Chapter 258: Soul Sand, Visit from the Baron Knights (6200)

Kandar said happily: "The sickle given by the Lord is really useful. With one strike, those evil spirits lost their ability to resist."

Kanter beside him also said excitedly: "That's right! This sickle has greatly increased my combat power, haha!"

Cao Xing also laughed.

At this time, Kanter said: "My Lord, we found many kinds of ores in that mine, including iron ore and a small amount of copper ore."

"We also discovered a portion of magic crystal mines among them."

"Oh? There are actually magic crystals?"

This is very good news for Cao Xing.

After all, his machinery factory was about to be upgraded to intermediate level.

Both the transport vehicles and the logging robots require magic crystals to maintain operation, and a large amount of them will definitely be consumed in the future.

Sure enough, there are always some good things in haunted mines like this one.

"Cantel, Cantel, you did a great job!"

The two centaurs laughed and took out a few things from the pockets on their horses.

"My Lord, these are the materials we obtained from killing those evil spirits. Please take a look."

Cao Xing took a look and then took them all.

[Obtain: Intermediate Power Heart*3]

[Obtain: Soul Sand (Gold)*7]

[Obtain: Wrathful Spirit Crystal*5]

[Obtain: Large Spirit Book*2]

[Obtain: Intermediate Element Crystal*6]

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"Good man, soul sand?"

"Isn't this the material used for resurrection in the king's altar?"

Cao Xing's eyes were filled with joy. "Kantel, Kandal, where did you get this soul sand?"

The two centaurs reported, "My Lord, this is what we killed when we killed a Level 3 boss-level ghost. It dropped from it."

After hearing this, Cao Xing nodded suddenly.

Look at the properties.

[Soul Sand (Gold): Special Material]

[Effect: A rare alchemical material that can only be dropped by some powerful ghost monsters.]

...

In this way, he knew the source of the soul sand, which was to kill those powerful evil spirit monsters.

At least level three boss.

And Cao Xing still remembered that he still had [Ghost Crystal] and [Ghost Dust] in his hand.

According to the notes above, the combination of these two materials will attract a large number of vengeful monsters.

"So, can I use this material's properties to farm Soul Sand like crazy?"

Cao Xing was happy.

Apparently, this is possible.

Of course, there are risks in doing this.

That is, if he attracts a vengeful spirit whose level far exceeds Cao Xing's expectations, it will be a lot of fun!
At the same time, Kantel said: "My Lord, there is more than that!"

"We even dragged a treasure chest back from that place!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Oh? There's a treasure chest?"

Following the line of sight, behind the two centaurs, Cao Xing saw a silver-white treasure chest.

Although it’s just a silver treasure chest, it’s also very good!

Cao Xing walked over and a system prompt appeared.

[Found an unlocked silver treasure chest, do you want to open it? 】

"Yes."

[Open successfully]

[Obtain: Bright Iron Long Sword (Blue)]

[Obtain: Enchanted Mineral Draft Production Drawing (Blue) *1]

[Get the book: A Night with a Vampire]

[Obtain: Medium Resource Pack*3]

[Obtain: Intermediate Element Crystal*7]

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"Huh? They actually gave me a blueprint of a mining project and a book?"

Cao Xing's eyes lit up.

What came out of this silver treasure chest was beyond his expectations.

He ignored the blue sword.

After all, now, Cao Xing no longer cares about equipment of excellent quality.

First take a look at the properties of the drawing.

[Enchanted Mineral Draft Production Drawing (Blue)]

【Excellent quality】

[Attack power: 37~42]

[Additional effects: High efficiency (increases mining speed by 20%)]

[Materials required for production: Blacksmith Shop Level 3, Refined Iron*5, Mithril*1, Intermediate Element Crystal*1]

(Note: It can be mass-produced in the blacksmith shop to speed up the collection of miners.)
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"Haha, it turns out to be a mining draft that can speed up the collection process, that's great!"

"And the materials needed are also very simple. This way, we can produce a large number of mining drafts and speed up the workers' mining speed."

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

Then study this drawing directly.

Then, another book appeared in his hand.

[Book: A Night with a Vampire]

[Attributes: After reading, you will gain attribute improvements of Spirit +10 and Strength +5]

[Reading time: 12 hours and 17 minutes]

【Click to read】

...

"Yes, another book. There are more and more books in my territory."

"Next, we will build a library so that the people can have more entertainment activities besides training at night."

Cao Xing put it away with satisfaction.

And the two Centaurs had also left.

Now, Cao Xing began to think about what to do next.

After all, he still has a lot of unfinished things to do.

The most important thing at the moment is naturally to complete the trial of Assam and obtain the complete legendary weapon.

The second is to explore the ancient battlefield over there and see if we can find the seeds of those ancient trees.

The third is to recruit more workers.

At this moment, a system prompt appeared.

[The Knights of Baron Augustus request to visit your territory. Do you agree? ]

...

"Hmm? The Baron's Knights?"

Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing frowned.

Are these indigenous forces coming to us so soon?

Liu Muxue also heard the system prompt.

Through the discussions among the survivors over the past two days, everyone knew that there was nothing good coming from these aristocratic forces.

Either they are here to cause trouble or they are here to collect taxes.

Of course, there are one or two lucky ones who will be favored by these nobles. Not only will they be exempted from taxes, but they will also be allowed to marry their daughters.

But they are extremely rare, one in a billion is no exaggeration.

When Liu Muxue looked at Cao Xing, there was also worry in her eyes.

Cao Xing patted her shoulder and said, "It's okay, Mu Xue, let's go out and take a look."

Liu Muxue tightened the weapon and shield in her hands and nodded solemnly.

He clicked 'Agree'.

at the same time.

Outside the territory, a group of knights riding tall war horses and wearing armor were walking towards Cao Xing's territory.

"Ta Tata..."

The sound of dense horse hooves rang out.

This knight order has a large number of members and a strong aura.

Everyone, including the people who were working, heard the sound of horse hooves.

Cao Xing also led Assam, Renis, Andrew and others out of the territory.

Cao Xing looked at the knight squadron in front of him.

There are really a lot of them, more than a hundred of them.

These knights wore uniform armor, with swords on their waists, and a wolf claw mark on their chests.

This is Baron August's personal guard knights.

Before they arrived, the knights saw Cao Yi, Duan and others collecting resources.

A knight captain shouted angrily: "You lowly serfs, why don't you stop what you are doing and come to see us!"

Hear this.

The expressions of Cao Yi, Duan and others suddenly changed, and they subconsciously stopped the work in their hands.

However, Cao Xing's gaze was towards the front of the knights, at the man wearing white armor, whose outfit was different from that of the other knights.

At this moment, the man took off the helmet on his head, revealing a head of dark brown hair.

There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he naturally exuded the aura of a superior.

Everyone in the entire territory stopped working and looked at the knights and the young man around them.

At this moment, the knight next to him shouted again.

"Who told you to look directly at the Baron's son!"

"Get down on your knees, you lowly fellows!"

When they heard the words "Baron's Son", everyone on the field changed their expressions drastically!

Those polar people, civilians, and Ascalon warriors subconsciously wanted to kneel on the ground.

But Cao Xing's voice rang out: "Don't kneel."

Hearing the sound, everyone stopped kneeling.

However, Cao Yi, Duan and others couldn't help but tremble in their legs.

They looked at Cao Xing with hesitation in their eyes.

Although they will obey their lord's orders 100%.

But this is true nobility!
The reverence for the nobility is engraved in their bones.

The knights shouted angrily, "How dare you! Why don't you kneel when you see the son of the baron?"

Cao Xing did not say anything, but looked at the group of knights on the field with a scrutinizing gaze.

Glanced at the information.

[Baron August Knight Captain: Ariel]

[Race: Human Race]

[Affiliation: Ice Crystal Kingdom]

[Level: Level 35 (Level Boss-level Creature)]

[Health Volume: 49891/49891]

[Attack power: 2472~2513]

[Armor: 638~647]

[Skills: Advanced Riding Mastery, Advanced Swordsmanship Mastery, Brave Strike, Charge, Sword Dance]

[Legion Skill: Galloping Horses]

[Talent: None]

[Bond: Knight (100 people activated)]

...

[Baron August Knight: Hrvoye]

[Affiliation: Ice Crystal Kingdom]

[Level: Level 28 (Level Elite Creature)]

[HP: 21754/21754]

[Attack power: 1249~1331]

[Armor: 357~389]

[Skills: Intermediate Riding Mastery, Intermediate Sword Mastery, Charge, Critical Strike]

[Legion Skill: Galloping Horses]

[Talent: None]

[Bond: Knight (100 people activated)]

...

Cao Xing felt a little relieved.

It’s okay, they are just a group of third and fourth level knights.

The strongest ones are the two fourth-level leaders.

With his strength, he can easily kill these guys. At this moment, the knight captain saw that Cao Xing had not spoken for a long time, so he immediately drew his weapon, pointed at Cao Xing and said: "You unknown guy, I'm talking to you, can't you hear me?"

To these knights, the Lords of the Other World are a group of beings of unknown origin.

And in their opinion, without noble status, they are just commoners no matter what!

However, Asam, who was standing next to him, saw that he dared to speak to Cao Xing like that, and he drew out his broken sword, "Don't be rude to our Lord!"

When the knight captain saw Assam's actions, some doubts suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"As a knight, you dare to point your weapon at us, at the Baron's Knights?"

"Do you know what this means?"

"Are you trying to challenge the Baron's authority?"

But Asam said solemnly: "No matter who you are, you are not allowed to disrespect the Lord!"

Hearing this, the knight captain looked at the young man.

I noticed that there was an interested smile on the corner of his mouth.

Then he nodded.

The knight captain seemed to understand what he meant and immediately said, "Very good, the knights dared to offend Lord Baron August!"

"Everyone, let's teach these rude guys a lesson!"

Keng! Clang!

The long swords were unsheathed and the knights drew their weapons.

"Xilulu!"

The war horses were galloping and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

The terrifying aura emitted by hundreds of knights made Da Zhuang, Cao Yi and others tremble all over!

Just as the group of knights were about to make the next move.

But Cao Xing glanced at them indifferently.

This glance is like some kind of signal.

The next moment, Andrew, Renis, and several dragon-blood fighters behind him all grabbed their weapons!

In an instant, a terrifying aura erupted!

It was like a dozen ferocious beasts awakening!
"boom!"

The overwhelming aura made this group of knights feel that they were facing not just a dozen enemies, but a mighty army!

"Xilulu!!!"

The war horses under his feet were so frightened that they kept making a commotion and even retreated subconsciously.

At this moment, the faces of the knights changed drastically.

They realized that they seemed to have provoked a group of powerful beings.

At this moment, the baron's son with dark brown hair also felt the powerful aura of the group of people behind Cao Xing.

The smile on his face froze suddenly, and a hint of deep-hidden fear appeared in his eyes.

He did not panic, but remained silent for a moment.

Then he chuckled and said, "My lord from another world, I am really sorry, but my subordinates are all guys who don't know etiquette."

"I'm very sorry for scaring you all."

Hearing this, Cao Xing narrowed his eyes.

He also knew that the other party was trying to smooth things over.

A smile also appeared on his face.

After all, if possible, he didn't want to conflict with those nobles so soon.

At this moment, the young man looked at the knights around him and shouted angrily: "Put away your weapons quickly, you useless guys!"

Hearing this, hundreds of knights put away their weapons.

And Cao Xing also waved his hand.

Assam and others put away their murderous aura.

This also made the opposing knights feel relieved.

It is obvious that this baron's son is not the kind of noble who only knows how to act arrogantly.

He seemed more reasonable.

This also made Cao Xing look at him more highly.

The son of the baron said, "My Lord from another world, I have seen your strength, it is indeed very strong."

"But in any case, your territory is within the territory of Baron August."

"According to the laws of the Ice Crystal Kingdom, anyone who establishes an armed force in the territory of another noble without permission will be punished by the Ice Crystal Kingdom. In serious cases, the Knights of the Kingdom will even exterminate them."

"I suppose you know this?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

The young man's smile widened when he saw this.

He continued: "But Baron August is a kind man."

"He allowed you to establish a territory within his territory."

"But according to the rules, you need to pay the corresponding land tax. What does this lord from another world think?"

After hearing this, Cao Xing narrowed his eyes, then chuckled and asked, "How much do I need to pay?"

He knew this and had made preparations before.

The Baron's son said nothing after hearing this.

Instead, he looked at the territory behind Cao Xing.

Then he said slowly.

"From now on, you will need to hand in 10 jin of grain and 3 units of iron every month."

"And as far as I know, you have been here for almost a month, so make up for the previous share first."

Hearing this request, Cao Xing frowned slightly.

It is obvious that this guy is asking for too much.

Seeing the huge scale of Cao Xing's territory, he wanted to ask for more supplies.

You know, even if other survivors encounter these indigenous forces in their territories, they will not make such excessive demands.

And Cao Xing also hates dealing with this kind of people the most.

This guy looks amiable, but he's actually a smiling tiger.

Cao Xing said directly: "Son of the Baron, our territory has only been developed for a short time. You should know that we cannot provide so many supplies."

Hearing this, the Baron's son seemed to have no reaction.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It's okay. I'm easy to talk to. If you don't have food, you can use your population to pay off your debts."

"I think these men behind you are pretty good."

His gaze was fixed on Liu Muxue, Renis and other beauties, with a playful look in his eyes!
Being stared at by him, Liu Muxue showed some discomfort on her face, while Renis next to her could no longer hold back her hand holding the bow and arrow, wanting to shoot an arrow at this guy.

And Cao Xing finally understood why this guy asked for such a huge sum.

He had taken a fancy to his subordinate, so he deliberately gave him a number that was unbearable.

Seeing that Cao Xing didn't answer for a long time.

After waiting for a moment, the Baron's son chuckled and said, "What's the matter? Don't you want to?"

"I told you, I'm easy to talk to."

"Of course, my patience is limited."

"With your strength, you can resist these knights behind me, but you don't think you can deal with the Ice Crystal Kingdom, do you?"

His tone was somewhat unfriendly.

Like a smiling tiger, it showed its fangs at this moment.

And Cao Xing also frowned slightly.

It would be fine if this baron's son was a domineering and arrogant playboy.

But it is obvious that the other party is very smart. If they can't use force, they will use the situation to suppress you.

This kind of guy is the most difficult to deal with.

At this moment, the atmosphere was somewhat frozen.

Assam and others were ready for battle.

In the dark, Sarah had quietly come behind the Knights, ready to kill the Baron's son with one blow at any time.

With their strength, they only need Cao Xing to give the order.

It is enough to annihilate all the knights in a short period of time and not let any one escape.

However, this would mean a complete break between the two.

After all, if the Baron's son died, it would be a very serious matter.

Just when the atmosphere reached its utmost point.

Cao Xing accidentally glanced at the young man's attributes.

...

【Son of Baron August: Fitz Walker】

[Affiliation: Ice Crystal Kingdom]

[Level: Level 21 (Level Ordinary Creature)]

[HP: 15339/15339]

[Attack power: 736~778]

[Armor: 305~337]

[Skills: Primary Riding Mastery, Primary Swordsmanship Mastery, Brave Strike]

[Talent: None]

(Character introduction: Fitz Walker is the third son of the Baron. Because of his poor qualifications, he is often ridiculed by his sisters, which also created his dark personality since childhood.

As he grew up, Fitz Walker used some means to make his brothers die one after another, and he naturally became the only heir to the baron.)
...

Although this guy's personal introduction is brief, it also explains his ruthless methods.

However, what concerned Cao Xing more was this person's name.

"Fitz Walker..."

Cao Xing always felt that this name was somewhat familiar.

At this moment, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and a look of realization appeared in his eyes.

Cao Xing looked at the brown-haired young man with a faint smile on his lips.

Being stared at by Cao Xing's smile, the Baron's son always felt weird.

He frowned and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Cao Xing smiled and shook his head. "Nothing. I think we may need to talk alone..."

Before he could say anything, the knight captain next to him shouted, "How dare you!"

"Who are you to be qualified to talk to the son of the Baron alone?"

At this moment, Cao Xing took something out of his backpack.

Then a corner was revealed for him to take a look.

After taking a glimpse of what Cao Xing was holding, the Baron's son's pupils suddenly shrank!
He looked directly at the knight captain next to him and shouted angrily: "Shut up!"

Then he looked at Cao Xing.

After a moment, he slowly said, "What do you want to talk about?"

Cao Xing smiled and said, "It's not convenient to talk here, how about we go to the tavern to talk?"

The Baron's son thought for a moment, then nodded.

Behind him, the knight captain dissuaded him, "Young master...you can't go in..."

"Inside that are the territories of the lords from other worlds. We cannot predict what will happen..."

But the son of the baron glanced at him calmly, and then asked: "Do I need your consent to do anything?"

The knight captain seemed to have thought of something.

In an instant, he was so frightened that he was silent, not daring to say a word.

After a moment, the Baron's son continued, "Everyone wait here obediently. No one is allowed to make any unnecessary moves."

"You are also not allowed to do anything beyond the pale towards the subordinates of this lord from another world?"

"Otherwise, when I come back, I will punish you severely. Do you understand?"

Hearing his serious tone.

At this moment, everyone on the field was stunned.

It seemed that no one knew what had happened suddenly. Why did the attitude of this arrogant baron's son change so drastically?
Just as they were confused, the Baron's son had already jumped off his horse and came to Cao Xing.

"My Lord, let's go."

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Okay."

Under the gaze of everyone, Cao Xing took him into the tavern in the territory.

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Inside the territory tavern.

Cao Xing and the baron's son named Fitz Walker sat face to face at a table.

After sending Laci away.

He and the baron's son were the only ones left in the tavern.

When there was no one around, the Baron's son's eyes were filled with unconcealable excitement.

He seemed to be confirming something, and then said in a suppressed voice: "With the revelation of the Lord, He brought us salvation and hope..."

"The God of Light is above!"

Cao Xing nodded, "God of Light is above!"

When Cao Xing said this, there was a look of surprise in the Baron's son's eyes.

He took out a mask from his backpack. It was the mask belonging to the black-robed priest.

Cao Xing also took out a cardinal's mask from his backpack...

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