Chapter 662: Chapter 662
The efficacy of the Purple Sea Urchin Pills is quite high. However, due to the fact that the potion recipe was obtained from a mission involving Murlocs, it turns out that the main materials needed come from the ocean.
Which means, in order to produce the Purple Sea Urchin Pills, one has to first harvest the ingredients from within the ocean.
In this regard, even the Divine Flame Empire is currently incapable of doing so, at least not just yet. If they truly cannot find the necessary ingredients, they would inevitably resort to sending out requests for purchase.
Who knew that these pills would turn out to be the most troublesome thing on my plate.
Last but not least, there’s the problem of that special Nail Town. Shaliya pointed at the map and said, "Now the second passage has been opened as well, but we momentarily can’t station personnel there. We’ve already begun secretly constructing Ice Towers."
"According to optimized calculations, we plan to construct the Ice Towers directly on the sides of the mountains. We can smooth out some uneven terrains, thus revealing the open space below. If someone comes to cause trouble in the town, they’ll be subjected to concentrated fire from the Ice Towers on the mountains. I believe, we should first construct two thousand Ice Towers here."
"Can we fit that many?" Du You asked, somewhat puzzled.
Shaliya was well-prepared: "Of course we can, there are plenty of mountains there, and this design will also spare space for our town. Two thousand is already sufficient. Even a Tier Four without a robust power could accidentally get trapped."
Shaliya had great confidence in this, given that her team had meticulously calculated the power of the Ice Towers.
"Then I will rest easy. Feel free to proceed as you see fit." The expenditure this time is not small, but that doesn’t matter, most of them are gold coins. As long as they’re not my Crystal Coins, they are renewable in this world.
Meanwhile, while Du You was leisurely developing his territory, the Divine Flame Empire was also making quick moves on their end.
Not long after they received various data, the higher-ups began to conduct research experiments directly. In just a few days, the technology to enslave the Murlocs was successfully recreated.
The Divine Flame Empire has vast lands, the southern coast is just a very small area. Soon, a group of Murlocs swam out of the ocean, moving from the east, and quickly seized the eastern region of the southern coast.
The Kingdom of Hanhai, which had always been on the offensive, was rather caught off guard at this sudden development.
Du You also received the news. Unlike the Spotted Murlocs controlled by the Kingdom of Hanhai, the Empire controls Black-scaled Murlocs. Although they can’t recreate the potent potion for the Murlocs yet, there are more Murlocs here.
"Fantastic! If the Empire can dispatch so many Murlocs, the materials from the ocean can also be collected. We can simply purchase them. Shaliya, I’ll leave the task of purchasing the materials to you."
"Rest assured, my Lord, as long as they know these are for making the Purple Sea Urchin Pills, they will be even more enthusiastic than us."
"No one would try to steal this level of recipe, right?" Although Duo knows they can’t steal it, they don’t know that. There is a possibility that they might start a fight.
"That shouldn’t be the case, after all, you are now a count, a high-ranking nobleman in the Empire, not even the king would dare to touch us without reason. Furthermore, a Tier Three pill, while tremendously profitable, wouldn’t push them so far as to break the face. After all, for real powerful people, such a potion level is of no use."
That’s true, in this world, the strong is respected. The real powerhouses are far more potent than armies, they wouldn’t mess around with something useless to them. But equally true is the fact that if they encounter something useful to them, they are likely to step into the fray personally.
"We have quite a few Tier Three individuals making up our army in our territory. As long as we have a bit more, it’s enough to protect our interests. No one would offend a powerful sovereign like us for something they could buy."
Upon hearing this, Du You finally relaxed a bit.
Before long, news came from South Mountain City, the Empire’s actions were indeed swift, even underwater vessels had been restored. It has to be said, the Empire’s alchemical level is far beyond what the Kingdom of Hanhai can compare with.
After all, up until now, the southern coast was just occupied by some duchies. For some reason, many experts suddenly appeared from the Kingdom of Hanhai, unified the southern coast and the islands, and became a powerful kingdom. However, in terms of various kinds of heritage, they are far inferior to the Empire, there’s simply no comparison.
Du You got the performance details of these new ships, they were as fast as the surface ships, even faster. They just borrowed some information about waterproof runes from the data coming from the Kingdom of Hanhai.
Moreover, underwater, the solidification magic acts as a weapon, making them far more potent than the Kingdom Hanhai’s ships that can only be towed by Murlocs. Even faced with a large number of Murlocs in the water, they have strong combat power.
It’s safe to say that, in the water, the Empire now has no fear of the Kingdom of Hanhai.
The various herbs Du You so desired were also slowly being gathered with a copious number of Murlocs searching. When the Purple Sea Urchin Pills were made, as expected, it received high praise from a large number of experts in South Mountain City.
After this period, the southern sea territory stabilized, and the pace of the nobles within the nation quickened. There are now a lot of nobles in South Mountain City, and Tier Three experts are not as rare as they used to be.
South Mountain City’s power is now far stronger than Du You’s. Originally, some people who looked down upon Du You, planning to suppress him, suddenly found out that Du You was selling large quantities of potions, and their attitudes changed immediately.
Everyone finally remembered, the greatest strength of Du You’s territory is not its combat power, but its production capability.
Just as Shaliya analyzed, although many people want to obtain the potion recipe both openly and covertly, no one dares to violate the rules and act recklessly, as long as we can withstand the pressure, they’ve got no other options.
Crossing the line is taboo among the nobility. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
However, what Du You did not expect was that the potion that could enhance the strength of the Murlocs couldn’t be created by the Empire.
It is said that it’s due to the lack of some important ingredient. No matter how they analyzed it, the Empire couldn’t identify this special material. This material is held tightly by the Kingdom of Hanhai, so the Empire had no other option.
In part because of this, the Empire fears that the Kingdom of Hanhai would threaten the stability of the southern part of the empire with a large number of high-level Murlocs, so the situation between the two sides has once again become tense.
In the process, a month quietly passed by. The major constructions in Du You’s territory have basically been completed. It has to be said that construction within the territory’s influence is indeed quite easy.