Chapter 57: Talent! More Talent!

Great Ming Dynasty, Wuyou Village.

A boy with a spiky hairstyle looked helplessly at his side after ending his call with a friend. “Sister, you heard that, right? The Great God said no.”

Next to him, a woman with a melon-shaped face frowned slightly. She ignored her younger brother, as if deep in thought.

“Sister? Did you hear? The Great God said no and even made a bet with me.”

“Sister thought for a while and then said something that surprised the boy: “As for your bet, Shangshan Ruoshui, you might lose.””

Could his sister really think he would lose?

Did that mean his sister believed what the Great God said was very likely to happen?

“Sister, are you serious?” The boy was Shangshan Ruoshui, the one who had just talked to Mo Xiaobai. Hearing his sister say that, he felt not very discouraged but surprisingly happy. “The Great God said a big disaster will happen in Wa Country. Is it really possible?”

“I don’t know either, but if my guess is correct, the people of Wa Country are probably in big trouble this time.” The girl shook her head and didn’t say everything out loud.

“Hmph, just a guess. I thought it was a sure thing.”

Shangshan Ruoshui didn’t get the answer he wanted most, so he pouted unhappily. “It’s probably too late to ask the Great God to join now. What about the Alliance? After this incident, some people in the Alliance are shouting that if the Great God doesn’t come, they will quit.”

“Let those members quit if they want to. When the Ritian Alliance started, it wasn’t strict about who joined. There were all kinds of people. This is probably the reason the Great God didn’t agree.”

“Alright, fine then.”

Hearing this, Shangshan Ruoshui nodded and asked again. “What about you, Sister? The recent cleanup made you lose your Gold Territory. But you are much more skilled than me. Are you really not planning to build another Territory? I saw some players on the Forum found Plane quests. If they finish them, they can get a new token. Although these quests are hard to find, there is still hope.”

“No way. The Plane world is different from the games on Water Blue Star. You can see that the Intellect Brain is consciously reducing the number of Lord Players. It won’t give many chances to players who have lost their Territories to start over.”

The girl shook her head slightly and smiled. “Didn’t you say managing a Territory is troublesome? I’ll stay here to help you instead. Your Territory is great in both location and potential. It has a chance to grow big. Our family can work together to run one Territory well. If you get greedy, you might end up with nothing. Let Mom give up her Territory in a while and come here to take care of you, little Houzi.”

“Bringing Mom here would be great. I haven’t tasted Mom’s sweet and sour pork ribs in a long time. Plus, the first batch of piglets in our Territory will be ready soon, so we can finally eat meat.”

“You know just about eating. I asked you to raise pigs not just for food. Our Territory’s first pot of gold will come from them.”

“Hehe~ With such a smart sister, I’ll just focus on eating. Once I’m full, I’ll have the energy to beat up those people from Wa Country. Since the Great God won’t play with me, once our ship fleet is built, I’ll go play on my own.”

…

After leaving Dong Zhen, Mo Xiaobai had just returned to the Baron’s Manor when he heard the sound of running water.

Following the sound, he found Cheng Liya washing dishes.

Before Mo Xiaobai could get close, Cheng Liya softly spoke up. “My Lord, where did you find such a huge eater?”

“Did Mengde mean Zheng Lun? Did he eat a lot?”

“Normally, I gave him five bowls of noodle soup. He said he finally felt only eight-tenths full.” While speaking, Cheng Liya could hardly believe his own words.

This world really had people with the appetite of a cow.

“Sure enough, he can really eat.”

Mo Xiaobai clicked his tongue. Now he could only swallow his pride and accept it. Who blamed Zheng Lun? He was the only blacksmith in the Territory, and he had A-rank quality with great room for development.

He couldn’t just drive him away because of this flaw of eating too much.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, Mo Xiaobai returned to his bedroom to rest. He had traveled for several days to return to the Territory. Although he hadn’t shown any tiredness in front of others, he was actually very sleepy.

The moment he touched the bed, Mo Xiaobai closed his eyes and went straight to play chess with the daughter of the Duke of Zhou.

The next morning.

Mo Xiaobai had slept for over ten hours. When he opened his eyes, he felt wonderfully comfortable all over his body.

He washed up a bit, left the inner courtyard, and smelled a very familiar scent of steamed buns.

“Bringing Cheng Liya to the Territory was absolutely the right decision.”

Thinking about delicious steamed buns ready so early in the morning made Mo Xiaobai feel even more cheerful. He was just about to leave the Manor to check his Territory when he saw Li Ji walk in with four unfamiliar figures.

“My Lord.”

Seeing Mo Xiaobai, Li Ji stepped forward and bowed. Then he introduced the four people beside him. “These four are refugees who arrived at Daming Village today. They are exactly the talents our Territory urgently needs.”

“Oh?”

Mo Xiaobai raised an eyebrow. Hearing good news right after waking up suggested his luck was good today.

“This woman is Luo Pu from the Liu clan. She is a mulberry farmer with A-rank quality. Next to her is her sister, Luo Qing, a seamstress with A-rank quality. And these two on the right are a carpenter named Chen Shen with B-rank quality, and a kiln worker named Li Yi with A-rank quality.”

Li Ji introduced the four people behind him one by one. The light in Mo Xiaobai’s eyes couldn’t help but shine brightly.

Good heavens, three A-rank talents and one B-rank professional Territory Citizen!

This was like hitting the jackpot!

“Even with the blessing of the Martial Temple, it takes a huge amount of luck to make such a big change happen in one day.”

“So many professional Territory Citizens arrived at once. The idle buildings inside the Territory can now start operating. The Martial Temple really lives up to being a Huaxia inherited building. Its effects are too powerful.”

An idea of excitement floated in Mo Xiaobai’s mind. He immediately turned his full enthusiasm toward the four people in front of him.

These were the Territory construction talents he had been waiting for. Even if he cooked noodles for them personally, Mo Xiaobai would feel it was no big deal.

As long as he could win their hearts, that was enough!

Of course, Mo Xiaobai’s noodles might not taste very good. Besides, there were fresh, hot steamed buns ready at the Baron’s Manor.

He treated the four Territory Citizens to a delicious breakfast. Seeing the grateful looks on their faces as they left, Mo Xiaobai couldn’t help but grin widely.

After the four professional Territory Citizens left, Li Ji stayed behind. “My Lord, there are more than fifty refugees living in the village today. The population of Daming Village is now almost at the limit for a Level 2 Village. It might reach the maximum value tomorrow.”

“The population increased so much? Yes, the daily number of refugees also increased by 80%, and the refreshed population almost doubled.”

Mo Xiaobai realized the reason and understood Li Ji’s meaning.

The population was about to reach its limit. Mo Xiaobai’s Renown and the Territory’s fame were already high, and the Territory construction had reached saturation for a Level 2 Village.

The next step should be to upgrade the Territory again.