bestfiction Chapter 340: Immortal Wine!
Chapter 340: Immortal Wine!
One day later, at the city lord's mansion.
"How's the adoption of the new Dragon Coin going?" Xiao Yu asked.
“Brother’s strategy is very effective because the new Dragon Coin is 1.5 times more cost-effective, so everyone is very enthusiastic. I originally thought it would take three days to unify the currency, but now... it only took one and a half days.” Honglian looked at Xiao Yu with admiration in her eyes.
This man not only has all sorts of ingenious ideas, but also understands people's hearts very well.
Every strategy he comes up with hits the nail on the head, making it impossible for anyone to refuse.
Now that the new currency is widely used, the work of various departments is much more convenient and efficient.
With improved efficiency in goods transactions, turnover has also increased significantly.
"That's for the best!" Xiao Yu nodded with satisfaction upon hearing the report.
We're almost at the City of Ruins; a huge influx of people will be pouring into Dragon City then.
He certainly didn't want a unified currency to be in place by then, otherwise how could he promote his Dragon Coin?
After all, his goal was to make Dragon Coins like the US dollar, becoming the universal currency for all factions.
"Squeak..."
Nearby, the crystal beast, which was working day and night to produce dragon coins, suddenly shivered.
"Ah Jing, what's wrong? Did you catch a cold?" Seeing this, Xiao Yu touched the little guy's head with heartache and fed him another 100 energy points, and the little guy was fully revived.
"Great! Keep it up! Produce 100 million 1 yuan worth of crystal coins as soon as possible."
Even if we want to popularize Dragon Coins, we first need a sufficient amount of currency, and this task naturally has to be accomplished by the Crystal Beast, which currently produces 20 million Crystal Coins per day.
In short, its speed in creating crystal coins far surpasses that of a ten-year-old otaku.
It only takes five days to produce 100 million coins.
"Chirp chirp..." At this moment, a burst of excited laughter rang out from the room.
"Is it finally done?" Hearing the laughter, Xiao Yu was overjoyed and quickly ran to the brewing room.
"Let's go!" The women's eyes lit up, and they immediately followed.
"It smells so good!" As soon as they entered the brewing room, everyone smelled an extremely fragrant aroma.
The next second, the golden-haired monkey excitedly handed a wad of wine to Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu took the wine jar, placed it solemnly on the workbench, and carefully opened the seal.
Instantly, an even richer aroma spread.
Just a whiff of the alcohol was enough to make one feel lightheaded.
Xinglan, whose strength was below the fifth rank, immediately lost his footing.
The other women also felt lightheaded.
"This... is this the divine wine that can change fate? I've finally succeeded!" Xiao Yu took a deep breath of the wine, his eyes gleaming.
He could sense that the wine contained a very peculiar and powerful energy.
That's a power... to turn the rotten into the miraculous!
Anyone who drinks it will experience an amazing transformation.
"Such a magical drink, let's call it... Ascension Wine!"
……
On the other side, in the city of ruins, in the eastern part of the city, at the entrance of the city lord's mansion.
A tall, thin figure ran all the way and finally arrived here.
"Halt!" Seeing someone rushing over without slowing down, the guards of the city lord's mansion shouted loudly, and the two rows of soldiers guarding the gate quickly raised their long halberds.
"I'm Bald Eyes, let me see the city lord immediately!" Bald Eyes shouted.
"Lord Bald Eyes? Why are you back alone?" Upon recognizing Bald Eyes, the gatekeeper waved his hand, and the soldiers immediately raised their halberds to let him pass.
At this moment, several trusted confidants are gathered in the council chamber, discussing something with Sotun.
“There’s less than a month until the biannual major auction. Is this all the energy stones I, Sotun, can offer right now? A mere five million?” Sotun looked at everyone with a gloomy expression.
His strength has been stuck at the half-step ninth level for nearly ten years.
Over the past decade, he has tried every possible method, but has been unable to break through.
Fortunately...
I just received news that someone obtained a ninth-tier enhancement herb at this auction. If they get it, they might be able to refine a ninth-tier enhancement potion and break through to the next level.
When the time comes, wouldn't it be a natural thing to become the lord of the city of ruins?
It is a ninth-tier enhancement herb, which all eighth-tier powerhouses would fight over.
At that time... I'm afraid even without tens of millions of energy stones, it might be impossible to win the bid.
"Lord City Lord..."
A seventh-tier, bearded old man stroked his beard and pondered,
"I've been secretly in contact with the three city lords of the West, South, and North during this period. The West and South city lords have indicated that they will not participate in your power struggle with City Lord Xueye, but they have subtly hinted that if you succeed, they will offer you a large sum of energy stones. As for the North city lord..."
"Is that so? We don't need to worry about the North City Lord for now. With the help of the West and South City Lords, we'll be fine!" Hearing this, Sotun nodded in satisfaction.
He already has five million, and if he makes another round of extortion in a month, he can collect several million more.
With the support of the city lords of the west and south, obtaining the ninth-tier enhancement medicine is no longer a problem.
"Lord City Lord, Lord Baldy is back!" the guard at the gate called out.
"Baldy? Didn't he go to Dragon City with Lord Batu?" Upon hearing this, several of Batu's confidants inside frowned slightly.
Batun realized something was wrong and quickly sent people in.
A moment later, Bald Eyes was brought before Sotun.
"Why are you the only one who came back?" Seeing the bald look on his face, Sotun's eyelids twitched.
The tall, thin man at this moment clearly had been running all the way and hadn't rested much along the way.
He was covered in dust and yellow sand, looking quite disheveled.
Didn't I send my younger brother Batu out to find Dragon City and steal its treasures?
Why is it that only Baldy Eyes came back? Where is his brother Batu?
"Lord of the City, Dragon City does indeed have many top-tier treasures! Abundant vegetables and water resources! More than we can use... But what Lord Batu heard is all false! All false! The Lord of Dragon City is not an eighth-rank official at all, but..." Bald-eyed man panted as he quickly recounted what he had seen and heard.
He also told Sotun why Batu was still in Dragon City.
"What? How is that possible?" Everyone's expression changed upon hearing Eyeball's words.
Everyone was stunned by the various treasures that Baldy Eyes mentioned.
Trees that only exist in legends, such as the glowing tree and the Bodhi tree...
And... a huge amount of vegetables that we can't finish eating.
It's important to understand that although the City of Ruins is a large city, it is located deep in the desert and is extremely short of water. There are hardly any forests, so it's impossible to grow any vegetables!
That's such a waste of water!
Moreover... what shocked them even more was the strength of the Dragon City Lord.
A ninth-tier powerhouse! A cataclysmic powerhouse capable of single-handedly slaughtering an entire city!
If it weren't for the fact that the Snow Night City Lord was old and his old injuries had flared up, they wouldn't even have dared to think about seizing power.
But now... you're saying another ninth-tier expert has appeared?
Where in this world could there be so many ninth-tier powerhouses?
“It’s absolutely true! After Lord Batu finished investigating Dragon City, he wanted to return immediately to report to you, but he was detained by the Dragon City Lord. Think about it, if the other party wasn’t so powerful, how could Lord Batu not have resisted?”
In the eyes of the bald man, although the city lord of Longcheng said that Lord Batu would lead the way.
But he felt that this was just a pretext to detain Lord Batu.
"Damn it!" Upon learning that his younger brother Batu was trapped in Dragon City, Sotun roared in anger, "That Xue Donglai, he actually tricked me!"
At this moment, he was both coveting the treasures of Longcheng and also feeling the atmosphere was being manipulated by Xue Donglai.
"Lord City Lord, what should we do now?" Bald Eyes asked anxiously.
Sotun glanced at the bald-eyed man, his eyes flashing with cold light: "Hmph! My brother Batu is trapped in Dragon City, of course I have to rush over there immediately and have a go at this so-called Dragon City!"
Most importantly... how could we let go of those treasures in Dragon City?
Moreover, if this Lord of Dragon City truly possesses strength comparable to Lord of Snow Night City.
If we get him to side with the Xue family, my Dongcheng lineage is finished!