Exchange, Orange Item Templar Badge

"Are you sure?"

"State any other conditions you have."

"I don't have time to waste with you."

Fang Yuan wasn't stupid.

He knew the value of orange-grade items.

Although the Demon Wolf Corpse was also orange.

And relatively rare at that.

But!

It was still just an orange-grade material.

To use it, one would need to add a large quantity of other precious materials.

Therefore, regarding the value of this item.

While Fang Yuan didn't know everything, he wasn't completely ignorant.

This was why he doubted the price offered by the Artisan Alliance.

He guessed they must have other demands.

The price for those five orange-grade equipment pieces was probably like those clickbait promotions.

The reply from the Artisan Alliance soon confirmed his thoughts.

After all, everyone was from Earth.

The tricks they could use were generally predictable.

"Our Artisan Alliance can use this Demon Wolf Corpse to forge five orange-grade equipment pieces for you."

"We'll provide the other rare materials."

"But you'll need to pay us a portion of the forging fee."

"The fee won't be cheap, as these are orange-grade quality equipment."

"If you're willing, then exchange the Mutated Source Crystal and the Demon Wolf's Oddity."

"If you know our Artisan Alliance."

"You'll know that trading these items for five orange-grade equipment pieces forged by us is absolutely not a loss for you!"

Looking at the confident statement from the other party.

Fang Yuan's expression didn't change at all.

The value of the Mutated Source Crystal and the Oddity couldn't be measured by a mere few pieces of equipment.

Equipment is good, but it also depends on who wears it.

Without high-quality hero units, even if you forge a divine artifact, they won't be able to wield it.

Without a suitable hero, even if they can wield it, they won't be able to unleash the equipment's full power.

Fang Yuan had thoroughly researched these matters before entering the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield.

His goal was to avoid being foolishly deceived.

After all, most items in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield didn't have a fixed price.

How much you sell it for, or how much you buy it for, all depended on your own judgment.

Lords who didn't understand would often sell divine artifacts as trash.

And buy trash as divine artifacts.

Being exploited by those in the know who used information asymmetry to rip people off.

And this time, the people from the Artisan Alliance.

In his opinion, they were clearly treating him as a gullible fool.

Since they weren't playing fair, Fang Yuan didn't hold back either and directly replied.

"What daydream are you having?"

"You want me to provide the main materials to forge equipment."

"And you also want to take away the highest-value Source Crystal and Oddity."

"You've got a black heart."

"Do you think I'm a newbie?"

"Everyone knows what kind of reputation forging alliances like yours have."

"They're probably going to black market even my Demon Wolf Corpse by then."

"Using some trash Orange-grade equipment to make up the numbers."

"If you can't afford it, don't embarrass yourself."

"Get lost!"

At this moment, the leader of a sub-alliance within the Artisan Alliance, responsible for communicating with Fang Yuan.

The Artisan Alliance developed using a model where large alliances encompass smaller ones.

It's similar to a franchise system on Earth.

As long as the naming fee is paid, one can join the Artisan Alliance.

All produced equipment can be branded with the Artisan Alliance's name.

Concurrently, the main alliance of the Artisan Alliance controls the channels for supplying raw materials.

They harvest the smaller alliances using this business model.

It's a typical commercial alliance.

And the franchisees below, after branding themselves with the Artisan Alliance, are a mixed bag.

There are countless small alliances that specialize in ripping people off through deception.

If such franchisees existed on Earth, they would ruin the entire brand in no time.

However!

This is the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield.

The main alliance of the Artisan Alliance is immensely powerful.

They possess strong forging capabilities themselves, holding a monopoly on the technology.

Most Lords who are swindled can only consider themselves unlucky.

They have nowhere to seek recourse.

Furthermore, the Artisan Alliance meticulously maintains relationships with major clients.

The smaller clients cannot defeat them, which is how they have continued to develop to this day.

This has also led to the arrogant attitude of the Artisan Alliance's franchisees.

When Fang Yuan sent these words back, the leader of the sub-alliance under the Artisan Alliance was instantly enraged.

"Kid, don't be ungrateful."

"In the entire Gondor Kingdom, no Lord dares to provoke our Artisan Alliance."

"This place is just a remote, small kingdom."

"Believe it or not, if I say the word, I can find your city's location."

"Then an army will surround your city."

"Even if you kneel before me and beg, it will be useless!!!"

"So, be smart and send the items over obediently."

"If I'm in a good mood, I'll give you a few pieces of trash."

"If you're stubborn, don't blame me for being impolite."

Fang Yuan, in the Main City, merely sneered upon seeing the message.

Although the Gondor Kingdom was a small kingdom, he was located in the Northern Territory.

For the other party to find him would be a pipe dream.

He had learned about this before entering.

The Gondor Kingdom was suffering from an Undead Calamity.

A Golden-grade undead archmage, corrupted by the War Mist, was wreaking havoc on the kingdom.

This territory was filled with wandering high-level undead creatures.

Currently, all the Lords in the Gondor Kingdom were struggling to survive.

And this Lord from a commercial alliance wanted to march on him?

Was he bragging without shame?

Fang Yuan responded to this act of showing off with a faint, mocking tone.

"Come on!"

"If you don't, you're my grandson."

He immediately blocked the other party, his time was precious.

He only had a seven-day invincibility period.

He had to seize the opportunity to develop his territory quickly.

As for this Demon Wolf Corpse!

If it couldn't be sold, he'd just use it himself later.

Just as Fang Yuan was preparing to delist the corpse and focus on developing his territory.

Suddenly!

Another message, shimmering with golden light, appeared.

Fang Yuan thought it was another Lord from the Artisan Alliance.

He was about to block them again.

But he didn't expect!

Upon opening it, he found that the other party had directly sent him an item panel.

Along with a message.

"Want to trade?"

"Orange for Orange!!!"

Fang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Looking at the item panel in the chat window.

[Templar Guardian Badge]: Orange item. Upon use, it increases the probability of recruiting Orange hero units from the Templar faction.

The Templar is a special faction.

To date, no country has joined this faction.

Lords could only obtain some Templar faction building cards.

These building cards could only be used by Humans.

At the same time, Templar units were the strongest frontline tank units.

They were very popular among Lords.

However, Templar building cards were quite difficult to obtain.

Let alone Templar faction heroes.

This Guardian Badge looked good, but it only increased the recruitment probability.

To trade for his Demon Wolf Corpse, it was still not enough overall.

He would have to take a slight loss.

But this item was useful to him!

Especially now that he had the Mutated Demon Wolf's Oddity and Source Crystals.

The next wave would definitely involve a second hero recruitment.

If he had this badge, perhaps he could try his luck.

His luck had always been good.

However, he couldn't afford to lose too much.

The other party wanted to trade!

He had to add more money.

Fang Yuan replied.

"I can trade, but this badge's value is too low."

"This is a mutated Orange Demon Wolf Corpse of mine."

"If it were in the hands of a high-level blacksmith, there might be a chance to forge mutated Orange equipment."

"So!"

"You need to add money!!!"

And soon, the other party replied.

Directly stating: "Add another 100,000 gold coins and resources."

"No more than that."

Seeing the other party so straightforward.

Fang Yuan had no reason not to push his luck.

"Add five more green building upgrade blueprints."

These were for upcoming building upgrades.

They weren't worth much.

But he was a new Lord.

He might as well save a little; there would be plenty of expenses later.

The other party was speechless upon seeing this request.

However, they didn't refuse.

Immediately after, they completed the transaction with Fang Yuan in the spatial market.

After Fang Yuan received the Templar Badge, resources, and upgrade blueprints.

Just as he was about to exit the trading channel.

The Lord he had traded with sent him another message.

"Add me as a friend, we can trade often in the future!"

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment.

Adding friends would expose his coordinates, so he'd pass for now.

He didn't trust the other party.

"Let's talk about it later."

After sending the message, he exited the trading channel.

"Now I have money, resources, and buildings!"

"The next step is to expand my territory!"