Chapter 20 Special NPCs

  Li Yi rode a white horse, running back and forth in Broken Frost City.

  Although his main city reputation has reached respect, he still insists on doing reputation tasks every day in order to worship as soon as possible.

  There are ten large main cities in the human race, and Frost City is just one of them. Human players can choose any main city as their home, simply by binding the 20-level system's return stone to a designated main city.

  Returning to the city bound to the main city will get extra benefits, such as a slight increase in reputation and experience gained each time a task is completed.

  The bow and arrow instructor, Rao There, is no longer receiving tasks. Collecting the mysterious treasure map fragments is an open career task. As long as you collect all the treasure map fragments, you can proceed with the subsequent tasks at any main city's skill instructor.

  The main city is revered, but it doesn't mean that all NPCs in Frostfall City become revered. In fact, there are a few rare NPCs who are not affected by any reputation value.

  Cold Taka, Angry Kari, Sad Timi. These three NPCs will not change their attitude no matter how high the player's main city reputation is raised.

  In any racial capital city, there are similar NPCs. Players try their best to increase their favorability with them, but they never release tasks, and even if you want to improve your favorability, you can't find a way.

  Li Yi had played as a god for eight years in his past life and understood the importance of special NPCs better than anyone else, so he knew how to get along with them.

  Just like the NPC merchant Taka at the entrance of the shop, who always shows a 'cold' attitude to players, can increase his favorability by giving him money.

  But Takahashi takes money from anyone who comes, and trying to increase his affinity by giving him gifts is quite an art.

  Some players have given Takahashi a nickname, "Black-hearted Merchant", because no matter how much money you give him, his face will not show any expression, without any hint, making many people mistakenly think that giving or not giving has nothing to do with anything, because he is just an ungrateful person.

  In fact, when the player's main city reputation reaches respect, some special NPCs will hear about their special hobbies from other NPCs. As long as they follow the prescription and increase their friendliness, it's just a matter of time.

  Li Yi came before the merchant Ta Ka and gave him a silver coin.

  If you give Takahashi less than one silver coin, he will think you are stingy. If you give him more than one silver coin, he will think you are a fool. Therefore, the only way to gradually increase your friendship with him is to persist in giving him one silver coin every day.

  Calculating the time, Li Yi has already persisted in sending for over 20 days...

  Taka played with the silver coin in his hand and suddenly asked: "What's your view on merchants?"

  Scoundrel, I've finally dealt with you!

  Li Yixin secretly rejoiced and replied: "I don't quite understand."

  Taka hesitated for a moment, then said: "Do you want me to teach you some business skills?"

  System Prompt: Do you accept Merchant Taka's 'Way of Business'?

  Got it!

  "The way of doing business is based on integrity and wisdom..." Takashi spoke eloquently, but Li Yi didn't understand a single sentence.

  System Prompt: After Takahashi's teachings, you have gained a certain understanding of the way of business.

  Got it!

  Taka was still talking nonstop when Li Yi had already mounted his horse and left.

  Li Yi found the property manager of Broken Frost City and bought ten house deeds with 1,000 gold.

  Without Takah's teachings, you are not qualified to buy a house deed. Many players do not understand this and have played the game for several years without even owning one house (the system does not allow marriage without a house, too realistic).

  Li Yi took out one of the deeds and the system prompted: "Do you want to build a level 1 house? The cost is 100 gold coins."

  "Build it!"

  "Please select the house site."

  A virtual map of the entire city of Broken Frost appears before your eyes, with countless red dots indicating the locations where houses can be built.

  "Here, here, and here."

  Li Yi built houses on all the golden plots in Broken Frost City with one breath.

  Ten house deeds, not one left over, all built. If it weren't for the system's early restrictions allowing only one person to own ten houses, Li Yi would have covered all of Baocheng City's golden zones with his houses.

  The Frost City suddenly appeared with ten houses in mid-air, instantly sparking player speculation.

  Li Yi clicked on the recruitment of mercenaries, and a bunch of NPC names immediately appeared in front of him: diligent A Yao, hardworking A Dāi, chaste Zhang widow, elegant and clever Mi Hua sister-in-law...

  From head to toe, there are hundreds of them, and the recruitment price for each NPC is also different. Some only need 1 copper coin per day, while others require 100 gold coins per day, with a huge difference in price, it's simply heaven and earth apart.

  In the world of gods, if a house is not managed by a butler, it will automatically collapse after a while, and at that time, the property will be recovered by the system, and all efforts will be in vain.

  Each NPC has a number of times they've been hired and a credibility rating, Li Yi casually selected ten servants with cheap prices and credibility ratings above 50, spending a total of only 100 gold coins per year.

  This is the current situation, other players do not understand the benefits of houses, and NPCs can choose whichever they want. If it's in the late game, just hiring a single reputable NPC costs 100 gold for three months.

  Li Yib thought he could sign a ten-year contract with 10 NPCs, but unfortunately none of them agreed, and his well-thought-out cheap plan fell through.

  "Huh?"

  Just as Li Yi was about to close the mercenary recruitment interface, a golden-named mercenary's information appeared before his eyes.

  White Spirit Sylph (Slave) has been hired 0 times, credibility is 0, hiring price is 3000 gold coins. (Each hiring period is fixed at three months). Note: Slaves with a credibility of 0 have a certain probability of absconding with funds, so be cautious when hiring.

  Hired!

  Employing the White Spirit Sylph, Li Yi felt a slight thrill of excitement. Although it was clear from her golden name that this servant was no ordinary one, if he didn't understand the subtleties involved, employing her would be pointless - in three months' time, the system would automatically reclaim her anyway.

  No matter whether it's a special NPC servant or an ordinary NPC servant, the more times they are hired, the higher the price. Just like Li Yi's ten cheap servants this time, adding up to only 100 gold coins for one year, but after one year, when the hiring period is over, the prices of these cheap goods will rise, with a range of 50-200% or more.

  Like Bai Jingling Xīfú this special NPC servant, the price increase is even more outrageous, I remember that in the previous life, it rose to a freakish price of 1 million gold coins.

  In his previous life, Li Yi had once hired Xī Fú and was lucky enough to receive a task from her. After completing it, he obtained a golden Blood-drinking Dagger that could grow with him. Later on, the dagger successfully evolved into purple and was used by him until his rebirth.

  Li Yi had a special title in his past life called 'Emperor of the Night', but this was actually a beautification by the system, and his true title should be 'Vampire Emperor'.

  The legend of the Emperor of Night having infinite blood comes from the Bloodsucking Dagger's vampiric effect!

  Spirit Princess Xife, we meet again!

  Looking at the white elf dressed as a servant in the room, Li Yi's mouth curled up with a hint of a smile.

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