The thought of being the first to acquire equipment made Xiao Mo's heart burn with excitement.
While marveling at a certain fortunate child blessed by the goddess of luck, he still sent out a few messages.
Meanwhile.
In a deep mountain cave within the Ten Thousand Mountains region?
A young boy, who appeared to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, with smudges of dirt all over his face.
Was directing goblins to smelt iron essence. Upon noticing he had received a reply from the great Qian Mo, he became overjoyed.
"Hahaha... Brother Qian Mo actually replied to me! I'm so, so happy..."
A burst of wild laughter suddenly erupted in the dark cave.
It caused the entire cave to shake, with sand and stones falling, as if it were about to collapse.
The goblins who were working were also startled, stopping their actions and looking at the young boy with confusion.
"Cough cough..."
"What are you looking at? Get back to work!"
"Let me tell you, the good days for our goblin cave are coming soon, we're about to take off!"
"Hahaha..."
The young boy, unable to stop laughing, opened the chat interface and quickly replied.
[Brother! If you're busy, just do your thing!]
[As for the forging room, I've already looked into it, and I've also built the forging room.]
[Forging equipment requires different categories. Ordinary equipment doesn't need blueprints; you can directly use various materials gathered from magical beasts, along with other resources.]
[Besides ordinary equipment, there's also a type called Spirit Charm equipment. This type of equipment requires soul crystals to be inlaid before forging, hence the need for forging blueprints.]
...
Reading these messages, Xiao Mo had a basic understanding.
The so-called ordinary equipment should be the same as the equipment previously listed on the auction.
They were all ordinary weapons and armor, with different high, medium, and low grades.
As for Spirit Charm equipment, although Xiao Mo hadn't seen it, he had a general idea based on Dou Xiaodou's description.
It likely involved inlaid soul crystals, possessed immense energy, and came with special effects.
Such as enhancements, healing, and so on.
He wouldn't consider this Spirit Charm equipment for now; the ordinary equipment would suffice for the moment.
As for the materials gathered from magical beast corpses...
Xiao Mo glanced at his warehouse.
Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of magical beast materials were piled up in the warehouse, occupying nearly one-third of the space.
These materials were diverse, including various hides, teeth, claws, and bones...
He wondered if all these materials could be used to craft equipment.
[I have a lot of materials gathered from magical beast corpses.]
[Can all these materials be used for forging equipment?]
Xiao Mo directly asked Dou Xiaodou.
Soon, Dou Xiaodou's message came back.
[Little Douzi doesn't know for sure yet, but they are definitely all useful!]
Xiao Mo...
[Alright then! How do you want to cooperate?]
Dou Xiaodou...
[Brother Qian Mo! My Goblin Forging Team is willing to forge equipment for you for free!]
[However, some materials might need to be provided by you.]
Seeing Dou Xiaodou's message, Xiao Mo pondered.
After a long while, Xiao Mo began to reply to Dou Xiaodou.
[I don't need these ordinary equipment for now.]
[I will list all the forged equipment on the trading platform.]
[I will provide various magical beast materials, and you will forge the equipment.]
[For the proceeds from the sales, we'll split it 60/40, with you getting 40 and me getting 60, how about it?]
After all, the forging technology was with Dou Xiaodou, so Xiao Mo offered a 60/40 split.
Resources could be earned in any way, but one shouldn't be greedy or unethical.
Besides, given the current situation, among all the lords, Dou Xiaodou seemed to be the only one capable of forging equipment.
If Dou Xiaodou was willing, he could completely bypass Xiao Mo, develop in secret, forge equipment himself, and sell it on the trading platform.
Then he could buy those seemingly useless materials from others at a very low price.
After forging these materials into equipment, he could sell them at a high price, and he would earn faster and more!
Only later, when more and more lords possessed the [Forging Room], would he have no profit to make.
Cooperating with Xiao Mo now, with a 60/40 split, although he could still earn a lot, it would definitely be less than working alone.
However, it was precisely because of this that he could gain Xiao Mo's special attention and achieve long-term cooperation.
[Brother Qian Mo! You decide on the cooperation, I believe you won't cheat me!]
On the other side, Dou Xiaodou didn't even consider it for a moment and directly replied to Xiao Mo.
Clearly, in his heart, he had extreme trust in Xiao Mo.
In fact...
Xiao Mo had always thought this Dou Xiaodou was a shrewd businessman, which was entirely incorrect.
He was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid; even if his mind was a bit sharp, how much cunning could he have?
But his cleverness lay in the fact that he knew Xiao Mo needed iron essence, yet he didn't use it to leverage Xiao Mo for benefits, unlike others.
Instead, he willingly paid a higher price for food from Xiao Mo, thus gaining Xiao Mo's attention.
The reason he did this was partly due to the boy's admiration for a powerful figure.
But more importantly, he wanted to gain Xiao Mo's friendship and have an older brother who could protect him.
After all, he was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child!
In the prime of his carefree youth, he was suddenly transmigrated to a strange, unfamiliar world.
Without his parents or companions by his side, the loneliness and fear were self-evident.
And Xiao Mo was undoubtedly the strongest among all the lords, and also someone he admired.
Therefore, he increasingly treated Xiao Mo like an older brother, seeking solace.
It could be said that he now had unconditional, blind trust in Xiao Mo.
Because, in his heart, he regarded Xiao Mo as his older brother.
...
Upon receiving Dou Xiaodou's response, Xiao Mo decisively agreed.
[Then it's a happy decision!]
[How much iron essence have you smelted so far?]
[Brother Qian Mo, I have one thousand units of iron essence here, and I'm still smelting more!]
Seeing Dou Xiaodou's reply, Xiao Mo was slightly surprised; their efficiency was quite high!
Dou Xiaodou's message continued to appear before his eyes.
[Little Douzi's troop buildings can summon eight goblins per day, and they have different specialties.]
[There are warriors, blacksmiths, miners, and builders...]
[So, whether it's mining or smelting iron essence, my efficiency is quite good.]
Xiao Mo suddenly understood after reading this.
The weaker the troops, the more could be summoned daily.
Conversely, the stronger the troops, the fewer could be summoned daily.
Take Xiao Mo's [Immortal and Demon Reincarnation Pool] as an example; its uniqueness surpassed top-tier troop buildings.
It could only reincarnate two Immortal and Demon soldiers per day, and even after upgrading to level two, it could only reincarnate four per day.
This was the summoning mechanism for all troop buildings, and it could not be changed by human will.
According to Dou Xiaodou, today was the fifth day.
This meant that Dou Xiaodou's troop lineup had already reached forty members.
With such a scale, it was no wonder their efficiency was so high.