Most of the general goods stores are divided into the production of medicines, the resale of props, the collection of materials, and the sale of household utensils. Excluding the large part of the potion, there is really only a limit to what can be made.

Renault could continue to run the potion business, but that would not materially increase the overall profits of the Sword of the Flame.

On the contrary, in order to expand the tax burden of the store and the local order-keeper, in fact, the profit has been reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to develop another means of profit, that is, "pawn".

Item reselling and material collection can essentially be summarized as "pawning" behavior. Players sell the items obtained from hunting monsters in exchange for corresponding coins, and then use the money to purchase equipment and potions suitable for themselves.

It's the same with materials, because monsters don't drop coins, so materials are the main source of income for players when fighting monsters and leveling up.

However, because the player base is too large, at least more than 100,000 players obtain hundreds of millions of materials every day, and the vast majority of them are reduced to useless goods in excess of demand.

In the end, the player will directly throw ordinary materials into the NPC shop, and the resulting coins will be pitiful.

If you don't win by numbers, you won't even be able to sustain your daily living expenses.

However, there are also extremely rare treasures among the materials, such as the carrion that Renault dropped from the Green Zombie, which is the main ingredient for crafting special ingredients or poisons; There are also vampire wings, which are important materials for the third-level magic potion Black Wing. There are many similar materials, but most of them are not known for their use.

That's because the secret recipe for making these materials is in the hands of a few, or the ingredients themselves are synonymous with rarity, and it's hard to be universally known.

Renault is going to take advantage of this loophole.

Purchase millions of kinds of materials in large quantities, and then ask someone to sort and screen. If it is not worth it, the acquisition fee will be reduced, even lower than the price of the NPC; If there is a little value, it will be kept in a unified manner, and all of the potions involved in refining will be entered into the potion production warehouse of the Holy Fire Sword, and most of the things that are not used are the necessities of other monopoly industries, and they can also be wholesaled to the corresponding monopoly bank through the scissors difference; The rest is an extremely rare material, which is the real purpose of Renault's grocery store, and it is soul fragments.

Because the sacrifice privilege must be a player who has made at least one sacrifice before changing classes, this restriction greatly restricts the value of soul fragments. It can be said that most players who get a soul shard have no idea what this shiny crystal shard is for.

Some people even tossed hard-earned soul fragments into the NPC shop in exchange for a pitiful amount of 1 gold. Of course, there are also players who know the value of buying it at a low price from the unreadable, but in order not to let others know its true value, they often hide the secret of the soul fragment.

Although some people guessed from the greedy gaze in the eyes of the purchaser that the soul fragment was not ordinary, the inability to sacrifice and the extreme asymmetry of information led to an increase in the selling price from a pitiful few hundred gold coins to thousands.

The extreme imbalance between the two makes the gap between the rich and the poor widen between the players, and those who are lucky enough to obtain soul shards cannot redeem the value they deserve, and that luck cannot be converted into financial rewards.

Renault wants to buy soul shards from such players, and of course the most reasonable return will be given in terms of price.

In fact, Renault had long wanted to open this kind of store, and when he bought a grocery store (that is, the predecessor of the Sword of the Holy Fire) from a fat profiteer, he had this idea, but due to lack of funds and limited influence, he finally had to put it on hold.

Today, to be able to complete the old plan, Renault has another feeling in his heart.

"Mag didn't embarrass you, did he?" Pausing to reminisce, Renault asked.

Jin Hongming: "After your handwritten letter was handed over to him, we did not receive any obstruction, it seems that Mag is a well-informed person. ”

Renault said "um" and said: "He is also a lawbreaker, so he naturally understands the weight of my handwritten letter, and for his sake, we promised him that he would not have to be in arrears for 10% of the tax." ”

Haihu interjected: "Mag is only the last among the orderly, we don't need to pay any money, and with our prestige and power, he doesn't dare to do anything to us." ”

Jin Hongming shook his head and said, "I agree with the eldest brother's opinion. In any case, Mag is the orderly of the 'food world', and we haven't even received the title of orderly yet, so it is against the rules of the game in the north city to directly refuse to pay taxes and fees. The consequences can have a significant impact on our reputation, as well as our future development. ”

Renault said: "Hongming's meaning is the same as mine, since others have not embarrassed us, we don't have to deliberately increase the enemy. The situation is not as rosy as it seems, and it is only a matter of time before the Dreadbore takes action against us. And another purpose for me to open the shop is that we have a place to stay in the event of an accident with the Sword of the Holy Fire. ”

Accidentally! This word silences the huge dining and meeting room. If it weren't for Renault's mention, everyone would still be intoxicated with the joy of a large amount of wealth coming in every day.

That's when they realized that wealth and pressure were directly proportional. In the past, the poor people didn't have to think about the hegemony game between the superiors.

Unexpectedly, in just one month, everyone's status and wealth have skyrocketed to a formidable level, and at the same time, they have also begun to contact the competition between the top forces in the northern city.

With the scale of the Sword of Sacred Fire, they already had the entrance ticket to the upper game, and only then did they realize that the pressure they were under far exceeded their own load.

The reason why he didn't realize it was because most of the pressure was borne by Renault, and the small half was on the shoulders of Haihu and Jin Hongming.

Thinking of this, Ge Lan and Zhan Mu felt ashamed in their hearts, they had no money to receive huge dividends, but they didn't have much responsibility to speak of.

If it weren't for a few people who value friendship and are not mercenary, they would have been marginalized or cleared out of the core decision-making level of the Sword of the Holy Fire.

After handling the two matters, Renaud couldn't help but yawn, and the sensitive Zhan Mu noticed that the eldest brother couldn't hide his tiredness, and said with concern: "It's rare to see the eldest brother so tired, didn't you sleep well yesterday?" ”

Renault nodded and said, "I was woken up in the middle of the night by a loud noise outside, and I haven't fallen asleep in the second half of the night." ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but talk about it, and the topic of conversation quickly shifted from "grocery stores" to "earth-shattering visions".

It turned out that several of you had the same experience, and the sound that shook the entire city of Ebudra came from the far north of the city, and even if they didn't deliberately point it out, all five of them knew that it was the location of the Forbidden Land, the Fortress of Terror.

Recalling the black and white pillar of light that rushed into the starry night last night, several people did not hide their fear, and even Renault, who had always been calm and cold, changed color slightly. It is by no means a power that can be exploded by human beings, only ghosts and gods can create such shocking miracles.

I remember last night, Renault turned over and jumped off the goose down sheets, as soon as his feet landed, his hands turned to the left and right, opened the peak curtains near the bed, opened the crystal window and jumped downstairs, and walked quickly in the direction of due north.

There, two huge rays of energy swirled towards the firmament, and huge waves of fluctuating qi swept across the entire city of Ebudra.

The black air wave has the attribute of death, and the leaves of the trees fall and the flowers wither in the places it passes; The milky white air wave is the opposite divine attribute, blowing through the bare branches, new shoots springing up one after another, giving the trees dyed gray and dead air a new green, the withered buds are moistened again, and the petals of the Vedon are revived.

Then it was the alternating blow of these two attributes, constantly tormenting the flowers and plants of the city, and even the small animals that walked at night were difficult to endure the torture of diametrically opposite attributes, and finally died and dissipated.

Renault as he was traveling took in the vision around him, and there was an indescribable bitterness in his heart at that time, the erosion of the dual attributes was not worth mentioning in front of him, but Renault was worried about the ominousness behind the vision - what kind of existence does that terrifying and powerful power beyond the limits of human beings mean?

What worries him even more is the sacredness of fighting against such an existence.

Either way, the power displayed was completely above the realm of the known powerhouses of Ebudera. In other words, the side that wins the battle, with the wave of a finger, can become a terrifying force that destroys all obstacles, and even Renault himself has a sense of precariousness.

When a magnificent building came into Renault's sight, his pace slowed down as a strange flame lit up in the building, which was Renault's new ability after sacrificing to upgrade the Eye of Nature, energy perception.

In addition to the original effect of expanding the viewing angle, energy perception can also perceive abnormal energy fluctuations within a certain range nearby, which has a natural perception bonus for the strong, and has a perspective function, but only the perception of perspective energy.

The only thing that is inferior to the eye of nature is that energy perception can only be released on oneself.

What shocked Renault was that there were not a few energy flames on the roof, and each energy flame represented a strong person.

Now, the colors and sizes he perceives are different, which shows that there is a big gap between the levels of the strong, and what is even worse is that the number is still increasing, which has to make him vigilant.

When the building itself appeared in front of Renault, Renault had already stopped and looked up at the six-story residential building.

In the moonlight, not a single piece of the glass window on the tall building was intact, and broken broken glass spilled all over the flat ground at Renault's feet.

With a slight movement, you can hear a crisp cracking sound, which is the sound of broken glass being crushed by a shoe and then destroyed by the system. Renault hesitated, but walked into the entrance of the tall building in the Black Hole.

The unlit staircase path has an eerie atmosphere, but for Renault, there is not even the slightest sense of excitement. The only thing that worries him is whether the powerhouses gathered directly above are not good for the Sword of Sacred Fire.

After walking through the six stairs in a flash, he stepped through the door of the rooftop of the building, and more than a dozen figures in different clothes were facing away from him, their faces facing in the same direction: north.

Without them turning around, from the breath alone, Renault sensed a few familiar smells, and the bald head standing at the front was not the new ally Rohan? There are also Yin Sha, Iron King, Mag and a few characters who have a relationship with each other.

They vary in rank, strength, and profession, but they have a common title - the Order.