The poor Nian Beast was thus trapped in an endless cycle of waking, fainting, waking, and fainting.
Seeing this, Jin Ye couldn't help but feel a chill, genuinely worried he might suffer the same fate someday.
After half an hour, Zhou Yan had still not successfully contracted the Nian Beast. He had already used hundreds of talismans, but unfortunately, none had succeeded.
"Continue or not?" Dark Sky Dragon Claw clenched its great hammer, having gotten addicted to the fight.
But looking at the Nian Beast, its current state was quite dire. One could even see tears welling up in its eyes.
Furthermore, its head was already swollen, covered in various bumps, all thanks to Dark Sky.
Dark Sky: No, it wasn't me. Zhou Yan told me to do it.
Zhou Yan took out another large stack of contract talismans and roared, "I refuse to believe I can't subdue you!" Da Feng Novel Network
"Continue!"
Nian Beast: Someone, please save me!
"Bang!"
After an hour of torment.
The Nian Beast on the ground finally transformed into a beam of light, successfully being taken in by Zhou Yan.
Upon seeing this, Dark Sky was a little surprised and lowered its raised dragon claw.
"Damn it, finally subdued. I thought this Nian Beast was truly impossible to capture," Zhou Yan said as he stored the Nian Beast.
He had no intention of capturing another one; it was too much of a time sink and required tens of thousands of talismans, which was simply not worth it.
"Let's go hunt Nian Beasts," Zhou Yan resumed his hunting spree.
To hunt Nian Beasts, they had to venture further, spending more time on the road.
The Nian Beasts further out were not stronger; they were all below Diamond quality.
After 4 PM, the Nian Beast activity finally concluded.
Zhou Yan asked Dark Sky and Liu Li, "Do you want to return to the territory?"
"Of course, to cultivate," they replied.
Thus, Zhou Yan and his companions quickly flew back to the territory.
Upon returning, Dark Sky and Liu Li took Jin Ye to cultivate.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yan checked his points. It was not bad, just over two hundred and ten million, enough to redeem some decent items.
Opening the redemption list and reviewing the general items and rewards, Zhou Yan noticed that the rewards redeemable for each event point varied.
Furthermore, the point cost for each item was different.
After a brief perusal, Zhou Yan's attention turned to building-type items.
The territory could evolve various buildings, and prioritizing buildings was always the best strategy.
Zhou Yan ignored ordinary buildings or those below S-grade, focusing on special buildings of S-grade or higher.
Then, he considered that in the Lord's World, the most scarce resource was always materials.
Zhou Yan recalled the "Free Material Dungeon" type of building from before and began searching.
That building was indeed excellent. Although it had usage limits, it allowed him to choose various materials freely, making it a highly valuable acquisition in Zhou Yan's opinion.
Regrettably, he couldn't find the exact same building. However, similar buildings existed, though they were all for single types of materials.
This was understandable, as different events would naturally have different exchange rates for various building items.
Zhou Yan found many good material buildings and began to examine them.
The first material building was called the [Cold Iron Vein]. This was an S-grade building, costing only one million points.
Cold iron ore could be used to forge weapons and also possessed an ice attribute, making it excellent for crafting staves or other weaponry.
Since he had ample points, Zhou Yan redeemed ten of these material buildings and then looked at ten SS-grade material buildings.
Among these ten materials, some were needed, and some were not.
One of them was the Swiftstone material, which was excellent for forging or upgrading buildings.
He had a building that required Swiftstone, but this material was obtainable, though not in large quantities for those above six-star.
Each of these ten SS-grade material buildings cost three million points, and Zhou Yan redeemed all of them.
The expenditure of thirty million points was well worth it.
There were only eight SSS-grade material buildings, each costing five million points.
Zhou Yan spent forty million points to redeem them as well.
Zhou Yan continued to look at R-grade material buildings.
The first was an R-grade building called [Spirit Stone Mine]. This was crucial for Zhou Yan, as many buildings in his territory required this for upgrades.
Although this material building only produced one type of spirit stone, the daily output was considerable, making it quite valuable.
Looking at the redemption price, ten million points, Zhou Yan found it acceptable.
He recalled that during the Mid-Autumn Festival event, an R-grade building only cost five hundred thousand points, but here it required ten million, a significant difference.
Of course, points were harder to earn during the Mid-Autumn Festival event. The Nian Beast event, however, was relatively easy to hunt with more people, and higher-level Nian Beasts yielded substantial points upon defeat.
With this, his points were reduced to ninety million, leaving him with one hundred and ten million.
There were two more R-grade buildings: [Jade Mine] and [Gem Sanctuary].
However, Zhou Yan did not rush to redeem them, instead focusing on the highest-grade material.
That building was called [Spirit Vein Land].
Zhou Yan was astonished upon seeing this building. This spirit vein was exactly what his [Territory Heart 0 Building] required.
He had previously gone to great lengths to find a spirit vein, even expending considerable resources to trade for one at the [Great Wilderness Trading Market].
The other party would not have sold it to him if not for his vast wealth.
He was determined to redeem it this time. With this building, his [Territory Heart] would no longer be troubled by a lack of spirit veins.
Looking at the price, one hundred million points per building.
Despite being expensive, this building had to be redeemed.
Zhou Yan decided to spend one hundred million points on this building.
With the remaining over ten million points, Zhou Yan redeemed the [Jade Mine], bringing his point expenditure close to completion. The few remaining points were no longer of great interest to him.
After completing the redemption, Zhou Yan prepared to start constructing these buildings.
With so many new buildings, Zhou Yan realized he might be short on miners again and would likely need to summon more once these buildings were completed.