Chapter 171 Trading Moses Grass, The Trend of Legion Development

Cao Xing chuckled, "Yanni, come again next time."

"Rest well today."

Xia Yanni's face flushed with shyness, then she asked softly, "My Lord… do you still have to go get busy?"

"Yes, I still have some things to do."

"Mm-hmm."

The sensible woman nodded.

Cao Xing finished getting dressed, kissed her on the lips, and left the sewing shop.

A moment later, Cao Xing walked out of the sewing shop.

On the way, he couldn't help but think, "Next, I need to go to the market and trade the beast meat I hunted today with the Survivors."

"With the quality of this batch of beast meat, I should be able to exchange it for quite a lot of resources."

Just as he was preparing to head to the market.

He saw Elisa wandering around in front with a bow and arrow on her back.

After seeing Cao Xing, Elisa ran over, bouncing like a little rabbit.

"Whoa! My Lord, I finally found you!"

Cao Xing asked in confusion, "Is there something you need?"

"Of course there is, it's a good thing!"

After Elisa finished speaking, she threw the bag on her back onto the ground.

A large pile of ice dragon marks and glacier shards immediately appeared inside.

Since they didn't have storage bags, they had to transport materials this way.

Elisa clapped her hands and said, "My Lord, this is the harvest from killing those Ice Nest Monsters all day today."

"All the materials are here, not a single one was left behind!"

"I even brought my little brothers to check it several times, hmph!"

The young girl looked proud, seemingly waiting for Cao Xing's praise.

Cao Xing chuckled, then collected all the materials on the ground.

[Obtained: glacier shard * 1137]

[Obtained: ice dragon mark * 2031]

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Horn (Small) * 1]

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Horn (Medium) * 1]

The quantity of ice dragon marks and glacier shards was not high.

Compared to last night, when over 40,000 ice dragon marks were harvested in six hours, this efficiency was truly very low.

However, Cao Xing also knew that this was normal.

After all, there was no double drop rate bonus, and the spawn frequency of the Ice Nest was not high.

What surprised him was that a new Ice Dragon Horn had appeared this time.

He checked the attributes.

[Ice Dragon Horn (Medium): After use, you can actively summon the power of the dragon, causing all Ice Nests within 60 kilometers of your territory to descend near your territory for the next six hours.]

…

"It increased from 30 kilometers to 60 kilometers?"

Cao Xing was stunned.

If this thing were used, it wouldn't be as simple as just doubling the number of Ice Nests.

A 30-kilometer diameter becoming a 60-kilometer diameter means the area itself has increased by nearly four times.

The population density and the number of territories within this area would also increase by at least four or five times.

In other words, if Cao Xing used this thing.

The number of Ice Nests crashing near his territory in the next hour would reach at least over a hundred.

This is a quite terrifying number.

At the current stage, Cao Xing did not know the situation in other districts.

But in the entire District 174, no one should be able to withstand such a large number of Ice Nest assaults.

"However, I do have the confidence to withstand it."

"Of course, it will still be a tough fight."

Cao Xing nodded silently, then looked at Elisa and smiled, "Elisa, well done."

Elisa chuckled upon hearing this, then looked at Cao Xing with eager eyes.

Cao Xing asked in confusion, "Is there anything else?"

Elisa said resentfully, "My Lord, what about the reward you promised Elisa…"

"I've been looking forward to it all day today!"

"You didn't forget, did you!"

Cao Xing was stunned again upon hearing this.

Come to think of it, he had actually forgotten.

He had promised Elisa when leaving in the morning that if she performed well, he would give her a reward in the evening.

But it was just a casual remark at the time, yet this young girl had actually taken it to heart.

Of course, Cao Xing certainly wouldn't show it.

So he smiled and said, "Don't worry, of course I haven't forgotten."

Having said that, Cao Xing took an [Elite Soul of the Raider Killer] from his backpack.

"Look, what is this?"

Elisa looked at the soul in Cao Xing's hand and felt the powerful aura contained within it.

"Whoa! I can feel it, this seems to be something that can make Elisa even stronger!"

The natives of this world, even after killing powerful creatures, would not drop [Souls].

Like treasure chests, this was also a privilege belonging to the Chosen Lords.

Elisa asked tentatively, "Is this for me? My Lord?"

Cao Xing smiled and tossed the elite soul in his hand directly to her.

Elisa caught it and said happily, "Thank you! Handsome My Lord!"

"You really didn't forget about Elisa."

[Due to your generous gift, your territory member: Elisa's loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 100]

(Loyalty is full; you can now issue any command to her.)

…

Cao Xing stroked his chin and looked at Elisa.

This young girl had joined the territory only a few days ago, and her loyalty had already soared to 100.

Her loyalty increase was the fastest.

Of course, this might also have to do with the young girl's innocence.

At this moment, after Elisa received the soul, she didn't use it immediately.

Instead, she tilted her head and stared at Cao Xing with a strange look.

Cao Xing asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Elisa chuckled, "Hehehe, I don't know why, but it seems like My Lord is getting more and more handsome!"

Cao Xing was speechless, "Hurry up and use it to break through; I have something else for you in a bit."

Upon hearing the latter part, Elisa became excited immediately.

"Long live My Lord!"

She nodded excitedly, then directly pressed the soul into her own body.

Cao Xing waited for a moment.

Not long after, an astonishing chill rose from Elisa's body.

A system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Elisa has successfully advanced to an Elite-level creature. All attributes increased by 30%. Learned new skill: Ice Barrage]

[Ice Barrage: Condenses the power of frost to instantly fire 4-6 arrows. Each arrow deals 125% damage and has a 30% chance to freeze the enemy for 1-3 seconds. Cooldown: 90 seconds]

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Seeing the description of this new skill, a look of appreciation appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

The attributes were decent, and the damage coefficient was not weak.

If all six arrows land, it can even instantly kill ordinary monsters of the same level.

"Not bad, Elisa."

Having said that, Cao Xing also handed her the 2 blue-grade longbows and 6 green-grade longbows that dropped from those Raiders.

Holding this pile of weapons, Elisa was full of surprise!

"Wow! So many longbows! My Lord, did you go and steal from the Blacksmith Shop in Hog Village?"

Before Cao Xing could reply, Elisa said excitedly, "Thank you, handsome My Lord!"

After saying that, she dropped the longbows in her hands, then suddenly rushed over and hugged Cao Xing's waist.

A fragrant breeze entered his arms, and Cao Xing froze on the spot.

Come to think of it, Elisa is about 17 years old this year, according to the customs of this world.

Girls are already married by the age of thirteen or fourteen.

However, because Elisa was too mischievous, and Old Mel only had this one daughter, he was always reluctant to let her get married.

Being hugged by this little girl who was like a little rabbit, Cao Xing felt a bit awkward for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

At this moment, Elisa had a sly smile of conspiracy on her face, secretly looking at Cao Xing.

Cao Xing noticed the young girl's expression and immediately understood that she was doing it on purpose.

Then, in Elisa's surprised gaze, Cao Xing scooped her up under her knees and held her in a princess carry.

Elisa's eyes widened, seemingly surprised by Cao Xing's action.

A hint of shyness instantly appeared on her pebble-clean face.

Before she could react, Cao Xing hoisted her onto his shoulder and slapped her buttocks 'pap-pap-pap' a few times.

"That's for daring to tease your Lord!"

Elisa was slapped and kept begging for mercy.

"Whoa! My Lord, I was wrong, don't hit me anymore!"

"My Lord, Elisa shouldn't have teased you."

"Wuwuwu…"

In fact, Cao Xing's strength was not heavy; he just wanted to scare the young girl.

And as he kept patting, Cao Xing discovered that Elisa's weight was truly light.

Of course, she was also very soft.

Cao Xing subconsciously squeezed twice.

Elisa seemed to feel Cao Xing's movements; she didn't react, but her legs gradually tensed up, and she stopped begging for mercy, letting him do as he pleased.

The atmosphere seemed to become a bit subtle.

Then, Cao Xing put Elisa down.

This lively young girl stood on the spot with a flushed face, twiddling her fingers and looking at the ground, seemingly afraid to meet Cao Xing's eyes.

Cao Xing coughed twice and then said, "Alright, as the captain of the archers, I'll leave the distribution of these weapons to you. Go ahead."

Upon hearing this, Elisa's eyes lit up immediately.

The blush on her face faded, and she said excitedly, "You are right, My Lord."

"I am their captain, and I must be responsible for them!"

"I'm going now, My Lord!"

Cao Xing nodded.

Elisa quickly turned around, gathered all the longbows from the ground, and hopped away like a little rabbit.

When she had run about a hundred meters away from Cao Xing, Elisa stopped, turned her head, and snuck a glance at him.

There was a hint of shyness and a touch of joy in her eyes.

…

Cao Xing went straight to the side of the [Market].

He thought to himself, "No one should disturb me this time."

Cao Xing shook his head, then looked at the pile of beast meat in his backpack, a look of joy appearing on his face.

"Very good. This time I've harvested several thousand pieces of beast meat, enough to trade for a large amount of resources!"

"However, before trading, I should check if there are any Moses Grass and blueprints for an Intermediate Alchemy Workshop."

He opened the search interface and entered the keyword 'Intermediate Alchemy Workshop'.

After getting zero search results, Cao Xing did not feel disappointed.

After all, such intermediate blueprints are relatively rare; it's normal that they don't exist given the current strength of the Survivors.

Immediately after, Cao Xing entered the keyword 'Moses Grass'.

To his surprise, there were actually two consignment listings this time.

"Very good, Moses Grass has finally appeared on the market!"

A look of joy appeared on Cao Xing's face as he checked the consignor and the terms of the listing.

One listing was from a Survivor Lord named Wang Hao.

He had 17 stalks of Moses Grass and required 170 pieces of Blue-grade beast meat or one Purple-grade weapon, with no room for negotiation.

Seeing this, Cao Xing knew that this guy was clearly pricing it this way on purpose, specifically for him to see.

Everyone knew by now that Cao Xing was acquiring Moses Grass and Ice Phoenix Flower.

Therefore, this Wang Hao was asking for an exorbitant price, planning to rip Cao Xing off.

Cao Xing shook his head, not to mention whether this stuff was worth it.

17 stalks of Moses Grass weren't even enough for a Cloud Yak to take a single bite.

Then, he looked at the second listing.

This time it was a Survivor Lord named Wu Xinghu, who had a large amount of Moses Grass, but didn't state what he needed, instead asking interested parties to send a private message.

"A private message?"

Cao Xing pondered for a moment.

Clearly, both of these listings were targeted at him.

Moreover, Cao Xing found the name Wu Xinghu somewhat familiar.

It seemed like he was the boss of the Tiger Hall.

This Tiger Hall was considered a gang, but the conduct of the people under him was decent; they didn't bully ordinary people, and the members were quite united.

Cao Xing had not had any conflicts with them so far.

"It seems this Wu Xinghu must have something to discuss with me."

Thus, Cao Xing opened the private chat directly.

"I am Cao Xing. How do you plan to sell the Moses Grass in your possession?"

After waiting for a few minutes, the other party replied.

"Hello Cao Xing, I was delayed by something just now and didn't see the message. My apologies."

"It's fine."

Cao Xing didn't mind.

Wu Xinghu continued, "I don't know, how much Moses Grass do you need?"

Cao Xing replied, "I'm not sure at the moment, but of course, the more the better."

The other party was silent for a moment before replying.

Wu Xinghu: "Actually, we discovered a patch of Moses Grass today."

"The quantity is large, almost tens of thousands of stalks."

"This stuff isn't actually anything valuable; apart from being edible for people, it doesn't have any special use."

"I won't scam you. If you want it, I can pull up all this Moses Grass and trade it to you, and you can name your own price."

Cao Xing was stunned—there was actually so much!

If it was a whole patch of Moses Grass, it should be enough for 19 Cloud Yaks to eat for a while.

Moreover, this Wu Xinghu was quite sincere and wasn't planning to scam Cao Xing just because of his status.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment. Instead of naming a price immediately, he asked, "What is your class?"

Wu Xinghu replied, "Polar Warrior."

Cao Xing said directly, "I'll trade you a Level 15 Purple-grade weapon for this Moses Grass. How about it?"

He happened to have two weapons that Liu Muxue and Asamu had phased out.

They were the Duelist Dagger and the Ancient Rapier.

The other party pondered for a moment after hearing this, "Can you let me see the attributes first?"

Cao Xing directly posted the attributes of the Duelist Dagger.

A moment later, Wu Xinghu's voice came through, sounding pleasantly surprised.

"The attributes of this dagger are very good."

"Although I am a Polar Warrior and a two-handed greatsword suits me better, I can trade with you."

Cao Xing nodded, "Alright, let's trade. Go to the trading market and modify the listing information."

At this moment, Wu Xinghu said, "Wait a moment, Cao Xing. Before that, there is something else I would like to discuss with you."

"What is it?"

A look of confusion appeared in Cao Xing's eyes; he thought the other party had suddenly changed his mind.

Then, this Wu Xinghu said, "I wonder, have you learned about the Legion system?"

Upon hearing this, a look of contemplation appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

He was naturally familiar with the [Legion] system.

This was a faction that could be created by a Survivor Lord.

By creating a [Legion], one could invite Survivor Lords from the same district to join the Legion and incorporate their territories into one's own sphere of influence.

After joining a Legion, Lords could not kill each other.

At the same time, the Legion Commander had the authority to allocate resources and mobilize personnel.

They could also unlock certain Legion buildings and Legion blueprints.

Such as Legion transport vehicles, Legion defensive chariots, and so on.

By continuously increasing reputation and upgrading the [Legion], advanced blueprints like Legion Teleportation Arrays and Legion Training Camps would even appear later on.

One could imagine.

As things developed, a portion of the Survivors would establish Legions and begin to develop their own factions.

Of course, a [Legion] could not be created casually; it required certain conditions.

Creating a [Level 1 Legion] required over 1000 Reputation, as well as 2000 Iron and 50,000 crowns.

This condition alone could stump 99% of the current Survivor Lords.

Cao Xing replied, "I have. What do you mean?"

Wu Xinghu replied, "To be honest, I established a Legion this morning called Ice Tiger."

"Currently, our Level 1 Legion can allow 50 Survivor territories to join, and I have already recruited almost all the other brothers."

"The Legion functions are really convenient; when Survivor Lords of the same faction travel to other territories, there is a 20% speed bonus."

"Currently, there are two vacancies for Vice Legion Commanders."

"If Great Lord Cao Xing is willing to join our Legion, I can directly make you a Vice Legion Commander."

At this point, Cao Xing understood Wu Xinghu's intentions.

So, he wanted to pull him into his Legion.

Cao Xing replied with a smile, "I'll pass on the Legion; I don't have that idea for now."

Hearing this, Wu Xinghu didn't force it.

He said, "Alright then, Great Lord Cao Xing. Whenever you have the idea, you can contact me."

"Or when you want to establish your own Legion, you can also contact me."

"Perhaps Great Lord Cao Xing doesn't know, but on the World Channel, many districts already have people who have established Legions, and they seem to be developing quite well."

"According to the development progress of this world, the difficulty of survival will become higher and higher later on. Some weak Survivor territories will be forced to join Legions to huddle together for warmth."

"This is a major trend. By the later stages, I estimate that one or two behemoth Legions will appear in every district."

"They will control the resources, population, and combat power of an entire district."

"In a short period, they will possess the strength to contend with those native factions."

Cao Xing nodded.

It had to be said that Wu Xinghu's analysis was quite reasonable.

Survivors huddling together for warmth was a major trend.

There is strength in numbers was not just empty talk.

With various transport vehicles, travel between Survivor territories would no longer be so difficult.

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