[Whisper of the Sand Spirit (Special)] was quite a valuable treasure.
Its desert-environment bonuses alone would be of great help to Zong Shen. If he ventured into the desert in the future, it would undoubtedly spare him a great deal of trouble.
As for the friendship of the Sand Spirit Clan?
Could that thing be eaten as food?
Even taking a step back.
Even if he did not hand over [Whisper of the Sand Spirit (Special)], he could still pretend nothing had happened and try to earn the Sand Spirit Clan's friendship.
There was never just one path to gaining the friendship of such a clan.
There were often several alternative options.
They could also be understood as strategy plans.
In fact, the Lord System gave lords opportunities to win over the native inhabitants.
Lords who managed to build good relationships with the natives could usually gain considerable benefits.
They could even naturally leverage their influence.
Thus, building good relations with native factions was also a viable path for ordinary lords.
But for Zong Shen, there was currently no need at all for him to curry favor with some native faction.
Unless it was a kingdom-level faction.
As for some tiny clan, it was not worth mentioning.
When the time came that he needed to build good relations, he could have the Strategy Module provide other ways to improve their favorability.
So there was no way he would stupidly hand the item over.
The information indicated by the strategy note could only serve as a reference.
He put away [Whisper of the Sand Spirit (Special)].
Now it was time to inspect the [Unknown]-grade items.
Most [Unknown] items came from the Different Dimension.
That was the greatest difference between them and [Special] items.
But regardless, as long as they had practical