The Role of Reputation

After the alchemy prodigy left, Jiang Yan immediately exited the instance and then re-entered, this time on Nightmare difficulty.

The number of monsters in Nightmare difficulty is half that in Hell difficulty. With his agile movement, Jiang Yan moved around in the valley and cleared out the monsters with just a few dozen bottles of high-grade red magic water (which restores 100 points of health and mana per second for 5 seconds).

Then, the flower petals floated up into the air and gathered to form the final boss. However, this Flower Snake was a Silver boss, which was completely incomparable to the Golden Flower Snake in Hell difficulty.

Jiang Yan killed the Silver BOSS almost effortlessly!

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for killing the Hundred Flower Snake, a level above your own! Experience +32000]

[Congratulations to the player for clearing the Nightmare difficulty of the Hundred Flowers Valley dungeon. Reputation +100, Free Attribute Points +1]

[Ding~ Congratulations on clearing the Hundred Flowers Valley dungeon on difficulty level. A system announcement will be made shortly!]

[Ding! Congratulations to player Jiang Taigong for achieving the first kill of the Hundred Flowers Valley dungeon on Nightmare difficulty, in 37 minutes and 14 seconds! Reputation +100, Free Attribute Points +1] *3

Amid the system announcement, Jiang Yan calmly added 1 attribute point to his Spirit.

He then picked up the three pieces of equipment dropped by the Hundred Flower Snake: one silver warrior outfit and two bronze outfits.

He simply dumped the bronze items at the auction house, as for the silver items...

Jiang Yan opened his friends list and contacted Bafanglaicai, asking if he accepted silver items!

The reply from "Wealth from All Directions" was swift: "Accept it! Absolutely! One piece of silver is worth eight thousand gold pieces!!"

No wonder they're rich!

In the auction house now, a bronze armor piece is worth about 70 to 300 gold, while a silver armor piece is worth ten times that, with a starting bid of 3,000 gold!

As for the transaction price, depending on the attributes, it will be between 3500 and 6000 gold!

The phrase "wealth from all directions comes directly with eight thousand gold coins" shows the utmost sincerity.

After agreeing on a meeting place, Jiang Yan immediately headed towards Fuxi City.

More than an hour later, he returned to Fuxi City, and then used the teleportation array to arrive at Snow Fox City. In a corner of the teleportation array square, he found Bafanglaicai!

Bafanglaicai was a very round and fat man, who looked to be in his forties. He smiled before he spoke, looking exactly like Maitreya Buddha.

"Jiang Taigong! I didn't expect you to be so young!" Bafanglaicai approached with a beaming smile. He was dressed in plain white clothes, looking quite shabby and unremarkable, but on the gaming forum, he was known as the God of Wealth!

"I only got to this point because I was lucky. How could I be as wealthy and powerful as Boss Cai, who can sit on equal footing with the presidents of various guilds?" After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiang Yan made a deal with Bafang Laicai.

The private transaction system does not charge transaction fees. After receiving the eight thousand gold coins, Jiang Yan was about to take his leave.

But Bafanglaicai was very polite and insisted on taking Jiang Yan to his shop.

Jiang Yan's heart skipped a beat: "Boss Cai rented a shop in Snow Fox City? I wonder what the process is like?"

"Brother Jiang, are you interested too?" Bafanglaicai pulled Jiang Yan's hand and led him to a bustling shop nearby.

This shop is called Treasure Pavilion, and it's not far from the teleportation array plaza, so it gets a lot of customers.

When Jiang Yan entered, the room was packed with people.

"I rent this Treasure Pavilion from the City Lord's Mansion for 5 gold coins per month, and I've hired two NPCs as assistants. I also auction off equipment with good stats from the auction house and put it here to sell, just to make it lively," Bafanglaicai said with a smile. "I originally wanted to buy it directly, but unfortunately the City Lord won't sell it."

50,000 gold coins a month... that's 225 million yuan in cash!

Jiang Yan felt a chill run down his spine at such an outrageous rent.

This is what it means to have wealth coming from all directions; anyone else wouldn't dare to rent it out!

"Perhaps I could cooperate with Bafang Laicai and use his shop to sell the alchemy genius's medicine..." This thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Yan's mind, but he quickly rejected it.

Because in that case, he would be no different from a dispensable middleman. What if one day Bafanglaicai directly cooperated with the alchemy genius and kicked him out as the middleman? Then he would have nowhere to cry!

After browsing around the Treasure Pavilion for a while, Jiang Yan excused himself and left, saying he had something to attend to.

Upon returning to Fuxi City, Jiang Yan went straight to the city lord's mansion.

The city lord's mansion is located in the east of Fuxi City, surrounded by wide streets and patrolled by a large number of soldiers.

Jiang Yan was stopped several times along the way.

Jiang Yan was speechless. How could they make a mere NPC look so real?

Upon arriving at the city lord's mansion, where soldiers were on guard, Jiang Yan was led by a servant to the mansion's reception room after being informed of his arrival.

After waiting for a while, a steward-like person came in and led him to the city lord's study.

"Young friend Jiang, you've arrived. I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting." The city lord of Fuxi City was a handsome middle-aged man, dressed in a long robe, with a goatee, and possessing a refined and scholarly air.

"Greetings, City Lord." Jiang Yan subconsciously cupped his hands in greeting. "I apologize for disturbing you, City Lord."

The city lord of Fuxi City smiled and waved his hand: "Alright, enough with the formalities. Young friend Jiang, you didn't come here to talk about these things, did you?"

"Then I'll get straight to the point," Jiang Yan said. "City Lord, I'd like to open a pharmacy in the city, but I don't know..."

The city lord of Fuxi City laughed and said, "That's simple. Just rent a shop or buy one. Fuxi City is in dire need of rebuilding, so whether you buy or rent, young friend, I welcome you!"

Can I buy it?

Jiang Yan was taken aback. Didn't Bafang Laicai say it wasn't for sale?

Does this vary from person to person?

"I wonder what the price is?" Jiang Yan cautiously probed. "To be honest, City Lord, I don't have many gold coins on hand."

The city lord of Fuxi waved his hand: "With your reputation, young friend, a mortgage is no problem!"

Mortgage?

No, you're an NPC, and you're getting involved in real estate?

And this reputation actually has this effect?

Jiang Yan has run several dungeons and now has 800 reputation points. Although it doesn't seem high, he is already in the top tier in the entire "Peak" game, and may even be the number one player!

Could it be that the city lord is willing to sell the shop because of this reputation?

As they were talking, the steward appeared out of nowhere, holding a map in his hand—the map of Fuxi City!

The city lord spread out the map and said to Jiang Yan, "Young friend, the green areas on this map are for sale or rent, while the blue areas are only for rent. The prices are listed below. Take a look, and if you find anything you like, just ask!"

"Thank you, City Lord. Then I won't stand on ceremony." Jiang Yan immediately looked at the map.

Fuxi City is an octagonal city with eight gates: east, south, west, north, southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast.

Each of the eight city gates corresponds to a main road, which runs straight through Fuxi City and converges at the teleportation array within the city.

The map was simple and clear. Jiang Yan could tell at a glance that the shops near the eight city gates would definitely be prime locations in the future, and the shops along the eight main streets were also good. But the best shops were definitely those near the teleportation arrays, especially the eight shops at the end of the eight main streets that were closest to the teleportation arrays. Those were the most prime locations of all!

And these eight shops are also the most expensive!

A 100-square-meter shop costs 100,000 gold coins to rent per month, but to buy it outright costs... 10 million gold coins!