novelraw Chapter 658 438: Heart of High-level Power, Resources Overflowing
Chapter 658 438: Heart of High-level Power, Resources Overflowing
The acquisition methods for attribute points exceed those for skill points.
Various attribute books from basic to high-level, jewelry equipment, and reading books can effectively enhance the four basic attributes.
On the other hand, skill points are dependent on each level upgrade and increases in the Wisdom attribute.
Therefore, Zong Shen chose to allocate the two attribute points to Intelligence, increasing his Intelligence attribute to 56 points.
His mana and magic damage base have also improved slightly.
This way, he now has 4 skill points available for allocation.
Considering his somewhat limited personal storage grid, Zong Shen decided to allocate 2 skill points to [Item Management], raising it to level 8, thus having 68 slots in his personal storage grid now.
As for the remaining 2 points, he chose to invest them in [Persuasion], raising it to level 4.
The effect of this skill is quite subtle, according to the prompts, it makes one's arguments more easily accepted by others, effectively reducing hostility of indigenous people, and increasing the rate of affinity development.
As his communication with the indigenous people becomes more frequent, Zong Shen also prepares for more frequent contact with them in the future.
Regardless of the effect of [Persuasion], even if it has only a minimal effect, it's an important variable. After all, this thing is like a weakened passive version of impression enhancement, upgrading a few levels wouldn't hurt.
In fact, the Lord System provides twenty-four major passive skills, covering many aspects.
Many of these passive skills have quite remarkable effects.
Most importantly, these effects exist and function independently.
For example, [Shield Defense], if it is upgraded to a very high level, your shield will become sturdier and less likely to break, compared to one held by an indigenous person.
Similarly, [Riding Skill] allows you to naturally master proficient riding skills, not limited to horses, but also various bizarre riding beasts.
And [Tracking], which is the top-tier detection skill, providing extra trace information.
These are just a few examples. In fact, each passive skill has its unique advantages.
Some even have life-changing effects, such as [Healing], [Rescue], and [First Aid].
However, these passive skills need to be quite advanced to effectively showcase their benefits, which is why obtaining skill points is more challenging than attribute points.
Thus, an apparently weak lord is actually just in need of development time.
After allocating the attribute and skill points, Zong Shen also allocated all 20 weapon proficiency points to [Two-Handed Weapons], now having 125 points in two-handed weapon proficiency.
This grants him an additional 12.5% damage bonus when using two-handed weapons.
His highest weapon proficiency is in [One-Handed Weapons], already reaching 197 points.
However, recently he has been using fewer one-handed weapons and more two-handed weapons.
This includes heavy hitters like the [Dragon-Slaying Heavy Sword] and [Calamity Battle Spear], both belonging to two-handed equipment.
The [Wind-Fire-Thunder Trident] is a weapon that can be used both one-handed and two-handed.
The basic piercing damage of this weapon varies slightly between one-handed and two-handed grips.
After glancing at his current attributes, Zong Shen felt quite satisfied with himself.
Once he finished handling these matters, the women had already tidied up the kitchen.
During the previous relocation plans, the Hot Spring Cottage, due to its small footprint, was also kept in the central district, right next to the Lord's Courtyard.
Now, after being well-fed and with the outside winds and snow raging, soaking in a hot spring seemed like a great choice.
Zong Shen stood up, draped the bear skin coat over his shoulders, and stretched languidly.
He glanced at the group of women beside him, who were chatting noisily together.
"Anyone up for a hot spring bath...?"
...
Over an hour later, Zong Shen, dressed in the coat and covered with a thick cloak, stood outside the [Market].
He shattered the thick curtain of ice with the [Calamity Battle Spear].
Earlier, Marie had handed him 36 sets of anti-slip chain spikes, along with 212 sets of [Sewn Sheepskin Coats].
It's a perfect time to replenish the [Market] listings now.
When he opened the [Listings] interface, it was no surprise that after the second phase of climate transition, the sales of cold-resistant materials had significantly increased.
It's a super "online" market with a scale of tens of billions, and as the Frosty Winter Challenge progresses, selling off this batch of materials he listed was no problem at all.
In the morning, there were 730 units of the cheapest [Flipped and Washed Sheepskin Coats] remaining.
Now only 327 are left, meaning 403 were sold in just half a day.
This brought in a substantial amount of resources, including 53,460 units of wood, 11,880 units of stone, 10,260 units of Ma, 280 units of copper, 60 units of secret silver, and 26 Basic Elemental Crystals.
The second-tier [Sewn Sheepskin Coat] surprisingly outsold the first tier. In the morning, he had replenished a batch, bringing the quantity to 783 units.
Now 436 are left, meaning a total of 437 were sold during this period.
The [Sewn Sheepskin Coats] were produced by the [Tailor Shop] in Zong Shen's territory.
Each was crafted by Alanna, stitch by stitch.
These [Sewn Sheepskin Coats] were placed in the second tier for sale.
Their listing price was about 40% more expensive than the [Flipped and Washed Sheepskin Coats].
However, their cold resistance effect is more than doubled, only trailing the [Brand New Sheepskin Coat] obtainable through points exchange. If budget permits, this tier of sheepskin coat offers higher value than the [Flipped and Washed Sheepskin Coats].
This batch of [Sewn Sheepskin Coats] also brought substantial profit to Zong Shen.
They included 52,164 units of wood, 17,640 units of stone, 16,380 units of Ma, 150 units of secret silver, and 90 Basic Elemental Crystals.
Zong Shen replenished the 212 sets of [Sewn Sheepskin Coats], raising their quantity to 648 units.
As for the third-tier [Brand New Sheepskin Coats], fourth-tier [Double-sided Cold-Resistant Suits], and fifth-tier [Wool Quilts], their sales were not as promising.
Compared to the relatively affordable first and second tiers, the sales of the subsequent tiers were not particularly good.
The [Brand New Sheepskin Coats] went from 93 units remaining at noon to now 88 units.
The [Double-sided Sheepskin Cold-Resistant Suits] decreased from 468 units to 442 units now.
As for the 49 [Wool Quilts], only 2 were sold from afternoon until now.
The sales of cold-resistant clothing indicate the general needs of the lords at present.
These three tiers earned Zong Shen 10,710 units of wood, 20 units of secret silver, and 13 Basic Elemental Crystals, which is vastly different compared to the first two tiers.
Given the current situation, the first two tiers of sheepskin coats suffice for lords' cold-resistance needs.
The latter tiers appear more like luxury goods, akin to the difference between regular cotton coats and professional cold-resistant suits. Ordinary people's winter clothing needs naturally revolve around this basic requirement of cold resistance.
It's unlikely that a winter coat would necessitate spending thousands or tens of thousands on arctic cold-resistant suits.
Therefore, the hot sales of the first two tiers align with the current practical situation.
Especially the most cost-effective [Sewn Sheepskin Coats], which are solidly crafted and easily meet the temperature change demands of the second phase.
Now, Zong Shen can only continue waiting for further developments. He believes that the demand and spending power among the lords will certainly be further exploited.
Nevertheless, this batch of cold-resistant clothing has already earned him a substantial amount of resources.
Zong Shen's speed in accumulating wealth makes him seem like a resource-harvesting machine.
After all, he didn't invest much initially in cold-resistant materials.
Once he finished handling the listings, he trudged through the snow back to the courtyard.
He brushed off the snow atop the territory storage box.
And placed the resources just extracted from the market inside it.
His personal storage grid and backpack were about to burst from the sheer amount of resources.
In the past few days, Marie had upgraded the territory storage box to level 10.
It offers a total of 400 territory storage grids.
Meanwhile, the [Storage Shed I] in the technology domain has been upgraded to level 5.
This brings the total number of territory storage grids to 450.
If not for the territory storage box requiring intermediate resources starting from level 11, Marie would have continued upgrading it.
The upper limit of Type I Technology is only level 5. Over this period, Marie has completed 70% of its upgrades.
To further enhance, Zong Shen would need to quickly obtain the construction blueprint of the [Tier Two Territory Technology Research Institute].
Currently, most of the territory storage grids are filled up.
Primarily with basic resources.
The stacking limit of 1000 units per grid isn't quite sufficient for Zong Shen's ever-growing resource reserves.