172: Chapter 172 Lin Xiao's Big Move

"Short on cash."

Lin Xiao sighed.

Constructing the chaos mist required a massive amount of Advanced Materials.

Even for those Advanced Materials that Jin Huan and the others could acquire, due to the sheer quantity, Lin Xiao currently didn't have the money to buy them. The commercial lords would give him certain privileges and discounts, but they wouldn't just give them away for free.

Not to mention the Advanced Materials that couldn't be acquired at all.

Next, he still needed to step up efforts to make money.

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Main World, Lord Association Headquarters.

"President Gu, recently I managed to acquire a blueprint for a special building, but some of the Materials required for its construction are ones I have never heard of." Lin Xiao didn't hide anything and said straight to the point.

"Oh?"

"Materials you've never heard of? Their Rank must be extremely high. Could it be that you've managed to get your hands on a blueprint for a legendary grade special building?"

President Gu Yizhou grew interested, though he wasn't particularly surprised.

After all, in his eyes, Lin Xiao was a lucky person whose luck was Heaven-Defying.

The Four Great Races might guess that it was the Human Race giving Lin Xiao massive support that allowed him to possess such terrifying strength, but President Gu Yizhou was very clear that the support they gave Lin Xiao was nowhere near that exaggerated.

Lin Xiao being able to have his current strength was obviously the result of his own Heaven-Defying luck.

"You'll know once you take a look."

Lin Xiao didn't waste words either, sending over the attributes of the chaos mist.

He chose to be open and honest.

With President Gu Yizhou's insight, when he saw core Materials like the Chaos-type divine creature's heart core, he could guess that there was a mythical-grade building blueprint in Lin Xiao's hands.

Hiding it had no meaning.

Another reason supporting Lin Xiao not hiding it was his trust in the Human Race.

Although he hadn't seen many high-ranking officials of the Human Race, from President Gu Yizhou, he could discern a thing or two.

He also deeply experienced the atmosphere of the entire Human Race.

Within the Human Race, there was competition, contradictions, and conflicts would erupt, but overall, they still united against external threats.

This didn't mean that the Human Race's quality was very high or their awareness was very strong.

Rather, it was the result of enormous pressure from the outside and repeated internal detoxifications.

Before the Human Race split, its internal affairs were actually extremely chaotic; First-Generation Lords from different countries simply couldn't see eye to eye. Influenced by them, the relationships of the Second-Generation Lords weren't any better, with mutual squeezing, framing, betrayal, and other tactics emerging endlessly.

The Human Race's high-level officials at the time had to implement high-pressure rule just to barely suppress internal contradictions.

After the Sin Race betrayed them, although the Human Race suffered unprecedented heavy blows, its interior became purer.

Later, in order to clear out the hidden spies of the Sin Race, through repeated internal audits, blood purification, and ideological unification, they achieved today's united situation of the Human Race.

Of course, trust was trust, but core secrets—such as him being a First-Generation Lord—Lin Xiao would not blurt out.

"You brat, you're even keeping me in suspense."

President Gu Yizhou chuckled involuntarily.

His gaze fell upon the attribute description of the chaos mist.

"Mythical grade."

President Gu Yizhou's voice suddenly stopped, an expression of disbelief rising in his eyes.

As the Vice President of the Lord Association, what hadn't he seen before? But this, he really hadn't seen.

"Holy crap, it's actually mythical grade."

"You brat are going to be Heaven-Defying."

President Gu Yizhou was shocked to the extreme.

He thought what Lin Xiao brought out would be a blueprint for an extremely special legendary grade building, but he never expected it to be mythical grade.

You must know that even for him, there wasn't a single mythical-grade thing in his territory.

"Mythical grade, is it really that rare?"

Lin Xiao was also somewhat surprised; President Gu Yizhou's reaction made him realize that he had still underestimated the preciousness of mythical-grade items.

"It's more than just rare; even among High-tier Lords, those with mythical-grade items are one in ten thousand."

President Gu Yizhou sighed with emotion.

"The War Chests of the Third Source Sea should be able to open mythical-grade items, right? You guys have fought with the Purgatory Race and the Sin Race for so many years, and the War Chests you've obtained shouldn't be few either."

"How could it be as simple as you think?"

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, President Gu Yizhou forcibly held back the urge to roll his eyes.

The number of High-tier Lords wasn't as large as low-tier lords and mid-tier lords, and each of them was extremely powerful.

Facing powerful opponents, the difficulty of obtaining gold-grade War Chests was extremely high.

Silver-grade and bronze-grade War Chests couldn't open mythical-grade items.

Even for gold-grade War Chests, the probability of opening mythical-grade items was extremely low.

Moreover, the evaluation mechanism of the Third Source Sea was even more rigorous.

You want to intentionally feed kills to farm gold-grade War Chests?

It's completely unrealistic.

The probability of opening mythical-grade items from gold-grade War Chests obtained through such means was 0.

"Regional chests can theoretically open mythical-grade items, but that probability is not worth mentioning."

"You're only a Level 5 Lord, yet you managed to open one. I'm starting to doubt whether you've been favored by the Chaos Source Sea."

President Gu Yizhou's face was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Lin Xiao didn't utter a sound.

The chest he opened guaranteed a mythical-grade item; isn't that something anyone with hands could do?

What made President Gu Yizhou find it most incredible was that the chaos mist, this mythical-grade building, was indeed extremely suitable for Lin Xiao.

Its most applicable scenario was being besieged by enemies.

In this aspect, if Lin Xiao dared to claim second, no one would dare to claim first.

"If you can construct it, upgrading your Level 6 territory later will be much safer." President Gu Yizhou looked at the attributes of the chaos mist, his brows relaxing: "According to our deductions, the Four Great Races will not sit back and let you grow."

"Once you enter the Third Source Sea, given the strength you've displayed now, you will become a nightmare for many people."

"Therefore, when you upgrade to a Level 6 territory, that will be the time they make their move."

"We will naturally escort you, but Lin Xiao, you must understand that the investment we are willing to provide is completely disproportionate to the investment of the Four Great Races."

"Because, compared to clashing head-on, there are better choices."

Lin Xiao understood President Gu Yizhou's meaning.

Rather than clashing head-on with the Seventh-order Lords of the Four Great Races, avoiding their sharp edge was a better choice, as that better aligned with the overall interests of the Human Race.

However, he had a reason why he had to upgrade.

"President Gu, if I can eventually wipe out the Bull Demon Race and the Shadow Race, can such a merit allow the Human Race to help me construct the chaos mist?" Lin Xiao suddenly asked.

"Hahaha, if you can wipe out the Bull Demon Race and the Shadow Race, let alone one chaos mist, even if there are a few more mythical-grade buildings, we will smash pots and sell iron to help you construct them."

President Gu Yizhou laughed out loud.

"Of course, I don't have the strength to wipe out the Bull Demon Race and the Shadow Race right now."

"However, what about their Level 4 and Level 5 Lords, plus the Level 4 and Level 5 Lords of the Purgatory Race and the Sin Race, turning them into a situation like the First Source Sea? Is such a merit enough?"

"You are going to make a move against the Level 4 and Level 5 Lords of the Four Great Races?"

President Gu Yizhou was greatly startled.

"That's right."

Lin Xiao nodded.

As the saying goes, courtesy demands reciprocity; the Four Great Races targeted him so much, even sending Sixth-order Lords to attack on a large scale.

He was also prepared to let the Level 4 and Level 5 Lords of the Four Great Races thoroughly experience the taste of being invaded by higher-tier lords.