Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

Chapter 48: Chapter 44: Blood Spirit Liquid

”Accept!”

Speed is slightly faster than me, nothing else to worry about.

Yi Tian, after getting the sword, accepted the challenge.

Holding the Celestial Dao Stone, the teleportation array atop it activated, and in the next instant, Yi Tian appeared on a small hill.

At this point, a man with six fingers, pointed ears, and red skin was struggling to fend off a leopard.

This leopard is called the Flying Leopard, not because it can fly, but because it can leap more than ten meters, appearing as if it is flying, hence the name.

The man leveraged the terrain advantage, holding a spear, and maneuvered around with the Flying Leopard.

At this moment, he was covered in several wounds, and the Flying Leopard continuously sought opportunities to attack, putting the red-skinned man in constant peril.

Yi Tian checked the Flying Leopard’s attributes and found them consistent with the employer’s description, then looked at the red-skinned man.

”The opponent possesses a Celestial Dao Stone, information cannot be probed,” the Celestial Dao Stone reminded Yi Tian.

Though he couldn’t probe, Yi Tian guessed the red-skinned man’s agility must be over 300, with strength and constitution both nearing 300.

”Mercenary, come quickly. I can’t hold on much longer.” The red-skinned man was overjoyed upon seeing Yi Tian and shouted.

The Flying Leopard also noticed Yi Tian, leaped far away, and bared its teeth at him.

”Kill!” Yi Tian maintained professional integrity; without hesitation, he drew his sword and charged at the Flying Leopard.

The Flying Leopard glared ferociously, using its flight-like leaping ability to pounce at Yi Tian.

In less than a second, Yi Tian and the Flying Leopard were entangled.

Swordsmanship Mastery LV.5.

When using a sword, strength increases by 50%.

”Slash!”

Yi Tian slightly turned aside, dodging the Flying Leopard’s pounce. He rotated his longsword, the sword light flickered, and an afterimage swept past the Flying Leopard.

An extremely tricky strike, combined with Yi Tian’s immense strength, directly cutting through the Flying Leopard’s neck.

The Flying Leopard fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and then ceased moving.

”Brother, you are impressive! My ten thousand spent well.” The red-skinned man sighed with relief and praised Yi Tian.

Saving a life, how could it not be worth it?

”Is there a beast tide in your region?” Yi Tian asked.

”No! This Flying Leopard was bought at an auction. I am a Beast Tamer, but unfortunately, couldn’t control it, leading to a fight to the death.” The red-skinned man said awkwardly.

”Oh, then it’s all right. May we meet again by chance!” Yi Tian nodded to the red-skinned man, then activated the teleportation array to return to his territory.

Slave revolts, beast rebellions, such incidents occur every day.

If a mercenary kills an employer after completing a task, they will face severe punishment—not only will they lose mercenary qualifications, but the Mercenary System will also vanish from the Celestial Dao Stone.

”This task difficulty is C-level, mercenary: Second Under Heaven, accepted task once, success rate 100%.”

Back in the territory, the Celestial Dao Stone provided feedback on this task.

Ten thousand Celestial Dao Coins also arrived.

Celestial Dao Coin balance: 34.71 million.

Just as Yi Tian returned, the Mercenary System chimed again.

”Mercenary System notification, an employer has issued a task invitation to you. Task detail: eliminate D-level beast Cyan Wolf, Cyan Wolf three-dimensional attributes: strength 118, constitution 120, agility 103.”

Yi Tian immediately understood the situation; there were currently no D-level mercenaries, so the employer painfully spent ten thousand Celestial Dao Coins to hire him, a C-level mercenary.

Yi Tian’s strength can’t enable him to become a D-level mercenary ”boosting data,” but it doesn’t prevent lords lacking C-level strength from hiring him for ”boosting data.”

The sooner one becomes a mercenary, the greater the benefits. If one waits a few months to become a mercenary, they risk losing opportunities—tasks become hard to accept.

For example, a mercenary who accepted ten tasks with 100% completion rate, and one who has never accepted any tasks, even a fool knows how to choose.

Tasks easily accomplished, Yi Tian naturally wouldn’t forgo. Upon accepting, Yi Tian appeared in a courtyard surrounded by three-meter-high stone walls.

Yi Tian saw a young girl with cat ears trembling on the roof of a stone hut.

Catgirl!

Before he could take a good look at her, a Cyan Wolf charged at him in the yard.

Yi Tian casually kicked it to death.

”Come down.” Yi Tian beckoned to the catgirl.

”Is it dead?” The catgirl wasn’t sure.

”With such a timid heart, how did you pass the assessment?” Yi Tian pondered, then jokingly said, ”What’s with this Cyan Wolf?”

”I don’t know. It suddenly invaded my territory, and the Celestial Dao Stone didn’t alert me,” replied the catgirl.

”Your three-dimensional abilities must be over a hundred, why not fight the Cyan Wolf?” Yi Tian asked in confusion.

If a lord doesn’t have a certain level of strength, such Cyan Wolves wouldn’t appear.

”Our tribe is most afraid of wolves.” The catgirl answered.

”Hmm! It seems there are four more D-level beasts coming!”

Yi Tian suddenly paused, smiling at the catgirl.

This little catgirl has quite a cunning mind.

”Ah! Help me! I think I know why the beasts are coming.” The catgirl stood on the rooftop and looked out anxiously, her face pale as she hopefully gazed at Yi Tian.

”Oh? Why did the beast specifically target you?” Yi Tian asked the cat lady.

”I got a box from the natives yesterday, inside was a bottle of Spiritual Liquid. The Celestial Dao Stone called it Blood Spirit Liquid. The scent of this liquid can drift for thousands of miles. Once a beast smells it, it will follow the scent. I just opened it to take a look and closed it immediately, but that still attracted the beast.” The cat lady explained honestly.

”If you help me drive the beast away, I’ll give you the Blood Spirit Liquid.” Seeing Yi Tian hesitate, the cat lady quickly added.

After all, the liquid was trouble for her.

The reason Blood Spirit Liquid attracts beasts is that it can stimulate their bloodline and enhance their potential. All beasts, when encountering this scent, will flock to it without hesitation.

Beasts with a slightly higher intelligence wouldn’t fall for this trick.

”I’m a mercenary. I take people’s money to help them solve problems. To care only for myself and not for others would ruin my reputation as the second under heaven, wouldn’t it? Don’t worry, I’ll take care of those four beasts, and you can keep their corpses too.” Yi Tian said, stretching his hand out to the cat lady.

The cat lady rolled her eyes at Yi Tian, then gracefully jumped down from the rooftop and took a crystal bottle out from her pocket, handing it to Yi Tian.

Yi Tian verified it with the Celestial Dao Stone and it was genuine!

Although Blood Spirit Liquid is a liquid, once the bottle is opened, all the liquid would evaporate within three hours, turning into scent that drifts away.

Yi Tian’s troops were strong and could use this substance to attract beasts to attack the territory and then harvest them, gaining resources such as Beast Pearls, beast hides, and meat.

But not now, as beast meat is too cheap. Good steel should be used on the blade.

As he left the yard, Yi Tian saw four beasts running towards him: a bull, a pig, a leopard, and a wolf.

These four beasts were stronger than a Cyan Wolf, but unfortunately, they encountered Yi Tian, who beat them to death with just a few punches and kicks.

There might be more beasts outside the mist, but they were too strong and restrained by the Lord’s power, thus unable to pass through the mist.

”Alright, little cat lady, see you again if fate allows.” Having dealt with the four beasts, Yi Tian said to the cat lady as he teleported back to his territory.

Watching Yi Tian leave, the cat lady stomped her foot in anger.

”This task is rated as D-level. The mercenary: second under heaven, has accepted the task twice, with a success rate of one hundred percent.”

Then, until eight in the evening, Yi Tian put himself on resting status again, having completed four more tasks.

These included three D-level tasks and one C-level task, all completed very easily.

Yi Tian’s total number of tasks reached six, maintaining a one hundred percent completion rate.

Though there was a lot of water under the bridge, employers would certainly think the second under heaven is incredibly capable.

In the evening, Yi Tian saw that the Fire Dragon had taken over a thousand kilograms of meat from Ice Storage, causing his face to turn dark.

The captives had finished their work in the morning. Now, the entire territory had no work being done, and the captives lay outside the city, sunbathing for the whole afternoon.

As the Lord, he had run around the whole afternoon for sixty thousand Celestial Dao Coins.

This won’t do; something must be done to get them out.

”Queen, I have three hundred and forty captives here, all above Bronze Warrior level, including ten Silver Warriors. If your tribe is in need of slaves, I can sell them to you cheaply.” Yi Tian shifted his attention to the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe again.

These captives could previously be sold for over ten million Celestial Dao Coins, but now they couldn’t even reach five million.

”Our tribe has no Gold,” the Queen immediately responded.

”Two hundred thousand Gold is a very cheap price. These are all slaves in good condition. Moreover, I’ll throw in 50 D-level and C-level beasts.” Yi Tian just wanted to sell them off. Earning a little less was acceptable.

Yi Tian was not afraid of aiding the enemy.

After the spirit fruit auction, Yi Tian planned to make large-scale purchases of Elemental Warrior Design Maps and Element Cores.

”Give me the information on those captives and beasts, and I’ll consider it.” The Queen, seeing the offer so cheap, was inclined to facilitate the deal.

Between tribes, ordinary slaves aren’t worth much. Black Iron level slaves barely meet the eye, while Bronze level slaves are considered high-end slaves. They are skilled at everything.

Yi Tian went to the prisoner camp and copied all the captives’ and beasts’ information for the Queen.

”Agreed! Put them on the shelf.” The Queen felt it was a great deal, especially with ten Silver Warriors and five Silver level beasts included.

After the transaction was complete, the area outside the city became much quieter. Yi Tian had someone start storing the Gold. Currently, the inventory was four million two hundred eighty thousand Gold.

Yi Tian estimated that when it reached five million, the basement would be full.

But it didn’t matter. At that time, both the first and second floors could store Gold.

The third floor would be used to store precious items. High-Level Stone buildings combined with the Mountain-Suppressing Stone, why worry about collapse?

”Queen, since your tribe has existed for thousands of years, you must have quite a collection of treasures. How about making a deal with me?” After completing one round of transactions, Yi Tian messaged again.

”Don’t dream! I won’t aid my enemies!” The Three-Eyed One-Horned Queen, upon seeing Yi Tian’s message, instantly lost interest.

After saying this, she ignored Yi Tian.

Yi Tian didn’t bother himself further. The deal was initially proposed by him, making it advantageous for the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe.

Previously, he had considered purchasing auction house items, if possible, to enrich the Wealth Tower!

Fortunately, he managed to sell the captives and even profited decently.

The summer was just beginning, and it remained unclear what challenges lay ahead.

The Lords merely anticipated even fiercer attacks.

With everyone having a physical strength of over fifty, could the Celestial Dao World really kill someone with heat?

But Yi Tian had a feeling it wouldn’t be that simple!

”Brother Tian, do you still have the Glazed Holy Fruit and the Five Elements Sacred Fruit?” At eleven o’clock in the evening, Yi Tian was online as usual.

The Great Emperor was the first to connect and trade with Yi Tian, though this time he acted like a subordinate, exceptionally cautious.

”Oh! After careful consideration, I think an Elemental Warrior Design Map is worth 100,000; an Element Core at 500,000. As we’re old friends, I’ll give you a twenty percent discount on the final auction price for the Five Elements Sacred Fruit and the Glazed Holy Fruit tomorrow. You can exchange equivalent value in Elemental Warrior Design Maps or Element Cores with me.” Yi Tian replied to the Great Emperor.

Elemental Warrior Design Maps and Element Cores still had no standard pricing. Yi Tian decided to set the prices himself. And during tomorrow’s auction, he would announce that in addition to Celestial Dao Coins, Elemental Warrior Design Maps and Element Cores would also be accepted for bidding on the spirited fruit.

With explicit pricing, those who could afford S-level Spirit Fruits would certainly have Element Cores. In a pinch, when they had no money, they would also put Element Cores up for auction.