The Iron-Blooded Duke Mor Garcia was stunned.
He thought it was an underground force in the Royal City that was secretly contending with the Royal Court.
Or some mysterious organization on the Aino Continent.
Or it could simply be a coalition formed by some of the more powerful kingdoms.
Although none of them could compare to the Royal Court, it was a good thing to have more allies in the face of the Blacktide. At least according to this Transcendent, they were determined to find out the truth about the Blacktide and solve the disaster from the root. They were more reliable than the old nobles in the Royal Court who were content with the status quo.
Whether it was this Transcendent who was able to take on the butler and not be at a disadvantage, or the fact that they had the ability to reach West Garrison City, it was clear that this mysterious force was not to be underestimated.
Over the decades since the Blacktide broke out, West Garrison City had sent Transcendents to the Royal City to investigate and ask for help. However, several Transcendents had left with their missions, but there was no news of them.
West Garrison City was far from the Royal City, and the journey was fraught with danger. Even the Iron-Blooded Duke Mor could not tell if the Transcendents had encountered an unstoppable danger or were in the Royal City …
His mind raced as he speculated various possibilities, but he did not expect the mysterious force to be from beyond the Heavens.
What the hell?
Are you f * cking kidding me?
In the tens of thousands of years of history of the Aino Kingdom, there had never been a legend about beyond the Heavens. Even the experts recorded in the history books had not heard of anyone flying out of the Aino Continent. After all, there were vast continents, oceans, and countless regions waiting to be explored.
If not for Zapor's extraordinary strength and stories about the Royal City, the Iron-Blooded Duke would have thought that a psychopath had come out of nowhere to play with him.
Even now, his eyes were filled with suspicion.
"Look." Zapor waved his hand, and a few containers appeared in the open space of the Duke's Mansion.
"What's this?"
"Food and spirit stones to show our sincerity. Why don't you open it and have a look?"
The first container was opened, and inside was a mountain of spirit stones. Even through the energy barrier, the sliver of spirit stones that leaked out was enough to intoxicate the Transcendents present.
They were all high-end goods, and there were at least a million spirit stones in one container!
A few decades ago, it would not have been difficult for the Duke's Mansion to come up with this amount of spirit stones. But now, they had to use it sparingly even for daily lighting. Seeing such a large container of spirit stones, their eyes almost turned red.
* Whoosh! *
With a sweep of his palm, the container was put away again.
The few Transcendents were stunned for a moment before they understood what he meant. Only then did they restrain themselves from looking away and opened the second, third, and fourth containers.
Some of them were packed with compressed rations, some with fruits and vegetables, and there was even a huge box of exotic beast meat!
"It can't be that you've slaughtered the strange beasts that you've reared for decades?" The City Lord Manor's butler, Henry, swallowed a mouthful of saliva. This was a huge sum of money, but … wasn't it too wasteful?
Living exotic beasts were more valuable. They might even be able to give birth to cubs!
Right now, their Western Garrison City only had a few low-grade exotic beasts in captivity, and they had been breeding since decades ago. The last time they slaughtered an exotic beast that was about to die of old age and ate its meat was ten years ago, right?
Although the exotic beast meat in the huge box had been cut into different parts, Zhang Che could still tell with his eyes that the ingredient was a powerful exotic beast when it was alive, and it wasn't the kind that was about to die of old age. He could tell the difference between an exotic beast in its prime and an old one with a single glance.
Zapor did not put these containers away. After he nodded in agreement, Henry opened the boxes of fruits and vegetables.
In terms of value, the containers of rations, vegetables, and fruits were not much. They were far from being comparable to the exotic beast meat or the boxes of spirit stones.
Henry picked up some of the fruits and vegetables and looked at them carefully for a while. He turned to the Iron-Blood Duke and shook his head. "These are all species that I've never seen before."
"Maybe they're local specialties from some remote area," someone else said.
Although they said that, they were starting to believe it. They knew nothing about the mysterious force. They could easily disguise themselves as a kingdom or some force on the Aino Continent. There was no need for them to declare that they were from beyond the sky.
After a while, the Iron-Blood Duke Moore asked, "What do you want?"
"First, an exchange of resources. We'll use food and spirit stones to exchange for Western Garrison City's knowledge, rune creations, and so on. Second, an exchange of information. We want to know more about the Royal City. It's the same before the doomsday, including your current understanding of the Black Tide. Third, we need a place of our own in Western Garrison City."
Henry frowned. "Food and spirit stones are indeed what we need. But if you want to exchange for Western Garrison City's knowledge …"
Cultivation methods, combat skills, spells, and so on were the core of a family's inheritance. Zapor had expected that the Castellan Mansion would not trade knowledge so easily. The nobles of the Aino Continent valued their inheritance the most. They were very secretive about it. Even the Iron-Blood Duke, who was one of the more liberal nobles, could not avoid it.
There was still a long way to go.
According to Sir Overlord, as long as the price they offered was high enough, the ones who would take the initiative to ask for an exchange would most likely be the Western Garrison City.
Among the three conditions, the simplest was a place of residence.
Western Garrison City covered a vast area. It was almost the size of a provincial city. Even though more than half of the city had been turned into crops, they still set aside a piece of land the size of a university park.
That was enough sincerity.
…
"This area used to belong to a noble in Western Garrison City. Later, that noble family declined and sold the land to the Castellan Mansion. We originally planned to cultivate some more land. Now, it's yours."
Henry said.
This area was close to the Castellan Mansion to facilitate surveillance. If the mysterious force had any plans against Western Garrison City, it would be easier to suppress them by being close to the Castellan Mansion.
They could not trust the Castellan Mansion, but the price of food and spirit stones made them unable to refuse.
"Here, my companions are here."
Shay, Stellar, Moon, and Oguri hurried over when they saw that Zapor had finished negotiating.
Henry's pupils shrank.
They were all experienced Transcendents, and their auras were no weaker than Zapor's!
If they wanted to cause trouble, they would not be able to stop them in the outer city.
A moment later.
What happened next caused Henry's eyes to widen even more. He saw Zabor take out a strange ball, and in the next moment, a blue door of light appeared out of thin air. A young man wearing gorgeous armor walked out of the blue door of light. He waved his hand, and with a rumble, a tall and magnificent building rose from the ground.
Then.
The young man's figure disappeared again, as if he had never appeared.
“？？？”
Henry looked up at the magnificent building. His mouth opened and closed, and thousands of words turned into a silent sigh.
… …
Tang Yu just showed his face and waved his sleeves without taking away a trace of clouds.
After the sub-territory was built, he could control it remotely even if he was in Ghale City.
Soon.
Zapor and the others hired a lot of local residents to buy and transport basic wood, stones, and so on. They also flattened the abandoned aristocratic mansion on the original site of the land and accumulated a lot of materials.
Tall buildings rose from the ground one after another.
In less than three seconds, the empty abandoned area suddenly changed. Henry and the others who had been secretly observing were greatly surprised.
City Lord Mansion.
Ironblood Duke Moir Garcia had just walked out of the training grounds when his armor, which was condensed from a sanguine aura, slowly dissipated into mist.
"Did the force called" Tree Shade "really build a forest of buildings in just a few seconds?"
"That's right." Henry breathed a long sigh of relief. "And I didn't see those Transcendents do anything. It's like the materials ran over and assembled themselves. At best, they just hired some civilians to carry the materials."
"What about the others? How's the trade going? "
Harry finally revealed a joyful expression. "The transaction went smoothly. The amount of Origin Crystals and food provided by those people far exceeded our expectations. With this amount of Origin Crystals, our Western Garrison City's defensive array can finally be activated. This batch of food will also slightly increase our inventory."
"Especially the exotic beast meat." He paused, "The other party provided a lot of it. Not only can it be used for all of us Transcendents, but I think it can also be used for our elite warriors. With the help of the exotic beast meat, the warriors' cultivation speed will be faster."
"As for what the other party traded from us …" Henry's expression was a bit strange, "In order to show our sincerity, you let me open the second-level treasure house. There were some good cultivation methods inside. But the other party didn't choose to trade those. Instead, they traded a lot of materials. Many rare materials that have been accumulated for hundreds of years were traded by the other party.
There were also a lot of equipment in the treasure house. But those people gave me the feeling that they despised them. Instead, they traded a few sets of arrays. "
"What about the Tree Shade's base? What's the situation? "
"Uh, they opened some buildings. There's a 'Trading House', 'Training Camp', 'Star Restaurant', etc. Among them, the 'Trading House' has a variety of goods for sale. In the 'Star Restaurant', you can enjoy Tree Shade's famous cuisine. And the 'Training Camp' is a building with a variety of training facilities. Some of them … I can't believe it."
(Coughing and vomiting. There's only one chapter left today. I went to the hospital and took the medicine. Why do I feel worse and worse? Fuck!)
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