Chapter 2462

【But not too much; after all, you need to restore your combat power too.】

Li Ruanyu replied:

【Okay, no problem. Do you only need materials? Do you not want any props?】

Zhao Chi: 【I'll have Shangguan Ting choose the props; after all, you also need to pick some that are useful for yourself.】

Li Ruanyu: 【Shangguan Ting? She's going to help you choose too? You don't really want her, do you? That kind of woman is powerful, yes... but she's too impulsive. I'm afraid she'll mess up your plans later.】

Zhao Chi: 【I just thought I'd let her pick the props for me first, then repay her favor with costumes. After all, only you know the rare materials for costumes. If I let her pick, it'd probably be a mess.】

Li Ruanyu: 【That's not what I meant... Never mind, this works too. After all, you saved her, so her helping you is a way of repaying you. She won't be able to use this excuse to cling to you anymore. But remember: she owes you, not the other way around. You can confidently ask her for help.】

Zhao Chi: 【Understood, sister.】

Li Ruanyu didn't reply again.

Zhao Chi saw the quantity of rare materials in the loot list drop rapidly.

Li Ruanyu was already selecting.

Zhao Chi also replied to Shangguan Ting:

【Captain Shangguan, please select all those 9,000+ Quick-Work Talismans and 800+ Quick-Growth Talismans from the loot for me.】

【Also, I want all three fragments of the Xuan-Nü Ruler, one fragment of the Kunlun Mirror, and one fragment of the Pangu Axe. Of course, if you need them, they're yours; I'm not in urgent need.】

【That's enough. You suffered significant losses this time; pick the rest for yourself.】

Shangguan Ting replied:

【You only want these? I still have a lot of contribution points. You can pick more. You captured tens of thousands of prisoners this time; you don't want them? There are quite a few Lion-Scorpions; they're quite powerful. The Bat-Men are good too; they can patrol for you at night.】

Zhao Chi: 【No need. What I've asked for is already a lot. Use the rest to restore your combat power as quickly as possible. You can keep the Lion-Scorpions and Bat-Men; I can't use or raise them. As for the other slaves, check if there are any female prisoners with an appearance stat above 6, and swap them out for me.】

Shangguan Ting: 【Female prisoners? And with an appearance stat above 6? What are you going to do?】

Zhao Chi: 【What else could I do? Don't get the wrong idea.】

Shangguan Ting: 【Zhao Chi, you... are you trying to hint that your male capabilities are strong?】

Zhao Chi: 【What? Don't talk nonsense. I have no need to hint at such things to you. I want them to convert into soldiers. Don't overthink it.】

Shangguan Ting: 【Where are you? I'm coming to find you.】

Zhao Chi: 【No need. Just focus on selecting.】

Shangguan Ting: 【Speak quickly! I want to see you! Otherwise, I'll go argue with Li Ruanyu!】

Zhao Chi: 【Huh? Are you sick?】

Shangguan Ting: 【I'm not going to cause you trouble. I haven't seen you for two days, and I've missed you a bit. It's hard to find time now to see you, and I also have something good to give you.】

Zhao Chi: 【Captain Shangguan, nothing else is needed.】

Shangguan Ting: 【Hurry up, or I'll really go find Li Ruanyu. You don't want her to get angry, do you? I know how to make her angry; I can absolutely make her explode! Such a good woman; you don't want her to be sad, do you?】

Zhao Chi: 【You... do you have a personality disorder?】

Shangguan Ting: 【Speak quickly, dear brother~】

Zhao Chi: 【Damn... Don't talk like that! I'm getting goosebumps! I'm heading to the Exchange, but I'll be back soon. I won't wait for you. If we don't meet, it just means you're too slow.】

Shangguan Ting: 【Hehe, "slow" has nothing to do with me. I'll be there in an instant, little brother~ Wait for me~】

After saying this, she stopped talking.

Li Ruanyu had already finished selecting; it was now Shangguan Ting's turn.

Zhao Chi could directly see the Quick-Work Talismans and other supplies vanish instantly.

They were all selected by Shangguan Ting.

Zhao Chi stopped paying attention to the system; after all, with his 2.7% contribution points, even if others deliberately skipped their turn to let him pick first, he couldn't.

That can wait for later.

Anyway, even if only ordinary supplies remained, they would all be his, worth tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

They were also of considerable value.

He entered the Exchange directly.

Passing through the bustling first floor, he walked straight to the second floor.

At the second-floor entrance was still that female staff member who had been slapped by Zhao Chi for rolling her eyes.

Their eyes met; the female staff member narrowed her eyes slightly.

Then, silently, she opened the door.

Her job was to verify identities, ensuring that everyone coming to the second floor was a Lord.

Zhao Chi was a Lord; she could confirm this 100%, so verification wasn't needed for him to pass.

This ensured the efficiency of her work; of course, there was no problem with that.

But the problem was, yesterday she hadn't dared to look Zhao Chi in the eye at all, yet just now, her gaze clearly revealed hostility.

Being able to see the other party show hostility is quite metaphysical.

But Zhao Chi had just been crafting costumes, so he was currently in an Intelligence state.

His high Intelligence also made his intuition very sharp; he could indeed clearly sense the female staff member's micro-expressions.

From the fear of being slapped yesterday to today's hostile gaze, the change was truly significant.

However.

Zhao Chi had no need to dwell on it.

This was normal.

Even if she was an ordinary person, she was still a normal person. Being publicly knocked down by a slap in front of colleagues was utterly humiliating; of course, she would harbor hatred.

Even if she had been slapped yesterday because she provoked it herself, it didn't stop her from being hostile toward Zhao Chi today.

Some people are just like that.

But Zhao Chi could do nothing about it.

Especially as the lord of the White Tiger Regiment, it was even more impossible for him to openly attack a staff member of the Black Tortoise Regiment on their own territory, under the watchful eyes of everyone.

After all, this staff member had not shown any overt hostility; if Zhao Chi were to take action merely because her gaze seemed hostile... it would truly be inappropriate.

After all, this was Shubei Town.

Not the wilderness.

If it were the wilderness... it would be a matter of a single slash.

But now, that was not possible.

Forget it.

Zhao Chi ignored her and walked directly inside to join the queue.

But as he turned his head, he noticed her fingers tapping on something.

Was she operating a system?

Or sending a message?

Could it be that she was notifying someone of his arrival?

Why had I become so sensitive?

Zhao Chi smiled with a touch of self-mockery.

That staff member still hadn't looked over; perhaps he was just overthinking it...

Zhao Chi shook his head and focused his attention on the inventory list he had just obtained.

His primary objective this time was the Swift-Work Talisman.

Although he possessed over 87,000 gold coins, the Swift-Work Talisman was not a cheap item.

A single one cost 50 silver coins.

This equated to a purchasing power of 5,000 yuan.

Previously, Zhao Chi could naturally use them freely himself, but if he now allowed those 1,500 female blacksmiths, or even added the 1,000 female tailors, to use them without restriction, the cost would be too high.

He had calculated it.

Those female artisans could use 36 Swift-Work Talismans per day.

Therefore, the daily cost for Swift-Work Talismans would be 18 gold coins.

This was calculated based on the lowest price.

If all 2,500 Gao Jie female artisans were consuming them simultaneously, the daily cost would reach 45,000 gold coins.

The expenditure was enormous.

But it didn't matter.

It was worth the investment.