Chapter 27: Madly Harvesting the Lord's Wealth [Please Collect and Recommend]

After Tie Zhu transitioned to the Nord Shadow Scout class, his overall attributes improved significantly.

However, compared to Colby and Luna, there was still a gap.

This was related to his aptitude and level.

Tie Zhu's level was only Lv1.

If he were to level up, his attributes would likely not be much inferior to Colby's at the same level.

"From now on, you will bear the mission of exploring the wilderness for the territory. I hope you do not disappoint me."

Zong Shen offered a final word of encouragement to Tie Zhu.

Tie Zhu nodded firmly.

At this moment, the look in his eyes as he gazed at Zong Shen was filled with nothing but admiration.

"Tie Zhu will definitely not disappoint the Lord!"

"Good, go back and rest. I will arrange tasks for you once dawn breaks."

Zong Shen waved his hand, letting Tie Zhu return to the grass hut to rest.

At this time, Colby walked over.

The giant wolf, Fenrir, was still asleep.

"Lord..."

Colby bowed to Zong Shen.

"Why aren't you continuing to rest?"

Zong Shen asked curiously, looking at Colby's resolute face.

Colby shook his head.

"Lord, I have an unsettling premonition in my heart."

His face bore a look of deep concern.

"What is it? Is it because of the goblin tribe from earlier today?"

Zong Shen asked with concern.

Colby nodded.

"That goblin tribe is quite powerful. Although I am certain I shook off their tail while escaping, I still have the feeling of being watched..."

"This feeling is clinging to my heart, making me restless."

Hearing Colby say this, Zong Shen also frowned.

"Is there something wrong with Colby?"

He began to consult the Strategy Guide.

(Colby has been cast with a Tracking Beacon by a Goblin Mage. This magical beacon will continuously locate his position for a duration of one day. Of course, you can use Dispel Magic to clear the beacon.)

(However, do not worry; the Tracking Beacon only forms a vague directional guide in the caster's mind.)

In the next moment, golden strategy prompts surfaced.

Zong Shen's expression turned solemn.

The fact that those goblins had placed a Tracking Beacon on Colby meant they were certainly trying to trace the source to pull the weeds out by the roots.

His territory might have already been exposed.

He needed to make plans as soon as possible.

"Colby, a Tracking Beacon has been placed on you."

"It is very likely that those goblins have discovered the location of our territory."

"Leave the camp immediately. Advance forty to fifty miles north and wait for me there. I will meet up with you after dawn."

"We must keep moving to confuse those damn goblins."

Zong Shen thought for a moment and came up with a plan.

According to the Strategy Guide, as a magical beacon, the Tracking Beacon only formed a vague location in the caster's mind.

In essence, it wasn't a particularly sophisticated tracking spell.

Therefore, as long as one kept moving and changing their location and stopping points, it would achieve the effect of confusing the caster.

It was already past 4:00 AM, the end of the late night.

It got dark early here, and dawn came early as well.

The eastern sky was already turning a pale grey, and the surrounding darkness was gradually dissipating.

It was estimated that it would be fully light in another hour or two.

Outside the territory, the excited beasts that had been howling for half the night had also vanished without a trace.

All around the territory, there were dense clusters of footprints everywhere.

Hearing Zong Shen's words, Colby did not dare to delay.

He hurriedly woke the giant wolf, Fenrir.

Mounting the giant wolf, he prepared to leave the territory.

Zong Shen took two portions of refined dried camel meat from his storage slot and handed them to him.

As rations for the road.

Colby took the dried meat, bowed once more, and then rode Fenrir toward the north.

Zong Shen watched Colby depart.

He turned and walked to the [Market].

In less than two hours, three portions of Moon Spring Water had already sold out.

It was the middle of the night; were these Lords all night owls who didn't sleep?

A Tier 1 [Market] could only have three listing slots, which was simply not enough for Zong Shen.

The [Market] building did not belong to the basic buildings; it required a higher-level blueprint to upgrade in the future.

It seemed he needed to obtain a Tier 2 Market blueprint as soon as possible.

These three portions of Moon Spring Water had exchanged for 200 units of wood and 80 units of hemp for Zong Shen.

Now, the four major basic resources in Zong Shen's hands had reached terrifying numbers.

[Wood × 331]

[Stone × 22]

[Iron × 60]

[Hemp × 117]

On the contrary, stone was somewhat lacking.

But that was also simple.

After selling two waves of Moon Spring Water, totaling 240ml, combined with the output from these few hours, the spring's reserves had not only not decreased but had actually increased quite a bit.

He took out a few more portions.

This time, he only listed one portion.

He only requested an exchange for 100 units of stone.

In less than three minutes, it was snatched up by a Lord.

Exaggerated! My friend!

With this Moon Spring Water, Zong Shen could completely solve his early-stage resource problems.

Not only that, but by leveraging the powerful effects of the Moon Spring Water, Zong Shen was practically harvesting the wealth of other Lords like crazy!

At this time, he began to check the mountain of private messages.

Over a thousand Lords had already sent him private messages, stating they had blueprints or peculiar items.

Unfortunately, very few were truly valuable.

Or rather, for those that were truly valuable, the Lords were unwilling to trade them.

After all, resources were renewable and could be continuously gathered, whereas precious blueprints and materials were rare and could not be sought at will, providing a massive boost to early development.

Through keyword searches, Zong Shen finally identified items provided by three Lords.

Among them, two were special items.

One was a building blueprint.

Zong Shen checked the special items first.

Since the night was long, he had plenty of time to slowly haggle in the market before dawn.

[Junior Heart of Strength]

[Increases Strength by +6 upon wearing]

This item directly increased a base attribute.

It was highly valuable.

Zong Shen estimated that the other party would likely try to take advantage of the situation to drive up the price.

After all, after selling two waves of Moon Spring Water, his supply had become a true hard currency.

Every portion of [Tears of the Moon Goddess] was a representative of preciousness, capable of being exchanged for vast amounts of resources.

After Zong Shen replied, the other party responded quickly.

This was an Arab Lord named Mohammed1985717, and as expected, he chose to make an outrageous demand.

With one breath, he demanded an exchange for 400ml of [Tears of the Moon Goddess].

Zong Shen flatly refused.

[Tears of the Moon Goddess] was a rare commodity.

An extra 6 points of strength might not necessarily save a life, but an extra portion of [Tears of the Moon Goddess] meant an extra unit of health.

Ultimately, after a round of bargaining, the deal was closed at the price of 200ml of Moon Spring Water.

Zong Shen listed 200ml all at once, specifying the trade price as the item [Junior Heart of Strength].

The transaction was completed quickly.

The 200ml of spring water emptied nearly half of Zong Shen's current stock.

However, Zong Shen was not panicked in the slightest.

There was still about 250ml of spring water reserve in the Moon Well.

Moreover, it increased by 50ml every hour!