Chapter 1336: Major Guild of the Nine Provinces Immortal Realm [7 Extra]

Xiao Feng: ……

Indeed, no matter where, buying a house is always a major expense!

The two left the Primordial Market.

Yu Cixue had clouds and mist rise beneath her feet, carrying Xiao Feng as she flew toward another part of the city.

Primordial Market is the official enterprise of the Primordial Imperial City; its members naturally can upgrade not only by spending within the system, but also by spending in other official enterprises of the same series, which likewise accumulates points.

Its membership has five tiers: ordinary member, senior member, VIP member, super VIP, and supreme VIP.

The required consumption points are: 100,000 Spirit Stones, 1,000,000 Spirit Stones, 10,000,000 Spirit Stones, 100,000,000 Spirit Stones, and 1,000,000,000 Spirit Stones.

Moreover, only purchases made in system stores count; purchases made in player stores within the market do not accrue points.

Yu Cixue's 1 billion Spirit Stones were spent purchasing supplies for her guild; maintaining a guild requires more than 1 billion, and she has actually already spent no less than 5 billion.

Even so, she is merely one of the shareholders, not a single person propping up the entire guild.

During the flight, Xiao Feng briefly learned about the situation of the major powers in the Nine Provinces Immortal Realm.

The situation in this major region is very complex; the relationships among the major war zones and guilds could not be finished describing in three days and three nights.

In short, the strongest war zones are the Azure Green Realm and the Heavenly Domain Great Wasteland, because they have the highest quality of experts and relatively larger populations.

Next are the Ancient Ripple Star, Dust Realm, Hidden Dragon Continent, and several other relatively strong war zones.

These war zones often clash in peacetime, but during territory wars they all unite first to oppose the Azure Green Realm and the Heavenly Domain Great Wasteland, to ensure their own interests are not taken by the two major zones.

Each war zone has some highly representative guilds, such as the Heavenly Dao Pavilion and the Thousand Cloud Gate, which are notable throughout the zone.

Furthermore, because the civilizations of the zones are very similar, players feel a stronger sense of belonging to their guild than to their own war zone; outside, they basically would not say "I am from the Hidden Dragon Continent," but rather "I am from the Thousand Cloud Gate."

For them, territory war is not only a conflict between war zones, but also a ranking battle between guilds.

The title of "Top Ten Guilds" has always been the goal pursued by all major forces; so far two territory wars have occurred, and a third will take place at the end of this month.

In the previous two wars, the first place was always taken by the "Azure Green Realm" guild; the guild shares its name with the war zone, showing how strong its cohesion is—nearly all of its one million members are experts, with no idle personnel, and its combat power stands alone.

Yu Cixue's Thousand Cloud Gate can only rank within the top thirty; my Sword-only Eternal Joy Palace is similar, and neither counts as one of the "Top Ten."

Among the few guilds that seemed familiar just now, only the Heavenly Dao Pavilion made the top ten, ranking fourth; it is the infamous "Tyrant Guild," said to have many experts inside, extremely domineering, often bullying others and stealing monsters, with a poor reputation.

Stronger than the Heavenly Dao Pavilion are only the three major guilds: Azure Green Realm, Myriad Immortals Alliance, and Ultimate Void Palace.

The Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Ultimate Void Palace are both guilds of the Heavenly Domain Great Wasteland, but they are not on good terms with each other, each fighting separately, so their points each time are somewhat less than those of the Azure Green Realm.

For Xiao Feng, the strength of guild forces has little impact on him, anyway he doesn't engage in PVP.

However, understanding some of the major powers' situations will still be helpful for future money-making and Immortal Crystal acquisition!

Ten minutes later, he and Yu Cixue arrived at an administrative office of the Primordial Imperial City.

This place specializes in buying and selling houses; the Primordial Imperial City's various districts have residences for sale, large ones comparable to a village, small ones only a few dozen square meters.

Xiao Feng came to squander money to upgrade his membership, so he directly looked at the most expensive kind!

The most expensive houses are basically of classical garden style.

The most expensive of all is located not far from the central Teleportation Array, a mountaintop garden built at an altitude of 300 meters in the air, named "Flower Moon Palace," priced at 2.7 billion Spirit Stones.

Xiao Feng took a look and thought it wasn't that expensive, so he bought it outright.

Beneath the Flower Moon Palace lies a medium-sized mountain, part of the city's green belt, with lush trees and pleasant scenery, far from the bustling districts, relatively quiet.

The Flower Moon Palace is built on the mountaintop, with pavilions, terraces, and halls scattered about; ponds, artificial hills, and other scenery are all present, and protective magical arrays surround it, so there's no need to worry about passersby intruding.

Although its area is not particularly large, it's about the same size as the Xiao residence in War City; but as a private residence, it is already more than sufficient.

It is said that this garden was once built by the emperor of the Primordial Imperial City for a princess, but that princess unfortunately perished.

The emperor did not want to be reminded of the sorrow upon seeing it, so he wished to sell the garden. However, because the price was too high, no one bought it for a long time, and it eventually fell into Xiao Feng's hands.

After spending 2.7 billion Spirit Stones, Xiao Feng became a supreme VIP of the Primordial Market.

He spent ten minutes touring his new residence, then left directly.

This garden…… I estimate I won't come here many times in my lifetime.

The scenery is beautiful, but lacking relatives and friends, I am a solitary person, and living there is also quite boring.

Even if he needs to comprehend skills or cultivate, he would choose the training room of the Twelve Heavens Metropolis, rather than here.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Feng and Yu Cixue returned to the Primordial Market and posted a purchase request on the third-floor wholesale market.

At the rate of 1.8 million Spirit Stones for one low-grade Immortal Crystal, 19 million Spirit Stones for one medium-grade Immortal Crystal, and 200 million Spirit Stones for one high-grade Immortal Crystal, they proceeded with the purchase.

If NPCs assist with the purchase, a labor fee must be paid—100,000 handling fee per day, which is outright exorbitant for ordinary players.

But for Xiao Feng it's nothing; to save trouble, he entrusted the entire task to the NPCs.

He set aside 100 billion Spirit Stones as funds for the purchase; when this money is spent, the system will automatically send a notification to remind him.

However, he felt that acquiring that many Immortal Crystals would not be an easy task.

After squandering two waves, he still had over 180 billion Spirit Stones on hand; for the time being he didn't know what to buy, so he just left it as is.

Having previously promised to chat with Xue Ningzhen, and the time being about right, he used the friend function to send her a message.

Xue Ningzhen was idling in some auction hall; upon receiving the message, she immediately came out to meet him.

When they met, her expression was somewhat odd; her cold, beautiful face bore a hint of feigned gentleness as she said to Xiao Feng, "There are many people here; may we step aside to talk?"

Xiao Feng nodded and said, "Let's go upstairs and open a small room to talk."

Yu Cixue saw that the person was an old rival from a few months ago, and upon reuniting after a long separation, there were grievances to discuss.

Her relationship with both of them was not particularly close, and she seemed to have no need to participate. She therefore said, "You two chat; I'll go handle guild affairs first," and then tactfully left.

Xiao Feng and Xue Ningzhen went upstairs together.

Both were supreme VIPs of the Primordial Market, so opening a quiet room posed no problem.

Upon entering the room, Xiao Feng got straight to the point and asked, "What do you want from me?"

Xue Ningzhen's tone was somewhat displeased, and she squeezed out from between her teeth: "You…… killed me five times."