69: Rare - Frost Arrow Tower

“Stable?” Mo Yan raised his eyebrows.

The Soldiers in the territory currently rely entirely on their two legs, and whether it's patrolling or providing support, the efficiency is too low.

With a Stable, warhorses can be trained, and cavalry units can be formed.

Whether it's pursuing enemies or rapid maneuvering, it will be of great use.

He looked at the blueprint description: “It only has a capacity of ten horses, which is a bit few.”

“Hopefully, after upgrading, the capacity will increase.”

Special talents, he’ll refresh the Tavern a few times later to see.

He glanced at the mountain of gold coins piled up in his talent space.

“Perfect, I’m not short on money now, so I don’t have to worry about not getting the talents I want.”

He put away the Stable blueprint, intending to build all the blueprints at once after opening them all.

He continued to open the next one.

“I hope something useful comes out,” Mo Yan muttered to himself, choosing to use it.

Another flash of light passed.

“Prompt: Obtained Equipment Blueprint - Cold-Resistant Iron Armor x1!”

“Cold-Resistant Iron Armor”

“Quality: Common”

“Type: Armor”

“Manufacturing Requirements: iron ore x10, Beast Hide x5”

“Description: Armor made from iron ore and beast hides, with a treated lining that increases physical defense and provides a certain degree of cold resistance.”

“Iron armor with cold resistance,” he mused.

Although it was only Common quality, it would have to do.

Most of his Soldiers were currently wearing basic quality equipment, and in this snowy weather, their hands and feet were often frozen.

This Iron Armor not only had high defense but also provided cold resistance, making it very practical in this icy world.

If it could be mass-produced, it would significantly improve the Soldiers' survival rate.

“I’ll arrange for Cheng Liyi to mass-produce it later,” he calculated to himself.

The iron ore in the territory had also brought in a considerable amount this time, enough to support consumption for a period.

Mo Yan rubbed his hands and continued to open the next one.

“Prompt: Obtained Item Blueprint - Inferior Torch x1!”

“Inferior Torch”

“Quality: Common”

“Type: Lighting Item”

“Manufacturing Requirements: wood x2, Beast Oil x1”

“Manufacturing Time: 1 minute”

“Effect: Provides faint illumination, lasts 10 minutes.”

“Description: A torch made from inferior Materials, with poor lighting effect and easily extinguished.”

Mo Yan’s cheek twitched involuntarily.

“...”

What kind of Inferior Torch was this, and it only lasted for 10 minutes?

His territory was currently freezing, with wind and snow everywhere, and it would extinguish with a single gust.

“Forget it, having it is better than not having it,” Mo Yan sighed, only able to comfort himself this way.

Perhaps it could be used later for exploring dark caves.

His gaze fell on the remaining three blueprints.

“There are still three chances, I hope for some surprises.”

He patiently picked up the fourth blueprint, opening them one by one.

“Prompt: Obtained Building Blueprint - Textile Workshop x1!”

“Prompt: Obtained Building Blueprint - Well x1!”

Until he opened the last blueprint.

This time, the light was no longer ordinary green, but faintly blue!

“Prompt: Obtained Building Blueprint - Frost Arrow Tower x1!”

Mo Yan’s spirits lifted, and he quickly checked the blueprint attributes.

“Frost Arrow Tower”

“Quality: Rare”

“Type: Defensive Building”

“Attack Speed: 4 seconds/attack”

“Range: 500 meters”

“Construction Requirements: wood x1000, Stone x800, iron ore x100, Elemental Stone x10”

“Construction Time: 2 hours”

“Special Effect: 30% chance to apply a slow effect after hitting a target, reducing target’s movement speed by 15% for 3 seconds.”

“Description: An Arrow Tower reinforced with special ice crystals, firing arrows imbued with frost power, dealing additional elemental damage and negative effects to enemies.”

“Prosperity +20.”

“(Requires consumption of Elemental Stone/Ice Crystal to operate)”

“Rare quality, Frost Arrow Tower!” Mo Yan’s eyes lit up.

It finally didn't disappoint him.

The attributes and range of this Frost Arrow Tower far exceeded his existing Arrow Tower.

The most crucial part was the bonus frost damage and frost slow effect!

This was simply a divine skill in defensive battles.

Once it formed a scale, with Frost Arrow Towers firing down overwhelmingly, the enemy's charge speed would be greatly reduced.

Combined with Bai Lingyue’s ice Spell, it was simply a perfect match.

“Good stuff!” Mo Yan couldn’t help but praise.

It only consumed Elemental Stones when used, but the cost-effectiveness was extremely high.

The six fat sheep this time had brought quite a few surprises.

After dealing with the blueprints, Mo Yan didn't delay and immediately opened the Tavern interface.

Currently, the territory's population was just over 170 people, with more than 20 vacant slots.

This sum of gold coins could be used to recruit talents.

Currently available for recruitment: a slow-moving old farmer, a woodcutter with a broken arm, a dispirited apprentice.

“Refresh Recruitment List (Cost: Gold x100)”

Mo Yan’s mouth twitched slightly; a bad start.

However, he now had plenty of gold coins, a full eighteen thousand, giving him ample confidence.

“Refresh!”

The three slots still showed very poorly rated talents.

Mo Yan didn't even blink.

“Refresh, Refresh, Refresh!”

He refreshed more than ten times in a row.

Gold coins flowed away, and in a blink of an eye, over a thousand had been spent.

Finally, on the fifteenth refresh, the cards showed the talents he wanted.

“Slot 1”

“Name: Zhou Zhi”

“Profession: Spirit Chef (Elementary)”

“Skills: Cooking (Beginner), Ingredient Processing (Proficient), Diet Therapy (Beginner)”

“Evaluation: Capable of cooking food containing Spiritual Qi; long-term consumption can improve Physique.”

“Recruitment Cost: 800 Gold Coins”

“Slot 2”

“Name: Ning Xinyu”

“Profession: Beast Tamer (Elementary)”

“Skills: Beast Taming (Beginner), Riding (Proficient), Beast Communication (Beginner)”

“Evaluation: Has considerable experience in taming ordinary beasts and can communicate simply with some beasts.”

“Recruitment Cost: 600 Gold Coins”

“Slot 3”

“Name: Li Mingxuan”

“Profession: Talisman Master (Elementary)”

“Skills: Basic Talisman Drawing (Beginner), Materials Identification (Proficient)”

“Evaluation: Mastered several basic Talisman drawing methods, but success rate is not high.”

“Recruitment Cost: 700 Gold Coins”

“Spirit Chef, Beast Tamer, Talisman Master!” A sharp glint flashed in Mo Yan’s eyes.

These three professions were all very practical!

“Recruit all of them!”

Three flashes of light passed, and the original card slots disappeared.

Continue refreshing.

Perhaps his luck had just run out, as the next few times were just ordinary goods.

But he did not get discouraged and continued to invest gold coins.

He refreshed more than thirty times in one go, spending over three thousand gold coins, filling all the remaining vacancies.

Physician, Teacher, Blacksmith, Administrator, Spirit Planter, Pharmacist, Brewer, Tailor, Butler…

These talents from various professions were like crucial puzzle pieces.

With them, the territory could truly come alive and radiate new vitality.

Mo Yan looked at these names, already planning for the future in his heart.

The Administrator and Butler could help him share the complex territorial affairs…

With them, he no longer had to do everything himself.

A total of twenty-six new members filled the 200-person population limit of the territory to capacity.

This recruitment spree cost a total of nine thousand six hundred gold coins.

With the talents recruited, next up was territory construction.