Chapter 393: The Foundation of the Empire

Chapter 393: The Foundation of the Empire

Chapter 393: The Foundation of the Empire
Looking at the corpse that had turned into a pool of blood and flesh on the ground, Xiao Jie couldn't help but frown.

Could the red light just now be an illusion?
A thought flashed through Xiao Jie's mind, and then he directly denied this possibility.

Ever since he had made great progress in Qi refining, his thinking ability had become exceptionally clear and calm. Things like illusions might have happened to him in the past, but it would absolutely not happen to him now.

Just now, something really did use a trick to escape.

Xiao Jie clicked on the corpse with his mouse and found that it could be picked up.

This means that Li Gun did not escape and was really dead. Then what about that thing just now - did it give birth to a baby on the spot?
The monsters that have eaten the magic fruit are all very strange and inexplicable, it is really hard to describe.

"What's wrong?" An Ran came up and asked in surprise.

"Nothing - An Ran, you didn't eat the demon fruit you got, did you?"

"Of course I didn't eat it. Didn't you say that thing was problematic and advised me not to eat it? I also felt that it was not a good thing when I saw it, so I gave it to Master in the end."

"and then?"

"My master didn't want it, saying it was unlucky, so I put it up for sale at the auction house, and used the money to buy the Snow Owl 1 Transformation."

Xiao Jie thought it was okay, but he didn’t know whether the person who bought the magic fruit would eat it, and what changes would happen after eating it?

But that was not his concern.

"Don't eat it again if you see it again."

"What's going on?" An Ran also felt that something was wrong with Xiao Jie.

"I'm not quite sure yet, but something seems to have escaped from Li Gun's body just now. Maybe it's related to the demon fruit. Anyway, don't touch that thing in the future. Chengxian, come and touch the body, and remember to turn on the video."

At this time, the brutal BOSS battle finally ended. Fortunately, although there were some troubles and casualties, the overall loss was not great.

Of course, those unlucky guys who died had to be comforted, and Xiao Jie gave this task to Qianlong Wuyong.

The next step is to clean up the battlefield.

The loot dropped by the monsters was naturally picked up by everyone, while the loot dropped by the BOSS was picked up by me, Yu Chengxian, while recording the video, and then traded to Xiao Jie, preparing to auction them together.

Four BOSSes were killed in one breath, so the drops were naturally extremely generous. The first three were normal, all of them were ordinary BOSSes, and the drops were mainly regular blue equipment and skill books.

The blue equipment is of average value, but these skill books are all good stuff.

A book called "Collection of Divine Arrows", a book called "The Secret Art of Yin and Yang", and a book called "Jedi Gunmanship" are all good skill books.

However, the best drops were naturally from Li Gun. Li Gun himself was a leader-level BOSS, and then he transformed into a demon. The quality of his drops was directly upgraded by one level. A total of five items were dropped, and each one was good stuff.

The first item was a Taoist book.

[Tai Xuan Bing Fu Jing (Taoist Scripture)
Can read
Use: Perform a reading comprehension test. After completion, it may permanently increase your comprehension by 2 points. (Use times 2/2).

Item Description: This Taoist scripture was written by Sima Taixuan, the military saint of the Longhua Empire. It is said that it incorporates his understanding of military tactics and warfare, and is quite mysterious. 】

Comprehension +2——This is a good thing, and it is very important for all players who aspire to comprehend the mysteries.

Not only are they in great need of the physics department, but they are even more sought after by the law department.

【Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Whip (Whip/Epic)

Attack power: 44 blunt.

Weapon Effect 1: Armor Penetration. Ignore 40 points of target's defense when hitting the target.

Weapon Effect 2: Bagua Seal. Spell Power +8, causes 10% extra damage to monsters, demons, and ghosts.

Equipment requirements: Strength 40.

Item Description: A whip-like weapon made of purple gold. The heavy whip can launch powerful attacks. The eight corners of the whip are engraved with the Eight Diagrams, which can increase the power of spells to a certain extent. 】

To be honest, this weapon is a bit niche. Although the damage is good and the weapon special effects are also good, it feels a bit of a pit without the corresponding skills.

Fortunately, the third item is the corresponding skill book.

【Earthly Evil Whip Technique (Rare and Wonderful Skill)
Applicable weapons: whip, mace.

Learning requirements: Strength 40, Whip Master/Comprehension 30+ Whip Basics.

Skill Introduction: The whip method created by Li Tiansu, the whip king of the North, is famous for its fierceness and sharpness. It is said that he relied on this whip method to fight on the battlefield for ten years without a single defeat. However, he was eventually killed by a villain, and this whip method was lost. 】

It turned out to be a rare and miraculous skill, not bad, although it is still far inferior to the peerless magic skill, but the skill book that can be reported from monsters is already top-notch.

Although the upper limit of this unpopular martial art may not be high, the lower limit is extremely high. The whip causes blunt damage and is especially useful against heavily armored units.

Moreover, the toughness reduction effect is extremely good, and it is very useful whether it is for dealing damage or controlling.

Paired with the Bagua Purple Gold Whip, it is absolutely powerful.

The fourth item was a bronze mirror.

[Taiyi Heart Mirror (Magic Weapon/Extra Armor)

Personal defense +12.

Equipment special effect: Taiyi Talisman.

Use: Instantly removes all negative spells from you (may not work for overly powerful spells).

Passive: When you are hit by a critical hit and the skill that caused damage to you is spell damage, the rune effect is automatically activated to cancel out the spell.

Cooling time: 30 minutes.

Item Description: A bronze mirror made of ancient red bronze, with the Taiyi magic symbol engraved on the mirror surface. It contains powerful magic power and can save the life of the master in critical moments and ward off demons and evil spirits. 】

This thing is a good thing, and its effect is not much inferior to that of the substitute straw man. Although its life-saving effect is slightly worse, it has its own control-releasing ability and can be used repeatedly.

Especially when the physical system is fighting against the magic system, if you have this thing, you will undoubtedly have the power to counterattack.

Moreover, this thing can be embedded in clothes and armor, and does not take up equipment slots, which is particularly valuable.

The last one, however, made Xiao Jie stunned.

It was a red, spherical object, like jelly, or a translucent blood clot.

From time to time, it squirms and changes its shape.

[Blood Spirit Essence (Spirit Pet/Ingredients)

Pet Skill 1: Immortal Demon Blood. This creature is almost impossible to kill completely, and when it receives a great deal of damage, it will enter a short dormant state.

Pet Skill 2: Flesh Mending. This unit will attempt to heal the host when it is injured, restoring 1-5 health points and removing a bleeding effect.

Pet Skill 3: Portable Food. This pet can be used as food.

Item Description: A piece of flesh and blood that seems to have self-awareness. Its small body contains a strong vitality. It seems to be made of some incomprehensible mysterious substance. Note: Each player can only carry one spiritual pet. 】

This... Xiao Jie was stunned when he saw the last one. What the hell is this?
There is no doubt that this thing is definitely related to the demonization caused by the magic fruit that Li Gun ate.

I just don't know if there will be any side effects.

Xiao Jie had learned about spirit pets in the guild's database. To be honest, these things were a bit useless, similar to the small pets in World of Warcraft. The advantage was that they would not generate hatred, so monsters would basically ignore the existence of spirit pets.

The disadvantage is that it basically has no significant combat power and can generally only provide one or two dispensable skills.

For example, the database mentioned a spiritual pet called "Jingwei Bird", which can fly to the monster's head and throw stones, causing 1-3 points of physical damage at a time.

There is also a spiritual pet called "Xiaoyi Xiaobao" that can help players pick up items dropped on the ground.

Moreover, spirit pets are very rare, their abilities are dispensable, and although they have no hatred, they can still be killed. It is easy for them to disappear inexplicably in a melee, so almost no one will bring them.

Looking at the chubby little thing, Xiao Jie couldn't tell how much it was worth.

After thinking about it, I decided not to take the photo. Whoever wants to take the photo can do so.

While thinking.

Xia Yi Wushuang and others came over with a group of women and children.

Xiao Jie naturally knew from the system prompt that Xia Yi Wushuang and his companions must have killed the fifth BOSS, Yun Zhongke Wu Tong. However, he was still stunned when he saw that they were accompanied by a group of women and children, as well as some NPCs that were obviously villagers and merchants.

"these are?"

Xia Yi Wushuang explained: "Captain, I killed that boss. These are the family members and children of the bandit leader. Before I dueled with that boss, I promised him not to kill these people. And these civilians were all kidnapped hostages by the bandits. We also rescued them together."

Xiao Jie was slightly stunned, but he immediately understood why Xia Yi Wushuang did this.

"Demon-slaying sword?"

"Yes, it was unlocked successfully." Xia Yi Wushuang's voice was full of excitement, but he sighed and said, "It's just a preliminary unlock."

As he spoke, he sent the unlocked attributes of the Demon-Slaying Sword to Xiao Jie.

[Demon Slayer Sword (One-handed Sword/Immortal Relic/Excellent)

Attack power: 28 slashes, 32 stabs.

Weapon Effect: Abnormal Sharpness. Sharpness value +10, the probability of triggering limb loss, bleeding, and decapitation effects increases by 10%.

Item Description: A plain and simple long sword, with an unusually sharp blade. Other than that, there seems to be nothing special about it. The bronze blade is emitting a faint green glow.

This... seems to be just the initial unlocking.

But it's also very good. It was directly upgraded from gray quality to blue quality, three levels in a row. Xiao Jie thought that in order to make this sword exert its true power, it would need to be unlocked again. But it seems that his guess was correct. It really takes a chivalrous act to gain the recognition of this sword.

That's good, at least there is a direction to work towards.

"Haha, not bad, not bad. Keep it up. You've already unlocked the weapon with blue quality. If you want to unlock it completely, I'm afraid it will have to be an orange weapon."

Xia Yi Wushuang sighed and said, "I hope so."

The duel with Yun Zhongke just now was full of dangers. If the previous guild war had not allowed him to accumulate a lot of equipment and props, he might not have won.

I didn't expect that it was only a preliminary unlock, and I'm somewhat disappointed.

I have tried my best to get the initial recognition, so to completely unlock it, wouldn't it be a life-threatening event?
However, Xia Yi Wushuang is also a ruthless person. He thinks to himself, what does it matter if he is in danger of death? I have the halo of the protagonist to protect me, so I am not afraid of dying ten times.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Xiao Jie led his men to the main camp and completely destroyed the Juyi Hall, and then led everyone back home.

There is no rush to auction the equipment. I am serious about completing the task first.

Arriving at the city lord's mansion, Xiao Jie led his men directly into the government office and met the city lord.

"My Lord City Lord, I have accomplished my mission. The five bandits of Black Wind Mountain have all been captured. The mountain stronghold has been burned to ashes by me."

When the city lord heard this, his eyes lit up and his long beard trembled with excitement.

"Good! Good! Good! You are worthy of being a peerless hero. The people of Luoyang Town can rest easy from now on."

"What about joining Longxiang Kingdom..." Xiao Jie asked, somewhat nervous. Right now, Longxiang Kingdom's popularity in Luoyang Plain was only 85%, and he didn't know if it would work.

The city lord said straightforwardly: "I will obey your order. From today on, Luoyang Town will officially join Longxiang State and become the territory under the rule of Longxiang State. The people of Luoyang Town will become the people under the rule of Longxiang State. I am willing to wait for your orders in the future."

[System prompt: Successfully completed the territory mission [Battle of Black Wind Mountain], completely eliminated the monster forces of Black Wind Mountain, obtained the right to rule Luoyang City, and opened a new function - Territory Management System. You can view it in the system panel. ]

[System prompt: Your country 'Longxiang Kingdom' has acquired new territory [Luoyang Plain - Luoyang City].

Success? Xiao Jie opened the territory management system, checked it, and confirmed that it was correct. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it seems that the popularity value does not have to be 100%.

He looked at the territory assignments again and now he could appoint officials and military academies.

The Lord of Luoyang City is still the NPC in front of him. Theoretically, he could directly replace him with his own people, but after thinking about it, he decided not to move for the time being.

Official positions including the captain of Luoyang City are temporarily held by NPCs and should not be changed lightly.

However, there are more than a dozen newly recovered village chiefs and militia captains who all need to be assigned staff. These are all lucrative jobs, and they can be used to recoup a lot of reward points later.

Just as I was thinking about it, a private message suddenly flashed in the message bar.

Long Xing Tianxia: "Great job, brother Suifeng. You took over the territory so quickly. Hahahaha. You are worthy of being the vice president I chose. Awesome."

Yin Yue Sui Feng: "It's okay, it's okay, thanks to the brothers who risked their lives, the president is a good leader."

Long Xing Tianxia: "Hahaha, Brother Suifeng is really good at talking. You can tell at a glance that you have been a leader. But don't be so polite. The credit is yours. I can't even get it done as quickly as you. I'm so ashamed..."

Yin Yue Sui Feng: "Don't be ashamed. I have already taken over the territory. Don't tell me that your main group doesn't have an action plan yet?"

Long Xing Tianxia: "Hahaha, of course not, we are almost done here too, wait for my good news."

After saying that, the other party closed the private message.

Sure enough, in less than an hour.

[System prompt: Your country, Longxiang Kingdom, has acquired new territory [Songtao Plain - Qiansong Town].

Xiao Jie opened the national system, and two maps suddenly lit up on the map of Kyushu.

Not bad.

The foundation for Longxiang Kingdom's hegemony has begun to show results.

(End of this chapter)