21: Chapter 21 Wind Shadow Archer

"Let's trade."

That merchant lord didn't waste any time and directly sent a trade request to Jin Ruxuan.

He could see Jin Ruxuan's desire for the perfect grade barracks blueprint, but he didn't inflate the price.

There was no need for that.

Everyone was a merchant lord of the same race, and they had to follow the rules; who knows, maybe next time it would be his turn to ask Jin Ruxuan for something.

Burning bridges would only cut off his own path.

Seeing the attributes of that perfect grade barracks blueprint, a smile couldn't help but appear on Jin Ruxuan's face.

Lin Xiao should be satisfied with this perfect grade troop type.

…

"A stone mine, a stretch of forest." Lin Xiao finished tallying up the new resource points.

He didn't know if he had used up all his luck by pulling a perfect grade hero token, but there were only two new resource points in total. However, their scale had reached the small level, which was barely satisfactory.

Opening the regional channel, Lin Xiao first watched the constantly scrolling messages for a while.

It wasn't just Jin Ruxuan who was paying attention to Lin Xiao's situation; the hundred or so people from Morning Star No.1 High School, as well as those temporary underlings of Lin Xiao, were all very focused on him.

Needless to say, after Lin Xiao cleared the 6th Layer Void Land, his territory's size surged, and they discovered it immediately. At this moment, messages in the Morning Star No.1 High School chat group were scrolling rapidly, with everyone discussing this matter.

"Great God Lin Xiao is awesome."

"Has this strength already far surpassed Gao Yue's?"

"I never expected that among the new lords of our Morning Star No.1 High School, the strongest one would actually be Lin Xiao."

Everyone was inexplicably shocked. They were very clear about the value of clearing the 6th Layer Void Land in just three short days.

The top-tier lords of the first echelon were probably no better than this.

Even Gao Yue came out to state his position, admitting that he was far inferior to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao didn't speak in the group.

His sudden fame wasn't without its benefits; look, five more people from the group approached him, wanting to sign a contract.

Regarding this, Lin Xiao naturally wouldn't refuse.

The others from Morning Star No.1 High School, however, didn't come looking for him.

Some were reluctant to pay the protection fee, some had their own development plans, and some had strong confidence in themselves.

After all, they were still in the Seven-Day Assessment period and hadn't truly faced the threat of alien lords. Many still harbored fantasies, so the number of people willing to exchange a large amount of resources for protection certainly wouldn't be too high.

Seeking out Jin Ruxuan, Lin Xiao sold off the two new resource points.

"I have two pieces of good news." Jin Ruxuan was a decisive person and didn't beat around the bush with nonsense.

"Please tell me."

"First, your performance is extremely stunning; I am prepared to increase my investment in you."

The so-called increased investment meant, on one hand, the number of lords signing temporary contracts would increase to one hundred, and on the other, more loans, with the total loan limit raised to 30 million Source Crystals.

Lin Xiao accepted it all with a smile.

To be honest, he hadn't even paid off the debt from purchasing the Frost Fortress blueprint initially.

Now he was owing more and more.

However, Lin Xiao didn't care; he wasn't afraid of owing money, as there were no additional terms anyway.

As long as his strength was strong enough, paying off the debt wouldn't be difficult at all.

Moreover, compared to money, life was the most important thing.

Jin Ruxuan wasn't investing so much in Lin Xiao just to earn that bit of Source Crystals.

"Second, I just managed to get a perfect grade barracks blueprint, but unfortunately, I didn't get the hero token and troop talisman." Jin Ruxuan stated the second piece of good news.

"A perfect grade barracks blueprint."

Lin Xiao's eyes immediately lit up; he already had a hero, and what he lacked now were troop types.

At this moment, Jin Ruxuan sent over the attributes of the barracks blueprint.

[Storm Camp]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Type: Barracks]

[Requirements: Wind Spirit Boundary Stone, Shadow Spirit Wood, Spirit Summoning Crystal, etc.]

[After construction, you can spend certain resources to recruit Human Race perfect grade troops—Wind Shadow Archer.]

"It's actually not an alien troop type."

Lin Xiao was overjoyed.

It wasn't a perfect grade troop type like the Frost Giant that was difficult to upgrade, but a Human Race troop type; its potential here was much higher than the former.

Of course, the price was certainly higher too.

"I want this barracks blueprint." Lin Xiao said immediately; he had to get this blueprint no matter what.

Jin Ruxuan smiled.

He didn't ask for an exorbitant price for the Wind Shadow Archer barracks blueprint; it was still within a normal price range, but Lin Xiao still couldn't afford it by a long shot.

The Source Crystals he obtained from selling the two small resource points were simply not enough.

This was just for the barracks blueprint; there were also the Advanced Materials needed for construction, like the Wind Spirit Boundary Stone, as well as the Materials to recruit the Wind Shadow Archer...

The loan he had just received was spent immediately.

Fortunately, Jin Ruxuan could obtain these Materials; even if he didn't have them on hand temporarily, he could purchase them from other merchant lords, so there was no need to worry about this barracks blueprint having no use.

He had incurred another large sum of debt, but Lin Xiao didn't care; he would just keep owing it.

He was confident he could pay it off within the deadline.

Returning to his territory at top speed, and looking at the barracks blueprint lying quietly in his inventory, Lin Xiao couldn't wait to build it.

He planned to build this new barracks in the southern part of his territory.

Lin Xiao quickly found an open space in the southern part of the territory and used the barracks blueprint.

After the six-hour construction time passed, Lin Xiao returned here and immediately discovered that a camp, as if shrouded in shadows, had appeared in the open space.

"Wind."

As he approached, he immediately felt strong currents of wind blowing between heaven and earth; the closer he got to the Storm Camp, the more violent the wind became.

"It truly lives up to being a perfect grade barracks."

Lin Xiao exclaimed in admiration. He was unfazed by the raging wind; he was the lord of the territory, and whether it was the cold current of the Frost Fortress or the violent wind of the Storm Camp, neither could harm him.

Upon reaching the front of the Storm Camp, Lin Xiao immediately summoned a Wind Shadow Archer.

He saw the camp's gate open, and a man wearing leather armor and carrying a longbow walked out from inside.

"Greetings, Lord."

After waving his hand to let him rise, Lin Xiao opened the man's attribute panel.

[Xue Ying (Wind Shadow Archer)]

[Quality: Perfect Grade]

[Tier: Tier 2]

[Physique: 620]

[Spirit: 600]

[Cultivation Technique: Wind Shadow Spirit Technique (B-Grade)]

[Skills: Child of Shadows (B-Grade), Never-Missing Arrow (B-Grade), Eagle Eye (C-Grade), Gale Arrow (B-Grade)]

The Wind Shadow Archer's attributes were slightly lower than the Frost Giant's, but that didn't mean their strength was weak.

Now that there was no Void Land around the territory, Lin Xiao asked Xue Ying to casually demonstrate his abilities, allowing him to have a better understanding of the Wind Shadow Archer.

"Subordinate obeys."

As soon as he finished speaking, the longbow in Xue Ying's hand was raised.

"Swish~"

A pale cyan stream of light shot out instantly, flickering and disappearing in the sky, with astonishing speed.

Immediately following were the second and third shots...

"What a fast firing speed."

Lin Xiao was shaken in his heart; Xue Ying's attack speed was too fast. He could shoot three arrows in one second, and the power of each arrow was not low either.

He could almost imagine the terrifying scene when the number of Wind Shadow Archers was maxed out, and they opened fire with full force on the battlefield, with countless pale cyan streams of light pouring out.