Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

Yi Tian knew exactly why the Dongfang Five Brothers were looking for him.

Yi Tian scanned the Dongfang Five Brothers with the Celestial Dao Stone.

The eldest, Dongfang Qiu, had the highest loyalty, reaching 80.

The other four all had loyalty above seventy.

Yi Tian was very satisfied with this level of loyalty—it seemed his territory had truly attracted them.

And Dongfang Qiu’s resolve was really impressive!

”Brothers Dongfang, I’ve already reclaimed your family’s heirloom weapons and was just about to look for you. Didn’t expect we’d bump into each other like this.”

Yi Tian walked over. After the Dongfang Five Brothers saluted, he spoke up first.

”It’s late, and to disturb Lord at this hour, we truly feel apologetic. But we brothers are straightforward people—what’s on our minds must be said. Your Lordship’s bearing tonight has won us over. The five of us brothers are willing to follow you wherever you lead!”

Hearing that their ancestral treasures had been retrieved by the Lord, the five brothers were excited.

The calm and steady eldest, Dongfang Qiu, stepped forward, dropped to one knee, and cupped his fists.

Without the belt gone, they would have tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

”Willing to follow you wherever you lead!”

The other four Dongfang brothers, just like Dongfang Qiu, bowed to Yi Tian.

”The territory is freshly established and desperately needs tough warriors. Now, with the five of you serving me, you’re worth more than a million soldiers.”

Yi Tian helped the five brothers up, a look of genuine joy on his face.

The Dongfang Five Brothers were five powerful forces. They were now the backbone of Yi Tian’s territory.

Yi Tian’s territory had Seventh-Child’s Purple Gourd as its trump card.

Yi Tian himself could unleash an attack power of over four thousand, but such energy-hungry power could only be used to handle enemy commander-level fighters.

For high-level enemy combatants, it was up to the Dongfang Five Brothers and the Zijin Ming Brothers, whose three-dimensional stats were at mid-stage Platinum or close to it, plus had Weapon Mastery.

”You can go look for Gu Qianqiu now and have him help unlock your Restraining Belts. As for your ancestral weapons, I’ve put them into the Points Tower. You can claim them anytime. Tomorrow, you can enter the Martial Tower, and Gu Qianqiu will explain the rules to you.”

Yi Tian didn’t have the key to unlock the Restraining Belts; he had given the key to Gu Qianqiu for safekeeping.

”Many thanks, Lord!”

The Dongfang Five Brothers bowed gratefully again, feeling the Lord truly trusted them.

Dongfang Qiu’s loyalty increased to eighty-five.

The other four brothers’ loyalty also rose to eighty.

Probably after coming out of the Martial Tower tomorrow, their loyalty would rise a bit more.

The Dongfang Five Brothers—saber, spear, sword, halberd, bow—all were Level 5.

Apart from Dongfang Ye’s Level 5 Archery Mastery and Level 3 Swordsmanship Mastery, the other four’s support skills couldn’t be boosted in the Martial Tower.

Dongfang Qiu’s Beast Taming Mastery was the best among them.

A Body-Refining Beast Tamer was rare in the Celestial Dao World; usually Beast Tamers were Qi Refiners, Witch Power users, Elementalists, or Mages.

Dongfang Feng’s Fighting Mastery was the most interesting.

This skill, hand-to-hand fighting—increases attack power by 10% per level.

Dongfang Feng had Level 3 Fighting Mastery, boosting attack power by 30%.

Hand-to-hand fighting was definitely useless against Qi Refiners.

But if Big Child or Third Child learned Fighting Mastery, it’d be a huge boost!

What a pity!

Letting the two of them learn Fighting Mastery—Big Child might give it a shot, but Third Child, that rowdy girl, would never do such a ’boring’ thing.

Dongfang Sao was a junior-grade Refiner.

A Refiner of this grade could at least refine C-level Divine Weapons.

Dongfang Sao was a seasoned junior, and had a chance of crafting B-level Weapons.

The technique was solid indeed.

But for now, Yi Tian didn’t really need it.

Dongfang Luo had Water Mastery. The territory abounded in water, so this was a skill that could win the weak over the strong.

The Dongfang Five Brothers must have joint tactics, but unfortunately, they had run into the S-level powerhouse Purple Phoenix Moon Dance, who possessed a Divine-level Martial Skill.

Plus, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance surely had a powerful talent restricted by the Celestial Dao Rules.

Bringing Seventh-Child back to the villa, Yi Tian told her to rest.

He then went to the Martial Arts Arena to practice sword techniques for a while before heading back to the villa.

By now, it was already midnight.

Unknowingly, the first day of autumn had passed.

Yi Tian leaned back on the sofa in the big hall for a bit—the White Lantern Flowers made the entire villa as bright as day.

On the coffee table sat a plate of fruit and a platter of roast meat—already cold.

Since Qixin finished brewing Hundred Flowers Spirit Honey, Yi Tian usually just ate a quick breakfast, then worked for the whole day.

The little kiddos, though, were different.

Even if they weren’t hungry, they still wanted to eat something.

Suddenly, he realized it was time for the four major Golden Lists to refresh.

Mercenary Golden List.

Yi Tian found that after working all day, he’d been pushed out of the rankings.

Number One—are mercenaries all working this hard?

It’s not that he didn’t want to.

The title of King of Mercenaries was nowhere in sight—he wanted to reach it, but just didn’t have the strength for now.

Combat Power Golden List.

Yi Tian saw Divine Yun’s combat power break three thousand—definitely got something good and gained a round of power boost.

Level A combat power, first place Nether Emperor, 7021 rank—his power had broken seven thousand.

Yi Tian, number one in Level B, combat power 9324 rank.

”I advanced three times in Ice and Fire Mystical Technique, twice in Sword Intent, twice in Ice Mystical Technique, and my attack power skyrocketed. I thought my combat power would be over 9500, but it’s only 9324. Is it really that much harder to climb ranks as you go? The eternal Number One is just too damn strong!”

Yi Tian had immense admiration for the guy who’d reached the ceiling.

Precisely because he was so strong, it made it that much harder for them, the later arrivals at Level B, to climb the ranks.

Points Golden List: Yi Tian’s points had increased by over a hundred thousand—the biggest gain of all.

The other Lords’ points barely moved—maybe they were hoarding resources instead.

Yi Tian immediately spotted Purple Phoenix Moon Dance.

Fourth place, 1.6 million points.

One city—an extra 1.3 million points.

Purple Phoenix Moon Dance wasn’t one of the eighteen Venerable Treasure Chest owners, so with the founding of a city, she shot ahead instantly.

Apart from Purple Phoenix Moon Dance, Yi Tian noticed the number of Eighth-Level Territories had increased to forty.