49: Chapter 49 I would like to invite my two young friends to join my team!

Seeing the surprised expressions on Zhang Jian and the other's faces, Ye Xun realized he had been a bit too eager.

After calming himself down, he slowly explained his request.

It turned out that he had learned the news that Zhang Jian and the other had been targeted by the Professionals Association and had changed from academy students to independent candidates.

He had been struck by an idea: he wanted to invite the two of them to register as personnel for this [Abandoned Market] and help him with publicity.

Zhang Jian was somewhat confused. "Just this?"

Given their current identities, registering here wasn't a big deal. After all, the other party had saved them from the hands of Li Zhihai, so there was a sense of gratitude and camaraderie between them.

But for the other party to bring out so many things just to recruit the two of them? Could he be so certain that the two of them would definitely shine in the Professional general examination and bring fame to his market?

Besides, even if they did achieve very good results, Jin City was just a small place; trainee Professionals from other big cities wouldn't come running here.

Even if local young people were willing to give up their academy status and join, how good of resources could Ye Xun provide them?

Hearing Zhang Jian's concerns, Ye Xun smiled. "Of course, it's not just that."

"You cleared the highest difficulty and broke the record, so you must have redeemed a [guardian medal], right? With the cross-Rank bonus, you should each have an excellence Rank item, right?"

Zhang Jian's heart skipped a beat. "What do you mean?"

Seeing how cautious he was, Ye Xun directly displayed a screenshot of an equipment's attributes to the two.

[guardian medal] (Exclusive) Quality: excellence Rank Requirement: 39 Defense +2800 (+1400) Attack +2800 (+1400) Health +84% (+42%) Indestructible Growth Progress: 1598588/15000 Kills, 19425568/4900000 Experience, 815/20 Clears of [Protect the Abandoned Factory] instance (Can increase attributes by 20%) [Ye Xun] Exclusive

"Such high attributes!" Wang Fei exclaimed.

A flash of pride crossed Ye Xun's eyes. "This is something I barely managed to redeem back when I was Rank 20, by utilizing the cross-Rank point bonus."

"It took several years to improve it to its current level."

"Come to think of it, although this item is only excellence, its additional attributes are very practical. With the Exclusive bonus effect, it's not inferior to a Legendary accessory of the same Rank, and it can be considered one of my trump cards."

He blinked. "I've shown you my trump card." "As a gesture of sincerity, it wouldn't be too much to ask to see yours, would it?"

Zhang Jian nodded. "It's not too much." "Xiao Fei, you send yours too."

He had the additional bonus from the Exclusive affix, and the final attributes were a bit exaggerated, so it really wasn't convenient to display them; he had to let Wang Fei do it.

Wang Fei followed Zhang Jian's instructions and immediately sent out the attributes.

[guardian medal] (Exclusive) Quality: Legendary Rank Requirement: 9 Defense +50 (+25) Spirit +30 (+15) Evasion +5% (+2.5%) Health +20% (+10%) [Invincible Golden Body]: When receiving damage exceeding 90% of your own health in a single hit, triggers the Golden Body effect, lasting for 5 seconds of invincibility. Can be triggered once every 1 hour. Indestructible Growth Progress: 0/1000 Kills, 0/10000 Experience, 0/1 Clears of [Protect the Abandoned Factory] instance (Can increase attributes by 30%) [Wang Fei] Exclusive

Ye Xun's smile froze. "It's actually Legendary?"

He rubbed his eyes and looked again. This time he exclaimed aloud. "It really is Legendary, these attributes are simply far too much stronger than mine!" "My God!"

"I thought Legendary items couldn't be redeemed through conventional means at all, and that you needed to do some hidden quests or something." "You actually just redeemed it directly?"

His eyes were eager. "Do you have some special method?"

Zhang Jian could answer this question for him. "You just need to simultaneously satisfy the cross-Rank bonus and the team size requirement, and the points are enough for the redemption."

Ye Xun suddenly realized. "So, there's a point bonus if the team has fewer than 5 people?"

"No wonder I've run the instance countless times over so many years and could never figure it out." His eyes looked a bit lost. So the final answer was this simple!

However, after steadying himself, the regret in his eyes dissipated. Even if he had known about this a few years ago, he still wouldn't have been able to achieve Zhang Jian and the other's accomplishment.

You have to know, in their five-person team back then, almost everyone was a top-tier Prodigy among Professionals of the same Rank in Huaxia. He was already considered the weakest in terms of strength.

Among the other four, there was one Divine-Grade profession and three top-tier professions. Moreover, their equipment and skills were all stronger than his. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was 'four carrying one'.

Even so, they still had to try dozens of times, and only when their coordination reached its limit did they barely clear the Nightmare difficulty. If even one person were missing, just seeing the final BOSS would have been a struggle.

Even if he could Transmigrate from now back to the past, he would still be powerless to get this Legendary medal. Thinking of this, he finally felt completely relieved.

Looking at Zhang Jian and the other, there was only admiration in his expression. These two young people made him feel inferior! Even his former teammates, who are now celebrities among Professionals, would still be a notch inferior!

But this unexpected gain did not affect his original plan. Instead, it made him even more excited.

"Since Brother Wang Fei has been honest with me, I will also speak the truth." "I want to purchase the right to display the attributes of your medal to help attract more people to this instance."

"In addition to these original Materials and skill books, I will also give 2% of this instance's total revenue as a share to you two brothers."

Seeing that the two looked a bit bewildered, he immediately explained. "Don't think I'm being stingy." "In reality, as the manager, I only possess 5% of the revenue rights, and I am responsible for maintenance and operations out of my own pocket."

"What's more..." His gaze was piercing. "In the past, this instance was called a loss-making instance; very few people visited, and the revenue was not high." "If I bring out Brother Wang Fei's medal screenshot, it will definitely attract a large wave of challengers. When more people clear it, the revenue will naturally rise with the tide."

"2% is not a small number." Zhang Jian nodded, acknowledging his point.

Indeed. Even if average Professionals couldn't rely on double bonuses like him and Wang Fei to maximize points and redeem a Legendary medal, as long as the Rank was appropriate and the team members were suitable, clearing the Nightmare difficulty was not an impossible feat.

If it could really attract numerous Professionals to go, over time, there would indeed be quite a bit of revenue.

Seeing that Zhang Jian was somewhat moved, Ye Xun struck while the iron was hot and quickly finalized the cooperation matters with him.

Zhang Jian and Wang Fei would register under the [Jin City Market] banner as independent candidates. To the outside world, they would be declared as two peerless Prodigies that Ye Xun had painstakingly cultivated.

Furthermore, their clearance records and the attributes of Wang Fei's [guardian medal] would be authorized for Ye Xun to use for publicity.

As for what Ye Xun would pay: in addition to the nearly 20 million huaxia coins worth of Materials in the box, he would also issue the corresponding clearance certificates for the two, as well as cover all expenses for their travel, food, and lodging during the Professional general examination.

If the two were admitted to a top 30 Professional University in Huaxia, he would also provide a scholarship of 5 million to each of them.

After agreeing, the three of them signed the contract on the spot.

When Meng Hu was called over by Ye Xun to recognize the people, he was shocked to discover that Zhang Jian and the other had actually become one of the shareholders of this market, second only to Ye Xun. In a way, they were effectively his superiors. He was completely dumbfounded.