Chapter 304: Newborns in [Rhine City], Resonance of the Secret Realm

"Miss Daisy, thank you for your hard work."

Shane nodded and took the space ring handed over by Daisy.

"Humph, it's good to know that I worked hard."

Daisy wiped her sweat and said with a hint of resentment: "You are very comfortable being the hands-off shopkeeper these days. You take the crew out to play every day."

"I, on the other hand, not only want to participate in the auction, but also help you sell those goods..."

Hearing this, Xia En couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that what he did was indeed a bit unkind.

"But, if you are willing to spend one night with my sister, I won't be able to forgive you."

Daisy smiled charmingly and said half-truthfully.

Judging from her appearance and figure, this statement is indeed very tempting and reveals an unspeakable charm.

In the past few days, siblings Xia En and Daisy have gradually become familiar with each other. This hot-bodied woman seems to have grown up and dared to make such dirty jokes with him.

Xia En smiled: "Do you have the courage? Are you really afraid that I will eat you?"

A flash of panic and blush suddenly flashed across Daisy's pretty face.

Obviously, she likes to talk about sex, but in fact she may have almost no actual combat experience.

"Okay, you have the guts to tease me, my sister."

Daisy continued to speak harshly and joked: "I don't care, your crew member is already a little restless, isn't he?"

Xia En also felt the resentful gaze of a certain silver-haired girl coming from behind him, so he stopped joking and said seriously.

"Thank you for your hard work these days. You should have received your share of the merits and gold dragon coins, right?"

"Of course."

Daisy replied: "When did our Moriarty family ever do business at a loss?"

To be honest, until now, Daisy still has a lot of surprise in her heart.

She almost watched Xia En put batch after batch of goods into the warehouse, and it seemed that this was far from Xia En's limit.

If he wasn't worried about investing too many goods at once, which would cause huge price fluctuations, Xia En could come up with more weird products.

Looking at that posture, it really looks like a small [Secret Realm] has been hollowed out!

Not to mention Shane himself, even Daisy, the agent, made a huge profit from this trade.

The combined income from all the businesses she had done in the past was huge this time.

Even their siblings' evaluation among the Moriarty family has been improved as a result.

It can be said that it has benefited a lot.

In fact, Daisy also vaguely guessed that Xia En didn't just loot a [Secret Realm].

Those living creatures can often only survive in special environments.

If the [Secret Realm] was looted, I'm afraid these animals would be dying before they were transported to [Liu Li Island].

However, Daisy didn't have any questions about Xia En's secret thoughts, and she didn't even show them. She just buried this guess deep in her heart.

Just as Xia En said, there are still many opportunities for them to cooperate in the future!

Why ruin their relationship over a little curiosity?

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It didn't take long.

Xia En sent Daisy away and counted the precious materials in the space ring.

Looking at the extraordinary materials in this ring, Xia En felt both love and hate.

Previously, when the first batch of transactions were completed, Xia En became suddenly rich, with total assets reaching 2,000 merit and 8,000 gold dragon coins.

On [Liu Li Island], the purchasing power of meritorious deeds is almost 10 times that of gold dragon coins, which is nearly 30,000 gold dragon coins.

This money is a huge amount of money no matter where you put it.

And this was even when Xia En still had a large amount of unsold goods.

At that time, Xia En couldn't help but sigh.

No wonder so many novels like to write about the theme of traveling between two worlds. It is indeed easy to make a fortune by being a "traitor" between the two worlds!

It's just that Xia En makes money quickly and spends money faster.

[Liu Li Island] is one of the commercial and trade centers of the Federation. As long as you want to buy it, there are almost no goods that you cannot buy.

Of course, the prices of some products will naturally be ridiculously high.

For example, Xia En learned from Daisy that someone actually sold a [Secret Realm] in this auction!

Although it is a dilapidated small [Secret Realm] like the [Blood Moon Secret Realm], selling the [Secret Realm] itself is quite an exaggeration.

This is something that some small places on the Seven Seas simply cannot imagine.

Now, since Xia En has come to [Liu Li Island], he still has a large amount of funds at his disposal, so he must make good use of it.

Therefore, in addition to the list given by Jane, Shane also purchased a batch of rare materials to be used to strengthen the [Diamond Star] and [Black Swan].

Not only that, the equipment and abilities of each crew member also need to be updated.

For example, Joey's staff and robe, props to strengthen An's armor...

The books and crowns of the Church of Storms are used to help Joey feel the authority of the Storm Goddess and gain stronger power.

Skill books of various magic and martial arts - allow crew members to learn new fighting methods and face various situations more flexibly.

The latest steam machinery, the new generation of [Steam Heart] - Feiya is as obsessed with such things as the dragon is with treasures.

Even Xian Ge, who was still sleeping, and Miss Ghost, who usually had no sense of presence, received gifts from Xia En.

A small dragon's nest made of gold.

A [Soul-fixing Pearl] that is said to make the soul body more stable.

Plus the purchase of some furniture in the [Black Swan].

Although each piece does not look particularly expensive, but all added up, it becomes a huge sum that cannot be ignored.

Otherwise, why do people always say that you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are until you manage the household!

Nowadays, even if Xia En is still working hard to make money these days, his total assets have fallen to 300 merits, 1,000 gold dragon coins, and a total of about 4,000 gold dragon coins.

It is even less than his savings when he landed on [Liuli Island].

However, Xia En thinks that this money is worth spending!

At this time, [Black Swan] and [Diamond Star] have started the hull upgrade, but it will take some time to complete the upgrade.

After the upgrade, Xia En’s comprehensive quality will surely soar again!

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Not long after.

After returning to his room, Xia En put one hand on his chest, and a silver light door opened with a thought.

Shane stepped into it, and after a familiar dizziness, he came to the [Rhine Secret Realm].

As soon as he looked up, he saw the [Crimson Ancient Tree] growing more and more vigorously.

Since the tree absorbed the aftermath of Shane's promotion, its growth rate has skyrocketed again.

In just ten days, it has grown ten meters taller!

Not only that, the texture of the [Crimson Ancient Tree] bark has also changed subtly.

From the original plant form, it has become like some special translucent crystal, and you can even see the tissue spreading and entangled like blood vessels through the epidermis.

This seems to be a form that the [Crimson Ancient Tree] in the [Blood Moon Secret Realm] has never had.

For this reason, Shane also went to the [Federal Library] to find Jian to check the information.

Finally, he came up with a guess.

Just like Feiya's bloodline completed the transformation under the effect of [Crimson Realm].

Then, isn't it possible for this [Crimson Ancient Tree] to achieve atavistic evolution?

Under the influence of the power of the [Secret Sea], perhaps one day it can become the original [Crimson Mother Tree], causing blood suppression on most of the vampires.

Of course, the evolution of the [Crimson Ancient Tree] has just begun.

To reach the state that Shane expected, it may take at least decades or even hundreds of years of evolution.

Even so, Shane still has great expectations for this.

In addition to the changes in the [Crimson Ancient Tree], Shane looked far away and saw a gray-white city that was very different from before.

Compared with half a month ago, the changes in [Rhine City] are not small.

It has almost turned from a hollow flower stand into a city that can be lived in.

Of course, there is still a long way to go before it is officially completed, but it can already accommodate residents of two races.

Considering that there may be large races like tree people living in the future, Shane put forward a requirement at the beginning of the planning and design of this city.

That is... it must be big!

The streets must be spacious, and some important buildings must allow tree people to enter and exit.

Anyway, the [Rhine Secret Realm] is vast and sparsely populated, so it is no problem to set aside a large area to build a city.

The only ones who have to work harder are the tree people who carry stones and build the city.

But compared to the life in the [Giant Tree City] before, although such labor is hard, life is more promising.

Unlike under the rule of the [Giant Tree God], living one more day is a day, even if you linger on, you feel that life has no hope.

Moreover, watching a home rise from the ground in your own hands is also a very fulfilling thing for the residents living in [Rhine City].

Perhaps many years later, they can point to this huge city and proudly say to future generations.

"This city was built in our hands!"

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Not long after.

Xia En's arrival attracted the attention of the Yongyue people next to the [Crimson Ancient Tree].

After all, this big tree has been regarded as the sacred tree of [Rhine City], and only very few people are allowed to approach it.

The only one who would suddenly appear under the [Crimson Ancient Tree] is the great and benevolent Son of God, the benefactor of the [Moon Song Clan], and the [Lord of the Rhine]—Lord Xia En!

"Lord of God!"

The first person to rush to Xia En's side was none other than the lively Sha Jingjing.

Her ears stood up high, her furry tail swung so hard that it looked like an afterimage, and she ran over quickly.

If Xia En hadn't stretched out a hand to stop her, Sha Jingjing might have pounced on him like a big dog at home and washed his face with her tongue.

Looking at Sha Jingjing's bright eyes, Xia En's mouth twitched slightly.

How could such a beautiful girl turn into a husky?

But if you think about it carefully, it is true.

When she was in [Sand Island] in the past, Sha Jingjing, as a saint of the tribe, was worried and exhausted every day for hunting and survival.

But now that she has come to [Rhine Secret Realm], the pressure of survival has been greatly reduced, and she doesn't have to make decisions on many things.

Sha Jingjing's life became comfortable, and her repressed nature was liberated, which led to such a big change.

After thinking this through, Xia En understood Sha Jingjing.

However, at this time, Xia En took a closer look and found that her aura had increased significantly, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"You broke through?"

"Yes."

Sha Jingjing said happily: "I was running in the forest yesterday and found that I became stronger again! It must be that the training I have been doing during this period has taken effect."

When saying this, the girl kept staring at Xia En.

The big watery eyes seemed to be saying "Praise me! Praise me!"

Seeing this, Xia En had to reach out and touch Sha Jingjing's head, praising her at the same time.

"Yes, you are great!"

It must be said that the Yongyue clan is indeed gifted.

The path they took was not the conventional secret path, but the rank route of the older era, which is somewhat similar to the promotion of the string song.

Sometimes, it only takes time and strength to accumulate to be promoted, without having to participate in the trial of the promotion ritual.

Sha Jingjing's breakthrough is obviously in this situation.

Now, her combat power has firmly entered the threshold of the fourth level, and she is also a strong person in the [Rhine Secret Realm].

After enjoying Xia En's "pat on the head" reward, Sha Jingjing remembered something and reported excitedly.

"By the way, Lord Shane, the first newborn baby was born in [Rhine City]!"

"Huh? A newborn baby?"

Hearing this, Shane couldn't help but show joy on his face.

The birth of a newborn baby is of great significance to the entire [Secret Realm].

This means that the population of [Secret Realm] has begun to grow gradually.

With a population, there will be more labor force, and more territory can be opened up, so that they can truly gain a foothold in [Rhine Secret Realm].

"Yes, Aunt Martha was pregnant before moving to [Rhine Secret Realm], and she happened to give birth smoothly this morning."

Sha Jingjing continued: "By the way, Aunt Martha has another request."

"What is the request?"

Sha Jingjing hesitated, but still said: "She hopes... Lord Saint Son, can give her child a name."

"In the past, naming newborns was the job of the high priest and the saint."

"But now, you are the master of this [Rhine Secret Realm], and I think no one is more qualified than you to give this first newborn a name."

Sha En quickly understood what Sha Jingjing meant and nodded.

"No problem, take me to Ms. Martha."

Soon, Sha Jingjing brought Shane to a house.

"It's the Holy Son!"

"Martha! The Holy Son is here!"

As Shane came, the nearby Yongyue people showed excitement and awe on their faces - Shane's status in their hearts was so high.

Seeing Shane coming, Martha, who was still lying on the bed, wanted to stand up and salute him immediately.

Shae waved his hand: "Don't be so restrained."

Then, he looked at the baby in Martha's arms and asked softly.

"Is this child a boy or a girl?"

"It's a girl."

"Then, let's call her Index."

When Shane uttered the name, the [Empty Beast Heart Seal] on his chest jumped suddenly.

Then, an invisible wave spread out.

It seemed to be... the resonance of the entire secret realm!