Chapter 75: Upgrade Again

Mark quietly lay in ambush in a grove. The trees here were not particularly tall, more like shrubs, but because they were shrubs, the grass grew very densely, making it more suitable for hiding.

Mark was a specially trained assassin from the Vansel family. Their training methods were different from those of ordinary warriors and mages. These people mainly learned skills such as agility, disguise, infiltration, and assassination. They were specially trained by major families to be fearless and unconventional warriors.

This time, the family gave Mark a very simple task: to monitor the Rocky Mountains. Recently, it was rumored that the black mage Zhao Hai had bought the Rocky Mountains, and the family wanted to know what Zhao Hai was up to.

Mark's position was very close to the Rocky Mountains. He was on the waist of a large mountain next to the Rocky Mountains. From here, he could see the situation on the Rocky Mountains, although he couldn't see what was happening inside the manor, he could see everything outside.

He also wanted to see what was happening inside the manor, but he found it impossible. The manor on the Rocky Mountains was shrouded in a layer of black mist, and he couldn't see inside at all. Mark, who had received professional training, knew very well that the black mist was not naturally produced by the Rocky Mountains but was a spell cast by a black mage.

In addition to the black mist, there were many large undead creatures wandering around the Rocky Mountains. Their dark green color, massive size, and eyes glowing with ghostly fire made even a well-trained assassin like Mark feel uneasy.

Because of this, Mark did not dare to go to the Rocky Mountains to investigate. Assassins like Mark, who were very skilled at stealth, were most afraid of these undead creatures. Undead creatures sometimes did not rely on their eyes to determine the position of objects but on their senses.

The undead's desire for fresh flesh was also notorious on the continent. No matter how well you could hide, you couldn't make yourself completely human-free. As long as you were a living being, you couldn't escape the undead.

Mark was very curious about what was happening on the mountain, but unfortunately, he couldn't see anything and could only lie there and wait.

Zhao Hai, of course, did not know the black mist spell. This black magic was cast by Zhao Zui. With Zhao Zui's presence, Zhao Hai felt more confident in his role as a black mage.

Now, the manor that Zhao Hai named Greenstone Manor was bustling with activity. The slaves were released from the spatial bag and were busy cleaning the manor, setting up furniture, and making various tools.

This place was different from Iron Mountain. Near Iron Mountain, there was nothing, no trees, and even the stones could not be mined casually because the mountain had been hollowed out by the dwarves. If they mined it carelessly, it might collapse.

But the Rocky Mountains were different. The mountain was full of stones that could be used freely. The surrounding mountains were not private property, and the forests could be cut down at will. Therefore, they could now confidently make tools they couldn't make before.

However, Zhao Hai did not immediately go to the surrounding mountains to cut down trees. The trees would not run away, and he was currently having the undead mine some stones and transport them back to the manor for An and the others to make grinding stones and mills.

Although An and the others had made a few grinding stones and mills on the way, Zhao Hai thought it was not enough. They now had hundreds of thousands of pounds of corn, and a few grinding stones and mills would not be enough.

Although they currently only had over a hundred people, they planned to buy more people this time. This would increase their need for various tools, so it was better to make as much as they could now.

Zhao Hai did not realize that they had already been watched as soon as they arrived at the Rocky Mountains. Even if they knew, they wouldn't care. They had been watched all the way, and they were already used to it.

Using the black mist spell to cover the manor was also Merlin's idea. Don't forget, Zhao Hai's current identity was a black mage, and black mages were mysterious. If you didn't make it mysterious, others would think there was something wrong.

The manor was not very large, and with over a hundred people working together, it was almost cleaned up in half a day. For the rest of the time, Zhao Hai had the undead mine the stones they needed and store them in the spatial bag.

Zhao Hai had already chosen a room for himself in the manor. The original owner of the manor was quite a connoisseur. He had already thought of it when building the manor and had already led the hot spring water into one of the rooms, forming a hot spring pool. Zhao Hai immediately chose that room as his bedroom.

The only water source on the entire Rocky Mountain was the hot spring. However, the owner had thought of this when building the manor, so the hot spring in the manor was divided into several parts: one for bathing, one for drinking, and one for raising fish.

Although the manor looked ordinary on the outside, its internal construction was quite good, clearly designed by an expert and built by a master.

Because he was busy with the manor, Zhao Hai did not have time to enjoy the hot spring. It wasn't until after dinner that he returned to his room, took off his magic robe, and got into the hot spring pool in his room.

The hot spring pool in his room was the largest in the entire manor, about ten square meters. The pools in other rooms were only about two meters long and one meter wide.

However, the manor was really well-built. Each bedroom had a hot spring pool, which was quite impressive. Each room also had a good drainage system. After bathing, you could just open the cork to drain the water, making it very convenient and hygienic.

Sitting in the pool, Zhao Hai sighed in comfort. He didn't know how long it had been since he had a good bath. In the Black Earth Wasteland, due to the limited conditions, he could only wipe his body. Now he finally had the chance to have a comfortable bath.

He gently traced the water with his fingers, staring at the stone ceiling and said softly, "If I could soak in a hot spring every day, that would be great. Oh, I haven't sent the hot spring water to the spatial bag for inspection yet. I should check the water quality."

As he spoke, he moved his hand, and a spatial rift appeared beside him. A stream of hot spring water flowed into the spatial bag, and Zhao Hai immediately closed the rift.

Fortunately, the slaves were sleeping in the outer rooms tonight, or no one would have been able to sleep.

As soon as the hot spring water entered the spatial bag, the spatial bag's notification sounded: "High-grade hot spring water, containing various beneficial minerals for the human body, can be consumed, extract beneficial minerals, upgrade spatial water, spatial bag reaches upgrade requirement, upgraded to level 6, add one hot spring, reward one bag of cauliflower seeds, plantable area, two acres."

Zhao Hai was stunned. He knew that putting the hot spring water into the spatial bag would cause a reaction, but he thought it would be like the last time at Iron Mountain, where the spatial water would just upgrade. He didn't expect the spatial bag to upgrade directly this time.

Although it was only a one-level upgrade and not yet at the level to open new land, Zhao Hai was still happy. The spatial bag upgrades one level at a time, and he wasn't in a hurry.

However, Zhao Hai noticed something in the spatial bag's notification: "add one hot spring"? What did that mean? He couldn't wait to find out. Without even putting on clothes, he directly flashed into the spatial bag from the hot spring pool.

As soon as he entered the spatial bag, Zhao Hai noticed the difference. There was originally only one hot spring in front of the wooden house, but now there was another one next to it. The water from the new hot spring was steaming, indicating that it was quite hot.

Zhao Hai didn't care that he was naked. Since there was no one in the spatial bag, he quickly ran to the new hot spring and looked at it but didn't dare to touch it.

He knew very well that the temperature in the spatial bag was not low. He didn't feel cold being naked, but the hot spring water was still steaming, which could only mean one thing: the water was very hot, probably around 80 degrees Celsius.

At 80 degrees, you could boil eggs. Zhao Hai naturally wouldn't put his hand in the water, but as long as the water was treated, it could still be used for a hot spring bath. He imagined that the hot spring in the Rocky Mountain manor was also processed this way.

He looked around the spatial bag again. There was nothing else to do. The oil fruit trees were growing well and could be harvested tomorrow. The corn was also growing well and could be harvested tomorrow. Today, there was nothing else to do.

Zhao Hai flashed out of the spatial bag and returned to the hot spring pool, lying there quietly, calculating his assets.

Now, he had three seasons of radishes, each season 80,000 pounds, totaling 240,000 pounds. The oil fruit trees were now in their second batch. The first batch had nine seasons, and the second batch had two seasons, totaling 11 seasons, with about 4.95 million pounds of oil fruit. The corn had 26 seasons, with two seasons on two acres and the remaining 24 seasons on four acres, totaling about 300,000 pounds. A few days ago, he also planted wheat, cabbage, and eggplant, getting about 3,200 pounds of wheat, 20,000 pounds of eggplant, and 20,000 pounds of cabbage. He now had 600 gold coins, one bag of cauliflower seeds, and some grass seeds. These were all Zhao Hai's current assets.

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End of Chapter 75