While the person who won the first room with a sky-high price of 4 gold and 30 silver coins, Tracy promptly congratulated him.
"Congratulations to the young sir for earning the room. May I know how long you wish to rent the night for?" Tracy asked.
"Hmm, I want 3 nights." The person answered after deducing the time it would take for the Paradise Plains to officially open up for the competitors.
"Very well, the total would be 12 gold and 90 silver coins." Tracy calculated for him and revealed, "Our Vanguard Hotel is newly open, but the mana concentration here has a 50% increase, meaning you will feel freshened up."
"A 50% mana concentration increase?" Astonished, the person who won the room hadn't expected the mana concentration to have such a dramatic increase.
Not to mention, he knew Tracy wouldn't be lying since she said it in front of the whole crowd, and it could easily be detected once they went inside.
"Yes, a 50% increase," Tracy repeated, clearly doing this on purpose to let the crowd know how much they missed out for refusing to bid higher.
Meanwhile, Xu Feng was amused by her shrewdness. A mana concentration of 50% increase might sound like much, but in reality, it truly wasn't.
After all, other cities' constructions would have an increase of probably 70-80, with some even going up to 90 due to their environment.
However, Star Falls City's environment had been going downhill since its construction, with barely any buildings that helped increase the surrounding mana.
It would be a miracle if one could even find a building with a 10% mana concentration increase here. Thus, his Vanguard Hotel naturally became the number one place to stay with the 50% mana concentration increase.
These NPCs also knew that this was already a big bargain, and considering how much time they needed to focus on the competition, they would be more than willing to spend a bit more for the accommodation.
Very soon, the person who hurriedly paid the price in full to Tracy went inside the hotel for his room, and the crowd went into frenzy mode.
"Damn it, this hotel really knows how to toy with our feelings."
However, the one that Xu Feng had could only be used one time before becoming ineffective. Despite this, he wasn't going to complain because it was already a blessing that he had the opportunity to craft this so early on.
System: Do you wish to learn the Tier 1 Stamina Gemstone Design?
With the system interface asking him, Xu Feng clicked the "yes" button without hesitation.
Shortly after, a wave of information and knowledge seemed to be forcefully injected into his mind, causing a slight pain sensation.
"Being overloaded with information is never a fun thing to experience." He muttered bitterly, having recalled the sensation of a mind being overwhelmed.
What he had just experienced was no different than a person suddenly receiving all the information from a thick textbook in a matter of seconds.
If his concentration were any lower, then it wouldn't be surprising if he went into a coma because of the overwhelming information.
"Now that's done, let's get the required material and begin forging." Xu Feng opened a cabinet, and sure enough, there were a ton of materials available for him. By counting them, he could make an initial calculation of being able to craft at least 25-30 Stamina Gemstones.
Of course, that was not counting the chance of failure.
With zero experience in forging, Xu Feng was truly stumped with a big challenge.
Putting the materials on the workstation, Xu Feng recognized them all, with one of them being the hardest to obtain, Astral Shard. The Astral Shard could only be found in special treasure chests, high-difficulty quests, or rare drops from mid-level bosses such as level 30-50.
Thankfully, aside from the Astral Shard, the other four materials were quite common, namely, Vital Crystal, Endurance Shard, Mystic Dust, and Durable Gemstone.
Although they were common, it was still difficult for the current stream of players to grind for them.
"Whatever, I'll grind for those materials later on when finding the ore source to revitalize Star Falls City." Xu Feng mumbled softly, putting aside the plan of mass-producing the Stamina Gemstone to sell.