Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God - Chapter 501

Chapter 501

Chapter 501 - Grand Duke Hartfield

The lights shone brightly outside of Star-Moon City’s Palace . At this moment, the street adjacent to the Palace looked as if it held a large-scale celebration; a crowd of players exploded with excitement . Players filled both sides of the street, shouting and selling their wares .

Star-Moon City was different from the other ordinary cities in Star-Moon Kingdom . The traffic here was constant, with players coming and going from other kingdoms and empires . Hence, unlike in other cities where players could only set up their Stalls once every three or four days in specified areas, players could set up their Stalls in Star-Moon City every day . Only, a fee was required to set up a Stall; it was not free .

Even with the fee, a large number of players were still willing to set up their Stalls to sell items rather than using the Auction House and paying a heavier fee . Even if they sold their items at a lower price here, they could still make a higher profit .

Normally, players would only choose to sell their items through the Auction House if they were in a hurry for money or they wished to obtain a better price for rare and precious items .

As the items sold at Stalls were much cheaper, many independent players and large Guilds would come here to purchase the materials and items they needed .

Shi Feng had come to this place precisely to purchase some supplies .

The method of exchanging Coins for Reputation Points was, in reality, a Special Quest found in Star-Moon City . To players who focused on raiding Dungeons and grinding monsters to level up, they might never discover this Special Quest . However, to players who leveled up slowly and focused more on enjoying the game itself, it was not particularly difficult to find the quest . As long as they listened for information in the capital city, they could obtain some clues leading to the quest .

Meanwhile, this clue was that Grand Duke Hartfield’s daughter had fallen ill and was in urgent need of a large amount of Herbs .

The quest only required one stack of Ordinary Herbs . Upon completing this quest, players would receive a certain amount of money and EXP . Meanwhile, players could accept this quest indefinitely . Unfortunately, the amount of money and EXP wasn’t quite worth the value of the Herbs . In the past, wealthy players who wished to level up quickly had spent money to increase their EXP through such quests . Even so, they did not invest a lot of money in this method of leveling . After all, Coins were very valuable during the initial stages of the game . Nobody would spend them foolishly .

In the past, as everyone had been convinced that this Special Quest was merely a method that allowed one to exchange money for EXP, a few insane individuals, who had not wanted to level up in the fields, began to purchase Herbs in bulk, turning them in to complete the Special Quest .

In such a way, these individuals each traded in 1,500 stacks of Herbs, reaching a critical point of this quest .

When a player traded in 1,500 stacks of Herbs, Grand Duke Hartfield would no longer reward said player with money and EXP . Instead, the Grand Duke rewarded the player with a Thank You Gift .

One could obtain a variety of items from this Gift . Among them, there was a 10% chance to obtain a Reputation Book . When used, the Reputation Book would give the user a certain amount of Star-Moon City Reputation Points .

This was why Shi Feng had come to this bazaar to purchase Herbs in bulk, either Ordinary Herbs or Rare Herbs .

After making a round through the bazaar and investigating the general prices of Herbs, Shi Feng began shouting through the trade channel, “Buying Ordinary Herbs, 40 Copper per stack; Rare Herbs, three Silver per stack! Will buy as many as you have!”

The trade channel was a unique channel only available in bazaars . Any players in the bazaar could receive the messages sent through this channel . However, players who wished to shout their messages needed to pay a fee of 1 Silver per message . Though the length of each message was limited to 100 words, it was a valuable promotion tool .  

With this, Shi Feng could save himself a lot of trouble .

The amount and prices of Herbs at each Stall varied greatly . If Shi Feng had to visit every Stall in the bazaar, even if he exhausted himself to death, he would only acquire a small amount . Hence, rather than haggling with every Stall owner, he might as well offer to purchase Herbs at an average price . Naturally, interested players would hunt him down to sell their goods .

Shortly after Shi Feng’s announcement, a large number of players rushed towards him .

“Boss, how many Herbs do you want to buy?”

“Big Brother Swordsman, look! I have excellent quality Herbs! I can even lower the price if you buy them in bulk!”

The players that had hurried over all looked at Shi Feng like hungry wolves . They crowded around him, rushing to sell their Herbs . Their intensity far exceeded Shi Feng’s initial expectations .

“Alright, alright, no need to rush . All of you, line up and trade with me . ” Shi Feng smiled as he motioned for the crowd to calm down .

Sure enough, players’ enthusiasm in the capital city is a lot more intense .

However, after giving it some thought, their enthusiasm was only natural . Players were currently busy with leveling and were not particularly enthusiastic about Lifestyle classes . Although Guilds nurtured their own alchemists, the Guilds could easily supply the amount of Herbs their alchemists needed . They didn’t need to purchase any .

More importantly, the crowd was so excited because the demand for Herbs was usually quite low . As useful potion recipes were extremely rare, demand for Herbs had dropped even further . In addition, Star-Moon Kingdom was not a Herb-poor kingdom, resulting in the prices of Herbs remaining relatively low .

Despite there being 20 Herbs in each stack, Ordinary Herbs only sold for 40 Copper per stack . Even Rare Herbs only sold for three Silver per stack . One could imagine just how worthless Herbs were .

Yet, even with such low prices, few people were willing to purchase Herbs, which explained why everyone was so excited to see Shi Feng .

Players would frequently encounter Herbs while adventuring, and they would usually collect these Herbs to sell in bulk at a later time .

Now, these players’ actions benefited Shi Feng .

In a short moment, Shi Feng had purchased 2,000 stacks of Ordinary Herbs and 200 stacks of Rare Herbs, spending 14 Gold in total . To other players, this might be an astronomical sum, but to Shi Feng, this was only a drop in the bucket .

“Sorry, but my bag’s full . Everyone, please wait here for a while . I’ll come back to purchase more in just a moment . ” Shi Feng hurriedly turned and ran towards the Grand Duke’s mansion .

Reluctance filled the crowd’s eyes as they watched Shi Feng’s departing figure . However, when they heard that he would return to purchase more later, they all chose to remain there, quietly awaiting his return .

At this time of year, there were simply too few players willing to purchase Herbs . Now that one such player had emerged, how could they easily give up on this opportunity? They would wait a few hours if they had to, not to mention a few minutes .

The Grand Duke’s mansion was only a short distance from the Palace; the journey there only took Shi Feng a dozen minutes or so .

After entering the Grand Duke’s mansion, after the Level 150 Great Steward’s introduction, Shi Feng arrived before the Level 200 Grand Duke Hartfield . After a brief conversation, Grand Duke Hartfield began telling Shi Feng the problem burdening his daughter .

After which, Shi Feng received the Special Quest to acquire Herbs . He then retrieved the Herbs from his bag, one stack after another .

For every stack of Herbs Shi Feng turned in, he received 20 Copper and 2,000 EXP in return . Though Shi Feng took a loss of 20 Copper with each exchange, he did not pay it any mind .

Compared to forging, his leveling speed from handing in the Herbs was several times faster . As soon as he gave the Grand Duke the Herbs, he immediately received EXP . The process was very fast and convenient .

In mere moments, Shi Feng had turned in 1,500 stacks of Ordinary Herbs, earning a total of 3 Gold Coins and 3,000,000 EXP . In less than half an hour, Shi Feng’s experience bar rose significantly .

Earning 3,000,000 EXP in half an hour was an incredibly efficient way to level up . Unfortunately, after turning in the 1,500th stack of Herbs, he only received a Thank You Gift for every subsequent stack of Herbs he turned in .

As there were still a large number of players waiting for him to purchase their goods, Shi Feng wasted no time as he turned in all of the Herbs in his possession . Unlike Ordinary Herbs, he would receive ten Thank You Gifts for each stack of Rare Herbs . In terms of money, it was much more worthwhile to trade Rare herbs for the Gifts instead . Unfortunately, Rare Herbs were too scarce .

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