Chapter 772: Village Defense Battle (11)

Zhao Chi carefully browsed the list.

The vast majority on the list were captives.

Captive prices varied greatly depending on level, attributes, personality, and so on.

Zhao Chi skipped the captives and went straight to the items.

There were quite a few.

The most numerous were various medicines.

There were also many other items.

There were even some Zhao Chi had his eye on.

【Exchange Item List】

【World-Sealing Lock ×42】

【Chaos Marker Talisman ×88】

【Race Improvement Tome ×8】

【Technology Improvement Tome ×6】

【Race Gene Expansion Stone ×1】

Zhao Chi picked out the five things he needed most.

Among them, the moment he saw the "Race Gene Expansion Stone," he chose it without hesitation.

The Taoyuan humans had already improved three genes; any further improvements would only replace previously improved ones.

Fortunately, he'd discovered this item—he had to take it!

This was a Race Gene Expansion Stone, certainly far more expensive than the previous Individual Gene Expansion Stone, and by a lot.

Better ask the price first.

He hoped he could afford it...

Zhao Chi handed the list to Zhao Cang.

Zhao Cang glanced at it: "World-Sealing Locks and Chaos Marker Talismans aren't legal, and they're not cheap either. Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I want them."

"The clan doesn't have many of these two types of Improvement Tomes right now, so the price is about the same as the Exchange, even a bit pricier. Are you certain?"

"Mm, I want them all."

"Race Gene Expansion Stone... huh? You want this too?"

Zhao Cang was a little surprised.

Unable to tend to his work, he earnestly explained to Zhao Chi: "This stone is very expensive, no cheaper than a Race Gene. You'll need to pay a lot more money."

Zhao Chi nodded: "I understand. How much do I need to pay?"

Zhao Cang hesitated: "Third Uncle mentioned before that he also needs one... wait a moment, let me ask him."

"Alright..."

Zhao Chi understood this kind of behavior.

In the clan, everything revolved around the lords with the strongest combat power.

All supplies and items were also prioritized for them.

That was perfectly reasonable.

No matter how high Zhao Chi's potential was, right now he was practically useless to the clan as a whole.

And Third Uncle Zhao Qijia was one of the Zhao family's top combatants—of course they had to ask him first.

However, after Zhao Cang asked, his expression immediately changed.

He even looked a little dazed.

Zhao Chi asked, puzzled: "What happened? Does Third Uncle need this Expansion Stone? Did he scold you? If he needs it, then give it to him."

Zhao Cang shook his head: "Third Uncle might have run into trouble..."

"No way? What happened to him? Did he lose a battle?"

Zhao Cang lowered his head and said nothing.

After a moment, he looked up: "It's not certain yet, wait for the clan's notification... but this Expansion Stone can go to you."

"... Alright, then how much more do I need to pay?"

"Let me calculate... if we add in your captives and equipment... plus the items you want... you need to pay a total of 1,830 more gold coins."

"That expensive?"

"What did you expect? This is a race-level Expansion Stone, on the same tier as a Race Bloodline."

He wasn't wrong to say that.

Zhao Chi knew it was expensive, but he hadn't known it was this expensive.

"Third Brother, roughly how much is an Individual Gene Expansion Stone?"

"Individual Expansion Stones are much cheaper, but they still cost around 500 gold coins. We don't have any Individual Expansion Stones right now."

"I know, I was just asking..."

"Mm, then besides the Gene Expansion Stone, shall I pull up the other items for you?"

"No, I want them all."

"All of them? Do you have that much money?" Zhao Cang was surprised again.

Zhao Chi smiled: "Just enough. Shall we trade directly?"

Zhao Cang still looked at him in disbelief: "You heard me right, didn't you? I said 1,830 gold coins, not 183."

Zhao Chi immediately used the system to initiate a trade request and put up the gold coins.

Zhao Cang exclaimed in shock, "Holy shit! You actually... wait a moment, I'll go get it."

The transaction was completed quickly.

This time it was fortunate that he blasted over 150 gold coins out of two lords, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough.

After payment, Zhao Chi had 39 gold coins left.

39 gold coins was actually not a small amount.

Yet he felt broke.

If it were just himself living, 39 gold coins would be enough for him to live for several years.

But now he needed to support the entire territory.

Moreover, all kinds of props were far more expensive than daily necessities; 39 gold coins was really too little.

But Zhao Chi still bought the Racial Gene Expansion Stone without hesitation.

Being able to enhance the strength of the entire race — that was what mattered most.

Zhao Cang frowned and asked again, "Zhao Chi, you're sure you want it, right? You can still reconsider now; if you regret it, I'll refund you."

"I'm sure I want it."

"Let me remind you, this Expansion Stone can only raise the upper limit of genetic improvement. It's only useful after your race has undergone genetic improvement more than 3 times; normally it's useless."

"Understood, thanks for the reminder."

"You wouldn't be planning to resell it, would you? The risk is huge — you need to think it through."

Zhao Cang, who was usually not one for many words, suddenly wouldn't stop talking.

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Third Brother, don't bother about me. Do we have any cows around here?"

"Cows? Ordinary domestic cows? Yes, we do."

"Where? Why didn't I see any?"

"Didn't I give you the list? In the daily supplies interface."

"Oh... let me check."

Zhao Chi didn't need daily supplies, so he hadn't bothered to open and look earlier.

Only now did he discover that besides cows, there were also pigs, chickens, ducks, dogs, horses, and other animals.