Why is my territory in a 2D anime art style?

Chapter 101 Amazing Harvest and a Belated Transformation

"I reckon this money might not be enough. You tow the ice crystal back, and I'll have Erhu, Fang Si, and Hu Zi drive all three cars back with your convoy. Their cars will count as your sales, and you can just give them your share of the profits."

"Do you think this will work?"

"Sure!"

Wang Zhen nodded and said with a smile, "Just like when I was teaching the erhu, the profit sharing and salary will come from the commission of the trading company, and the rest will be handed over to the trading company. After all, it is under the name of Ping An Trading Company, so this is the rule. If anyone attacks, the trading company will also be responsible for pursuing and eliminating them."

He took the list and glanced at it. Apart from the materials for the wall, what was left were scattered core building materials, a large amount of living supplies, and even a lot of fire-starting and heating appliances.

Pointing to the large amount of food and heating equipment on the list, Wang Zhen asked curiously, "Are there any special requirements for these materials?"

"Erhu and Fang Si said that the cracks have been opening frequently recently, and the temperature has dropped sharply, which may be a sign of an ice fog tide, so I'm stocking up on extra food just in case."

"The temperature has indeed dropped significantly recently, after all, it's almost November."

Wang Zhen nodded. It's never a bad thing to prepare in advance. He carefully put away the list, folded it up, and stuffed it into his underwear lining.

"Let me see what you've gained."

Wang Zhen began directing people to weigh the pile of level 3 ice crystal giants, while Sui An had the three people from the territory drive the car over.

Fang Si asked in surprise, "These dividends and transportation fees are for us?"

"Yeah, you bought the car, but you're not giving it to me? Are you going to give it to me?" Sui An asked, somewhat puzzled. The logic was simple, wasn't it?

Fang Si quickly waved her hand: "That's not what I meant. I was referring to our transportation fee. Didn't you already pay the wages?"

"You think you have too much money?"

Sui An's words stunned Fang Si. Fortunately, Sui An didn't explain further. To be honest, the stability of the territory was the most important thing right now.

He has plenty of time to make money, so he doesn't need to worry about such a small wage cost.

A successful older brother had already told him that raising wages and providing more benefits is the culture that companies should truly promote.

The crowd busied themselves, and Wang Zhen led Sui An's erhu to a corner.

"Tomorrow is the agreed time to go to the secret realm again. What does the person in your territory say?"

Sui An was taken aback by the question, but quickly recovered: "Don't let him know yet. Either you sneak over, or you go straight in without going through my territory."

Erhu frowned: "Won't it be difficult for him not to notice anything amiss?"

Sui An shook his head: "He's only been here a few days, so it's hard to say I know him too well. I think even if he knows something's wrong, as long as his sister is still in my territory, he won't take the initiative to find out."

"If you really have any doubts, just say there's a mine there that we discovered. As long as we don't mention the secret realm, it's not worth his betrayal. We're not the only ones with mines near our territory."

Erhu paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that what Sui An said seemed to make some sense.

Wang Zhen, however, fell into deep thought and replied after a long while: "Then it's better to be open and honest. The more furtive we are, the more suspicious he will become."

"Sui An is right. It's just a crystal mine, not worth his attention. After all, the mine is near your territory. He knows the attack range of your totem and can probably reach the vicinity of the secret realm. If someone else wants to take it, they'll have to ask you for permission first."

"Then it's settled!"

"Okay~"

It took a lot of people a long time to fill all four trucks. Sui An and Fang Si's trucks were small transport vehicles, and they only loaded 5 tons before they stopped.

Erhu and Wang Zhen's vehicles are both medium-sized transport vehicles, which can normally carry about 10 tons of cargo. This time, they each loaded 10 tons, and didn't load any more, since they couldn't possibly unload everything in one trip anyway.

Even the pile of level three ice crystal giants was only barely half full. To move all of them, it would take at least three or four trips.

After all, there were 510 level 3 ice crystal giants, all of them damaged, averaging 400 jin each, with a total weight of about 76 tons.

"This stuff isn't very common, so the demand isn't that high. The price of the material fluctuates a lot. Last time, the merchant's purchase price for an adult level 3 Ice Crystal Giant was forty Originium per ton. Since your quantity is large, the purchase price might be a bit lower. If we calculate it at thirty Originium per ton, you should still be able to sell it for 1100 Originium."

As usual, Wang Zhen wrote out a list and tossed it to Sui An: "As for these elemental cores, I estimate they're worth around 1800. Even if you add them together and deduct the commission, it might still be a little short. I'll cover the difference for you later."

Sui An reached out and took it, glancing at it briefly: "Sure, if it's not enough, you can help me out. It shouldn't be too bad."

He turned his gaze to Wang Hu and the other two: "The three of you can go home for a visit. There's no rush to come back today. It might be safer to come back with the convoy tomorrow."

Erhu nodded: "Sure, I'll go back for a bit anyway."

Fang Si glanced at Fang Nian beside her and said softly, "You stay here for the night. I'll go back and let my parents know. Everything will be fine."

"Okay~" Fang Nian nodded gently, though it was clear she was still a little nervous.

Fang Si reached out and gently touched his sister's hair. From their brief interaction over the past two days, he had come to understand Sui An somewhat.

He was just a young man who liked to have fun, and he didn't engage in any scheming or backstabbing. Even though he knew that the He family had offered a bounty for the attack, he still didn't do anything rash.

It's much easier than the He family's territory. He's not too worried about his sister being in any danger here.

"Yesterday, the 30 tons of level 3 ice crystals sold for 1200 Originium, and the elemental cores sold for 1837. After the commission, it was 2125. I spent 2650 on materials, so just give me 524 back."

Wang Zhen and his group parked a truckload of materials in front of Sui An's house, and also brought a large bag of level-two source stones.

Sui An took out a level 3 source stone and exchanged it with Wang Zhen for a level 2 one. He then put away all the materials, while Hu Zi and the others carried the daily necessities into the yard.

Seeing that Sui An had finished his work, Aunt Zhao pulled him aside and said, "Xiao An, the Cui Mingming you asked me to find last time refused."

"He refused?" Sui An was a little puzzled. How could a level three alchemist like him refuse an opportunity to improve his skill comprehension?

"Was there any reason given?"

Zhao Feng replied softly, "He said he didn't want to pledge allegiance to any territory, he just wanted to open a shop in Jiangcheng and live a peaceful life—"

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"What a simple idea!"

Sui An sighed helplessly; there's no good way to force things that can't be forced.

Alchemists can only reduce the commission charged by the trading company and conveniently process the raw ores mined in the secret realms.

There's really no difference in the early stages if you don't have your own alchemist.

"Fine, if he doesn't want to, then forget it. But he won't gossip about the alchemy workshop, will he?"

"No, he's even more averse to trouble than you are. Wouldn't telling him just be asking for trouble?"

Although Zhao Feng disliked Cui Mingming somewhat, she still trusted his word.

Sui An thanked her and said, "Thank you, Aunt Zhao. That's settled then. I won't be involved with alchemy for a while. I'll consider it again after I reach the intermediate level."

Zhao Feng nodded, not caring about any of that, and the two returned to the vicinity of the car.

"Alright, you guys go ahead and get busy. Just park your cars a little further away, so I don't end up putting a fence around them later."

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"Okay, Tiger, take us there." Wang Zhen nodded and drove the car to the side.

Fang Si stood aside and watched as Wang Hu and the others got into the car and drove towards the river.

He originally thought Wang Zhen was just taking a day off, but seeing them pulling the pickaxes, he felt something was off.

Soon, the car stopped not far away, and then Wang Hu drove it back by himself.

"Has a mineral deposit been discovered near our territory?"

He was very perceptive and quickly understood the purpose of the group. He just noticed why they didn't hire more people to mine the minerals, but instead sent three level-four professionals together.

Is it because there are other dangers associated with the minerals there?

"Phew~ Stop it!"

Fang Si forced himself to stop thinking. For him now, exploring this territory too much was not a good thing.

Instead of letting her mind wander, she pulled her sister straight back into the cabin.

Sui watched Fang Si's departing figure quietly, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Fang Si had shown any intention of investigating further, Aunt Zhao and the others might have gone to great lengths to kill her.

The three of them were not like themselves, especially Aunt Zhao. After so many years of hunting, if Fang Si showed any sign of trouble, she would definitely find a way to kill him.

"Never mind all that, it's time to expand our territory!"

Sui An stood on the open ground and summoned his territory building module. What he needed to do now was to dismantle the existing 19 sections of gray steel rock structure wall and then reconnect these dismantled parts with newly built walls.

They even added a new building, based on the architectural drawings that came out yesterday, along with materials that Wang Zhen bought.

[Building Name]: Precision Cast Black Iron Components [Building Type]: Composite Component Building [Building Level]: Level 1 (can be upgraded to Level 2)

【Building Quality】：Green 【Building Effect】：The basic components are made of precision cast black iron, including templates for three types of shapes: doors, windows, and railings, totaling twenty-one basic shapes. They can be connected to any wall and their length and width can be adjusted appropriately, but the longest direction of a single component cannot exceed 6 meters.

【额外消耗】：无【製造需求】：精铸黑铁核心（0/1）、基础源质材料（0/10）、1级源石（0/4）

【升级需求】：精铸黑铁核心（0/1）、基础源质材料（0/10）、2级源石（0/4）、

Territory Core Level (Iv2)

This is the fourth blueprint Sui An has obtained. To say he's too lucky wouldn't be an exaggeration, considering he's already gotten about ten green loot items.

He dismantled the wall section by section, scattering it around the level 2 territory according to the predetermined locations. Then, he filled in three new walls between every two sections of the old wall, adjusting the curvature of the new walls to fit the old walls.

A brand new wall was quickly rebuilt, and the original gate components were replaced with a double-leaf iron gate, thus completing the entire wall.

"Including the upgrades, it cost a total of 114 Gray Steel Rock Cores, 228 Level 1 Originium, 228 Level 2 Originium, and 1140 Basic Originium Materials. That's really expensive!"

At this moment, a huge gap appeared around the wooden house.

"Fang Si, Fang Nian, come out of the house, I need to adjust the wooden house~"

Upon hearing Sui An's shouts, the two ran out and stood near him, only to discover that the surrounding wall had been expanded.

Sui An rearranged the surrounding watchtowers and elemental statues near the new wall, and then added five small wooden houses, arranged in two rows back to back.

The cabin is the initial white building. At the moment, Sui An doesn't have the spare money to buy the blueprints for a luxurious house, so he'll just live here for now.

After a few more cracks, he will have more money to upgrade the quality.

Besides the wooden house, Sui An also has a new building that he hasn't had the space to build before.

Sugar Alchemy Workshop

Sui An placed it on the north side of the territory. It was a 5*5*4 square building with blue paint on the walls, covered with white stripes, and the edges of the walls were soft.

The front features a double wooden door, with a window decorated with frosted glass on one side, and a gray tiled roof above, without any other structures.

The overall design is simple and gentle, quite different from the more modern buildings and palaces in Jiangcheng.

"This is the alchemy workshop. No wonder it consumes an unusual 30 units of basic materials."

Sui An walked over curiously, and Fang Si and Fang Nian followed silently behind, clearly also curious.

Pushing open the wooden door, a row of red wooden shelves leaned against the wall, while in the very center of the room stood a silver worktable more than three meters long, though there were no tools on it.

On the east wall, there are shelves of the same color, only in slightly different sizes.

On the west side, there seems to be a group of pools, but I don't know what they are used for.

The entire floor was paved with stone tiles, which were slightly smooth. There were three ordinary wooden chairs on the floor, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about it.

"this one?"

Although compared to my own log cabin, the tools and decorations here are far superior.

But Sui An was still somewhat disappointed. He had never seen the alchemy workshops in Jiangcheng, nor had he ever seen how alchemists worked. So seeing the simple workshop in front of him was a bit of a letdown.

He turned around and immediately saw a light screen displayed on the wall on one side of the door, just like his territory panel.

"Lighting adjustment, temperature adjustment, soundproofing adjustment, cleaning service—wow, this is even better than my current place! Maybe I should just use it as my bedroom!"

"Huh? Why is the mode switch off?"

"The pattern—you don't mean the several patterns that emerged after enlightenment, do you?"

Sui An muttered to himself, unaware that a delicate figure had quietly peeked in through the doorway, peeking around.

Just as Sui An was trying out the functions one by one, intense energy fluctuations came from his side.

"What's going on? What did I click on?"

Just as Sui An thought he had unlocked some special function, he noticed a swaying figure walking in through the doorway.

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"Awakening of Professionals?"