The surging population and inheritance rewards.

Chapter 640: Exploding Population, Inheritance Rewards.

The townspeople of Frostwind Town were shocked by the prosperity of this territory,

including that young petty noble—Joren Green, who was also deeply captivated by the scene before him.

His gaze swept over the orderly arranged buildings within the territory, as well as the neatly planned streets and facilities, and a surge of indescribable excitement welled up in his heart.

All of this indicated that this territory was unlike any other.

Compared to the savage development of other Survivor lords, everything here was so orderly, pleasing to the eye, and filled with a sense of security.

To use a common adjective, it appeared much more civilized, like a City of Hope rising from the chaos.

Joren couldn't help clenching his fists, a fiery light gradually igniting in his eyes.

He sighed inwardly, "This kind of territory is the ideal place I have always dreamed of and longed to build."

"If I can take root here and participate in the construction of the territory, I will surely be able to put all the knowledge I learned from books into practice."

After taking this group of commoners into the territory, Cao Xing also turned around and headed back.

Next, with nothing particular to do, he went straight to the back garden area of the territory.

At this moment, that pair of figure-like exquisite Tree Spirit Race twin sisters were still carefully tending to the flowers and plants, occasionally bending over to prune excess branches.

And their bending movement would let people see that snow-white skin, and the contour of an inverted half-bowl.

Fortunately, this was the two women's exclusive area, and basically no one else would come over at other times.

Cao Xing's mind once again recalled their extremely beautiful figures.

Then, he walked directly over.

Amidst the exclamations of Juliette and Nive, they suddenly felt a strong, large hand appear around their waists, instantly gripping them tightly.

Then their legs left the ground, and their field of vision shifted.

The two beauties were directly hoisted onto Cao Xing's shoulders.

"Mhm—"

The two women exclaimed at the same time.

At the same time, Cao Xing had already hoisted them up, carrying one on each shoulder, and walked toward the room.

Little Nive lay on his shoulder, turned her head, and asked, "Lord, where are you taking us?"

Cao Xing turned her head and chuckled, "Does little Nive want to continue playing that kind of game?"

Hearing this, a joyful smile immediately appeared on her face, and she nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Mhm mhm! I want to play, I want to play!"

"Lord, Nive wants to be even happier!"

Meanwhile, her older sister Juliette was already blushing all over and remained speechless.

Cao Xing nodded and said, "Alright, I'll take you over right now."

Then, he came straight to the twin sisters' residence and kicked open the front door.

With a 'bang', he closed the front door again.

After a while, Juliette's low and suppressed sighs, along with Nive's crisp laughter, echoed in the room.

Two hours later.

A Tree Spirit Race beauty with jade-white skin and a slender figure was maintaining a duck-sitting posture, twisting flexibly.

As if there was endless energy in her body.

Even Cao Xing was already lying flat on the bed at this moment, letting the beauty on top do as she pleased.

This beauty was naturally Nive.

As for her older sister, she had already collapsed from exhaustion half an hour ago.

At this moment, she was also lying on her side, looking at her younger sister with a shy expression.

Juliette seemed to notice Cao Xing's awkward plight and softly reminded, "Ni…… Nive—it's about time to stop."

"Let the Lord rest for a while, he's tired—"

Hearing this, Nive stopped her movements.

Her fair hands pressed against Cao Xing's chest, her dark hair cascading down from her shoulders, and her eyes carried a clear and bright light.

"Lord, are you tired?"

At this moment, Cao Xing was raising his head, less than 10 centimeters away from Nive's delicate face.

He could even feel the desire and intensity in the Tree Spirit Race woman's eyes.

He really wanted to say: Not tired at all, I can keep fighting for a few more hours.

But his body's reaction was very honest.

Just as Cao Xing was about to find an excuse to slip away, a system prompt appeared.

[Clay Jones applies to visit your territory. Do you agree?]

A look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes. "Oh? Is someone here again?"

Although he knew that Cao Yi had already started moving and was gathering those refugees across the Gale Snowfield,

this efficiency still somewhat exceeded his imagination.

Cao Xing placed his hands on Nive's slender waist and said, "People have arrived outside the territory, I need to go deal with it."

"I'll take you to continue playing games next time."

Hearing this, a look of disappointment instantly appeared on little Nive's face.

But she also knew that what Cao Xing had to handle was serious business.

So she obediently nodded and said, "Alright, Lord, you must take me to play games next time."

"I feel like this time, Nive learned a lot of new things again!"

Cao Xing smiled, gripped her waist with both hands, and with a "pop" sound, gently lifted her up.

Nive's body couldn't help trembling slightly.

He quickly put on his clothes and left the room under the gaze of the two women.

The moment the door closed, Cao Xing slowly let out a breath.

"Phew—little Nive's stamina is truly terrifying. It feels like she never gets tired, able to keep going continuously for two hours."

"Damn it, to think that I, a dignified Tier 10 Dragon Mage, couldn't fend off this kind of onslaught."

Of course, this was also related to the fact that Cao Xing had already fought a round with mature women like Elena and Xia Yanni in the morning. If he had been at his peak state, it would be hard to say who would have fallen first in the end.

He shook his head, quickly cooling down his brain and restoring his calm.

Cao Xing walked straight out of the territory.

This time, standing before him was a group of soldiers wearing standard armor, all bearing various injuries and bloodstains.

Without thinking, one could guess that these should be soldiers from those towns.

After encountering the Blood Legion, their towns were destroyed, and they had no choice but to begin their days of fleeing.

Cao Xing glanced roughly, and the number of these soldiers was well over two hundred.

Having undergone system training, they all mastered skills such as Intermediate Swordsmanship and Triple Slash.

Although their strength was mediocre, if they could be taken into the territory and undergo a series of buffs, they would soon possess formidable combat power.

Before Cao Xing could speak, a middle-aged man wearing deep blue armor limped out of the crowd.

He grasped the broken sword in his hand, bowed in salute, and then solemnly said, "Respected powerful Lord, we are soldiers of Saihan City."

"The Blood Legion destroyed our city, we barely escaped, and now we are homeless."

"If you can take us in, we will continue to fight for you!"

Determination also emerged in the eyes of the other soldiers!

The previous defeat hadn't completely crushed their spirits.

Everyone tightly grasped the weapons in their hands, ready at any moment to throw themselves into the battlefield.

As one of the few major cities in the Gale Snowfield, Saihan City's scale even surpassed Merlind City.

Their City Lord was Count Bauer, and the city permanently stationed thousands of soldiers, along with a floating population of hundreds of thousands.

Such a large-scale city was naturally the primary attack target of the Blood Legion.

However, Merlind City was rescued by Cao Xing not long after the Blood Chaos began.

As for Saihan City, because of its remote location, by the time they brought people to arrive, the city had almost completely fallen.

Even the civilians inside were mostly slaughtered; it could be said to be corpses strewn across the fields in the true sense.

According to the description of those soldiers, Saihan City had turned into a bloody city, with countless corpses lying crosswise in pools of blood on the streets.

The blood on the ground had already submerged the soles of their shoes and become extremely sticky, making every step feel like walking in mud.

The air was filled with a heavy stench of blood and foul odors!

This city would no longer be habitable for people in the coming decades.

The Watchers Leader summoned the "sharp sword" of the Blood Legion, wanting to use it to overthrow the old feudal system and establish a completely new order.

Yet he ignored the danger of this "sharp sword".

The Blood Legion were not mere tools; they were a group of bloodthirsty monsters who took pleasure in slaughter!

Cao Xing gradually pulled back his thoughts and cast his gaze onto this middle-aged man.

[Soldier Captain: Fergus Lambert]

[Affiliation: Ice Crystal Kingdom]

[Level: Level 34]

[Potential: Chieftain]

"The stats are alright. The combat power and skills of these soldiers are actually about the same as Ascalon Warriors."

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"As a basic troop type, they also act as cannon fodder on the battlefield."

"However, after coming to my territory, even cannon fodder can possess the ability to slay gods!"

Cao Xing slowly opened his mouth, saying in a steady and powerful voice: "Under the frenzied actions of the Blood Legion, your homeland was reduced to ruins. It is truly not easy for you to survive."

"Brave warriors, welcome to my territory."

"Here will become your new home, a place where you can regain strength and glory."

As the words fell, Cao Xing issued a recruitment invitation to them.

Hearing this, the group of soldiers on the field looked at each other, a trace of hesitation flashing in their eyes, but it was quickly replaced by firmness.

"We are willing to join your territory, O powerful and merciful Lord."

[Recruitment Successful: Derwent / Malik — Joined your territory, Territory Population + 235]

The moment the prompt ended, this group of soldiers instantly felt a surging vitality, as well as the attack power bonus brought by [Master-level Commanding Arts].

Shocks and incredulous expressions appeared in everyone's eyes.

They raised their heads, looking dazedly at Cao Xing, as if they had a lot to say.

With a smile on his face, Cao Xing said, "I think you have all felt that an extra power has appeared within your bodies. This is a blessing exclusive to our territory."

"This blessing will give you combat power far exceeding those of the same tier."

"Right now, our warriors are clearing out the Blood Army all over the world. When they return, they will apply even stronger blessings to you."

"From now on, you will no longer act as cannon fodder on the battlefield, nor will you only be able to run away powerlessly when facing those powerful enemies."

"Even the powerful Blood Legion will wail under your blades!"

"A single failure is nothing. As long as you have the courage to pick up your weapons again, no matter how powerful the enemy is, they will be defeated by us!"

"Let us fight for the territory, for honor!"

Listening to Cao Xing's impassioned speech, a certain flame seemed to ignite in the eyes of these soldiers.

Before this, they were indeed as Cao Xing said, falling into deep despair and confusion after defeat.

Although unlike the soldiers of some kingdoms who chose to slaughter civilians in those villages after a defeat to vent their anger and regain confidence,

they also felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness, as if they could no longer muster the courage to face the enemy.

Even when closing their eyes, all they saw were those crazy monsters exuding a pungent smell of blood!

The Blood Legion had become their nightmare!

And now, the fear in their hearts was dispelled, and their fighting spirit was reignited!

These soldiers shouted in unison.

"For honor, we will fight to the death for you!"

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, "Very well, now all of you enter the territory first and will temporarily take on the defense work of the territory."

"Yes, Lord!"

As the words fell, this group of soldiers all entered the territory.

Looking at the increasing population in the territory, Cao Xing praised, "Not bad, the Blood Chaos is a terrible crisis for the whole world."

"But since it is a crisis, danger also comes with opportunity."

"If Survivors can seize this opportunity to recruit these refugees, villagers, and soldiers, the territory's population will experience a massive surge."

Of course, no matter what, Cao Xing was the biggest winner.

After all, his strength was right here. Looking across the entire Ice Crystal Kingdom, there was no region more prosperous and safe than this territory.

As long as word got out, a large number of refugees would flock to his territory.

Just as Cao Xing expected.

In the span of a single afternoon, he received three waves of visit applications in succession.

Among these people were wandering mercenaries, distressed villagers, and defeated soldiers.

There were even distressed nobles.

Altogether, there were over five hundred people.

Cao Xing did not turn anyone away and took them all into the territory.

[Recruitment Successful: Silver Fox Mercenary Group Elsa / Rogers / Sider — Joined your territory, Territory Population + 205…]

Seeing the prompt, Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction again, "Very well, we've taken in nearly eight hundred more people today."

"However, among these eight hundred people, there are only over three hundred combatants, and the rest are ordinary villagers and townspeople."

"At this rate, the number of workers will be quite sufficient moving forward."

This result happened to match Cao Xing's expectations.

After all, before this, the number of combatants in his territory had always far exceeded the number of workers. A powerful territory must have sufficient guarantees in logistics besides combat power.

Moreover, he would soon need to carry out the third expansion of the territory, which exactly required a large number of workers.

After all, for Cao Xing now, wanting to increase the number of combatants was a very simple matter.

He still had tens of millions of military merits to squander, and could casually exchange them for over ten thousand recruitment scrolls.

He didn't have to worry about the number of combat units at all.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing returned to the territory and uniformly arranged formation and patrol tasks for these newly joined soldiers and mercenaries.

As for those villagers, they started working under the leadership of Liu Zhuang and others.

Most of the workers were assigned to the city walls, while the females were assigned to the cafeteria kitchen to be responsible for the territory's food supply.

Another portion that looked relatively young was assigned to the territory's agricultural area to participate in the planting and care of crops.

Among them was that young baron of Frostwind Town — Joren Green.

Cao Xing paid the most attention to this person. After all, this was a talent with [Senior Management Mastery] and [Intelligence] talents.

"Thud, thud—"

Treading on the bluestone-paved ground, Cao Xing walked all the way to the agricultural area.

At this moment, the young man was clumsily watering and fertilizing the crops, and trimming the branches on the grape trellis.

Although his movements were clumsy, his expression was incomparably serious, and he treated the plants before him with exceptional care.

As if every single plant was related to his future.

He worked with complete focus, not even noticing the arrival of the lord.

Cao Xing stopped to watch for a moment and nodded slightly.

"This Joren's character is actually quite good."

"After tempering him for a period of time, I can try investing resources in him to cultivate him."

After all, [Senior Management Mastery] also belonged to a secondary profession skill, which could likewise be improved using Proficiency Emblems.

And Cao Xing could completely redeem the remaining 4 [Master-level Emblems] from the Military Merit Shop to directly upgrade his secondary profession skill to Expert or even Master level!

Then, he left this place and began inspecting the work conditions of other newcomers.

Time flew by, and evening arrived.

At the same time.

Within the Angelic Inheritance.

Liu Muxue and Bai Zhi had both successfully passed the fifth round of trials.

They walked out from that channel of light and darkness and converged together.

All the illusions before their eyes vanished accordingly.

"Finally passed."

Liu Muxue breathed a slight sigh of relief, with a hint of fatigue in her eyes, as if she had experienced a long and fierce battle.

Bai Zhi beside her also nodded gently, her face somewhat pale.

It could be seen that she was also exhausted.

This fifth round of trials had a difficulty somewhat exceeding expectations.

After all, this was not testing the challenger's combat power, but rather testing their state of mind and endurance.

Even though Liu Muxue and Bai Zhi were both beings with firm minds, the time for this trial far exceeded imagination.

For an entire night, they shuttled through that illusory corridor, facing all kinds of scenes that were realistic to the extreme.

Even if they could stick to their original intentions at the beginning,

as time went on, those illusions became more and more numerous, striking wave after wave like a tide, seemingly endless.

Those illusory scenes constantly impacted their spirits, tearing open their inner defenses.

Making people completely unable to tell whether they were currently in a dream or reality. Fortunately, they both succeeded in the end.

Liu Muxue and Bai Zhi raised their heads and glanced at each other, a trace of relief and gratification emerging in their eyes.

Although this trial was difficult, it was also a tempering of their state of mind.

After experiencing the torrential storm of illusory attacks, the willpower of the two women seemed to have been sublimated.

At the same time, a system prompt appeared before them.

[Congratulations! Challengers, you have successfully passed the fifth round of the Angelic Inheritance trial: Trial of Light.]

[In this trial, you faced the most vulnerable parts of your hearts head-on, proving that you are capable of resisting the temptation of the devil.]

[To reward your tenacious willpower, the Angelic Inheritance will bestow upon you special rewards.]