“From now on…”
Lin Yi looked at Niu Ma in front of him, and a sudden impulse struck him, “You’ll be called Niu Debiao!”
“Thank you, Boss! That name sounds incredibly mighty! Niu Debiao will go through fire and water and never fail to live up to your cultivation, Boss!”
With a name of his own, Niu Debiao was overjoyed, and his back straightened considerably.
After all, other Niu Ma people didn't have the privilege of being personally named by their Lord Boss.
“You’ve performed well. Here’s your reward.”
Lin Yi took out three silver coins from his storage ring, about to toss them over.
“Ah, Boss, this is just my duty, you’re too kind…”
“However, could you change them to copper coins?”
Niu Debiao rubbed his hands, chuckling, “3,000 copper coins feel great in hand, and it sounds much more impressive when word gets out!”
Lin Yi’s mouth twitched slightly. Under Niu Debiao’s expectant gaze, he took out a large bag of copper coins again, which clattered loudly as they were poured onto the ground.
“Attributes didn’t increase…”
“Does stronger ability require higher wages?”
Seeing Niu Debiao’s panel remain motionless, Lin Yi pondered for a moment, then a gleaming gold coin was held between his two fingers.
“There’s also an important task I need to entrust to you.” Lin Yi slipped the coin into Niu Debiao’s hand and said earnestly, “From now on, you are the Grand Commander of the Niu Ma, responsible for managing all Niu Ma! This is your month’s salary, take it!”
These words struck Niu Debiao’s mind like a bolt from the blue, leaving him stunned for a moment!
He…
He got promoted!
From captain to Grand Commander!
And…
Niu Debiao stared at the gold coin in his palm, breathing rapidly. He rubbed his eyes several times and even bit the gold coin a few times.
He nearly chipped his front teeth before he realized, with tears in his eyes, that he too was a successful person earning 100,000 a month!
From now on, he must put in even more effort to repay the Boss’s kindness!
【Niu Debiao】
Combat Power: 15
Promotion and Raise (Temporary Buff): A surging monthly salary fills the Niu Ma with vigor, increasing his combat power!
…
The panel refreshed again, confirming Lin Yi’s conjecture!
“Increasing wages can boost power… that’s a bit outrageous, isn’t it?!”
“But one gold coin on Blue Star is enough for a normal family’s expenses for two months. So, it seems like…”
“It still doesn’t make sense, damn it!”
Lin Yi’s eyelids twitched violently. His four-dimensional attributes were close to fifteen, which was already the strength of a second-tier peak, possessing the ability to hunt fierce beasts… Monster Beasts, not ordinary people!
Moreover, Niu Debiao went from a combat weakling to a second-tier peak without any discernible process.
Cultivation? Digesting experience?
Non-existent!
He even suspected that if the money was in place, these Niu Ma could even shatter gods of all races!
Lin Yi instantly realized that these seemingly ordinary Niu Ma slaves possessed potential not inferior to that of supreme races!
The only regret was…
Slaves couldn’t benefit from territory characteristic bonuses.
If he spent a lot of money on raises to increase their combat power, and they died, they died; all the resources invested would be wasted.
One could only say the future was promising!
“Boss…”
Lin Yi looked up and saw the former’s tearful, loving gaze, feeling a chill.
“There’s nothing for you here, go be busy…”
“Alright, Boss.”
After Niu Debiao left with a swagger, Big White, whose shoulder height already exceeded two meters, tiptoed to Lin Yi and obediently lay on the ground.
“You’re growing so fast, kid!”
Lin Yi patted Big White’s head. Compared to a few days ago, the scales on his head were harder and much rougher.
The growth rate of dragons and the speed of their power increase complemented each other.
This greatly accelerated Big White’s growth cycle. It was estimated that it wouldn’t be long before he entered his fourth-tier adolescent stage after another slumber.
“Master, I’m hungry…”
Big White whimpered, looking pitifully at Lin Yi.
“Didn’t you just eat?” Lin Yi glared.
“Low-level fierce beasts only make more poop, they don’t fill my belly…” Big White rubbed his head against the former’s chest, saying longingly, “I want to eat Monster Beasts, eat my fill, and then sleep.”
“Where am I supposed to get you Monster Beasts? Go hunt in the Monster Mountain Range yourself.”
Lin Yi kicked him in the butt.
Dragons really weren’t something an ordinary lord could raise. When these things reached higher levels, ordinary wild beasts no longer satisfied their appetites.
High-level Monster Beasts were valuable.
At Big White’s current appetite, a hundred pounds per meal was nothing.
It was no exaggeration to call them money-devouring beasts.
And he…
He had just recruited 1,000 dragons!
“Hey, you hateful gluttons, this is what I saw first!”
Lin Yi turned his head and looked in the direction of the voice.
He saw Lǚ Yōu Chán, with her rounded, jade-like legs, firmly stepping on a small young dragon, pulling hard at a lump of fresh tendon meat in its mouth.
“Let go, or I’ll beat you!!”
Lǚ Yōu Chán’s pretty face was taut as she threatened the young dragon through gritted teeth, “I’m very hungry, be careful or I’ll stew you too!”
The young dragon, seeing her fierce gaze, immediately shrank its neck in fear, let go of the meat, and scurried into the dragon crowd.
Lin Yi’s forehead showed a black line as he complained, “Yōu Chán, you even snatch things from children.”
Despite saying that.
He still knew Lǚ Yōu Chán wasn’t serious.
Otherwise, with her fourth-tier peak strength, snatching a piece of meat would be as easy as pie, and she might even pull out a few dragon teeth.
“Snatch what?”
Lǚ Yōu Chán looked up at the sound, holding the piece of meat high, and said self-righteously, “I touched it first! First come, first served! Do you, little lord, understand common sense?”
After speaking, she suddenly remembered Lin Yi’s address for her.
She lowered her head and glanced at her long, fair legs, then quickly dispelled her Ghost God form.
“Too lazy to talk to you…”
“Recruiting so many dragons, do you have enough meat to feed them?”
“Silly White eats so much every day…”
“When they grow up, will there even be food left for me…?”
“What kind of terrible life is this…?”
Lü Xiaoyou suddenly fell into emo, walking past Lin Yi with a dejected face, swaying as she went to roast meat.
“Haha.”
Lin Yi’s mouth curved upwards.
Looking at the young dragons in front of him, who had already devoured thousands of pounds of fresh beast meat.
Indeed, it was true.
Currently, with the resource output of the Plain Secret Realm, it probably wouldn’t be long before it couldn’t sustain the daily consumption of these dragons.
But… recruiting so many dragons at once wasn’t a whim.
Her concerns were also part of his plan.
No meat? What a joke!
The barrier was about to be lifted; the alien lords should return the meat stored in their warehouses to him, right?
Neighbors hoard grain, I hoard guns!
He’d go ask later: Hey, why is my meat in your warehouse?
Moreover, in today’s battle with Klara, the image of dragons carrying spearmen air-dropping lingered in Lin Yi’s mind.
Their functionality was too strong; expanding their numbers was only natural.
“Dragon Knight…”
Lin Yi recalled the scene of himself riding Big White, and his brows furrowed.
Dragons were different from ground mounts; melee units as knights were a burden.
If the villagers could quickly grasp ranged professions, that would be great!
Or if he could get a race skilled in ranged combat, that would also be good!
Lin Yi collected his thoughts.
As the number of dragons increased, human subjects and Niu Ma slaves couldn’t be few either.
He opened the recruitment interface.
Villagers, who originally cost 1 point of prestige, could now be recruited at 10 per point of prestige!
Full of cost-effectiveness.
He estimated the current occupied area of his territory.
He recruited 20,000 villagers and 40,000 Niu Ma slaves in one go.
Total cost: 2,000 prestige, 80,000 gold coins.
In an instant!
Thousands of light pillars lit up within the territory, and swarms of people appeared out of thin air in open spaces, on rooftops, and in corners, the clamor instantly filling the entire territory.