Loot the Mole Man’s granary and forge the Tusk Pistol.

Chapter 680: Looting the Moleman Granary and Forging Tusk Daggers.

The gazes of the nearby elder Cao Yi, Joren, and the others were also filled with admiration as they looked at Cao Xing.

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If he hadn't made preparations so many days in advance and formulated a series of policies,

the food in the territory would have run out days ago.

At that time, it might have triggered a series of serious consequences.

Hearing this, Cao Xing was not very happy; instead, he furrowed his brows.

"Can we only hold out for six days?"

It was still unknown how many more days this blizzard would last. If it went on even a little longer, not only would Cao Xing's territory fall into crisis, but the resource systems of most other lords would also completely collapse.

"However, I still have one final path."

"That is to use the teleportation array to go to Everfrost Main City and borrow some more from the Ice Crystal King."

Relying on the relationship between Cao Xing and the Ice Crystal King, as well as the contributions he had made, the Old King would surely pour out all his strength to help.

However, as mentioned earlier, the Blood Rebellion had just ended, and several nearby kingdoms had suffered immense damage and heavy losses.

It was estimated that the Ice Crystal King could only barely sustain himself.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing pulled back his thoughts.

Looking at everyone in the hall, he waved his hand and said, "I know. You guys head back first."

"Understood, Lord."

Everyone responded in unison and then withdrew one after another.

In the hall, only Cao Xing and Liu Muxue were left.

Cao Xing still leaned against the Shining Throne, closing his eyes as if pondering something.

Liu Muxue stood behind him, gently kneading his shoulders.

"Don't worry too much, Ah Xing," Liu Muxue said softly, her tone carrying a hint of comfort.

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing chuckled and replied, "Rest assured, I'm not that worried; there are still plenty of ways."

"It's just that this blizzard came too suddenly, leaving us no time to prepare."

"Otherwise, with the strength of our territory, this kind of problem wouldn't have occurred at all."

Liu Muxue nodded gently, completely believing the man's words.

Right at this moment, a 'buzzing' static sound came from the communication device by Cao Xing's ear.

Then, a familiar, alluring female voice rang out.

"Lord, I am Ilena."

Cao Xing replied, "I hear you. Go ahead."

Ilena's voice came through his ear once more, "Today, my younger sister and I were searching for food outside, and on the way, we discovered a ratman cave."

"Guess what we found inside?" Her tone carried a trace of excitement.

"Oh? What is it?" Cao Xing's interest was also piqued.

Ilena's voice carried joy: "My sister and I found a group of ratmen frozen to death in this cave."

"Not only that, deep within the cave, there is also a granary left behind by the ratmen."

"Inside, there are piles and piles of corn and grain—at least tens of thousands of kilograms!"

The more Ilena spoke, the more excited she became, her tone carrying thinly veiled agitation.

Hearing this, a hint of an excited smile also surfaced on Cao Xing's face.

Tens of thousands of kilograms of food—although the exact amount was uncertain,

calculated based on the territory's current daily consumption of 15,000 kilograms, it would allow them to hold out for a few more days!

Coupled with the current food, supporting themselves for another ten days would be no problem at all.

"Good, give me the coordinates," Cao Xing said decisively.

"Understood!"

Ilena quickly reported a set of coordinates.

Cao Xing glanced at the minimap and found that these unknown coordinates were roughly four hundred kilometers away from the territory.

Relatively speaking, it wasn't too far.

"I know. You and Lana wait there; I'm coming over right now."

"As you command, Lord."

After hanging up the communication, Cao Xing turned around and said, "Muxue, Ilena made a discovery over there. I'm going out for a bit."

"Mm-hm, go ahead, Ah Xing. Be careful on the way." Liu Muxue's face still wore a gentle smile.

Cao Xing nodded, stood up from the throne, and then walked straight out of the Lords Castle.

"Whoosh—!"

The moment he pushed open the doors of the Lords Castle, a violent blizzard rushed straight at him, carrying a bone-chilling cold that made it impossible to keep one's eyes open.

Cao Xing's mage robe fluttered loudly in the fierce wind,

yet his figure remained as steadfast as a boulder, completely unaffected.

The Wind Wings behind Cao Xing vibrated gently, carrying him steadily into the air.

At this moment, snow still filled the sky, and heaven and earth were a vast expanse of white.

Fortunately, Cao Xing didn't need to worry about direction; he just needed to move straight ahead according to the coordinate directions on the map.

"Swish—" A powerful figure shuttled through the blizzard with astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, he had surged forward more than a dozen kilometers.

"Whoosh, whoosh—" A few minutes later, Cao Xing had already arrived near the coordinates.

This was at the foot of a large mountain, and the terrain was similar to the ratman mine cave he had encountered back then.

Cao Xing swept his gaze around, searching for a bit.

Soon, by the snowy ground below, he saw two slender figures.

One white, one cyan.

Both possessed snake bodies, their tails carving elegant curves in the snow.

Their upper human bodies were enchanting and slim.

Coupled with those two beautiful faces, they fully displayed an exotic allure!

If it were ordinary hunters or villagers seeing this pair of snake-people sisters in such heavy snow, they would probably be scared out of their wits and flee in panic on the spot.

But for Cao Xing, Ilena was one of his most loyal subordinates.

Ilena also noticed his figure, waved the trident in her hand, and called out,

"Lord, over here, over here!"

Cao Xing quickly adjusted his direction and rapidly descended toward the area where the two women were located.

At this moment, they were hiding beneath a giant boulder to shelter from the blizzard.

Behind them was also a pitch-black cave entrance.

"Lord, you've arrived."

Ilena quickly stepped forward with a bright smile on her face.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then looked toward Green Snake Lana at the side,

This somewhat hot-tempered woman still stood to the side with her arms crossed and a cold expression.

Ever since Cao Xing helped her lift that curse last time, her attitude had softened a lot.

But ordinarily, she remained taciturn, basically avoiding contact and communication with any outsiders other than her elder sister.

Even upon seeing Cao Xing, she wouldn't proactively step forward to greet him.

Cao Xing didn't mind this at all; he knew that this green snake's personality was naturally like this.

Furthermore, as long as she obeyed orders, that was enough.

He turned his head and said to the white snake, "Ilena, lead me inside."

"Alright, Lord."

Having spoken, Ilena wriggled her body, taking the lead to enter the cave behind her.

Cao Xing followed closely behind, with Lana walking at the very back.

The three of them passed through a dark and narrow passageway, quickly arriving inside the cave.

The space here became much wider, and some energy torches were inserted into the walls, providing a bit of light for the entire cavern.

Scattered on the ground were some boxes containing arrows and some inferior gunpowder.

Aside from that, a group of ratman corpses frozen to death lay sprawled horizontally and vertically; the corpses were already stiff, covered with a thin layer of frost on the surface.

Cao Xing didn't let these ratman corpses go either.

He squatted down and stored them one by one into the necromancers bag.

Of course, make no mistake—these corpses weren't meant to be used as food.

For Cao Xing's territory, this was also another kind of resource.

After all, Hilda's Blood Spiders and the Blood Altar both required a large number of corpses as materials.

After finishing this, he gathered all the arrows, gunpowder, and weapons scattered on the ground and put them into his backpack.

He didn't even waste the torches on the walls.

[Obtained: Fine Arrow (Green) * 1439]

[Obtained: Crude Gunpowder (White) * 3214]

[Obtained: Ratman Standard Scimitar (Green) * 152]

[Obtained]

As a series of system prompts sounded,

wherever he passed, basically everything was swept clean by him, leaving the ground completely spotless.

Watching Cao Xing's actions, the expressions of the snake-people sisters varied.

Cao Xing turned his head and said, "Ilena, Lana, you guys come help too."

"Go to the platform above and collect those weapons and wood."

"Alright, Lord." Ilena immediately went into action.

Lana spoke indifferently from the rear, "You really don't waste a single thing."

Cao Xing casually said, "Of course not. Otherwise, how do you think such a large territory of mine came to be?"

"Wasn't it built up bit by bit through frugality to reach the level it is at now?"

As she walked, Ilena said with a face full of adoration, "That's right, that's right! My Lord is amazing!"

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"At the beginning, we only had a small camp, and the entire territory had almost no resources."

"Under the Lord's leadership, we managed to develop to this scale!"

"There is no one in the world more incredible than the Lord."

Looking at her sister's worshipful expression, Lana slowly shook her head and let out a sigh.

She said no more and silently walked into the cave, picking up all the scattered timber and ore.

It took about five minutes for them to sweep away all the resources in this outer mine.

Cao Xing clapped his hands and said with satisfaction, "Let's go, take me inside."

The three figures continued to walk deeper into the cave.

As they went deeper, the aroma of food gradually filled the air.

It seemed that a lot of food was stored inside.

This made Cao Xing look forward to it even more, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace.

As they rounded the last bend, his eyes lit up at the sight before him!

In front of him, a massive pile of food sacks lay stacked like a mountain.

At a rough estimate, there were at least several thousand bags.

"Good grief! There's actually so much food!"

An excited look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he swept the batch of food directly into his inventory.

[Obtained: Dried Corn Kernels * 172 bags]

[Obtained: Rice * 214 bags]

[Obtained: Wheat * 123 bags]

[Obtained—]

In the blink of an eye, the food in the cave was swept clean.

Cao Xing did a quick tally; this batch of food totaled 98,000 kilograms, which far exceeded his expectations.

"Great, great, great. This can sustain the territory for another week."

He turned around, looked at the Snake-folk sisters, and said appreciatively,

"Well done, Ilena."

"And Lana, you did great as well."

Ilena bowed slightly. "It is my honor to share the Lord's burdens."

The green snake beside her, however, remained noncommittal.

Cao Xing clapped his hands and continued to search the cave.

After making sure nothing was missed, he said directly,

"Let's go, let's head out first."

Two minutes later, the three of them came out of the cave entrance.

The wind and snow were still raging, but Cao Xing's mood was much lighter.

He looked up at the gloomy sky and said, "This batch of food is almost enough. Let's return to the territory first."

"Yes, Lord," Ilena replied softly.

Then, a pair of Wind Wings appeared behind each of the three of them at the same time.

And carried them up into the air.

Needless to say, the 'Wind Wings' skill was incredibly useful.

Even the Snake-folk, who were originally ground units, now possessed the ability to fly.

The long tails of the two Snake-folk swayed in mid-air, like the legendary flying snake demons.

Fortunately, it was a blizzard right now; otherwise, if passing villagers saw this scene, it would become another bizarre tale.

About twenty minutes later, the three of them flapped their Wind Wings and landed steadily in the buffer zone of the territory.

Cao Xing turned around and said, "Lana, Ilena, go back and rest now."

"Before the blizzard clears up, you probably won't need to go out again."

Lana walked straight toward the residential area.

At this moment, Ilena twisted her body and leaned close to Cao Xing's ear.

With her eyes cast down, she asked softly, "My Lord, you haven't come to see Ilena for a long time. Have you lost interest in me?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing turned his head slightly and met those narrow eyes.

Her pupils were filled with a look of desire.

Speaking of which, since the territory's population had grown, Cao Xing indeed couldn't look after every member like before.

Most of his energy was spent on developing the territory and improving the strength of his members.

But everyone's thoughts were different.

Compared to improving their strength, they wanted Cao Xing to spare more time to accompany them.

For example, Elena, Xia Yanni, and the other girls.

Cao Xing looked at the serious snake-woman in front of him, and then directly wrapped his arm around her slender, snake-like waist.

Catching her off guard, he suddenly kissed her.

"Mmh…"

Ilena let out a soft moan, but quickly adapted to it.

Her body began to squirm, appearing somewhat restless.

After a few minutes, their lips parted.

Ilena's eyes still held a dazed, misty look.

Cao Xing pinched her waist a few times, making the body of the snake-woman in his arms tremble slightly.

"You are not allowed to say such things next time, understand?" Cao Xing said in a serious tone.

Like a white snake-woman who had done something wrong, she lowered her head and replied softly, "Ilena understands, I won't say such things again."

"I'm sorry… Lord."

Then, she raised her head and asked tentatively, "Then tonight… Ilena will wait for you at the hot spring house, is that okay?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing couldn't help but picture the snake-woman's incredibly slender and enchanting figure.

This was a true vixen's body, capable of draining a man completely dry.

Moreover, she also had the ability to shapeshift.

No matter which form she took, it would be an extraordinary experience.

He released his hand from Ilena's waist and said with a light laugh, "I understand. Go back and rest for now."

"Mm."

The white snake-woman replied softly, but her eyes were already filled with unconcealable joy.

Then she twisted her body and left.

As she walked away, she turned her head back from time to time to look at Cao Xing's figure.

After Ilena left,

Cao Xing shook his head and cast aside the thoughts in his mind.

A smile appeared on his face once again.

"Thanks to this granary found by Ilena, the food issue is temporarily resolved."

"Next, I can recall the others."

With this thought,

he quickly went down to the basement and transferred a portion of the food from his inventory to the warehouse.

Then, he pressed the communication device by his ear and switched to the team channel.

"All members who are still outside searching for food, return to the territory immediately."

"The territory's crisis has been mostly resolved."

Hearing Cao Xing's voice, the masters and heroes of the territory all stopped what they were doing.

Joyful smiles appeared on their faces.

They replied solemnly, "Yes, Lord!"

Then they quickly turned around and made their way back to the territory.

Time flew by, and a whole day passed.

As night fell and darkness completely enveloped the sky,

one powerful figure after another returned to the territory.

Among this batch of core combat personnel, some had explored further away, while others were near the territory.

The first thing they did upon returning was to hand over their harvested resources to the territory, and then head to the canteen for a hearty meal.

Cao Xing was currently standing inside the steaming Blacksmith Shop, watching Harold's forging movements.

Outside, the wind and snow filled the sky, and the lowest temperature could reach minus seventy degrees.

But inside the Blacksmith Shop, the temperature could reach an astonishing 30 degrees!

The air was filled with the scent of metal and fire.

"Clang! Clang!" The heavy sound of hammering was endless.

Harold was shirtless, holding a massive forging hammer in his hand, each strike carrying an extremely powerful and deep force.

On the anvil in front of him lay a sharp white tusk.

It was exactly the [Fatal Tusk of the Black-Maned Wild Boar King (Orange)] harvested from the wild boar king that Jode had brought back yesterday.

Under Harold's superb forging skills, one of the tusks had already changed its original shape, gradually stretching into a straight short spear.

However, it was only a little over a meter long.

"Buzz—"

As the final hammer blow fell, the shaft of the short spear emitted a low hum, as if announcing its own birth!

Immediately after, without a moment's pause, Harold grabbed the short spear and immersed it in a nearby special cooling liquid.

This cooling liquid had been specially treated and contained a strong elemental power, which could better preserve the power contained within the tusk.

"Sizzle—"

The moment the cooling liquid came into contact with the short spear, a plume of white smoke rose, and a cold aura filled the air, as if even the temperature had dropped by a few degrees.

Harold took out the short spear. The shaft was now completely formed, its surface ivory white, yet revealing a heavy texture.

"The first short spear is completed, Lord." Harold heaved a long sigh of relief and said respectfully.