Chapter 188: Instance Clear and Rewards

House Arrest!

When crate after crate of real money and silk were taken out from the Zhou Family’s cellar.

Mo Xiaobai even felt the urge to tear up the promise he had made before and swallow all the money himself.

The copper coins were too many to count, and even a quick glance showed that the silver coins were not less than tens of thousands. As for the gold coins, although fewer in number, the small box was packed full, totaling nearly a thousand.

This was a huge amount of wealth!

The Zhou Family was merely a wealthy local from a single county and did not even qualify as a hundred-year stronghold. The fact that they could accumulate such shocking wealth meant they must have committed countless wicked deeds over these years.

And this was only a part of their assets. The Zhou Family also owned countless farms, houses, and shops, some of which were no longer under the jurisdiction of Ziwu County.

As for how they acquired these properties, Mo Xiaobai did not need to guess to know the answer.

“What a pity, this is just an Instance Space. Even if we find out all the assets, they don’t belong to us.”

“Distribute what needs to be distributed, and the rest can only be put back into storage.”

Watching Guo Yuan and others start to get busy, Mo Xiaobai himself felt relaxed. Because right now, the Instance Quest section had already shown new changes:

“Quest (1): Recover the robbed tax grain, money, and silk!”

“Status: Completed!”

“Quest (2) [Modified]: Capture the fake-dead Zhou Yi.”

“Status: Completed!”

“Quest (3): Raise the Populace Sentiment and Security values of Ziwu County to above 80 each.”

“Status: Completed!”

All three quests were completed, and Mo Xiaobai could now choose to leave the Instance. However, just like the trial quest back then, the Instance Quest also had a hidden completion rating.

So Mo Xiaobai had to wait two more days until Guo Yuan returned all the accumulated taxes and fees over the years.

Compared to the investigation in the first two days, Guo Yuan’s work was still not easy now, considering Ziwu County was a large county with nearly 20,000 people.

Fortunately, Guo Yuan had been preparing for this work since the first day. After Mo Xiaobai’s public trial ended on the third day, he started distributing money and silk, working until the afternoon of the fifth day until all the debts owed were finally paid back.

Only then did Mo Xiaobai communicate with the Intellect Brain to confirm the end of the Instance.

“Ding~ The Lord Upgrade Instance ‘The Only Truth’ is declared over, and the Instance Quest evaluation is starting.”

“Quest (1): Recover the robbed tax grain, money, and silk!”

“Status: Completed; Evaluation Completion: S”

“Quest (2) [Modified]: Capture the fake-dead Zhou Yi.”

“Status: Completed; Evaluation Completion: S”

“Quest (3): Raise the Populace Sentiment and Security values of Ziwu County to above 80 each.”

“Status: Completed; Evaluation Completion: S”

“Final Instance ‘The Only Truth’ Evaluation: S. Since the evaluation for all three quests was maxed out, the Instance Reward is automatically upgraded by one level.”

“Congratulations to Lord Player ‘Daydreaming’ for successfully completing the Lord Upgrade Instance ‘The Only Truth’. Here is the reward: ‘Instance Treasure Chest (Earth Spirit Level)’.”

“The Instance will end in ten seconds. Please prepare, 10, 9, 8…”

When the ten-second countdown ended, Mo Xiaobai’s vision blurred for a moment.

In the blink of an eye, he was back directly from the Instance County Government Office to his own Territory, while the Intellect Brain also sent a new round of notifications:

“Congratulations to Lord Player ‘Daydreaming’ for completing Lord Upgrade Quest (1). Here is the reward: 50 Fame points, 100 Farmland, and 60 Medicine Field for Daming Town.”

“Congratulations to Lord Player ‘Daydreaming’ for completing Lord Upgrade Quest (2). Here is the reward: 30 Fame points, 50 Farmland, and 30 Medicine Field for Daming Town.”

With these two notifications appearing in succession, Mo Xiaobai immediately looked up and scanned the surroundings.

It had been five days since he last returned, and the Territory before his eyes was truly a different place from when he left.

At the same time, Mo Xiaobai opened the Territory section to check just how much Daming Town had changed after this upgrade.

“Territory: Daming Town!”

“Rank: Small Town Level 1!”

“Lord: Daydreaming!”

“Fame: 420; Security: 110; Populace Sentiment: 110; Defense: 80”

“Area: 31,500 mu; Population: 5,000/20,000”

“Buildings: Baron’s Manor, Farmland (290), Medicine Field (125), Spirit Field (5), Houses (1,124), Food Stall (20), Toilet Room (20), Bathhouse (10), Storage Shed (50), Mine (5), Lumber Mill (5), Market (Small Town Level 1), Militia Training Ground (Small Town Level 1), Blacksmith Workshop (Small Town Level 1), Wall Pass (Small Town Level 1), Mantou Kiln (Small Town Level 3), Ru Kiln (Small Town Level 3), Hot Spring Pool (Small Town Level 1), Mulberry Garden (Small Town Level 1), Winery (Small Town Level 1), Stable (Small Town Level 1), Restaurant (Small Town Level 3), Dyeing Workshop (Small Town Level 3), Small Shipyard (Small Town Level 1), Textile Workshop (Small Town Level 1).”

“Special Buildings: Lingyan Pavilion, Rattan Armor Barracks, Small Projection Hall, Yingtian Academy, Jiangzuo Military Armament Workshop.”

“Incense Buildings: Martial Chengwang Temple!”

“Resources: 711 Gold Coins, 11 Silver Coins, 67 Copper Coins; 23,000 Wood; 27,000 Stone; 14,000 Pig Iron; 300 Refined Iron; 39,000 Rice…”

“Allocation: Comprehensive (Not Yet Unlocked)”

“Characteristics: Strengthen (Territory Citizen vitality consumption rate reduced by 60%, Physical Value increased by 5 points)”

“Military Equipment: None!”

“Technology: None!”

The numbers in the entire Territory list had undergone earth-shattering changes, from area and population to building ranks.

Originally, Daming Village was only 10,000 mu, but now it had become a Small Town spanning over 30,000 mu, and the population cap had skyrocketed directly from 5,000 to 20,000.

As for the buildings that had already been upgraded, even if Mo Xiaobai stood in the Territory Plaza, he could see the renovated buildings.

They were even more beautiful and much more prominent.

The only things that hadn’t changed much seemed to be the Territory Plaza and the Baron’s Manor nearby.

It was still a Second-Class Baron’s Manor. Compared to the First-Class Baron’s Manor from back then, Mo Xiaobai felt there wasn’t much change, at most the rockeries in the courtyard looked a bit stranger, and there were a few more fish swimming in the water.

“Oh right, I haven’t chosen the Allocation yet!”

After reading the Territory section list from top to bottom, Mo Xiaobai slapped his forehead and then called up the Allocation options.

And at this moment, Mo Xiaobai finally saw with his own eyes the power of the Comprehensive Allocation!

“Allocation 1: Reduce market transaction tax by 2%; increase the chance of Plane Traveling Merchants passing by by 6%.”

“Allocation 2: Increase agricultural output by 9%; shorten the growth cycle of fishing and animal husbandry by 9%.”

“Allocation 3: Increase special musical effect by 15%; enhance Territory Citizens’ musical infectivity within the Territory by 15%.”

“Allocation 4: Increase Territory Citizens’ physical strength by 18%; increase resistance to bewitchment and interference by 18%.”

…

A list of Allocation characteristics appeared before his eyes, which was basically a collection of all single allocations. Mo Xiaobai found that he could choose three allocations from them to activate at the same time.

This point was a bit different from what he knew from his past life.

In his past life, Mo Xiaobai had only heard that the Comprehensive Allocation could activate two items.

However, that was just hearsay, and whether it was accurate or not was uncertain.

So Mo Xiaobai did not delve too deep into it and directly selected the first one “Trade Allocation”, the second one “Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Allocation”, and the fourth one “Military Allocation”.

For the time being, only these three were suitable for Daming Town.

As for the other Allocation characteristics, anyway, the “Comprehensive Allocation” had the authority to change once a month. If other allocations were needed in the future, Mo Xiaobai could replace them anytime.

After unlocking Allocation 1, Mo Xiaobai nodded in satisfaction.

Now, in the Daming Town section attribute list, the only remaining empty slots were Military Equipment and Technology. For Military Equipment, he had the “Three-Winged Shipyard”, which was ready to launch as soon as Chen Hao felt fully confident.

As for the Technology column, Mo Xiaobai thought for a moment and then took out a “Random Territory Specialty Technology” card from his Player Backpack.