Chapter Seventy-Four: Fallen An'an

The silver she had just spent money on vanished after only a few quick points added to her cultivation. Pressing her forehead against the table, she sighed, “So short on silver, so very short on silver.”

“It’s only the first day of the new server. Just hang in there. Normally, by tomorrow, there should be plenty of people selling silver,” Zhou Jingchen reached out to lift her head, offering comfort.

Yu Qian pouted— even if there were sellers, the exchange rate would be terrible. She’d just spent nearly two thousand yuan on silver that would cost only a few dozen tomorrow; what a loss.

“Zhou Jingchen, if we trade offline, you’re not going to ban our accounts, right?” Wen Xiu suddenly asked.

“If you prepare something for the trade, or set up a stall in the market, as long as you’re careful, it should be fine.” Before Zhou Jingchen could answer, Yu Qian replied first.

“Should be?”

“I’m not in charge of offline trading, so I only know accounts won’t be banned. As for other penalties, I really couldn’t say,” Zhou Jingchen answered this time.

“As long as there’s no ban, any penalty is fine, really. This fairy isn’t short of money anyway.” Shrugging, Wen Xiu looked every bit the rich and unbothered heiress, then lowered her head to her computer again.

Yu Qian was curious about her sudden question and craned her neck to peek. It turned out someone had messaged Wen Xiu privately, offering to sell her silver at a higher rate than the platform, offline. Scrolling through the records, Yu Qian saw that two of Wen Xiu’s platform silver purchases were from this person, who had tracked her down via her seller ID.

Yu Qian was curious about where all his silver came from, so she took over Wen Xiu’s computer to chat with him.

[Sister Xiu]: “How do you have so much silver on the first day of the new server?”

[Luo An’an]: “I have three computers, running six accounts. I do quests and pick up coins.”

[Sister Xiu]: “Impressive. Are you planning to be a merchant in the future, selling goods?”

[Luo An’an]: “A merchant selling goods? What do you mean by ‘goods’?”

Yu Qian paused, wondering how to explain.

[Sister Xiu]: “I mean selling silver, or acting as a middleman, so you don’t get reported or caught by the GMs.”

[Luo An’an]: “Oh, yes, I do want to be a merchant, but I’m not just selling silver. I can provide anything people need.”

[Sister Xiu]: “So, ingots, equipment, items— you sell it all?”

[Luo An’an]: “Yes.”

[Sister Xiu]: “Would you like to be the resident merchant for my guild? Everyone in my guild has needs, and there might be more guilds in the future.”

A single guild had a maximum of 150 members, but the Six Realms group alone exceeded that number, not to mention the Sages’ group. This meant one guild wasn’t enough to house everyone; at least two more would have to be created.

Currently, everyone in Yu Qian’s guild belonged to the elite among the elites of the Six Realms group, and many couldn’t even get in. The Sages’ group had already agreed to form their own guild, but the issue was that they’d spent all their silver on cultivation points at the start, and now had no silver left to establish a guild.

[Luo An’an]: “Isn’t your guild full?”

[Sister Xiu]: “That’s a minor problem. I’ll have them run over to Qiaoyan for a bit. Once the guild upgrades its buildings, there’ll be space.”

In front of her computer, Luo An’an hesitated. She was a seasoned gamer, having made her living as a merchant in past games. She had come to this new game partly because her old games no longer made much money, and partly because circumstances had forced her to seek new opportunities.

She’d participated in the closed beta for “Ethereal Souls,” so she was already familiar with its systems and saw plenty of room for profit. When the official servers launched, she’d jumped right in.

She was truly tempted by Sister Xiu’s offer—an entire guild’s worth of clients was an opportunity hard to resist. Just Sister Xiu alone had spent enough to buy out the platform, not to mention everyone else.

But joining a guild in this game was tiring. There were daily guild activities, and mandatory events on Wednesdays and Fridays—major battles and league matches that couldn’t be skipped.

Luo An’an disliked being tied down. After much deliberation, she decided to decline.