Chapter 367: White Fox (1/2)
I received several messages the moment I went online—
System Notice: Congratulations, the item ”Blood Maddened Lion Equipment Set” you consigned for sale has been sold for 2.75m gold. After deducting the 5% intermediary fee, you received 2.6125m gold!
System Notice: Congratulations, the item ”Chest Armor of Barbaric Strength” you consigned for sale has been sold for 110k gold. After deducting the 5% intermediary fee, you received 104.5k gold!
System Notice: Congratulations, the item ”Frozen Earth Equipment Set” you consigned for sale has been sold for 900k gold. After deducting the 5% intermediary fee, you received 855k gold!
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In total, I received around 70+ auction-related system notices. After bringing up the virtual calculator and tallying all the numbers, I concluded that Lin Yixin and I had earned a total of 4.8 million gold from our trip to Dragonbone Mountain Range and Arctic Temple yesterday!
I took some screenshots and sent them all to Lin Yixin. Then, I sent her a message: “Yiyi, we got 4.8 million gold from our trip yesterday. Should I transfer 2.4 million to your bank account immediately after I convert them to RMB?”
“Mn, okay!” Lin Yixin replied.
I quickly converted the gold to money and transferred them to both our accounts. Just like that, Lin Yixin and I gained 2.4 million RMB respectively. Including the money I got from the Purple Thunder War Axe recently, I had over 5 million in my account right now. My next goal was to become a ten-millionaire!
Alright, done! Lin Yixin was grinding, and I wanted to go to the palace and buy a piece of land!
Before I went there, I took out the Appointment Token from the warehouse. Without this, it would be impossible to make the purchase. The adventurers might be the one who founded the empire and expanded its borders, but all the land in the realm still belonged to the nobles. Exploitation was a must unless I gave up on my plan completely.
I ran toward the palace and entered the main hall in no time. Just like the last time, the weak and foolish king was seated on the throne.
Holding the Heaven-stealing Sword in one hand, I strode up to the king and showed him the Appointment Token. Then, I said, “Your Majesty, I would like to own a shop!”
“Oh?” The old king looked at me with muddy eyes. “I wasn’t expecting a warrior as powerful as you to appear in Sky City this soon. Alright, you may choose one of these ten shops that are pending for sale. You will need to pay 100k gold for the ownership!”
Fuck!
After choosing the location, I was given the choice to choose what type of shop I wanted it to be. I chose the Magic Consumable shop immediately. As players’ average level increased, so did their MP consumption. However, there wasn’t a single Magic Consumable shop in the entire city that was good enough to fulfill that particular hunger. I had been eyeing this business opportunity since the day I came here!
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Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have bought a shop at Sky City! The shop number is 0001, and it is located at (1475, 9875) of Sky City. You have 10000 shop shelves, 0 NPCs and 0 working capital!
Ding~!
System Notice: Your shop cannot operate without an NPC. Right now your Sky City Commercial Value is 100 points, so your tax rate is 1094 gold per day. You do not have enough working capital!
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I was dumbfounded by the two system notices I received. The tax is dead, long live the tax! My business isn’t even up yet, and I owe the system over 1000 RMB already?? Were all shop owners abandoned by God in their previous lives or something??
I was extremely displeased, but there was nothing I could do about it. I should head to the adventurer inn and hire an NPC shop assistant now, or I couldn’t sell shit unless I sat in the shop all day and night. But if that was the plan I wouldn’t be going through all this hassle in the first place.
I ran to the adventurer inn and looked around. I saw brawny men drinking themselves silly at the tables, rows of weapons at the racks such as war axes, broadswords and more, and a wooden clerk staring at the bouncing breasts of female dancers from his counter.
I walked up to the clerk without a word and stabbed the Heaven-stealing Sword on the counter. Then, I growled out my question, “I need a shop assistant, clerk. How many of them are available right now?”
The clerk nearly stumbled on his feet in shock. He looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end he assumed a respectful smile after sneaking a glance at my Heaven-stealing Sword. “Honored guest, there are 15 hireable shop assistants in Sky City right now. You may hire anyone provided that you already own a shop, and you can afford their price!”
Swhoosh!
I glanced at the hireable NPC list. Their skills were clearly displayed, and even better, I saw an elite-rank NPC out of the 15 NPCs that were listed—
Dakara (Common)—Flexibility: 67, Business Sense: 81, Orderliness: 70, Ability: None, Permanent Employment Fee: 3120 gold
Jessica (Common)—Flexibility: 71, Business Sense: 77, Orderliness: 82, Ability: None, Permanent Employment Fee: 4080 gold
Lirado (Common)—Flexibility: 81, Business Sense: 75, Orderliness: 66, Ability: None, Permanent Employment Fee: 3784 gold
Stray (Common)—Flexibility: 80, Business Sense: 72, Orderliness: 74, Ability: None, Permanent Employment Fee: 4284 gold
Avni (Elite)—Flexibility: 91, Business Sense: 95, Orderliness: 99, Ability: Copy, Permanent Employment Fee: 21095 gold