Zhou Yan clearly hadn't expected anyone to help promote his spiritual spring for free, which was why so many people were paying attention to him.
"This is good, it can help me earn more money."
He checked the price of bamboo again and found that someone had listed another 100 stalks of bamboo, and it was the lord named [Xiao Guai Guai].
Without hesitation, he again instantly bought the bamboo from that person and also bought bamboo from several other lords. The price of bamboo they sold only differed by a small amount anyway.
He didn't care about such small amounts of money now.
Territory Notification: "[National Trading Hall] Purchased 100 stalks of bamboo, consuming 1000 spiritual coins."
Territory Notification: "[National Trading Hall] Purchased 10 stalks of bamboo, consuming 120 spiritual coins."
Territory Notification: "[National Trading Hall] Purchased 50 stalks of bamboo, consuming 600 spiritual coins."
...
His spiritual spring was only a one-star spiritual spring water, so he didn't feel any heartache about it.
Zhou Yan didn't know that after he bought the bamboo again, [Xiao Guai Guai] was once again surprised. She happily sold all the bamboo in her inventory at the same price.
Zhou Yan naturally saw this and, thinking that he would need a lot of bamboo during the novice trial, he proactively followed the other party. However, he still chose to hide his territory name and did not let the other party know.
Lord [Xiao Guai Guai] saw the message notification and was very curious. She believed that this person must be the one who bought her bamboo.
When she opened it, she found that the other party's name was hidden.
Lord [Xiao Guai Guai]: "ヾ(´･･｀｡)ノ？？？"
According to normal logic, shouldn't the other party talk to her and discuss purchasing bamboo?
But the other party only followed and didn't initiate a chat.
It made sense, though. If he wanted to chat, he could have sent a private message directly, as her selling name wasn't hidden.
"What a strange person." Lord [Xiao Guai Guai] didn't mind. Since the other party needed bamboo and she had some, she would just chop as much bamboo as possible and sell more.
...
Zhou Yan's Territory.
He and Diao Chan started filling water again.
He didn't know how much they filled, but he listed them for sale as soon as he filled a batch. Each time he listed them, they were basically sold out instantly.
Those who were following him were afraid of being too slow.
But Zhou Yan didn't believe they needed this much spiritual spring water.
A single lord naturally didn't need so much, but there were so many lords in the entire country. There were plenty of lords who wanted spiritual spring water, so no matter how much spiritual spring he had, there would always be someone who needed it.
This continued until Qin Chuan heard a notification.
Territory Notification: "[Spiritual Spring] Reached maximum production capacity for today. Please extract again tomorrow."
"It's already reached the maximum extraction volume."
The extraction volume of the spiritual spring was the same as its production speed. Currently, he could only extract a maximum of three tons of water per day.
Calculated at 1000 milliliters per bottle, he had already extracted three thousand bottles worth of water.
A little科普: 1 ton = 1000 liters, 1 liter = 1000 milliliters.
He looked at his spiritual coin count.
Excited heart, trembling hands.
Over three million spiritual coins lay before him.
"Don't be excited, don't be excited. I am the man destined to become the strongest lord in the universe. Over three million spiritual coins is just pocket change, as the five big words float in the sky."
Zhou Yan tried to calm himself down.
"Hahaha!!!"
He usually didn't laugh, unless he couldn't help it.
He had tried his best not to laugh, but his strength wouldn't allow it.
Diao Chan: "(o_o)？？？"
"Why is Zhou Yan suddenly laughing so happily?" Diao Chan was very confused.
The value of spiritual spring water was naturally high, but others could only obtain some through adventures.
However, he possessed a spiritual spring that could produce infinitely.
Of course, if the novice trial ended, his spiritual spring might not be able to sell at such a high price. It would probably only sell for half the price.
After all, it was a low-level spiritual spring, and adventurers could discover quite a bit of it by luck when exploring.
He even heard that some people had discovered spiritual springs as large as entire lakes.
Therefore, only during the novice trial period could it be sold at double the outside price.
This was because many lords used it to irrigate their spiritual fields, allowing crops to grow quickly and thus obtain enough food.
Territory Notification: "Consumed 300 spiritual coins, [Spiritual Spring] level upgraded to Level 2."
Territory Notification: "Consumed 600 spiritual coins, [Spiritual Spring] level upgraded to Level 3."
Territory Notification: "Consumed 900 spiritual coins, [Spiritual Spring] level upgraded to Level 4."
...
Upgrading the spiritual spring required more spiritual coins, but its effects were very powerful, and the increased cost was worth it.
Territory Notification: "Consumed 30,000 spiritual coins, [Spiritual Spring] level upgraded to Level 10."
Territory Notification: "Insufficient materials, [Spiritual Spring] level cannot be further upgraded."
Zhou Yan immediately opened the information for the spiritual spring upon hearing this.
[Building: Spiritual Spring]
[Level: Level 10]
[Upgrade Requirements: 100,000 spiritual coins, 10 Lower Grade Spirit Stones]
[Quality: SSS (0/5)]
[Defense: 10,000/10,000]
[Consumption: 3,000 spiritual coins consumed per ton produced]
[Production Speed: 10 tons/day]
[Special Attribute: Spring water filled with spiritual energy]
[Description: A source of spiritual energy that not only accelerates crop growth, but also strengthens the body, speeds up cultivation, and can help recover from injuries and fatigue, with endless uses. Requires 5 [Spiritual Springs] to evolve again.]
"It actually requires spirit stones!" Zhou Yan was very surprised.
He then frowned. Spirit stones were very rare materials. Although they were only Lower Grade Spirit Stones, he had heard that they were particularly scarce and generally unobtainable. One needed to find special channels to buy them.
He hadn't expected that the [Spiritual Spring] couldn't be upgraded further after reaching Level 10. It seemed that each building was different.
However, the production speed had increased to ten tons per day. Besides the three tons sold, he could extract another eight tons of water.
He planned to keep this water for himself, as he also needed a large amount of spiritual spring water now.
Upgrading buildings did not restore the extraction volume of the spiritual spring, nor did the quality of the spiritual spring change.
He had originally thought that the [Spiritual Spring] could be upgraded to Level 20, which would then allow the quality of the [Spiritual Spring] to increase by one tier. But he hadn't expected that after reaching Level 10, the [Spiritual Spring] would require other materials.
Zhou Yan checked the trading hall to see if anyone was selling buckets or similar items. To his surprise, he found some, so he spent two hundred spiritual coins to buy two buckets. He and Diao Chan each took a bucket of water and began to irrigate the spiritual fields.
These spiritual fields were numerous, and irrigation would take quite some time.
But both of them were very happy; this was something they grew themselves.
After irrigating so many spiritual fields, the amount of food they would obtain would be very substantial. If they couldn't eat it all, they could sell it.
Spiritual spring water plus food irrigated by spiritual spring water, the effect would definitely be amazing, and there would be no shortage of market for it.
It was just that Zhou Yan hadn't expected that not long after the spiritual spring was poured, the crops began to grow as if they had grown for half a month.
"Whoa, this growth rate is too fast! No wonder spiritual spring is so popular."
In the initial stage, everyone lacked everything. Things like spiritual spring were things that those who understood would buy without hesitation.