"Let me introduce myself. I am the Lord of this place, from the Earth Human Race. Although we do not share the same bloodline, the heavens have brought us together."
"In my territory, there are two choices. First, to be a member; second, to be a slave. Members will one day live in tall buildings, with no worries about food or drink. Slaves, on the other hand, have no place to live and eat only one meal a day. How you choose is up to you."
Yi Tian looked at the five C-level warriors in front of him, smiling as he spoke.
Yun Long: Strength 338, Constitution 330, Agility 342.
Yun Fei: Strength 324, Constitution 320, Agility 340.
Yun Tao: Strength 280, Constitution 275, Agility 292.
Yun Che: Strength 272, Constitution 268, Agility 280.
Yun Hai: Strength 259, Constitution 255, Agility 264.
The remaining twenty-five D-level warriors have an average three-dimensional attribute of around 160.
Whether C-level or D-level, they all share the surname Yun, clearly from the same tribe.
This powerful force—if Yun Long and Yun Fei hadn't sensed the overwhelming power in Fourth Child and Third Child, they would have already rebelled.
"No rush! Take your time to consider."
Yi Tian clapped his hands, and instantly four warriors clad in silver armor appeared in the manor. Covered with hand halberds and holding large halberds, they surrounded these thirty indigenous Human Race members.
In Yi Tian's eyes, the cost of a C-level Beast Core wasn't high, so he could use them without worry.
As long as he didn't activate hundreds at once.
Yun Long, Yun Fei, and the others felt a chill in their hearts. This Lord is all smiles but dangerous! If they didn't agree, would they be torn apart by those Silver Mechanized Guards?
These four Silver Mechanized Guards all clearly have three-dimensional attributes above three hundred.
"Lord!" Fire Dragon arrived, saluting Yi Tian.
Behind Fire Dragon stood five people dressed in fine cloth garments.
Looking behind Fire Dragon at the group of prisoners, each one was in rags, chained at the hands and feet, looking so gaunt that they didn't resemble people with constitution over 100.
When Yun Long, Yun Fei, and the others saw this, they grew uneasy—would they become just like this if enslaved?
"The reason I asked you here today is to tell you some good news. You are freed, you don't have to suffer anymore, and I sincerely hope you find a good place from now on."
Yi Tian addressed a shivering Kobold, then spoke to all the indigenous prisoners.
As he spoke, Yi Tian selected fifteen people and traded with the Great Emperor for Silver Profound Fruit, Three-Petaled Three-Colored Fruit, and Thunder Fruit.
The transaction was quickly completed, the prisoners disappeared, and three Spirit Fruit Trees appeared.
These prisoners knew almost nothing about Yi Tian, not even his name. Their status in the Fierce Beast Gang was very low, and they knew little about the gang itself.
So, Yi Tian was quite at ease during the trade.
The remaining thirty people were directly put up for auction by Yi Tian.
Three thousand mu of land had been planted, and for now there was no such need for manpower. Yi Tian couldn't waste Contracts on these people.
The thirty remaining indigenous prisoners were put up for auction, each for forty thousand Celestial Dao Coins. Note: They have been slaves, tormented for over ten days; offer them some small benefits and they will surely be loyal.
Many people following Yi Tian suddenly discovered that he had started the business of human trafficking—the business had expanded too far.
Even late at night, the locals Yi Tian put up were quickly bought.
One million two hundred thousand Celestial Dao Coins credited.
"What have you decided?"
After selling the prisoners, Yi Tian pointed his spear at Yun Long, Yun Fei, and the others.
"We are willing to offer our loyal service and pledge our allegiance," Yun Long and Yun Fei declared, patting their chests hard, no matter what they really thought inside.
"Good! Each of you five, take one and drip your blood on it." Yi Tian produced five Lord Contracts.
No need to bother about the small fry behind—as long as these five submit, the rest won't dare resist.
Yi Tian only had twenty-three Lord Contracts left, and for stability's sake, he had to use five contracts to control the C-level experts.
Yun Long and Yun Fei hesitated briefly, but under Yi Tian's watchful gaze, dripped their blood on the contracts and officially became members of the territory.
Yi Tian asked Yun Long and Yun Fei some things about the Great Emperor, and from their answers, learned that even if the Great Emperor's territory wasn't level 5 yet, it wasn't far off. The Great Emperor even had a ferocious beast with S-level Potential, which was now B-level.
In addition, these indigenous Human Race members all came from a very distant tribe—the Cloud Division.
They practiced a Body Refining Skill focused primarily on speed, with constitution and strength as secondary points.
After hearing this, Yi Tian didn't train with Gold. He had Mountain Lifting and Cauldron Carrying; though he always said he wanted agility, he couldn't deny that Celestial Human Body Refining Skill suited him better.
Worst case, if he got more free attribute points in the future, he'd just put them all into speed. Many people had multiple Body Refining Skills, but only practiced one to avoid being scattered.
In this respect, Yi Tian deeply envied Little Kiddo and Little White. They absorbed Essence of Sun and Moon automatically, didn't need to train, and from birth, their potential guaranteed they would reach Divine Level or S-level.
"Fire Dragon, take them and show them around the territory. We'll resolve your housing issues tomorrow." It was already late, and the two little kiddos could barely keep their eyes open. Yi Tian waved them off to leave early.
On the other side, the Great Emperor was also getting basic information about Yi Tian from the prisoners.
Enormous city walls, a city filled with Brass Mechanized Guards and Silver Mechanized Guards, several Little Kiddos with overwhelming power, a group of fierce tiger beasts, super-luxurious villas, and recently, a mysterious building over sixty meters tall.
Otherwise, all sorts of buildings inside the city walls—they had no idea what they were for. There was even a small creek running through the city. Even at night, the city was as bright as day.
Outside the walls, young trees formed a forest; they'd already planted hundreds of thousands of high-grade trees. The farmland was thousands of mu,
As for Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, the prisoners hadn't discovered any.
They had no right to get close to the villa. The section of creek dug past the villa had been dug by Fire Dragon and his five little brothers.
At first, the Great Emperor thought the first Kobold to talk was feeding him nonsense and gave him a beating. But when everyone said the same, he had to believe it.
This meant Yi Tian's territory development was far ahead of their region. Those Spirit Fruits were probably real, too.
This deeply provoked the Great Emperor and made him determined to desperately develop his own territory.
Early the next morning, while the little kiddos were still asleep, Yi Tian washed up and left the villa to practice Body Refining Skill.
In three days, Yi Tian's strength increased by two points, and constitution by one point.
According to Fire Dragon, if Yi Tian increased one attribute per day, that was a natural talent.
S-level Silver Profound Fruit, yield of 24, flowering-to-maturity time of 300 months, agility and strength +10, constitution +15.
"Looks like even for S-level Spirit Fruit with the same yield, there are differences!"
Yi Tian placed the Silver Profound Fruit in the back garden with the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit. At the same time, he worked hard to move the Vermilion Fruit and Cyan Spirit Fruit to the backyard as well.
From now on, Spirit Fruits above S-level go in the backyard, A-level and B-level in the front.
Three-Petaled Three-Colored Fruit, yield of 36, flowering-to-maturity time of 100 months. Consumed: strength +7, agility +7, constitution +7.
Thunder Fruit, yield of 36, flowering-to-maturity time of 100 months, on consumption strength +10, constitution +10.
So far, Yi Tian has one SS-level Spirit Fruit, three S-level, eight A-level, and six B-level Spirit Fruit Trees.
Yi Tian took five hundred drops of Water of Life from the Boutique Warehouse to accelerate the growth of the Silver Profound Fruit, Thunder Fruit, and Three-Petaled Three-Colored Fruit.
The Water of Life was running low, now only 21,500 drops left. Yi Tian couldn't help but sigh.
After eating three Spirit Fruits, Yi Tian's strength is 253, constitution 244, agility 229.
After morning exercise, Yi Tian went upstairs to get the kiddos out of bed, washed faces, brushed teeth, braided hair, then cooked breakfast.
Yi Tian knew Second Child already knew how to do her own hair, but she just wouldn't do it—insisting Yi Tian help her instead.
So stubborn!
"Five Tiger Generals, eat these." Yi Tian tossed three Spirit Fruits each to the Five Tiger Generals.
Yi Tian really liked the Five Tiger Generals—as long as they could work, they all worked hard. Not like a certain other tiger.
Today, he was going to help the Five Tiger Generals break their bloodline shackles and advance to C-level.
"Roar…"
The Five Tiger Generals opened their mouths and caught the Spirit Fruits, gulping them down in a few bites.
After eating, the five tigers ran back and forth, their aura surging upward. In their bloodlines, a certain shackle was broken.
"Roar…"
The Five Tiger Generals roared up to the sky, radiating majesty.
"Detected: five ferocious beasts' potential has advanced in the territory, adding 250 Territory Points."
Strength 210, constitution 220, agility 190.
This is the current average three-dimensional attribute of the Five Tiger Generals—the difference between them is less than one point.
The four kiddos and Little White had grown even stronger again.
Come on, Spring Beast!
Yi Tian watched the Spring Beast—judging from its Invasion ID, it was getting closer to him.
In the morning, all Hundred Power Divine Crossbows were sold out, which was encouraging.
After all the Hundred Power Divine Crossbows were sold, Yi Tian noticed that those profiteers hiked the price by 500 Celestial Dao Coins for every crossbow.
Fifteen million Celestial Dao Coins credited, plus the 1.2 million from yesterday's slave sales.
Yi Tian's Celestial Dao Coin balance: 152.3 million.
At the underground gold vault of the Boutique Warehouse, Yi Tian didn't hesitate to spend 100 million buying Gold—as a precaution.
Thus, Yi Tian's underground gold vault now held Gold*2.08 million.
Celestial Dao Coin balance: 52.3 million.
Just as Yi Tian was about to build warriors, Second Child hurried over: "Daddy, a big bird is coming from the east, about to fly into the Mist."
"It's here!"
Yi Tian grabbed his bow and called Big Child, Third Child, and Fourth Child. Riding the Five Tigers, they rushed east.
Almost as soon as Yi Tian left the villa's East City Gate, the Spring Beast charged into the territory.
Its head looked a lot like the extinct Earth creature Titan Bird, but it had emerald feathers, thick claws, and a wingspan of seven or eight meters.
This terrifying flying beast was the Spring Beast that everyone in 10086 had been terrified of for the past ten days.
Trial Takers who met it had no chance to resist—just lay down and be abused. A few overconfident Trial Takers attacked the Spring Beast, and their IDs immediately vanished.
Strength: 350.
Constitution: 350.
Agility: 300.
The Spring Beast grew almost every moment, but it still couldn't match the territory's development speed.
The Spring Beast sensed the territory was strong and was its final target. If it could help it, it wouldn't have come now.
But today was its last day to appear—it had no choice.
As soon as it entered the territory, Spring Beast's body soared rapidly into the sky. Like a gust of wind, it swept toward the manor villa at high speed, flying so high—fully three thousand meters.
Never mind arrows that would barely tickle; even Fourth Child's Thunder Strike couldn't reach the Spring Beast in the high sky.
"Not good! Back to the villa, it's about to raid the villa!"
Yi Tian cursed—the Spring Beast, like the Rain Beast, was just as cunning. It knew direct assault wasn't feasible, so it changed tactics to hit and run.
Who the hell taught it that?