Reincarnation of the Strongest Healer

While Xu Feng focused on mentally memorizing the crafting procedure, outside of the Vanguard Hotel, the crowd had long since gone crazy.

"Alright, people, there are only around 5 rooms left for rental, so please make use of this time wisely to think whether you want to enjoy a 50% mana concentration increase or nothing at all." Tracy sweetly announced, making the crowd understand the pressure they were now in.

Those who had successfully bid for their respective rooms had already paid in full and were now enjoying the benefit.

Meanwhile, those who hadn't could only watch in envy outside, knowing their chances of winning in the upcoming competition had decreased dramatically.

Naturally, there were some who began to regret why they arrived so early.

However, once they pondered the situation over, they knew that if they were to arrive late, they might not even get a participation slot, much less an entry to Paradise Plains as a spectator.

Thus, these people all decided to arrive early, only to end up being scammed hard.

"Star Falls City had really fallen very low. If it's not for the teleportation platform here, it would have ended up in demise a long time ago."

"Well, what can the other cities do? When this city was constructed, people believed it was the next big city, but reality always failed to meet up with expectations."

"Sigh, I already know I can't outbid those wealthy heirs, so I'm just going to find a somewhat decent tavern to rent."

Shortly after, the people who didn't have much wealth to compete slowly departed from the Vanguard Hotel.

What the eyes can't see, the heart doesn't bleed.

So long as they can no longer witness the scene of another room being slipped out of their hands, they shall feel no pain.

With the crowd finally decreasing, the auction only turned more intense.

After all, the remaining people here had enough wealth to continue to bid at a high price for the room.

Seeing the enthusiasm from the crowd, Tracy was satisfied as she commenced another bidding war.

As time went by, the remaining rooms were all rented out, with the lowest price being 7 gold and 40 silver coins. The final room was the highest, going as far as 8 gold and 80 silver coins.

Others might be wondering why didn't the final room bidder go for a higher value than the 7 gold and 40 silver coins initially. After all, they wouldn't have to overpay by this much.

However, the reason behind it was fairly simple. The person didn't have that many funds and resorted to borrowing it from the others at the last minute.

Although it would be better to reside in the room alone, they could only share the winning room with those they borrowed from. In the end, it was still better than having no room at all.

Nevertheless, the ultimate winner was never these wealthy customers, to begin with, but Xu Feng.

Within his workstation, he received a system notification regarding the renting room money.

Overall, the rooms that had been rented out brought him a whopping wealth of 1,572 gold coins.

For the current stage, that was a lot of wealth, and deducting some of it for the hiring fee for the employees and his debt to Herbalist Elias, he still had 1,507 gold coins left.

Aside from Tracy whose monthly wage was 3 gold coins, the other 6 employees are only 2 gold coins. With that in mind, the calculation was 15 gold coins, plus the 50 gold coins he borrowed from Herbalist Elias.

"Sure enough, NPCs are way better sheep to slaughter than players." Xu Feng smiled.

He then quickly allocated the 50 gold coins he owed to be returned to Elias, as well as giving an advance payment to Tracy and the others. They had worked wonderfully, so this would boost their morale.

Once that was done, he was finally relieved somewhat, and as for the other installation fees regarding his land deeds, he would be retarded to repay them back now.

As he continued to focus mentally on the design to craft the Stamina Gemstone, Xu Feng called up for the system interface and instructed Tracy to begin hiring some experienced blacksmiths and merchants.

Now that he had the cash flow, it was time to commence his monopolization plan in Star Falls City. The other players could only take the crumbs that he left over.

"I just want to see who will dare make a ruckus in my city now." Xu Feng sneered coldly and adjusted his glasses as he began the crafting.

The forging process was rather simple after his studious time. To start with, he grabbed a Durable Gemstone and ensured it was clean and free from impurities.

To do so, he used the workstation formation to thoroughly cleanse the gemstone. The process took around 10 seconds before the gemstone looked sparkly clean, almost as if it could blind one's eyes.

Shortly after, Xu Feng combined the Vital Crystal and Endurance Shard to create the base infusion mixture.

This was required to enhance the core's stamina properties.

A few minutes later, Xu Feng gently applied the mixture to the Durable Gemstone, followed by sprinkling some of the Mystic Dust over the now-infused gemstone.

"Phew, so far so good…" A bead of droplets of sweat trickled down his forehead, as Xu Feng slowly controlled the formation of the workstation to apply heat and pressure, ensuring the dust integrated fully into the gemstone.

After waiting patiently, the dust finally integrated with the gemstone, and it was time to place the Astral Shard in the small infusion chamber.

The infusion chamber was designed to blend the Astral Shard's energy with the gemstone, imbuing it with powerful stamina-enhancing qualities. It was also the most important process of the forge.

As Xu Feng completed the procedure, all he could do now was wait for the gemstone to cool down gradually.

Shortly after the infusion chamber opened itself, signaling its completion, Xu Feng's expression was solemn.

"Tier 1 Stamina Gemstone obtained!"