Chapter 188: The Human Lord Alliance and Cao Anmin’s Surprise Assault!
Hang Yu took stock of the remaining Dragon Horse spirit soul materials.
Yan Ling had only consud twenty-eight portions of spirit soul material to successfully refine the bone whistles.
Now—
The territory still had around one hundred portions of Dragon Horse spirit soul material remaining.
If they worked overti—
All of them could be refined into bone whistles within two days.
Coincidentally—
The Ultimate Darkness campaign was about to begin.
Hang Yu could take out part of this batch of Spirit Horses and use them as special rewards for the Ultimate Darkness campaign.
This was far more valuable than ordinary equipnt or ordinary skills.
When the ti ca—
The players would definitely be pleasantly shocked!
Hang Yu said:
“You did not disappoint this Lord.”
Yan Ling imdiately revealed a delighted expression and hurriedly replied:
“If not for Lord’s cultivation and support, even after another twenty or thirty years, I still might not have had the chance to refine such an artifact. This is what I should have accomplished!”
Hang Yu nodded.
“Your performance has always satisfied . However, your current blacksmithing ability still requires improvent.”
Yan Ling understood this very well.
The Lord was growing too quickly.
This territory was developing far too rapidly.
To the point where—
Even the astonishing improvent speed that shocked her dean and ntor still could not keep up with the territory’s developnt.
She quickly said:
“Please rest assured, Lord. I will break into Tier Three as quickly as possible and master Advanced Blacksmithing at the earliest opportunity!”
“This Lord believes that with your work ethic and achievents, gathering enough Contribution Points and Essence to break through to Tier Three is only a matter of ti. However, for the territory, the earlier we possess a Tier-Three Advanced Blacksmith, the better.”
Hang Yu paused slightly before continuing.
“I intend to imdiately advance you a batch of Essence so that you can directly break through to Tier-Three cultivation and master Advanced Blacksmithing!”
“What?!”
Yan Ling was utterly stunned upon hearing this.
She was currently Level 19—
With Interdiate Blacksmithing Level 9.
Although she was already very close to breaking through—
The Essence required for the final two levels was enormous.
Especially from Level 20 to 21—
And Interdiate Blacksmithing Level 10 to Advanced Blacksmithing Level 1.
Because these were major bottleneck breakthroughs—
Both required a staggering three hundred thousand Essence each.
The Essence consud when advancing from Tier Two to Tier Three—
Was roughly equal to the total required from Level 11 all the way to Level 18.
The difficulty was obvious.
Even though the Forging Workshop’s performance kept improving—
It was not sothing achievable within a day or two.
With the little Essence Yan Ling still possessed—
The Lord was essentially planning to advance her approximately seven hundred thousand Essence in one go.
That was equivalent to more than seven hundred thousand Contribution Points.
At the chief blacksmith’s one-percent performance commission—
The Luoshui City Forging Workshop would need to generate seventy million Contribution Points in performance.
Based on current performance levels—
The main city’s blacksmithing team would need to work themselves to death for at least over half a month.
Yan Ling could not even afford the Spirit Horse refinent secret scroll.
How could she possibly afford such a massive amount of Essence?
It was simply an astronomical figure!
Hang Yu said:
“You need not have any concerns. As long as you beco a Tier-Three Advanced Blacksmith, you’ll quickly earn back this advanced Essence, because I have several important tasks for you!”
Yan Ling imdiately replied:
“Please give your instructions, Lord!”
Hang Yu said:
“First, you are to refine all remaining spirit soul materials into Black Dragon Spirit Horse Bone Whistles. These bone whistles will not be directly sold to the Calamity Army or the territory’s citizens. The territory will centrally purchase them at a relatively fair price.”
Yan Ling imdiately nodded.
That was naturally how it should be handled.
“Additionally, you must also refine a special Spirit Horse!”
As he spoke—
Hang Yu took out Absolute Shadow’s spirit soul and handed it to Yan Ling.
The mont Yan Ling saw this material—
She imdiately realized its extraordinary nature.
The refinent materials for ordinary Black Dragon Spirit Horses consisted of:
One portion of the rare Tier-Two white-quality material “Black Scale Dragon Horse Spirit Soul” plus one Tier-Two green-quality dragon bone material.
Thus—
The resulting equipnt quality was Green-grade.
anwhile—
This Absolute Shadow spirit soul was the Evil Dragon spirit soul of a Tier-Three Commander-class creature.
It possessed partial unique characteristics and was extrely rare.
The refinent difficulty was undoubtedly much greater.
And if one wished to engrave and contain this spirit soul—
A Tier-Three Blue-quality dragon bone material would probably be required.
Hang Yu asked:
“There is only one set of materials. It must succeed in one attempt. Do you have confidence?”
Yan Ling felt trendous pressure.
If she failed—
The cost and losses would be enormous.
Even so—
She still nodded.
“I will definitely complete the task!”
The Lord had shown her imnse grace and favor!
If she could not even shoulder this degree of responsibility and instead tried to avoid it—
Then she would truly be betraying the Lord’s cultivation and trust!
No matter how difficult it was—
She absolutely had to succeed!
Hang Yu once again gave approval to Yan Ling’s attitude.
This Red Fox girl appeared delicate—
But in truth, she was soone capable of carrying responsibility and handling major matters.
It was no waste cultivating her into Luoshui City’s chief blacksmith.
Hang Yu then revealed the final task.
“Lastly, this Lord’s equipnt has beco sowhat outdated. I intend to comprehensively remodel it and reforge it into Tier-Three Blue-quality equipnt.”
This equipnt set was called the Yellow Heaven Commander Set.
It ca from the Luoshui map’s completion treasure chest.
Initially—
It had rely been a Tier-One Green equipnt set.
Later—
It was strengthened into Tier-Two Green High-grade equipnt.
Although the set effects and attributes had improved considerably—
For the current Hang Yu—
It was obviously no longer sufficient.
Additionally—
The Yellow Heaven Commander Set’s set attributes and set effects were no longer particularly outstanding.
Hang Yu needed stronger equipnt.
There was a necessity to completely reforge it.
Reforging was not simply strengthening or upgrading.
It was a more thorough transformation.
Not only could it preserve the set’s characteristics—
It could also forge entirely new abilities.
Although the cost of reforging equipnt was extrely high—
And the quantity of required materials enormous—
None of that mattered.
Hang Yu had already recovered from players:
More than one hundred portions of Thousand-Legged Demonic Dragon shell fragnts,
More than one hundred portions of Thousand-Legged Demonic Dragon blade legs,
Dozens of Three-Headed Evil Dragon horns,
Along with dozens of Thousand-Legged Demonic Dragon gems and Three-Headed Evil Dragon gems.
These were all top-tier Tier-Three materials!
Hang Yu also possessed large quantities of gemstones of various grades, advanced forging stones, and more.
As long as a Tier-Three Advanced Blacksmith was available—
This round of reforging and remodeling would not be difficult to accomplish.
At worst—
It would simply consu ti and effort.
Yan Ling accepted without hesitation.
Silently—
She swore to herself:
These three tasks absolutely had to be completed imdiately—
And completed perfectly!
Hang Yu likewise wasted no ti.
He imdiately spent over seven hundred thousand Essence—
First raising Yan Ling to Level 21—
Then advancing her Blacksmithing skill—
Thus allowing her to reach Advanced Blacksmithing Level 1.
From this mont onward—
Luoshui City’s chief blacksmith Yan Ling had beco an Advanced Blacksmith!
A blacksmith of this level—
Even across the entire industry—
Was considered a first-rate elite and backbone-level existence!
The territory’s forging production level would rise by a huge margin!
After Yan Ling completed her breakthrough—
She felt as though she were dreaming.
She could hardly believe she had beco an Advanced Blacksmith so quickly.
This level had already surpassed her blacksmithing ntor.
Only a few months ago—
Such a figure had been soone she could only look up at from afar.
Sure enough!
Following the right boss—
Allowed one to soar into the heavens and achieve teoric success.
Yan Ling cherished her current abilities imnsely.
She also deeply understood that greater ability ant greater responsibility.
Thus—
She forcefully suppressed the joy in her heart, cald herself, bid farewell to the Lord—
And imdiately went to carry out the assigned tasks.
The workshop’s operations for the next three days—
Would all be handed over to the other blacksmiths.
Yan Ling intended to devote her full effort to completing the Lord’s assignnts—
And absolutely not disappoint these expectations and trust!
Hang Yu now had nothing urgent to do.
At present—
Ultimate Darkness could erupt at any mont.
He needed to constantly monitor the situation and issue missions.
At a ti like this—
Entering secluded cultivation within the Dao Comprehension Tower was not appropriate.
Thus—
He opened the trading market as usual and casually scanned through it—
To see whether there were any noteworthy ssages or valuable items.
Because Xiao Ba continuously monitored the trading market—
If any especially needed resources, items, blueprints, or skill stones appeared—
It would report them imdiately.
No report—
ant there was nothing.
After all—
Lords willing to sell skill stones, blueprints, top-tier items, or equipnt were already rare.
And opportunities to pick up bargains were even rarer.
Even if excellent blueprints or skill stones occasionally appeared—
They would easily be bid up to extrely high prices.
If they were not urgently needed by the territory—
There was no need to waste Magic Crystals or resources forcing a purchase.
After thinking for a mont—
Hang Yu said:
“Xiao Ba, I want to add a new batch of acquisition requests. They are Tier-Three Stable Blueprints, cultivation-type building blueprints, dojo-type building blueprints, and Life Spirit Spring blueprints.”
Xiao Ba replied:
“Yes. I will imdiately post acquisition notices in the trading channels for Master!”
Having such a little assistant was truly convenient.
Most of Hang Yu’s trading processes no longer required personal operation.
He only needed to issue commands—
And Xiao Ba would imdiately execute them.
Xiao Ba had continuously been helping Hang Yu collect Spirit Field blueprints.
The efficiency was quite high.
After all—
Xiao Ba could monitor trading market information nonstop every second—
And communicate with interested sellers at any ti—
Ensuring no opportunities were missed.
This was also why—
In such a short amount of ti—
Hang Yu had already established a Spirit Field operation of decent scale.
Now—
A new batch of acquisition requests had been added.
Naturally—
These also corresponded to the territory’s developnt and strategic needs.
First—
The Tier-Three Stable blueprint was intended to upgrade the existing Tier-Two Stable!
Although Hang Yu already possessed the capability to refine exclusive mounts like Black Dragon Spirit Horses—
Such high-end mounts were affordable and maintainable only for a minority of elite players.
Ordinary players—
Territory auxiliary troops—
Ordinary territory citizens—
All likewise had demand for Spirit Horses.
Not everyone could afford Black Dragon Spirit Horses.
One had to understand—
Even ordinary Spirit Horses—
Generated daily maintenance costs.
The Stable itself was a consumable building.
As equipnt—
Black Dragon Spirit Horse Bone Whistles possessed durability values.
For this type of spirit-containing equipnt—
Even if unused, durability would still decline at roughly one point per day.
Continuous usage accelerated the decline.
And if the mount died—
A larger amount of durability would be lost at once.
To a certain extent—
This value represented the mount’s fatigue and hunger.
Players needed to return to the Forging Workshop for replenishnt before durability was exhausted.
If durability dropped to zero—
The soul inside would wither and die.
Even if revived again—
It would essentially be equivalent to a reset.
This continuous expenditure was insignificant for wealthy elite players—
But not sothing ordinary players or ordinary territory citizens could afford.
Therefore—
For the vast majority of people—
Ordinary Spirit Horses remained indispensable primary transportation tools.
The Tier-Two Stable supplied far too few Spirit Horses.
A Tier-Three Stable could increase Spirit Horse supply by tenfold!
Hang Yu’s territory continued expanding—
Transportation demands naturally had to keep pace!
Among Tier-Three buildings—
Tier-Three Stable blueprints were considered relatively ordinary.
Thus—
Compared to other Tier-Three buildings, the price was not excessively high.
With sufficient patience—
He would definitely be able to acquire one.
As for the remaining blueprints—
That would depend on luck.
Cultivation-type buildings—
As the na implied—
Were buildings capable of accelerating the cultivation speed of territory citizens.
Dojo-type buildings—
Could essentially be understood as transmission halls—
Places primarily used for teaching skills.
Actually—
The Skill Tower already possessed both of these functions.
However—
The Skill Tower’s cultivation and teaching functions were relatively weak.
Cultivation chambers could accommodate too few people.
And teaching rooms only allowed each person to teach one skill per day—
To only one individual at a ti.
As the number of territory citizens increased—
Hang Yu needed a cultivation ground capable of accommodating more people.
Likewise—
As the number of NPCs possessing unique skills increased—
Hang Yu also needed a dojo capable of teaching skills to multiple people simultaneously.
These two building types could improve the growth potential of the Calamity Army, the Azure Dragon Guard, and even all ordinary citizens.
They could also reduce costs to a certain extent.
As the territory scale expanded—
They were absolutely necessary.
As for the final ntioned Life Spirit Spring?
This was an extrely rare Tier-Three recovery-type building.
It could heal targets within a certain range.
Additionally—
It possessed the function of rapidly eliminating fatigue on physical, ntal, and spiritual levels.
This would be extrely useful for Hang Yu’s future arena system.
One could even say it was indispensable supporting infrastructure.
Beyond that—
Life Spring Water could also accelerate Spirit Field growth.
This type of building was highly valuable for both territorial defense and production.
Thus—
Its value was extrely high.
It was not sothing one could simply purchase with money.
Hang Yu honestly did not have much confidence in the Human Lords’ trading hall.
At best—
He was simply posting requests and trying his luck.
If he truly could not acquire them—
Then he would have to think of alternative thods after returning to the Land of Stars.
Or wait until the market upgraded and seek purchases in broader markets.
Xiao Ba posted the relevant notices according to instructions.
Hang Yu stopped paying attention to the market afterward.
After all—
If anything happened—
Xiao Ba would imdiately notify him.
However—
At this mont—
A Lord suddenly sent him a private ssage.
Lord 3244:
“Hello. I saw that you are collecting transmission-type building blueprints.”
Hang Yu froze slightly upon seeing the ssage.
What was this situation?
The information had only just been posted.
Could there already be results?
That luck was far too good, wasn’t it?!
Actually—
Ever since heavily purchasing Spirit Fields in the trading hall while simultaneously becoming a pill-selling rchant—
Hang Yu received nurous private ssages daily.
Most of those ssages were handled by assistant Xiao Ba.
However—
Hang Yu paid special attention to this Lord 3244.
Because based on information gathered from lurking in the public trading channels—
He knew this Lord was no ordinary individual.
He was a famous big shot.
Highly prestigious.
Rumor had it—
This was a Lord with over one hundred years of experience.
He had already completely conquered eight Abyssal Dreams—
And was currently opening his ninth Abyssal Dream.
In other words—
He was an eight-map big shot currently advancing toward nine maps!
His strength was possibly no weaker than peak-period Xuan Qingfeng—
Perhaps even stronger.
Among the ten thousand Lords in the trading channel—
One could count the eight-map big shots on one hand.
Thus—
Hang Yu personally replied imdiately.
“Does Senior perhaps have blueprints for sale?”
Lord 3244 replied:
“Apologies. I don’t have spare transmission blueprints. However, I do possess a similar functional item. I wonder whether you’d be interested?”
No blueprint?
Sowhat disappointing.
Even so—
Hang Yu still asked:
“What item?”
Lord 3244 replied:
“My territory can produce a ntal-type item called a Wordless Secret Manual. Using this item, one can create various skill manuals. They may be used personally or by territory citizens.”
Hang Yu beca sowhat interested.
He had heard of this type of item before.
It was roughly equivalent to a single-use Skill Stone.
Once used—
It disappeared permanently and could not be reused.
However—
Its advantage lay in the fact that—
After any person cultivated a skill to maximum level—
They only needed to consu a certain amount of Essence to seal the skill’s profundity into the manual—
Thus creating various skill manuals.
This item could greatly improve skill dissemination.
Though comparatively speaking—
The cost was much higher.
Hang Yu asked:
“May I see the pricing?”
Lord 3244 replied:
“Of course!”
The other party sent several pieces of information.
【Wordless Secret Manual (White)】Price: 100 Magic Crystals!
【Wordless Secret Manual (Green)】Price: 500 Magic Crystals!
【Wordless Secret Manual (Blue)】Price: 5000 Magic Crystals!
After seeing these three items—
Even Hang Yu secretly felt shocked.
It was not the prices that surprised him—
Rather—
This top-tier Human Lord was actually capable of producing three different grades of manuals!
A hundred-year veteran Lord truly possessed deep foundations!
Lord 3244 asked:
“So? What do you think?”
Hang Yu replied:
“The items are decent, but the prices are excessively expensive. These are ultimately one-ti consumables, and they don’t even co preloaded with skills. The price of ten or eight of these is nearly enough to purchase a Skill Stone of the sa grade.”
No wonder Hang Yu considered them expensive.
These items were one-ti consumables.
Additionally—
Recording skills consud Essence.
Learning skills also consud Essence.
The Essence expenditure was comparable to—or even greater than—the Skill Tower’s teaching cost.
Lord 3244 said:
“You can’t put it that way. The skills we choose to transmit via skill books definitely aren’t common goods. Generally, they are excellent rare skills possessed by natives but difficult to find as Skill Stones—or exclusive fusion skills.”
“The Skill Tower’s teaching rooms have limited uses. But producing skill books has no quantity restrictions. As long as there is enough Essence, producing several hundred skill books a day is no problem.”
“With such items, even without a dojo building, skills can still be rapidly popularized.”
That reasoning made sense.
Hang Yu was sowhat tempted.
He could personally integrate the territory’s various NPCs—
Use their exclusive techniques to create batches of skill books for storage.
These skill books could not only be sold to players at high prices—
They could also serve as mission rewards or special rchandise.
Plenty of players would probably be interested.
Still—
Business negotiations always required bargaining.
However—
After considerable haggling—
3244 only agreed to a maximum ten-percent discount.
Although the price still felt too expensive—
Hang Yu nevertheless intended to purchase so.
After all—
The territory genuinely needed them.
Yet right at this mont—
Lord 3244 suddenly said:
“According to the information I’ve gathered, your territory can produce Dragon Mark Essence Blood Pills. Coincidentally, my territory currently needs large quantities of Dragon Mark Essence Blood Pills. If we exchange directly using those pills, I can give you a twenty-percent discount.”
Such a good deal?
3244 ant—
Dragon Mark Essence Blood Pills would be valued according to average transaction price.
The two parties would directly barter in bulk according to each other’s needs.
The advantage for 3244 was obtaining Essence Blood Pills with priority.
anwhile—
Hang Yu also received additional discounts.
Hang Yu replied:
“Agreed. Once my next batch of pills reaches the market, I’ll allocate a portion for trading with you.”
Lord 3244 replied:
“Good. Also, one more question—your ti as a Lord shouldn’t be very long, correct?”
Hang Yu replied:
“That question seems unrelated to our transaction.”
Lord 3244 answered:
“Don’t misunderstand. I have no intention of offending your privacy. It’s simply that Human Lords rising to prominence is extrely difficult. Perhaps we should band together for warmth. Only then can we fight for more benefits and advantages for our race within Saint Cang City.”
Hang Yu replied:
“I’m rely an ordinary small Lord. I haven’t considered matters that far ahead yet.”
Lord 3244 said:
“Although your current fa isn’t particularly great, I feel your potential is extraordinary. That’s also why I took the initiative to trade with you. You should know that production of Wordless Secret Manuals isn’t high. Normally, I only distribute them within our group.”
Hang Yu replied:
“So that’s how it is. No wonder they never appeared on the public market.”
Lord 3244 said:
“If you’re interested, we can et offline in Saint Cang City. As long as you et our association’s standards, I will invite you to join our association. This will absolutely benefit you without any disadvantages… For example, in the future, you’ll be able to buy many things unavailable on the public market!”
This Lord sent Hang Yu a coordinate address within Saint Cang City.
Hang Yu inferred that the other party was likely the leader of a Human Lord faction.
Seeing his potential—
The man wanted to recruit him and make him part of the team.
Just as this quasi-nine-map big shot had said—
A high-quality organization truly did have benefits.
Still—
There were concerns regarding privacy leakage.
Thus—
Hang Yu stated he would think carefully before deciding.
After agreeing on a trade date—
Hang Yu ended the conversation.
As for the address sent by this quasi-nine-map big shot—
He had already morized it.
If he returned to Saint Cang City in the future—
And had ti—
He could investigate further.
As for whether he would join—
That would depend on actual circumstances and future needs.
Right at this mont—
Hang Yu suddenly sensed sothing unusual.
The territory’s Essence reserves suddenly experienced a noticeable surge upward.
Most likely—
A large number of players had been killed.
And the slain players were not low level either.
Hang Yu imdiately checked the situation.
As expected—
Lines of player death notifications suddenly flooded the screen.
【Player “Nuclear Hotpot” has died. Abyssal Essence 5200……】
【Player “Uncle Big Tree” has died. Abyssal Essence 6400……】
【Player “Pissing Against the Wind Three Thousand Feet” has died. Abyssal Essence 6400……】
【……】
【Player “Midnight Butcher” has died. Abyssal Essence 12500……】
【Player “Artist Pai Zong” has died. Abyssal Essence 12500……】
【Player “Little Bell” has died. Abyssal Essence 15000……】
【……】
“Sothing happened at Xinye City!”
Hang Yu noticed—
The slain players were all players grinding monsters in Xinye City.
Among them were even many Level 16 and Level 17 players!
Without question—
This was abnormal!
After all—
Xinye City’s strongest major BOSS had already been eliminated.
The current Xinye only contained scattered Tier-Two and Tier-Three elite monsters.
Even if they posed threats or caused casualties—
They should not be capable of causing such concentrated player deaths in such a short ti.
Most likely—
It was related to the Day of Ultimate Darkness!
He opened the Lord’s Vision—
And directly took a look.
Hang Yu was surprised to discover that the players had fallen into a bitter battle.
They were being assaulted by a small Abyssal force led by a Deep Abyss Corrupted being!
【Cao Anmin】Level 24 Commander Unit…… Introduction: Once Cao Cao’s nephew. After falling into the Abyssal nightmare, he completely submitted to the Abyssal Will. He is now one of the Corrupted generals entrenched within Old Wan City.
As expected!
A general from Old Wan City!
The information regarding the descent of the Stars had already been grasped by Old Wan City.
The Stars and the Abyss were irreconcilable enemies.
From this mont onward—
The territory would face enormous challenges!
However—
All of this had already been anticipated within Hang Yu’s plans.
At present—
Whether himself or the territory—
They had already made sufficient preparations!
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