Chapter 1006 - 566: Zong Ze’s Current Status, The Origins of Chaos

His older brother is developing well now, but he also believes that in the future, he will not fall behind Zong Shen too much.

Zong Ze’s territory is established halfway up the mountain.

There is not much land available for development and construction.

Most of his farmers are human, with a small number of beast race laborers.

These beast race laborers come from the recruitment scroll.

They have two protruding canines in their jaws, which is a distinctive feature of the beast race.

Moreover, they have a stronger build than the human farmers.

However, they are not as wise as ordinary humans.

They seem a bit dull.

Their reactions are not as quick as human farmers, yet they excel in heavy physical labor.

The initial strength of these beast race laborers is almost twice that of human farmers.

Whether gathering or transporting, they are very capable.

These days, Zong Ze is also frantically excavating on the mountainside.

He has cleared a large amount of open space.

In addition, he has connected to the opposite mountainside dozens of meters away by building cable bridges.

Due to terrain restrictions, in the future, his territory can only be built atop the mountains like most mountain fortresses within the Rodok Kingdom.

Unlike Zong Shen, he cannot directly build a grand giant city on the plains.

Of course, mountain fortresses have natural defensive advantages.

Which is better or worse can only be judged differently by the wise and the discerning.

After returning to his territory, Zong Ze did not rest. His city lord’s mansion has already been upgraded to the fourth level, though it is not a fortress-type route, just a normal city lord’s mansion.

After returning to his bedroom, the first thing Zong Ze did was remove the somewhat damaged leather armor and change into a loose, light purple mage robe. He then went to the large terrace on the third floor, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to enter a state of meditation cultivation.

Minutes later, light purple and gray light dots began to gather around Zong Ze.

These light dots, like fireflies, converged here and there; they are the energy of arcane magic elements.

Meditation is also one of Zong Ze’s daily cultivation practices.

Because his territory is in the mountains and forests, the air is particularly fresh.

Zong Ze has opened two flowerbeds in the courtyard of the city lord’s mansion.

The flowers in them are thriving, blooming beautifully.

They look like red goblets.

The refreshing floral fragrance permeates the entire city lord’s mansion.

The pollen is covered with a layer of sticky nectar.

These flowers certainly do not appear as simple as ordinary ones.

Most likely, they are special plants, and the nectar and fragrance might possess magical effects.

Just like the [Magic Well] and [Moon God Well] in the courtyard of Zong Shen’s castle.

The flowers in the flowerbeds emit a faint red halo under the moonlight.

Every corner of the lord’s mansion has a slight floral fragrance.

Zong Ze quietly meditated with his eyes closed; it is an essential part of his daily practice.

Compared to the busy daytime, he usually practices at night because a mage’s meditation can effectively replace sleep.

As he entered a focused meditative state, from the room behind him, several mage girls in mage robes and graceful cat-eared and rabbit-eared girls walked onto the terrace.

They skillfully took out one light purple arcane magic gemstone after another.

The arcane magic energy inside these gemstones churned like purple-gray mist.

This indicates that the tier of these arcane magic gemstones is at least above the third tier.

They can indeed be considered rare high-level goods.

These mage girls and beast-eared girls surrounded Zong Ze, took out a dozen arcane magic gemstones, and arranged them in a circle beside him.

As Zong Ze’s meditation deepened, the arcane elemental energy within these magic gemstones was also drawn out.

They resembled strands of silk, or gently drifting smoke, hovering and floating into Zong Ze’s body.

Most of these mage girls wore blue robes and were water mages.

Among them, one had her robe’s edge embroidered with golden thread, and a light blue wave badge pinned to her chest.

She looked as calm as water, like a tranquil and gentle lake.

"Virtuous," "gentle," "dignified" best describe her.

She turned out to be a water divine favorer!

Speaking of which, Zong Ze has always been fated with water mage girls.

After arranging the arcane magic stones next to Zong Ze, these mage girls and beast-eared girls quietly left the terrace.

It seems like this isn’t the first time they’ve done this.

The elemental energy within these arcane magic stones gathered very fast.

Judging by this, it could maintain meditation cultivation for five to six hours.

It must be said that using magic stones to aid cultivation is quite a luxurious behavior for Zong Ze.

If he consumes a dozen arcane magic stones each night for meditation cultivation,

then over many years, the number of stones consumed would not be small.

It seems that apart from inheriting the arcane spirit, Zong Ze must have also obtained other things left within the ruins, such as a batch of arcane magic stones for practice!

Otherwise, the source of these arcane magic stones is inexplicable.

After all, Zong Ze isn’t like his brother, who directly emptied a griffin’s nest, taking all the gemstones the griffins had accumulated over decades or even a century, and coincidentally, Zong Shen discovered a natural gem ore vein nearby.

Under normal circumstances, acquiring magic stones is not easy.

Even through the [Market], it is impossible; not only is the cost a large sum, but the quantity is also not high.