Cao Xing was puzzled for a moment, then replied, "What's the problem?"

Zou Qi: "Today there was a post on the forum from someone from the Three Heroes Society, saying that their leader, Fang Long, died today."

"Those people even went to Fang Long's territory to check and found that not only was Fang Long dead, but even his camp had been burned to ashes."

"And the Three Heroes Association in District 174 announced its disbandment on the spot. A large number of members withdrew, leaving only the last few backbones still supporting it."

Cao Xing was stunned. He didn't expect the Three Heroes Society to disband so quickly.

Sure enough, for a force like this, once the leader dies, the people below basically scatter like monkeys when the tree falls.

At this time, Zou Qi asked tentatively: "But, they said that Fang Long was killed by you, is this true?"

The survivors could communicate with each other very easily, and Cao Xing knew that this matter could not be kept secret.

However, he would never admit it.

Cao Xing replied: "It has nothing to do with me. I don't even know where Fang Long's territory is."

"Perhaps, he was hit by the ice nest in his territory and was killed directly."

Hearing this, Zou Qi on the opposite side also laughed, "You are right, Boss Cao Xing, Fang Long was killed by the ice nest."

"However, Master Cao Xing, I still need to remind you."

"In addition to Fanglong, the Three Heroes Association has two other chapters in other cities. They were assigned to other districts this time."

"I took a look at the world channel and the other two chapters seem to be developing quite well. Boss Cao Xing should be careful."

After hearing this, Cao Xing nodded. He understood what Zou Qi meant.

The Three Heroes Society has three bosses in public, and they used to have considerable influence in the three cities of Blue Star.

This is also the origin of their name.

Of course, for Cao Xing.

With his current strength, he can completely ignore these guys.

Moreover, according to his current pace of development, he will become stronger faster and faster.

So there is no need to worry about threats from survivors.

Cao Xing replied, "Okay, I understand. Thanks for the reminder."

The other party replied, "You're welcome," and then hung up the call.

The disbandment of the Three Heroes Society was just a small episode for Cao Xing. What he was more concerned about now was finding the last thing to make the secret of life: the ice phoenix flower.

After entering the three keywords "Ice Bird Flower" in the market.

There is zero relevant information.

Cao Xing said with some regret: "Sure enough, there is not even one?"

This was to be expected, since magical plants were rare.

However, this also indirectly shows that Cao Xing's idea of ​​mass-producing the secret of life is somewhat difficult.

At this moment, Cao Xing had an idea.

"Since it's not available on the market, we should proactively release the information."

"First draw attention among the survivors, and even if they don't have any now, they will help to keep an eye out for these two plants later."

"When the time comes, as long as I offer a high enough price, someone will definitely contact me."

Of course, this has a disadvantage, which is that other survivors will know that Cao Xing needs two plants.

Some people may take the opportunity to defraud money.

However, this is inevitable.

Even if Cao Xing did not release the information publicly, as long as his name appeared, someone would spread the news that he needed the Ice Bird Flower.

So, Cao Xing directly hung up the golden weapon in his hand: [King's Battle Blade].

[Consignment Item Information: King's Blade (Gold)]

[Required items: Food*99.99 million]

【Consignor: Cao Xing】

[Seller's note: I am willing to pay for the purchase of Ice Jacaranda and Moses Grass. If you have these two magical plants, please contact me.]

Thinking of this, Cao Xing added: "If anyone knows information about these two plants, you can also contact me, and I will also give you a reward."

…

In today's trading market, not to mention gold equipment, even purple equipment is very rare.

Cao Xing's King's Blade, as a level 20 golden weapon, can be said to be the only one of its kind.

Soon, a survivor discovered the golden weapon that Cao Xing had put on the shelf.

A survivor named Jin Wei wiped his eyes and said doubtfully: "Damn... am I seeing things? This is a golden weapon?"

"Someone got golden equipment so soon?"

When he saw the consignor's name, a look of enlightenment suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"It turned out to be Boss Cao Xing. I was wondering who could produce golden equipment so quickly and put it on the market."

"However, he doesn't seem to be planning to trade it. He just wants to use this weapon to announce the purchase of two items, Ice Bird Flower and Moses Grass."

At the same time, more and more people discovered this unique golden equipment in the market.

Someone in the chat channel suddenly said, "Brothers, go to the market and take a look. It seems that Boss Cao Xing has put a golden weapon on the shelf!"

Feng Zhongyang: "What? Golden weapons! This is impossible?"

Liu Yue: "Yeah, it's only been a few days, and I haven't even touched blue equipment yet, how could someone possibly drop gold equipment!"

Cui Ping: "Why don't you go and take a look and find out?"

After saying that, they all opened the market, which immediately caused a burst of exclamations.

"Oh my god...it's real! And it's a level 20 golden sword!"

"What a strong attribute! If I had this, I would be invincible right now!"

"Too awesome! You are worthy of being called Cao Xing."

At this time, another survivor named Zheng Mingjie said, "Brothers, it seems that Boss Cao Xing needs ice pheasant flowers and moss grass. Does anyone have them, or have you seen them outside?"

The survivors were all confused and asked, "What is this? I've never heard of it before?"

Chen Mingming: "I haven't heard of it either, but since it's something that Boss Cao Xing wants, it should be very valuable, right?"

Wang Tao: "I want to know what Boss Cao Xing is going to use to buy these two materials. He is not going to really exchange them for golden weapons, right?"

Wu Zixuan: "The guy upstairs, you are dreaming."

As more and more people joined the discussion, Cao Xing opened the chat channel and said something.

Cao Xing: "Everyone, I'm Cao Xing. The two things I want to buy are relatively rare magical plants. I've never seen what they look like."

"If any of you have these two magical plants or related clues, please contact me. I also have some blue meat, warm clothes, green or blue equipment, etc."

"You will be rewarded based on the value of your information."

After hearing the reward Cao Xing promised, all the survivors on the field were tempted!

After all, at the current stage, meat with added attributes and warm clothes are what most survivors need.

And the key is, as long as you provide intelligence, Cao Xing will reward you!

Suddenly, many survivors began to contact their friends privately, asking if they had seen these two magical plants.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers.

As Cao Xing's acquisition information attracted more and more attention, he soon received many private messages.

The mailbox has reached 99+ again

Cao Xing took a quick look and found that most of them were just there to make up the numbers and get rewards.

It is said that he once found traces of the Ice Jade Flower in a mysterious place, and asked Cao Xing to give him 500 pieces of blue beast meat in exchange for telling him the location.

It is said that he once found Moses grass in a cave and asked Cao Xing for the King's Blade.

Also, he said that there was a large amount of Moses grass next to his territory, and he needed Cao Xing to give him a set of equipment first, so he went to pick it for Cao Xing.

These guys don't even bother to cheat people.

Cao Xing simply ignored it.

At this time, a private message sent by a survivor named Qiu Yating caught Cao Xing's attention.

Qiu Yating: "Hello, Mr. Cao Xing, I know the clues about the Ice Jade Flower. It is a rare flower that only grows in places with sufficient magic power. It looks very similar to Lapis Lazuli."

Seeing how detailed she described it, Cao Xing began to believe it a little.

So Cao Xing replied: "Where did you get the clue?"

Qiu Yating quickly replied, "I heard this from an aboriginal. He said that the ice jasmine flower is a precious medicinal herb and that many shops in big cities will buy it."

"But there are only a few places in the entire Snowstorm where you can find a large number of ice harlequins. Currently, there is only one known place."

"And that place is very dangerous. According to the natives, if you go in below the second level, you will almost certainly die."

After listening to it, Cao Xing almost believed this woman and she did have information about the Ice Luan Flower.

So he replied, "What is that place called?"

Qiu Yating, who was standing opposite, chuckled and said, "Boss Cao Xing, I wonder if the reward you mentioned is true?"

Cao Xing understood what she meant and nodded, "Of course it's true. Tell me, what do you need?"

The other party thought for a moment, then replied: "I want 100 pieces of Snowstorm Bear Meat, 100 pieces of Frostbomb Rabbit Meat, plus 20 sets of warm clothes, and five pieces of blue equipment."

Cao Xing rolled his eyes and said, "You want so many things for one piece of news. Aren't you afraid that the wind will blow your tongue off?"

Qiu Yating also heard the silence in Cao Xing's tone, and she said helplessly.

"It was a bit too much... But there was nothing I could do. Someone asked me to form a team with my classmates. Since I had the highest level, they made me the team leader."

"I have to take care of this team now. There are so many supplies needed..."

Hearing this, Cao Xing immediately asked in confusion: "You, a group of students, formed a team?"

Qiu Yating: "Yes, we are all students of Xinzhou College, and we are just in our third year of high school this year."

Cao Xing nodded, then asked, "What is your team development model like?"

He is still very interested in this development model.

After all, there is not only one way to develop in this world.

As time goes by, it becomes increasingly difficult to survive in this world, and many people will not be able to develop.

At this time, they had no choice but to abandon their territory and find another way out.

Either join the [Legion] created by others, or join the indigenous organization of this world.

Qiu Yating replied: "In fact, our team model is also very simple. They gave up their own territory and brought their entire family and their polar people to my territory."

"I originally thought that if we all get together, there will be strength in numbers. With so many polar people, the development speed should be very fast."

"As a result, the development speed is fast, but the resource consumption is also much greater..."

"The few resources they brought were used up within two days."

"Because I was soft-hearted at the time, I didn't allow them to join my territory as subjects, but instead gave them construction permits."

"Now there are more than a dozen lords in a territory, and none of them are willing to work, so they rely on those polar people to collect supplies."

"Now, the resources in the territory are getting less and less. Every day, I have a headache about the food, drink, defecation and urination problems of these people..."

Speaking of this, Qiu Yating couldn't help sighing.

Cao Xing was immediately happy when he heard this.

Having more than a dozen lords in one territory is indeed a bit outrageous.

For example, when I allowed Xia Yanni to join the territory, I allowed them to join as citizens, without any other permissions.

He still has the final say in the entire territory.

Qiu Yating's team is more difficult to deal with. Without a heavyweight enough person to keep everything under control, no one is willing to submit to anyone else.

There must be a lot of intrigue here, and just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.

At this point, Qiu Yating said tentatively.

"Boss Cao Xing, I know the price I offered is a bit high..."

"How about...you name a price?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment and replied, "I don't have much of the meat you asked for. I can give you 20 pieces, 100 units of other food, five sets of warm clothes, and five green-quality equipment."

The news about Ice Luanhua is still very important to Cao Xing.

So, it's worth paying for these things.

Moreover, considering Cao Xing's resource reserves, these are just a drop in the bucket.

The other party thought for a moment and replied, "That's fine... But besides these, I have another request."

Cao Xing asked in confusion: "What request?"

Qiu Yating: "That is... When Boss Cao Xing goes to that place, can you take me and my team with you? I have a mission to complete there."

Cao Xing asked, "You don't need me to help you complete the mission, right?"

"I don't want to work for you again and have to provide you with supplies."

It can be seen that this woman is still very smart.

Qiu Yating said quickly: "No, I just need Boss Cao Xing to take me to that place, and we will complete the subsequent tasks by ourselves."

Cao Xing thought for a moment and replied, "Okay, deal."

"However, I need you to tell me the news first before I give you the supplies."

However, Cao Xing was not afraid that this woman would steal his supplies.

Anyway, everyone is in the area of ​​the Snowstorm. If she really dares to lie to him, Cao Xing will have plenty of opportunities to deal with her in the future.

Qiu Yating smiled and said, "That's natural."

Then she said straightforwardly, "The place where the ice lilies grow is called the Witch Forest."

"It is said that there are many high-level monsters in there, and there is also a group of powerful tree spirits who prevent outsiders from entering this forest."

The Witchwood...

Hearing the name, Cao Xing thought for a moment and had never heard of any information about this place.

So he continued to ask: "What are the specific coordinates?"

After hearing this, Qiu Yating quickly sent the coordinates over.

Cao Xing opened the map and took a look. It was about 200 kilometers away from his camp.

Then he nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

"Go to the market, hang up something, mark the price, and I'll buy it for you."

"Uh-huh."

Qiu Yating did as she was told and then consigned a piece of food at random in the market.

Then, Cao Xing traded 20 pieces of snow bear meat, 100 pieces of dry bread, and five rabbit fur coats to Qiu Yating.

The two sides completed a wave of transactions.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "Very good. Now we have the blueprints for the alchemy workshop and clues about the Ice Bird Flower."

"We are one step closer to mass-producing the improved life medicine!"

"However, this location may not be 100% true. We need to confirm it again."

At this time, Qiu Yating sent a message saying, "Thank you, Mr. Cao Xing."

"You're welcome. Let's just take what we need."

Qiu Yating continued to ask, "Master Cao Xing, may I ask, when will you leave?"

She seemed a little anxious, or perhaps the mission was very important to her.

Cao Xing replied, "I don't know, maybe tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. I'll call you when I get there."

After hearing this, Qiu Yating replied, "Well... okay..."

She was a little helpless, but she also knew that the initiative was on Cao Xing's side.

After hanging up the private chat with Qiu Yating.

Cao Xing thought for a moment. Of course, it was not so easy for him to believe what Qiu Yating said.

What if the coordinates given by the other party are a trap, just like when he tricked Fang Long, that would be fun.

Therefore, Cao Xing decided to send someone to investigate tomorrow and go there after confirming that it was safe.

Then, he directly clicked on "Study" on all the newly acquired drawings.

Five or six system prompts appeared in succession.

【Successful learning: Light combat drone production drawings. 】

[Successfully learned: Basic Alchemy Workshop construction drawings. ]

【success……】

Then, Cao Xing found the polar man Duan and asked him to take some time tomorrow to build the [Basic Alchemy Workshop].

As for Juliette, Cao Xing also gave her special instructions, asking her to plant the spiritual grass as soon as possible.

Everything is ready.

At the same time, Dahua and her friends have already prepared dinner for today.

More than a hundred people from the entire territory crowded into the cafeteria.

Because Cao Xing had specifically instructed today to use the milk from the Yuncai calf to make them a dinner.

So everyone seemed to be looking forward to it.

In the cafeteria, waves of rich milky aroma mixed with the aroma of meat wafted over, making people drool.

More than one hundred people in the entire territory enjoyed a sumptuous dinner again.

By now, Bronn had sobered up and was shouting and yelling with those imperial soldiers and two centaurs.

From time to time, I sing a song.

The whole cafeteria was noisy because of their noise.

Although noisy, it is also full of the breath of life.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue smiled at each other and both felt a warm feeling.

Then, a whole bunch of loyalty enhancements emerged.

Throughout the territory, the loyalty of most of the citizens increased by 2~3 points.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "The longer these people stay in the territory, the more they feel a sense of belonging here."

"As long as you don't abuse or exploit them too much, it's easy to raise everyone's loyalty to above 90."

However, for some subjects whose loyalty has reached above 90 points, it is more difficult to increase it.

Just like Sarah, Andrew and others.

Only by giving them what they need or helping them fulfill their wishes can we achieve a higher level of loyalty.

Of course, 90 loyalty is already very good.

…

…

Nightfall.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue returned to their lord's cabin to rest tonight.

It was very warm inside the lord's cabin, with waves of warm air floating around.

Cao Xing took a look at the temperature above his head.

【Current temperature: 21℃】

"Oh? It's over 20 degrees?"

Cao Xing showed joy on his face.

This indoor temperature is really comfortable.

Even if you are like Blue Star, you won't feel cold if you only wear a thin piece of clothing.

In addition, the interior decoration of the lord's cottage has become more luxurious.

A throne inlaid with gems was placed in the center, sparkling with pearls.

On both sides are gilded candlesticks, shining with bright candlelight.

There are glazed hanging cups on the ceiling, which looks very gorgeous.

The luxury of this decoration is comparable to some of the top B&Bs in the country.

At this moment, Liu Muxue was still bending slightly and boiling water on the stove.

In the room, Liu Muxue was not wearing as much as she was outside, she was only wearing a white satin dress.

This was made by Xia Yanni using the cloth given to her by Cao Xing.

It is said that Liu Muxue even went to Xia Yanni to measure her size, so it looks very close to her.

The round and tight buttocks facing Cao Xing, coupled with a pair of slender legs, are very eye-catching.

After the water was boiled, Liu Muxue turned around and met Cao Xing's eyes.

She lowered her head shyly...

Then she went into the cubicle, took off her clothes and washed up.

Blah la la…

The sound of water continued to come, triggering waves of reverie.

Cao Xing suddenly remembered that he had collected a [Drawing of a Magical Water Storage Device] during the day, which seemed to be able to be built in the room.

Then he checked the properties...

…

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