Chapter 116: Another Trade and Massive Harvest!

Chapter 116: Another Trade and Massive Harvest!

"Lord, please wait a moment!"

Cao Xing turned around and asked in puzzlement, "What is it?"

Elisa said excitedly, "I saw there is a Training Barracks in our territory. Could you train me into a combatant?"

"I also want to become a powerful warrior!"

She looked at Cao Xing expectantly, her eyes filled with longing.

Cao Xing nodded, "That is fine, but…"

He glanced at Old Mel.

After all, he had promised Old Mel that bringing them over was just to raise cattle and sheep, not asking them to fight.

And fighting carried the risk of injury or even death.

This was also why Cao Xing gave preferential treatment to those combatants.

Old Mel chuckled, "Lord, Elisa has been lively since she was a little girl. Back then, she even wanted to sign up for the Hoge Village militia, but I gave her a beating and she calmed down."

"But through previous events, I roughly know that this girl simply cannot stay idle, and who knows when she might run off again."

"If she can learn some combat skills, she will have the power to protect herself even when she is alone in the wild."

"So, since she is asking you to train her into a combatant, it might not be a bad thing."

Hearing her father's consent, Elisa jumped up in excitement.

"Father, I love you!"

Cao Xing also smiled and nodded, "Alright, once I go get a few training books, I'll train Elisa into an archer."

To train ordinary territory residents into combat classes, besides barracks, training books were also needed.

Currently, the most common ones were those Tier-1 soldier training books.

Although Frost Archer training books were relatively rare, they weren't considered extremely precious items, and they should be available on the [Market].

Elisa said excitedly, "Thank you, generous and handsome Lord!"

Hearing what Elisa said, Cao Xing couldn't help giving the little girl a thumbs-up.

"Good taste!"

At the same time, a system prompt appeared.

[You have agreed to Elisa's request. Territory member: Elisa's loyalty to you has increased. Current loyalty: 77]

Cao Xing chuckled, this girl's loyalty was increasing quite fast.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing left the cow shed and began to ponder matters ahead.

Although his current territory was powerful, most of its combat strength would be taken out during the day.

The current defense of the territory mainly relied on the Basic Elemental Arrow Tower.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "Therefore, for the safety of the territory, besides building more Elemental Arrow Towers, I also need a batch of combatants to stay behind and guard the territory."

"The Imperial Soldiers and mage apprentices newly recruited today are not bad. With the various BUFFs I apply, dealing with the Ice Nest won't be a problem."

"But besides that, I also need to train a batch of Frost Archers to stand on the watchtowers and guard the territory."

After pondering for a moment, Cao Xing had already decided which personnel to train into Frost Archers.

That was the Tree Spirit Race.

This race had lived in the jungle since childhood, possessed very agile movements, and also had a Guardian talent.

By then, once Cao Xing's Pale Tree grew out, they could even activate their talent right within the territory.

Walking and thinking along the way, Cao Xing passed by a vegetable shed.

Inside, the resident Liu Hua was planting that batch of carrot seeds and beet seeds.

Cao Xing did not disturb her and continued moving forward.

Unknowingly, he arrived near the Lords Cabin.

Da Zhuang was leading three Arctic People, enthusiastically building the Lords Cabin.

Upon seeing Cao Xing, they saluted simultaneously, "Greetings, Lord!"

Cao Xing waved his hand, signaling them to continue working.

At the same time, he also noticed the upgrade progress of the Lords Cabin and felt secretly pleased in his heart.

"Very good, a Level 3 Lords Cabin originally required 16 hours of upgrade time, but with 4 Arctic People working together, it can be shortened to 4 hours."

"According to estimates, it can be completed around ten o'clock tonight!"

Cao Xing was extremely excited.

The Lords Cabin was like the campfire, changing once every 5 levels, but the upgrade difficulty was much higher than that of the campfire.

Upgrading to Level 6 would turn it into the Lords Manor, and Level 11 into the Lords Castle.

The further along it went, the more materials were required.

"Now, it's time to conduct a wave of transactions."

Following his usual routine, Cao Xing came to the side of the [Market] and opened the consignment interface.

He first listed a batch of green-quality rabbit meat.

However, this time the quantity was reduced by a portion, with only 500 blocks, which was 5,000 portions.

Not long after Cao Xing listed the rabbit meat, it immediately attracted the attention of the Survivors.

Yao Yin: "Brothers, Great Lord Cao Xing has finally listed rabbit meat! This time there are only 500 blocks, if you go late, there won't be any left!"

Wei Xinglu: "Damn! I've been waiting for Great Lord Cao Xing's rabbit meat all day."

Yan Chang: "Don't snatch it from me! I managed to drop a dozen or so Ice Dragon Marks with great difficulty today, just waiting to trade them for food with Great Lord Cao Xing!"

Yu Huiliang: "Brothers, charge!"

A large number of Survivors opened the market and found Cao Xing's consignment information.

After seeing that the price of the rabbit meat was about the same as yesterday, they scrambled to click on the transaction one by one.

At the same time, transaction prompts that kept refreshing the screen appeared in Cao Xing's ears once again.

The 500 blocks of rabbit meat were all traded away in less than three minutes.

And Cao Xing once again obtained: [Glacial Flake] * 2380

[Ice Dragon Mark] * 6320

[Ice Crystal Stone (Green)] * 431

[Basic Elemental Crystal] * 114

[Mithril] * 176

[Basic Pet Contract] * 12

[Frost Archer Training Manual] * 6

[Book: Foreman Barin's Log]

…

The screen-refreshing transaction prompts gradually stopped.

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, "This wave of harvest is not bad. I've received a large number of Glacial Flakes and Ice Dragon Marks again."

He glanced at his reserves of these two materials.

[Glacial Flake] * 10432

[Ice Dragon Mark] * 21971

"Very good, with so many materials, it should be enough for me to trade for quite a few good things."

"However, through these two transactions, I don't have much stat-boosting meat left on hand. Let's see if I can go hunting outside again tomorrow to get some meat back."

"The salmon in Snowfall Lake are quite good, but unfortunately, they require special bait to be caught."

Shaking his head, Cao Xing cast these thoughts to the back of his mind and began to continue listing items.

The transaction coming up next was the main event.

[Consignment Item: Frost Bomb Rabbit Meat (Blue), Snow Violent Bear Meat (Blue)]

[Inventory Reserve: 100 blocks each]

[Required Items: Skill Books, Territory Construction Blueprints, Magical Plants.]

[Seller's Remarks: Two types of blue-quality meat, requiring various magical plant seeds, construction blueprints, etc. You can send item information to find me for price determination.]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

The blue-quality beast meat indeed attracted a lot of attention in the chat channel once again.

However, this time, Cao Xing didn't receive many valuable things.

This was because the other Survivors indeed had quite a few blueprints in their hands, but most of them were duplicates.

The quality of the items in those players' hands was also not high.

Moreover, through the previous few transactions, Cao Xing had basically collected most of the basic skills for Frost Mages and Aurora Knights.

With the current strength of the players, there was no way to obtain more advanced skills.

Cao Xing pondered, "It seems I need to nurture the market. Let the players develop for a period of time, and when they have new things, I'll harvest them again."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing canceled the consignment information for the blue beast meat.

However, this time, he still received a few good things,

Namely:

[Basic Frost Arrow Tower Construction Blueprint]

[Basic Spiked Obstacle Construction Blueprint]

[Heroic Longbow Crafting Blueprint (Green)]

[Beast Bone Light Armor Crafting Blueprint (Green)]

Adding these things up, it cost a total of 30 blocks of blue beast meat, which could be said to be a massive profit.

As for the [Mechanical Factory Construction Blueprint] and [Moses Grass Seeds] he wanted to collect, he didn't receive any of them.

Following his usual routine, Cao Xing checked the attributes of these newly acquired items.

[Basic Frost Arrow Tower Blueprint]

[Attack Power: 225 ~ 237 (30% chance on attack to plunge the enemy into a 30% slowdown effect lasting 5 seconds)]

[Attack Interval: 3 seconds / time]

[Maximum Range: 700 meters]

[Armor: 20 points]

[Durability: 2000 / 4000]

[Footprint Area: 15 square meters]

[Building Height: 14 meters]

[Construction Time: 6 hours 11 minutes]

[Construction Requirement: Wood * 1000, Stone * 500, Iron * 120, Ice Crystal Stone * 50, Mithril * 20]

(Blueprint Introduction: Have you played Plants vs. Zombies? I think you should understand the importance of the Ice Shooter, right?)

…

"Not bad, both the attack power and range are slightly higher than the Elemental Arrow Tower, and it also comes with a slowdown effect."

"With this arrow tower here, triggering a slowdown once will allow extra rounds of output before the monsters reach beneath the city walls."

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, and then began to check the second blueprint.

[Basic Spiked Obstacle Construction Blueprint]

[Building Effect: Obstructs the enemy's path and deals piercing damage to approaching enemies.]

[Attack Power: 175 ~ 188]

[Armor: 20]

[Durability: 800]

[Area: 3 meters wide * 1 meter high]

[Materials Required for Construction: Wood * 30, Iron * 5]

[Construction Time: 2 hours and 44 minutes]

(A simple spiked obstacle, but it can cause considerable trouble for enemies.)

…

"Not bad, this is also a good thing for defending the territory."

Cao Xing continued to check.

[Heroic Longbow Crafting Blueprint (Green): Through this blueprint, a Level 10 Heroic Longbow can be crafted.]

[Crafting Requirements: Level 2 Blacksmith, Iron * 10, Ice Crystal Stone * 5, Beast Tendon * 1.]

…

[Beast Bone Light Armor Crafting Blueprint (Green): Through this blueprint, Level 10 Beast Bone Light Armor can be crafted.]

[Forging Requirements: Level 2 Blacksmith, Any Beast Bone (Green) * 15, Elemental Crystal * 5]

(Note: During the newbie protection period, ordinary residents can be assigned to work in the blacksmith. After the protection period ends, personnel with forging technology must be assigned to keep the blacksmith running.)

…

Obviously, these two pieces of equipment form a set.

Cao Xing felt a surge of joy in his heart. "Very good, now the weapons and armor for those newly trained archers are all sorted out."

"However, we also need to find a way to recruit a couple of talents in the blacksmithing field."

Cao Xing clicked to learn all four blueprints.

Then, the last new item appeared in his hand.

[Book: Foreman Barin's Diary]

[Item Attribute: After reading, you can gain a +4 Strength attribute boost]

[Required Reading Time: 6 hours and 20 minutes (Cumulative)]

[Click to read.]

"Another book, not bad."

"When the collected books exceed 100, I will build a library so that the residents can absorb more knowledge in their spare time."

At this point, this trade was almost over.

At this moment, the resident Dahua walked over and softly said, "Lord, dinner is ready."

"Today we have freshly baked bread, steamed rice, and meat soup made from bear bones and bear meat."

"The two silver salmon you ordered have also been prepared."

Cao Xing nodded and looked toward the area where the cafeteria was located.

Today's cafeteria had also been upgraded to Level 2, and its area skyrocketed from the original seventy or eighty square meters to over two hundred square meters.

It could allow all residents to dine inside.

The amount of food consumed by so many people every day was also a huge figure.

If it weren't for Cao Xing's powerful strength, bringing back a large amount of grain and meat, he wouldn't be able to support so many people at all.

At this moment, waves of enticing food aromas wafted from the cafeteria.

Especially Da Zhuang and the others, who had worked for a day and had their physical strength greatly depleted, felt their stomachs rumble immediately after smelling this aroma.

Cao Xing knew they were all hungry, so he shouted, "Da Zhuang, Cao Yi, stop the work in your hands first, and eat your fill before going back to work."

Hearing Cao Xing's call, all the residents stopped the work in their hands.

One by one, with excited expressions, they entered the cafeteria.

Without a doubt, this was the most anticipated moment of their day.

Every day Dahua would prepare a lot of nutritious and delicious food for everyone.

Especially dinner, which was the most bountiful!

Crowds of people swarmed into the territory, including the newly joined Arctic People and those Imperial Soldiers.

And when those newcomers entered the cafeteria, they were instantly stunned by the sumptuous dishes on the dining table!

Several large tables full of food were dazzling to the eye.

Golden-baked bread, fragrant rice, and carefully simmered meat soup.

Any single item before their eyes was something they had never seen on their previous lord's territory.

The Arctic People Du An exclaimed immediately, "Oh my god! What did I see? Roasted meat bread, and even honey and cheese, is this really something we can enjoy?"

Those Imperial Soldiers were also extremely shocked, "Emperor above! Am I dreaming?"

Even the newly joined Old Mel and Elisa had never thought that the living standards of this territory could reach such a level.

This was simply the treatment of nobles!

For a moment, all the newcomers swallowed their saliva simultaneously.

Looking at their excited reactions, Cao Xing also wore a smile on his face.

In fact, this meal mainly consumed rice and wheat, and there wasn't much meat.

Like the past few days, Cao Xing and the others had survived purely by eating meat.

Even so, the bountifulness on the dining table had already exceeded the imagination of these newcomers!

Looking at the eager expressions of the residents.

Resident Cao Yi coughed twice and started his speech again.

Half a minute later, Cao Yi's speech ended.

Then he said, "So, let us once again thank the Lord for His grace and begin to enjoy a delicious dinner!"

Everyone said in unison, "Thank you for the Lord's grace!"

The next moment, everyone picked up the rice bowls in their hands or grabbed the bread, and began to devour it ravenously.

And on Cao Xing's side, dozens of system prompts suddenly rang out.

[Your territory member: Lakid enjoyed a delicious dinner, loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 73]

[Your territory member: Sylvia enjoyed a delicious dinner, loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 71]

[Your territory member: Du An enjoyed a delicious dinner, loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 75]

[Your…]

Over a hundred system prompts appeared.

All residents increased their loyalty by 2 to 3 points.

As for the newcomers, their loyalty directly increased by 7 to 10 points.

It could be said that the loyalty of all members skyrocketed.

At the same time, Cao Xing also noticed that the most difficult Hilda's loyalty had also increased a little.

However, she didn't seem to be because of the food, but because of other reasons.

Hilda looked at Cao Xing with a hint of amused gaze in her eyes.

Cao Xing shook his head, and then brought Liu Muxue to a dining table nearby.

This was their dining area.

On a plate above, placed two silver salmon he obtained today from that powerful native of Snowfall Lake, totaling a full 7 kilograms!

Taking a bite, Cao Xing instantly opened his eyes and said in surprise, "Damn… so smooth?"

He could feel that when the delicious fish meat entered his mouth, it seemed to melt directly on the tip of his tongue.

That was a taste without a trace of fishy smell, leaving only the pure aroma of meat.

No wonder Qinong said that silver salmon was an extremely rare delicacy; this thing was indeed too delicious!

However, the system prompt Cao Xing was expecting did not appear.

Until he finished eating one silver salmon in his bowl, the system prompt finally appeared.

[Successfully consumed silver salmon, Max HP + 300, Population + 3]

Cao Xing felt a surge of joy in his heart. "It really increased population!"

He originally wanted to try whether he could directly use one silver salmon to increase 9 population.

But now it seemed that the system certainly wouldn't let Cao Xing exploit loopholes.

Just as he wanted to continue eating the second silver salmon.

Cao Xing glanced at his bulging belly.

"Damn… I'm full…"

"Muxue, you eat this one."

Liu Muxue smiled lightly and nodded, then began to enjoy the silver salmon.

Compared to Cao Xing's ravenous devouring, Liu Muxue chewed slowly and carefully, appearing very gentle.

It took about five minutes to finish this silver salmon.

Then, a system prompt appeared.

[Liu Muxue successfully consumed silver salmon, Max HP + 300, Population + 3]

Cao Xing noticed that his population limit had become 106.

However, this wasn't what surprised him the most.

What surprised Cao Xing was that his remaining consumption count still hadn't changed.

The remaining count of silver salmon was still: 2

In other words, combined with Liu Muxue, they could eat a total of 6 silver salmon, increasing the population by 18!

"I didn't expect that our consumption counts are calculated separately."

Cao Xing was overjoyed. Although the system didn't let him exploit loopholes, because a territory could have 2 to 4 lords, this effect could also be stacked.

After eating and drinking his fill, Cao Xing brought Liu Muxue out of the cafeteria and then said, "Muxue, our Lords Cabin won't finish upgrading until past ten o'clock. Let's just casually find a room to rest in tonight."

Liu Muxue nodded gently, with a hint of shyness on her face as she said, "Mm… I'll listen to you…"

The two came to the nearby residential houses, where several rooms were still vacant.

Every residential room was connected to heating pipes.

Cao Xing pushed open a room at random, and waves of warmth rushed towards his face.

He glanced at the indoor temperature.

[Current Temperature: 14 ℃]

"Not bad, I should be able to sleep well tonight."

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

Compared to the ice and snow outside, inside the territory was simply paradise!

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