Driven out of my home in the apocalypse, I built a fortress in return.

Chapter 331 We can be friends too!

after an hour.

"Hiccup~ This restaurant is really expensive! But... it's definitely worth the name!"

Batu and his two companions patted their round bellies as they slowly walked out of the food court.

The three of them remarked that eating at the food court was too expensive, but they also felt it was worth every penny.

After all, the three of them were extremely powerful and had eaten a lot of delicious food.

I have never seen so many delicacies before, each one is exquisite and no force can match them.

"I'm becoming more and more interested in this Lord of Dragon City!" Batu said, looking towards the inner city.

"The three of you, the city lord invites you." At this moment, the three beast-eared girls appeared again to extend the invitation.

A crystal beast also accompanies them on one side, serving both as a guard and to prevent Batu and his companions from launching a sneak attack.

"Let's go!" Batu naturally didn't hesitate when he finally got to meet the Lord of Dragon City.

They immediately followed the rabbit-eared girl and entered the inner city.

Upon seeing everything in the inner city, Batu and his companions stared wide-eyed.

"No wonder they can sell their delicious food; they have a huge planting area!"

"If they can grow so many vegetables, they must have plenty of water!"

"Also, did you notice? There are several extremely terrifying auras here."

The city of ruins lives deep in the desert, so it's easy to imagine that it's extremely short of water.

If it weren't for the fact that several super strong individuals, such as the formation master and the Snow Night City Lord, all had the means to store water.

Everyone in the city of ruins will die of thirst.

With such a large plantation, Kelongcheng must have no shortage of water.

"Sniff~ What's that smell? It smells so good!"

Batu and his two companions followed the beast-eared girls, sighing with admiration.

Suddenly, Batu sniffed and stared intently at the city lord's mansion.

"Oh, this is our city lord, who has invented another new delicacy." The rabbit-eared girl shrugged, looking very casual.

She was also attracted when she entered the city lord's mansion.

Only after asking did I learn that the sorghum, as the city lord had mentioned, had ripened.

Right now, the city lord is distilling spirits.

The rich aroma spread hundreds of meters away in an instant.

Batu couldn't help but drool when he smelled it.

Even the little ones in the nearby teaching building were sniffing hard.

They wished they could skip class and rush to the city lord's mansion to watch.

After all... the aroma of sorghum distillation is so rich and intoxicating.

"Has the city lord invented another new delicacy?" Batu asked tentatively, puzzled. "Could it be that your city lord has invented many other delicacies?"

"Hmph!" The cat-eared girl beside her smugly snorted and said, "The food in the Gourmet Pavilion was basically invented by the City Lord."

"Your city lord... is too amazing!" Batu's expression changed slightly, and he exclaimed in shock.

He was extremely shocked that the exquisite delicacies in the gourmet restaurant were all invented by the Lord of Dragon City.

But what's even more shocking is that a city lord, who does nothing all day, invents delicious food.

It's important to know that the five city lords of the City of Ruins are all very busy.

I simply don't have any spare time to do these trivial things.

The fact that Dragon City appears so powerful can only mean one thing: even if the Dragon City Lord does nothing all day but study food, his control over Dragon City remains unaffected.

This is what makes the Dragon City Lord so remarkable; he lives a carefree and happy life unlike any other city lord.

"You bumpkin!" Seeing Batu's reaction, the cat-eared girl's lips curled into a smug smile.

There was one more thing she didn't say: all the good things in Longcheng were invented by Xiao Yu.

I reckon saying that would scare that greasy fat man to death.

A moment later, Batu and his two companions finally arrived at the city lord's mansion and met Xiao Yu.

"The city lord is so young? How is that possible?" Batu's eyes widened in disbelief the moment he saw Xiao Yu.

The moment I saw Xiao Yu.

He was certain that the opponent's strength was no weaker than that of the Snow Night City Lord at his peak.

However, the Lord of Xueye City was only in his forties or fifties when he reached the ninth rank.

Xiao Yu's age doesn't look like he's in his early twenties at all.

"You come from the City of Ruins? What brings you here?" Xiao Yu asked bluntly.

"Respected Lord of Dragon City!" Although he was a powerful eighth-level expert, Batu still felt somewhat intimidated when facing Xiao Yu, so he stood up and bowed slightly.

The tall, thin man with bald eyes and the burly, strong man Pang Bo were both very reserved.

What else did they say before...?

The Lord of Dragon City is just a nobody; Lord Batu can suppress him with a flick of his hand!

But now, the two of them have long forgotten what they said.

"We heard that Xue Donglai bought some miraculous healing medicine from you. We'd like to ask, what is your relationship with Xue Donglai? And why are you helping him?" Batu asked tentatively.

He decided to first find out what the relationship was between Xue Donglai and Xiao Yu before acting accordingly.

"I guess we're friends," Xiao Yu said with a shrug and a smile.

"Friends?" Upon hearing this, Batu's expression changed slightly.

The tall, thin man with bald eyes and the burly, strong man became even more wary.

"Hehe! No need to be so nervous!" Xiao Yu laughed heartily.

His senses were incredibly sharp; he instantly noticed the change in the three people's expressions and laughed heartily.

There's something off about how Batu addresses Xue Donglai.

The three rabbit-eared girls had previously reported that they were definitely not sent by Xue Donglai.

It seems something has happened in the City of Ruins? Is it a power struggle?

Previously, Xue Donglai had not told Xiao Yu about the changes in the City of Ruins.

However, Xiao Yu had watched countless palace dramas in his previous life, so he could guess some of them.

If the leader of a powerful force is no longer in power, can the people below remain calm and obedient?

"Lord of Dragon City, you must have guessed what it is, so I won't beat around the bush."

If Xue Donglai can be your friend, so can we brothers.

Batu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He was genuinely afraid that Xiao Yu would suddenly make a move to capture him and use him to help Xue Donglai, but now he was in a difficult position and could only bite the bullet and say...

"Now that the Lord of Snow Night City is old and his old injuries have flared up, he probably won't live much longer. My brother, on the other hand, is the Lord of the East City, Sotun, who is in his prime and will break through to the ninth rank sooner or later."

Everyone supports his taking charge of the City of Ruins.

If Longcheng doesn't get involved, we can grant you some reasonable requests.

Furthermore... my brother is only going to take up residence in the main city; he won't harm the Xue family members.

Batu believes that Longcheng is likely an outside helper brought in by Xue Donglai.

Even if Dragon City's healing medicine can't cure Lord Snow Night.

However, with the help of the Dragon City Lord, the Xue family was able to continue to hold their position in the main city.

After all, his older brother, Sotun, is not yet a ninth-ranked individual and should be no match for the Dragon City Lord.

The only thing he can do now is to emulate the strategists of ancient times and persuade the allies Xue Donglai invited. Even if he can't bring them to his side, he can at least prevent them from helping Xue Ye.

The promise not to move the Snow Night City Lord's family was also to put Xiao Yu at ease.

"I can promise that as long as you become my friends, I will not help Xue Donglai!" To Batu's surprise, Xiao Yu only pondered for a moment before nodding and saying this.

"Really? Thank you so much!" Upon hearing this, Batu was immediately excited and stood up again to ask, "What are the conditions, Lord of Dragon City? As long as they're not too unreasonable, we can agree to them."

The current Dragon City is like a powerful third force during a war between several kingdoms in ancient times.

Regardless of which side the Dragon City Gang is on, they will rise instantly and easily turn defeat into victory.

Therefore, Batu was mentally prepared that the Lord of Longcheng would definitely ask for an exorbitant amount.

"It's very simple. Purchase goods worth 500 million energy stones in my Dragon City, and you can become my friend!"

"That's it?" Batu's eyes widened immediately.

The eyes of the tall, thin man with bald eyes bulged even more, in disbelief.

"This is it! Do you agree?" Xiao Yu asked in a kind tone.

"We agree! Of course we agree! Even if the Lord of Dragon City hadn't said anything, we would still want to trade with Dragon City!" Batu assured Xiao Yu repeatedly upon hearing his confirmation.

With so many delicious foods in Longcheng, he also wanted to trade more with Longcheng.

They might even fund the construction of a teleportation array in Dragon City in the future.

In this way, we can have a long-term partnership with Longcheng and conduct regular transactions.

“Since the Lord of Dragon City wants to trade with us, I will return to the City of Ruins now.” After the two sides reached an agreement on the core issues, Batu cupped his hands and said that he wanted to return to the City of Ruins first.

Five million energy stones is not a small sum for Dongcheng.

After all, the biannual auction is just a month away.

Sotun, the older brother, did prepare some energy stones, but they were all for buying things at the auction.

If you ask Sotun to buy goods worth 500 million from Dragon City, he might not agree.

So Batu still needs to think about how to convince his brother to spend the money.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need your help with," Xiao Yu said again.

"Um...please speak!" Batu and the other two felt a sudden tightness in their chests again.

"Since we're all friends now, could you please give me directions to the outer city?" Xiao Yu shrugged and pointed towards the outer city with a smile.

“This…” Batu’s eyes widened upon hearing this.

He then realized that Dragon City had no idea how to get to the City of Ruins.

If I hadn't come to Dragon City, I might never have found the City of Ruins.

However, caravans frequently travel to and from the city of ruins and trade with it.

Even if I don't come, Longcheng can probably find me if he wants to.