Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 269

Deng Yijun asked, "Can your fists defeat the guardian spirits?"

Sister Xunmei: "Of course I can. I can already challenge twenty heavenly soldiers and ghostly soldiers."

Her progress cannot be denied!

Deng Yijun said, "The current guardian spirits are just sealed away. When the cultivation world instance is officially opened, the martial arts system specifically for them will also be opened. At that time, without resources, their levels will not be able to rise. Do you still have the confidence to defeat the guardian spirits cultivated by those with resources?"

Sister Xunmei frowned and asked, "I asked you to be my advisor, not to undermine me. What do you mean by this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the heavy sword in Sister Xunmei's hand clanged loudly.

Deng Yijun laughed and said, "I have resources, you have military power, why don't we continue to cooperate?"

Although collaborating with Sister Xunmei was a predetermined goal, the way this heavy sword trembled strengthened his resolve to do so.

At least it's a win-win situation.

At the last porcelain event, Sister Xunmei worked as Deng Yijun's bodyguard for the entire event. Although she earned a lot, she wasn't happy about it. How can working for someone else be comfortable? If it were, why would so many people criticize the boss and capitalists?

She asked with some interest, "Oh? What resources do you have?"

Deng Yijun took out an exquisite black jade box from her sleeve. "This is my confidence. Take a look and then decide whether you want to cooperate."

He didn't need to do this; he could have simply found those experts and established his own sect. Who knew Sister Xunmei would act first, and coupled with her status as one of only two players at the peak of combat power, she was greatly admired by the other combat players.

The only one was the Grand Marshal, though in his player roster he was merely a mascot. He'd spent a lot of time at home during his previous vacation, but recently, after returning from his break, he'd only be online for less than two hours a day. He could only schedule tasks requiring combat power during his online hours as much as possible, but during events, it was impossible to only need combat bodyguards for two hours. Besides, players weren't only online to help; they also had to do their own tasks.

Sister Xunmei took the black jade box from his hand with some suspicion. Before she could open it, Deng Yijun said, "I'm just showing it to you, not giving it to you. After we reach a cooperation agreement, we will sell it to you at a preferential price first. You will have to prepare the containers yourself."

At the time, only one piece of black jade was mined, along with two pieces of spirit jade. These minerals grow very slowly, and the more they accumulate, the better they become, resulting in higher quality ore. The black jade piece that has been unearthed so far is one of the better pieces that has appeared over this period, and it's not cheap.

Sister Xunmei said dismissively, "I haven't even seen it yet. Don't worry, I won't embezzle your things. Being so stingy is unlike you. But if you cooperate with me, you'll get some discounts on purchases..."

She didn't finish her sentence because she was so shocked by what she saw inside!

Inside the black jade box is a spirit herb—the Spirit-Replenishing Herb—that can only be collected from certain secret realms during the tenth event, "The Seasons Revolve, All Things Bloom." This herb's effect is identical to the Osmanthus flower from the Guardian Spirit event, providing players with sustain through the Red Embroidered Ball. Even more importantly, it increases the Guardian Spirit's level.

"Where did you come from!"

She exclaimed in surprise. If she were offered a discounted price on this item, she would be absolutely thrilled and would even be willing to offer herself up.

It's important to know that such items don't exist yet, and the probability of them appearing is extremely low; they only appeared in those two events.

Deng Yijun seemed oblivious to her delighted expression and deaf to her words, continuing on her own: "What do you think is the probability of these items being used in the later updated dungeons? I'm sure you've already seen the player speculations about later events, which will definitely feature a gameplay system as massive as Huaxia Jianghu, and these items are precious resources within that system. It's better for you to accumulate them now than to accumulate them during events, isn't it?"

Sister Xunmei was successfully persuaded; in fact, she was convinced even without being told.

"It's been 20 events, more than three years. How many good things have you accumulated in your private realm? If you want to cooperate with me, you need to give me at least 30 spirit herbs, and then you'll get a 50% discount after that."

Deng Yijun snatched the black jade box from her hand unexpectedly, made sure the box was in the player's inventory, and then rolled her eyes: "The fastest way to get whatever you want is to go to sleep. You can have anything in your dreams."

Sister Xunmei clicked her tongue. Even a little probing wouldn't work. What a tightwad.

"Okay, tell me about the discount, and I'll think about it."

Deng Yijun never expected that this woman would actually learn to negotiate. Wasn't it always about conquering with force before?

"I'll give you 80% of the price, but not much. I'll sell most of it to others."

After all, the prices at auction houses are truly considerable. There are so many wealthy people in Qingfengyi these days; it's unimaginable. I heard the richest player has accumulated over 500 billion gold ingots alone—that's an incredible amount!

Some have calculated that over eight years, the revenue from simply growing flowers could reach ten million gold ingots. The initial amount is relatively small, but as flower levels and land area expand, the amount that can be grown becomes substantial. The official purchase price for flowers isn't cheap, and if players were to buy them directly, the profits would be even greater. While it's unclear what those players do with the flowers, the sheer number of buyers is undeniable.

Some people who don't play the game don't understand why some people would buy flowers when everyone has a plot of land and can grow flowers. They were even shocked by the flower sales, exclaiming that Qingfengyi (a game developer) sent them to do the advertising.

Little did they know, the land was quite vast, and the variety of animals was astounding. Players had chickens, ducks, geese, cattle, horses, sheep, pandas, red panda eagles, and black tigers. Not to mention those who obtained goldfish and various birds during early events; their farms were practically overflowing with food, yielding thousands of bushels of grain a day without even a ripple. Planting flowers was out of the question; even planting all the grain wouldn't be enough, and they'd have to buy it from outside.

Many players have asked the official team for land, but the official team won't give them any. It can only be said that Qingfengyi's data department is incredibly powerful, taking the scarcity marketing to the extreme, ensuring that players don't starve but are still not full.

Some people rent land from players who previously purchased private realms to grow grass and crops, and they can sell them out quickly.

Flowers?

Only free-to-play players who only grow flowers or accumulate gold coins from flowers and don't want to grind are still planting. Even fewer are selling flowers, so it's normal that flowers are hard to find.

More than 60% of players recharge daily to the maximum extent possible, and the amount of gold ingots they receive is unimaginable.

He wants to become the biggest conglomerate in Qingfengyi!

Sister Xunmei didn't think as much about economics as Deng Yijun; she was happy as long as she could get a discount.

"Alright, how do we cooperate?"

Deng Yijun said, "I plan to establish Jinyumantang Auction House. You will be the external fighting force, and we will be the external marketing force. As for the profits, you will receive 10% of the net profit because of the resources and plans I provide."

Sister Xunmei said with a half-smile, "Ten percent of the net profit?"

Deng Yijun was not affected at all. He said, "As long as you provide people, you can get dividends. What else could you be dissatisfied with?"

Sister Xunmei: "Shouldn't we give them some other perks?"

Deng Yijun: "I've given it to you, it's a discounted deal. If you acquire any treasures and auction them off later, I'll reduce your commission by 30%, how about that?"

If Qingfengyi is indeed eventually released in the speculated dungeon, there will definitely be many amazing items that are worthy of being auctioned off.

"You're still planning to charge an auction fee?"

Sister Xunmei was shocked. "Now that there are official exchanges, your auction house has no advantage. Why charge fees?"

Deng Yijun confidently stated, "Because I have enough resources to make them choose me!"

Putting everything else aside, the treasures accumulated in the secret realm alone are enough!

At that time, Sister Xunmei and her fighting force will continue to go out to find more treasures. As long as they have a lot of things, they will be famous and have a reputation at the auction. They won't have to worry about others not coming.

Sister Xunmei was intimidated by his cunning old fox-like appearance. "Alright, it's a pleasure to cooperate. Shall we sign a contract?"

"Of course, my assistant will liaise with your assistant. It will be a pleasure working together."

Sister Xunmei was about to leave when she suddenly remembered that she had come to this guy for advice after taking two steps!

"I have something else to ask you."

Deng Yijun waited for her to ask.

"I'm planning to establish a sect. What kind of sect do you think would be best, how should it be managed, and what kind of rules and regulations should be in place?"

Deng Yijun asked, puzzled, "Didn't we establish the Golden Jade Hall Auction House?"

Sister Xunmei's almond-shaped eyes widened in disbelief. "Deng... Mancang Antiques! That's your auction house. We have a cooperative relationship; you didn't swallow up my territory!"

Deng Yijun casually opened his fan, grinning with an irritating smile, "Your Player Pavilion has all sorts of weapons, so you'll need to establish a more comprehensive sect. How about calling it the Hundred Martial Arts Sect? I'm not too sure about the management, but following the Player Pavilion's model should be fine..."

He said a lot, but it didn't seem to be anything useful. Even Sister Xunmei started to doubt that he was just fooling himself and wasting his time.

I'll have to do the rest myself.

However, after Deng Yijun's guidance, she got a general idea of ​​the direction. It was similar to the Player's Pavilion, except it wasn't as free or relaxed. It involved more team cooperation, similar to other games, where you had to share resources, undertake sect missions together, and share responsibilities.

Deng Yijun started planning the auction house, using the treasures featured in this event to open up the market. He quickly arranged for his people to enter dungeons to find various fortuitous encounters. They didn't need to obtain much from the encounters, just to discover what kind of encounters they could find. Then, he had the Bird Alliance leader lead a team specifically to farm for these encounters.

There are many serendipitous encounters; opportunities can be found in places like the brightly lit streets, the main city, the Huaxia Jianghu, the Yue Lao Temple, the Valley of Love, Zhilan Mountain, and the bamboo forest. The forms in which these opportunities appear are also quite unpredictable.

A player was searching for bamboo shoots in their bamboo grove to supplement their panda's diet when they unexpectedly discovered a bamboo root that was waxy yellow and slightly shimmering. The root was very beautiful; each segment was exceptionally well-formed, with a jade-like texture, and a rather large, hard head.

Curious, she stepped forward to examine it, only to be greeted by a system notification: "This is a fine carving material; it might be able to be used to carve a priceless treasure. Dear player, why not go to the open world and find a master craftsman?"