Elsewhere in the Trial Land, within the territory of the Great Xia Empire’s Seventh Prince, Xia Jie.
The villagers, coming and going, seemed tireless, their sunken eyes and protruding cheekbones all indicating their poor physical condition.
What was surprising was the sheer number of villagers in this territory compared to other lords.
A rough estimate put their number at least five or six hundred.
In the mansion hall.
Xia Jie silently closed 10 duplicate regional broadcast messages.
His bloodshot emotions of the past few days had slightly eased, and his eyes held a clearer gaze.
“Liu Hao…”
The name that suddenly went offline in his friends list coincided with the timing of the notification message.
Who the unlucky fellow was, was now self-evident.
It must have spread within the circles of the major families by now.
“It’s somewhat not worth it.”
Xia Jie gently rubbed his temples, quickly calculating the pros and cons.
The Liu family was only considered a medium-small family in the Great Xia Empire, but they were never stingy with gifts on the day their family members descended.
If finances couldn’t hinder territory development, their strength certainly wouldn't be weak.
Even so, Lin Yi was able to annihilate him with lightning speed before he could even send out a plea for help.
In the Trial Land, Lin Yi’s power made Xia Jie feel apprehensive.
“It’s just a title of Blue Star’s New King.”
“The best reward is nothing more than a Legendary Unit Barracks…”
“Why risk your life for it?!”
Xia Jie took a deep breath, feeling dizzy and impulsive in his decisions since entering the Trial Land.
He shook his head, wanting to clear his mind.
“My Lord.”
“The sacrifices are ready.”
The young mage Roer pushed open the door and entered, glancing at Xia Jie before lowering his head slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, asked, “Forty Blood Guards have been converted. Should we continue searching?”
Upon hearing this, Xia Jie opened the territory interface; a progress bar was still more than halfway from being filled.
After a long consideration, he shook his head slightly, “Forget it…”
Things hadn’t reached an irreversible point yet.
If he went too far, he feared he would truly have no chance once he returned to the Empire.
“Prepare to hunt that giant dragon.”
Thinking of a high-value piece of intelligence he had just purchased today, Xia Jie seemed to revert to his former confident Seventh Prince self, chuckling, “A dragon blood bath will bring benefits no less than the ritual.”
As he spoke.
He looked through the grand door towards the outskirts of his territory.
Two bloody heads were placed beneath the strange dragon-headed statue in the village, like withered plants, decaying and weathering at an extremely fast rate.
In less than a minute, they lost all traces of their existence.
At the same time, the peculiar sculpted building emitted a deep black light, a very pure black light.
…
“Not even bothering to pretend anymore?”
Long Tao’s chubby face showed three parts astonishment, seven parts absurdity, and ninety parts envy.
First, completing the top-difficulty weekly quest with a record-breaking reward of a Mythical Inn was one thing.
But damn it, why was there now a Mythical Blueprint for completing the first kill in a war?
Buddy.
Who exactly is the reincarnator here?!
“No, that’s not right.”
Suddenly, Long Tao’s expression sobered, becoming serious.
A bold conjecture surfaced in his mind.
“Could it be that this trial has allowed Blue Star to touch the threshold of a Tier 2 Civilization??”
It wasn’t impossible!
He didn’t know the specific conditions for a Tier 1 civilization to leap to Tier 2.
But if it were true.
This generation of Blue Star Lords must have gained many astonishing fortuitous encounters in secret!
The method of judgment was also very simple.
“Let me think… the common materials needed for Mythical-grade.”
Long Tao squinted his eyes, opened the exchange, and quickly searched for several items that were usually ignored but had a relatively high rank.
【Exchange currently has no such item.】
【Exchange currently has no such item… 】
“!!!”
Consecutive searches yielding an empty exchange interface made Long Tao’s face flush!
He clearly remembered that there were many of these items in stock just two days ago.
Under normal circumstances, Blue Star Lords wouldn’t need them in the Trial Land, and outside, these materials were even cheaper.
Unless there was a special use, no fool would use precious resources to exchange for a pile of junk.
The materials were now completely empty.
His conjecture was at least ninety percent certain.
“I have to try!”
With an excited heart and trembling hands, Long Tao took out a magic core he had just acquired today.
He then took a beast hide and used half a bowl of fierce beast blood to draw a strange and complex pattern on it.
After completing it, he scurried into the Lord’s Hall with the beast hide, closing the door tightly.
He placed the beast hide face down on the hall table, muttering a string of obscure and difficult-to-understand mysterious words.
After reciting, Long Tao saw that his accumulated Prestige Points were all cleared, and he quickly opened the Territory Trait interface.
【Martial Land】 (Reset Chance +1).
“If it’s truly as I guessed… then this ritual, which can only be performed once in a person’s lifetime, has a high probability of letting me draw a Legendary or Mythical-grade trait.”
“But if not…”
Long Tao hesitated briefly.
The bonus effect of Martial Land was quite good; if it reset to Rare or even Inferior, he would lose everything!
“The path to godhood is like sailing against the current; if you don’t advance, you retreat! I’m going for it!”
Long Tao gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and clicked the reset button.
The Territory Trait column immediately began to spin like a slot machine.
A moment later.
Long Tao cautiously opened one eye, peeking at the interface.
Red!!!
In an instant, a rush of blood went straight to his head, causing Long Tao’s mind to go blank for a moment.
It succeeded, a Mythical-grade Territory Trait!
This was the wondrous knowledge mastered by higher civilizations.
The way the former Lord’s Will was opened was vastly different from that of lower races.
On Blue Star, building materials, weapons, and all sorts of things that could enhance one’s strength at the beginning of their descent were contraband!
However, for higher races…
According to the information Long Tao knew, the above rules simply didn’t exist.
There were only quantity restrictions.
Even the legendary Tier 3 civilizations were so abnormal that they could directly bring elder units to escort them.
“Am I going to turn things around too?!”
Long Tao showed an auntie-like smile, eager to check his new Territory Trait.
However, when he saw the name, his smile slowly froze and became stiff.
“Damn it!!!!”
【Shennong Land】
Grade: Mythical
Effect:
1. Crop growth time increased by 300%.
2. Crop yield increased by 50%.
3. Daily recruitable villagers increased by 300%, come with the farmer profession, and each cultivation harvest provides the lord with 200% more experience.
4. Your farming blueprints can be built outside the territory’s assigned area.
…
Twisting and turning, stumbling and falling, he returned to the familiar path.
Long Tao felt like the sky had fallen at this moment, his mind filled with thoughts of how to change his Territory Trait.
It had only been about 10 days since his rebirth.
The scenes from his previous life were still vivid in his mind.
“The effect is indeed good…”
“It can quickly accumulate wealth in the short term.”
He lay stunned in the chair for quite some time.
He seemed to have made some kind of decision, got up, and pushed open the mansion door.
“Damn it, no one understands farming better than I do.”