After he returned from the Trial Tower, Lu Li went to the Administrative Hall .
This was one of the busiest places in the city and there were countless NPCs and players that were running errands . That's right, NPCs much like players, also had their own lives . It was actually quite difficult to tell the players and NPCs apart at first glance .
Some windows had hundreds of people lining up for them, but the real estate window was not one of those .
When Lu Li arrived, there wasn't a single person in line .
The value of property in the game was far beyond the realm of affordability . Very few people were willing to spend more than ten thousand dollars to purchase a virtual house . Ninety percent of the players lived in the inns and hotels that were provided in the game .
The people who visited this window were mostly rich and had too much spare cash on hand .
As such, Lu Li attracted a lot of attention from others, including a few girls that looked at him flirtatiously . They were planning ways in their mind to seduce this rich man .
The NPC was sitting there in boredom until Lu Li came . He quickly stood up to serve him and asked, "Dear adventurer, how may I assist you today?"
Even his mask couldn't hide how cool he felt .
Lu Li didn't realize that his popularity was high enough to influence how NPCs treated him . NPCs in the main town would rarely be this well-mannered and courteous to players .
This was an indescribable feeling .
"I want to build a studio for myself and open up the family storage service," Lu Li said as he took out his deed for his house and placed it down .
An in-game house could be customized by the buyer in any way they desired without permission from the officials of the game . However, the work studio that Lu Li wanted was too difficult to build himself, so he needed to spend money and employ the NPCs .
As for Family Storage, it was basically a storage system for your house that linked to both personal and guild storages .
However, the player needed authority to access the guild storage . Since Lu Li was the guild leader, he had full access to the storage which was very convenient for him .
"What sort of functions do you want your studio to have?" the NPC asked in a pleasant tone .
"All of it I guess, preferably with two working stations . "
Lu Li wanted one for himself and one for his sister, even though Lu Xin cannot play the game right now .
"That'll be… 300 gold all together," the NPC announced after quickly calculating the total cost .
Three hundred gold would be enough to buy a small house in an average town, but Lu Li had spent this on a work studio . Spending money so lavishly stunned all of the players around him .
"What about the Family Storage? I need to link both my personal and guild storage to it . "
His intentions weren't to brag or show off to others . However, in his past life, there were countless times where he was extremely envious of other rich players and wished that one day he could stumble upon a lottery win .
"That will be… another 200 gold . Five hundred gold all together," the NPC said in an excited tone .
To make the game more realistic, NPCs were designed to be intelligent and had their own personal motivations and goals . Quite a large sum would be pocketed by him because of commission .
Lu Li checked the numbers and confirmed the transaction, after which 500 gold was taken out of the 600 gold in his inventory .
The money he had recently made was almost all gone .
Although the price was high, so was the efficiency of the building process . As soon as Lu Li returned home from the Administrative Hall, there was a new house near his lakeside residence with a sign that read 'Alchemy Room' .
Since it was a game, the work studio was built immediately .
He opened the door and was greeted by a very spacious working area . It may have been slightly overkill because it was far too much for him and his sister alone . The inside of the house was built with space-compacting technology, which made it more spacious than it appeared from the outside .
The 300 gold was definitely worth it .
Lu Li could see rows of materials, rare items and his legendary dagger in his personal storage . The next panel was the guild storage .
Although he was considered to be quite rich, the guild storage wasn't as impressive compared to his personal one .
Since there were more than 80,000 members in his guild, most of them would use the storage as a bin . They would throw in their useless junk, such as potions, items and materials in exchange for guild points .
Because Lu Li was the leader, he was granted access to all the items in the storage . However, even if he wanted to, there was absolutely nothing in there for him to take .
With a press of a button on his work station, the options for Engineering appeared . He decided to begin practicing and level up his Engineering while he had some time on his hands .
Since he had first joined the game, Lu Li never had a break . It was non-stop leveling up, clearing dungeons, competing in tournaments and improving his PVP skills .
All of his professions were lagging behind, including his Alchemy, Engineering and Forging . He had promised Water Fairy to forge three items a day, but never fulfilled it .
Water Fairy couldn't force a guild leader of 80,000 players to take time out to Forge items for her every day .
Lu Li's Engineering was currently at Lv174; he was six levels off becoming an Advanced Engineer . Currently, he had three advanced Engineering recipes waiting for him to craft – the Gnomish Poultryizer, Goblin Jumper Cables and the Goblin Rocket Boots, which required Lv240, 260 and 280 respectively .
He had also found an easier recipe from his storage – the Goblin Mining Helmet
Apart from increasing the user's Mining profession by 5 points, it was absolutely useless . It would only be useful if the user came across a high-level ore supply and was a few levels off .
However, that situation was very niche and the recipe was quite common as well . Most engineers would craft these just to level up their profession, so there was no hope in making money off them .
The only upside to this recipe was that the materials used to craft them were a lot cheaper .
Lu Li learned the recipe and smelted some dark iron ore in the furnace . The dark iron ore was taken from the guild storage . No one dared to say anything since there was nothing wrong with the leader taking some ore .
While he waited for the ore, he took out his tailoring knife and cut some heavy leather .
Sewing was quite easy and he didn't need to learn the profession because he knew how to do it in real life . After making a basic hat, he poured the liquid iron ore into it .
Seven minutes later, a Goblin Mining Helmet was made
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