Chapter 255: Deal! Nightmare Potion and Nightmare Arrow (6200)

The woman in front of him was on her knees, holding a bottle of medicine in her hands.

"Sabina, what is this?"

"My Lord, this is a poison I developed based on the materials you gave me. Please take a look."

After hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes lit up.

"You figured it out so quickly? You're truly an expert in advanced poison techniques!"

"Sabina, you are great."

Hearing Cao Xing's praise, the woman kneeling below buried her head even lower.

He also put the bottle of medicine away directly.

[Obtained: Medicine developed by Sabina (unnamed)]

[Potion effect: Apply to melee weapons or arrows to make the next 10 attacks have a layer of psychedelic toxin effect, reducing the enemy's attack power by 1 within 30 seconds, and causing it to enter a psychedelic state, receiving a mental shock every 302 seconds...]

[Number of uses remaining: 10]

...

"Oh my goodness, the effect of the psychedelic toxin reduces attack power?"

A look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

This is a good thing!
Even for him it was of great help.

After all, the mental shock that occurs every 5 seconds is still very strong.

For those survivors, it is a god-level secret medicine!

You know, even a level 15 elite monster has an attack power of only 300 to 400.

Apply this potion on weapons or arrows, and then strike the opponent with a blow to instantly reduce the attack power of these monsters!
In this way, those monsters are like tigers with their teeth pulled out, and they pose no threat at all!

The most important thing is that this thing seems to be able to cooperate with the poison effect of [Nightmare Arrow] and stack each other.

One can reduce armor, the other can reduce attack power, and add a continuous health loss effect.

With one arrow from this thing, a second-level boss-level monster can be destroyed on the spot!
“Hahaha, it’s worthy of being a poison made from the petals of the Piranha Plant. The effect of this potion is really good. It will definitely attract a rush of other survivors!”

Cao Xing was full of praise, and then asked: "Sabina, this potion has not been named yet?"

Sabina nodded respectfully and said, "Yes, dear lord, please name this potion."

Cao Xing thought for a moment, then said: "Let's call it [Sabina's Nightmare Potion]"

Nightmare means that anyone who is poisoned by this potion will see his or her own nightmare.

The name Sabina added in front represents the inventor of this medicine.

Just like [Liya Medina's Transfiguration Potion].

Before developing a new secret medicine, alchemists in this world will add their own names to it in order to quickly gain fame.

After hearing this, Sabina hesitated and said, "My dear Lord, why don't we just call it the Nightmare Potion... My name is not worthy of being added to it..."

However, Cao Xing, who heard this, said, "Why not? Didn't you develop this magic potion?"

"Yes……"

"That's not right."

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Be more confident, Sabina, you have very advanced poison skills."

"Although I only ask you to work in my territory for three months, this period of time is enough for your name to spread throughout the continent."

"Soon, they will all know that there is an alchemist with advanced poison skills in my territory."

Hear Cao Xing's words.

Sabina couldn't help but feel a warm feeling rising in her heart, and her eyes became a little moist.

Through her understanding during this period, she clearly felt the development prospects of this territory, and the future is almost limitless!

Moreover, this lord subverted traditional concepts and allowed ordinary people to have power.

If she didn't have something she had to do, Sabina actually wanted to stay in this territory for the rest of her life.

All the emotions in my heart turned into one sentence at this moment.

"Thank you, great lord!"

[Potion named successfully, changed to: Sabina's Nightmare Potion]

[Your words and actions have impressed the territory member: Sabina. Her loyalty has been improved. Current loyalty: 86]

...

Two consecutive system prompts made Cao Xing's mouth curl up.

At this time, Sabina also adjusted her mood.

She still knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "Respected Lord, potions like this are also divided into green, blue, and purple qualities according to the grade of the materials and the strength of the toxins contained in them."

"This is a green-quality potion that I have developed through preliminary research."

"You gave me more advanced materials last time. I can also use these materials to develop a poison with stronger efficacy."

Hearing this, Cao Xing was amazed again.

Sabina is indeed a rare talent.

He continued, "How many bottles of this potion can you make in a day?"

Sabina thought for a moment and said, "My Lord, if I work hard for 14 hours a day, I can probably make between and bottles."

Hearing this number, Cao Xing did some calculations.

Wow, that’s already very high!
After all, a bottle of potion has ten uses, and its price will be much higher than that of a nightmare arrow.

Based on more than a hundred bottles a day, Sabina would generate a huge amount of income for him every day.

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, Sabina, this batch of medicine will be of great help to the territory."

"Now, go and get busy."

"As you command! Lord Lord!"

Sabina stood up from the ground and respectfully took her leave.

After she left, Cao Xing began to think about something.

Sabina is beginning to show her worth.

Cao Xing had previously promised this woman that he would help her improve to the fourth level of strength.

This is a relatively simple matter though.

But it is useless for Sabina to have only the fourth-level strength. After all, she is just an ordinary person and does not have any fighting skills.

Therefore, she still needs to be transferred to a new job, at least to allow her to have a certain level of combat effectiveness.

Currently, there are three training camps in his territory, which can train these ordinary people into professionals.

They are Frost Archer, Ascalon Warrior, and Shadow Killer.

However, in order to train these civilians, relevant training books are needed.

But Cao Xing didn't have it.

But this is not a big deal. Cao Xing believes that he can get it soon.

"That's great. I'm going to make a deal soon."

"See if you can get a few training books."

Cao Xing is not worried about this.

After all, the drop rate of training books is still very high. Last time, one of them dropped from those elite goblins.

Among the more than 17 people in District , there will always be some lucky ones who will get the corresponding training books.

Just as Cao Xing was about to go to the [Blacksmith Shop].

A blue figure walked towards us.

Cao Xing looked and found that it was the person he had abducted back from the castle yesterday.

The witch - Francesca.

She changed into a blue dress today, but it still couldn't hide her proud figure and beautiful posture.

If yesterday's red dress was cold and unapproachable.

Then today's blue dress makes her look extremely beautiful and elegant.

Francesca came to Cao Xing and whispered, "My Lord, as I said before, I will take on the task of refining medicine for the territory."

"Please give me instructions for today's mission."

Cao Xing nodded, then took out a recipe from his backpack and handed it to her.

"Take a look at this recipe first."

After hearing this, Francesca took the recipe from Cao Xing's hand, with a thoughtful look in her deep green eyes.

The more she looked, the more her pretty brows twisted together.

Then there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"This formula...is actually an improved version of the formula!"

"I see... Can the medicinal properties of a medium-sized life secret medicine be greatly enhanced by adding plants like Spirit Breath Grass and using other medicine-making techniques?"

"That's amazing. The person who was able to improve this formula must have medicine-making skills that are definitely not inferior to mine!"

Cao Xing smiled.

As expected, Francesca possessed master-level skills in alchemy, and she was well aware of the value of this secret medicine formula.

Because this is an extinct recipe that Cao Xing opened from an ancient treasure chest.

According to the system, that civilization has been destroyed.

Cao Xing continued to ask: "With sufficient materials, how many bottles of this formula can you make in a day?"

The beautiful witch in front of him thought for a moment, then replied: "Probably around 700 to 800 bottles."

Hearing this number, Cao Xing was shocked.

Wow, they can actually make so many!

This is seven or eight times more efficient than Sabina!

According to Cao Xing's estimation, a bottle of [Improved Life Secret Medicine] is worth at least six or seven hundred Ice Dragon Marks.

Yes at least!
In other words, Francesca alone was responsible for making the potion.

He could harvest four or five hundred thousand Ice Dragon Marks in a day.

Cao Xing exclaimed: "Francesca, you are a powerful and knowledgeable woman."

Hearing the praise, the witch in front of him smiled and said, "I'm glad to help you too."

Cao Xing also nodded, "Then, go and start refining the medicine."

"I have already placed your witch's cauldron in the alchemy workshop."

"Okay, Lord."

After saying this, the beautiful witch turned around, and the hem of her skirt spun in an arc, like a blooming blue flower.

She walked slowly towards the pharmacy.

"Very good. It seems that this commander-level witch is very obedient and loyal."

Cao Xing knew that this was also related to the fact that he had saved the witch.

Then, his gaze turned to another commander-level being in the territory—Victoria.

She was still dressed like a peasant woman, following Dahua in taking care of the vegetables in the vegetable shed.

Victoria's loyalty has improved a bit recently, but it's still less than 60.

So at the moment, she is still unwilling to reveal her true feelings to Cao Xing.

But it doesn't matter, at least she didn't think about running out again.

Cao Xing smiled, "Once the loyalty of this Mind Queen is improved, including Sarah, my territory will have three commanders."

"Each commander is a powerful force. With Victoria's skills, the territory's strength will be increased again."

Cao Xing thought happily.

"Now, we have to go see how Harold is doing."

"I don't know how many arrows he has made in the past two days."

With anticipation, Cao Xing went straight into the Blacksmith Shop.

As soon as I entered, I heard the sound of iron hammering.

Harold was working attentively, and on the workbench, he was making the [Nightmare Arrow] that Cao Xing urgently needed.

Harold was so focused that he didn't even notice Cao Xing's arrival.

It was not until Cao Xing called him that an expression of surprise appeared on the dwarf's face.

"My Lord, when did you come?"

"I just came here."

Harold touched his head and said, "I'm sorry, Lord, I didn't notice you coming in."

"fine."

Cao Xing shook his head and continued to ask, "Harold, how is the work going these two days?" The dwarf put down the hammer in his hand and said respectfully, "Lord, according to your instructions, I have been working hard these days to make those nightmare iron arrows."

"Currently, 3742 excellent quality nightmare iron arrows have been forged, 574 excellent quality arrows have been forged, and 168 rare quality arrows have been forged."

Hearing this number, Cao Xing was shocked.

Wow, this was far beyond his expectations!
You know, from the time he gave Harold the materials until now.

Only two or three days had passed, and he had actually managed to make so many arrows.

In other words, he made at least a thousand arrows every day, and the effort behind this was almost self-evident.

"Harold, you are such a dedicated blacksmith."

"This batch of arrows will be of great help to our territory!"

Cao Xing admired sincerely.

Harold was delighted after hearing this and said, "I am also very happy to be able to help the Lord and our territory!"

"But Lord, since all my energy is now focused on making arrows, I haven't had time to make the two golden materials you gave me before."

"There are also large-scale animal traps that we had discussed before, but they are currently on hold."

Cao Xing felt a little regretful after hearing this.

Whether it is golden equipment or hunting net.

They are all important to him.

But there was no way out. There was only one blacksmith in the entire territory, and Harold now spent almost all his time on blacksmithing.

Moreover, what is more important at the moment are naturally those nightmare arrows.

This thing can make him a lot of profit.

The sooner you act, the greater the profit.

So Cao Xing patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Harold."

"Just focus on making arrows first, and we can worry about other things later."

"As you command, Lord Lord!"

Harold replied respectfully.

Then, Cao Xing walked over and collected all the arrows that had been made in the storage box.

[Obtain: Finely Forged Nightmare Arrow (Green) * 3742]

[Obtain: Finely Forged Nightmare Arrow (Blue) *574]

[Obtain: Finely Forged Nightmare Arrow (Purple) *168)]

...

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

Then he took out an arrow.

Just as planned before, this arrow is made of solid iron and weighs one or two pounds.

It is about 60 cm long and has a sharp and hard black spike on the top, which can be used as a short spear at critical moments.

Take a look at the properties of these arrows.

[Precision-Forged Nightmare Arrow (Green)]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Attack power: 73~78]

[Additional special effects: Primary nightmare poison (after hitting the enemy, it will be inflicted with the primary nightmare poison effect, armor reduced by 30 points, and 154 health points lost per second, lasting for 30 seconds)]

[Nightmare Poison Remaining Times: 3]

...

[Precision-Forged Nightmare Arrow (Blue)]

【Excellent quality】

[Attack power: 107~115]

[Additional special effects: Intermediate Nightmare Poison (after hitting the enemy, the enemy's armor is reduced by 50 points, and 202 health points are lost per second, lasting for 30 seconds)]

[Nightmare Poison Remaining Times: 5]

...

[Precision-Forged Nightmare Arrow (Purple)]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Attack power: 134~148]

[Additional special effects: Advanced Nightmare Poison (after hitting the enemy, the enemy's armor is reduced by 80 points, and the health value is 288 points per second, which lasts for 30 seconds)]

[Nightmare Poison Remaining Times: 5]

...

Although he had seen it once before, Cao Xing still couldn't help but sigh!

So strong!
Even the most common green arrows can cause a total loss of 30 health points in 4620 seconds.

The most powerful purple arrow can even cause 30 health points to be lost in 8640 seconds!
You know, a level 18 boss creature has about this much health.

From this we can see how terrifying this [Nightmare Poison] is!
Cao Xing was delighted.

He encouraged the dwarf who was forging iron, and then left the Blacksmith Shop.

Soon, Cao Xing arrived at the [market] outside the territory.

Then he couldn't wait to open the consignment interface and started selling the first batch of nightmare arrows.

[Consignment Item: Finely Forged Nightmare Arrow (Green)]

[Inventory reserves: large amount]

[Required items: Ice Dragon Mark*300, Shadow Killer Training Book, and various blueprints...]

【Consignor: Cao Xing】

[Seller's note: This is an extremely powerful arrow. Please check its properties yourself. I refuse to trade with anyone from Wangjiang Pavilion.]

...

The reason why Cao Xing set the price at 300 Ice Dragon Marks was after careful consideration.

The number of Ice Dragon Marks in the hands of the ordinary survivors now only adds up to about six or seven hundred.

And 300 Ice Dragon Marks can just make a territory pay half of its resources.

In addition, this thing only has 3 uses, which is equivalent to a consumable item and cannot be used indefinitely.

It can only be used to save lives at critical moments.

Moreover, the price set by Cao Xing is actually outrageous.

After all, ordinary arrows, even if they were packaged and sold in bundles of a hundred, would not be worth more than a few dozen Ice Dragon Marks.

And Cao Xing, because of his powerful strength far beyond the current survivors.

So I went to such a high-level map in advance and obtained materials with extremely powerful properties from it.

For the current survivors, this is a dimensionality reduction attack!
The more than 3,000 arrows in his hand can be sold for at least one million Ice Dragon Marks!
This is such a horrific number, it almost goes without saying!

The name Cao Xing has become a symbol.

As soon as this name appears on the market, it will almost immediately attract a lot of attention.

Sure enough, within a few seconds, someone noticed the information on the trading channel.

Chai Hua: "Brothers! Don't say I didn't warn you, hurry to the trading market, or you will regret it for the rest of your life!"

Hua Huayun: "Brother upstairs, what's going on? Is it so exaggerated?"

"Yeah, what's going on?"

Some of the survivors were confused.

But some survivors, after hearing the reminder, tentatively opened the consignment channel.

Then he instantly exclaimed: "Fuck! It's Boss Cao Xing who made the move!"

"Brothers, hurry up and go to the trading channel. You will regret it forever if you miss out!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the name Cao Xing.

Then they rushed to the territory's [market] almost immediately.

The next moment, exclamations were heard throughout the chat channel!

"What the hell! What the hell! What is Boss Cao Xing selling this time?"

"Oh my God, how can there be such terrifying arrows, and in such large quantities?"

"What is a nightmare arrow? How can it have such powerful properties?!"

The crowd's exclamations attracted the attention of more survivors.

The curiosity of those survivors who were exploring outside was also aroused.

"What kind of arrows are these, brothers?"

"This thing isn't a weapon. Is it really as powerful as you say?"

"Yes, yes, is there any brother who can post the attributes?"

And when a survivor attached the attribute of [Nightmare Arrow], there was an immediate gasp.

"hiss!!!"

"How terrifying! The life loss effect of this arrow is simply a BUG-level existence!"

"Indeed, losing more than a hundred life points per second is too outrageous! Just shoot one arrow, and then just stall for time to kill a second-level leader. Two arrows can kill a second-level leader!"

After listening to this person's analysis, everyone understood more clearly the power of this arrow.

"Damn, the damage of this kind of arrow is really outrageous!"

"Brothers, stop talking nonsense and hurry up to grab them! If you're a step late, they'll be gone!"

Almost everyone who saw the news rushed to the market immediately.

Afraid of being one step behind others.

The entire District 17 was in complete carnival!
Including the survivors of Wangjiang Pavilion, they all eagerly hope to possess such a powerful arrow!

This is a way to save your life at the critical moment!

However, when they wanted to find Cao Xing for a deal with him with the last glimmer of hope.

But he rejected it outright.

The survivors of Wangjiang Pavilion suddenly felt mentally broken.

At this moment, in the territory of Wangjiang Pavilion Legion, Jiang Qingyun listened to his subordinates' reports with a dark face.

He also knew what was happening in the chat channel.

The old man next to him asked with a worried look in his eyes: "Master Jiang, what should we do now?"

"The leader-level Ice Nest Beast and the boss-level Ice Nest Beast are equally threatening to us."

"It was precisely because of the appearance of this level of Ice Nest Beast that we suffered heavy casualties in the previous few times."

"If we have this kind of arrows, we can use the Ice Dragon Horn later to greatly reduce casualties..."

Jiang Qingyun naturally knew the importance of this kind of arrow.

No matter which legion it is, if they have enough [Nightmare Arrows], they can quickly organize enough people to take on the Ice Dragon Horn Challenge.

Maybe, you can even challenge it continuously!
"Damn it! This brat Cao Xing actually holds a grudge like that!"

"I haven't been targeting this guy recently, but he still refuses to trade with us. This is really too much!"

Obviously, Jiang Qingyun didn't realize that it was his own problem.

After all, they started targeting Cao Xing when the servers were just merged.

If Cao Xing had not demonstrated his powerful strength, Wangjiang Pavilion would definitely not have let him go.

Maybe by now, his end would be even more miserable!

And Cao Xing knew this very well.

He and the Sanying Society have long been sworn enemies.

So he will have no mercy at all for these guys.

Not only that, if the time permits, he will go over and flatten the territory of Wangjiang Pavilion without hesitation.

Then grab all their polar people.

It just so happened that his territory was in urgent need of a large number of staff.

Jiang Qingyun could be said to be extremely depressed at this moment.

However, Cao Xing naturally didn't know about their discussion.

All of Cao Xing’s thoughts are now focused on the transaction at hand.

……

(End of this chapter)