When I returned to Floating Ice City, I immediately started making Rank 4 Magic Consumables. To be honest, I was probably the first player in Floating Ice City who could make Rank 4 Magic Consumables. Setting aside the usefulness of the Magic Consumables, this gimmick was shocking enough.
I went to the warehouse and talked to the NPC manager. He took out a lot of Salt and Chicken Meat. I also had enough Fresh Ginger in my bag. It looked like I was going to make a fortune.
I opened the Cooking interface and added in the ingredients: Chicken Meat -20, Salt -10, Fresh Ginger -15. I confirmed the synthesis. Immediately, a magical halo flew over my hand — Ding ~!
System Notice: You have made White Cut Chicken -4, Cooking Skill Quantity + 5!
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Huh?
I made four Rank 4 Magic Consumables in one go?
I was overjoyed and quickly began to synthesize the second batch. As expected, I still obtained three White Cut Chicken. This was a kind of cooked chicken wrapped in lotus leaves. It was fragrant and could instantly recover 400 MP after eating it. It was one of the essential supplements for high-level mages when they were out on the road!
Almost half an hour later, I made a total of 120 Rank 4 Magic Consumables. There were 10 stacks of Rank 4 Magic Consumables, so there were 12 stacks in total. These were all shining silver!
Standing at the center of the plaza, I hid my game ID and shouted, "Selling Rank 4 Magic Consumables in large quantities, good stuff that can instantly recover 400 MP!
Don't miss this opportunity. It's cheap, 80 silver per Rank 4 Magic Consumable. Friends who need it, come quickly! "
Logically speaking, this was a crazy era. 80 silver was equivalent to 80 RMB. Who would be willing to spend 80 RMB for a Magic Consumable?
But there were just too many rich people in our country. There were many people who would spend thousands of gold for a beauty's smile, and there were also many people who would spend hundreds of gold for a high-rank Magic Consumable!
Quite a few high-level players gathered around Shi Feng. A few carefully bought one or two Level 4 Magic Consumables, while the most bought five. It seemed that they were gathering their companions to kill a certain Boss and needed to use these Magic Consumables. In reality, this was indeed the case. For high-level Mages, especially Clerics, a single Level 3 Holy Light consumed around 30 MP. If they did not consume high-grade Magic Consumables, they would run out of Mana in two minutes. At that time, the losses would be even greater if the party were to be annihilated.
In the midst of the hubbub of voices, a voice suddenly came from the side, "Brother selling cooking, we want all of your goods. How much do you have left?"
I was stunned. I turned around and saw two high-level heavy-armored players talking to me!
Iron Pardon and Inconstant. These two weren't just popular people on Floating Ice City's Heavenly Ranking, they were also two experts recruited by the Mad Dragon guild. They were commonly known as the "Twin Stars". I didn't expect to run into them at the entrance.
Although I hid my ID, my equipment was too eye-catching. Moreover, I was wearing a cloak that covered my face, so I was easily recognized.
Iron Pardon raised his eyebrows. "So it's you!"
I smiled. "That's me. So, do you still want to buy more?"
"Of course I'm buying!" Inconstant said through gritted teeth. "How many Rank 4 Magic Consumables do you have?
Hmph, don't tell me you don't dare to sell it just because we've PK'd each other? "
I couldn't help but smile. "Revenge is revenge, and business is business. Of course I'm not that stingy!"
As I spoke, I counted the inventory in my bag and said, "I still have 95. Since you want to buy all of them, I'll give you a special price. One Rank 4 Magic Consumable for 1 gold!"
"What?!" Iron Pardon said angrily. "Didn't you just sell it to those people for 80 silver each?"
"You're different, special!" I said indifferently.
Inconstant reached out to stop Iron Pardon who was about to explode. He said solemnly, "Here are 95 gold. Come, trade 95 Rank 4 Magic Consumables to me. Everyone else, read as normal!"
“OK！”
I happily opened the trade interface and placed the 95 White Cut Chicken in. The other side gave me 95 gold. Ding! The trade was complete!
Iron Pardon was a bit indignant. After all, Lin Yixin and I had stolen the boss they worked so hard to kill last time, and now they were giving me money.
"Brother Yun, what … what is this?" Iron Pardon said angrily.
Inconstant smiled slightly. "The young master said that we must gather 100 Rank 4 Magic Consumables. Let's not talk anymore. The gold is from the young master anyway."
"Hmph!"
Iron Pardon left resentfully. Inconstant shot me a warning look and sneered. "Business is business. Once we leave Floating Ice City and leave the safe zone, you better be careful!"
I ignored him and sent a message to Du Thirteen. "Hurry to Floating Ice City and prepare to sell the gold!"
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A few minutes later, Du Thirteen came and traded 40 gold to me. He said with a laugh, "We have a total of 100 gold now, right?"
"Is 100 worth selling?"
I opened my hand and a large pile of gold appeared in my palm. The numbers clearly showed my current gold: 258.
"Huh?"
Thirteen was scared out of his wits. He laughed loudly and patted my shoulder as if he had lost his mind. "There are so many gold coins. Isn't this equivalent to over twenty thousand RMB?
Hahaha, Lu Chen, I was just having a headache with Little Gui about next season's rent ~ ~ "
I said, "Don't be so happy. The value of gold is constantly depreciating. Hurry and find a buyer!"
"What buyer? Go to the trade platform on the forums and sell. Book fans like to read:!"
"Oh?
There's such a function? "
"Go, go!"
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Therefore, I connected to the official forums and found the trade platform. PBC was the middleman and charged 1% of the transaction fee.
With a quick glance, Shi Feng noticed that many players were selling Gold Coins here. There were thousands of pages dedicated to Gold Coins alone, with the most selling for around 50 Gold Coins, and the least selling for around three to five Gold Coins. The price of 1 Gold Coin fluctuated between 95 RMB to 120 RMB. This exchange rate would fall as the majority of players leveled up. As for how much it would fall, no one knew.
I immediately went on the shelves and sold 250 gold. Each gold was sold for 100 RMB. It was relatively cheap, unlike some unscrupulous merchants who sold 1 gold for 145 RMB. Too evil!
Less than five minutes after I went on the shelves, I suddenly heard a "ding" and a message — System Notice: Dear user, the 250 gold you consigned has been sold. After deducting the transaction fee, a total of 24750 RMB has been deposited into your China Construction Bank account: 662700200873 * * * * *!
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Very good, the money came. I made almost 25,000 RMB in one go!
The Bloody Mercenaries workshop's development was very smooth. The recent financial crisis was resolved. I could go out to eat and drink with my brothers every day. I could also look at the legs of the girls on the streets. I was so happy!
He wasn't satisfied and wasn't satisfied with his current results.
I gave the metal helmet that Dominating Warrior God dropped to Du Thirteen. This was a Level 25 Iron-grade item. Du Thirteen's helmet was better.
I wandered around Floating Ice City's plaza for a while. Ji Congxin was back. There seemed to be more ways to get rich than what I had done before.
I stood at the center of Floating Ice City's plaza and shouted, "Buying Rank 2 Ingredients in large quantities. 50 copper per serving of Glutinous Rice, 40 copper per serving of Chicken. I'll take as many as you have. Friends who practice Foraging are welcome!"
Not long after I shouted, many players who practiced Foraging rushed over and shouted how many Glutinous Rice and Chicken they had.
Both of these ingredients were Level 2, and could only be obtained with a Level 2 Foraging skill. At this stage of the game, there were already quite a few players who had raised their Foraging skill to Level 2. As for the majority of solo players, they had no place to sell the ingredients they obtained. They needed a high-leveled friend to practice Cooking, so they could only sell the ingredients.
A serving of Glutinous Rice was 50 cents, and a serving of Chicken for 40 cents. Why not?
I didn't plan to make Rank 4 Ingredients. Fresh Ginger was too difficult to get, and I still had a lot of Green Peppers from Cold Ice Canyon. Therefore, I decided to make Rank 3 Consumables to level up my Cooking. I wanted to get my Cooking to Rank 5 as soon as possible, seize the food and beverage market, and become the industry leader.
Rank 3 Consumables required 20 servings of Glutinous Rice and 10 servings of Chicken. According to my purchase price, a Green Pepper Meatball cost around 14 silver to make. I sold it for around 50 silver. This was a huge profit, more than three times the original price. It was absolutely a huge profit, and it could also increase my Cooking Proficiency!
Alright, I won't level up today, I'll do business!
I continued to buy Glutinous Rice, Chicken, and even Green Peppers. I lowered the price to 50 copper per serving. I had all the ingredients I needed. As I bought and made, I asked Gui Guzi for 30 gold. It was all used for the cost. Du Thirteen waited beside me to receive the finished products.
I busied myself until past midnight. The three of us originally only had 54 gold, but as we worked tirelessly, the total value of our gold had reached a powerful 805 by the early hours of the morning!
This was the OP part of being a businessman. Making a profit margin was a huge profit!
I gave Du Thirteen and Gui Guzi 200 gold each, and took 400 gold for myself. Naturally, the two of them didn't have any objections. In reality, I was the only one doing this business, and they were already very happy to be able to get so much money. Fans also liked to read: TL; DR
After exchanging 30,000 RMB and adding the 20,000 from lunch, the Bloody Mercenaries workshop now had a working capital of 50,000 RMB. It could be said that it was a good opening!
Gui Guzi held the gold coin in his hand and said confidently, "Boss Broken Halberd, this kind of opportunity to make a fortune is fleeting. I'm guessing that we won't be able to make such a huge profit in another two days or even a day!"
I nodded. "The other Cooking players should be at Rank 3 by now. Once they reach Rank 3, not only will we not be able to make much money, even the price of Green Pepper Meatball will continue to drop."
"Mn!"
Our guess was correct. At 1 am, two other people selling Rank 3 Magic Consumables appeared. One of them was a chef from the Domination Guild called Dominating Culinary God, and the other was a Level 32 archer from Mad Dragon called Wu Fangzhai. They were both experts who walked ahead of the masses.
I went out to grind until 3 am when I finally reached Level 36. However, I found that my level was about to drop out of Floating Ice City's Heavenly Ranking — 1. Wind Fantasy Level 38 Class: Light Wanderer 2. Dominating Heaven Blade Level 37 Class: Warrior 3. Dominating Mage Level 37 Class: Mage 4. Inconstant Level 37 Class: Magic Knight 5. Iron Pardon Level 36 Class: Warrior 6. Dominating Knight God Level 36 Class: Magic Knight 7. Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand Level 36 Class: Undead Swordsman 8. Dominating Warrior God Level 35 Class: Warrior 9. Dominating Archer Level 35 Class: Archer 10. Clear Perfume Level 34 Class: Archer...
Lin Yixin continued to level up and was far ahead at Level 38. Dominating Heaven Blade was right behind her, Dominating Mage was third, and the Gemini Stars of Mad Dragon were fourth and fifth. The grinding situation in Floating Ice City was growing more and more intense. As expected, people's levels were lagging behind because they were too focused on making money. I had to get to Heavenly Rank tomorrow.
Ever since I entered Heavenblessed, I had been intentionally or unintentionally suppressing my leveling speed. However, I couldn't let the level difference be too great. It would be best if I hovered between 11th and 20th on the Heavenly Ranking. Only then would it be interesting to have the strength to kill Heavenly Ranking experts!