Yang Ming brought the twin cooks back to the Lord's Manor for no other reason than to test their culinary skills.
A good chef can double the enhancement effects of exotic beast meat.
Demon wolf meat, skyhorn azure bull meat, Dragon-Patterned Giant Fish, and blackrock giant bear meat—the four ingredients—were taken out by Yang Ming and placed on the table.
“How many kinds of ingredients can you prepare?” Yang Ming asked them.
The two little cooks reached out and touched each ingredient, their expressions serious as they carefully examined the quality of the meat.
The older sister, Lilith, was slightly older, with a mature and alluring appearance and figure; her younger sister, Lilia, looked cuter and had a petite build.
After handling all four ingredients, the sisters answered simultaneously:
“Lord, we can cook all four of these ingredients.”
“All right, then I’ll leave it to you,” Yang Ming said.
Lilith and Lilia entered the kitchen and began preparing the dishes.
While they were cooking, Yang Ming opened the chat channel to see what everyone else was discussing.
Compared with the previous few days, far fewer people were chatting idly. Most were trading items or studying how to attack resource fields.
“I just got a Fine-Grade iron armor that adds 20% defense. Anyone interested?”
“I urgently need a forging blueprint. I’ll take both common grade and fine grade ones. Anyone who wants to trade can message me privately; we can negotiate the price.”
“Selling fifty pounds of Flame Tiger Meat, fine-grade quality, at 79 silver coins per pound. Message me privately if interested.”
“Brother upstairs, 79 silver coins is too expensive. Can you lower the price?”
“How is it expensive? This has always been the price, all right? Don’t lie through your teeth. Sometimes you should look for the reason within yourself. Have you been developing your territory seriously? Haven’t you worked hard enough?”
“Does anyone have extra stone blocks or timber? Please spare a little for me. My territory’s level is still stuck at the beginner level, and I simply can’t upgrade it.”
“Buying all kinds of forging materials in large quantities—iron ore, saltpeter, silver ore, obsidian... I’ll take everything!”
“...”
The prices in the Trading Market had now stabilized.
First, meat of fine-grade quality was the rarest and most popular. It was often purchased immediately after being listed.
Second, the prices of stone blocks, timber, and mineral materials were also considerably higher.
That was because timber and stone blocks were essential resources for upgrading Territories in the early stages, while mineral materials were used to forge weapons and construct infrastructure.
But Yang Ming lacked none of these things. What he needed most now were food seeds.
In the early stages, hardly anyone had the conditions to farm, so seed prices were currently not high.
Of course, Yang Ming had no interest in ordinary seeds. What he wanted were crop seeds of fine-grade quality.
The yield of Fine-Grade seeds was incomparable to that of ordinary seeds.
For example, one mu of ordinary rice yielded around 900 pounds, while Fine-Grade rice could increase the yield by three to five times.
Yang Ming posted a piece of trade information.
He would exchange 1,000 pounds of skyhorn azure bull meat for various crop seeds of fine-grade quality.
As soon as Yang Ming posted the message, it immediately attracted many people to come and watch.
At this stage, anything capable of increasing combat power was extremely precious.
Fine-grade quality meat was especially valuable: it could fill one’s stomach while also increasing combat power, so many people wanted to buy it.
“Big shot, I have one pound of Crystal Wheat. It can be planted. Can I trade with you?”
“Big shot, I have ten Black Pepper seedlings here. They’re fine grade. Can I exchange them for two pounds of skyhorn azure bull meat?”
“Golden Corn, already dried. I guarantee it can sprout. Can I exchange twenty pounds for five pounds of your meat?”
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Before long, Yang Ming received all kinds of trade information.
Following the principle of refusing no one who came, Yang Ming traded for all of it.
In the end, Yang Ming gave away 500 pounds of skyhorn azure bull meat and received 100 pounds of seeds, including staple grain such as wheat and corn, as well as seeds for various fruits and vegetables.
Quite a bit of farmland had already been cultivated. Tomorrow, he could order the laborers to plant the seeds.
【Ding~】
【An announcement is now being issued.】
【Lords of the Blue Star Domain 10086 Novice Zone, congratulations on successfully making it through the most difficult first week. Tomorrow, the system will update two features: the ranking board will open, and the global chat channel will open.】
【The ranking board will be settled once every seven days. Everyone who makes the list will receive rewards. First place will receive two golden resource chests, while second and third place will each receive one Golden Resource Chest...】
【The chat channel will soon open new sections. Lords from every country on Blue Star will be able to communicate, trade, and make friends.】
As soon as the announcement came out, everyone became excited.
The chat channel was instantly flooded with messages.
“What? There are actually golden resource chests? The rewards are way too generous!”
“Resource Chests contain extremely rare resources. I’ve gone out exploring every day for seven whole days, and I only found one Bronze Resource Chest.”
“Your luck is pretty good. I couldn’t find even one.”
“I heard Resource Chests can contain all kinds of top-grade items. They can even contain marrow-cleansing pills and excellent-grade forging blueprints.”
“What a pity. Only the top ten have a chance to obtain golden resource chests. I have no hope!”
“I wonder if any big shot from Huaxia can break into the top ten and bring glory to the nation!”
“I estimate it’ll be difficult. After all, none of our lords have awakened an A-grade talent.”
“The top ten really won’t be easy. After all, 20 million people from around the world descended onto the Myriad Races Battlefield at the same time this time.”
“I heard Foot-Basin Country has two people who awakened A-grade talents. I wonder what kind of incredible luck they had!”
“The United States isn’t bad either. It also has a lord with an A-grade talent, who even captured a level-three resource field yesterday.”
“Damn it! If Foot-Basin Country hadn’t launched a sneak attack from behind while we were fiercely fighting the foreign races, openly tearing up the 《Blue Star Common Defense treaty》 and illegally occupying our king-level territory through despicable means, would we have ended up in such a passive position?”
When this topic was brought up, everyone present was filled with righteous indignation.
A year ago, Huaxia’s national fortune was flourishing and at its peak. It surpassed the United States for the first time and became the undisputed number-one power in the world!
In the war zone of the Myriad Races Battlefield, Huaxia possessed as many as twenty king-level Territories!
More importantly, Huaxia had also obtained a perfect-grade item: the Lord's Scepter!
At that time, Huaxia’s reputation spread far and wide. Peace Throughout the Realm prevailed, and the Myriad Races came to pay tribute!
Later, as the Myriad Races Battlefield continued to update and evolve, the lords of Blue Star began encountering lords from other star systems.
To resist the star systems of other galaxies, every country on Blue Star signed the 《Blue Star Common Defense treaty》.
The treaty stipulated that the countries of Blue Star could not engage in civil war, and had to cooperate to resist the civilizations of the foreign races together.
As the leading big brother at the time, Huaxia assembled five king-level lords to obtain greater power and compete with the foreign races for a level six resource Field: 【Rune Cavern】.
Once successful, Huaxia’s overall national strength would make a historic breakthrough, turning it into a superpower capable of standing on equal footing with a first-level cosmic civilization!
Although the competition for a level six resource Field was extremely difficult, Huaxia’s five king-level lords were no pushovers.
After a month-long bloody battle, the five king-level lords overcame one obstacle after another and finally crushed the forces of the foreign races, seeing the dawn of victory!
However, at this most critical moment.
The despicable and shameless Japan, under the instructions of the United States, actually leaked Huaxia’s intelligence to the foreign races in secret, plunging Huaxia’s five king-level lords into a desperate situation and ultimately causing them to die with regrets!
At the same time, Foot-Basin Country also used sinister and vicious methods to take advantage of the chaos and began attacking Huaxia’s king-level Territories.
As Japan’s big brother, the United States announced its unconditional support for Foot-Basin Country and led a coalition army from more than thirty countries, surrounding Huaxia.
In reality, all of this was a conspiracy by the United States to seize the 「Lord's Scepter」.
Amid internal and external troubles, the Huaxia Lords fought desperately to resist, but in the end could only hold on to the final four king-tier territories.
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