Chapter 72: Chapter 72: The Joy of Trade
Zong Shen felt a bit awkward, so he directly chose to end the chat and started checking the private messages.
In the private messages, the notification was already at 999+.
After all, he hadn’t checked his private messages for a day.
Many Lords interested in the [Moon God Spring Water] had contacted him through the [Market] using the seller’s simple profile ID for private messaging.
Moreover, the private messages kept refreshing, obviously, some people were constantly sending messages to him.
"Luo Peng19981103: Big brother, we are all Huaxia people, we should help each other, can you give me a few barrels of [Moon Holy Water], please, save the child..."
"Wang Jun1995711: I, Emperor Qin Shi Huang, need water!"
"Maria Tereza1987616: Hi, dear, if you’re willing to give me some [Moon Holy Water], I’ll show you my big..."
"Matsubara Jintian1991318: Yo West, Huaxia friend, you’re really kind, I want..."
...
Zong Shen glanced at it and felt dizzy.
What the heck are these bizarre creatures!
Zong Shen shook his head helplessly.
About eighty percent of these private messages were garbage messages from people trying to get freebies.
He started to filter and search for keywords.
And indeed, he found quite a few good things.
Among them, the owner of the [Tier Three Purple Barracks Blueprint], [Mad Axe Warrior Barracks Construction Map] he had his eyes on before, also replied to him.
Initially, they requested to exchange for 100 liters of [Tears of the Moon God], but later saw that Zong Shen had put up [Moon Holy Water] and asked for 30 liters of Moon Holy Water.
Zong Shen definitely wouldn’t agree to this condition.
While the Tier Three Barracks Blueprint is indeed precious, gathering the construction materials for a Tier Three Barracks is equally challenging.
Especially in the early stage of development.
In the short term, it’s hard to transform the blueprint into combat power, it’s not worth 30 liters of [Moon Holy Water] at all.
The Moon God Spring produces only 70 ml per hour without using skills.
Accumulating 30 liters of Moon God Spring Water would take 428.5 hours, nearly 18 days.
It’s a complete loss!
"At most one liter, no more discussion!"
Zong Shen proposed a price he found reasonable.
The other party chose to refuse.
After all, lowering to one-thirtieth all at once is hard for them to accept psychologically.
Zong Shen didn’t insist.
He had a Tier Three Barrack himself!
The remaining private messages that offered blueprints mostly had garbage blueprints too.
Zong Shen filtered them out and finally selected five he was interested in.
They were [Holy Light Priest Recruitment Scroll], [Shield Charge Skill Book], [Vitality Totem Construction Blueprint (Blue)], [Tier Two Blacksmith Shop Construction Blueprint], [Communication Crystal Tower Construction Map (Purple Special)].
Zong Shen still had 1.2 liters of Moon God Spring, and from evening until now, another 400 ml was generated, in addition to less than 1 liter of the old Moonlight Spring.
But Zong Shen also had many weapons and equipment he didn’t need for now.
After a fierce negotiation.
He exchanged a [Bone Scepter (Green) ×1], [Shaman’s Fur Coat (Green) ×1] along with 80 ml of [Moon Holy Water] on the market for the [Holy Light Priest Recruitment Scroll].
Both pieces of equipment leaned towards intelligence, and he didn’t need them as their attributes weren’t better than the ones his two Mages came with, so they were just collecting dust in his storage grid.
It’s good to exchange them now.
The other party simply wanted to use the Moon God Springs and equipment to trade for other urgent resources, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been willing to exchange the Recruitment Scroll.
In the current stage, the value of the Moon God Spring is very high, serving as an all-purpose bartering item.
Moreover, from the looks of it, the other party seemed to have found the ruins of a Holy Light Temple and managed to get several Holy Light Recruitment Scrolls at once, which is why they were willing to exchange one.
Then, he used 200 wood, 3 Basic Elemental Crystals, and 30 ml of [Moon Holy Water] to exchange for the [Shield Charge Skill Book].
As for the [Vitality Totem Construction Blueprint (Blue)], he only spent 200 units of wild beast meat, plus 80 ml of [Moon Holy Water] to easily acquire it.
Just the hunting tonight provided Zong Shen with 600 units of wild beast meat.
If one must say what resource is most plentiful in his territory now, it’s surely the various kinds of wild beast meat.
Even if they had barbecue every meal, there’s enough to last a good long while.
But the seller of that [Tier Two Blacksmith Shop Construction Blueprint] was a bit difficult.
The seller was South African and made an exorbitant demand, wanting to exchange a regular white-tier Tier Two building blueprint for 300 ml of [Moon Holy Water].
The Tier Two Blacksmith Shop can forge at most green-level equipment.
It’s not a particularly special building,
And at the current stage, green equipment blueprints are quite rare, both blueprints Zong Shen had were white.
A typical case of being high and mighty.
Zong Shen only agreed to offer 80 ml of the old [Tears of the Moon God], take it or leave it, and didn’t continue to engage with him.
He moved on to handle the last one directly.
The [Communication Crystal Tower Construction Map (Purple Special)].
The seller was a laid-back Frenchman, and Zong Shen was candid, directly offering 150 ml [Moon Holy Water] to acquire it.
Sellers mostly liked to trade using [Moon Holy Water] because it’s a hot commodity bought up by high-level players in the market.
It has almost become a kind of market equivalent.
Having [Moon Holy Water] allows one to exchange for any desired materials, and it’s only a matter of quantity.
Finally, the guy selling the [Tier Two Blacksmith Shop Construction Blueprint] also gave in.
Zong Shen easily used the less effective 80 ml of [Tears of the Moon God] to exchange for the blueprint.
After collecting all the items, it was already close to 3 a.m.
An excellent Lord is always this busy.
Zong Shen stretched and felt a bit sleepy.
Tonight was another fruitful night.
The joy of trading gave him a great sense of accomplishment.
Having a monopoly on valuable commodities is really great!
It allows him to earn a lot.
He listed three sets of [Moon Holy Water] again for sale.
One to exchange for 20 Basic Elemental Crystals, and the remaining two, each in exchange for 5 Basic Wood Runes as usual.
He was working hard to gather the materials needed for the Natural Altar.
After doing all this, he directly returned to the Lord’s Small Tower, went to the room on the second floor, removed his armor and protective gear, and lay down.
Excellent Lords are always so busy.
Zong Shen felt a bit sleepy as he stretched.
Once again, it was a rewarding night.
The joy of trading put him in a great mood.
He posted three more batches of [Moon Holy Water].
He’s exchanging one for 20 Basic Elemental Crystals, and the remaining two for 5 Basic Wood Runes each as usual.
He’s making an effort to gather the materials needed for the Natural Altar.
After finishing all this, it was close to 3 a.m.
An excellent Lord is always this busy.
Zong Shen stretched his back a bit, feeling satisfied.
Once again, it was a bountiful night.
The joy of trading made him feel fulfilled.
[Holy Light Priest Recruitment Scroll]
[Communicate with the great mysterious power to immediately recruit a powerful Holy Light Priest, a Tier Three Mage Warrior]
[Occupies 2 Command Value]
[Comes with excellent talent, Level 10, can be promoted or enhanced later]
Three-tier Recruitment Scroll means the strength of the hitman group can increase further.
But Zong Shen was not in a rush to use it immediately.
Tomorrow is another day.
He then flipped his hand to take out the skill book.
[Shield Charge Skill Book]
[After learning, you can immediately perform a Shield Charge that deals blunt damage equivalent to 1.0 times the Shield Defense Value, slightly reducing the durability of the shield, stuns the target by 0.1 seconds for every point of Strength value above target level, cooldown time 15 seconds]
[Note: Cannot be used without a shield]
[(Click to learn)]
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