Chapter 1035

Yang Xiong poured the wine.

Cao Feng drank it down again.

Lu Yi advised, "Yang Xiong, stop pouring for him. If he drinks any more he'll be wasted."

Yang Xiong said, "It's fine. Getting drunk is perfect — tonight will be over with. Otherwise he won't get through this whole night."

Lu Yi forcibly changed the subject.

Yang Xiong led everyone in a few more cups, and the atmosphere slowly recovered.

Zhao Chi actually noticed something different — it seemed Yang Xiong no longer held the same hostility toward Cao Feng as before.

Yang Xiong laughed, "Haha, the things before were just trivial matters, really not worth mentioning. As long as he can be relied on in battle, that's enough. He's at least better than the alien races."

Lu Yi said, "Cao Feng is our Vanguard Commander. His Shadow Leopard has been improved — not only is it fast, its perception is also very strong. The scouting work is all done by him."

"Hold on a moment."

Zhao Chi didn't quite get it: "From what you're saying, you're fighting together now? On the same team?"

Lu Yi nodded: "Right, the five of us from Class 4 are one group. I'm the squad leader and ranged support, Yang Xiong is commander and also the meat shield, Cao Feng is the Vanguard Commander and scout, Wang Lie is also ranged support, Li Xun is the flanking assault."

Yang Xiong said, "When it comes to fighting, I have the final say. Lu Yi handles the rest of the liaison and communication, Cao Feng handles battlefield situations and intel, the other two are just soy sauce."

"Bullshit!"

Wang Lie blurted out: "You're the soy sauce! My Goblin's poison javelin is really strong — several victories were thanks to me."

Li Xun also said unhappily: "Yang Xiong, are you drunk? Which retreat didn't rely on my Skeleton?"

Yang Xiong laughed loudly: "Right, right, right, you're all strong. I'll take a penalty cup. Come on, come on."

After saying that he drank another cup.

Cao Feng said: "Zhao Chi, my Shadow Leopard is even stronger than before. When you've got time let's have another match — I bet all those female soldiers of yours will be screaming their heads off."

Cao Feng had clearly drunk quite a lot just now and was obviously drunk.

Zhao Chi didn't argue with him: "Right, right, right, you're very strong now. I really didn't expect you to already be one team. Aren't you fighting together with your clans?"

The moment that question left his mouth, Zhao Chi knew he'd asked wrong again.

This time even Lu Yi looked a little downcast.

Cao Feng was almost crying.

Zhao Chi said: "Sorry, let's change the subject…"

Yang Xiong said: "Both Cao Feng's and Lu Yi's families count as major clans — very strong — so they were singled out for heavy suppression by the alien races, and quite a few people were killed. My family was a bit better off, but we still lost over forty Lords."

Lu Yi sighed: "Having half the clan survive is already lucky. Mainly it was buying our lives with money — our family still owes quite a lot that we have to pay back…"

"Whose money do you owe? The alien races?" Zhao Chi asked.

"Of course not. If we owed the alien races money, would we even need to pay it back? We owe the World-Breaking Army. They lent our clan money to buy our lives, and afterward they protected our entire clan. So that money we absolutely have to repay."

Zhao Chi nodded.

Lu Yi smiled: "But it's fine, just pay it back slowly. Zhao Chi, how's your family? From what I see, it seems you still have quite a few people over there."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Our family wasn't purged by the alien races, but we did get bled a few times. Our personnel are still fairly normal, but we also lost over a dozen Lords."

Yang Xiong nodded: "Your Brook Village is pretty remote and small in scale — that actually protected you."

Lu Yi said: "The remaining people from those two clans also came here. But after all, we've only just become Lords not long ago, and the gap between us and the rest of the clan is huge — a lot of battles we can't fight. So the few of us village-level Lords teamed up to deal with some weaker enemies."

Li Xun and Wang Lie said nothing.

They were both lone players, without a clan.

It was hard to say whether they were lucky or unlucky.

Zhao Chi had brought up two heavy topics in a row.

So he had to start a lighter topic again.

Zhao Chi asked: "Yang Xiong, you were just telling me your strength has grown?"

Hearing this, the mood in the room clearly picked up quite a bit.

Yang Xiong was a little pleased with himself — or rather, confident.

Even Cao Feng sat up a bit straighter.

Yang Xiong grinned: "Haha, Zhao Chi, you don't know — not only did the clan give me a lot of resources, I also got a Racial Bloodline and a World Stone from destroying a territory. Awesome or what?"

"For real?"

That really was impressive — or rather, lucky.

Zhao Chi had only ever produced one World Stone himself so far.

Racial Bloodlines from destroying territories were also very rare.

"Of course it's true! But I didn't use the World Stone — I sold it. I've never in my life seen so much money, and it's money I control myself!"

Yang Xiong got excited talking about it and drank another cup.

"But from the Racial Bloodline I rolled something good, and I've also improved the genes of all my orcs. Now my orcs' frontline combat power is really strong."

Yang Xiong didn't say what the specific gene was.

Zhao Chi didn't ask either.

That kind of thing was private. Yang Xiong being willing to say this much was already a sign of trust in Zhao Chi.

"Impressive." Zhao Chi gave a thumbs-up.

"Don't just say it with your mouth — it's your turn to drink." Yang Xiong poured the wine.

Zhao Chi downed it in one go.

Lu Yi said: "Everyone's had quite a lot. Slow down on the drinking — eat more dishes."

Yang Xiong said: "What dishes are left? Wang Lie, go get some dishes, and bring back more wine while you're at it."

Wang Lie pointed at the ground: "More wine? Isn't there a whole bottle right under your feet?"

"That's not enough, hurry up and go, they'll close up in a bit."

"Got it, what dishes do you want to eat?"

"Whatever."

Cao Feng didn't speak for a long while, keeping his back straight, but swaying unsteadily.

Lu Yi said with concern: "Cao Feng, how are you? If you're not doing well, let Li Xun take you back."

Cao Feng snorted coldly: "Hmph, no need, I'm fine. I'll just teleport straight back to my territory in a bit."

Yang Xiong said: "Cao Feng's pretty formidable now too, those Shadow Leopards of his are really strong in ambush and raid combat."

Cao Feng laughed proudly: "Of course, and my Shadow Leopards are even stronger than before. Zhao Chi, let's find a time… to fight again, to fight one more time."

He repeated that line again.

Zhao Chi nodded: "Cao Feng, stop drinking. If even Yang Xiong says you're formidable, then your strength must really have advanced by leaps and bounds. I believe it."

"Come catch this!" Wang Lie's voice came over.

Everyone turned their heads.

Wang Lie was carrying four plates of dishes in his hands, with three bottles of wine tucked under his arms, walking over carefully.

Li Xun hurried over to take them.

Lu Yi frowned: "Wang Lie, why did you bring so much wine again? Wouldn't one bottle be enough?"

Wang Lie laughed: "It's fine to drink a bit more today. Zhao Chi's here, and on top of today's great victory, aren't we happy?"

Li Xun also chimed in: "Exactly, Lu Yi, you have another cup too, I'll pour for you."

"Oh, I'm not drinking anymore, my head hurts." Lu Yi tried to take away her cup, but Li Xun filled it up for her again.

Yang Xiong said: "Cao Feng this kid's luck isn't bad either. He opened a useful special building from a silver treasure chest, and it suits him pretty well."

Cao Feng already couldn't keep his eyes open, but hearing Yang Xiong say that, he instead looked at Zhao Chi proudly: "Awesome or what?"

Zhao Chi stuck out his thumb again: "Awesome, awesome."

Cao Feng laughed once and poured wine.

"What about you, Lu Yi, how are things now?" Zhao Chi asked.

Lu Yi had drunk the least, but after a few cups of wine, her face was flushed pink all over.

Like a Qi Moon after bloodsucking.

Lu Yi shook her head: "I don't have as good luck as them. On my side I'm just slowly accumulating, but I have gathered quite a few female elves. Their combat power can't compare with theirs, but I'm much stronger than my previous self."

Yang Xiong said: "Lu Yi's tech is really strong. She also bought a batch of advanced blacksmiths, she's very good at making bows. If you want to buy a bow, you can go to Lu Yi."

Lu Yi laughed: "Right, my family bought me the Super Armor-Piercing Bow tech. I can make bows out of any material. If you come to me to buy, I can give you a discount, but you have to tell me in advance. My output here can't quite keep up."

Zhao Chi said in surprise: "Really? Super Armor-Piercing Bow? Sounds pretty good just hearing it."

Lu Yi laughed: "That's why it needs advanced blacksmiths to make. Professional talent really is too expensive. Those blacksmiths spent all my money, and I still owe my family a sum. My family already owed money to begin with, now it's even more like adding frost on top of snow. But as long as output can get going, repaying the money is still no problem. Let's take it slow."