Chapter 318: The Territory’s Biggest Boost! (5600)

After agreeing on the purchase price, Cao Xing and Hilton walked out of the tavern together.

Then, Cao Xing summoned the Arctic People Du An.

He asked him to lead people to the basement and bring up the stored Cloud Yak milk.

When Hilton saw the six Arctic People carrying up three large barrels of milk, his mouth couldn't stop smiling!

To him, this milk was full of crowns!

"Lord Cao Xing, the quality of the milk produced in your territory is as high as ever. I could smell the milky fragrance from behind the wooden barrels!"

He exclaimed with admiration.

"Shall we trade now?"

Cao Xing nodded.

Then, Du An led his men to load the three large barrels of milk onto the carriage of the Black Lion Chamber of Commerce.

Hilton had his men bring over three large chests, which were packed full of a large amount of crowns.

The two of them quickly completed the transaction.

[Transaction successful, you have lost [Cloud Yak Milk] * 300L, you have obtained [Coins] * 2,850,000…]

…

Having earned another 2.8 million crowns, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

He glanced at his crown reserves.

[Coins] * 10,756,732…

He originally had nearly six million crowns on hand, and last night, after pushing through those camps, he had accumulated over two million crowns.

Added with today's harvest, he had officially broken through the ten-million mark!

However, it was still not enough.

According to Cao Xing's estimate, there were a total of 267 warriors in his territory.

Calculating based on 5,000 crowns needed for each warrior's sacrifice, this meant he needed at least over 13 million crowns!

Cao Xing thought to himself: "I plan to promote all the warriors to Tier 4 today."

"Which means I still need to find a way to get another three or four million crowns."

So, he set his sights on Hilton.

This old fellow was currently very happy because he had received a large amount of milk.

His face was beaming with joy.

Cao Xing said: "Lord Hilton, I wonder how many crowns you brought with you on this trip?"

Hearing this question, Hilton was stunned for a moment.

He pondered for a moment, then replied: "Not much, there's about three million crowns left…"

Hearing this, Cao Xing narrowed his eyes.

He wrapped his arm around Hilton's shoulder and said happily: "Lord Hilton, how about doing me a favor?"

"Recently, I'm a bit short on cash…"

Hilton, with his short stature, was tucked under his arm like a little meatball, and he said weakly: "Lord… Lord Cao Xing, what do you mean?"

"Lend me three million crowns, and I'll let you continue to take away the Cloud Yak milk next week."

"Of course, I can also sell you two more pieces of Cloud Yak clothing, how about that?"

Hearing this, Hilton breathed a sigh of relief.

He said speechlessly: "Phew! I thought it was something else!"

"Lord Cao Xing, you could have just said so. I'll have my men bring it over to you right now."

"As for the Cloud Yak clothing, that won't be necessary. I'll come back to buy from you after I've negotiated the price with those nobles next time."

Through these few contacts, Hilton naturally knew of Cao Xing's character.

Besides, with such a large territory here, he couldn't run away.

After saying this, a few Black Lion guards brought over three large money chests and handed them directly to Cao Xing.

He accepted them without any hesitation.

[Obtained: Coins * 3 million…]

Seeing over 13 million crowns in his backpack, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"Happy doing business with you, Lord Hilton."

Hilton also laughed, "Happy doing business with you, Lord Cao Xing."

Then, Cao Xing took out an egg that looked like a white gemstone from his backpack and placed it in Hilton's hand.

"Lord Cao Xing, this is?"

"A Light Feather Chicken egg."

Hearing this name, Hilton was shocked, "It's actually the egg of that kind of magical creature!"

"Lord Cao Xing, surely you didn't even catch these magical creatures and keep them in your territory to raise?"

Cao Xing nodded, "I did indeed catch a batch, but because I didn't know the price, I wanted to ask first."

Hilton looked at Cao Xing with a complex expression again.

He discovered that this Otherworld Lord was truly capable.

It felt like there was nothing he couldn't do.

Catching a Light Feather Chicken was an extremely difficult task in itself, let alone raising them in the territory.

And this made Hilton even more determined to maintain a good relationship with Cao Xing.

He held the egg and thought carefully for a moment.

"It is said that this kind of egg has a very obvious effect on improving physique. An ordinary person who eats one will clearly feel their strength increase significantly."

"Besides that, these eggs also have the effect of dispelling curses. Some curses that even priests cannot dispel can be resolved with a Light Feather Chicken egg."

It was clear that Hilton was quite knowledgeable, as he immediately stated the uses of this egg.

He continued: "According to market price, such an egg is worth about 12,000 to 13,000 crowns."

Hearing this number, Cao Xing nodded in realization.

Calculated this way, the value of these eggs was quite high.

There were currently 96 Light Feather Chickens in the territory. They laid 13 eggs on the first day and 17 eggs on the second day.

This meant they could bring in more than 100,000 in revenue every day.

Although it was slightly less than the Cloud Yak, the reproduction ability of the Light Feather Chicken was stronger.

Plus, he had [Glowing Branch] to provide them with the power of Holy Light.

Over time, eggs would produce chickens, and chickens would produce eggs.

Before long, the daily income created by these Light Feather Chickens would be able to surpass the Cloud Yak.

Thinking of this, a happy smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

Hilton asked tentatively: "Lord Cao Xing, are you planning to sell a batch of these eggs?"

Cao Xing shook his head, "Not selling for now. The number of these eggs is too small at the moment. I'll contact you when my production volume increases in the future."

Hearing this, Hilton nodded.

At the same time, he had a little more to look forward to in his heart.

Then, the two chatted about some other matters.

They were all small details about business.

Although Cao Xing didn't have the idea of developing a commercial city at the moment, it might come in handy in the near future.

Learning more was never a bad thing.

Hilton told Cao Xing everything in great detail.

Including trading in different cities, how much tax to pay, how to bribe those financial officials, how to dump goods in hand faster, etc…

A moment later, their conversation was almost over.

Hilton glanced around and continued: "Lord Cao Xing, I see that your territory has expanded quite a bit compared to last time."

"Although you Chosen Lords have a special status and don't even need noble status to possess some special rights."

"But this is, after all, the territory of those nobles."

"So I have to give a warning."

"Before this, the scale of other Chosen Lords' territories was not large, at most some small gathering places."

"But with your current scale, I'm afraid it will attract the attention and targeting of the Baron in this area!"

"They definitely won't allow such a huge armed force to gather in their territory."

"You need to be prepared to be targeted by these nobles."

"When necessary, choosing to spend money to resolve disasters is also a good method."

Hearing Hilton's warning, Cao Xing also nodded.

He naturally knew that his territorial expansion would attract the attention of the local Baron or Viscount.

However, he had already laid out his plans in advance.

Currently, the Baron in the area where Cao Xing was located was already dead.

The newly appointed Baron was his person.

And he was about to be firmly controlled by him.

Next, Cao Xing could expand however he wanted.

Even if other nobles were unconvinced, there was nothing they could do.

If asked, just say it was permitted by the Baron, so what?

Unless one day, the Baron here changed, or Cao Xing's territory expanded beyond the scope of Fitz Walker's territory.

Then someone else would come looking for him.

After chatting about these things, Hilton bid farewell to Cao Xing.

Then he happily drove away with several barrels of milk.

And Cao Xing himself, after Hilton left, had a smile reappear on the corner of his mouth.

"Very good, the crowns have been collected, and the food has been gathered."

"Now, it's time to digest the harvest from last night!"

Cao Xing organized the pile of items in his backpack.

Apart from those souls and Heart of Strength, there were also five golden weapons.

They were all weapons dropped by those white-robed priests, and the level was not low, reaching level 40.

Then there were more than a dozen purple weapons and equipment.

However, the purple equipment didn't provide much of a boost for him.

Cao Xing decided to hand them all over to Harold to handle, or wait until later to throw them directly on the trading market to sell.

After all, at the current stage, Survivors were still using green and blue equipment. A piece of purple equipment would make one a master among the crowd!

So the price of purple equipment was still very high.

The five golden weapons in the backpack were [Magic Fish Sting], [Predator Longbow], [Revelation Longsword], [Mercy Warblade], [Giant Rock Warhammer]…

Except for that dagger and that longbow, the other three were currently not used by anyone.

So Cao Xing only checked the attributes of these two pieces of equipment.

[Magic Fish Sting (Gold)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Level: Level 40]

[Equipment Type: One-handed weapon (Note: Can equip two different one-handed weapons at the same time, attributes can stack, but weapon attack power will be adjusted.)]

[Attack Power: 572 ~ 633]

[Attached Effect ①: Agility +150, Strength +80, Hit Rate +15%]

[Attached Effect ②: Magic Fish Power (When attacking, ignores 150 points of enemy armor)]

[Attached Effect ②: Magic Fish Shadow (At the moment of attacking, has a 100% probability of converting 50% of Spirit into Agility)]

(Note: A dagger crafted from the most powerful part of a mysterious creature is now held in your hand. With every swing, it is as if you can hear the sound of that mysterious creature from the deep sea—Ocean Hunter: Chloe Swan)

…

"Oh? Converting Spirit into Agility? That's not bad."

"And it only happens the moment an attack is launched, which is equivalent to indirectly strengthening Sarah's attack power without affecting her Spirit resistance at other times."

Then, he glanced at the attributes of the other longbow.

[Predator Longbow (Gold)]

[Quality: Gold]

[Equipment Level: Level 40]

[Attack Power: 732~779]

[Bonus Effect ①: Agility +280, Strength +200, Critical Hit Rate +20%]

[Bonus Effect ②: Predatory Instinct (Critical Damage increased by 20%)]

[Bonus Effect ③: Predator (Attacks inflict 15% Physical Lifesteal effect)]

…

"The attributes of this longbow are quite brutal; it's a pure output weapon."

"However, Renice already has a Hunting Longbow, so this weapon can be given to Elisa."

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction.

As for the other three weapons, there was no need to look at them.

"Now, it is time to upgrade those warriors!"

Cao Xing arrived at the central area of the territory.

He looked up.

A black furnace, five meters high, was radiating heat.

Beside it was a large plaza.

It could accommodate thousands of people gathering here at the same time.

And Cao Xing opened his backpack and took out the red statue that was five or six meters tall.

"Clang!"

The heavy statue appeared abruptly on the brick floor of the territory.

The statue was simple and heavy. Although the deity carved upon it was dead, it still looked full of unyielding fighting spirit!

It appeared mighty and extraordinary.

Truly worthy of being the God of War!

Cao Xing shouted: "Combat personnel, assemble!"

Upon hearing the order, hundreds of combat personnel walked over in a swarm.

Each of them exuded an extremely aggressive aura, like a drawn blade!

At this moment, after lining up according to their race and class, they gave people a feeling of being unstoppable, capable of cutting through gold and stone!

When Cao Xing swept his gaze across them, the warriors held their heads high and met his eyes.

Their eyes were filled with various emotions like fanaticism, respect, and fighting spirit.

This was a group of battle-hardened soldiers!

Before entering the different dimension, they were all beings who had died in various wars.

And now that they had been summoned, they would continue to carry out their mission!

Now, Cao Xing would grant them even greater power.

He first tallied the number of current combat personnel in his territory.

[Combat Villagers List, click to view]

…

Cao Xing let out a heavy breath.

Goodness, he hadn't really calculated it in detail before.

After tallying it up, he realized that in his territory, the various troop types, plus the core combat personnel, actually numbered over four hundred and sixty!

This was a large number; even in those large legions, the number of combat personnel in their territories was not as many as Cao Xing's.

It was also a quite formidable force!

After calming his mood, he continued to order: "All Ascalon Warriors, Centaur warriors, and Wild Boar Warriors, step forward."

Swish!

259 figures (Yaskin was not in the territory) stood out in unison.

They looked firmly at their lord, waiting for his next instruction.

Cao Xing said: "You are all veterans of our territory and have been at Tier 3 for a while."

"So now, get ready, I will have all of you break through to Tier 4 and possess even greater power!"

Hearing this, everyone on the field was shocked.

After all, having over two hundred warriors break through to Tier 4 all at once was truly shocking!

Even Cao Xing himself would not have dared to imagine he could do this in such a short time without this [Deity Altar].

For a moment, hundreds of eyes looked at Cao Xing curiously.

Seeming to want to know what kind of miraculous methods their lord had?

Cao Xing waved his hand.

He first took out all 12.95 million crowns and placed them in front of the altar.

"Clang!"

Inside the thirteen money chests, they were packed full of millions of crowns!

Looking at so many crowns on the ground, the crowd seemed not to understand why their lord had suddenly taken out so much money.

Cao Xing did not explain and took out over twenty thousand pieces of Mithril.

Soon, this priceless Mithril piled up into a small hill on the ground.

In a corner in the distance, a sneaky figure was watching this curiously.

It was the Goblin Rock.

When he saw so much Mithril, his pupils suddenly dilated!

You must know, the weight of one piece of Mithril is about 100g, and in their Goblin tribe, the value of 1g of Mithril can reach up to one or two thousand crowns.

That is to say, the value of Cao Xing's twenty thousand-plus pieces of Mithril had already exceeded 100 million!

Even for the Goblin Rock, he had never seen so much Mithril.

There was a fiery look in his eyes.

Cao Xing's mental power was now very powerful, so he could naturally feel this goblin peeping from afar.

However, he did not care.

Next, he took out over two thousand high-level elemental crystals.

Finally, there were over fifty thousand kilograms of grain!

Calculating at 40 kilograms per bag of grain, there were over a thousand bags here.

Piled up together at this moment, it looked like a mountain of grain, which looked quite spectacular!

Seeing this scene, everyone was even more confused.

However, they all knew that their lord had his reasons for doing this.

Looking at the resources all over the ground, Cao Xing also felt heartache.

With this wave, the family fortune he had saved for so long was almost emptied.

Even for him, it would take a long time to save up so many resources again.

However, there is no return without investment.

Next, Cao Xing planned to go to Lake Doron City and do something big!

And to survive in a battlefield of this scale and gain benefits, one naturally needs to have powerful strength.

Therefore, upgrading these warriors was very necessary.

If this job was successful, his consumption would naturally be made up for.

Thus, Cao Xing took a deep breath and directly clicked on the upgrade function on the altar.

A system prompt appeared.

[Consume resources: Food * 259,000, crowns… to make 259 Tier 3 warriors break through to Tier 4?]

"Yes!"

The next moment, the Deity Altar emitted a red power!

This power was like a blood mist, constantly spreading outward!

Within it, they even felt a trace of extremely vast pressure!

Just a trace of it made all the warriors on the field turn red in the eyes, and even couldn't help but want to draw their weapons and have a big fight on the spot!

Then, the blood mist that spread out devoured all the Mithril on the ground.

And the blood-colored aura on the statue instantly surged by a large margin!

Next were the high-level elemental crystals, and then over ten million crowns.

Every time it devoured, the aura on the statue would continue to grow.

However, when devouring the tens of thousands of kilograms of food, the blood mist seemed to pause for a moment.

This made Cao Xing feel a little nervous.

But fortunately, this blood mist didn't seem to be a picky eater.

The food on the ground also began to be gradually devoured.

As a large amount of resources disappeared, the red aura on the altar gradually condensed into reality.

Just when everyone was confused, the power accumulated on the altar finally reached its peak!

Then, a strong light erupted from it and rushed into the sky!

"Hum!"

The blood-colored beam of light shot straight into the sky and then vanished in a flash.

It turned into 259 blood pillars, falling onto the 259 warriors on the field respectively.

The next moment, these warriors felt a scorching, powerful force suddenly surge within their bodies!

This force began to spread throughout their bodies, causing their physiques to transform rapidly.

The aura on all the warriors also began to rise at a terrifying speed.

Seeing this scene, looks of realization appeared in everyone's eyes.

Jonard and Josent said: "So that's it, the lord uses sacrifices to activate the power of this altar to let all of us warriors break through, right?"

"I can indeed feel that the warriors are all about to successfully break through."

The divine power contained in the statue was very vast.

And there was no probability of failure, so the breakthrough progress of all these warriors was very fast.

Not long after, a large number of system prompts appeared in front of Cao Xing.

[Your territory member: Kandaer has successfully broken through to Tier 4, becoming a Tier 4 Boss-level creature, base attributes increased by 100%]

[Your territory member: Rabb has successfully broken through to Tier 4, becoming a Tier 4 Boss-level creature, base attributes increased by 100%]

[Your…]

…

After more than two hundred system prompts, all the warriors on the field had broken through to Tier 4!

At this moment, shock appeared in the eyes of the warriors who had broken through!

They also understood Cao Xing's actions just now.

It turned out that their lord had taken out so many resources to upgrade their strength.

Even those relatively honest Wild Boar Warriors, seeing so much Mithril, food, and coins on the ground, knew how high the value of these resources was.

For a moment, they were deeply moved…

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