T City, Ruyi Village.
Over the next few days, the members gradually discovered the ease with which they could gather elements from the swamp, and everyone was delighted. Many of them would gather some while killing monsters, keeping a small amount for themselves and selling the majority.
Because the element consumption rate is very low, there has never been much of a market for this kind of thing. But now that players have started selling it, it's selling well.
——After all, collecting elements was very troublesome when there was no swamp. Now that some people have taken advantage of the convenience to start collecting and selling them in large quantities, there will always be some players who will be happy to be lazy and no longer do it themselves since they can spend money to buy them from others.
Soon, another member discovered new business opportunities.
"I heard there's a quest to acquire elements in the reception hall of the 'Pure Land' territory, 20 gold each." In an inconspicuous corner, a melee mage and a ranged mage whispered.
The Ranged Mage was stunned: "Why did the reception hall purchase this?"
"I don't know. Maybe the larger territories like to assign tasks to keep their members occupied," Melee explained hastily. "That's not the point. The point is, the price here is only 8 to 10 gold. The price difference is huge! Luckily, I added their trading team as my friend and talked to them today."
He paused tactically at this point, and the Ranged Mage's interest was piqued. He immediately asked, "What did you talk about?!"
The melee mage smiled with satisfaction. "I told them that when they come back to the territory tomorrow, I have elements to sell to them. They'll be 15 gold each, and they can take them back to the territory and sell them for 20."
"Damn, that's smart! Take me with you!" The ranged mage raised his hand to indicate that he wanted to join the group.
"I'm telling you this because I want to take you with me!" The melee mage rubbed his hands. "This way, we can basically make a net profit of 15 gold per element we collect ourselves, and we can also buy some for 8 to 10 gold, making a profit on the difference."
"Sure, sure." The Ranged Mage nodded repeatedly. "We make a profit from the price difference, and so does the merchant team. It's a win-win situation!"
The two hit it off immediately and took action immediately, striding towards the market, looking for players selling elements with shining eyes.
A few miles away, Wang Yong was leading his team towards Ruyi Village. He casually mentioned, "Remember to collect the elements. Even though it's just hard-earned money, we've already made a deal, so we can't let them down!"
"I remember, I remember." Zheng Sisi said repeatedly. After thinking for a moment, she asked again, "But I think our boss must have a reason for purchasing elements in the reception hall. Why don't you remind the players in Ruyi Village?"
"No." Wang Yong shook his head. "We don't know what the boss is thinking, and reminding others won't provide a reasonable explanation. Besides, there are many factors that affect the success of a territory. Even if a smart person suffers due to the elements, as long as other aspects are not bad, it's not a big deal. But even if you remind a stupid person, if they don't do well in other aspects, the territory will sooner or later have problems, and we don't need to say a word."
"That's right..." Zheng Sisi nodded in agreement, "We can't really help much."
Wang Yong didn't respond, but what he kept in his mind was: In fact, he felt that the lord of Ruyi Village was a "brainless" one.
The person who contacted him to purchase elements in Ruyi Village was just an ordinary member. Even ordinary members had heard about Pure Land purchasing elements, so the lord should know even more.
Now in T City, "Pure Land" is undoubtedly a role model. Some lords have begun to try to imitate Ye Miao's approach. If the lord of Ruyi Village hears that Pure Land is purchasing elements but remains unmoved, he is really too insensitive.
And if the truth is that ordinary members heard about the acquisition, but the lord was unaware of it, that would be even worse.
But these are obviously not things that a small business team like theirs can change.
Overnight rich city.
The first thing Ye Miao did when he woke up in the morning was to open the panel to check the acquisition status of the reception hall. After three days, the number on the panel had become:
"【Ye Miao】 purchases various elements. Everyone can go to the reception hall to submit them.
Price: 20 gold coins/piece
Acquisition progress:
Water Elemental (500/500)
Ice Elemental (500/500)
Fire Element (424/500)
Wood Element (439/500)
Grass Elemental (415/500)
Mist Elemental (276/500)"
It seems that collecting water and ice elements is significantly easier, while collecting fire, wood, and grass elements is a bit slower, but not too much. As for fog elements, the gap is quite obvious.
Ye Miao pondered for a moment, rescinded the announcement, and issued a new one.
"【Ye Miao】 purchases various elements. Everyone can go to the reception hall to submit them.
Water Element (0/500)
Ice Element (0/500)
Purchase price: 20 gold coins/piece
Fire Element (0/500)
Wood Element (0/500)
Grass Elemental (0/500)
Purchase price: 22 gold coins/piece
Mist Elemental (0/500)
Purchase price: 30 gold coins/piece"
After the new announcement was released, the mages and alchemists in the territory immediately began to discuss it.
"Wow, the price of fog element is 50% higher than ice and water element! Why?!"
"Mist elements are the hardest to collect. Even in the current mode, they can only be found in the early morning when the fog is thick. Not only is the time short, but you also have to get up early. If you don't get enough sleep, you have to take stamina potions to boost your stamina."
"But for the sake of making money, I can do it! Although I'm not a fog mage, I can temporarily switch to a cheaper fog staff to collect elements! But - when is the foggy time?"
"It seems there will be fog for half an hour to an hour between 4 and 6 in the morning. You'll have to try your luck at going out at the exact time."
"Okay, I'll go then!" The mage who asked the question immediately turned around and ran to the market to look for a mist wand after getting the answer.
30 gold coins per element! If she collects 10 a day, that's 300 gold! And collecting in the early morning doesn't affect her daytime monster hunting, so she can only make money. She can use this opportunity to save up for a more comfortable house, which will significantly improve her quality of life later on!
After the announcement was issued, Ye Miao observed the acquisition progress for half an hour. Seeing that the submission speeds of several elements were basically the same, he breathed a sigh of relief.
However, there was a problem before. There are actually not only these five elements in the game. Some of them have nothing to do with the swamp mode, such as light elements and dark elements.
When playing the game before, Ye Miao didn't care too much about this issue. First of all, she was not a mage and it was difficult for her to collect cards by herself. Secondly, she knew clearly at that time that even if the card packs were no longer distributed for free, she could still buy them with real money. She had no intention of collecting elements to make cards by herself.
But now, if the activation of the swamp mode still means that the system will no longer issue card packs, then we can only rely on alchemists to make cards in the future. Then how can we make up for the elements that the swamp mode cannot provide?
Ye Miao couldn't think of the answer for a moment, and the system prompt sound suddenly jumped.
“Ding Dong——”
"The acquisition you posted has achieved its goal."
Ye Miao: Huh? ? ? ?
When I opened the panel, I saw that the display of the water element column had changed to: (500/500).
She quickly looked through the details and found that all the water elements were submitted by Lu Weiwei.
She was stunned for a moment and privately messaged Lu Weiwei: Weiwei? Where did you get so many water elements?
Lu Weiwei did not hide it: I met players from other territories outside the territory. They said they came here specifically to sell elements and insisted that I help them submit them. They would give me a commission of 3 gold coins for each element.
[Ye Miao]...
[Lu Weiwei] They offered a lot of money, and they wouldn't let me leave unless I agreed. Am I causing trouble for the territory? Then I'll give the money to the boss!!!
[Ye Miao] ...It's okay, no need. It's not a big deal. I'm just curious. You can keep the money. You don't have to give it to me.
After closing the dialog box, Ye Miao thought of some not-so-kind ways to save money.
She had only intended to hoard some elements appropriately and didn't intend to go overboard. After all, she wasn't sure whether the system would stop issuing card packs. If the card packs continued to be issued on time after the swamp mode disappeared, she could slowly consume the collected elements, but it would be unnecessary to invest a large amount of gold coins for this.
But now, seeing that players from other territories were submitting large quantities of items after hearing her purchase price, she couldn't help but want to take a gamble.
Gathering resources this way was too easy. And if she made the right bet, she might become the largest card supplier in T City, and all her expenses would be recouped several times, dozens of times, or even dozens of times.
Of course, she also knew her current funds were limited. Although she had just plundered the spoils from Sweet Orange City and the territory had been upgraded, the subsequent construction would require a lot of money. If she spent all her gold on elemental resources, the territory's development would be forced to slow down, and the construction of the previously planned schools, libraries, procuratorates, and courts would have to be postponed.
Unless, she bleeds herself.
In fact, ever since the territory started to collect taxes, she no longer "bleeds" on her own. Later, she also received commissions from the auction house and income from the spoils of territory wars. If she is willing to give up, the territory can operate normally.
But now, since I want to gamble, it is indeed more conscientious to use my own money to gamble.
After careful consideration, Ye Miao walked into the World Auction House. He later realized that the World Auction House could be upgraded. With only 100,000 gold coins, territories of the same city level on other maps could participate in the auction of the Overnight Rich City.
Ye Miao upgraded without hesitation.
Then she put up her auction item:
[Name: Advanced Resurrection Coin]
【Quality: Gold】
[Description: When you suffer fatal damage and lose a life, you will enter a 24-hour "Soul Retention Period." During this period, you cannot attack, gather, or eat, but you can move freely. You can choose a safe location within 24 hours to resurrect. After resurrection, you must select one attribute level to be reset to zero. The remaining attribute levels, equipment, skills, and gold coins you possess will not be affected.]
Starting Price: 300,000 Gold Coins
[Minimum price increase per time: 10,000 gold coins]
[Deposit: 150,000 gold coins]
【Auction period: 14 days】
She didn't know how the outside world would react once the information was posted, but the people in the city went crazy first because of the sudden wealth.
Yi Hang: "Oh my god! Oh my god! Where did the boss get this magical weapon?" At the same time, he pressed the "Pay Deposit" button without thinking and directly raised the price by 30,000 gold coins.
Zhang Tingting was stunned for a second. She rationally thought that it would not be her turn to bid for this thing, but she joined the auction anyway and raised the bid by 10,000.
Lifestyle players also joined in the fun. Although they didn't fight like combat players every day, they always felt that their poor fighting skills were dangerous in themselves, and it would be great if they could get high-level resurrection coins.
In Tiaodeng Town, An Ruoying gasped when she saw the pop-up window. She didn't even bother to see who the seller was and started to act quickly.
"Would you like to pay the deposit of 150,000 gold coins?"
"yes."
"Please enter the amount of the increase (minimum 10,000 gold coins)."
An Ruoying inputted with relative restraint: 100,000 gold coins.
So Ye Miao watched as the price of the advanced resurrection coin exceeded 500,000 within 5 minutes of being listed, and he felt as happy as the Niffler in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" when he rushed into the bank vault.
Assuming the final price can exceed 1,000,000, then she can start purchasing elements, taking as many as she can, and accepting no one!
The author has something to say:
I have to go out for something tomorrow, so I'll take a day off.
_(:з」∠)_ I guess we’ll have to wait until after the Lunar New Year to get back to a stable Saturday. I was so busy during the Lunar New Year that it was out of control...
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