“Damn it!”
Lin Yi closed the chat channel, looking at his exchange account balance with an extremely strange expression.
Ultimately, he suffered from a lack of knowledge!
Through the analysis of kind-hearted individuals, he thought he understood the market for fierce beast meat.
But he never expected the gap between low-grade and high-grade to be so vast.
He had originally intended to use his good brother’s words to take advantage of the situation and fleece a fat sheep.
How did he end up becoming a good Samaritan?
“I lost a fortune....”
Recalling the bullet comments in the channel, Lin Yi curled his lip, “It doesn’t matter, you’ll all spit it back out to me later.”
Ding—
A notification from the Lord System rang out.
After reading the message.
Lin Yi’s previous annoyance immediately vanished, and he slapped his thigh with a beaming smile, “Holy crap! Good heavens! I knew Long Tao wasn’t that kind-hearted; turns out there’s a benefit!”
【Congratulations! This session’s Lord, Lin Yi, has completed the hidden quest 【Trade Tycoon】, gaining 50 points of prestige!】
【Quest evaluation: Attention rating (Perfect), Participation rating (Perfect), Influence rating (Perfect) — Reward multiplier increased to 10!】
【Congratulations to Lin Yi for receiving the final prestige reward — 500!】
【This hidden quest has ended. All Lords, please continue to explore more hidden quests; the unknown and surprises await you!】
Upon seeing the system notification.
Lin Yi instantly realized that Long Tao’s actions must have been aimed at this trade prestige reward.
However.
By a strange coincidence, he had intercepted it.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi’s mouth twitched slightly, “Will that kid hold a grudge against me?”
It seemed impossible to explain it away.
He could only find an opportunity to compensate Long Tao later.
After all.
During their high school days before the transmigration.
Whenever he was upset, it was always Long Tao who brought a bottle of wine to comfort him.
When conflicts arose, it was also that kid who stood by him, fearless of danger.
Could it be that after this “transmigration,” the black chubby kid’s world storyline had completely changed?
“Since I’ve already received the prestige reward, I’ll just extort the meat prices to death from now on.”
Lin Yi came back to his senses, thinking to himself, “The purchase limit still can’t be changed; each person can only buy a small amount, otherwise if noble lords buy large quantities, that would be aiding the enemy.”
The theme of this trial was the New King.
With a smooth start, and a challenge to that unknown title he had never understood, he still had confidence.
“Sixty thousand gold coins, converted to purple crystal coins, is only six hundred.”
“Still not enough!”
Last time, recruiting the Wang family members cost dozens of purple crystal coins.
Who knew where he would suddenly need to spend a lot of money again.
As a universal currency for all races, there would be countless places where it would be needed in the future.
Currently.
How much military pay to issue to the Scarlet Tassel Spearman became a problem he needed to solve.
“The salary for a second-tier warrior shouldn’t be low, right….”
Lin Yi muttered to himself, “Why doesn’t the description give a reference price for this?”
Logically, based on the Pure Land’s territory characteristics, military morale and public support would never decrease, no matter what.
Even if he didn't pay salaries and treated every warrior as a slave, they would never complain.
However….
His conscience would ache if he did that!
“Old man… oh, Wang Fugui.”
Lin Yi called out softly.
“Lord, what are your orders?” Wang Fugui jogged over from not far away, bowing as he asked.
“Distribute these one hundred and twenty gold coins to the warriors. Part of it is a reward, and the other part is their military pay for the first week.”
“As you command! This old man thanks the Lord on behalf of the young lads!”
Watching Wang Fugui leave with the box, Lin Yi silently calculated.
The purchasing power of one gold coin was roughly equivalent to ten thousand yuan in his previous life.
A second-tier expert, with a weekly salary of ten thousand, plus a ten thousand hunting subsidy, should not be considered….
【Ding!】
【Your brave Scarlet Tassel Spearman have received their military pay. Although the remuneration is a bit meager, they are still genuinely grateful to you! For the next week, the training effectiveness of the warriors who received military pay will be additionally increased by 10%!】
“Damn….”
Lin Yi finished reading the message, his mouth twitching violently in disbelief.
This is….
A bit meager… are second-tier experts really that terrifyingly strong!
“Oh, right, someone in the channel earlier said that a fierce beast outside could sell for dozens of gold coins.”
“Calculated that way, the military pay is indeed not enough….”
“I’ll go ask the old man about it later.”
Lin Yi glanced at the star-filled night sky and stretched.
A burst of fragrant meat aroma instantly invigorated him!
“Lord~”
“Your servant has grilled a few skewers of beef kidney and tendon meat for you. Taste my cooking skills~”
He looked over.
Wang Qiu'er had arrived at some point, her soft, boneless, graceful body half-kneeling on the ground, her beautiful, limpid eyes gazing at him with tender affection.
“It’s just that the territory currently lacks seasonings, so the taste isn’t optimal. Please forgive me, Lord.” Wang Qiu'er said softly.
“No….”
Lin Yi gently stroked Wang Qiu'er’s side hair, leaned close to her neck and sniffed lightly. The unique scent of a young girl was refreshing. He then said, “This is the best seasoning!”
With that!
He grabbed a skewer of grilled meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
Before he could savor it carefully.
Suddenly, a clear and incomparably powerful energy burst open in his mouth!
It flowed down his esophagus, through his blood vessels, and surged towards his limbs and bones!
“This….”
Lin Yi’s pupils contracted slightly, “Is this high-grade fierce beast meat?”
Through the kind-hearted person’s reminder, he already knew that these high-grade beast meats contained peculiar energy.
But he never expected it to be so terrifying!
Not only did he feel his body’s strength slightly increase, but even the Lord System sent a thoughtful notification: 【You have significantly increased your experience by consuming the flesh and blood of a high-grade fierce beast leader!】
“Fierce beast leader, no wonder.”
After reading the message, Lin Yi suddenly understood.
However.
Even if the energy in other fierce beast meat was reduced, it probably wouldn’t be too bad.
“It tastes good.” Lin Yi nodded, praising it.
Wang Qiu'er’s eyes curved into crescent moons with joy upon receiving the praise. She was about to humbly respond.
But the next second, what Lin Yi said made her strikingly beautiful little face turn crimson.
“These few skewers of kidney….”
Lin Yi looked at Wang Qiu'er with ill intent, teasing, “If not for your help, the energy contained within would probably make it impossible for me to digest….”
“Mmm~”
Wang Qiu'er seemed to have imagined tonight’s battle, her snow-white neck also flushed crimson, and she whispered like a mosquito, “Your servant is at your Lord’s disposal~”
Lin Yi received a satisfactory answer and confidently pulled her into his arms.
“Hahaha, good! You eat some too, hurry and eat!”
“Tonight, battle, awesome!”
The first weekly quest was about to appear in two days; this was an opportunity not to be missed, so he had to seize the moment!
Carefully attend to his little brother’s feelings!
.......
However, Lin Yi was immersed in the embrace of a beautiful woman in a tender haven.
Some lords with strong backgrounds were destined to not sleep tonight.