Chapter 61: Real Estate Storm

  A crowd of people watched, and Feng Xiao Xiao couldn't see anything special, but only felt that Long Yan's face looked more and more miserable. A hint of sympathy arose in Feng Xiao Xiao's heart. As the ancients said: one must leave some room for maneuver when dealing with others. Why make things difficult for oneself? At this point, she decided to give up her assassination plan, but if Zhu Bao Pan actively proposed such a request, she would still be willing to do it without hesitation.

  The gathering below has come to an end, and Long Yan and others stood up to bid farewell. The entire second floor of the tea house was left with only people from Fei Yun Mountain Villa.

  The wind was still reluctant to leave, he wanted to hear what the people of Fei Yun Mountain Villa would say next!

  Longyan left, and Feiyun was the only one sitting at that table. The four people who were sitting next to Liuyue moved over to this table. Feng Xiao felt a sense of unease in his heart, as expected, the three people with Liuyue were not simple characters either.

  Five people sat together in a circle, apparently discussing something.

  The wind changed into a comfortable posture, ready to listen to what the people below were saying. One of the four people stood up first, stretching his waist and shouting: "I'm so tired! I didn't sleep well last night!" As he said this, he twisted his neck a few times, and just as he was doing some neck stretches, his gaze met with that of the wind. The two pairs of eyes met, and both were taken aback.

  The other side also reacted and shouted: "How is there a person's head on the roof!"

  Everyone in the house heard the sound and raised their heads. Another person among the four people of Liu Yue, did not leave the bench, but his hand was raised.

  Feng Xiao Xiao, who had been struggling on the rivers and lakes for some time, was naturally not unfamiliar with this move, and quickly rolled his body to one side.

  All that could be heard was a loud "clang", followed by a bright light flashing before Feng Xiao Xiao's eyes as she stood sideways. The hidden projectile had struck the side of the peephole where Feng Xiao Xiao was eavesdropping, and after piercing through the tiles, it shot straight up into the sky with astonishing force and speed.

  The wind was whispering in my heart, and I had always been afraid of the hidden weapons. Now, I didn't dare to stay any longer, so I quickly got up. At the last moment before leaving, I still heard a sentence coming from inside the house: "Your aim is still so bad!"

  The wind was blowing fiercely, not a moment of sluggishness, and flew away from the scene like a bird. In his heart, he could only hope that the other party did not see clearly who he was. It wasn't that he was afraid of the other party knowing who he was, but rather that sneaking a peek at this thing felt quite embarrassing.

  The wind was blowing fiercely as the horse galloped non-stop, directly charging out of Yangzhou city gate and running up to the mountain to level up.

  In the following days, Feng Xiao Xiao continued to live a life of dancing with monsters in the mountains and forests, leveling up and practicing her skills every day. The place where Feng Xiao Xiao chose to level up had only one characteristic: it was rarely visited by people. Feng Xiao Xiao could only absorb a bit of human aura when she went out to buy medicine and store items at the pawnshop every day.

  The rivers and lakes continue to maintain their tranquility, the national hierarchy is steadily improving, due to the sudden increase in difficulty of upgrading after level 70, which makes the gap between levels increasingly narrowed. If only from the experience value, level 70 and level 71 can be said to be worlds apart.

  Various factions in the Jianghu are working hard to expand their own forces. Although no large-scale gang wars have occurred so far, with the continuous growth of the player population and the increasing number of mainstream levels, small-scale conflicts triggered by leveling points and monster drops have already occurred from time to time. However, most of them are individual or small faction disputes. Several major factions, because they deliberately avoid such incidents, have not let sparks fly despite several frictions. Nevertheless, everyone is clear that conflict will come sooner or later.

  During this period, the game officials were also busy, and the game opened up some other skills besides martial arts, such as poisoning, medicine making, casting, cooking, etc.

  Many players have devoted themselves to these careers, hoping to become Poison King, Divine Doctor, Sword Casting Master, Food God... but later found out that these skills also have levels, and the difficulty of upgrading is even greater than practicing martial arts. Because when the proficiency reaches the top of the current level and wants to be promoted to the next level, tasks need to be done. Tasks range from low-level ordinary tasks to mid-level hidden tasks.

  In the end, everyone stopped making progress after reaching intermediate level, because the hidden tasks at intermediate level can't be completed just by effort, luck plays a bigger role.

  Intermediate pharmaceutical level, as long as there are enough raw materials, the medicine needed for leveling up can be made; intermediate casting level has also reached a general blacksmith level; while intermediate poisoning is just playing with some non-lethal poisons, and cooking, everyone hasn't found any use for it yet.

  However, the official store system later provided a larger survival space for these life skills. Players can buy houses in the game's towns to set up shops, and the system provides NPCs to help with sales, so even if the player is offline, the shop can still operate normally, but unfortunately, the system will take a commission on the income during the offline period.

  This system was extremely popular as soon as it came out. Although the house prices are not cheap, compared to the land price that needs to be purchased for forming a gang, it is already very affordable.

  Many pharmacies, blacksmith shops, restaurants and even more grocery stores sprouted up like mushrooms after a spring rain, but there was one thing that the officials probably didn't anticipate: many players bought houses not to set up shops, but to put up signs saying "My Home". From then on, a new greeting began circulating among players: "Come visit my home when you're free!"

  As the poor class in the game, Feng Xiao Xiao didn't have enough money to open a store. Lao Da and Xiao Yao were slightly better off, but only managed to reach a moderate level of prosperity, and they weren't interested in this aspect either. Only Ju Bao Pen took action on the day the game's system opened, buying a medium-sized house in Chang'an City and opening a miscellaneous goods store called "Ju Bao Pen". The main items sold were those obtained from killing monsters during daily quests. From then on, he no longer had to drag a signboard through the market every day, shouting for customers. Ju Bao Pen was full of praise for this system.

  Feng Xiao Xiao also gained a lot of benefits from it, and from then on, Feng Xiao Xiao became the largest supplier of Jibao Pen. For a time, he was also free from worries about food and clothing.

  Among them, the business of pharmacies is the most prosperous. The medicines sold by players who open pharmacies are exactly the same as those sold in the system's pharmacy, but at a lower price, so every day the pharmacies are snapped up, and the players who open pharmacies never worry about not being able to sell their medicines, only that they don't have enough medicinal materials.

  The original trading market in the game did not become deserted due to this system, some small merchants with insufficient financial resources still occupy this inch of land, but from now on, there is a store that has become their highest goal, every day they come and go in the wind and rain, even more tirelessly.

  Most players, of course, open shops as a means to obtain in-game currency, but there is also a small portion of players who derive greater pleasure from it. These players spend one or two hours every day personally tending to their own little shop and welcoming customers from all directions.

  From then on, the streets of the game were no longer lined with cold and empty houses, but instead with shops displaying various signs. Many players who couldn't buy a house in their desired location were left frustrated, which sparked some financially capable and savvy individuals to start real estate businesses within the game. They massively purchased houses provided by the system, raised prices, and resold them. Since houses in the game were treated like items, this method was entirely feasible.

  Some players who wanted to buy a house were dissatisfied and complained to the authorities, but the game company believed that this was a problem between players and had no right to intervene.

  This not only failed to prevent the situation from developing, but instead made it worse. Many rich but brainless players immediately joined this industry as well. Due to this behavior being despised by most players, some gangs that wanted to intervene had no choice but to give up due to their own image, but there were also some gangs that didn't care and joined in anyway. The Golden Basin gang was the largest among them. According to Golden Basin, almost every member of their gang has a few million, and this time the leader collected a large amount of money from everyone, planning to distribute it according to each person's investment after the fact. All the houses in Chang'an City have already been bought up by the Golden Basin gang.

  The Golden Money Gang's performance in this event has made a name for itself, and at least its financial strength has been recognized by everyone, and it is widely acknowledged as the real deal.