng's leveling secret would be able to dominate White River City.
What guild could resist such a temptation?
Besides, Shi Feng was merely a solo player with no powerful backing. The world of Divine Realm wasn't that kind; it was a place where the strong claimed the treasures. How could these guilds possibly let it go? They would definitely seize it.
As for a fair trade to buy the secret of leveling to 10 quickly, that was impossible. Fair trade required equal footing. How could a solo player be considered equal to a major guild?
If Shi Feng didn't obediently hand over the secret, there was only one outcome: death!
But even if he did hand it over, he'd still die. Such was the sorrow of the weak.
Fengyun Wuhui actually felt a touch of sympathy for Shi Feng at this moment, but who told this fool to so resolutely refuse his "kind" suggestion?
White River City, Trade District, Bank Warehouse.
The moment Shi Feng returned to White River City, he deposited all his forging materials into the bank warehouse. Looking at the personal storage with its tens of thousands of slots, he couldn't help but sigh. In his previous life, he never had a personal warehouse this rich and impressive. If he sold everything here, he didn't know how much he could earn. At the very least, it should be enough for the guild's reserve funds.
Actually, with his current fame, Shi Feng could have immediately founded a guild. But he chose to take it steady, first establishing all the guild benefits and perks. That way, when the guild was finally established, it would make a stunning entrance, unstoppable. Even if those third-rate or second-rate guilds wanted to suppress them, they couldn't stop the guild's rapid development, because it would already have a solid foundation and vast reserves, not something a little impact could destroy.
After handling everything, Shi Feng finally opened the system messages to see what exactly had happened.
Earlier, to prevent Fengyun Wuhui from further interrupting his trades, he had set system communications and messages to "Strangers: Do Not Disturb" mode. He hadn't expected so much to have transpired.
Compared to when he entered White River City, he now had over ten thousand messages, the vast majority from individual players, with a smaller portion from various guilds.
After glancing through some of them, Shi Feng roughly understood what these people wanted.