Chapter 256 Massive Harvest, Opening the Bright Moon Treasure Chest! (6000)

System prompts for successful transactions began flooding the screen frantically.

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Green)] * 2, you obtained [Ice Dragon Mark] * 600…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Green)] * 3, you obtained [Ice Dragon Mark] * 900…]

[Transaction successful…]

…

Three minutes.

It was truly only three minutes!

The 3,700 Nightmare Arrows he listed were snapped up instantly!

And the quantity of [Ice Dragon Mark] in his backpack was also growing rapidly!

[Ice Dragon Mark] * 723138

[Ice Dragon Mark] * 843293

[Ice Dragon Mark] * 1193215

In the end, the number of Cao Xing's Ice Dragon Marks settled at 1.5 million!

…

"Good heavens, this wave of transactions is truly terrifying!"

"It directly made me earn 1.1 million Ice Dragon Marks!"

"Just the quantity of materials in my hands is enough for Liu Muxue and me to exchange for both Bright Moon Treasure Chests in the shop, not to mention we can also exchange for dozens of Intermediate Hearts of Power to let everyone break through!"

You must know that up until now, Cao Xing hadn't even encountered a Bright Moon Treasure Chest yet.

While golden treasure chests could already yield golden equipment, a higher-grade treasure chest could probably yield epic-level items!

Just thinking about it made one extremely excited!

Meanwhile, more and more people in the chat channel received the information.

They heard that Cao Xing was selling an extremely terrifying kind of arrow that could help them easily deal with same-level bosses, and even leader-level creatures.

However, when they rushed back to their territories, they discovered that Cao Xing's arrows had already been snatched up.

Those who failed to grab any were immediately heartbroken and filled with regret!

As for those who managed to grab the arrows, they were overjoyed!

"What cursed luck! In the time it took me to take a dump outside my territory, I heard Great Lord Cao Xing was selling these arrows. I ran back without even wiping my ass, but in the end, I still couldn't beat you guys to it!"

"Sob sob sob… I was just taking a bath and ran out without even wearing clothes. I was almost frozen to death, but I still didn't manage to grab any…"

"Haha! I grabbed 2 of them. My son happens to have the Snowfield Hunter class. With this kind of arrow, what the hell do I have to fear from an Ice Nest leader? If it dares to come, I'll have my son shoot it to death!"

"I also grabbed 1, hahaha! Earlier I was still worrying about what to do if I encountered an Ice Nest Monster boss, and I was already prepared to run away and seek refuge with those bigshots. Now I don't need to run!"

Although only a small portion of territories would encounter boss or leader-level monsters,

holding such a powerful divine artifact in their hands still made their sense of security explode!

Just when those Survivors thought the transactions were over and felt filled with regret,

Cao Xing quietly listed a second batch of arrows.

This time, they were blue-quality Nightmare Arrows.

He raised the price once again.

Changing it to one arrow = 600 Ice Dragon Marks.

At this moment, those who hadn't grabbed any arrows felt a strong surge of hope ignite in their hearts once more!

"Holy shit! Great Lord Cao Xing listed a batch of even stronger arrows with a full 5 uses!"

"Charge! Limited to 500 arrows, if you go late they'll be gone."

"Hey hey hey! Here I fucking come!"

The Survivors went crazy.

They began pulling out almost all the Ice Dragon Marks in their territories to trade with Cao Xing.

And those whose Ice Dragon Marks weren't enough immediately borrowed from their relatives and friends.

This time it was even more exaggerated!

In less than a minute, the five hundred blue-quality [Nightmare Arrows] in Cao Xing's hands were completely sold out!

And he once again obtained 300,000 Ice Dragon Marks!

Just how terrifying of a number this was went almost without saying.

However, the market of 200,000 people in District 17 was simply too massive.

Cao Xing's handful of arrows was like a single stone tossed into a lake.

It could only stir up a ripple.

Many Survivors were craning their necks in anticipation, asking full of expectations:

"Great Lord Cao Xing, are there any left?"

"That's right, put up another batch of arrows, I haven't grabbed any yet!"

"Great Lord Cao Xing, I'm your loyal fan! I started supporting you back in the novice period, put up another batch of arrows!"

Amidst the clamor,

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, then opened the chat channel and began to speak.

Cao Xing: "Everyone, my reserves of these two types of arrows have currently all been sold out."

"However, everyone doesn't need to worry; a new batch of arrows is being urgently crafted."

"When I craft more arrows, I will continue selling them."

After Cao Xing finished speaking, the entire District 17 channel instantly plunged into a commotion.

"Haha! Great! Great Lord Cao Xing said he'll continue selling them later!"

"Holy shit, this time you must remind me, I must grab some!!"

"Me too, I have to grab this kind of powerful arrow."

The Survivors' messages began flooding the screen frantically.

At this moment, several Survivors seemed to remember something.

"Brothers, according to Great Lord Cao Xing's trading habits, he always leaves the best things for the very end. This time, Great Lord Cao Xing has already sold two qualities of arrows; do you guys think there might be even higher-quality arrows?"

Hearing this, the other Survivors also realized this point one after another.

"It's very possible! After all, the previous few transactions were all like this!"

"Great Lord Cao Xing, take out the good stuff in your hands, stop hiding it haha."

Hearing this, Cao Xing also spoke up: "You guys guessed right, I do indeed have an even higher-grade kind of arrow in my hands, but the quantity is very small, only around 100."

"I plan to use this kind of arrow to trade for some blueprints, skill books, or other magical plants. Those of you with purchasing intentions can get ready."

Hearing this, the Survivors were startled.

"Good heavens, there really are even higher-grade arrows!"

"Great Lord Cao Xing wants blueprints, skill books, and magical plants! Whoever has them, hurry up and rummage through your warehouses!"

"I have an Intermediate Tavern Construction Blueprint, I want to trade!"

…

Amidst the expectant gazes of the Survivors, Cao Xing listed the third batch of Nightmare Arrows.

[Consignment Item: Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Purple)]

[Inventory Reserve: 140]

[Required Items: Skill books, blueprints, or magical plants, Shadow Assassin Training Book, recruitment scrolls, and some special props]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

[Seller's Note: Higher-attribute Nightmare Arrow, has 5 uses, private chat me to negotiate pricing.]

…

This time, Cao Xing didn't have many purple arrow reserves on hand.

But it should still be enough to exchange for some pretty good things.

The first two transactions had attracted a massive amount of attention.

Sure enough, not long after Cao Xing listed them, his private messages reached 99+.

Cao Xing glanced over them.

This time, the idiots from Wangjiang Pavilion were much fewer; a large batch of them had been blacklisted by him earlier.

Now there weren't many people sending spam messages to harass him anymore.

Of course, it was also possible that those Survivors from Wangjiang Pavilion realized the gap between themselves and Cao Xing,

and were afraid of provoking retaliation in the future.

However, that wasn't something Cao Xing cared about.

What he cared more about was whether there were any items this time that would make his heart flutter.

Quickly glancing over them,

Cao Xing's eyes gradually lit up.

Then, he said in pleasant surprise: "Good, good, good, to think even this kind of thing exists!"

"Not bad, not bad."

Cao Xing discovered quite a few good things. After negotiating the prices with these people, he directly initiated the transactions.

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Purple)] * 4, you obtained [Intermediate Tavern Construction Blueprint] * 1…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Purple)] * 15, you obtained [Shadow Assassin Training Book] * 5…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Purple)] * 20, you obtained [Ascalon Warriors Training Book] * 10…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Purple)] * 8, you obtained [Logging Robot Crafting Blueprint] * 1…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Purple)] * 30, you obtained [Warrior Camp Construction (Gold)] * 1…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Finely Crafted Nightmare Arrow (Purple)] * 20, you obtained [Skill Book: Aerial Combat Mech · Gale (Gold)] * 1…]

…

A total of six transaction messages.

Cao Xing spent 97 Nightmare Arrows and successfully obtained the things he wanted as he wished!

"Good, good, good. This time I traded for five Shadow Assassin Training Books and ten Ascalon Warriors Training Books, which is enough to train all fifteen commoners into combat classes."

"Of course, there are currently too few workers, so there's no need to train them yet, but these can be kept as backups."

"Besides that, I also traded for the logging robot crafting blueprint and another two golden items!"

"This wave of transactions was a massive profit!"

After all, Nightmare Arrows were consumables,

being able to trade for so many things was truly earning a massive fortune!

Carrying an excited mood,

Cao Xing checked the attributes of these props as usual.

First was that tavern upgrade blueprint.

[Intermediate Tavern Construction Blueprint]

[Blueprint Effect: Upgrades the Primary Tavern in the territory into an Intermediate Tavern, capable of storing more alcohol, expanding the recruitment range, and causing more units to head to your territory.]

[Armor Value: 80 points]

[Durability: 4500 / 4500]

[Footprint Area: 320 square meters]

[Materials Required for Construction: Primary Tavern * 1, Wood * 2000, Stone * 1000, Iron * 300, Copper * 100, Intermediate Elemental Crystal * 50.]

[Construction Time: 27 hours 57 minutes]

…

"Not bad, the Intermediate Tavern can increase the recruitment range and also recruit more people to come to my territory. It's exactly what I need."

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction.

Then he checked the other things.

[Shadow Assassin Training Book: Can train classless individuals in the territory within the training camp into Shadow Assassins]

[Training Time: 7 hours 42 minutes]

…

[Ascalon Warriors Training Book: Can train classless individuals in the territory within the training barracks into Ascalon Warriors]

[Training Time: 5 hours 38 minutes]

…

[Logging Robot Crafting Blueprint]

[Blueprint Effect: Can craft Logging Robots in the Mechanical Factory, vastly speeding up the efficiency of gathering wood. Logging Robots possess the strength of level 15.]

[Armor: 200]

[Durability: 3000]

[Crafting Requirements: Intermediate Mechanical Factory, Iron * 200, Copper * 50, Electronic Components * 10, Mithril * 5…]

…

"Not bad, the Logging Robot is just like those three Drilling Robots and forklift robots working in the mining area within the territory. While possessing combat power, it can also greatly speed up the efficiency of gathering resources."

"As long as enough robots are crafted, the extraction speed of future wood resources will skyrocket linearly."

"It won't be long before I won't have to worry about my timber resources anymore."

"And most importantly, these robots can also receive the bonus of Eternal Power, greatly increasing their gathering speed!"

Cao Xing thought gleefully.

Then he checked the next item.

[Primary Warrior Camp Construction Blueprint (Gold)]

[Blueprint Introduction: A primary warrior camp can be constructed in the territory. Warrior-class occupations can train inside, increasing experience by 1,000 points per hour, and can learn skills such as Intermediate Swordsmanship Mastery, Intermediate Battle Axe Mastery, Execution, and Sweep.]

[Armor: 300]

[Durability: 6000]

[Floor Area: 451 square meters]

[Height: 12 meters]

[Construction Requirements: Lords Manor Level 6, 20,000 Timber, 10,000 Stones, 5,000 Iron, 500 Copper, 250 Mithril, 50 Eternal Gold Ingot, 30 Magic Pattern Stone, 20 Advanced Elemental Crystals]

[Construction Time: 72 hours and 17 minutes]

(A primary warrior camp can increase the probability of warrior-type rangers joining the territory.)

…

"Haha, I finally traded for the warrior camp blueprint!"

Currently, in his territory, there were already the Mage Tower and the Knight Hall.

However, the most numerous class in his territory was actually warriors.

Previously, Cao Xing had been wondering how to get warrior-type building blueprints.

Now it was great; he traded for it directly in one go.

Once this thing was built, it would allow those warrior-class occupations to train inside, and at the same time, they could learn some new skills, which could significantly boost combat power.

Right now, Cao Xing still had the last item left unexamined in his hands.

A skill book.

[Air Combat Machine · Gale: Frost Iron Mechanic Exclusive Skill Book]

[Skill Effect: Consumes materials and mechanical force to summon a powerful Air Combat Machine · Gale! It inherits 200% of the Mechanic's attributes and possesses skills such as 'Covering Strike', 'Fire Support', and 'Multiple Energy Bombs'.]

(Note: Gale lasts for 5 minutes. After the duration ends, a portion of the materials will be refunded.)

…

This was the skill book Cao Xing prepared for Tong Chuchu.

This was also the first golden skill book for a Mechanic that he had obtained.

[Gale] possessed powerful attributes and area-of-effect attack capabilities.

The most crucial point was that this was an air combat robot.

It could enhance Tong Chuchu's combat power once again.

"Not bad, not bad. This trade really yielded a bountiful harvest!"

Cao Xing thought with satisfaction.

Then, he closed the chat channel.

As for those Survivors, they looked at the [Market] interface with lingering eagerness.

Hoping that Cao Xing could produce more arrows as soon as possible and start the second trade!

…

…

After the trade was completed, Cao Xing came to the territory and called the Arctic People Du An over.

"Respected Lord."

Du An's respectful voice sounded.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "I just obtained two more blueprints. These two buildings are relatively important to the territory and need to be built as soon as possible."

"The upgrade of the Intermediate Elemental Arrow Tower can be paused. Transfer the personnel over and concentrate on upgrading the tavern to intermediate level."

"Then, the warrior camp also needs to be completed as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Du An wrote down Cao Xing's instructions one by one, and then respectfully said, "As you command, benevolent and great Lord."

After saying that, with a devout gaze, he directed the other Arctic People to go to work.

At the same time, Cao Xing called Liu Muxue over.

This time, he was going to do something big!

Redeem two Bright Moon Treasure Chests at once!

Wearing the Ice Dragon Armor and Snow Eagle Helmet, Liu Muxue walked over gracefully like a Valkyrie.

Amidst her puzzled gaze, Cao Xing directly traded 500,000 [Ice Dragon Mark] to her.

Seeing so many materials suddenly appear in her backpack, a look of surprise also appeared on Liu Muxue's pretty face.

"Wow… So many Ice Dragon Marks? Ah Xing, how did you get them?"

Cao Xing replied, "I got them through trading."

Hearing this, a look of worship appeared in Liu Muxue's eyes.

"You are so amazing, Ah Xing!"

Cao Xing smiled, "Muxue, let's start redeeming the Bright Moon Treasure Chest."

"I hope this time, we can open up some good things."

"Mhm mhm!"

This beautiful female knight nodded solemnly, and at the same time felt very excited!

After all, who could resist the temptation of opening treasure chests?

And it was even a Bright Moon Treasure Chest!

Then, the two of them opened the Dragon Shop at the same time.

A system prompt appeared.

[Whether to consume Ice Dragon Mark * 500,000 to redeem a crystal-clear Bright Moon Treasure Chest * 1?]

Cao Xing clicked 'Yes' without hesitation.

[Redemption Successful: Ice Dragon Mark – 500000…]

…

At this moment, in front of Cao Xing and Liu Muxue, a large hexagram magic array appeared respectively.

From these hexagram magic arrays, an unprecedented and astonishing chill burst forth!

Just by looking at it, one could tell that the quality of the treasure chest inside must be very high.

At the same time, Cao Xing saw the prototype of a treasure chest.

When the light dissipated.

Two extremely gorgeous treasure chests, crystal-clear in color throughout and engraved with intricate patterns, appeared before the two of them!

This was the Bright Moon Treasure Chest!

The first Bright Moon Treasure Chest obtained since entering this world!

Cao Xing stepped forward.

[Crystal-clear Bright Moon Treasure Chest discovered. Open it?]

The same system prompt also appeared on Liu Muxue's side, and she looked at Cao Xing with an inquiring gaze.

Cao Xing took a deep breath, "Open it, Muxue."

She nodded gently.

As for Cao Xing himself, he directly clicked 'Open'!

[Opened Successfully]

[Obtained: Thousand Ice Staff (Orange) * 1]

[Obtained: Tier 3 Boss-grade Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll * 1]

[Obtained: Large Anti-Corruption Potion (Purple) * 9]

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

[Obtained: dragon rock ore (Gold) * 15]

…

Cao Xing took a deep breath, a look of pleasant surprise in his eyes at the same time.

"Hahaha, it really did yield an orange-grade equipment for me!"

"And judging by the name of this equipment, it's even for my own use!"

At the same time, Liu Muxue had already finished opening her treasure chest over there.

Without any hesitation, she handed all the items in her hands directly to Cao Xing.

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Battle Helmet (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Tier 3 Leader-grade Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll * 1]

[Obtained: Large Anti-Corruption Potion (Purple) * 11]

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

[Obtained: dragon rock ore (Gold) * 21]

…

"Hiss!!"

Cao Xing sucked in a breath of cold air again.

Although Liu Muxue didn't open any orange-grade equipment from this treasure chest,

she actually opened a leader-grade recruitment scroll!

You must know that even the second place in this points leaderboard was only rewarded with one Dragon Blood Warrior combat scroll.

Seriously speaking, the gains from Liu Muxue opening the chest this time were actually even more terrifying than Cao Xing's!

And most importantly, she also opened the [Ice Dragon Battle Helmet]!

This was also the last piece of her Ice Dragon three-piece set, and she could now complete the set effect.

With a state of excitement, Cao Xing quickly glanced at the attributes of these items.

First, naturally, was that orange-quality staff.

Cao Xing pulled it out.

The appearance of the Thousand Ice Staff looked more like sections of transparent bamboo, exuding an astonishing chill.

At the top of the staff, a blue orb was embedded, of unknown grade.

The appearance of this staff was very beautiful.

Cao Xing also quickly checked its attributes.

[Thousand Ice Staff (Orange)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Equipment Level: Level 40]

[Magic Attack Power: 1254 ~ 1318]

[Attached Special Effect ①: Spirit + 250, Constitution + 100, Casting Speed + 20%]

[Attached Special Effect ②: Ten-Rate (Magic Critical Strike Rate increased by 10%, with an additional 10% magic lifesteal effect upon critical strike)]

[Attached Special Effect ③: Hundred-Cold (All ice-type magic effects increased by 30%, including attack range, healing effect, and support effect)]

[Attached Special Effect ④: Thousand-Ice (When casting ice-type magic, there is a 50% probability of applying a layer of Thousand Ice Breath status to the enemy, reducing their movement speed by 50% and ice attribute resistance by 20% within ten seconds.)]

(Equipment Introduction: Taken from the ten-thousand-year cold dragon blood bamboo, embedded with an extreme cold gem at the top, it contains extremely strong ice-cold power. During use, please be careful not to be frostbitten by the ice-cold breath on the staff — Archmage: Leni Cardier)

…

"Hiss! What a strong weapon!"

Cao Xing exclaimed in amazement!

The strength of this staff was completely no less than the other Level 40 epic weapon [Twilight].

In some aspects, it even surpassed it.

Especially the two special effects [Hundred-Cold] and [Thousand-Ice], which directly enhanced Cao Xing's combat power in all aspects!

"Haha, now the Level 40 weapon has a destination!"

This weapon came at just the right time for Cao Xing.

Because as long as he used the [Ice Dragon Horn] challenge once or twice more, there was a high probability he could upgrade to Level 40!

With a joyous look, he put this beautiful staff into his backpack.

Then he continued to check the next piece of equipment.

[Ice Dragon Battle Helmet (Gold)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Requirement: Level 20 and above]

[Armor: 55 ~ 61]

[Attached Special Effect ①: Spirit + 40, Constitution + 20, Critical Strike Rate + 20%]

[Attached Special Effect ②: Dragon Scale (When the head takes damage, reduces the critical strike rate of this attack by 50% and damage by 30%)]

[Attached Special Effect ③: Dragon Might (The moment of being attacked, there is a 100% probability to convert 100 points of agility into constitution)]

[Note: Ice Dragon Set 3/3, can form a set effect with the Ice Dragon Battle Boots and Ice Dragon Armor.]

[After gathering the three-piece set, the set effect 'Ice Dragon Guardian' can be activated.]

…

"Although it is only a Level 20 equipment, its attributes are also very good and can protect the head very well."

"That Dragon Might special effect later is equivalent to permanently increasing Constitution by 100 points, which is still very formidable!"

Cao Xing praised.

Of course, he was even more looking forward to what the effect of that three-piece set would be.

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