Chapter 161: The Noble’s Son Blocked Outside the Village

“Huaxia Announcement~ Congratulations to Huaxia player ‘Daydreaming’ for reaching 2,000 Prestige Value points. Your Noble Rank has been promoted to become the very first Second-Class Baron in the Huaxia Region. As a special reward, your Lord’s Manor is upgraded to a Second-Class Baron’s Manor, you receive 30 gold, a random A-Rank Lord Talent Card, and one Territory Building Copy Card.”

The 950-point increase in Prestige Value directly pushed Mo Xiaobai’s Prestige from 1,050 up to 2,000, exactly hitting the limit for a “Second-Class Baron.”

At the same time, the Fame of Daming Village also rose by 95 points, reaching 340.

“Upgrading to a Small Town Level 1 territory requires 1,000 points of Prestige, which is only the condition for attaining a noble rank. Fame needs to be at 300. I was short by 55 points of Fame before, but now the Fame value has met the requirement as well.”

“With the Prestige and Fame values meeting the requirements and the upgrade resources being easy to find, all upgradeable Territory Buildings have already been raised to Village Level 3. The only remaining problems are the population and the Town Instance Quest. The population of Daming Village is now close to 4,000. Even relying solely on refreshing, the population will be full by the end of the month at the latest. The truly difficult part is the Town Instance Quest that must be cleared after the upgrade.”

“There are countless Town Instances across various Planes. Even I am not familiar with all of them. Randomly drawing an Instance is not very easy.”

After accepting the rewards given by the Prefecture Shepherd, Mo Xiaobai habitually went off into thought, pondering the next upgrade plan for Daming Village in his mind.

However, while Mo Xiaobai was not very concerned about the promotion of his Noble Rank to Second-Class Baron, it did not mean that other Huaxia players did not care. At this moment, the chat content in at least several Dynasty channels within the Huaxia Region had changed due to this announcement.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!”

“The Great God has leveled up again!”

“How does the Great God earn Prestige? My goodness, I haven’t even reached 200.”

“Although I am envious and resentful, I still must congratulate the Great God. He leads the Plane’s noble ranks again. Hmm, currently, the Plane seems to only have the Great God as a player with a noble rank.”

“I want to attain a noble rank too, I want rewards too.”

“Roommate, wake up. Don’t be Daydreaming. Wait, something seems a bit off.”

Mo Xiaobai never paid attention to the flood of messages on the player channels. It was only after he left the Prefectural Governor’s Residence holding the brocade box that he realized his communication device had rung several times just now.

Opening it up, he saw it was all short messages from friends.

I Love Eating Perch: “Bro, you are awesome! Which announcement is this?”

Shangshan Ruoshui: “Old Boss is amazing. Congratulations on the promotion of your noble rank.”

Bai Hualin: “The Great God is on TV again. It’s really hard to steal your spotlight. Congratulations, congratulations.”

Du Diao Han Jiang: “Congratulations to my son on his second noble rank promotion. I won’t go to your place for now. You must keep working hard.”

Four-Three-Two-One: “Congratulations to the Great God. You are leading everyone else by a huge margin again.”

Almost all contacts in the friend list had sent congratulations. Even Four-Three-Two-One, who had not contacted anyone since the Instance ended, had sent a short message.

Mo Xiaobai opened and replied to each one individually. After fiddling with the Player Communication device for a while, he left with Li Guang.

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“My Lord, those people following at the back of our caravan have not left yet.”

When Mo Xiaobai was riding hard to return, on the mountain road connecting Juancheng to Daming Village, a merchant caravan of more than twenty people was slowly moving eastward.

Fatty Cheng, riding a Yellow-Maned Horse, waved his hand without looking back upon hearing his servant speak: “It’s fine. Let them follow us. We will go our own way.”

Since there were people tailing him, Fatty Cheng certainly knew it.

However, even knowing this, he could not do anything about those people because anyone picked from the carriages following him could crush him, a small pharmacist from Juancheng.

Wei Family, Cai Family, Cui Family, Wang Family… were they not famous noble families of the Great Han Dynasty?

Let them follow if they like.

Cheng Qian had no way to stop this either. He knew these Noble Families would definitely keep an eye on him, so after the auction ended earlier, he did not go straight to Daming Village.

However, Fatty Cheng had apparently underestimated the persistence of these noble sons. He waited for several days before setting off, but he had not even left the city when a group of tailers caught up behind him.

Fatty was also helpless, so he could only lead this group of tails on toward Daming Village. Cheng Qian also knew that since he left home, he could not turn back.

Now, even if he wanted to turn back, the group behind him would force him to continue forward.

Walking, stopping, and wandering like this for five or six days, even though Fatty was not in a hurry to travel, he finally saw the shadow of Daming Village and the Shipyard built outside the village.

No need to guess, the Shipyard must also belong to Daming Village.

“This Daming Village, every time I come, it looks like a completely different place.”

Fatty sighed in his heart. His Cheng Ji Pharmacy had been operating for so many years, and it had only grown from a small shop into a major pharmacist in Juancheng.

But how long had it been since Mo Xiaobai’s Daming Village existed from nothing to something?

In terms of managing a territory, Fatty could not but admit defeat.

“Boss Cheng, looking for our My Lord again?”

Fatty was already a regular visitor who had come several times. The Village Soldier guarding the village gate asked him with a smile and opened the Village Gate for him.

It looked like the Village Soldier was letting him into the village, but in reality, Fatty could enter Daming Village only because Mo Xiaobai had given him free access permission.

“Is your My Lord inside?”

“Sorry, how could we little soldiers know about My Lord’s whereabouts? Boss Cheng, please ask Mr. Guo Yuan. Please come with me.”

“Okay, I will go see Mr. Zini myself.”

Cheng Qian had met Guo Yuan once before when he came to get the Lingzhi Wine. Now, he led the caravan into the village, preparing to deliver the profits from the Lingzhi Wine to Mo Xiaobai.

However, while Fatty smoothly entered Daming Village, the carriages following behind him were not so lucky. Before they could even approach the stone wall at the valley entrance of Daming Village, they were stopped by Rattan Armor Soldiers outside the village.

“Where do you come from? Why are you taking this path?”

A Rattan Armor Soldier, who had been appointed Centurion by Li Guang, scanned the carriages in front of him and immediately drew his weapon: “This is the territory of my My Lord. You dare not trespass without permission. Please return the way you came.”

When was the last time noble sons from the carriages were blocked by common soldiers? The carriage in the front immediately spoke with a tone of dissatisfaction: “Go announce to your My Lord that the Wang Family is visiting. Please have him come out to receive us.”

“Sorry, my My Lord has not been informed that any guests will be visiting. You should return now.”

The Rattan Armor Centurion had originally been ordered to guard the Shipyard and stop any outsiders from approaching. Now that so many “outsiders” had arrived, he had no reason not to execute the military orders of Li Ji and Li Guang.

After speaking, he waved his right hand, and 50 Rattan Armor Soldiers immediately surrounded all the carriages in a circle.

“Rude!”

“How dare a mere country Lord use violence against us?”

Seeing that his words had no effect at all, the young man who had spoken from inside the carriage earlier suddenly became angry. He lifted the carriage curtain to scan the Rattan Armor Soldiers outside:

“You little soldiers, do not waste time. Go report to your My Lord quickly.”

“I have already said it, my My Lord has not been informed of any guest visit.”

“Hah~ It seems this small village really wants to learn a lesson.” A son of the Wang Family sneered, then turned to look behind him: “Sirs, shall we play with these rabid soldiers for a while?”

“Wei Ya, Wei Ji, go teach them a lesson.”

“Cai Yin, you go too. Do not hit too hard, as we are ultimately here as guests.”

“Cui Yong, Cui Xia, you go and help. Do not make a big fuss and affect this Young Master’s ability to taste famous wine.”