Chapter 50: Returning to the Territory, Abundant Resources [Please bookmark and recommend]

[Junior Life Manual]

[Increases HP by 20 points upon use]

Without much hesitation, Zong Shen chose to use it.

Combined with the strength and HP bonuses from the [Ghoul Ring], Zong Shen's health points directly reached 273.

This amount of HP was already comparable to the Wolf Cavalry themselves.

Next, with a flip of his hand, Zong Shen took out a circular badge engraved with a roaring giant bear.

[Wild Mark]

[Summons 3 Lv20 Giant Bears upon use, lasts for 5 minutes, single-use only]

A one-time use summoning item.

It was also a very good item.

It could be used at a critical moment!

Zong Shen put the [Wild Mark] away.

Then, he took out a cluster of pale green light and a slightly smaller cluster of pale blue light, and began to examine them respectively.

[Complete Green Soul]

[Upon use, there is a 100% probability to upgrade a soldier's or farmer's talent from White (Common) to Green (Good)]

[Fragmented Blue Soul]

[Upon use, there is a 40% probability to upgrade a soldier's or farmer's talent from Green (Good) to Blue (Excellent)]

They were actually items capable of upgrading talents.

These were all things dropped by the powerful monsters Zong Shen had killed.

Among them, there were two [Complete Green Souls] and only one [Fragmented Blue Soul].

Zong Shen planned to return to the territory first before deciding who to use them on.

The Wolf Cavalry and Tie Zhu all had ordinary aptitudes and could be upgraded.

Additionally, there were several [Soldier Strengthening Beads] that could be bestowed to quickly transform them into combat power.

As Zong Shen rode his horse, he thought about how to arrange and utilize these items.

He was quite leisurely.

Combat and exploration were indeed an excellent way to increase strength.

He put away the soul clusters.

Then, he took out the last few items.

[Asara's Standard Shortsword]

[One-handed]

[Quality: Common]

[Slashing Damage: 21]

[Piercing Damage: 15]

[Attack Range: 60]

[Attack Speed: +12%]

[Durability: 100]

[Strength Required: 6]

(Asara's Standard Shortsword, covered in dust for many years, slightly decayed)

Four white shortsword weapons from the dungeon living area; Zong Shen planned to keep them for backup.

In the future, once the population grew, he would inevitably have to train soldiers himself, so keeping these white armaments in the territory as military supplies would be perfect.

[Junior Fire Rune]

[Contains fire mana; a common magical material used in construction and forging]

[Junior Wood Rune]

[Contains wood mana; a common magical material used in construction and forging]

Runes were similar to elemental crystals; both were types of magical materials.

They could play different roles according to their corresponding attributes.

[Simple Leather Armor Blueprint]

[Can be used to manufacture simple leather armor]

[Simple Leather Armor]

[Quality: Common]

[Body Protection: 16]

[Durability: 120]

[Crafting Requirements: Complete Pelt ×1, Hemp Rope ×3]

[Crafting Time: 12m]

The attributes were decent, slightly better than Zong Shen's original ragged leather short sleeves.

Zong Shen had already learned this blueprint.

Combined with the previous [Simple Wooden Shield] blueprint, he was already able to manufacture the most basic white protective gear.

The last item was a book.

A very heavy book.

The surface was a brown parchment cover.

On it was written a large four-character title: "Military Strategies"!

[Book: Military Strategies]

[Intelligence Required: 8]

[Reading Time: 120h (cumulative)]

[Reading Effect: Intelligence +4, Charisma +2, Agility +1]

[Each person can only gain the attribute bonus from reading it completely once]

Zong Shen couldn't help but freeze when he saw this effect.

Truly, knowledge is power.

Moreover, everyone could read this book.

As long as they read for a full one hundred and twenty hours, they could obtain attribute bonuses.

Although it mainly increased Intelligence and Charisma, it was still quite remarkable.

In the future, if conditions allowed, it wouldn't be a bad idea to set up a library.

Thinking along the way, he continued forward, and before he knew it, an hour had passed.

The Dwarf Uncle and Tie Zhu had good paces.

Even with the old traveling horse jogging the entire way, they could keep up.

They didn't fall behind once, nor did they complain of being tired.

Now, Zong Shen could see his small territory courtyard from afar through the open grassland.

The farmers were sitting and resting in the thatched sheds outside the courtyard.

Each held a piece of roasted meat in their hands.

Luna, riding her black panther, was meticulously patrolling the surroundings.

At this moment, she also saw Zong Shen's group and waved at him.

Zong Shen waved back in greeting.

Although they had only been gone for half a day, there was a sense of illusion as if they had been away for a long time.

Ten minutes later.

The three arrived at the outskirts of the territory.

The Wolf Cavalry, along with the two mages and five farmers, had to slow their pace. With a distance of over a hundred miles, they still had at least several more hours to walk.

Upon seeing Zong Shen's return, the farmers stood up one after another.

They bowed in greeting.

"Hard work, My Lord!"

Zong Shen nodded with a smile.

He dismounted.

He tied the old traveling horse at the entrance.

He walked quickly into the courtyard, preparing to hand over the supplies.

After two days of gathering and exploration, the forty storage slots of the [Level 1 Territory Storage Box] felt cramped.

However, upgrading the territory storage box did not require a blueprint.

Zong Shen spent some resources and directly upgraded it to a [Level 2 Territory Storage Box].

The capacity became 80 slots.

Zong Shen organized the supplies.

[Money: 1380] [Wood ×421] [Stone ×242] [Iron ×157] [Hemp ×194] [Mithril ×32] [Copper ×30] [Junior Elemental Crystal ×12] [High-grade Magic Rune Stone ×187] [Junior Fire Rune ×1] [Refined Alloy ×2] [Junior Wood Rune ×2] [Fine Wheat Bread ×14] [Fine Rum ×10] [Refined Dried Camel Meat ×15] [Fresh Wolf Meat ×10] [Crude Roasted Wolf Meat ×3] [Crude Roasted Wild Boar Meat ×6]

This reserve of supplies could be described as extremely abundant.

And this was only the basic material supplies.

It didn't even include various bones and furs used as forging raw materials, nor the various items with different uses.

Looking at the full warehouse of supplies, Zong Shen felt a deep sense of security.

He walked out of the courtyard.

He prepared to build everything from the blueprints in hand.

At this time, Luna walked over.

When she saw the Dwarf Uncle, her brow furrowed first, then her expression changed, before finally returning to normal.

Her behavior was all seen by Zong Shen.

Legend has it that the Elves and Dwarves have always been on bad terms.

It seemed that was true.

Copperbeard Winefire, the Dwarf Uncle, hugged his wine jar, found a quiet corner by the courtyard wall, and began to happily drink his wine.

He didn't even need any snacks.

He drank wine like water—a proper old drunkard.

Luna stopped paying attention to the Dwarf Uncle, dismounted from the black panther, and walked up to Zong Shen.