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Chapter 1558






Chapter 1558 - 3-star Merchant

The City Lord's Mansion in Zero Wing City was located in the heart of the city . Though, the building resembled more of a mountain, rather than a mansion . Tall walls surrounded the mansion . The structure was also further protected by a powerful magic array, which only allowed entry through the front entrance .

Level 50, Tier 2 NPC guards were stationed the City Lord's Mansion's entrance . The mansion's magic array also reinforced these NPC guards' strength . At this stage of the game, it wouldn't matter how many players tried to break into the City Lord's Mansion; these NPC guards would slaughter every one of them without fail .

When Shi Feng and Youlan reached the City Lord's Mansion's first-floor hall, they were greeted by the sight of hundreds of loitering NPC merchants .

Youlan was stunned by the scene .

Although she did not have a very clear understanding of NPC merchants, she knew that these NPCs were similar wandering merchants who visited Guild Towns . Only, these NPC merchants were more stable and wouldn't abruptly appear one day and disappear the next . They allowed players to obtain a steady supply of rare items .

Normally, a town was considered impressive if 20 or 30 wandering merchants visited it at a single time . Meanwhile, the important towns Underworld developed only had around 40 wandering merchants present in them at any one time .

Yet, Zero Wing City had hundreds of these NPCs…

However, what Youlan did not know was that the NPC merchants present were only a small portion of those who had come to discuss business with Zero Wing City . Before this, Aqua Rose had rejected all 1-star NPC Merchants and sent them on their way . Now, the merchants in the City Lord's Mansion were only 2- and 3-star NPC Merchants .

"Guild Leader, you're finally here . " Aqua Rose could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Shi Feng enter the hall . "If you came any later, the two 3-star NPC Merchants would've left already . "

"What are their conditions to conduct business in the city?" Shi Feng asked .





Every NPC merchant planning to do business in a Guild City had their own conditions . They would not set up their businesses in the city for nothing . Whether a Guild could keep these NPC Merchants or not would depend on a Guild's capabilities to fulfill these NPCs demands .

"One of them wants full tax exemption and their Shop to be located on the same street as the City Lord's Mansion . The other one has requested a Large Warehouse . This NPC has also asked for his Shop to be located on the same street as the City Lord's Mansion," Aqua Rose reported .

"Their asking price sure is ruthless . " Shi Feng could not help his frown .

The City Lord's Mansion was in the heart of the city . The amount of land available in the area was extremely limited . Meanwhile, NPC merchants' Shops took up a lot of space, and the land sold to these merchants couldn't be reclaimed . This meant that he would have to give away two valuable plots of land for free, permanently .


As for taxes, they were an important source of income for the city . NPC merchants needed to play these fees to the Guild every month, and the amount was based on the Shop's rank . It was simply absurd to ask for full tax exemption .

There was even less need to mention the Warehouse . Constructing a Small Warehouse would already cost 3,000 Gold . A Large Warehouse would cost at least 10,000 Gold . However, the cost of construction was not the main issue . The crucial point was the amount of land the Warehouse would take up . Moreover, the Warehouse couldn't be constructed too far from the Shop, which meant that the Warehouse would also have to occupy the same area as the City Lord's Mansion .

He had to admit that the two 3-star NPC Merchants' asking prices were fraudulent .

"Is there no room for negotiation?" Shi Feng asked .

In God's Domain, NPCs with higher statuses would have higher intellects . Fortunately, it wasn't entirely impossible to convince NPC merchants to change their conditions .

"I've tried talking to them multiple times, but both NPCs are dead set on their requirements . " Aqua Rose felt helpless about this situation . She had tried her best to negotiate for better conditions, but the NPC merchants were quite determined and had remained unfazed .

Suddenly, Youlan asked, "Can you let me give it a try?"





"You?" Aqua Rose glanced at the cloaked woman beside Shi Feng . The woman had felt familiar, and upon closer inspection, she recognized Youlan . Curiously, she asked, "Aren't you the manager for Underworld's trading firms? Why are you here?"

As far as she could remember, Youlan had always been a very capable woman . Not only had she managed Overwhelming Smile's trading firm until it nearly rivaled the Candlelight Trading Firm, but she also wielded considerable combat power .

"I invited her here . Youlan is now a member of our Guild," Shi Feng explained .


The corners of Aqua Rose's mouth twitched slightly as she turned to Shi Feng with an incredulous gaze .

Youlan had been close to becoming one of Underworld's upper echelons . Underworld, which was an extraordinary organization that had more strength and growth potential than most first-rate Guilds . The organization also had ample funding . As long as the organization nurtured enough experts, it could definitely rival super-first-rate Guilds in the future .

Yet, rather than remain as an upper echelon in a future super-first-rate Guild, Youlan had actually joined Zero Wing, which was currently besieged by numerous powerful enemies .

Aqua Rose had no idea what method Shi Feng had used to lure Youlan to Zero Wing .

Following which, Shi Feng approved Youlan's suggestion . "Alright, I'll leave this matter to you . "

In any case, there was no harm in trying .

Currently, Zero Wing City's background was minimal . Attracting two 3-star NPC Merchants had been enough of a surprise already . It was only natural that these NPC merchants would have significant demands .

"Mhm . I'll try my best . " Youlan nodded . She then turned to Aqua Rose and asked, "May I borrow the information you have on Zero Wing City?"

"This…" Aqua Rose hesitated at Youlan's request .





Zero Wing City's information was top secret in the Guild . Others shouldn't so easily be given access .

"It's fine; let her see it . In any case, she is already a core member of the Guild . Also, this information can't be kept a secret forever," Shi Feng said .

Now that Zero Wing City was complete, it was only a matter of time before information leaked to the public . It wouldn't really matter if Youlan knew the city's details .

Since Shi Feng had agreed, Aqua Rose then sent Youlan the information she had on Zero Wing City .

After reading the information for some time, Youlan closed the display, took a deep breath, and entered the reception room where the two 3-star NPC Merchants sat to negotiate .

Meanwhile, Shi Feng began to select the 2-star NPC Merchants that the city needed .

NPC merchants sold a large variety of items, and some NPCs were bound to sell similar items . In that case, he had to choose the NPC merchant with the lower conditions and disregard the NPC merchants with higher conditions that sold the same items . After all, Zero Wing City had limited space . A large amount of land was still needed to build other Advanced Constructions . He could not waste too much land on these NPC merchants .

After ten minutes of reading through the list, Shi Feng selected 63 2-star NPC Merchants . Not only did these NPC merchants sell unique items with very few similarities, but their demands were also fairly reasonable . They were also willing to set their Shops up in various parts of the city, which helped to alleviate the issue of too many crowds in a single area .

After Shi Feng and Aqua Rose decided the Shop locations for every 2-star NPC Merchant, Youlan emerged from the reception room .

"Guild Leader, here are the two NPCs' conditions," Youlan said . She then handed Shi Feng two contracts .

"What? They actually…" When Aqua Rose saw the new conditions on the contracts, she was astonished .

She could not believe that the two stubborn NPCs, who had refused to budge no matter how she had tried to persuade them, had actually given in .

Moreover, their conditions had loosened quite a bit . Although their demands regarding the location of their Shops hadn't changed, the NPC that had demanded full tax exemption now only wanted a 50% tax break, whereas the NPC that originally wanted a Large Warehouse had now settled for a Small Warehouse .

"I've tried to convince them to lower their conditions as much as possible, but both of these merchants think that Zero Wing City lacks a competitive edge, so they refuse to relent fully," Youlan said in embarrassment .

"Youlan, do you have the merchant subclass?" Aqua Rose suddenly realized a possibility . If Youlan were a merchant, she might have the ability to obtain these results . In that case, though, Youlan would have to be a relatively high-ranked merchant as the 1-star Merchant players she had asked for help previously had failed .

"Mhm . I just got promoted to a 3-star Merchant . " Youlan nodded .

"A 3-star Merchant?" Youlan's reply astounded Aqua Rose . Now, she was even more confused as to how Shi Feng had roped Youlan into Zero Wing .

Even the strongest merchant in Zero Wing was still some ways away from becoming a 2-star Merchant . Only Super Guilds likely had 2-star Merchants at this stage of the game . Meanwhile, the higher a merchant players' star-rank was, the stronger their negotiation ability would be with NPCs . With a high-rank merchant player, a Guild could reduce prices when paying the system management fees for Shops . Whether it was the development of a Guild or a trading firm, a high-rank merchant would be a powerful asset .

"Guild Leader, you really are amazing . You actually poached a 3-star Merchant from Underworld . If Underworld finds out about this, they would definitely fight us for her," Aqua Rose whispered to Shi Feng .

But what Aqua Rose didn't know was that Underworld wouldn't be the only ones looking for trouble . Even the Blackwater Corporation, which currently backed Underworld, would be enraged .

Just as Shi Feng was about to sign the contract for the two 3-star NPC Merchants, the sound of a system announcement reached his ears .



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