Chapter 6: Lingyan Pavilion, the First Famous Historian of the Realm

Please climb the Lingyan Pavilion for a while, how many scholars have become feudal lords of ten thousand households?

When a huge three-story pavilion appeared before Mo Xiaobai, the voice of the Intellect Brain came to his ears:

“Great Han Dynasty Announcement~ Congratulations to Player ‘Daydreaming’ for successfully summoning the Special Building ‘Lingyan Pavilion’. As the first Lord to obtain a Special Building, you are specially rewarded 50 Renown.”

Lingyan Pavilion!

It lacked the splendid splendor of carved dragons and painted phoenixes, the precious value of gold and jade carvings, or the dazzling beauty of pearls and gems.

Compared to some famous historical sites, Lingyan Pavilion seemed a bit unremarkable, but as Mo Xiaobai stood outside the pavilion, he felt a wave of heaviness and solemnity rushing toward him.

This was the style of the loyal ministers and famous scholars of the Tang Dynasty!

Stepping into the pavilion, he saw nothing but portraits standing over a meter tall. Some were familiar to Mo Xiaobai, but most were completely unknown to him.

The three floors of the pavilion were divided into three equal sections on each level. The northernmost section held portraits of high-ranking ministers, followed by the section for high-ranking marquises and kings, and the outermost section was for other meritorious officials in order.

The division of the three floors was even simpler: the top floor held the 24 meritorious officials from the reign of Taizong, the second floor held some added later during the reign of Gaozong, and the bottom floor held those added in the years that followed.

“Lingyan Pavilion has just been established. The Lord receives one summoning chance.”

Mo Xiaobai had originally only planned to come in to admire these famous Tang ministers, especially since it was not yet February. But just as he climbed the wooden stairs to the top floor, the Intellect Brain spoke in his ear again:

“Do you wish to use the ‘Lingyan Pavilion’ summoning chance?”

Do you have to ask?

Of course, yes.

A famous minister from Lingyan Pavilion? Just thinking about it made Mo Xiaobai smile!

In the center of the top floor, there was a Bagua formation. When Mo Xiaobai confirmed the summoning, the Bagua formation immediately flashed with bright white light.

“Swish swish swish swish!”

With a flash of light, five golden cards with question marks painted on them floated in front of Mo Xiaobai, activated by the formation.

“Please Player, draw one Summoning Card!”

Draw a card?

Was this about testing luck?

Mo Xiaobai clicked his tongue and stared at the cards for a while, but he couldn’t find any difference between them, so he gave up, closed his eyes, and blindly picked one.

“Summoning Card selection complete. Congratulations to Player for successfully summoning a meritorious official from Lingyan Pavilion.”

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“Plane Announcement~ Congratulations to Player ‘Daydreaming’ for obtaining the first Historical Celebrity from the Plane to pledge allegiance. The Historical Celebrity has entered the Territory ‘Daming Village’. You are specially rewarded 100 Renown, and Territory Populace Sentiment rises by 5 points.”

Another Plane Announcement rang out, but Mo Xiaobai completely ignored it.

At this moment, Mo Xiaobai’s eyes were fixed on the space above the Bagua formation.

The cards had long vanished. In their place stood a middle-aged man wearing a round-collared robe and carrying a sharp sword at his waist.

As soon as the middle-aged man appeared and saw Mo Xiaobai, he immediately lowered his right hand from the sword hilt and bowed, saying: “This subordinate is Li Ji, paying respects to the Lord.”

“Maogong need not be so formal, please rise.”

Excitement and joy swelled in Mo Xiaobai’s eyes, and he quickly stepped forward to support the Tang Dynasty three-generation meritorious official: “Having Maogong’s help is like King Zhao of Yan having Yue Yi, or the Eastern Wu having Zhou Yu. How fortunate, how fortunate.”

“My Lord praises me too much.”

The famous minister, Li Ji, smiled gently, and his name for Mo Xiaobai changed at this moment.

“Li Ji!”

“Courtesy name: Maogong!”

“Position: None!”

“Qualification: S”

“Class Transfer: Heavenly Awakening · Heavenly Fox Strategist!”

“Attributes: Command [83]; Martial [77]; Governance [71]; Wisdom [70]; Virtue [69]”

“Exclusive Characteristics: Fox Eyes Piercing [60% chance during war to discern enemy Defense and spot weaknesses]; Cunning Fox Shadow [When commanding troops, increase troop stealth chance by 80%, increase troop march speed by 70%]; Fox Scent Recognizing People [Within the Territory, the refresh rate for residents with A-grade qualification or higher increases by 10%]”

“Personal Items: 50 Silver; Refined Iron Sword ×1.”

“Loyalty: 81”

“Introduction: His original name was Xu Shiji. The Emperor Gaozu granted him the imperial surname. Later, to avoid the taboo of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, he changed his name to Li Ji. He once defeated the Eastern Turks and Goguryeo, serving as both a general and a prime minister with extraordinary Merit. The Imperial Court relied on him as a shield.”

After glancing at Li Ji’s personal attributes, Mo Xiaobai couldn’t help but feel envious and jealous.

Just look at those General attributes and the three Exclusive Characteristics.

What is a famous historical minister?

This is it!

“Maogong is talented in both civil and military affairs. Do you wish to humble yourself to serve as the Deputy Village Head of this village and temporarily manage the Territory construction?” Mo Xiaobai asked this question, and he felt his face turning red.

Who was Li Ji?

Not mentioning his high position in the Great Tang, just the fiefs and manors granted to the Li Family for three generations could feed thousands of people like playing a game.

To make him manage a mere thirty or fifty villagers now?

What a ridiculous luxury!

But this kind of luxury was truly delightful!

“My Lord has given the order, Maogong will do his absolute best.” Li Ji did not think as much as Mo Xiaobai had. After bowing again, he immediately agreed.

Giving Li Ji the only position Mo Xiaobai could offer that the Intellect Brain accepted, Mo Xiaobai immediately followed Li Ji to tour the small village. He also handed over the Territory Expansion Map, the random Territory Building blueprints, and transferred 10 Gold from his personal assets to the Territory assets.

Li Ji was now the Deputy Village Head and could completely use these Items and resources, of course, the target Territory could only be Daming Village.

As for how Li Ji would use them and when he would use them, Mo Xiaobai would not intervene or ask. Since he gave the other person power , he should trust them as much as possible.

Of course, Mo Xiaobai would never admit that he was drafting soldiers to create an opportunity to slack off.

“Beep~”

“Plane Announcement~ Congratulations to Huaxia Player ‘Yang Yang Yang’ for entering the Lord Plane. You are specially rewarded 10 Prestige Value and 1 ounce of Gold.”

“Plane Announcement~ Congratulations to Huaxia Player ‘Yang Yang Yang’ for establishing the second Plane Territory. You are specially rewarded 100 Prestige Value, 30 ounces of Gold, and 1 random Territory Building blueprint.”

Mo Xiaobai was inspecting the development terrain around his Territory with Li Ji when suddenly, the Plane Announcement rang out from the horizon.

Looking up at the congratulatory fireworks under the blue sky, Mo Xiaobai’s gaze naturally turned south.

“The new player has finally arrived.”

“Just like in my past life, it is this female Academician who entered the Lord Plane first.”

Listening to the Plane Announcement echo in his ears, Mo Xiaobai naturally knew who the first player to enter the Lord Plane in his past life was.

Although her ID name seemed very “childish,” she was actually a real Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Her achievements in mathematics were already known by every family in Huaxia.

Yes, she was that super Great God who, during the Talent Trial, raised the forest recovery completion rate to 77%.

You have to know that she was the first player to truly enter the Plane. She had not only gathered enough wood but also saved a large amount of time. According to Yang Yang Yang from her past life, if anyone was faster than her, their recovery rate would definitely be much lower; if anyone had a higher recovery rate, their completion speed for the trial would definitely be very slow.

In a comprehensive comparison, she had an absolute advantage.

This was the confidence of a math superstar from one generation.

Thinking of this, Mo Xiaobai suddenly grinned and communicated with the Intellect Brain:

“I want to use 10 Gold to broadcast a Plane message!”