Inside Smile Topples a City's guild residence in White River City.
"What did you say?" Feng Xuanyang slammed his hand on the table and roared. "Those people suddenly raised their price? Do they take us for suckers?"
"Young Master Feng, please calm down." The slightly plump middle-aged man advised, "They did not name that price without reason. They have something to back it up."
"Something to back it up? Just those Advanced Forging Apprentices? Smile Topples a City has plenty of them too. We do not need those two!" Feng Xuanyang frowned, a faint killing intent brewing in his eyes.
Although the family he belonged to was wealthy and powerful, he was not its only candidate for inheritance. He had joined Netherworld in order to become the family heir in the future. Through Netherworld's internal intelligence, he had learned of God's Domain's uniqueness, which was why he had thrown himself so fervently into God's Domain. As long as he could make a name for himself in God's Domain, becoming the family heir would be all but certain.
He had spent a fortune poaching those people only to strike at the Candlelight Trading Firm. Now that they were in an all-out war with Zero Wing, the money they spent every day was no small amount. Moreover, he was using entirely his own money to deal with the Candlelight Trading Firm. He only had a few hundred million Credit Points in liquid funds, so naturally, he could not spend recklessly.
Although Advanced Forging Apprentices were indeed rare, with that money, he could recruit more than ten of them from the Blacksmith Association. That was far better than poaching these people, paying not only exorbitant salaries but also astronomical compensation fees, only to bring back useless wastes with zero Life Skill ability.
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