In the Nine Heavens Nine Hells City.
It was still empty, with no immortal or demon troops stationed or garrisoned, nor any monitoring capabilities.
Currently, it could only rely on the spirit patterns and formations engraved on the Nine Heavens Nine Hells City to detect the spiritual energy fluctuations of creatures above the Spirit tier.
As for those below the Spirit tier, the spirit patterns and formations found it difficult to sense them.
This was because for the Nine Heavens Nine Hells City, the spiritual energy fluctuations below the Spirit tier were simply too weak.
This was also why Xiao Mo had to send Mo Wuxin to monitor the movements of the allied forces of the Immortal Slaying and Demon Extermination Alliance.
Moreover, Mo Wuxin was naturally born to traverse the darkness of the void; reconnaissance and surveillance were tasks he was undoubtedly most professional at.
"Respected Lord!"
At this moment, the Wood Spirit Priest walked up to Xiao Mo and bowed respectfully before presenting a pile of spoils of war.
"Lord, these Immortal Demon Stones, Soul Crystals, and blueprints are the spoils of war collected by the Woodman tribe warriors these past few days!"
Xiao Mo took these items and meticulously counted them.
In total, there were nine thousand nine hundred and eighty Immortal Demon Stones, eighty-eight Soul Crystals, and seven rabbit blueprints.
Subsequently, Xiao Mo nodded with satisfaction, a brilliant smile appearing on his face.
"Very good! Keep up the good work!"
Although he said this, his heart was filled with suppressed excitement.
This was because the spoils of war submitted by the Woodman tribe at once far exceeded Xiao Mo's expectations.
The quantity was simply too large, giving him a great surprise.
As expected of a large tribe, an army of nearly three thousand warriors was indeed extraordinary.
However, while feeling surprised, Xiao Mo also understood that these spoils of war were actually still relatively few.
Naturally, the Woodmen had always disliked slaughter and conflict, and had never paid attention to the demonic beasts gathered outside their tribe.
This resulted in a very large number of various demonic beasts in that area.
Now, the Woodman tribe had launched a regiment-scale hunting operation in that area, and the harvest was naturally immense, but Xiao Mo was certain that less than one-fifth of the demonic beasts in that region had been cleared.
If they could have the opportunity to hunt down all the demonic beasts there, the spoils of war would undoubtedly be astronomical.
However, the harvest this time had already made Xiao Mo very surprised and satisfied.
Nearly ten thousand Immortal Demon Stones and a full eighty-eight Soul Crystals.
When they captured the lair of the Skeleton Lord, the Desolate Graveyard, the harvest was less than half of this.
After killing so many demonic beasts, the spiritual energy value gained was likely even more terrifying, no wonder these Woodmen's strength could improve so quickly.
When he first took over the Natural Woodman tribe, the common level of the Woodman warriors was still at the Elite tier, with a few at the Commander tier of the eighth rank, a very small portion at the Lord tier of the ninth rank, and those above the tenth rank were even rarer.
As for Woodmen above the Spirit tier, apart from a few Wood Spirit Priests, there were none.
But now, the Woodman army that had been dispatched had the weakest at the Commander tier of the eighth rank, with the ninth rank Lord tier being common, as well as a large number of the tenth rank King tier, and even several Natural Woodmen at the Spirit tier.
And this was only in a mere three days.
The explosive increase in strength of these Woodman warriors was enough to show that they had killed too many demonic beasts in these three days.
Several days of crazy slaughter had not only boosted their strength but also tempered them with a chilling aura of killing intent.
Xiao Mo stored all the Immortal Demon Stones and Soul Crystals into the [Queen of Elves Bracelet].
Immortal Demon Stones: twenty-three thousand three hundred and twenty.
Soul Crystals: one hundred and thirty-five.
Spirit Stones: fifty.
This was the current total reserves of Immortal Demon Stones, Soul Crystals, and the mysterious Spirit Stones.
Based on the current reserves of Immortal Demon Stones and Soul Crystals, it was already possible to upgrade the Natural Ancient Wood to level five.
This would only require the consumption of ten thousand Immortal Demon Stones and one hundred Soul Crystals.
However, Xiao Mo was still undecided. He had originally planned to reserve Immortal Demon Stones and Soul Crystals to upgrade the [Immortal Demon Reincarnation Pool].
If the [Natural Ancient Wood] was upgraded now, the time to upgrade the [Immortal Demon Reincarnation Pool] would be pushed back further.
Xiao Mo frowned, pondered for a moment, and then decided to upgrade the [Natural Ancient Wood] first.
After all, upgrading the [Immortal Demon Reincarnation Pool] required a full one hundred thousand Immortal Demon Stones and one thousand Soul Crystals.
Such a massive base amount would be practically impossible to gather in the short term. It would be better to upgrade the Natural Ancient Wood first, as it would still produce top-tier troops.
Moreover, a large portion of the currently reserved Immortal Demon Stones and Soul Crystals were harvested by the Natural Woodmen. It would be a kind gesture to send them back, and it would also allow for the daily gestation of more small Natural Woodmen.
With this thought, Xiao Mo made up his mind. He would upgrade the [Natural Ancient Wood] to level five, and then all future Immortal Demon Stones and Soul Crystals would be reserved to fully prepare for upgrading the [Immortal Demon Reincarnation Pool] to level six.
However, considering the enormous upgrade requirements, Xiao Mo thought that it might only be possible after overthrowing the Dwarf Kingdom.
Finally, Xiao Mo turned his gaze to a stack of blueprints, all of which were unknown and required him to appraise them first.
Xiao Mo did not hesitate to undertake such a fortunate task.
After more than ten minutes, as the light blue appraisal light dissipated, Xiao Mo obtained one [Defense Wall Blueprint], one [Watchtower Construction Blueprint], two [Troop Evolution Blueprints], and two new building blueprints, [Woodman Treehouse].
The [Defense Wall Blueprint] was useless to the current Immortal Demon Tribe and was naturally listed on the trading platform for sale.
The [Watchtower] was naturally a case of the more the better, so the [Watchtower Construction Blueprint] was directly used for construction.
As for the [Troop Evolution Blueprints], one was intermediate and the other was low-grade.
The last two [Woodman Treehouse Building Blueprints] were naturally residences exclusively for the Natural Woodmen.
[Building Blueprint I - Woodman Treehouse]
[Grade: Intermediate]
[Usable Times: Fifteen]
[Function 1: Increases the loyalty of Natural Woodman troops within the territory]
[Function 2: Enhances the friendliness towards indigenous Natural Woodmen on the Origin Continent, increasing the chance of spontaneous defection]
[Construction Requirements: Wood 4,000 units, Stone 1,000 units, Iron Essence 200 units]
The grade and functions of the [Woodman Treehouse] were basically the same as the previously constructed [Wide Gate Residence].
It was just that the [Woodman Treehouse] was exclusive to the Natural Woodmen.
Without further thought, Xiao Mo went to an open space near the plaza, chose an area close to the Natural Ancient Wood, and constructed the [Woodman Treehouse].
In a short while, thirty [Woodman Treehouses] appeared before the Natural Woodmen.
This scene made all the Natural Woodmen present's eyes light up, and their hearts were filled with excitement.
At the same time, Xiao Mo also received a notification of increased Woodman loyalty.
After the [Woodman Treehouses] were constructed, the loyalty of the Natural Woodmen from the Woodman tribe directly soared to eighty-nine points.
Clearly, they were becoming increasingly recognized and loyal to the Immortal Demon Tribe.
Xiao Mo smiled and said to the Wood Spirit, "From now on, let the young Natural Woodmen live in those treehouses!"
"As you command, Lord!"
The Wood Spirit responded and then asked with a hint of confusion, "Lord, did you just use a blueprint?"
Xiao Mo nodded and said, "Yes! This is a type of building blueprint, which only requires the consumption of materials such as wood, stone, and iron essence to be constructed directly."
"This is too magical!"
A flicker of surprise flashed across the Wood Spirit's face, and he exclaimed, "Before the territory's power descended, we didn't know what blueprints were, nor had we ever seen them!"
Xiao Mo was slightly taken aback.
"You've never seen blueprints? Even when killing high-level demonic beasts?"
The Wood Spirit slowly shook his head, "Never! No matter how many high-level demonic beasts we killed, we only obtained Immortal Demon Stones and Soul Crystals."
Xiao Mo raised an eyebrow and nodded slightly.
According to the Wood Spirit, before the emergence of territorial powers, creatures on the Origin Continent could not drop blueprints.
Or rather, without submitting to a territorial power and becoming its subordinate troops, creatures on the Origin Continent could never drop blueprints.