Chapter 15

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

He closed the interface after sending it out, and counted every reminder he could get.

No matter who the Goblin tribe was, they’d all be “Dead”.

A tribe that could injure the Wolf Cavalry Parker in a single blow was no weakling.

At the same time, Jiang Chen’s name gradually became famous among these lords.

He’d managed to discover so much useful information in just over a day.

Then who was he himself?

“Let’s go take a look at the exchange market.”

Jiang Chen’s thoughts turned, wanting to see if there was anything good in the exchange market.

He opened the exchange market.

A large amount of listing information immediately refreshed.

Although there weren’t any particularly powerful lords appearing now, there were still tens of thousands of lords amongst the billions that had displayed decent advantages and resources.

Most of the items on sale were very monotonous.

Most of them were food and wood.

There were basically no blueprints, weapons, or special materials.

Jiang Chen would occasionally see one or two items that were valuable, but the prices for them were also sky high.

For example, they actually needed 500 pieces of wood or 50 beginner soul shards.

They were simply snatching people.

Another example was the skill books, which were also a massive amount of resources at a price.

No one could afford them in the short term.

“I’m also very short of resources at the moment, so I won’t be selling basic resources for the time being. I’ll go out and explore later to find new resources!”

An hour later, Jiang Chen brought Lucy and the others with him.

Jiang Chen and Lucy formed a team, while tie Dan led two soldiers to form another pair.

They split up to explore today.

He was prepared to explore the second circle in the southwest. He had only taken a quick look at the area before and hadn’t explored it properly.

Parker had also inspected the area before, and there wasn’t much danger there. Only a small number of wild beasts had gathered there.

Jiang Chen felt that with his current strength and the long-range mage Lucy, it shouldn’t be a problem for him to go there.

..

It wasn’t an easy thing to explore the map.

Especially in the second circle, there might even be a herd of wild beasts.

The speed of exploration wasn’t fast.

If he discovered any special places or fought with monsters, he would have to spend more time.

After four hours, the exploration during this period was relatively smooth.

Of the two maps Jiang Chen explored, only one was in danger.

It was five gray wolves gathered together.

Lucy chanted the fireball spell.

With a wave of her staff, the gray wolves were all burnt to a crisp.

Jiang Chen had barely made a move, and the gray wolves were all dead.

[ system notification: Soul Fragment * 5]

After that, they encountered two more green-skinned lizards.

These kinds of monsters were slightly stronger than gray wolves.

Especially in the forest, their concealment abilities were strong.

It was like a killer.

“Left, second tree.”

Jiang Chen gave the command.

Lucy chanted silently and activated strangle Thorn.

Two thorny vines emerged from under the forest and instantly bound and strangled the lizard.

Green blood flowed out.

This trainee mage had gone from being shy in the beginning to cooperating with him now.

He was even more adept in battle.

Lucy chanted another spell.

A fireball flew out and accurately hit another green-skinned lizard.

The red flames exploded.

This one died on the spot.

The remaining one was quickly shot to death as well.

[ hint: Soul Fragment * 2]

Jiang Chen had discovered a total of two treasure chests in these areas.

One was black iron rank.

One was an ordinary wood rank.

Treasure chests could only be opened by a Lord. Jiang Chen stepped forward and opened them one by one.

[ open the wooden treasure chests. ]

[ hint: you have obtained dry rations * 20]

[ system hint: you have obtained spinach seeds * 30]

[ system hint: you have obtained an intermediate craftsman skill book. ]

This skill book could be given to tie Dan, and he could build a blacksmith shop when he returned.

As the population grew, the armed forces of the territory were also indispensable.

..

[ open the black iron treasure chest ]

[ system notification: obtained crystal * 3]

[ notification: obtained talent recruitment scroll (Green) . ]

[ advanced talent recruitment scroll: able to recruit civilians with greater potential after use. ]

This was a good item!

Jiang Chen met up with Tie Dan and the others after opening the black iron treasure chest.

The two of them walked towards the south in an imposing manner.

“Your Lordship, this area is a swamp. There’s a silver treasure chest in the middle.”

“However, there are two crocodiles hiding in the swamp. If you want to open the treasure chest, you must first deal with these two crocodiles.”

Each of these two crocodiles was several meters long, and they were also in a swamp environment.

Even if five or six soldiers were present, they wouldn’t be able to gain any advantage.

Jiang Chen had already planned this long ago.

Whoosh!

He threw out a large stone.

It hit the crocodiles.

The stone didn’t deal any effective damage to the crocodiles, but it made the two crocodiles go a little crazy.

The two crocodiles didn’t hesitate to rush over in the face of this human who was challenging their territory.

The two crocodiles crawled over at high speed.

Jiang Chen maintained his calm.

When the crocodiles got a little closer and opened their mouths.

A fireball that had long since been prepared shot out.

Boom!

The fireball shot through the crocodile’s soft mouth.

The crocodiles cried out in pain.

It continued to struggle and the swamp water splattered everywhere.

Tie Dan and his soldiers continued to attack the crocodile.

They were all aimed at the crocodile’s vital parts.

Before long, the two crocodiles completely whimpered.

[ hint: Soul Fragment * 4]

The stronger a beast was, the more soul fragments it would drop.

Jiang Chen looked around and confirmed that there were no other crocodiles before he arrived at the center of the swamp.

A Silver Treasure Chest quietly landed in the center.

This was the first time Jiang Chen had seen a silver treasure chest.

He had to admit that tie Dan’s luck was truly good. He’d been able to find a silver treasure chest just like that.

He extended his hand.

“Open the Treasure Chest!”

A burst of green light emerged.

[ system notification: obtained mithril * 2. ]

[ system notification: obtained Rice Tree * 2. ]

[ system notification: obtained Elemental Crystal * 2. ]

[ system notification: obtained winter clothing blueprints. ]

[ system notification: obtained grade two civilian residence blueprints. ]

[ system notification: obtained territory upgrade scroll. ]

Jiang Chen quickly picked up the scroll.

It was also a sheepskin scroll.

There were complex patterns on it.

[ territory upgrade scroll: can be used to upgrade a beginner’s territory. ]

[ upgrade requirements: Wood/200, grass/200, stone/200, iron/100, soul fragment/20. ]

[ level 2 House Blueprint: higher-level houses, can be upgraded at the basic level of level 1 houses. ]

[ elemental crystal: a necessity for building high-level buildings such as elemental type. ]

[ rice tree: planted in the field, when it ripens, it will produce crystal-clear rice. ]

“Good stuff! These are all hard goods!”

“Especially this elemental crystal. It’s definitely the hard currency of the later stages of the Lords!”

Jiang Chen collected all of them.

The conditions for upgrading the territory had been met by Jiang Chen.

He wanted to return immediately and upgrade the territory.

But looking at the sky, there was still quite a bit of time.

The upgrade could be left at night.

There’s no rush.

At least we’ll have to thoroughly explore the surrounding area.

A search of the swamp didn’t find any valuable resources.

It’s pretty barren..