Chapter 163: Dragon Bell Upgraded Again, Longyuan City Founded (Monthly Tickets Plus) After Miao Daqi left, Chu Ge called Cong Hongmo over. He took away the fifty-eight crystals of special powers that the other party brought back from the Zhu family, as well as one hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver notes, and nearly a hundred kilograms of gold ingots and gold leaves. "The Zhu family has a lot of wealth, but most of it is stored gold and silver ingots. These are too big and too heavy. These are all I can bring back." Cong Hongmo said with some regret. "It doesn't matter. Being able to produce these force crystals is enough." Chu Ge was already quite satisfied. Fifty-eight pieces of strange power crystals, converted into silver notes, would be five hundred and eighty thousand taels. Including the gold, silver notes, etc. that were taken out, this time almost 800,000 taels of silver were taken out of the Zhu family. Although the Zhu family had many gold and silver ingots left, their reserves were only about 300,000 taels at most.
In fact, the Zhu family’s more valuable assets are the many restaurants, inns, casinos, shops and other businesses within Jiangcheng Prefecture. If all those industries were sold into special power crystals, it would also be a very rich resource. But this kind of thing is obviously impossible to accomplish. Chu Ge took out two force crystals and handed them to Cong Hongmo, saying, "You are now in the Force Condensation Realm and need force crystals for cultivation. Take these two first." Cong Hongmo was flattered and quickly declined, not daring to accept it. Two pieces of strange power crystals are worth two thousand taels of gold. He naturally knows the value of this thing. "Just take it if you're told to. The conditions in the village are tough right now, but when the economy gets better, you can get it every month." Chu Ge stuffed the crystal of strange power directly into Cong Hongmo's hand. This is what the other party deserves, after all, he took a risk. If he were asked to go and get it himself, he would not go to Shen Yinggao's territory. Moreover, masters in the Condensation Realm, even in the Hidden Water Sect and the Evil Suppression Division, can receive two special power crystals every month. Although he cultivated Cong Hongmo, he could not be harsh and stingy in this regard. Otherwise, it would be fine in the short term, but in the long run it would inevitably make people disloyal. After Cong Hongmo left, Chu Ge placed the remaining fifty-six alien power crystals and the fifteen alien power crystals he had just obtained together. Then he looked at the 6,400 strands of strange power left in the Dragon Bell. After pondering for a moment, Chu Ge only left ten strange power crystals as reserves, and sacrificed the other sixty-one into the dragon bell and were quickly transformed into strange power. In an instant, the remaining strange power in the dragon bell turned into more than 12,700 strands. Almost at this moment, a circle of golden light and information suddenly appeared in the center of the Dragon Bell, which had never changed at all - 10000. "As expected, the Dragon Bell can continue to upgrade after it appears. I wonder if it can be upgraded after this time?" Chu Ge hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and chose to consume ten thousand strands of strange power to upgrade the Dragon Bell.
Suddenly, the dragon-bell lines on the wrist seemed to become more lustrous. The light at the center of the dragon clock flickered, and it seemed to have more spirituality, and a stream of information emerged and poured into my mind. Chu Ge gradually realized that this time the Dragon Bell had two functions after the upgrade, which was an unexpected surprise. "Two new features were added after the upgrade. One is to specify the valuable part of the item to be extracted." "Second, if you don't refine it and directly sacrifice the item to the Dragon Bell, it will be quickly converted into supernatural power, but the total amount of supernatural power that can be converted will be halved." Chu Ge looked at the many things inside the Dragon Bell that were still being refined. Among them, there were five corpses of powerful people in the Condensation Realm. Sha Hongru and Bai Ran were on the verge of being successfully refined. In addition to these, there are the Sun and Moon Wheel, the Ring of Fate that is about to be successfully refined, the Broken Dragon Sword, old items from the Evil Suppression Bureau, and other miscellaneous items. Chu Ge looked at the Sun and Moon Wheel, whose refining progress was slow. Judging from the richness of the golden light covering the magic weapon, it might take at least five thousand strands of strange energy to speed up the process of completely refining the magic weapon. “It’s really long, but considering the value of the magic weapon, it’s acceptable. Since the next few months will be peaceful, and I have three magic weapons to research, there is no rush for now." Chu Ge thought to himself and first selected the abilities of Sha Hongru and Bai Ran, who were about to succeed in refining. Distill the abilities he likes, not the most valuable ones. Because the most valuable ability is sometimes not the most useful to him. The most valuable thing about Sha Hongru should be the perfect level of "Thunder Sword Technique". But what he needed most was the "Meteor Arrow Technique" at the great success level, to supplement the "Dragon Chasing Arrow Technique" which he had just learned and had only reached the minor success level. As for the most valuable things on Bai Ran, they should be the two great methods of fortune-telling: "Liu Ren Divine Dice" or "Zi Wei Secret Art". But it is also possible that it is his sixth-level "Wind Howling Skill" with superior concentration. Chu Ge chose the Dacheng "Purple Star Secret Art". It is said that this secret technique can be used to roughly estimate the severity of the surrounding environment and conceal other people's judgment of good or bad luck. The reason why he did not use the Jixiang Ruyi Guaqian to detect Sha Hongru and Bai Ran's murderous intentions at the first time was most likely because he was affected by Bai Ran's Ziwei secret technique. After selecting two abilities, Chu Ge did not use the second function for the time being. The second function skips refining and directly converts half of the supernatural power, which is a great waste of resources and can be regarded as exchanging space for time. When time is tight and resources are extremely scarce, the second function can be used. But now, he still needs to practice in seclusion in the Hidden Water Sect for a period of time, so there is no need to be so impatient to drain the pond for fish. Soon, Chu Ge summoned Geng Lihe and Guan Buping into the Juyi Hall, took out a stack of silver bills and handed them to the two of them, and ordered them to lead their men to go out and buy a lot of resources to store on the mountain. Now is a time of turmoil. The Great Zhou is in turmoil and in ruins, and the silver notes have begun to depreciate greatly.
There is even a value standard for each region. For example, Hengzhou is relatively stable. Except for Yunying City, other cities are stable, and the value of government silver notes has depreciated relatively little. In Jizhou and Cangzhou, people have even begun to no longer recognize the Great Zhou silver notes and are instead promoting the currencies of various anti-kings. Today, the prices of all kinds of essential materials such as food, equipment, and medicine have begun to soar. And it is foreseeable that the price will rise further in the future. Silver notes, including gold notes, will continue to depreciate unless the Great Zhou can recover the lost territory and turn the tide. But is that possible? Chu Ge was certain that this was no longer possible. The silver notes he had in his hand now, including those he had looted from the Lin family, amounted to a total of 380,000 taels. If this had been converted into a force crystal in the past, it could have been exchanged for thirty-eight pieces. Unfortunately, with the current depreciation of silver notes, it might be difficult to exchange for twenty-five pieces. Geng Lihe and Guan Buping each held 50,000 taels of silver in their hands, which felt too hot to handle and needed to be spent as quickly as possible. The two discussed and summarized a rough shopping list and reported to Chu Ge. "Just the two of you can handle this matter. I'm completely relieved." Chu Ge waved his hand. Both of them are old people who have followed him for a long time. Even among the brothers of Feiye Gang, a small number of them are actually supported by Geng Lihe. They concentrate on working for him, so there is no problem with their loyalty. Fifty thousand silver notes are not a lot, they are just the initial purchase funds for the two of them. They have to sell these hot things quickly, otherwise they will just be waste paper in the future. Both of them were quite touched by Chu Ge's trust in them. Geng Lihe said, "The mountain stronghold is expected to be completely built within the next month. When the stones are piled up into walls, it will be a mountain stronghold that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can gather people with lofty ideals from all around and quickly develop a force. You said that we can no longer call you Lord, so why not call you City Lord?" "City Lord." Chu Ge nodded, "Okay, when the mountain city is built, we will call it Longyuan City!" He wanted to give Uncle Long Zhong some face. Combining the name of the former hometown Linyuan City and the name Longzhong. He named the mountain city he built with his own hands Longyuan City. But when Geng Lihe and Guan Buping heard it, they mistakenly thought that Chu Ge compared himself to a hidden dragon in the abyss. In the future, I intend to expand and dominate, test the world with my sword, and slay the real dragon. For a moment, both of them felt their blood boiling and were very excited. They felt that now that the name of Longyuan City had been spoken by the City Lord today, when the Dragon Court was established in the future, the two of them would be considered loyal subjects of the Dragon, and even if they died in battle in the future, their names would be recorded in history. "City Lord, last time you asked me to pay attention to the situation regarding the trading channels for divine weapons, I sent my men to inquire around, but I didn't get any definite information." Geng Lihe bowed and clasped his fists, saying, "But I have heard that there will be a grand event in Zhanzhou Yiling City in three or four months. There may be a large-scale secret auction and a magic weapon may appear. Many forces are paying attention to this matter." "Oh? Zhanzhou, Yiling City."
Chu Ge nodded slightly and took note of this matter. After the two capable men went out to do their work, Chu Ge personally taught the talented people in the village some martial arts training. After learning that Li Chenxi was ready to break through the Condensation Realm again, he gave him some encouragement and affirmation, and then returned to the Hidden Water Sect to continue his cultivation. The sun and the moon are busy on the bird path, and time passes in a blink of an eye and the moon is empty. In the Yinshui Sect, inside the Yinshui Cave which was filled with strange power, waves of hurricane-like whistling sounds spread from far away inside the cave, and quickly shrank back inside. This also created a strange phenomenon, causing the fog in the cave to roll and expand constantly, and then shrink rapidly inward, like a balloon rolling back and forth. The culprit behind this strange situation was a burly figure sitting on a huge water-polished glowing rock in the cave. But he was seen with his strong upper body bulging with muscles like rock, and crystal drops of water condensed between the layers of muscles all over his body. His long black hair was also wet and draped over his shoulders, and his streamlined figure with a strong back and waist gave people a sense of explosiveness and power. It was Chu Ge. As he breathed, his highly accomplished Whale Devouring Skill began to operate naturally, causing the surrounding air to form a huge vortex and deep pool to collapse when he breathed, with an astonishing sound, like a tsunami. Now, after practicing for another month, his "Divine Power Art" had already broken through to the fifth level more than half a month ago, and he could already mobilize supernatural powers within a six-meter range. Now, after practicing for another half a month, his skills have become even stronger. Not only that, Sha Hongru, Bai Ran, and the Ring of Fate and other things have all been successfully refined naturally. He has also inherited and mastered the "Meteor Arrow Technique" and "Purple Star Secret Art" as he wished. However, the things extracted from the Ring of Destiny were not of much use to him, but they were of great benefit to Dugu Mingxin. At this moment, a graceful figure rushed out from the depths of the cave. The aura on her body was mysterious and precious. The power of the aura she exuded was even greater than that of Chu Ge. At this moment, this graceful and beautiful figure floated down from the top of the cave. Her eyes, which were usually cold and noble to everyone, were now looking deeply into Chu Ge's eyes with a soul-stirring and affectionate look, and she spoke softly and admiringly. "Thank you, Your Highness, for bestowing upon Mingxin the pure energy of destiny. Unfortunately, Mingxin can only absorb half of the energy for the time being. The Destiny Art has broken through the sixth level, but is still unable to break through the seventh level." "Your Highness, how can you thank me Mingxin?" Chu Ge suddenly opened his eyes, a look as if of thunder flashed in his eyes, and he met the wonderful eyes floating down from above, and their eyes met, and he smiled faintly. "Let me see your improvements first!" "it is good!" Dugu Mingxin giggled, and suddenly drew out the long sword from behind her. In an instant, she mobilized seven zhang of supernatural power from heaven and earth, and slashed towards him. The sword energy even carried the sound of wind and thunder. Chu Ge smiled calmly, curled his fingers into a knife, and pointed it out in an instant. A flash of lightning flashed at the fingertips, hitting the opponent's sword tip, and he pointed at the opponent's acupuncture point. boom! —— A ball of real lightning appeared like thunder, causing the sword energy to buzz. Dugu Mingxin spun around with a loud shout, swung the sword back, and hundreds of sword lights exploded like the sun rising from the horizon, sliding out in a mysterious arc, and the cold sword energy rushed towards his face.
At the same time, two streamers jumped out like snakes, turning around and heading straight for the back of Chu Ge's head. Chu Ge laughed loudly, suddenly spread his arms, opened his mouth and spit out a gas arrow like a meteor or flying cloud. The vortex of energy around him, which was like a deep pool, was instantly drawn by the energy arrow and turned into a sharp air wave visible to the naked eye, rushing forward and exploding from the place where he opened his mouth, spreading out like a depth charge. This is exactly the meteor arrow he came up with after mastering the Great Accomplishment of Meteor Arrow Technique, combining it with the Whale Devouring Spirit Technique and the Tiger Roaring Technique. boom! —— There was a sudden roar in the cave, as if by thunder. The piercing sword lights trembled and leaped around like strange snakes. Dugu Mingxin's beautiful hair suddenly flew off his head, his ears hurt terribly, he lost his balance, and the streamers he shot out also swayed. He exclaimed in surprise, "Your Highness is so powerful", sheathed his sword, and fell directly into Chu Ge's strong arms. "Your Highness, Mingxin is useless and has been defeated by you again. However, defeating you is also an honor. You can punish Mingxin as you please." "Okay, I don't have time to play these games with you for now. This is the important training ground of the Hidden Water Sect. Calculating the time, Miao Daqi should be coming to see me soon." Chu Ge casually let go of Dugu Mingxin, whose body was burning with heat, and stood up and said. "You value Mingxin more than you value Mingqi." Dugu Mingxin leaned forward with resentment, and used his clothes to wipe the water off Chu Ge's body. ... (Added 4k, please give me a monthly ticket, updated 9k today) (End of this chapter)