The Rich Really Are Everywhere!

The Rich Really Are Everywhere!

When consigning items through the Trading House, whether through RMB or Spirit Stone transactions, a 1% handling fee was charged.

This was also one of Tian Yao Company's main sources of income.

Battle Through the Heavens had an enormous player base.

Once it devoured the global online gaming market, this single source of revenue alone would let Tian Yao Company rake in a fortune.

There were very few medicinal pills listed for auction in the Trading House.

The moment the Body Tempering Pills and Gathering Yuan Pills appeared, they were immediately pushed to the very top.

Especially the Body Tempering Pills.

In just one minute, the number behind them rose from 1,000 to 5,500!

That was RMB!

As for the Gathering Yuan Pills, they were auctioned in Spirit Stones, six bundled together. In one minute, the price had risen to 400 Spirit Stones and was still climbing.

Yang Shan had set the consignment auction duration to half an hour. The market was changing by the minute in this launch version, and even Yang Shan had no idea what prices these two kinds of pills would ultimately fetch.

Still, rarity drove up value. No other Players were selling these two kinds of pills yet. With a monopoly, the profits would definitely be astonishing! News of Attribute Pills appearing in the Trading House quickly spread.

Players had already posted screenshots on the forums.

The Body Tempering Pill in particular.

At the current stage, each Fighter star only granted 2 Free Attributes.

Even Dou Masters only gained 3.

One Body Tempering Pill directly granted 4 Free Attributes.

Who wouldn't be jealous?

If the Body Tempering Pill had appeared four or five versions later, its value would have been greatly reduced.

But now, it had appeared at the perfect stage, when it could deliver the greatest possible benefit! The appearance of the Body Tempering Pill caught the attention of countless wealthy players.

For example, Wang Tianhao, Shun Huo Nuan's number one tycoon, was currently in an inn in Cloud Frost City, stroking the perky ass of a minor internet celebrity from his company as he leisurely asked:

"What's the price now?"

After checking the chat window, Xiao Ji respectfully answered:

"Young Master Wang, it's already broken 6,000."

"A bunch of poor bastards. Raise it to 10,000!"

"Young Master Wang, is that really appropriate? It's only four attributes."

"What the hell do you know? If you want to be strong in an online game, what's the most important thing?"

Xiao Ji thought for a moment. "Mechanics? Awareness?"

Wang Tianhao gave a disdainful laugh. "Wrong! It's stats! In an online game, stats are the strongest thing! You may be Shun Huo Nuan's number one Sui Meng, with high attack and high crit, but can you break through my defense?"

Xiao Ji was somewhat embarrassed. "Young Master Wang is right!"

"Four Free Attributes may not seem like much, but they're extra attributes. Do you understand what that means?"

Wang Tianhao put on the air of someone who knew it all.

"You and I are both Nine-Star Fighters right now, but if I take a Body Tempering Pill, then I'm a Dou Master! At the same level, my attributes are simply higher than yours! That's the gap created by stats!"

"No wonder Young Master Wang used to beat me half to death every time in Shun Huo Nuan. So that's how it was!"

Xiao Ji looked as though he had suddenly seen the light, but inwardly, he grumbled, As if I don't understand something this simple. Go ahead and show off—just make sure you pay up.

Before long, Xiao Ji received another message. "Young Master Wang, someone else has bid 12,000! What do we do?"

Wang Tianhao sneered. "Raise it! Raise it to 15,000!"

"Young Master Wang, someone has bid 18,000."

"Don't ask me every time someone bids. Add 2,000 each time. I refuse to believe anyone can spend more on a game than I can!"

That was true enough. With 20 million in startup capital and another 100 million in reserve funds, Wang Tianhao was now so poor that all he had left was money! Battle Through the Heavens had only just launched, after all. Even if some guilds and companies wanted to make money from it, most of them were focused on development.

Unless Battle Through the Heavens truly conquered the global online gaming market, even wealthy players would choose to be rational when faced with excessively high prices.

Wang Tianhao was right, but in the end, it was only four attributes! It was just that there was only one in the entire Trading House right now, and rarity drove up value.

"Young Master Wang, we got it. 32,000!"

Xiao Ji was somewhat conflicted.

"But 32,000 for four attributes is a loss no matter how you look at it."

Wang Tianhao cursed, "What the hell do you know!"

"It was probably some Player blinded by greed who put up a rare quest reward they worked so hard to obtain. There's only one Body Tempering Pill."

"As long as a second one doesn't appear, I'll have four more attributes than every Player in the world!"

"If anything that increases attributes appears in the future, no matter the price, one word: buy!"

Xiao Ji's voice trembled slightly. "Y-Young Master Wang."

Wang Tianhao said, "What now?"

Xiao Ji said, "A second Body Tempering Pill has appeared in the Trading House!"

"What the fuck did you just say?"

Meanwhile, 31,680 RMB had already been deposited into Yang Shan's account.

Even Yang Shan himself was a little baffled.

"Are wealthy players really willing to throw around this much money in the launch version? It's only four attributes. It shouldn't be worth that much."

Yang Shan knew that one or two versions later, a small number of players would obtain the Body Tempering Pill recipe.

By then, Body Tempering Pills would still be expensive, but they would cost roughly 500 RMB each.

But now... this was a monopoly! The bidding results for the Gathering Yuan Pills were out as well.

Six Gathering Yuan Pills had sold for the lofty price of 1,200 Spirit Stones!

Yang Shan immediately listed another Body Tempering Pill and twenty-four Gathering Yuan Pills.

The Body Tempering Pill's auction duration was set to one hour, while the Gathering Yuan Pills were listed at a fixed price.

Two hundred Spirit Stones each! To ordinary players, that price was utterly ridiculous.

But to wealthy players...

Could 200 Spirit Stones even be called money?

After deducting the handling fees, Yang Shan had obtained a total of 6,336 Spirit Stones! Since the server opened, his wallet had never been this full!

Yang Shan immediately began his grand plan of making money breed money.

He began scouring the Trading House for medicinal ingredients! The ingredients for Gathering Yuan Pills were easy enough to buy.

But the Second-Order Elite Gold Attribute Magic Cores required for Body Tempering Pills were not easy to come by.

There were only thirty of them in the entire Auction House.

Yang Shan opened his chat window and sent Chao Bafang a message. "Bafang! Where are you now?"

"Heh, Great God, it's not easy for you to take the initiative to contact me. I'm leveling on the Great Prairie right now, but I've nearly farmed all the newly spawned Savage Bulls. I don't know where to level next."

Yang Shan opened the map and marked Ironwood Forest for Chao Bafang. "Go level here next. If any Magic Cores drop, bring them to me. I'll buy them at market price."

This was the golden period for making money. He could not waste his time gathering materials himself; hiring someone else to do it was far more suitable.

Yang Shan also told Chao Bafang all the details of dealing with Ironhide Rats, speeding up Chao Bafang's monster-killing efficiency.

Not long after, Chao Bafang replied, "Great God, you're so good to me. You don't actually like my asshole, do you?"

"Fuck off! You're just a mercenary! Save that ass of yours for the Savage Bulls to ram!"

"That's good, then. As long as you're not after my body. Don't worry, Great God, I'll get to work right away. Even if Magic Cores drop, I'll give them to you for free. What's that called again? Oh, repaying a peach with a plum!"