Chapter 144: Bounty Information, The Sensation Caused by a Golden Weapon

Cao Xing hesitated for a moment, then replied: "What's the matter?"

Zou Qi: "There's a post on the forum today, posted by someone from the Three Heroes Association, saying their leader, Fang Long, died today."

"Those people even went near Fang Long's territory to confirm it, and discovered that not only was Fang Long dead, but his camp had also been burned to ashes."

"And the Three Heroes Association here in District 174 announced its dissolution on the spot; a large number of members have quit, and only a few key members are still holding on."

Cao Xing was stunned; he hadn't expected the Three Heroes Association to dissolve so quickly.

Indeed, for forces like this, once the leader dies, the people beneath them scatter like trees falling and monkeys fleeing.

At this moment, Zou Qi tentatively asked: "However, they said Fang Long was killed by you. Is this true?"

Communication between Survivors is very convenient, and Cao Xing knew this matter couldn't be hidden.

However, he certainly wouldn't admit it.

Cao Xing replied: "It has nothing to do with me; I don't even know where Fang Long's territory is."

"Perhaps his territory was struck by an Ice Nest, and he was crushed to death."

Hearing this, Zou Qi on the other side laughed, "You're right, Great Lord Cao Xing, Fang Long was indeed crushed to death by an Ice Nest."

"However, Great Lord Cao Xing, I still need to remind you."

"Besides Fang Long, the Three Heroes Association has two other branches in other cities; they were assigned to other districts this time."

"I took a look at the World Channel, and the other two branches seem to be developing quite well. Great Lord Cao Xing should still be careful."

Cao Xing nodded upon hearing this; he understood what Zou Qi meant.

The Three Heroes Association openly had three leaders, and previously in the Blue Star cities, they had significant influence.

This was also the origin of their name.

Of course, for Cao Xing.

His current strength was already enough to completely ignore these guys.

Moreover, according to his current pace of development, the speed at which he became stronger would only get faster.

So, there was no need to worry about threats from Survivors.

Cao Xing replied: "Alright, I know, thanks for the reminder."

The other party replied with "You're welcome" and then hung up the communication.

The dissolution of the Three Heroes Association was just a small interlude for Cao Xing; what he cared about more now was finding the last item needed to craft the Life Secret Medicine: the Ice Luan Flower.

After entering the three keywords 'Ice Luan Flower' into the market.

The related information was zero.

Cao Xing said with some regret: "As expected, not even one?"

This was within expectations, as magic plants were rare to begin with.

However, this also indirectly showed that Cao Xing's idea of mass-producing Life Secret Medicine was somewhat difficult.

At this moment, Cao Xing had a flash of inspiration.

"Since it's not on the market, I'll take the initiative to publish information."

"First, I'll attract attention among the Survivors. Even if they don't have it now, they will help keep an eye out for these two plants later."

"At that time, as long as I offer a high enough price, someone will definitely contact me."

Of course, this had a downside, which was that other Survivors would know that Cao Xing needed these two plants.

Some people might take the opportunity to extort him.

However, this was unavoidable.

Even if Cao Xing didn't publish the information publicly, as soon as his name appeared, someone would spread the news that he needed the Ice Luan Flower.

Thus, Cao Xing directly listed a golden weapon he had on hand: [Kings Blade].

[Consignment Item Information: Kings Blade (Gold)]

[Required Item: Food * 99.99 Million]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

[Sellers Note: Paid acquisition of Ice Luan Flower and Moses Grass. Anyone with these two magic plants can contact me.]

Thinking of this, Cao Xing added another sentence: "Anyone who knows intelligence about these two plants can also contact me; I will provide rewards as well."

…

In the current trading market, let alone golden equipment, even purple equipment was very rare.

Cao Xing's Kings Blade, as a Level 20 golden weapon, could be said to be one of a kind.

Very quickly, a Survivor discovered this golden weapon that Cao Xing had listed.

A Survivor named Jin Weijie rubbed his eyes and said with shock: "Damn… did I see that right? Is this a golden weapon?"

"Someone already dropped golden equipment this quickly?"

And when he saw the consignor's name, a look of realization appeared in his eyes.

"So it's Great Lord Cao Xing. I was wondering who could drop golden equipment so quickly and put it on the market."

"However, he doesn't seem to be planning to trade it; he just wants to use this weapon to publish acquisition information for the Ice Luan Flower and Moses Grass."

At the same time, more people discovered this unique golden equipment on the [Market].

Someone on the chat channel immediately said: "Brothers, go look at the market quickly, Great Lord Cao Xing seems to have listed a golden weapon!"

Feng Zhongyang: "What? A golden weapon! That's impossible, right?"

Liu Yue: "Yeah, it's only been a few days. We haven't even touched blue equipment yet; how could someone drop golden gear!"

Cui Ping: "Why don't we go look and see?"

After saying that, they all opened the market, which immediately caused a wave of exclamation.

"My god… it's actually true! And it's a Level 20 golden greatsword!"

"What strong stats! If this were given to me, I'd be invincible on the spot!"

"Too fierce! Truly worthy of Great Lord Cao Xing."

At this time, another Survivor named Zheng Mingjie said: "Brothers, Great Lord Cao Xing seems to need the Ice Luan Flower and Moses Grass. Does anyone have them, or have you seen them outside?"

The Survivors asked in confusion: "What is that? Never heard of it?"

Chen Mingming: "I've never heard of it either, but since it's something Great Lord Cao Xing wants, it must be very valuable, right?"

Wang Tao: "I want to know more, what is Great Lord Cao Xing planning to use to acquire these two materials? He wouldn't really use a golden weapon to trade for them, right?"

Wu Zixuan: "To the person above, you're daydreaming."

As more and more people participated in the discussion, Cao Xing opened the chat channel and said a sentence.

Cao Xing: "Everyone, I am Cao Xing. The two things I want to acquire are rare magic plants. I haven't even seen what they look like specifically."

"If anyone has these two magic plants or related clues, you can contact me. I have some blue meat, warm clothing, green or blue equipment, and so on."

"I will provide rewards based on the value of your information."

Hearing the rewards promised by Cao Xing, all the Survivors on the scene became tempted!

After all, at the current stage, meat that adds stats and warm clothing are things most Survivors need.

And the key is, as long as you provide information, Cao Xing will give a reward!

For a time, many Survivors started privately contacting their friends, asking if they had seen information about these two magic plants.

As the saying goes, many hands make light work.

As the attention caused by Cao Xing's acquisition information grew, he quickly received many private messages.

The inbox reached 99+ again.

Cao Xing glanced at it; most of them were just making up numbers, wanting to cheat for a reward.

Some said they had once discovered traces of the Ice Luan Flower in a mysterious place and asked Cao Xing to give them 500 pieces of blue beast meat, and they would tell him the location.

Some said they had discovered Moses Grass in a cave and demanded the Kings Blade from Cao Xing.

Others said there was a large amount of Moses Grass next to their territory and needed Cao Xing to give them a set of equipment first, and they would go pick it for him.

These guys didn't even put effort into lying.

Cao Xing ignored them directly.

And just at this time, a private message sent by a Survivor named Qiu Yating caught Cao Xing's attention.

Qiu Yating: "Hello Great Lord Cao Xing, I know clues about the Ice Luan Flower. It is a flower that only grows in places with abundant magic power; it is rare and looks very similar to the Blue Gold Flower."

Seeing her speak so specifically, Cao Xing believed her a bit.

Thus, Cao Xing replied: "Where did you get the clues?"

Qiu Yating replied quickly: "I heard about it from a native. He said the Ice Luan Flower is a precious medicinal herb, and shops in many big cities will buy it."

"But in the entire Gale Snowfield, there are not many places where you can find a large amount of Ice Luan Flowers; there is currently only one known place."

"And that place is very dangerous. According to those natives, those below Tier 2 are almost guaranteed to die if they go in."

After listening, Cao Xing almost believed this woman had indeed grasped information about the Ice Luan Flower.

Thus he replied: "What is that place called?"

Qiu Yating on the other side chuckled: "Great Lord Cao Xing, I wonder if the reward you mentioned is real?"

Cao Xing understood what she meant and nodded: "Of course it's real. Tell me, what do you need?"

The other side thought for a moment, then replied: "I want 100 pieces of Snowstorm Bear meat, 100 pieces of Frost Bomb Rabbit meat, plus twenty sets of warm clothing, and five pieces of blue equipment."

Cao Xing rolled his eyes directly: "You want so many things for one piece of news; aren't you afraid of biting your tongue from the wind?"

Qiu Yating also heard the speechlessness in Cao Xing's tone, and she said helplessly.

"It is a bit much… but there's no way around it. My classmates and I formed a small team, and because I have the highest level, they let me be the captain of the team."

"Now I have to take care of this team, and the supplies needed are too much…"

Hearing this, Cao Xing was immediately puzzled: "You group of students formed a team?"

Qiu Yating: "Yes, we are all students of Xinzhou Academy, just in our third year of high school this year."

Cao Xing nodded, then asked: "What is your team's development model like?"

He was quite interested in this kind of development model.

After all, in this world, there isn't only one way to develop.

As time passes, the difficulty of survival in this world gets higher and higher, and many people will not be able to continue developing.

At this time, they can only abandon their territory and look for other ways out.

"Either join a [Legion] created by someone else, or go and seek refuge with the native organizations of this world."

Qiu Yating replied, "Actually, our team's model is quite simple. They abandoned their own territories and then brought their whole families, along with their Arctic People, to my territory."

"I originally thought that if we all gathered together, there would be strength in numbers. With so many Arctic People, our development speed should be very fast."

"As it turned out, the development speed was fast, but the resource consumption also increased significantly…"

"The meager resources they brought were used up in less than two days."

"Moreover, because I was soft-hearted at the time, I didn't have them join my territory as territory residents, but instead gave them building permissions."

"Now it's gotten to the point where there are over a dozen lords in one territory. None of them are willing to work, and they just rely on the Arctic People to gather resources."

"Now, the resources in the territory are becoming scarcer and scarcer. Dealing with their daily needs is giving me a splitting headache…"

At this point, Qiu Yating couldn't stop sighing.

Cao Xing couldn't help but chuckle after hearing this.

Over a dozen lords in one territory; that was indeed a bit ridiculous.

Like when he had Xia Yanni join his territory, he had them join as territory residents without any other permissions.

He was still the one calling the shots for the entire territory.

As for Qiu Yating's team, it was much harder to manage; without a sufficiently heavyweight figure to keep everything in check, no one would submit to anyone else.

It must be filled with a great deal of infighting; just thinking about it made one's scalp tingle.

At this point, Qiu Yating tentatively said.

"Great Lord Cao Xing, I know that my asking price is a bit high…"

"How about… you name a price?"

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and replied, "I don't have much of the meat you want on hand either. I can give you 20 pieces, 100 units of other food, five sets of warm clothing, plus five pieces of green-quality equipment."

The news about the Ice Phoenix Flower was still very important to Cao Xing.

Therefore, giving these things away could be considered worth it.

Moreover, in terms of Cao Xing's resource reserves, this was just a drop in the bucket.

The person on the other side pondered for a moment and replied, "That works… but besides this, I have one more request."

Cao Xing asked in confusion, "What request?"

Qiu Yating: "It's just that… when Great Lord Cao Xing goes to that place, could you take me and my squad along? I have a quest that needs to be completed inside."

Cao Xing asked, "You don't need me to help you complete the quest, do you?"

"I don't want to work for you again while also having to provide you with supplies."

It was clear that this woman was quite shrewd.

Qiu Yating hurriedly said, "No need. I just need Great Lord Cao Xing to take me into that place; we will complete the subsequent quest steps ourselves."

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and replied, "Fine, it's a deal."

"However, I need you to give me the information first, and then I will give you the supplies."

Although, Cao Xing wasn't afraid of this woman scamming him out of his supplies.

In any case, everyone was in the Gale Snowfield region. If she really dared to deceive him, Cao Xing would have plenty of opportunities to deal with her later.

Qiu Yating laughed, "That's only natural."

Then she readily said, "The place where the Ice Phoenix Flower grows is called the Witch Forest."

"It is said that many high-level magical beasts frequent the area, and there is a group of powerful Treants preventing outsiders from entering this forest."

Witch Forest…

Upon hearing this name, Cao Xing pondered for a moment, but he hadn't heard any information about this place.

Therefore, he continued to ask, "What about the specific coordinates?"

Hearing this, Qiu Yating hurriedly sent the coordinates over.

Cao Xing opened the map and took a look; it was about 200 kilometers away from his camp.

Then he nodded and said, "Alright, I understand."

"Go to the market and list any item, set the price, and I'll buy it."

"Mm-hmm."

Qiu Yating obediently followed instructions and casually consigned a piece of food in the market.

Then, Cao Xing traded 20 pieces of Snow Bear meat, 100 dry bread, and five rabbit fur coats to Qiu Yating.

Both parties completed the transaction.

Cao Xing secretly mused, "Very good, now I have the Alchemy Workshop blueprint, and I also have the clue for the Ice Phoenix Flower."

"I am one step closer to mass-producing the Improved Life Elixir!"

"However, this location might not be 100% accurate; it still needs to be verified again."

At this time, Qiu Yating sent a message, "Thank you, Great Lord Cao Xing."

"You're welcome, it's just getting what each of us needs."

Qiu Yating continued to ask, "Great Lord Cao Xing, may I ask, when do you plan to set off?"

She seemed to be a bit anxious; of course, it was also possible that the quest was very important to her.

Cao Xing replied, "I don't know. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after. I'll let you know when I'm ready to go."

Hearing this, Qiu Yating replied, "Then… alright…"

She was a bit helpless, but she also knew that the initiative was on Cao Xing's side.

After hanging up the private chat with Qiu Yating.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment; naturally, he wouldn't easily believe Qiu Yating's words.

If the coordinates provided by the other party were a trap, just like when he scammed Fang Long, that would be a huge problem.

Therefore, Cao Xing decided to send someone to scout the area tomorrow and only go there after confirming it was safe.

Then, he directly clicked to learn all the newly obtained blueprints.

Five or six system notifications appeared in succession.

[Successfully learned: Light Combat Drone Production Blueprint.]

[Successfully learned: Basic Alchemy Workshop Construction Blueprint.]

[Success…]

Then, Cao Xing found Du An, the Arctic Person, and asked him to find time tomorrow to build the [Basic Alchemy Workshop].

As for Juliette, Cao Xing also specifically instructed her to plant the Spirit Breath Grass as soon as possible.

Everything was ready.

Meanwhile, Dahua and the others had already prepared today's dinner.

The entire territory, over a hundred people, swarmed into the cafeteria.

Because Cao Xing had specifically instructed today that they should make dinner for them using Cloud Yak milk.

So everyone seemed particularly expectant.

In the cafeteria, waves of rich, milky aroma mixed with the scent of meat wafted over, making everyone's mouths water uncontrollably.

The over a hundred people in the territory once again enjoyed a sumptuous dinner.

Braum, that guy, had already sobered up by this time, and was shouting and yelling with those few Imperial Soldiers and two Centaurs.

From time to time, he would even belt out a song.

The entire cafeteria seemed noisy because of their voices.

Although noisy, it was also full of the atmosphere of life.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue looked at each other and smiled, both feeling a sense of warmth.

Then, a long string of loyalty increases appeared.

Throughout the territory, the vast majority of territory residents increased their loyalty by 2~3 points.

Cao Xing secretly mused, "The longer these territory residents stay in the territory, the more sense of belonging they have to this place."

"As long as I don't excessively abuse or exploit them, it's quite easy to cultivate everyone's loyalty to over 90."

However, for the territory residents who had already reached over 90 points, it was much harder to increase their loyalty.

Just like Sarah, Andrew, and the others.

Only by giving them what they needed or helping them fulfill their wishes could their loyalty be increased further.

Of course, 90 loyalty was already quite good.

Night fell.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue returned to their Lords Cabin to rest for the night.

The inside of the Lords Cabin was very warm, with waves of heat drifting about.

Cao Xing glanced at the temperature overhead.

[Current Temperature: 21 ℃]

"Oh? It actually broke 20 degrees?"

A look of joy appeared on Cao Xing's face.

This indoor temperature was really very comfortable.

Even if it were like Blue Star, one wouldn't feel cold wearing just a single thin layer of clothing.

Besides that, the interior decoration of the Lords Cabin had also become more luxurious.

A throne embedded with gemstones was placed in the center, shimmering with pearls and jewels.

On both sides were gilded candle holders, flickering with bright candlelight.

On the ceiling was a glass chandelier, looking very magnificent.

The luxury of this decoration was already comparable to some top-tier homestays in the country.

At this moment, Liu Muxue was still slightly bent over, heating water with a stove.

Inside the room, Liu Muxue wasn't wearing as many thick layers as she did outside, only a white silk dress.

This was made by Xia Yanni using the fabric Cao Xing had given her.

It was said that Liu Muxue had specifically gone to Xia Yanni to get measured, so it fit very snugly.

That round, firm bottom was facing Cao Xing, and combined with a pair of long, slender legs, it was very eye-catching.

After the water was heated, Liu Muxue turned around and just happened to meet Cao Xing's gaze.

She shyly lowered her head…

Then, she entered the cubicle to take off her clothes and wash up.

Splashing…

The sound of water kept coming, evoking a series of fantasies.

Cao Xing suddenly remembered that he had also obtained a [Magic Energy Water Storage Device Blueprint] during the day, which seemed like it could be built in the room.

Then he checked its attributes…

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