Chapter 131: Horses! Mounts!
The delivery man answered the phone, "Hello... Title Giant..."
Li Xiang's teasing voice came through, "Oh! You know who I am, and you still sent someone to kill me, even killing me in the Novice Village... You've got some guts."
The corner of the delivery man's mouth twitched.
The first sentence was an interrogation. Although he knew Li Xiang wasn't calling him for small talk.
After thinking seriously for a moment, the delivery man said directly, "Lord, I was wrong. I apologize to you. I have a clue to a hidden quest here. I'll send it to you via mail."
Li Xiang heard the delivery man's words and chuckled, "Your attitude is quite sincere, alright."
The delivery man breathed a sigh of relief. The next second, Li Xiang said again, "Tell me who the employer is, and I'll pretend you weren't involved in this."
The delivery man's face instantly became tense.
The employer... That was not someone he could afford to provoke.
But...
Title Giant... This was also not someone he could afford to provoke.
The delivery man was in a dilemma. After a long while, he directly hung up the call.
Li Xiang looked at the disconnected call, a smile playing on his lips, and then called back.
「Ding! The other party has canceled their account and cannot be contacted.」
Li Xiang was stunned.
What a ruthless person!!!
Undoubtedly, this delivery man was definitely among the first batch of players to enter the game. Being able to connect with a great player like Merciless Ice, his own account must not have been bad.
Canceling an account requires a three-day cancellation period, and only after three days can one register an account again.
The second batch of players had already entered, so he would be too slow to enter the game again.
The lead was broken, and Li Xiang had no other way.
Merciless Ice was just a dullard. He looked like a cool male god and didn't seem stupid, but in reality, he was too naive.
"Let's go, I'll take you back to the Guild Residence."
Merciless Ice hadn't bound to the Guild Residence and couldn't return directly using a Town Portal Stone. Li Xiang needed to take him to the Guild Residence.
"Okay."
Merciless Ice closed the Guild channel and followed behind Li Xiang.
...
After returning to the Guild Residence, many players who were in the Guild saw the real Merciless Ice and gathered around.
Li Xiang happily stepped back from the crowd and let them have their fun.
Walking to the Horse Ranch that had already been built, Li Xiang checked the attributes of the Horse Ranch.
「Horse Ranch (Level 1): Can consume gold coins and materials to train rideable horses.」
Li Xiang immediately checked the types of horses that could be trained.
There was only one.
「Ordinary Steed: Consumes Foal x1, Gold Coins x100.」
Li Xiang tried clicking and found that foals could also be purchased directly with gold coins.
As expected, Guild gameplay is not something ordinary people can afford to play. Money is needed everywhere!!!
Purchase!!!
「Ding! Cumulative consumption of 300 gold coins, starting training of Ordinary Steed.」
Li Xiang immediately checked the training duration. It wasn't long, 3 minutes.
Li Xiang waited patiently for 3 minutes.
A horse's neigh came from the Horse Ranch, and then a strong horse appeared within it.
Li Xiang immediately checked the horse's attributes.
【LV10. Ordinary Steed】
Quality: Ordinary
HP: 3720
Physical Attack: 288~307
Physical Defense: 278
Magic Defense: 229
Skill: Travel
【Comment: An ordinary steed, only suitable for traveling, not suitable for combat.】
The attributes were average, just like an ordinary Level 10 Monster. The only skill was Travel, which could reduce stamina consumption and increase travel distance during long journeys.
After studying it carefully for a while, Li Xiang found that the horse could be bound.
Once successfully bound, it would become a mount and could be summoned and recalled at any time. However, there was a downside: mounts could die.
If their HP was depleted, they would die unless gold coins were spent to revive them.
Alright... another money pit.
Li Xiang checked the capacity of the Horse Ranch.
The capacity was ten, and it could accommodate a maximum of ten steeds.
This number was already quite large.
Li Xiang carefully studied it and found that they could be trained simultaneously. He immediately spent 2700 gold coins to train the remaining 9 horses as well.
Three minutes passed in a flash, and a total of 10 steeds appeared in the Horse Ranch.
This sight attracted many Guild players.
"President, are these mounts?!"
Li Xiang nodded, which immediately caused a cheer from the Guild members!!
"Holy cow!!! They're actually mounts!!!"
"Our Guild has mounts!!!"
"Riding a horse and being a hero was my childhood dream, and now it can be realized!!!"
"President, what are the requirements for our steeds?"
A Guild member asked this crucial question.
Li Xiang smiled and said, "Join the Guild and get one for free! Every member gets a horse!!!"
"Wow!!! President is mighty!!!"
"Long live the President!!!"
"President is awesome!!!"
"..."
One horse costs 300 gold coins. With over two hundred Guild members, this was an expense of seventy to eighty thousand gold coins.
Such a huge expense is something that ordinary Guilds really can't bear, not to mention Li Xiang's bold statement that he would give them away for free upon joining the Guild.
The subsequent expenses will be incredibly huge.
Qing Shui Ya heard the commotion and returned to the Guild Residence from outside. She had been quietly watching without speaking, calculating how large the expenditure would be.
After the crowd dispersed, Qing Shui Ya came up to Li Xiang, "President, 90% of the material collection has been completed. If all goes well, it should all be collected before tonight."
Li Xiang nodded, "You and Yunfeng both did a good job."
Qing Shui Ya looked at Li Xiang, then at the Horse Ranch, "One horse costs 300 gold coins. The expenditure is too large. I'll have the Guild members look for ordinary horses to save costs."
"Okay, you handle that."
"Also, relying solely on saving costs won't work. The Horse Ranch must become a profitable project for our Gods Guild!"
Qing Shui Ya was stunned for a moment, "You're not planning to make the Steed mount a unique symbol of our Guild?"
In her opinion, at this stage when no other players had mounts, if every player in the Gods Guild had one, it would be a significant boost to the Guild's reputation.
Li Xiang looked at her, "Does our Guild still need a boost in reputation? Which player in the myth doesn't know about our Gods Guild?"
Qing Shui Ya was silent for a moment.
Li Xiang continued, "What our Guild lacks the least right now is popularity. Relying on popularity to make a fortune from those forces and continue to strengthen ourselves is the most important thing to do at this stage. What do you think?"
Qing Shui Ya nodded directly, "President, you are right. I didn't consider it fully."
Li Xiang shook his head, "You are also doing it for the Guild's good, I know."
How could Li Xiang not know about Qing Shui Ya's concerns?
With today's material collection task, the Guild's funds were basically depleted.
If this continues, the Guild will soon be empty. For the healthy and green development of the Guild, it is understandable and completely correct that she doesn't want the Guild to spend unnecessarily.
But Li Xiang's confidence came from the thousands of crystal coins in his backpack and the Divine-grade ability, God of Wealth's Blessing.
Game currency is not a problem for Li Xiang at all!!!