The Immortal and Demon team left, following Xiao Mo's orders to head north to search for the Iron-backed Wolf pack.
Xiao Mo, as usual, sat in his reclining chair and opened the trading platform to check his earnings.
In the span of one night, the five thousand three hundred units of food he had listed were sold out without any surprise.
If one were to ask who had the hottest selling items on the [Myriad Races Trading Platform],
It would undoubtedly be Xiao Mo!
Although he listed a huge quantity each time, it couldn't withstand the equally massive demand.
Moreover, Xiao Mo's reputation was second to none within the entire lord circle.
Coupled with the fact that his ordinary food was priced significantly lower than the market rate, while more advanced food was only available from him.
Of course, there was another point: Xiao Mo was as cunning as could be when it came to business.
Everyone was basically familiar with his tactics.
For items that everyone had, like ordinary food, he would lower the price and sell in large quantities.
For items that only he had, he would set exorbitant prices, knowing the benefits were obvious and it was a take-it-or-leave-it situation.
Once others also obtained these items and started selling them, he would again lower his prices and sell in bulk.
This kind of strategy had allowed Xiao Mo to earn a fortune.
In the past, everyone thought Xiao Mo was greedy, but after becoming familiar with his tactics, they understood.
It was just his business strategy, not necessarily greed, though he was certainly very cunning!
Furthermore, Xiao Mo was recognized by everyone as the strongest lord.
Naturally, the quality of the items he listed was top-notch.
Therefore, the food listed by Xiao Mo had always been the best-selling and fastest to sell out on the trading platform.
After a quick tally of his earnings, Xiao Mo stashed all the resources into his warehouse.
He felt a slight disappointment that no one had yet traded using Immortal and Demon Stones or Soul Crystals.
It seemed that Immortal and Demon Stones and Soul Crystals were extremely scarce items for all lords.
As for the earnings from wood and stone, they were also quite substantial.
In total, he obtained thirty-one thousand units of wood, eight thousand nine hundred units of stone, and five hundred units of iron essence.
The wood and stone required for upgrading his territory were already more than sufficient. Now, he only lacked iron essence.
As long as that brat Dou Xiaodou could smelt the iron essence quickly, his Immortal and Demon Territory's upgrade to Immortal and Demon Tribe would be within reach.
With the territory upgrade imminent, the secondary upgrade of the troop buildings was also just around the corner.
These two matters put Xiao Mo in a very good mood.
Humming a little tune, he made his way to his usual spot.
As always, he first checked the [World Chat Channel] for the latest news.
However, after reading a few messages, he found no useful information and simply exited the chat channel.
He then opened [Friend Messages].
There were still tens of millions of friend request messages.
Xiao Mo's attitude towards these remained the same: reject, delete.
Many lords were persistent, adding him repeatedly.
It seemed as though they would not rest until Xiao Mo accepted their friend requests.
Xiao Mo was not swayed by this.
If they had the ability, they could keep adding him, and he could keep rejecting them.
If it came down to it, he could even block them.
There were also some female lords who employed all sorts of tactics.
Some would send semi-nude photos, while others offered to be his bed warmers.
Xiao Mo scoffed at this.
He didn't need subordinates now, nor did he need anyone to warm his bed or act as a concubine.
If he wanted maids, why would he look so far afield?
Weren't Xian Qing'er and Xian Meng'er, those two elven female warriors, both breathtakingly beautiful and enchanting?
Moreover, they were completely obedient to him and harbored no ill intentions.
After clearing out all these bothersome people, Xiao Mo opened his friends list.
There was only his "disciple," the brat Dou Xiaodou, on it.
The reason Xiao Mo added Dou Xiaodou and recognized him as a subordinate was due to their cooperation.
Dou Xiaodou had also left him a string of messages early in the morning.
Upon opening them, Xiao Mo's heart skipped a beat, and the wild fruit he had just brought to his lips lost its flavor.
[Brother Qianmo!]
[Brother, are you there? I have good news to tell you!]
[This morning, my goblin team was mining in another location and dug up another blueprint!]
[This is also a construction blueprint, used for building territory walls!]
[Walls are defensive structures for a territory. Constructing walls can effectively repel monsters from the territory!]
[I don't know if this construction blueprint is useful to Brother, but Xiaodou wants to give it to Brother!]
The messages ended there.
However, looking at these messages, Xiao Mo's mood soured considerably.
He rubbed his temples, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled heavily after a long moment.
Xiao Mo felt an immense sense of jealousy.
He strongly suspected that if this brat wasn't the illegitimate son of the Goddess of Fortune, he was definitely the reincarnation of an Emperor of Luck!
How many blueprints had he found in just these past few days?
One for the [Smelting Furnace], one for the [Forge], and now another blueprint for a defensive structure, the [Wall].
This luck was simply too heaven-defying!
And then there was himself.
The undisputed strongest lord.
Over the past six or seven days, he had carpet-cleared all the monsters and forces within a four to five kilometer radius around his territory.
This included quite a few elite-level monster bosses.
Despite all this, Xiao Mo hadn't even seen what a blueprint looked like!
If you say his luck is bad, his troops are the unique Immortal and Demon troops.
But if you say his luck is good, after such a long time, he hasn't even touched the shadow of a blueprint.
Looking at the brat again, comparing oneself to others was enough to drive a person mad!
Although he felt the unfairness in his heart, Xiao Mo still choked back tears and refused Dou Xiaodou's kind offer.
[I don't need the blueprint. Hurry up and build the wall yourself. Protecting your territory is the top priority!]
[Also, speed up the smelting of iron essence and forging of equipment. We don't have much time.]
Although Dou Xiaodou the brat had heaven-defying luck, his goblin troops were top-notch miners and blacksmiths, but their combat strength was pitifully weak.
Therefore, Dou Xiaodou needed this defensive structure more now to improve his territory's defense capabilities and safely survive the initial monster tide crisis.
Moreover, Dou Xiaodou was the first subordinate he had recognized, and he had already gained a lot from their cooperation.
If he were to accept this blueprint now, it would be truly inexcusable, and Xiao Mo himself would feel ashamed.
Besides, he would need to continue cooperating with Dou Xiaodou in the future.
Whether it was smelting iron essence or forging equipment, these were time-consuming and labor-intensive tasks.
His Immortal and Demon team were excellent at fighting and hunting, but when it came to smelting iron essence or forging equipment, they would likely be completely clueless.
Therefore, no matter what, he had to help this brat get through the challenge three days from now!