As he said himself, Mr. Zong indeed went to take a bath in a hot spring.
Today's battle left him covered in blood, from flying tigers, eagles, and some barbarian orcs. In addition, the turbid air in the griffin's nest also made him smell bad.
So even if there was a big deal tonight, he had to take a shower first before talking about it.
He took off all his armor and stepped naked into the hot spring pool.
Slowly squat down and gradually submerge your entire body into the pool.
The hot spring water immerses the body, and the gentle temperature is infusing vitality into the body.
His blood also circulated more smoothly.
This pleasant feeling even made him moan uncontrollably.
“Comfortable~”
He sat completely in the hot spring pool, leaned his back on the edge of the pool, and breathed out slowly.
A pool of hot springs also became turbid due to his entry.
There is also a light layer of something like oil spreading on the surface.
However, it was quickly replaced by water runes for purification.
It is no exaggeration to say that Zong Shen is now a little clay figurine.
Tonight, he only had time to wash his body, and did not have time to wash his armor, helmets and other equipment.
It didn't matter, he could tolerate it if his armor was a little dirty, but if his body was too dirty, he would feel uncomfortable all over.
After scrubbing in the pool for more than ten minutes, Zong Shen stretched and felt a little tired.
He stood up naked. After this period of hard work, not only did his attributes improve a lot, but his figure also seemed to get better.
Touching the belly without any fat and the slightly bulging six-pack abs, Zong Shen couldn't help but grin.
This change was also slow, and he didn't even notice it before.
After washing his body, he felt refreshed.
After taking out a spare set of underwear from the storage compartment and putting them on, I started to put them on seriously.
The slightly deformed armor and the dried blood stains on it were like medals of merit on his body.
Although it is slightly dirty, it also brings out the temperament of blood and fire.
As for underwear, he didn't care. This kind of coarse cloth clothes was very cheap and made of linen.
It's cheap and durable, but it's not comfortable, but it's okay to wear.
Female warriors and heroes in the territory were issued more expensive silk pajamas.
In a certain respect, Zong Shen is quite a gentleman.
And he is indeed a serious male chauvinist.
It's okay for rough old men to live a rough life.
Anyway, there is no pastoral female boxer in his territory. Even if there is one, he will give her a blow with two punches.
As the ultimate pragmatist, he doesn't have so many pretentious ideas.
After getting dressed, Zong Shen stepped out of the hot spring hut.
Howie was still waiting for him in the lobby of the small building.
Zong Shen opened the door refreshed, and Howie quickly stood up.
"Thank you for your hard work tonight."
"Empty your storage compartments and merchant badges."
"There are still a large number of gems that we need to bring back."
He waved to Howie and briefly explained tonight's tasks.
By the way, I took out the four treasure boxes I got before and put them in the hall.
There are two silver and two gold in these four treasure chests.
Zong Shen knew with his butt that there must be one or two trap treasure chests inside.
It's just that he has become an old man now, and he is no longer as enthusiastic about treasure chests as before.
So he planned to put it aside for now, and it wouldn't be too late to start it again after he finished the business.
After hearing what he said, Howie didn't dare to neglect and walked over quickly.
"Everything will obey your command."
Zong Shen nodded and took the lead out of the lord's small building.
In order to run as little as possible, Zong Shen decided to take Yingjiang and the crossbowmen back to the griffin's lair.
Although most of the top of the cliff is occupied by the griffin's nest, there is still a small space left on the back of the griffin's nest.
No more, there is still tens of thousands of square meters of activity space.
It is enough to build a large two-story stone house to allow the stationed crossbowmen to move around.
It was the same routine when we went there, with Zong Shen and Haoyi driving the goblin airship.
The crossbowmen grabbed the feathers on the back of the griffin and rode the griffin in a twisted manner.
In addition, Yingjiang followed closely to form an aviation team.
During this period, Zong Shen was a little lazy and told Howie how to drive the airship.
He ran to the cabin and slept in.
The driving of the goblin airship is not complicated. Howie has a very smart mind and can master it after a little explanation.
This is the correct use of heroic talents under your command.
A hero who cannot help his lord is not a good hero.
After Zong Shen finished teaching how to drive the airship, he lay in a daze for two hours before arriving at the destination.
When the griffons fell, the crossbowmen turned over one after another and vomited a large amount while leaning forward and backward.
In fact, they had already vomited several times while they were still in the air.
It is normal for you to feel uncomfortable when riding a high-speed raptor like a griffon for the first time.
The griffins landed first, followed by Zong Shen's airship.
For convenience, he directly let Howie control the airship and enter the griffin's nest.
At the same time, he turned on the magic lighting on the airship and came directly to the pile of gems.
Howie was also stunned when he saw so many gems at first sight.
Although about 40% has been moved away by Zong Shen, the rest is still shocking.
Zong Shen specially brought Howie with him on this trip. The hiking merchant badge, the storage compartments of the two of them, and the capacity of the airship should be enough to take away this batch of gems.
After all, there are still 8,000 wind spirit gems of various levels left in the griffin's nest.
Wind spirit gems are relatively unpopular and are usually used in magic flying machines, as well as magic arrays and props with acceleration, floating, and flying effects.
Of course, there are also wind-based killing magics such as wind blades and tornadoes, which usually require a wind spirit gem as the core.
However, leaving 8,000 pieces and leaving more than 10,000 pieces is enough.
And there is a medium-sized gem mine near the griffin's nest.
Although he didn't know what this "medium-scale" quantifier represented, Zong Shen knew that once systematic large-scale mining was carried out, the number of gems obtained would definitely far exceed these piles of gems.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because these piles of gems were only picked out by the griffins when they were not doing anything.
These gems plus the unmined portion of the gem mines are enough to meet the territory's normal consumption and manufacturing needs for a long time to come.
You can even sell part of it as appropriate to balance the territory's resource reserves.
"Don't be stunned, park the airship and we will transport the gems."
"Be careful when storing it and remove all the wind gems."
Zong Shen patted Howie on the shoulder to bring him out of his daze, and at the same time gave him another warning.
He planned to put the wind gems for final processing, since they could be sorted during storage anyway.
This is also one of the conveniences of the digitization of the lord system.
Howie nodded obediently and tightened his grip on the airship's control stick.
This allowed the goblin airship to land smoothly on the ground of the griffin's nest.
The pod landed, crushing many withered and decaying bones.
There was a crackling sound.
It was the first time for Howie to come to such a place, so he seemed very nervous.
The composure and composure in the territory no longer exist.
To him, the griffin's nest was dark, damp, and filled with an unpleasant rancid smell.
If it weren't for Zong Shen in front of him, he would almost be in a panic.
It's not that Howie's mental quality is not good.
Mainly because this guy has never experienced any danger.
Howie used to live in Goti Castle.
Life is far from luxurious, but we still have enough food and clothing.
In addition, he happened to enjoy a period of stability before the coming of the lord.
Without a large-scale war, those rogue bandits would not dare to attack the castle.
That's why Howie is so afraid of this griffon lair.
However, although he was a little scared, he did not act too exaggeratedly.
Zong Shen was very carefree.
If it weren't for the stench here, he would have planned to set up a small base here.
He took Howie a few steps forward and came to the remaining pile of gems.
"Come on, let's start working."
"Let's try to get back to the territory before 2 a.m.!"
Zong Shen took the lead in collecting them, never thinking that one day even transporting gems would become a burden.
Mmm, sweet burden.
It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening when they arrived at the Griffin's Nest.
There is no other way, the time needs to be spent.
Converting griffins into transportation power is not that easy.
After weighing many factors, Zong Shen decided to honestly transport it by airship.
Otherwise, the few hours spent traveling may not yield much.
Seeing that his lord was already taking advantage of it, Howie quickly started to store it away.
He kept Zong Shen's advice in mind and deliberately removed all the light cyan wind gems.
Every time the storage compartment is full, he transfers it to the hiking badge.
Because storage space props and storage grids are different, the former is relatively rough in storage, while the latter is much more delicate. Only storage grids can meet the requirements for picky storage methods like this.
Zong Shen, on the other hand, filled the storage compartment and transferred it directly to the gondola of the goblin airship.
The two of them started working together, and the remaining pile of gems was reducing almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The gems in the pod began to accumulate, and the storage space for hiking badges gradually filled up.
Howie also got over the initial fear of the griffin's nest and the excitement of the pile of gems.
Human beings are very adaptable, and this is probably what is called habit becoming nature.
After more than ten minutes, all the remaining gems were transferred.
The pods of the goblin airship are packed to the brim, and there is no gap in the storage space.
Their storage compartments are also 80% full.
Currently, there are only a bunch of light cyan wind gems left on the ground.
There are more than 20,000 pieces in total, of all levels and qualities.
Zong Shen also specifically referred to the opinions of the strategy module for this purpose.
He felt that if the quality of the wind spirit gems left behind was not up to par, it would inevitably have consequences.
He is still very serious about this issue.
This griffin's nest is also considered his property, and he has already taken away most of the gems.
After all, some should be left for these griffins.
He can't fish in the water, and if he eats and wipes it too thoroughly, he himself will feel embarrassed.
(6,000 elementary gems, 1,200 intermediate gems, 650 high-grade gems, 110 special gems, 35 top gems, and 5 super gems
Each high-level gem is equivalent to five of the previous level)
This is the exact quantity and conversion ratio informed by strategy mode.
Only by maintaining such a large number can it help the future growth of the griffins.
Too much is useless, and too little will not achieve the best effect.
After all, the magic power contained in magic gems is relatively simple.
In the future, you have to be more careful and collect more good-grade wind magic items and props to increase the cultivation efficiency of the griffon nest.
With the clear quantity and grade classification, Zong Shen and Haoyi could easily distinguish these wind gems.
After leaving 8,000 coins, Zong Shen could take away more than 19,000 coins.
After being cleaned up by someone from Zong, the pile of gems in the griffin's nest suddenly decreased by dozens of times.
But at least a batch was left behind. These 8,000 gemstones were of different sizes and qualities, so they were not too few when gathered together.
After dealing with the matter of the griffin's nest, Zong Shen was ready to return again.
Twelve Rhodok crossbowmen and four Avalon light crossbowmen are already stationed here.
They also brought with them about five days' worth of food and water.
During this time, in addition to being stationed here, they also had to rub shoulders with the griffons.
Zong Shen also built several houses for them behind the griffin's nest.
As for the materials required, they are very simple. The griffon nests nearby are all ready-made logs.
Just tearing apart ten or eight pieces is enough to meet the material requirements.
It was almost one o'clock in the morning after he had finished dealing with the griffin's nest.
The goblin airship still needed to be piloted on the return trip, so Zong Shen asked Howie to be in charge of driving it.
This time there were not many griffins accompanying him, only Yingjiang himself followed.
And Zong Shen was riding on Yingjiang's neck.
The top is spacious enough for him to lean on and sleep for a while.
After everything was ready, he set off on his way back.
The goblin airship took off first and left the griffin's nest.
Zong Shen and Yingjiang were a little slower and quickly caught up.
…
More than two hours later.
The time has come to around three o'clock in the morning.
The night is as dark as water, but Zong Shen's territory is particularly lively tonight.
Vereesa, Luna, Doris and the three fat men were leading dozens of farmers to count the previous batch of gems.
The first batch he brought back previously amounted to hundreds of thousands. Even with storage compartments for quick storage and sorting, and with the help of so many people, it was not easy to complete.
When Zong Shen and the others came back, more than 95% of the first batch of gems had been processed.
In the lord's courtyard, a third-level cellar was built.
As a third-level building, its underground volume reaches 9 meters x 9 meters x 6 meters.
It is more than enough to store these gems.
Moreover, the lord's courtyard is also the place with the highest defense level in the entire territory.
When Zong Shen and others returned, they brought back a large amount of gems.
It is expected that their inventory work will not be completed until at least eight or nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
Zong Shen took out all the gems stored in his body and piled them on the ground.
"Howie, please help everyone sort it out."
"It's none of your business for now."
Zong Shen said in a brisk tone.
After subduing the gryphon and manticore, and getting so many gems, he was able to put an end to his worries.
From then on, the territory was equivalent to having air cavalry troops.
And it will also have great advantages on long-distance treks.
After all, a hundred-kilometer-level teleportation array is no big deal.
With these griffins, his range of action will increase from dozens of kilometers in the vicinity to thousands of kilometers in a radius. Compared with horses, the flying speed of an air rider can be much faster.
In the past, it took more than ten hours of horseback riding to go to Bospan quickly and slowly, but now it is no longer necessary.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but whistle happily.
This open space is not far from the living area and is surrounded by torches.
It became a place for gem sorting.
They used the heavy wooden barrels that once held military rations to hold the gems.
After each barrel is full, the classification and quality of the set of gems will be engraved on the barrel.
Then the farmer loads it onto a horse-drawn carriage, fills five barrels, and transports it to the cellar.
Zong Shen is not worried about someone hiding it secretly. Under his loyalty, no matter whether he carries out free citizen reforms or not, no one will dare to embezzle territory property. This has been verified before.
Just as he turned to leave, Vereesa suddenly stopped what she was doing.
She stood up and quickly came behind Zong Shen with graceful steps.
"grown ups…"
Hearing her call, Zong Shen turned his head.
"What's wrong Vereesa?"
He asked in a relaxed tone, feeling better and everything was better.
"We found something in the manticore's lair."
"I got a few treasure chests."
Vereesa took a few steps forward, came to Zong Shen and took out four treasure boxes.
Two silver, one bronze, one gold!
When Zong Shen heard what Vereesa said, he looked at the treasure chest on the ground and then patted his head.
"A few more treasure chests?"
"Look at my memory!"
"You did a good job."
"You have to work hard tonight."
Zong Shen nodded slightly to show condolences, and then put away the treasure box.
Vereesa's eyes were as calm as water. She put one hand on her chest, saluted and returned to the team counting gems.
He stood there, watching Vereesa return.
It seems that ever since Vereesa was recruited, she has been deliberately keeping a distance from Zong Shen.
Only when absolutely necessary will the two of them act together.
And every time the two of them are together, perhaps because of loyalty or other reasons, there will always be some ambiguity.
Under such circumstances, Vereesa's alienation was somewhat deliberate.
Zong Shen could only sigh silently at this. There was nothing wrong with Vereesa herself, the crux was still in her heart.
To untie her heart knot, she must fulfill her long-cherished wish. This may be related to her banning power. It is obvious that she was banned with deep regret.
He didn't know if it was related to her former husband Luo Ning.
According to the information previously obtained, Luo Ning had died in the explosion of the arcane crystal long ago.
There is no chance of being sealed into another dimension!
This chapter has been completed!