After Bamogo hastily left, his subordinates also boarded the only horse-drawn carriage at the front and headed west, taking five prisoner carts with them.

Zong Shen smiled as he watched them leave, having earned 33,970 dinars from this slave merchant and acquired three decent talents.

He carefully put away those dinars and strolled leisurely through his territory with his hands behind his back.

He found Marie in the territory's farmland, her pant legs rolled up, showing great interest as she weeded the field with Erya and Xiaoping, two peasant women.

The crops in the field had grown robustly after a series of growth boosts and the meticulous care of the two peasant women, lush and full of vitality.

Every now and then, a green grasshopper could be seen leaping up and gliding briefly in the vegetable field and wheat field. Without pesticides, manual weeding and insect catching were needed daily.

Just after Zong Shen asked Marie to call for people, she never returned, and it turned out she had come here to farm.

Zong Shen stood by the farmland, watching the crops grow day by day, bringing a strange sense of accomplishment.

From nothing to something, from something to excellence, watching the crops grow robustly was like seeing the constantly developing territory itself.

"Hey, Master, you're here?"

Marie suddenly sensed something. She stood up and turned around, seeing Zong Shen.

"You, I asked you to call people, and you ended up farming here."

Zong Shen said with a smile, having just received a lot of benefits, his mood was quite good.

Marie's face immediately showed a hint of embarrassment.

"Sorry, Master..."

"I just felt uncomfortable seeing those slaves..."

"So I didn't go over."

Zong Shen nodded understandingly; he could roughly understand Marie.

Although Marie was an indigenous person of this world, her capacity for acceptance was not as strong as Zong Shen's.

Having lived in Sitanos Village since childhood, under the shelter of Master Mars, coming to Zong Shen's territory was already the farthest place she had been to.

"By the way, Marie."

"Later, you and Korby take the few newcomers that just joined and show them around the territory."

"Oh yes, that newcomer named Alanna will temporarily act as your deputy, guide her more."

"Pay close attention to the other two slaves; they have a strong intention to escape."

Marie nodded seriously in response.

"Rest assured, Master, Marie remembered."

After giving her a few instructions, Zong Shen turned and walked towards the [Magic Hall].

It had become almost the resting place for the mages. Even newcomers Doris and Pax, after touring the territory with Favide, chose to meditate and practice in the [Magic Hall].

Zong Shen went to the Magic Hall this time to find Tasuya. He quietly checked each Meditation Room and soon found Tasuya.

Tasuya sat cross-legged, eyes closed, with the [Spider Queen's Scepter] laid across her lap. Threads of black necromancy magic energy descended from the sky, gradually merging into her celestial spirit.

Slowly strengthening her power, engrossed in the state of meditation, Tasuya was very focused, and Zong Shen didn't want to disturb her. He shook his wrist, took out four [Intermediate Skill Experience Books], placed them beside her, and then tiptoed out of the Meditation Room.

For mages, meditation is not only a form of cultivation but also a good way of resting.

Zong Shen left the [Magic Hall], about to ride Pigsy to the frontline when his vision suddenly brightened, and a white light rapidly occupied his entire view, the surrounding space and time once again came to a halt.

Pigsy beneath him remained in its stride, while a sharp arrow from a nearby arrow tower had just been shot, now frozen mid-air.

It turned out that after a series of endeavors, it was now already noon.

This marked the halfway point of the Burrow Challenge, leaving exactly two days until its end at noon the day after tomorrow.

Zong Shen had previously experienced two occurrences of time stop; the first was during the rule adjustment at the end of the newbie stage, and the second was three days ago for the temporary points exchange initiation.

He vaguely felt it was related to points exchange again.

Sure enough, after his vision restored, lines of text began to appear.

[120 hours since Burrow Challenge started, temporary initiation of the second points exchange mall]

[This exchange will open more types of items]

[The next exchange will occur after the challenge ends, so choose your rewards carefully this time]

[Duration: 1 hour]

[After the announcement ends, all lords will be given a 20-minute exclusive time stop for exchanges]

[Remember, in this world, every effort will be rewarded]

The text wasn't long and was quickly read. As Zong Shen anticipated, it was another initiation of the points exchange.

However, this time, both the exchange duration and the time stop were doubled compared to last time, indicating more exchangeable good items in the exchange mall this time.

The light screen slowly disappeared, replaced by a twenty-minute time stop countdown.

With the experience from last time, Zong Shen adeptly summoned the [Burrow Points] option in his mind. After a night and a morning, his Burrow Points reached 54,729 points, averaging around eighteen thousand points of income per day for these three days.

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