They saw that Cao Xing was holding a scarlet tongue in his hand.

Militiaman Arno's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he exclaimed:

"Oh my god! That's the tongue of the snow demon!"

"Lord Cao Xing actually killed this evil creature!"

Including other militiamen, everyone had expressions of shock and disbelief on their faces.

After all, their original idea was just to ask Cao Xing to come over and use powerful means to drive away the snow demon.

According to the habit of the snow demon, if it suffers a loss in one place, it will not come back a second time in a short period of time.

Although this method cannot solve the problem once and for all, it can bring peace for a period of time.

But no one would have thought that Cao Xing actually killed the snow demon directly!

Arno asked tentatively, "Master Cao Xing...did you really kill those snow demons?"

"Yes."

After getting confirmation, Arno showed an ecstatic look on his face.

"Master Cao Xing, you really surprised me!"

"I have never heard of anyone who can kill a snow demon in my life!"

Other militiamen also echoed this.

"Yes, Master Cao Xing's power is incredible!"

"Now that the snow demon has been killed, we won't be bothered by these monsters for a long time!"

Militiaman Arno said excitedly: "Great! I will tell all the villagers in Hog ​​Village this news!"

After saying this, he trotted towards the village.

"Everyone in Hog ​​Village, Lord Cao Xing has killed those snow demons. We don't have to worry about the threat of snow demons anymore!"

Hearing his voice, all the villagers were as excited as if they had received a shot of stimulant in the middle of the night.

Even Elena, who was hiding in the basement, heard Arno's voice and showed a look of joy on her face.

She knew that Cao Xing had succeeded.

After hearing the news, the village chief Maldo quickly walked out of the room and quickly came to Cao Xing's side.

He said solemnly: "Lord Cao Xing, I have heard that you actually killed those powerful snow demons!"

"This way, we won't have to worry about the invasion of snow demons in the next few years!"

"On behalf of all the villagers of Hog Village, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you!"

After saying this, Maldo bowed solemnly.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "You are too polite, Village Chief Maldo. This is what I should do."

The village chief Maldo quickly asked the militiaman next to him to bring over a cloth bag, which was heavily filled with more than 80,000 crowns.

"Master Cao Xing, this is the reward promised to you."

Cao Xing did not hesitate to take the 80,000 kronor.

The next moment, the system prompt appeared.

[Successfully completed the mission: Drive away the snow demon]

[Obtained mission reward: Coins*87422, Hogg Village's favorability has been improved. 】

【Current relationship: close】

[Intimacy: Every other week, you can go to Hog Village to recruit a group of new members for free. ]

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When Cao Xing saw the system prompt, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Eh? After the relationship with Hoggar Village has been upgraded to close, there is still this function?"

"This is a great feeling!"

"This way, in addition to the tavern's recruitment function, I will have a fixed source of population."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing smiled happily.

At this time, the village chief Maldo continued, "Lord Cao Xing, it is already late at night, and your men must be tired from the battle tonight."

"How about staying in Hog ​​Village tonight and leaving early tomorrow morning?"

"Sure." Cao Xing replied.

I smiled at Maldo's wrinkled face, "Okay, Lord Cao Xing, if you have any requests or other questions, you can always come to me, I will do my best to complete it!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing suddenly said, "Village Chief Maldo, I do need your help with something."

Maldo said respectfully, "Please speak, Master Cao Xing."

Cao Xing got straight to the point and said, "It's about Elena. My territory is currently short of manpower, so I want to bring her back to the territory. I hope the village chief can agree."

Hearing this, Village Chief Maldo looked thoughtful, and then said, "To be honest, Lord Cao Xing, you can take Elena away..."

"However, her grocery store is actually owned by the village..."

"Most of her food is the grain tax paid by the villagers every year. She sells it in the store, and the crowns she earns will be used by me to build the village."

"Her husband died deep in the mountains, and we felt that she was alone and helpless, so we let her work in the grocery store."

"so…"

Cao Xing nodded in understanding after hearing this, and then said, "I understand, Village Chief Maldo."

"We won't take the food from the grocery store. I just need to take Elena with me."

Although Elena's grocery store was a considerable fortune, Cao Xing did not take her away just for the food.

After hearing this, Maldo nodded quickly and said, "That's great, Lord Cao Xing. You can take Elena away tomorrow morning."

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Nothing much. I'd like to trouble you to find a new grocery store owner."

Maldo waved his hands repeatedly to indicate that it was no trouble.

Then, Cao Xing asked Assam and others to go back and rest.

He took Liu Muxue back to the room arranged for him by the village chief to rest.

However, the two did not go to bed, but leaned against the fireplace and fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next day...

A system prompt appears.

[Survivors, please note that you have passed the sixth day of the official period. After tomorrow, there will be the first merge of servers. Please be prepared. ]

[The Dragon Rise expansion will be updated for the second time. The Dragon Shop will add more items and a new leaderboard challenge will be launched soon. Stay tuned...]

[Today's weather: light wind, there will be a cold current passing through at night, please be prepared to keep warm. ]

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After hearing the system prompt, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue woke up together.

Liu Muxue blinked her beautiful eyes and said softly, "Another update is coming, Ah Xing!"

Cao Xing nodded and said, "Yes, and there are new leaderboard challenges."

After hearing this, Liu Muxue's face also showed excitement. The reward for the last ranking was still good, summoning the leader-level creature Hilda.

This has brought them a taste of success.

Liu Muxue clenched her fist and said excitedly: "We want to win first place this time too! Hehehe!"

Cao Xing smiled and said, "I guess it's not that easy."

"This time the ranking is quite difficult. After all, it is a merger of 10 regions, with at least hundreds of thousands of people."

Hearing this, Liu Muxue suddenly said, "That's true..."

"But I believe Xing is the best!"

"I will also work hard with A-Xing!"

Cao Xing also laughed, "Okay, let's work hard together."

Rubbing her head, Cao Xing said, "Let's go, let's get ready to return to the territory."

…

…

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue walked out of the house and came to the entrance of Hoge Village.

Soon, everyone else gathered at the village entrance, including Elena, who had packed her things.

She had received a notice from the village chief Maldo last night, telling her that she could leave with Cao Xing once she understood.

This made Elena feel both embarrassed and somewhat expectant.

Liu Muxue, who was standing next to her, looked at the shy Elena and seemed to understand something.

A smile appeared on her lips, and then she came to Elena's side.

Elena was a little uncomfortable at first. She looked at Liu Muxue with awe and behaved very cautiously.

However, with Liu Muxue's enthusiasm.

After a while, the two girls started talking to each other happily, and even laughed.

Cao Xing looked at them strangely.

Just as he was about to issue a recruitment invitation to Elena, he seemed to remember something.

"By the way, my relationship with Hogg Village has reached a close level, and I can use the recruitment function once a week."

"It's a good opportunity to try and bring some people back with me this time."

So he directly clicked [Recruit].

[Recruitment successful, the head of Hogg Village is arranging personnel...]

…

Cao Xing was stunned, "Is it so convenient?"

But he didn't think much about it, after all, the system's functions were very powerful.

It can be said that this is the golden finger that all survivors of Blue Star have.

He waited silently.

Not long after, several villagers came running over with bags in their hands.

One of the middle-aged men, who was about 30 years old, said, "Master Cao Xing, the village chief said that your territory needs manpower, so he asked us to come and help you."

"From now on, you are our lord!"

The other villagers spoke with smiles on their faces.

"I never thought that we would be favored by Master Cao Xing. We will work hard for you in the future!"

Cao Xing also smiled.

"Welcome, let us build a rich and vibrant territory together!"

After that, he issued a recruitment invitation to these villagers and Elena.

[Recruitment successful: Elena/Reuben/Gasna/Uleli... join your territory, territory population +8]

Cao Xing took a glance.

These people include both men and women, and most of them are between 20 and 40 years old.

The chief of Hogg Village was quite kind and did not force some old, weak and sick people to come to him.

However, these are just ordinary villagers, and they don't have any special skills.

They can be arranged to go to Cao Yi to collect resources, or go to farm with Dahua.

However, the loyalty of these villagers is quite high, and their loyalty is above 70 when they are first recruited.

What surprised Cao Xing was that Elena, who had just joined, had a loyalty level as high as 90.

Looking at the charming woman, a gentle smile appeared on Cao Xing's lips.

Hello, young lady...

Obedient and sensible...

Then he took out the sled and continued to hang it on Dabai.

Cao Xing looked at the villagers and said, "Everyone, sit on it."

The villagers looked at the sled on the ground with curiosity, and then sat on it carefully.

As for Elena, she accepted Liu Muxue's invitation with a shy look on her face and sat behind the mammoth.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The mammoths marched forward.

Next to him was a snow-white violent bear, Volibear.

The group rushed towards the territory unscathed.

Ten minutes later.

They have already seen Cao Xing's territory.

Compared to the previous few days, the territory has undergone significant changes.

With the unremitting efforts of Duan and others.

All [Primary City Walls] have been upgraded to [Intermediate City Walls].

The intermediate city wall is 4 meters high and 60 centimeters wide, and looks very heavy!

With this width, some defensive facilities such as large crossbows can be placed.

besides.

They also saw a total of 23 intermediate elemental arrow towers, 7 sentry towers, and 12 ice arrow towers.

This makes Cao Xing's territory look full of intimidation.

The villagers were looking at the scene in amazement, and exclaimed from time to time.

"Gods be upon you, Lord Cao Xing's territory is too powerful!"

"So many arrow towers and so many powerful soldiers, my God!"

"Compared with Lord Cao Xing's territory, the defense level of our Hog Village is simply useless!"

"Living in a territory like this, there's no need to worry about snow demons coming over at night. They'll be shot away by these arrow towers before they get close, haha!"

The villagers of Hog Village had happy smiles on their faces.

Like old Mel, in this world, the first need of ordinary people like these is to ensure their own safety.

Obviously, Cao Xing's territory can meet this need.

[Because your territory's prosperity has reached the requirement, the new member feels safe. Territory member: Reuben, loyalty has been improved, current loyalty: 75]

[Because your territory's prosperity has reached the requirement, the new member feels safe. Territory member: Elena, loyalty has been increased. Current loyalty: 93]

[Because of you...]

A smile appeared on Cao Xing's lips.

The gates of the territory were wide open.

Seeing Cao Xing and others return safely, the people in the territory also had happy smiles on their faces.

They all greeted him with a smile, "Welcome back, Lord."

"Good morning, Lord!"

"Madam Lord, you look beautiful again today..."

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue also nodded in response.

Amidst greetings, they arrived at the center of the territory.

Cao Xing first asked all the combatants to go back and rest.

Then he called the leader Cao Yi over.

Cao Yi said respectfully, "My Lord, please give me your orders."

Cao Xing nodded. "These newcomers have just arrived in our territory. You should first help them get familiar with the environment, and then arrange their work for today."

Hearing this, the chief of the army took a quick look at the villagers of Hoge Village.

They all lowered their heads in embarrassment.

"Okay, my lord, I'll take them there right away."

Then, Cao Yi led seven new members away.

As for Cao Xing, he looked at the charming woman beside him.

"Elena, come with me."

She nodded her head, "Okay... Sir..."

Then he followed Cao Xing silently.

The two of them went straight to the sewing shop and pushed open the door.

Like before, Xia Yanni is still busy.

She was sewing a batch of light beast-hide armor and looked like she had been working on it for a long time.

At this moment, Xia Yanni saw Elena beside Cao Xing at a glance.

There was a look of curiosity and doubt in her beautiful eyes.

Cao Xing said, "Yanni, Elena is our new member."

"I also know that it's quite stressful for you to take on the sewing work of the entire territory by yourself."

"Elena will work with you from now on. Please guide her."

After hearing this, Xia Yanni smiled gently, "Okay, sir, thank you."

She stood up, and then took long steps to come to Elena's side.

"Ms. Elena, please take care of me in the future."

Elena quickly replied, "No... No... I just need you to take care of me..."

"I...I will help you...Just tell me if you need anything..."

Both of them seemed very polite.

They introduced themselves to each other and knew each other's age and name.

Elena is one year older than Xia Yanni.

Two mature women standing together have a unique charm.

However, Xia Yanni is almost 1.8 meters tall, but she is a head taller than Elena.

Elena looked at Xia Yanni and exclaimed, "Oh, sister, you are so tall..."

Xia Yanni said a little embarrassedly: "Yes, sometimes I also feel that I am too high, and I feel a little inferior in my heart..."

Elena shook her head quickly and said, "How could that be? Your figure is exactly what I dreamed of. It's so perfect."

"This is a figure that is enough to drive those nobles and knights crazy!"

"No...No..."

Perhaps because their experiences were similar, the two women got along very well.

After a while, they started talking happily.

Seeing this, Cao Xing smiled and left the sewing shop.

…

Then, Cao Xing found Juliet again.

With Neve, the three of them came to the back garden area of ​​the lord's mansion.

He took out one [Heart of the Snow Demon Leader (Gold)] and two [Hearts of the Snow Demon Chieftain (Purple)].

Then he said, "Juliette, give these to the Pale Tree."

Juliette nodded slightly, "Okay, your Excellency."

"I didn't expect you to find a new heart so quickly. If you keep going like this, it won't be long before the White Tree grows into a big tree."

Juliette didn't care about the appearance of the Snow Demon's Heart.

As a knowledgeable botanist, in her eyes, the Snow Demon Heart is just like the Human-Faced Tree Heart, a tool that can accelerate the growth of the Pale Tree.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "I am also looking forward to the day when the pale tree grows up completely."

Then, he watched as Juliette poured the life force from the first leader's heart into it.

At this moment, the crown of the pale tree began to sway gently.

There was the sound of leaves rustling.

Blah la la…

Then, the pale tree began to grow rapidly.

From the original 5 meters in height, it quickly grew to 6 meters, 7 meters...

It didn't stop until it was about 10 meters.

A system prompt appears.

[The plant in your territory: Pale Tree has gained accelerated growth. The current accelerated growth period is: 7 years]

[Life blessing effect increased by 7%, growth blessing effect increased by 7%]

…

Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing showed a look of joy on his face.

“It’s grown by 7 years in a flash!”

"Great! Now the healing power of Ice Healing and Life Bloom can be greatly increased!"

A moment later, Juliette poured the vitality contained in the other two boss-level hearts into the Pale Tree.

Boom boom...

The pale tree continues to grow.

The trunk grows taller, the branches extend outward, and the dense crown looks like a big white umbrella.

[Your territory plant: Pale Tree has gained accelerated growth, the current accelerated growth period is: 4 years]

[Life blessing effect increased by 4%, growth blessing effect increased by 4%]

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"Not bad, not bad. Two boss-level hearts, another 4 years added!"

"That adds up to a 32% health bonus. That's too strong!"

At this time, the pale tree also ushered in greater changes.

The height is over 14 meters, the trunk diameter is more than 1 meter, and the crown is covered with a large number of branches and dense white leaves.

A breeze blew, bringing with it a rustling sound.

The tree crown swayed gently, and a few pure white leaves fell from time to time.

It looks very sacred.

Cao Xing also realized at this time how powerful this legendary holy tree was.

The epic quality Pale Tree alone can increase life bonus by up to 100%.

According to Juliette, the quality of the intact pale tree is even better than the legend.

If one day, I could really revive the legendary pale holy tree in my own territory.

The improvement brought by this tree alone is beyond imagination!

Juliette and Neve also had relieved smiles on their faces.

"That's great, sister. It feels like this white tree is almost as tall as the one in front of our tree house." Neve said excitedly.

Juliette nodded slightly. "Yes, it's hard to imagine that it was just a sapling a few days ago..."

"One day in the future, perhaps we will actually see the white trees reappear."

At this moment, Juliette seemed to remember something and whispered, "By the way, Lord, I have something to report to you."

Cao Xing was puzzled when he heard this: "What's the matter?"

"It's about the ancient war tree seeds you gave me a few days ago."

"After a few days of watering with the cold spirit water and the accelerated growth of the pale tree, they have successfully broken through the ground. Do you want to check it out?"

Juliette blinked her jewel-like eyes and looked at Cao Xing.

Cao Xing was delighted when he heard this.

"It grew out so quickly?"

"Very good, let's go and take a look."

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