The Extreme North Icefield.
The summit of a snow-capped mountain.
A blue-haired youth in a blue robe silently closed the [World Chat Channel].
He then looked towards a group of blue giant birds in the distance, hunting demonic beasts.
These were the youth's top-tier troops – Frost Xuan Birds!
These Frost Xuan Birds possessed genuine divine beast bloodlines, a lineage from the Profound Ice Phoenix.
The Iron-Backed Azure Wolf that Qian Mo hunted was said to have divine beast bloodlines, but likely very diluted.
However, the Frost Xuan Birds had a pure divine beast bloodline.
If he could kill and sell a couple of them for meat someday, he might just rise to prominence.
He was desperately in need of resources!
In this vast snowy mountain, where would he find lumber?
Moreover, the Frost Xuan Birds were proud creatures, acting like bossy elder sisters, always requiring the youth's constant attention.
They only worked half-heartedly, and if they were even slightly displeased, they would simply quit.
In their eyes, a human becoming their master was a humiliating matter.
Therefore, the loyalty of these Frost Xuan Birds had never exceeded 80 points.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."
As the youth was lost in thought, these Xuan Birds stopped their actions and all looked towards the youth.
Their small eyes were filled with a strong sense of threat.
They seemed to have heard the youth's thoughts and wanted to go on strike again collectively.
The youth had to force a friendly smile and quickly appease the emotions of these Xuan Bird elder sisters.
But in the next moment, the expression on the youth's face stiffened.
[Ding! The loyalty of your troops has dropped to 71 points. Please increase troop loyalty in a timely manner!]
The disappearing prompt interface made the youth wear a wry smile.
A loyalty of 71 points meant that his Frost Xuan Bird troops now had a chance of betraying him.
If the loyalty continued to decline, it wouldn't just be a chance, but a possibility at any moment!
"It's over!"
"I couldn't find an effective way to increase troop loyalty in the first place, and now because of Qian Mo's temptation, the troop loyalty has dropped by another two points."
"Qian Mo! You're really screwing me over!"
For a long time, almost all lords had been troubled by how to increase troop loyalty.
The reason for saying "almost" was to exclude Xiao Mo.
Since the Immortal-Demon troops were reincarnated, their loyalty was 100 points, and they were always in a state of fervent devotion and absolute loyalty.
Naturally, there was no need to worry about loyalty issues.
...
In the distant Dark Forest region.
Jinxuan, with her graceful figure, was hunting with her endless war puppets.
Ever since she obtained the Soul Crystal and completed the upgrade of her troop building, her strength had soared.
As her strength increased, Jinxuan's confidence naturally grew.
She even set her sights on hunting a pack of Mad Lions led by a sixth-tier peak elite demonic beast.
This pack of Mad Lions generally had a strength of around tier three or four.
There were also a few tier five beasts, with the strongest being the leader of the Mad Lion pack, who was at the peak of tier six.
Jinxuan was confident that with her current development speed, she would soon catch up to Qian Mo.
However, when she saw the messages in the [World Chat Channel] and [Myriad Races Trading Platform],
This confidence was completely shattered by Qian Mo.
She had originally planned to hunt that sixth-tier peak elite Mad Lion today.
Along with the two sixth-tier low-grade demonic beast corpses lying nearby.
After collecting these corpses, she could also experience the allure of trading elite-grade food.
But now, upon seeing the quickly sold-out Commander-grade Wolf King meat, Jinxuan felt a mix of emotions.
These elite-grade demonic beast corpses didn't seem as appealing anymore.
She didn't understand.
Why could Qian Mo develop so rapidly?
It was one thing for him to have wiped out the Torun tribe's Minotaur tribe before.
After all, the Minotaur leader was only at the peak of tier seven.
Although she was shocked at the time, it was still within an acceptable range.
Back then, as long as she worked a little harder, she would definitely be able to catch up to him soon.
But now...
Could she still catch up?
Jinxuan felt a sense of hopelessness.
However, from this, it could also be seen that the troops under Qian Mo must be incredibly powerful!
It also indicated that Qian Mo's troop strength was far superior to her own.
But Jinxuan did not give up due to discouragement.
"Hmph! I won't give up so easily!"
"There are only two days left in the novice period, I can't catch up to you anymore."
"However, there's still the beast tide event after the novice period ends!"
"As long as I achieve good results in the beast tide event, I will definitely be able to close the gap with you!"
"I, this young lady, am destined to be an empress!"
It must be said, this fairy Jinxuan had a truly great mindset and a cheerful personality...
To put it bluntly, she was thick-skinned!
...
In various regions of the Primordial Continent, there were many lords with top-tier troops.
At this moment, they were all shocked by Xiao Mo's hunting of a Commander-grade demonic beast and the annihilation of the entire Iron-Backed Azure Wolf pack.
However, these lords quickly adjusted their心态.
Rapid early development did not necessarily guarantee ultimate victory.
As long as they could proceed steadily, they would naturally not be inferior to others with the advantage of their top-tier troops.
Xiao Mo, at this moment, no longer cared about what others thought.
He had now returned to his small pavilion, taking stock of this bountiful harvest.
The spoils of this battle were undeniably rich.
Several materials for forging high-level equipment.
One Soul Crystal.
A full forty Immortal-Demon Stones.
Most importantly, a blueprint.
He now possessed a total of nine hundred and seventy-six Immortal-Demon Stones and ten Soul Crystals.
As long as he could acquire another twenty-four Immortal-Demon Stones, the [Immortal-Demon Reincarnation Pool] could be upgraded to level three.
This would allow him to reincarnate more Immortal-Demon troops, and the chance of reincarnating high-level or special Immortal-Demons would also increase.
This would undoubtedly be another significant boost to the strength of his Immortal-Demon territory.
After storing all the Immortal-Demon Stones and Soul Crystals in the warehouse, Xiao Mo packed up all the collected high-level materials and sent them to Dou Xiaodou.
He learned from the little brat that these high-level materials could be used to forge very high-quality advanced equipment.
Needless to say, these advanced equipment would once again be highly sought after.
After completing all of this, Xiao Mo turned his gaze to the ancient blueprint.
A prompt interface appeared before his eyes.
[Discovered an unknown blueprint. Do you wish to appraise it immediately?]
[Yes] [No]
Xiao Mo chose to appraise it immediately without the slightest hesitation.
Through the prompt, Xiao Mo understood that
The appraisal of blueprints was like a blind box game.
This stuff was entirely dependent on luck.
If one was lucky, the type of blueprint appraised would be valuable and of good quality.
If one was unlucky, the type of blueprint appraised would not only be of low value and poor quality, but it might also be completely useless, having no practical application at all.
Furthermore, blueprints were divided into several categories.
There were blueprints for buildings, equipment, livelihood, and special types.
Among the special blueprints, there were those related to troop enhancements, tailor-made combat skills, and the construction of legions.
In short, there were all sorts of things.
Of course, blueprints were also divided into many levels.
The most basic were low, medium, and high levels. As for blueprints beyond the high level, no one had ever seen or heard of them.
Therefore, Xiao Mo's heart was filled with anticipation for the appraisal of this blueprint.