Chapter 16 The Spoils of Reclamation

Reclamation yields far greater rewards than simply following others to grind monsters. This is a consensus among the major guilds. The equipment drop rate is much higher, and golden chests are frequently encountered, with even the occasional dark gold chest not being uncommon. Those golden and dark gold equipment pieces are truly tempting. However, the difficulty of reclamation deters many large guilds, as they often encounter elite-level creatures and even lord-level creatures, making group wipes a common occurrence. If they wipe several times in a row, the elite team becomes just another average team.

Therefore, most guilds dare not take such a risk. Only the stronger elite guilds dare to form teams for reclamation, and even then, they only venture into maps of the same level. Anyone daring to explore higher-level maps is simply courting death!

Most of the dark gold chests still end up in the hands of the major guilds.

However, tragic events often occur, such as finding a dark gold chest only to discover that their lockpicking skill is insufficient, forcing them to leave empty-handed.

Nie Yan touched the chest, thankful that his Lockpicking Expert skill allowed him to open chests above his level, nearly able to open this level of chest.

"Looks like I need to find some lower-level chests to practice my lockpicking skill," Nie Yan thought, bending down to open the treasure chest. The chest opened slowly. He glanced at the official website, seeing that the competition for virtual assets had entered a fever pitch, with some prices soaring to around 1,500 gold coins and still rising. It wouldn't hurt to wait until the auction was almost over to see which one was most suitable before making a move.

The official website also posted a message regarding credit point exchange, highlighted in bold.

Credit point exchange will be implemented through a trading hall, with dedicated payment methods. For example, if you want to exchange a gold coin or a piece of equipment for credit points, you can list it for sale in the trading hall with a clear price, or negotiate with players in the trading hall who want to buy equipment and agree on a price. The buyer can pay with credit points.

These transactions will be conducted under federal supervision, as federal law prohibits the use of virtual currency to purchase real-world items, to prevent virtual currency from replacing credit points, which would lead to market chaos.

Credit point exchange will be enabled as soon as the virtual asset auction ends.

Credit point trading will cause a large influx of capital into *Faith*, continuously driving up the prices of equipment and game currency. Some wealthy tycoons are using this opportunity to build their own power in the game.

At the same time, opening credit point exchange will undoubtedly greatly stimulate the development of the professional player industry. This can be seen from the recent performance of the Assassin Alliance. After promotion by Ban Xing de Hu Li, Ai Qing Sha Shang, and others, the number of members has surged. The professional player segment has exceeded 12,000, and the customer base has exceeded 8,000, generating five or six hundred commissions and thousands of equipment transactions daily. Nie Yan's daily income is as high as three hundred gold coins.

Nie Yan already has two of the most profitable auction houses in the future, countless pieces of land, Starry Night Pharmacies spread across major cities, and the powerful Niu Ren Tribe. Even if Cao Xu and his cronies come, he dares to face them head-on.

He has enough money to buy at least one more virtual asset. He must seize a fortress before credit point exchange opens, giving him the capital to contend with Cao Xu.

Nie Yan is steadily building his business. Only a month after the game's launch, he has developed to this level, which is already a remarkable achievement.

While he was pondering, the dark gold chest clicked open. Nie Yan reached into the chest and pulled out two pieces of equipment.

Staff of Dark Sacrifice (Dark Gold): Requires Level 40.

Attributes: Attack 332-338, Intelligence +20, grants the level 5 Dark Bloom skill, 50% enhanced damage against non-undead and mechanical units.

Restriction: Only usable by Good-Aligned Lawful Good mages in the Light Faction.

The Black Sacrifice Staff is a top-tier item for mages. Dark gold staffs are rare to begin with, but unfortunately, it can only be used at level 40.

Nie Yan posted the stats in the guild chat and asked, "Who wants this staff?"

"Boss, how much guild contribution do I need?" Sha Bu Si de Huai Dan asked. Obtaining equipment requires guild contribution points, which is a necessary condition. With so many people in the guild competing, Nie Yan couldn't favor anyone.

"For a level 40 Dark Gold, 8,000 Glory Points. For 20 Intelligence, 6,000 Glory Points. For the level 5 Dark Bloom, 10,000 Glory Points. For enhanced damage, 10,000 Glory Points," Nie Yan said, purely based on the standard pricing.

"Thirty-four thousand... let me see, I don't have enough. Does anyone else want it?" Sha Bu Si de Huai Dan looked at the other team members. If no one else wanted it, he could scrape together enough to get 34,000 Glory Points.

The top players in the guild earn money quickly, and they can get a lot of guild contribution points by donating equipment or gold coins. Dark gold equipment is very rare. They can only wear gold equipment now, and truly rare dark gold items of the same level are hard to come by. Seeing a level 40 dark gold staff with good attributes, how could they not make a bid? The staff's stats are excellent, and they will be able to use level 40 items soon.

"I have enough," Xia Chong Yu Bing said, checking his guild contribution points, which he hadn't used and had accumulated to 51,000.

"Damn, Meng Nan, you've saved up so much guild contribution. Forget it, it's yours," Sha Bu Si de Huai Dan looked at Xia Chong Yu Bing's guild contribution points in the guild chat and was shocked. With so many guild contribution points, who would dare compete with Xia Chong Yu Bing?

Sha Bu Si de Huai Dan, Xia Chong Yu Bing, Cui Can Dao Guang, and others are among the wealthiest players in the guild. Ordinary elite members are doing well if they have a thousand guild contribution points, and most of them have only a few hundred left, only temporarily raising guild contribution points when they need equipment. People like them, who casually trade tens of thousands of guild contribution points, are truly terrifying.

That's how a strong person should be!

Since it had an owner, Nie Yan didn't say anything more. He looked at the remaining piece of equipment, and his brow twitched. Another good thing!

Ring of the Leaper (Dark Gold): Special Item.

Attribute Description: Reduces the wearer's weight by 90%, grants the ability to leap, with a maximum leap distance of about 10 yards. Cannot be used in combat. Skill cooldown: 10 minutes.

Restriction: Usable by all factions.

This type of special item is a rare treasure. Ordinary players might not find it useful, but in Nie Yan's opinion, this type of special item is even better than some sub-legendary items.

I can't hold on any longer, I keep dozing off, my typing efficiency is very low, I only wrote two thousand words, I'll post it first. Four updates today, eleven thousand words. Continuing to ask for monthly tickets...