Looking at the other party’s private message, Ren Qi was stunned for a moment.

Thinking of how many times he had rejected the other party, Ren Qi not only shook his head, but also casually added the other party as a friend.

Ren Qi once again asked, “Is this enough?”

The other party’s reply quickly arrived.

[ One kilogram of Tier 3 demonic meat in exchange for 20 kilograms of refined iron ]

Ren Qi was startled. He did not expect the other party to offer twice the amount he had offered.

Could it be that the other party was really a kind-hearted person?

Ren Qi shook his head, then agreed and set a time for the transaction.

Li Tianlan looked at the message on the screen and bit her lip.

Although she had added him as a friend, this guy’s cold and mechanical response still made her very unhappy.

She didn’t know if it was because she was a little angry, but Li Tianlan didn’t ask about anything else. She directly replied with a “Yes” and closed the private chat.

After the transaction was completed, Ren Qi continued to look at the chat group for a while and understood some general information.

After that, Ren Qi went straight to sleep. He needed to rest up now.

Early the next morning, Ren Qi went to the recruitment pool again and began a new recruitment.

This time, the recruits were still two Tier 3 mutated succubi. There were no higher-tier succubi!

However, Ren Qi was very calm. The most important thing for him to do now was to increase the level of the succubi.

As for high-tier succubi, it would naturally be the best to recruit them. Even if he could not recruit them, it would not be a big deal.

Today, they continued to do the same work as before. Elise and Maggie continued to lead a team to hunt monsters in the forest. After they returned, the succubi in the territory would decompose the monster corpses.

After leaving enough demonic meat for his troops, Ren Qi directly traded the rest in the chat group.

It was still in exchange for energy crystals and refined iron.

Now, Ren Qi had accumulated a lot of refined iron to strengthen the defense around the territory, such as the refined iron wall that was being built.

As long as there was enough refined iron, the wall would be able to completely surround the territory and form a solid defense.

Naturally, it was important for the strength of the troops to increase, but the defense of the territory was also important.

After all, it was impossible for the troops to fight without restrictions under the demon wave. They needed to rest, and this was when the defensive power was especially important.

As the amount of demonic meat in the chat group gradually increased, Ren Qi no longer sold it at a high price. Instead, he returned to the standard price.

In addition, he sold a lot of demonic meat. Moreover, the trade was extremely fast. He even managed to wash away his reputation as a profiteer. Many lords hoped to trade with him for a long period of time.

Li Tianyu was one of them.

Almost all of his demonic meat was bought from Ren Qi. Moreover, Ren Qi also received good news from Li Tianyu.

From tomorrow onwards, Li Tianyu would have an additional Tier 5 demonic meat. He could sell it to Ren Qi at a price two tiers below the market price.

This could be considered the return on his previous investment.

However, there was one thing that made it difficult for him to purchase refined iron.

Refined iron was still a scarce item for most lords. Moreover, with the upcoming demon wave, even lords with refined iron would not sell it casually. Instead, they would choose to strengthen their territory’s defenses.

Only Li Tianlan, who had a refined iron mine nearby, could sell it wantonly.

However, Ren Qi felt that Li Tianlan was a little troublesome. After a few short transactions, she would ask all sorts of questions. Ren Qi didn’t want to deal with her anymore.

At night.

The black mist covered the entire sky, making it extremely dark.

The succubus teams led by Elise and Maggie returned one after another.

Today’s harvest was still abundant. A large number of Tier 3 wolf-type monsters’ corpses were piled up in the territory.

The succubi around them were dissecting these monsters back and forth.

At this time, Elise came to Ren Qi’s side and looked at him. She said, “Master, when I was hunting outside today, I felt a strange fluctuation.”

“I found some traps and footprints during the tracking. They should have been left behind by intelligent creatures.”

Ren Qi raised his eyebrows. Intelligent creatures?

This was a novel discovery.

According to previous knowledge, even high-tier monsters with a certain level of intelligence would not make traps.

This kind of intelligent creature made Ren Qi curious.

“Could you sense their ranks?” Ren Qi asked Elise.

After some thought, she said, “I could only sense the fluctuations of a few creatures. Some were Tier 3, some were Tier 4, and one of them was Tier 5.”

“However, I don’t know why the opponent didn’t take the initiative to attack us. Instead, they quickly disappeared after discovering us.”

“As we were in the depths of the forest, the situation there was unknown. I didn’t continue to follow them.”

Ren Qi frowned when he heard that.

“No matter what, we must pay attention to this situation!”

“We must guard the territory’s defense tonight. Be careful of any unforeseen circumstances.”

Although they had only been attacked by the night wind wolves since the territory materialized and there had been no monster attacks since then, Ren Qi was still very careful.

After all, the current situation was unknown, and no one knew what was hidden around them. The dense black mist in the sky made it hard for people to breathe.

Late at night!

Ren Qi did not sleep directly. He came to the castle of the territory and looked at the darkness around him. He frowned slightly.

The surroundings here were very dim. Even if the sunlight shone through the black mist during the day, it would not be very warm, and the night would be even more gloomy.

Moonlight sprinkled down from the sky, as if it could not penetrate the thick black mist. Ren Qi’s vision could not see anything past ten meters in front of the territory.

There were ten succubi in the territory nearby, closely monitoring everything around them.

However, there was no movement until the next day.

The intelligent creatures that Elise had discovered did not attack them.

Could it be that he had guessed wrong?

Ren Qi rubbed the corner of his eyes and finally opened the chat group.

The chat group was now filled with a large amount of trading information. Ren Qi flipped through it, but he did not find any refined iron sales.

There were many defensive items around Ren Qi’s castle that were bought from the Lanhai Exchange, and their defensive strength was very strong.

However, if there was a wall made of refined iron, it would greatly increase the territory’s defensive power.

Li Tianlan had a lot of refined iron in her hands, but Ren Qi did not want to deal with her anymore. She kept asking questions during the trade and wanted to rope him in to join her alliance.

It was so annoying.

However, if he wanted a large amount of refined iron now, he could only look for Li Tianlan.

Just as Ren Qi was thinking about contacting Li Tianlan to continue buying refined iron, a friend request appeared in front of Ren Qi.

[ Big boss 777, I have a large amount of refined iron, and I need a large amount of demonic meat. If possible, please agree to my friend request. ]