The next day, the sun had just risen.
In the master bedroom of the lord's wooden house.
Zhou Zhou woke up.
He was full of energy, eyes twinkling. He did not look tired at all.
After getting up, he immediately had his bath in the tent behind the lord's wooden house.
With that done, he saw Bai Yung and the others laughing and chatting.
The pressure of facing their first Green bronze-tier opponent was non-existence.
And that was heavily attributed by their strengths.
After last night battle, Bai Yung had broken through to the Green bronze-tier advance grade!
Lu Chong had become a Green bronze-tier intermediate grade spearman!
Zhou Zhou, suffering the curse of being a lord and needing 2x of promotion energy for his advancement, finally broke through to the Green bronze-tier intermediate grade!
Huang Sai, despite having just joined the army, attained the Green bronze-tier elementary grade!
This was the result of their night of battle.
As for Hui Teng...
"My lord, I need 200 more promotion energy to break through to the White silver-tier elementary grade," coming up to Zhou Zhou, Hui Teng said respectfully.
"Wait for me at the gate of summoning; I will come after I deal with the loots."
Zhou Zhou as he headed towards the protective barrier.
He came to the place where the golden corpses of the desert fog lizards were placed.
At a glance, they were a sea of golden desert fog lizard corpses.
There were more than a thousand of them!
He clicked his tongue in wonder and began to retrieve the loots.
Two hours later, all the loots of the desert fog lizard had been extracted.
They killed a total of 1,246 desert fog lizards with the strength of 5 greedy promotion energy hoarding soldiers.
Among them were 911 black iron-tier elementary grade desert fog lizards, 330 black iron-tier intermediate grade desert fog lizards, and 5 black iron-tier advance grade desert fog lizards!
Zhou Zhou obtained a total of 3,182 units of black iron-tier mist core!
31,940 units of meat (black iron-tier elementary, intermediate and advance grade)!
A total of 1,951kg of water bags!
1,251 gradeless class change certificates for sword shield soldiers!
335 sword shield soldier recruitment books!
5 black iron-tier advance grade sand stealth techniques!
"Great harvest!"
A smile appeared on Zhou Zhou's face.
Dragging the loots with a huge blanket, he kept it at the lord's wooden house.
Then, he came to the gate of summoning and threw all 335 sword shield soldier recruitment books directly into it.
Soon, black iron-tier elementary grade sword shield soldiers walked out of the gate of summoning one after the other and stood dazed in front of Zhou Zhou and Hui Teng.
A moment later, 335 sword shield soldiers walked out of the gate of summoning, all dazed and unguarded.
Taking a step forward, Hui Teng began reaping the promotion energy out of the dazed soldiers.
Eager to advance, he killed more than he required to complete the absence 200 Promotion Energy.
Releasing a ton of energy at his breakthrough, the air around him became turbulent before calming down few seconds later.
Seeing an expression that isn't excitement on Hui Teng's face, Zhuo Zhou asked him.
"What is it?"
"I.. I don't think I've reached my limit.."
Hui Teng sounded uncertain as he said.
"What do you mean? Didn't Man Nao reach his limit as soon as he attained the Green bronze-tier intermediate grade?" Zhou Zhou asked.
He was also confused.
"That's right. But I feel like I can still add more promotion energy."
"Also, the promotion energy given by the summoned soldiers seems to have reduced." Hui Teng said.
"How's the rate compared to when you were at the Green bronze-tier?" having an idea what Hui Teng meant, Zhou Zhou asked to confirm his hypothesis.
"90% less," Hui Teng answered.
"That's huge," Zhou Zhou muttered.
"Forget about it then. Bui Yung would make use of the promotion energy of the summoned soldiers to advance faster to the White silver-tier," he said before giving an order.
"Call Bui Yung over."
"Yes, my lord!" Hui Teng said before leaving.
Not long after, Bai Yung arrived.
"My lord!" he bowed as he greeted.
"Harvest their promotion energy," pointing at the remaining 312 sword shield soldiers left, Zhou Zhou said.
'It's finally my turn to stain my hands for the survival of my lord,' Bai Yung thought as his spear danced through the necks of the dazed soldiers under Zhou Zhou's manipulation.
After 6 minutes, 312 more corpses laid on the ground together with the previous 23 corpses.
"Get yourself prepared. You'll be the main attack force in the battle against the scarlet lord," Zhou Zhou said to Bai Yung.
"I will, my lord," Bai Yung bowed before leaving.
Looting the corpses, Zhou Zhou acquired 670 black iron-tier mist cores and 6,700 basic materials.
Waiting for a while, the notification he was expecting finally arrived.
[Prompt: Do you want to summon immediately?]
"Yes!" Zhou Zhou answered.
The gate of summoning suddenly lit up with white light, and 12 people walked out.
"Greetings, my lord!" The 12 subjects said respectfully.
"Welcome to the Blazing Sun City!" Zhou Zhou nodded slightly.
Of these 12 people, 10 were men and 2 were women. 8 of them were ordinary people without professions.
The other 4 were; 1 black iron-tier intermediate grade doctor, 1 black iron-tier elementary grade architect, 1 black iron-tier advance grade sword shield soldier, and 1 black iron-tier intermediate grade crossbow soldier.
Two of the professionals were guaranteed by the gate of summoning.
The other two professionals were probably summoned by luck.
When Zhou Zhou saw this black iron-tier elementary grade architect, he almost wanted to go over and give him a hug.
The architect had finally arrived!
Just as he was about to say something, the crossbowman, Sun Can, suddenly narrowed his eyes and pointed into the distance.
"My lord, there seems to be someone over there."
"Hmm?" Zhou Zhou was stunned.
Then, he looked in the direction he was pointing towards.
He saw a white-haired old man standing outside the protective barrier, looking at Zhou Zhou and the others with a curious expression.
Zhou Zhou looked at him and frowned slightly.
I don't know him.
A stranger?
Why would a stranger suddenly appear in this desolate desert?
The next moment he suddenly thought of something and his eyes lit up.
Could he be a talent attracted by the reputation rating?
Thinking of this, he immediately led the 12 people over to the old man.
"Hello, elder one."
"I am Zhou Zhou, Lord of Blazing Sun City. May I ask why are you here?" Zhou Zhou asked politely.
"My lord, you're too kind."
"My name is Zhao Changshou. I heard that a very famous lord has suddenly risen in this barren desert. I was curious and came over to take a look."
"I don't have a place to stay these days. Even though the resources here are poor, there's no one to disturb me here. It's a good place to enjoy my later years in peace, so I want to live here."
"Don't be fooled by this old man's age. I do have some ability after living for so long. If my lord is willing to let me join your territory, I'm willing to use my meager ability to serve my lord."
"I wonder if my lord is willing." Zhao Changshou chuckled as he looked at Zhou Zhou.
A line of text appeared.
[Zhao Changshou requests to join your territory and become your subject. Do you agree?]
"Elder Zhao, you're too kind."
"My territory has just been built and I need talents. This junior is naturally more than willing since Elder Zhao is willing to join this junior's territory."
Zhou Zhou was basically certain that this Elder Zhao was a talent attracted by his reputation rating.
After he agreed to let the other party join the territory and opened the other party's attribute panel, he was even more certain of this.
[Subject: Zhao Changshou]
[Territory: Blazing Sun City]
[Life Profession: Architect]
[Profession Class: White platinum-tier intermediate grade]
[Ability Overview: A former honorary president of the Aurora Kingdom Architecture Association. He has been involved in the design and construction of many important buildings throughout his life.
[He is a top expert in the Aurora Kingdom's construction industry and is revered by countless architects in the industry!]
[Skills: White platinum-tier intermediate grade architecture theory... White platinum-tier... Basic construction (dormitory, warehouse, medical hall, blacksmith shop, wall), Kingdom-level construction – Aurora Tower (White platinum-tier intermediate grade)!]
[Loyalty: 85]
[Potential: White platinum-tier advance grade]
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