While taking advantage of this moment to rest, he casually glanced at the chat room.
"I'm exhausted. There were too many monsters today, hundreds of them. Two of my soldiers are dead."
"You think that's bad? One of my defense towers was destroyed. I don't know if it can withstand tomorrow's attack."
"These monsters are getting stronger and stronger. It's a shame we can't do anything about it right now. We want to go out and hunt monsters, but my soldiers were instantly killed shortly after leaving."
"My territory is surrounded by the sea. There's no point in going out, so I can only stay within the walls and watch the waves."
"You guys are such weaklings. I eliminated five hundred monsters today, and every single one was a level 6 monster. Several of them were even level 7 elites!"
"Wow! A big shot! You can defeat elites so quickly!"
"My territory is only facing level 4 monsters right now, and you can already defeat level 7 elites. Truly amazing!"
"Please let me tag along."
"This little sister is willing to offer herself in return."
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Zhou Yan was speechless. Level 7 monsters are strong???
It was merely a matter of a single strike.
If other lords knew that he could already kill level 18 mutated elite monsters like the Water Frog Demon, he wondered what their expressions would be.
Perhaps all the new lords in the world would go insane.
However, even if he said it, no one would believe him.
Because it was too "exaggerated."
The chat room mostly contained routine information: requests to buy equipment, items for sale, and acquisitions of various things, but more often than not, it was idle chatter, with quite a few people bragging.
Not long after, Zhang San walked over and reported to Zhou Yan, "Reporting to the Lord, we have finished clearing the battlefield and collected a total of four hundred and fifty-eight bronze treasure chests."
Over four hundred treasure chests, which was about what he had expected.
Nodding, Zhou Yan picked up his weapon and said, "Continue forward."
The [White Robe Ghost Soldiers] immediately lined up neatly and followed behind Zhou Yan.
After walking only about a hundred meters, they encountered monsters again. However, there were too few of them to be a challenge, and he wanted to find densely populated areas to fight.
But finding large-scale monster groups in this swamp land would clearly require a lot of luck.
By four or five o'clock, he still hadn't encountered the ideal monster horde. He did find quite a few traps, and even a few soldiers were almost swallowed by the swamp.
It was getting late.
They walked back while clearing the monsters they encountered along the way.
Overall, the harvest from his team alone was very considerable.
They gained approximately forty to fifty thousand Soul Coins, twenty to thirty thousand Spirit Coins, and more than a thousand, nearly two thousand, treasure chests.
The main reason was that monsters in the swamp rarely traveled in groups. Only the Water Frog Demons they encountered at the beginning were in large numbers; most of the monsters they met later were in pairs or threes.
"I wonder how Zhen Mi and Sun Shangxiang are doing with their harvests."
Zhou Yan thought curiously.
This was because the territory's warehouse could only be used within the territory.
However, everyone had a spatial package. Both lords and summoned residents possessed an initial spatial package and equipment slots.
The initial storage slots were related to one's own level. Each time the level increased by one, an additional storage slot would be added.
Furthermore, treasure chests of the same quality dropped in the wild could be stacked, so there was no need to worry about running out of space for them.
When he returned to the territory, he found that he was the last to return.
The main reason was that the swamp was difficult to navigate, and the numerous traps wasted a lot of time.
Fortunately, the weather here wouldn't get completely dark until around 7 o'clock.
After entering the territory, he immediately checked the territory's message log.
When he saw that the Soul Coins obtained by Zhen Mi and Sun Shangxiang were double his own, he was "shocked."
"So many Soul Coins, how many monsters did they kill!"
He was genuinely happy.
The total amount of Soul Coins obtained by the two women exceeded two hundred thousand.
This immediately replenished a large portion of the Soul Coin deficit.
"Lord!"
Upon arriving at the [Spiritual Qi Bamboo House], he found both Zhen Mi and Sun Shangxiang there. They were eating spiritual fruits and waiting for his return.
After handing over various territorial matters to Li Shuang, the steward, Zhen Mi no longer had to be busy with the territory.
Previously, Zhen Mi and Diao Chan were responsible for the internal affairs of the territory, which made them feel somewhat lost. Now that there was a professional person in charge, she was truly happy.
Moreover, Li Shuang's abilities were indeed remarkable. She arranged all the territorial matters clearly and meticulously.
Whether it was the cultivation of spiritual fruits in the [Spiritual Field] or various miscellaneous tasks in the territory, she could handle them very reasonably.
This earned Zhen Mi and Sun Shangxiang great admiration.
"You guys had quite a good harvest this time. My area wasn't as good; it was all swamp," Zhou Yan said.
"Hehe, Lord, my area was a valley with many groups of monsters. I even discovered a treasure!"
Zhen Mi's eyebrows lifted, and she smiled, her expression quite mysterious.
"Oh, a treasure!" Zhou Yan became very curious.
Not only he was curious, but Sun Shangxiang also looked curious, though she didn't speak.
"Then why don't you take it out? You're becoming more mischievous," Zhou Yan said, looking at Zhen Mi.
"Not at all."
Zhen Mi looked at Zhou Yan generously, with no trace of shyness in her eyes, only a smile.
Zhen Mi was a straightforward and generous woman, unlike the shy Diao Chan.
If it were Diao Chan, she wouldn't have kept it a secret but would have obediently handed it over.
Zhen Mi had not placed that treasure in the [Treasure Chamber] but kept it in her own spatial package, specifically waiting for Zhou Yan's reaction.
With a flash of light, a dark gold treasure chest appeared in Zhen Mi's hand.
Zhou Yan's eyes widened as he saw it, and he exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually a dark gold treasure chest!"
Sun Shangxiang was also very surprised.
The quality of treasure chests was divided into nine tiers.
The dark gold treasure chest belonged to the seventh tier of treasure chest quality.
To obtain such a treasure chest at this stage was indeed astonishing.
"Hehe, Lord, surprised, aren't you!"
Zhen Mi smiled, her captivating smile very alluring. Coupled with her peerless beauty and voluptuous figure, she was the type of well-endowed woman who held an extraordinary attraction for Zhou Yan.
Calming himself, Zhou Yan felt a surge of joy and quickly replied, "It is indeed very surprising. How did you obtain it?"
Sun Shangxiang was also very curious and quietly waited for Zhen Mi's answer.
"It's quite coincidental, really. When I was preparing to return, I suddenly saw a ray of light reflecting from a cliff. The setting sun at that moment happened to reflect onto that treasure chest, which made me curious to go and take a look. Upon seeing it, I found a dark gold treasure chest placed there, so I just picked it up."
Zhen Mi recounted the entire process of finding the treasure chest.
Both of them were left speechless by her explanation.
It was that simple?
The treasure chest was just found lying there!
Her luck was truly incredible.
However, considering Zhen Mi's luck stat of 70, it was understandable.
Treasure chests found in the wild were different from those dropped by monsters.
Treasure chests found in the wild could be traded.
If he were to put this dark gold treasure chest on the world channel and announce it, there would definitely be buyers offering over ten million Spirit Coins.
This was because wild treasure chests were extremely rare, let alone treasure chests of dark gold quality.