Swhoosh!
After I appeared in Sky City, I ran out of the adventurer's tavern to repair my equipment and stock up on potions and Magic Consumables. Magic Consumables weren't so bad that I couldn't even be bothered to make them myself. The NPC White Fox in the shop had copied my Rank 10 Magic Consumables, so she started buying ingredients and mass-produced Rank 7, 8 and 9 Magic Consumables. Her shop had become a famous selling spot for Magic Consumables, and the price was fair and stable. Moreover, when you were about to leave after buying a Magic Consumable, the beautiful NPC girl would always bow to you and say, "Dear customer, please take care." Whenever you were about to leave, you would see a snow-white mound peeking through her collar.
"Is something the matter, master?" White Fox looked at me.
I stared at her collar for a while before replying, "Nothing, I'll be leaving first …"
… …
I contacted Lin Yixin. She was online right now.
"Yiyi, has the territory spawned yet?"
"Mn. Everyone else, please read as normal:!"
Lin Yixin couldn't hide the excitement in her voice. She smiled and said, "I'm currently checking out the development system in my territory. Unfortunately, there aren't many resource mobs around my territory, but I don't have the manpower to move them. The system is too stingy. It only gave me a LV1 Elven Assassin, so it's going to take a long time …"
I smiled. "Haven't you contacted Blazing Hot Lips' Stranger of Three Lifetimes yet?
She's so cute, I'm sure she'll sell you anything she can use to the elven race … "
Lin Yixin replied helplessly, "I've already contacted Momo, and she said that she's so broke that she can barely feed herself. She has cards, but they're all Barbarian Castle troop cards. I haven't gotten a single elven card, and I've used up all my Resource Bags. Um … Little Cheat, do you have anything good?"
I replied, "It's hard to say. I'll go look in the territory's warehouse, and if I do, I'll pay you a visit. There's no one else in your territory right now, right?"
"Yeah, I'm the only one!"
"Okay, see you!"
"Okay!"
…
I brought up the territory interface and instantly teleported to Dark Moon City. A flash of light later, I appeared in the middle of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' territory. Dark Moon City was now a Rank 3 undead castle, and the outer walls had turned into pitch-black bone walls. One could only imagine how much more Defense it had become. Moreover, the arrow towers inside the city had also received a boost in Defense, HP, and Attack. Rank 3 troops could be produced now.
Unfortunately, I wasn't interested in Rank 3 troops at all. Specters had the Hellish Howl skill that allowed them to heal their companions around them. However, Dark Moon City only had a few hundred little soldiers in total, so there was no point in having specters. It was better to save resources and upgrade our territory. Once our territory reached Rank 6, we could start mass-producing Dark Knights. That was the way of the king!
Of course, the strongest troops were definitely Rank 10. However, the leveling speed of a territory was incredibly slow, and who knew how long it would take for it to reach Rank 10. Dark Moon City was already the first player territory in the three main cities to reach Rank 3, and its productivity was much higher than Candlelight Shadow's Barbarian Castle by a large margin. Its advantage was very obvious.
I found the lord of Dark Moon City, the Dark Knight Udal. He walked up to me and gave me yesterday's territory income and expenditure report. I immediately felt very conflicted — [City Income]: Teleportation Formation: 1742892 gold; Repair Revenue: 1102931 gold; Potion Revenue: 749209 gold; [City Expenditure]: City Maintenance: 1000000 gold; City Taxes: 1500000 gold; Total Net Income: 1095032 gold...
Mn, now I finally understood what it meant to have ten million TC tax and ten million TC tax.
I worked so hard to conquer a territory, painstakingly manage it until it was Rank 3, and I tricked people into coming here to teleport and station. But in the end, my net income was only 2.5 million TC, and 1.5 million TC tax? Tsk tsk, we all know where all this income went. These bastards...
That being said, I was a relatively open-minded person. A daily income of 1.1 million RMB wasn't bad, and 50% of it could be deposited into the guild fund to pay the outstanding professional players. I could also use guild contribution points to exchange for RMB, and the rest to pay for city maintenance and territory upgrades. Basically, I could make around 400,000 RMB a day. This was the net income of the Frost Cloud workshop, and it was all deposited into my card. I was the city lord, and the girls couldn't play the territory, so I was the only one who could benefit from it.
… …
After spawning some Dark Insects, I had Udal and the Dark Knights clear out the surrounding resource mobs. Since there were no boss-tier resource mobs around, I basically didn't need to go out myself. If I did, I would definitely be dragged down to death by this territory.
I went to Dark Moon City's warehouse and flipped open the city lord's warehouse. To my surprise, I found the spoils of war for the past half a month. Hmm, there were a couple of cards, and a couple of Resource Bags with -5000 units each. They were all good stuff, and I had been saving them for Lin Yixin all this time. It was a little selfish of me to do this. She Yi must have seen the warehouse before, but she didn't say anything. Clearly, she tacitly agreed to it. Moreover, Snowy Cathaya had played a huge role in our conquest of Dark Moon City, so it was only right that we leave something for them.
I took out four 5000 by 4 Resource Bags and looked at the cards. Two of them could be used — [Beautiful Tree Demon (100)]: Elven Castle Level 7 Unit, Attack: LV 7, Defense: LV 6, Carry Capacity: 700
[Minotaur Guard (200)]: Elven Castle Rank 4 unit. Attack: 4, Defense: 5. Carry Capacity: 400.
… …
Mn, there were 300 units in total. These two cards were dropped from boss-tier resource mobs, and I had been saving them all this time. Lin Yixin really did take down the Elven Castle, so it was no wonder that I had kept these two cards for so long. Tsk tsk, her army was a little domineering, especially the 200 Minotaur Guards that I had gotten from a Dark Gold chest. If I gave them to Lin Yixin, I was sure that her territory would catch up to Candle Dragon City and Red Lip Nation's development even faster.
I put the two cards and four Resource Bags into my bag before running out of the city. I ran as fast as I could toward a big orange dot on the distant map. It was none other than Lin Yixin's new territory. It was called Silver Fir City, and it still retained Lin Yixin's naming style.
After running madly for half an hour, I reached the outskirts of Silver Fir City and saw a petite and charming female warrior staring at a goblin from afar. Who else could it be but Lin Yixin?
Thud!
Lin Yixin's pet, Ice Fox, was also helping her attack the resource mobs. About 100 yards away from Lin Yixin, a group of short elven assassins were standing there. As a Rank 1 unit of the Elven Castle, these little elves looked very weak, but they were protected so tightly by Lin Yixin. The little beauty's housekeeping style was truly annoying.
I ran up to Lin Yixin and ended the battle with a Thousand Ice Slash.
"Ah, you're here …"
Lin Yixin wiped the sweat off her face and stared at the piles of resources on the ground that didn't exceed 500 units. She smiled with a sense of accomplishment and said, "This is great, I got more resources ~ ~"
I curled my lips. "You good-for-nothing beauty …"
"Fuck, what are you talking about …" Lin Yixin chuckled. "What did you bring me, Little Cheat?"
"I'll say this first. I've brought you something that will drive you crazy. First, you can't go crazy, and second, you need to think of a way to repay me …"
"Oh, okay, I'll take a look first. Everyone else, take a look normally:!"
"Fuck, what kind of bandit is this? You need to inspect the goods first …"
Unable to change her mind, I took out a couple of Resource Bags from my bag and passed them to her. The little beauty's bright eyes immediately filled with surprise and joy. She opened her mouth and murmured, "Resource Bags … and they're 5000 units of each resource, and there are four of them. Uuuu … what should I do …"
I put an arm around her shoulder with a smile. "Yiyi, repay me with your body. Look at how much I love you. I had to endure so much to stop myself from spending these Resource Bags …"
Lin Yixin stared at me with red eyes. "Four Resource Bags and you want me to repay you with my body? You're belittling my self-worth a little too much, aren't you?"
I smiled and continued to search through my bag. In the next moment, two elven troop cards appeared in front of Lin Yixin. She was stunned by what she saw, and an indescribably complicated look crossed her beautiful eyes.
Finally, she opened her arms and hugged me. Then, she gave me a light kiss on the cheek. This time, she was the one who took the initiative to kiss me. After the light kiss, she looked at me worriedly and asked, "Lu Chen, do you think Sister He Yi will beat you up if she finds out that you've left all the good stuff in your territory for me …"
I nearly vomited blood. "Sister Yi isn't that violent. Do you think everyone is like you …"
Lin Yixin lowered her head in embarrassment and stared at the two cards in her hand. "These troops are too precious to me right now. What should I do? This isn't a problem that can be solved with a meal or two …"
I patted her shoulder and said, "Alright, use the cards already. Then, go to your territory and recruit more basic production units. Let's increase our territory's productivity first. I'm counting on your Silver Fir City to work together with my Dark Moon City to rule the world, am I right?"
"Mn. Everyone else, read as normal:!"
Lin Yixin nodded and used the two cards. It didn't take long for 100 Treants and 200 Minotaur Guards to appear behind Lin Yixin. The Treants were a kind of mutated female species. They had the upper body of a girl and the lower body of a tree. They looked a little creepy, and I would've felt a lot of pressure if their breasts weren't 34D.
I looked at the Treants' breasts and then at Lin Yixin's breasts and swallowed hard.
Lin Yixin glared at me for a moment before suddenly punching me. She said with a red face, "What are you comparing, you bastard?"
I replied, "It's nothing …"
Lin Yixin stared at me with a red face. "What's the result?"
"Yiyi, you don't lose to 34D at all …"
"Hmph!"
There were also 200 Minotaur Guards, and all of them were wild beasts. As a result, Lin Yixin's territory was temporarily made up of beauties and beasts.
After commanding a group of high-level troops to transport all the resources in one go, I took Lin Yixin's invitation to tour her Silver Fir City. As I looked around, I couldn't help but comment, "It really does look like the Great Northern Wilderness, a barren First-class territory where not even a single blade of grass grows …"
"Fuck!"
Lin Yixin was speechless. She wanted to kill me with her gaze, but unfortunately for her, her beautiful eyes could only bewitch a man to death. Killing me was impossible.