Chapter 273: The Situation of the Myriad Races Battlefield! The Empire of Gods!

"How much grain does the Lord require?"

Er Sha's eyes flashed as she asked. Was Dawnlight Territory truly lacking in grain?

She began to understand why this Lord before her would actually use precious magic fields to grow food.

It seemed Dawnlight Territory was extremely short on grain! "Five million jin," Li Yue said. At present—his Dawnlight Territory had eight black dragons, over 2,000 goblins, and more than 600 gray dwarves, all of them major consumers of grain.

As for the witches, moon elf archers, goblins, and so on.

Their grain consumption was far less than that of the goblins and gray dwarves. Counting all units together—his Dawnlight Territory consumed over 120,000 jin of grain per day.

The first batch of potatoes would only mature gradually in a few days. Moreover, that first batch of potatoes would be far from enough to meet the territory's consumption.

All of this had to be purchased. "Five million jin!" Er Sha's eyebrows lifted slightly.

This was absolutely not a small amount.

Calculating based on an ordinary person's daily ration of two jin, five million jin of grain—was enough to feed a small city of 100,000 people for nearly a month!

Of course.

For their Kingdom of Cigne, however, it was not a large sum. After all—24 their Kingdom of Cigne had a population of over 32 million and covered a vast territory.

But this Dawnlight Territory before her—actually required so much grain?

She did not refuse this first transaction between their allied parties, agreeing directly: "No problem."

"Regarding the specific price, I will send someone to discuss it with the Lord." She was very clear.

As lords, they were all capable of conducting transactions with other lords across distances.

Even if her Kingdom of Cigne imposed a blockade, it would be utterly useless.

It was better to be open and straightforward, each taking what they needed. "In that case—"

"Then many thanks to Her Highness Princess Er Sha," Li Yue said with a smile.

With the grain issue resolved, he was also quite satisfied.

Subsequently.

He took out a small bottle of Moon Well Water and pushed it toward Er Sha: "Your Highness Princess, this is the specialty of the elf race, Moon Well Water; it can restore injuries and mana. Does your kingdom have need of it?" The Moon Well—could produce approximately 300 grams of Moon Well Water per day.

And every gram of Moon Well Water could restore 100 points of mana. For spellcaster professions—the ratio between mental power and mana was generally one hundred to one.

As for him at this moment.

He possessed 18 points of mental power.

Thus, his mana could reach 1,800 points. Take Witch Queen Ka Luoer, for instance, a Gold-tier hero unit; her mental power stood at 42 points.

Her mana limit was therefore 4,200 points.

However, the higher a spellcaster's Tier.

The more drastically mana consumption decreased when casting spells below their own Tier.

For example, when Li Yue cast the Bronze spell 'Earth Fire Magma,' it required 120 points of mana. But if Ka Luoer cast it—it would require only 30 points of mana, yet the power would be far greater than when he cast it.

The ratio between mana and mental power was unaffected by Lord talents or Hero talents. Lord talents and Hero talents that amplified mental power—only affected the power of a spellcaster's spells.

For any spellcaster.

Mana was extremely important.

A spellcaster without mana was merely a lamb awaiting slaughter. And items capable of restoring mana—even within the trading interface.

Li Yue had rarely seen them. It was evident that such things—were quite precious. "Moon Well Water!" Both Er Sha and Mage Alan's eyes suddenly brightened.

As mages, both of them were erudite and talented.

They naturally knew that the legendary Moon Well Water of the elf race was absolutely a treasure!

In their Kingdom of Cigne.

Only two Grand Alchemists were capable of refining items that could restore mana.

These were precious potions of the Diamond Tier, possessing extremely high value. On their persons—they only carried two or three bottles, which they would not use unless absolutely necessary. "What does the Lord require?"

Er Sha quickly calmed down and spoke. "Beef tendons and cowhides," Li Yue smiled and replied.

The Piercing Bow required beast tendons and beast hides of Bronze quality, as well as bamboo of Bronze quality.

There was plenty of bamboo in the bamboo forest; one need only cut it down.

But the quantity of beast tendons and hides he required was too great; hunting for them himself was simply unrealistic. As for the trading interface—the quantity he needed was too large, making it not cost-effective.

Furthermore, crafting the Agile Armor also required beast hides of the Bronze Tier. Therefore—he planned to procure ordinary beef tendons and cowhides from the Kingdom of Cigne, then synthesize them. "Beef tendons and cowhides?" Er Sha's eyes flashed.

She almost immediately thought of bows.

After all, the greatest use of beef tendons was to craft bowstrings. "May I ask how much the Lord requires?" "At what price shall we trade?"

Li Yue had naturally calculated this long ago, stating directly: "100,000 beef tendons and 120,000 cowhides." Ordinary cows were merely ordinary★ creatures.

Beef tendons and cowhides were naturally merely ordinary★ items.

To synthesize them up to Bronze★, a full 64 pieces were required.

And a single bow required one beef tendon, along with a portion of cowhide.

Upon hearing this, Er Sha was completely stunned.

How much?

100,000 beef tendons, 120,000 cowhides?

Just how many bows did he intend to forge?! Did Dawnlight Territory—possess so many archers?

Impossible!

She immediately rejected this guess.

Dawnlight Territory requiring so many beef tendons and cowhides was definitely not for forging longbows. "As for the price—"

"How about one gram of Moon Well Water in exchange for 300 beef tendons or 300 cowhides?" Li Yue said.

On the trading interface.

A single point of energy could only buy one strip of ox tendon or one sheet of ox hide.

And one gram of Moon Well water cost roughly 100 points of energy.

Of course.

Now that the major kingdoms have entered the market, prices are expected to rise.

But for now, they haven't risen much. That means—on the trading interface.

One gram of Moon Well water could only be traded for one hundred strips of ox tendon or one hundred sheets of ox hide. "The Lord has so much Moon Well water?" Princess Er Sha was somewhat surprised.

At this price, just this single transaction—the amount of Moon Well water the other party would have to spend—would reach over seven hundred grams!

Over seven hundred grams of Moon Well water would be enough to fully replenish a Diamond Tier mage's mana nine times, even ten times!

This was absolutely a strategic resource.

As far as she knew.

Even on the trading interface, such mana-replenishing Powerful items were rarely sold. "Naturally, it can be done."

"How soon can you deliver enough ox tendon and ox hide, Your Highness?" Li Yue asked.

"Tomorrow, the first batch can be delivered!" Er Sha did not press the price further. She understood clearly—if she pushed the price down, the other party could simply buy from the trading interface. "Good, a pleasant cooperation."

Li Yue was very satisfied with Er Sha's straightforwardness.

The two discussed the current situation and the state of the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield for quite a long time. Throughout the entire conversation—Princess Doris, General Gabel, and Mage Ellen hardly spoke a word. This made Li Yue realize once again—the status of Princess Er Sha before him in the Xine Kingdom. Near noon, without having lunch—Princess Er Sha and her entourage departed from Lord Lord Chenxi Town.

Watching the two luxurious flying carriages soar away into the sky, Li Yue stood at the entrance of Lord Lord Chenxi Town, his expression calm. The Ten Thousand Races Battlefield—truly vast beyond measure.

Even a proper kingdom only understood the surrounding areas.

For places farther away, they only knew some legends. "The three great kingdoms: the Lora Kingdom is the strongest..." "The Xine Kingdom has the strongest commercial and magical atmosphere..."

"And the Lilenni Kingdom is the domain of melee practitioners..." he murmured softly.

This conversation gave him a deeper understanding of the area south of Saint Na Ze Er Forest. As for the north of Saint Na Ze Er Forest—that region belonged to legend, what Er Sha called the Godly Empire!

As for understanding.

It was nearly nonexistent.

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