Accompanied by a brilliant white light, the token slowly ascended.
Like a protective shield, a circle of white light enveloped the nearby area, roughly the size of two football fields.
"Are you sure about the family territory?"
Xiao Nan, who activated the family token, could clearly feel that she could freely control the movement range of the area covered by the white light.
It could be scaled down or expanded.
Scaling down the territory was free, but expanding it required the same material as activating the family token: salina's heart.
Each heart could expand the family territory by 20m × 20m.
"Waiting time: Five hours."
"Take out all the silver hearts and trade them to me!"
After understanding the function of the silver material, Xiao Nan quickly reacted and shouted loudly to all players of the Dawn Faction.
At the same time, she posted a message within the server.
"Zhihua: High-priced acquisition of [salina's heart] for 40,000 reward points. Those selling should come to the Scarlet Wasteland and trade with players of the Dawn Faction."
Within the server, most of the messages were casual chats for grouping up.
The sudden appearance of text shimmering with an orange glow immediately attracted everyone's attention.
This was a hidden function discovered by players.
A shout costing 20 reward points could only display inconspicuous black text.
A shout costing 200 reward points could change the text color, making it dazzling, and could continuously float in the most prominent top position for half an hour.
However, most players were reluctant to spend 200 reward points to shout, unless there was a genuinely urgent matter. The publishers were mostly leaders of various factions.
For example, Zhihua of the Dawn Faction, a mysterious noble from the Rain Country, had demonstrated unfathomable financial power in both auctions and equipment purchases, even managing to create the Dawn Faction, which could contend with the Four Great Ninja Villages.
"Are they buying silver materials at a high price because they want to create a clan now?"
Some players asked, but received no response.
Merchants, who spent most of their time in the Ninja Newbie Village, eagerly stared at this newly posted message.
Currently, the market price for a silver heart was 30,000 reward points, with the highest reaching 34,000 reward points.
Although the output of silver hearts was not high,
there were only four factions with family tokens, so the demand was not large. Merchants wanted to ask for exorbitant prices, while Kirigakure and Sunagakure were bargaining hard, still engaged in a fierce price tug-of-war.
At this time, the Dawn Faction suddenly acquiring silver materials at a high price—could it be that they had a secret deal with the Merchant Alliance?
Did they want to inflate the price of silver materials and take advantage of Kirigakure and Sunagakure?
Many players held this thought and followed the developments closely.
Hidden Mist Village,
Mei Terumi frowned and asked the elderly man beside her, "Gengetsu, the intelligence gathered by my people sent to the Rain Country to investigate the Dawn Faction states that the Dawn Faction is a special organization that suddenly emerged recently."
"They do not interfere in ninja battles."
"Some Dawn Faction players possess strength comparable to Jonin, but they undertake low-level tasks such as clearing stones, loosening soil, breaking mountains, and digging canals. They interact most with civilians."
Hidden Mist Village also had missions involving civilians, all of which were D-rank missions, mostly assigned to Hidden Mist Genin.
This was normal.
No Ninja Clan would send high-level combat power like Jonin to farm or weed. It was a complete waste of resources.
"The Dawn Faction..."
The Gengetsu, leaning on a snake-headed staff, was hunched over but possessed an intimidating aura.
His head was bald and shiny.
The elder, who should have held the highest authority in Hidden Mist Village, had his power completely taken by Mei Terumi after the Reincarnation Game appeared.
Gengetsu was not annoyed, nor did he have any intention of opposing the Mizukage.
He had no desire for power. His previous opposition to Yagura Karatachi was merely because he did not want to see Hidden Mist being destroyed.
The current Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, surpassed all previous generations in both intellect and strength.
He could confidently entrust Hidden Mist to her.
So he voluntarily stepped down, only offering targeted advice based on his years of experience during crucial decisions.
"The Rain Country is perpetually rainy, and the soil is not suitable for cultivation. Moreover, as a battlefield for four wars, it cannot develop normally."
"In such an impoverished country, even nobles do not live comfortably."
"I heard there's a terrorist organization that constantly instigates wars, and their base is in the Rain Country. I originally suspected the Dawn Organization had connections with that terrorist organization, but now it seems one instigates war while the other quietly helps civilians. These two different ideologies cannot coexist harmoniously, so there shouldn't be much connection between them."
Gengetsu slightly widened his eyes and said, "If that's the case, the Dawn Organization's rapid rise in the game is likely due to secret support from the Merchant Alliance."
This was for the purpose of cooperating in a charade, manipulating the market prices of various materials, a common tactic employed by the Merchant Alliance recently.
After a slight pause, Mei Terumi summoned Chojuro and instructed, "Take out one silver material and go to the Scarlet Wasteland to trade with the Dawn Organization. See if they accept."
If they did not accept, it would confirm that the Dawn Organization was a faction pushed to the forefront by the Merchant Alliance.
If they did accept the trade, she would cancel the transaction at the last moment of agreement, thus not losing the silver material.
"Gengetsu."
Mei Terumi leaned on the office desk, spreading out a meticulously detailed map, and said, "This is a game map of the Dead Soul Mountain Range, surveyed by some players hired at a high price. If Hidden Mist is to establish a clan, where would be the best place for its territory?"
All factions wanting to establish clans were tacitly cautious in choosing their clan locations.
This was similar to when the Five Great Ninja Villages were founded.
The First Kage would conduct meticulous discussions, ultimately building their Ninja Villages in areas that could maximize their advantages.
For example, Hidden Mist Village: the First Mizukage, Lord Byakuren, was skilled in Water Release Ninja Art, and his subordinates were also Water Release masters, so he built the Ninja Village on the sea in the Land of Water.
The same applied to other Ninja Villages.
"In the northwest corner of the Dead Soul Mountain Range, there's a lava pool with a strong ghostly aura. We'll set the family territory near that lava pool."
Moving to the meeting room,
after unanimous discussion between Mei Terumi and the Ninja Clans, the location of the family territory was finally determined.
She quickly logged into the game and led the players of the Mist Hidden Alliance to the vicinity of the lava pool.
Explosive Flame Ring.
Mei Terumi waved her purple staff, and a giant ring of flames, like a finger ring, confined dozens of Lava Phantoms, then suddenly tightened.
The Lava Phantoms, also fire-attributed, had no room to resist or struggle before turning into dark red stones under the scorching flames.
"Don't waste them, pick them up."
"The lava stones dropped by Lava Phantoms can be used to forge level five white weapons, imbued with fire attribute damage."
You don't know the cost of living until you run a household.
The Mist Hidden Alliance players had already exceeded seven hundred, bringing with it a huge logistical burden that could not be supported by the Hidden Mist Village's real-world funds alone.
Fortunately, they recovered some funds by attacking Konoha.
Otherwise, she, the dignified Mizukage, would be so poor she'd have to sell herself to a Game Merchant as a servant.
The Pollution Monsters were cleared.
A family token slowly ascended, erupting in dazzling light.
Mei Terumi's expression suddenly changed drastically, and anxiety appeared in her exquisite eyes. She quickly said, "All players of the Mist Hidden Alliance, quickly contact familiar rogue players and acquire silver materials!"
At the same time, a message was quickly posted in the channel, also at the highest specification of 200 reward points.
"Light of Hidden Mist: High-priced acquisition of [salina's heart] for 41,000 reward points. Those selling should come to the lava pool in the Dead Soul Mountain Range and trade with Mist Hidden Alliance players."
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