"Five thousand!" Zhou Yan exclaimed in surprise. "That many!"
"We also didn't expect so many monsters to appear, but their levels are all very low, the highest being only level 6. They're all just here to give us soul coins," Diao Chan replied.
He had absolute trust in his territory, whether it was the various building defenses or the Thorn Fence, which could effectively block the monsters outside.
What's more, they now possessed five defense towers, each of which was incredibly powerful.
He glanced at the soul coins, which had accumulated to nearly two hundred thousand in three days.
"So many soul coins, two hundred thousand!" Zhou Yan was astonished.
"We've been taking people out to hunt monsters these days. Zhen Mi and I took turns leading the expeditions, one day each. It's Zhen Mi's turn to lead today, so I stayed to guard the territory," Diao Chan explained.
"Very good, very good."
Two hundred thousand soul coins was enough for him to do many things.
To better protect the territory, he went directly to the barracks, the White Robed Ghost Soldiers.
Standing on the altar, he began to summon soldiers.
Territory notification: "Cost 1000 soul coins to summon a White Robed Ghost Soldier."
Territory notification: "Cost 1000 soul coins to summon a White Robed Ghost Soldier."
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Territory notification: "Cost 1000 soul coins to summon a White Robed Sergeant."
"Finally, a junior officer has appeared," Zhou Yan noted.
Zhou Yan examined the sergeant's attributes and found that they were only slightly higher than those of ordinary soldiers, not a significant difference.
This time, he summoned a total of 20 White Robed Ghost Soldiers and leveled them all up to level 10, costing a total of 120,000 soul coins, leaving over 80,000.
His territory's population had increased to 68 people.
He instructed these twenty soldiers to train individually and then left the area.
"The spiritual spring water collected these past few days needs to be sold soon, or there won't be anything to store it in," Diao Chan said to Zhou Yan, recalling something.
"Let me see if there are any water vats or similar items. If there are, I'll buy some," Zhou Yan replied.
The daily production of spiritual spring water was fixed, and it was a very marketable product with no shortage of buyers.
The main issue was that he couldn't consume it all himself. If his own territory couldn't even use it all, he wouldn't consider selling it.
As the population increased, the territory's demand for spiritual spring water would grow. He also needed a significant amount of funds now, and the prices of items in the Mysterious Shop always made him feel depressed.
However, with the cultivation of spiritual fruits, he could become rich by selling them.
Diao Chan had already stored a considerable amount these past few days, waiting for him to sell it.
Diao Chan had been monitoring the Mysterious Shop these past few days. Since he had been given the authority to manage the territory when he entered the inheritance, he could use all functions within the territory.
Anything that appeared in the Mysterious Shop these past few days and was beneficial to them, Diao Chan had purchased. Those he couldn't afford were naturally ignored.
"There are three more defense towers," Zhou Yan noticed, seeing three new defense towers around the territory.
"These were all rewards obtained after the trial ended these past three days. Sister Zhen Mi opened them all. I must say, she has incredibly good luck," Diao Chan said happily. The territory was currently lacking defense towers, and each one greatly enhanced its protection.
The three defense towers were one Flame Tower, one Blade Tower, and one Poison Gas Tower.
Diao Chan had upgraded all of them to level 20.
The Flame Tower was self-explanatory; they already had one. Zhou Yan primarily focused on the information of the other two defense towers.
Building: Blade Tower
Level: 20
Upgrade Cost: 30,000 soul coins, 50 one-star gold ore.
Quality: S (0/1)
Upgrade Requirement: One Blade Tower.
Defense: 10000/10000
Special Attribute 1: Unleashes a blade storm attack on enemies.
Special Attribute 2: Every two hours, can unleash a Heavenly Sword, dealing devastating damage to enemies.
Attack Range: 100 meters
Description: All shall be destroyed by blades.
This defense tower was good. Its normal attack was an area-of-effect attack, similar to the Storm Tower, but its power was undoubtedly inferior to the Storm Tower, as the Storm Tower was an SSS-quality building.
The second skill was excellent for dealing with some high-level monsters. This move was clearly a single-target attack; although the range was small, its power was certainly greater.
He then looked at the other defense tower.
Building: Poison Gas Tower
Level: 20
Upgrade Cost: 60,000 soul coins, 100 poison sacs from level 2 or higher monsters.
Quality: SS (0/2)
Upgrade Requirement: Two Poison Gas Towers.
Defense: 20000/20000
Special Attribute 1: Releases a poisonous mist that inflicts poisoning on enemies.
Special Attribute 2: Every thirty minutes, can release poisonous powder to slow down enemies.
Attack Range: 200 meters
Description: A defense tower filled with potent poison, rumored to have been created by a group of wicked individuals.
This was a defense tower with negative status effects, and it was also an area-of-effect tower, which was very good. He was eager to see what would happen when a group of monsters was hit by the Poison Gas Tower.
"The poisonous mist from the Poison Gas Tower is very potent. As long as the monsters fall within its range, they will be poisoned to death," Diao Chan recalled from yesterday's battle.
"We'll see its power tomorrow," Zhou Yan said, also curious.
They arrived at the spiritual spring. The day's spiritual spring water had not yet been used. Zhou Yan opened the trading hall and found that the Lord "Little Cutie" was no longer selling bamboo.
Therefore, he proactively added her as a friend.
In a certain area of the novice trial space, she saw a friend request and clicked to accept it.
Territory notification: "Successfully added [Little Cutie] as a friend."
[Little Cutie] was very curious and opened the profile of the friend named [Heavenly Court].
Besides the territory name, everything else was hidden.
She was curious why this person had added her. Just as she was about to speak, she saw the other party initiate the conversation.
Zhou Yan: "Hello, why aren't you selling bamboo anymore?"
"Bamboo!" Upon hearing this, Lord [Little Cutie] immediately asked, "Are you the one who used to buy my bamboo?"
"Yes, it's me. I need a large quantity of bamboo. Do you have any stock left?" Zhou Yan inquired.
"I just saw you hadn't bought any for three days and thought you didn't want it anymore, so I removed the listing," the other party replied.
"The price is the same. I'll take as much as you have," Zhou Yan stated.
The other party was surprised at first, then became happy. This would definitely allow her to obtain a significant amount of spiritual coins to develop her territory.
"Okay, no problem!" Little Cutie then opened the trade window, displaying thousands of bamboo stalks.
She also asked, "Can you handle this much?"
Without a word, Zhou Yan transferred the spiritual coins to her.
After the trade was completed, [Little Cutie] sent a message: "Impressive!"
"Keep chopping bamboo; I still need quite a bit," Zhou Yan said before ending the chat.