166: Bearded businessman

"Is this the Bronze Age already? Did Master set it too simply? I clearly remember him saying it was very difficult, and that those who could pass the final assessment would be the top geniuses of an era in the great world."

In the void, Waterman Bengka widened its eyes and asked in disbelief.

"To enter the Bronze Age, one must discover that exposed copper ore, which means one must cross that poisonous insect zone."

"In Master's original design, it would take at least Tier 3 or even Tier 4 Troops to lead the way to possibly cross it, but he probably didn't expect that someone could summon hundreds of Tier 1 Troops on the first day and forcefully cross it."

Upon hearing this, Fireman Laka shrugged, looking helpless.

The two just watched Li Feng quietly, their hearts filled with emotion.

They had previously thought Li Feng would definitely be able to pass, but they didn't expect it to be this easy.

"But this isn't right either. Although the Zerg Scourge can evolve, I've never heard of an evolution path that involves tenfold summoning. Isn't it usually about upgrading the Troop Altar to max level and then evolving into a Mother Worm to continuously summon Troops? What is going on with him?"

Waterman Bengka looked at the teeming swarm of Beedrill on the screen, completely baffled.

"Given that any external influence is prohibited, there is only one explanation: he possesses a second talent, which, if nothing goes wrong, is the S-rank Mirror Replication. I can only say that he truly lives up to being favored by great fortune, as even his second talent fits his first talent so well."

After thinking for a moment, Fireman Laka came up with a reasonable explanation.

He had once followed the True God to travel through the starry sky, encountered countless incredible events, and had absorbed much knowledge due to his thirst for learning, so his perspective was very broad, allowing him to see through everything at a glance.

"Perhaps he really can fulfill Master's regret, which is also the regret of countless True Gods." Waterman Bengka nodded gently.

The two stopped talking and watched silently.

Entering the Bronze Age not only rewarded him with 1,000 gold coins.

At the same time, it also unlocked quite a few weapons and equipment.

Bronze swords, bronze shields, bronze armor, bronze axes...

Meanwhile, Li Feng saw on the world map that an character avatar had appeared within his territory.

"Return!"

Without the War Tech Tree, Li Feng could not share the vision of his Troops across an infinite distance, and thus could not know the situation within his territory.

Ignoring the furnace that was still smelting copper, Li Feng immediately put it away and led all the Beedrill back the way he came.

On the way here, he had already completely repelled the insect nests on this path and killed thousands of poisonous insects.

But on the way back, Li Feng was surprised to find that many more poisonous insects were gathering from all directions.

Fortunately, Li Feng had hundreds of Beedrill and forcefully fought his way back.

The number of monsters killed also reached 2,000, achieving the Two Thousand Kills achievement again, rewarding him with 200 gold coins.

This also made the water and fire figures in the void shake their heads simultaneously, feeling quite helpless.

"Are you the greatest lord on this Island? It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Yodel, a merchant who has traveled across the ocean. I am very happy to be at your service."

As soon as he returned to the territory, a Bearded Merchant wearing a white robe and a white cloth wrapped around his head came before Li Feng, placed his right hand on his chest, bowed ninety degrees, and saluted very respectfully.

"Merchant? NPC?" Li Feng said subconsciously.

Upon hearing this, Yodel looked up, looking at Li Feng with a puzzled expression.

Li Feng didn't want to explain anything to him; he was likely a character created by the True God, and explaining those things would be meaningless.

"What can you sell me?" Li Feng asked.

"Everything you could possibly need." The Bearded Merchant Yodel smiled.

As soon as he finished speaking, a panel appeared in front of Li Feng.

It was the merchandise panel, which had numerous categories.

Individual Troops, Troop Blueprints, Hero Recruitment Tokens, Troop Recruitment Tokens, Gems, Resources, Potions...

It could indeed be called everything you could possibly need.

Li Feng took a glance and secretly clicked his tongue in surprise.

An individual Tier 1 Troop actually cost 10 gold coins, a Tier 1 Troop Blueprint cost 1,000 gold coins, and a Hero Recruitment Token reached an astonishing 10 million gold coins.

As far as Li Feng knew, every single item was ten times the price of what was circulating on the market.

"That's too ruthless!" Li Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

At the same time, this merchant also bought back merchandise, but only at the normal price.

"Do you want individual Troops?" Li Feng suddenly thought of something and asked.

"Naturally, I do." The Bearded Merchant nodded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Li Feng smiled.

"Damn, there's a bug!" Waterman Bengka became excited, wishing it could rush in and modify the program.

"Don't get excited. Master considered this point back then; after all, there are quite a few lords who possess Mirror Replication-type talents." Fireman Laka glanced at his companion and said calmly.

Li Feng immediately wanted to take action, wanting to sell all 820 of his Beedrill to the Bearded Merchant.

But he quickly stopped.

Of course, it wasn't out of a sudden pang of conscience or a decision not to cheat, but because he realized he couldn't exploit the bug.

The Bearded Merchant had a favorability setting; currently, his favorability with Li Feng was 0, and they were just strangers.

For strangers, the Bearded Merchant was only willing to buy back ten items per day, not one more.

"Can you only buy back ten items?" Li Feng stopped his actions.

Although trading a Beedrill worth 1 gold coin for 10 gold coins wasn't bad, it didn't count as a huge profit.

There was still plenty of time left today, so he could completely wait a bit longer to see if he could find more valuable items to sell back.

Thinking of this, Li Feng gave up on selling items and instead started browsing the merchandise interface.

Soon, Li Feng made a discovery.

There was actually a Mineral Vein Detector on it.

[Micro Mineral Vein Detector, can detect mineral veins within a ten-meter range, Price: 100 gold coins]

[Small Mineral Vein Detector, can detect mineral veins within a twenty-meter range, Price: 1,000 gold coins]

[Medium Mineral Vein Detector, can detect mineral veins within a fifty-meter range, Price: 10,000 gold coins]

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"Mineral vein detection?" Li Feng's eyes lit up.

If he could find a gold mine, he would make a huge profit.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, spent the 1,000 gold coins he had just obtained, and purchased a Small Mineral Vein Detector.

Range represented not just width, but also depth.

The Micro Mineral Vein Detector could only detect a depth of ten meters; Li Feng estimated that buying it would be useless.

Even if there were mineral veins within ten meters, they would definitely be pitifully small.

Unless he lacked starting capital, Li Feng would never buy the Micro Mineral Vein Detector even if it killed him.

Following that, Li Feng discovered a new category.