Ye Yun stood outside, watching Yuan Yuan begin to decompose, and couldn't help but smile.
"Boss, what race are you? You're too awesome! Are you a young master from some great clan in the First World?"
As soon as the wooden ball decomposed, Le Mi Deng's booming voice rang out. He was completely awestruck by Ye Yun's strength.
However, this fellow's words made Mu Tuo, the boss, extremely uncomfortable, though he knew it was a fact.
Second World?
Ye Yun's heart stirred. At this moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind. He hadn't expected this Primordial World to be connected to the ten thousand worlds of the universe.
One cosmos, three thousand worlds, ten directions meant thirty thousand worlds! Among them, countless intelligent beings. He hadn't expected to encounter them here so soon.
"I didn't expect Brother Jie Ming's strength to be so formidable. I was indeed rash before," Mu Tuo said, bowing to Ye Yun. No matter where one was from, strength was always the ultimate law of survival.
"Heh, it's nothing. I wonder if you're here to pledge your allegiance to me?" Ye Yun looked at them, his smile as amiable as could be.
Swish...
Upon hearing Ye Yun's words, the other four members of the荒木城 (Huang Mu Cheng) five-man team immediately looked at Mu Tuo, then turned to Le Mi Deng.
This was truly a unique instance of someone poaching subordinates to such an extent.
"Uh, I am the City Lord of Huang Mu Cheng. I have my own territory," Mu Tuo said, looking at Ye Yun in bewilderment, surprised by his directness.
"Does that affect your decision to pledge allegiance to me?"
"Well, when we kill primordial beasts, only Wood-attribute primordial beasts drop 'Cheng Mu Tokens'. Even if we kill Cloud Devouring Ants, we can't get 'Tuo Yun Tokens'," Mu Tuo said awkwardly again, seeing his four teammates looking excited and feeling extremely nervous himself.
"Does that affect your decision to pledge allegiance to me?" Ye Yun was a bit displeased. He just found Yun Tian City too deserted. If he really wanted to take them as subordinates, what a dream!
"This..." Mu Tuo's face turned red as he looked at Ye Yun's impatient eyes.
"City Lord Jie Ming, we are willing!" Bo Wo, on the side, finally couldn't hold back. He almost wanted to point at Mu Tuo's nose and scold him for being too concerned with appearances.
"Yes, yes, yes..." Mu Tuo and the other four nodded continuously.
"Boss, don't worry. As long as you let us survive in your territory and ensure the safety of your territory, we can pay you protection fees."
Le Mi Deng said breathlessly, causing the faces of the other four to change drastically.
Damn it, does this guy with a simple mind and strong limbs think he's someone who lacks a few spirit stones? How many cognitive deficits does this guy have?
Even Yue Hou, who always had a cold expression, was speechless.
Survival in this world, besides developing oneself, was also about relying on the protection of the strong, growing slowly in a stable environment.
However, to rely on certain strong individuals, a significant number of spirit stones had to be paid as security fees each cycle.
"Oh? There's such a good thing? Tell me, how much protection fee can you pay me? As for safety, within a hundred miles, you can absolutely rest assured." Ye Yun's eyes narrowed as he heard this, his mood exceptionally good.
"How about one per person per cycle?" Mu Tuo quickly chimed in, fearing what outrageous price the simple-minded and physically strong fellow might suggest.
As for his own Huang Mu Cheng, Mu Tuo planned to abandon it for now. After all, with a safe area provided by a big shot, they could slowly accumulate 'Cheng Mu Tokens'. When they had enough, they could re-establish their territory and then upgrade it to a sufficiently safe level in one go.
The advantage of this was that he wouldn't have to worry about his territory, built with vast resources, being destroyed by primordial beasts. In the New Mortal Continent, among millions of players, nearly ten thousand territories and cities were destroyed by primordial beasts every day. And at the beginning of each cycle, the number of newly built territories was terrifyingly large.
If a player stayed in a territory for a full cycle, that player would be considered a protector of that territory and would directly enter that territory in the next cycle.
But this also had a prerequisite: the player must not die within that cycle! Otherwise, they would be like newcomers, randomly respawning on the New Mortal Continent.
Of course, players who established their own territories were the same. While ensuring the safety of their territory, they also had to ensure their own survival. Otherwise, their territory would also disappear. This led to the situation where there were no territories of extremely high levels on the entire New Mortal Continent.
"One spirit stone? Do I look like I'm short of money?" Ye Yun frowned. One spirit stone was 10 billion. Honestly, it was quite tempting. After all, he only needed to provide a safe environment for them to recuperate.
Upon hearing Ye Yun's words, the few of them instantly turned pale. Under normal circumstances, the market price was two spirit stones, but two spirit stones were a considerable burden for the vast majority of players.
"I don't need spirit stones. After all, they are crucial treasures for you to exchange for gold to buy attributes and increase your strength. Therefore, I won't demand much. You only need to submit one 'Tuo Yun Token' or 'Wan Xiang Stone' each cycle."
"Of course, if you insist on using spirit stones, then the price will be two spirit stones." Ye Yun said with sincere eyes.
Spirit stones were the most basic and important incentive for players in this world. This could be seen from Lu Jie.
It's just that this fellow's strength was insufficient. If he died and was still sinking in the sea of suffering for fifteen days, those fifteen days would be wasted. This was also why many alien players, even if they reached a high level, did not come here.
"Deal! You can set the entry price for the territory now."
Before Mu Tuo could speak, Le Mi Deng, who couldn't wait, spoke first, earning him more white eyes from the others.
To those who didn't want to develop their own territory, Wan Xiang Stones and Tuo Yun Tokens were almost like trash. But to players who wanted to develop their territory, these two items were much more valuable than spirit stones.
After all, spirit stones were guaranteed drops from killing primordial beasts, while the drop rate of Wan Xiang Stones was less than 20%, and that of Tuo Yun Tokens was not only low but also limited by the type of primordial beast killed.
Just like Ye Yun, despite killing so many primordial beasts, he only had 325 Wan Xiang Stones. The drop rate was even lower than that of Tuo Yun Tokens. And to quickly develop this territory...
"Since Brother Jie Ming has said so, we'll bother you next cycle." Mu Tuo glared at Le Mi Deng, then smiled at Ye Yun.
"Alright! Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going. After all, the territory is only level one and can only accommodate ten people. I need to hurry up and upgrade it."
With that said, Ye Yun directly summoned the Golden Crow and also brought out the Black Ant that was still in the territory.
This world was troublesome, so troublesome that all players wanted to cry. The most frustrating part was the fragments of various weapons and armor.
Because there were too many types of these items, and more importantly, they couldn't be traded! This meant that it was extremely difficult to obtain a legendary equipment piece above level 70.