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Chapter 692: Opening the Treasure Chests
Chapter 692: Opening the Treasure Chests
After Lu HaiKong made a bet with Yan Liang, he no longer kept him locked up in the iron cell, but instead, casually left Yan Liang in this forbidden area, lowering the rank of the guards watching over him by several levels, giving him ample freedom and space to recover from his injuries.
Of course, Lu HaiKong wouldn't completely let his guard down. After several interactions with Yan Liang, Lu HaiKong realized that this guy wasn't as simple-minded as he appeared. Unexpectedly, he had a bit of cunning.
So, Lu HaiKong still had a trick up his sleeve for this guy. If Yan Liang stayed put and behaved, he'd be fine. But if he tried to escape, Lu HaiKong would make sure he'd have a hard time.
After Yan Liang was released from the cell, all the historical Yellow Turban generals and members of the Fire Battalion were withdrawn from the forbidden area.
Those who were supposed to return to the Fire Battalion went back, those assigned to the Wuyuan Army returned, and those who were supposed to accompany Lu HaiKong resumed their positions.
Many members of the Fire Battalion were sent back to headquarters for further training, with only a small number being assigned to the army. Among them, Chen Yi, who had the highest talent, stayed with Lu HaiKong, along with Zhang Niujiao.
After all, Chen Yi had reached a certain level of growth in various aspects, and it was time for him to gain practical experience. Lu HaiKong kept him by his side, waiting for an opportunity to arrange a real combat mission for him.
With the arrival of Chen Yi and Zhang Niujiao, Lu HaiKong now had four people under his wing.
Apart from Chen Ping, who served as his secretary, Lu HaiKong also brought Zhang Liao, the little carrot-head, with him after returning to Bing Province. After Chen Yi and Zhang Niujiao joined, Zhang Liao quickly found his partner.
This little carrot-head had an astonishing talent. In just one year, his strength had reached 79, but like Chen Yi, Lu HaiKong kept him firmly grounded at this level to build a solid foundation.
Zhang Liao understood Lu HaiKong's arrangement, but he couldn't bear the loneliness and repeatedly tried to convince Lu HaiKong to let him advance. However, when he saw Chen Yi, who had experienced a similar situation in the forbidden area, Zhang Liao's attitude changed.
Chen Yi's loyalty to Lu HaiKong had reached 93 points, and he had an almost fanatical devotion. Under this loyalty, he would follow Lu HaiKong's orders, whether he understood them or not. This wholehearted and down-to-earth attitude also influenced Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao always thought his foundation was solid enough to advance further, but when he saw Chen Yi, whose foundation seemed even more solid, wholeheartedly polishing his skills, Zhang Liao decided to focus on his own training.
Lu HaiKong noticed the changes in the little carrot-head and was quite satisfied. He began to consider arranging a real combat mission for Zhang Liao and Chen Yi, as it was time for them to experience the battlefield.
Lu HaiKong was a man of action, and with this idea in mind, he immediately took action.
Coincidentally, the 'Territory Dungeon' had just refreshed, and Pan Feng was preparing to lead a group of mountain bandit bodyguards to clear it. Lu HaiKong directly assigned Zhang Liao and Chen Yi to join Pan Feng's team.
For Zhang Liao and Chen Yi, their first battle was more about experiencing the atmosphere of the battlefield. As top talents, Lu HaiKong wouldn't foolishly throw them into a life-or-death situation.
That wasn't training; it was sending them to their deaths.
Lu HaiKong's first battle wasn't particularly dangerous, as Pan Feng's presence ensured everything would go smoothly.
So, Lu HaiKong confidently left Zhang Liao and Chen Yi to clear the dungeon while he went to open treasure chests nearby.
Lu HaiKong's recent months hadn't yielded much from treasure chests. Only when Xing MuLi advanced to the Master-level Organ Master did he get a significant reward. And just before that, he obtained three golden treasure chests from Zhang Mancheng's group.
Two legendary and three golden treasure chests were just average, even poor, rewards for Lu HaiKong.
However, as Lu HaiKong understood lone wanderers, he knew that for most of them, obtaining silver-level chests was already a rare achievement. Golden-level chests were scarce, and legendary chests were almost mythical.
The reason they could open so many chests was their large numbers, relying on quantity to force their luck.
Understanding this, Lu HaiKong also realized the rarity of these chests. Additionally, as he hadn't opened chests in a while, Lu HaiKong was excited to see what he might find.
With this anticipation, Lu HaiKong opened the three golden treasure chests one by one.
Lu HaiKong's luck wasn't bad. One chest contained 500,000 gold, and another had five tons of fine iron, both decent rewards.
Especially the second one, those five tons of fine iron may not be of much use to Lu HaiKong, but throwing it into the blacksmith camp could still forge a set of [Exquisite] equipment, which could bring in a few million gold when sold.
The two gold chests yield a profit of several million gold, which is already quite good for a gold chest, and Lu HaiKong is quite satisfied with this.
So, when the third Yellow Turban chest opened and revealed a seed that was somewhat incomprehensible, Lu HaiKong didn't pay much attention to it. He directly threw it to Chen Ping, who seemed to like this kind of seed, and this guy immediately opened the last two legendary chests.
"Oh, it's actually a building blueprint? That's rare!"
As soon as the two legendary chests were opened, Lu HaiKong's gaze was drawn to one of the items, or rather, a blueprint.
Lu HaiKong hadn't seen a building blueprint in a while, so when he saw it, his eyes narrowed, and the attributes of this blueprint appeared the next moment.
Herb Garden Blueprint
Blueprint Type: Mysterious Building
Construction Conditions: 5 million gold
Blueprint Description: ???
The limited information in just four lines, the high construction cost of 5 million gold, yet it successfully attracted the attention of Lu HaiKong, the current wealthy tycoon.
For Lu HaiKong, who had just made a big profit and had over a billion in cash under his command, 5 million gold was just a small amount. So, this tycoon decided to build this structure.
However, the current location was obviously unsuitable, and the selection of a building site for such an expensive 5 million gold structure also needed careful consideration. Therefore, Lu HaiKong could only put it aside for now.
In the 1619 book bar version!
Subsequently, Lu HaiKong's gaze fell on the last item, which surprised him a bit. It was actually an ancient ring.
??? (Ring)
Equipment Level: ??? (Unique Equipment)
Equipment Requirements: Infusion of Internal Force (Recognition after meeting a certain amount)
Equipment Effect: Known after recognition.
Another item with scarce information and inexplicability, but Lu HaiKong was still very interested in this type of jewelry. After all, this kind of item had a small output, and the probability of producing high-quality items was very high, especially for this kind of item with question marks. Lu HaiKong felt that this ring was definitely extraordinary.
So Lu HaiKong picked it up and directly infused his internal force into it. Initially, Lu HaiKong didn't think that such a small ring would require a lot of his internal force.
But when Lu HaiKong started infusing his internal force, he began to realize that something was amiss.
He found that the capacity of this ring was far greater than he had expected. At this time, Lu HaiKong's martial strength had already reached 90, and his Purple Qi Ascending Dragon Technique was at level 7, with profound internal force.
However, he found that the ring in his hand was like a bottomless pit, no matter how much internal force he infused, it couldn't be filled.
Lu HaiKong's internal force was continuously output for over ten minutes, but there was no sign of saturation in the ring. This situation was a bit eerie.
But the more it was like this, the more it proved that this ring was extraordinary. So, Lu HaiKong didn't hold back his internal force, and he kept infusing it.
It wasn't until Lu HaiKong had infused nine layers of his internal force that he finally stopped, not because the ring was saturated, but because Lu HaiKong himself couldn't take it anymore. With his current strength, it would take at least a day or two to recover from infusing nine layers. If he infused all of it, it would definitely take ten days or even half a month to recover.
The ring still didn't show any signs of saturation, so Lu HaiKong could only stop for now.
After stopping, Lu HaiKong looked at the attributes of the ring and found that there was an additional progress bar for internal force infusion, and currently, Lu HaiKong had only advanced the progress by a tiny bit, probably not even a hundredth. It seemed that there was still a long way to go before this ring could recognize its master.
While Lu HaiKong was opening the chests and dealing with equipment, in the rear of Yan Huang Mountain Fort, in the camp of the Black Wind Legion in the ranch, a group of several dozen members of the Black Wind Legion finally returned in a disheveled state.
They had traveled three hundred li, and it took them two whole days. During these two days, another ten or so members of their team had permanently stayed in the grasslands due to physical exhaustion, and those who managed to make it back to the Black Wind Legion camp all collapsed upon arrival.
As one of the members threw out a map and shouted, "Wind Spirit Valley, hurry and save Li Xiong!" this group of Black Wind Legion members all fainted.
They had relied on sheer willpower to make it this far, and once that willpower was released, they couldn't hold on any longer...
(End of Chapter)
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