Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Mystic Iron Sword, Yellow Dragon Mace

Yang Wanli and Pang Damao spent the whole day busy. They went to Pottery Village, Gourd Village, and the burned-out ruins of Lu Family Stronghold. They met with quite a few people, using a combination of sweet-talking, threats, and brute force to leave them trembling in fear and full of reverence for the mysterious ”boss.”

They also confiscated 20 long sabers, one Iron Pot, three rolls of Beast Skins, four Fur Brushes, and five Ink Stones!

Yang Wanli carefully reported the day’s itinerary and results to Wang Yi, stating that the villagers were no longer a concern and definitely wouldn’t dare to cause trouble.

Pang Damao presented a roll of Beast Skin. On it was a map of the river valley he had just drawn. The map covered an area of roughly twenty li in radius and marked locations like Stone Village, Huangni Village, Pottery Village, Gourd Village, the Giant Crab Sand Factory, the General’s Tomb, the Black Bamboo Forest, and the Old Mountain Stream. It was crudely drawn, but still usable.

On the surface, Wang Yi remained impassive, but inwardly he was quite impressed with Yang Wanli and Pang Damao’s abilities.

After accepting the simple beast skin map, Wang Yi turned to Man Datou and the others, saying, ”From now on, when you go to challenge the General’s Tomb and pass by that Pottery Village, you can show yourselves off a bit more in front of people. Let them know we have a strong and well-equipped force, but don’t bully the weak.”

Man Datou nodded. ”Understood!”

After dinner, everyone gathered around the bonfire to chat, and Wang Yi once again explained his plans for Eggshell Village to the group.

In Wang Yi’s vision, the current Eggshell Village would extend far beyond the territory’s official boundaries. Centered on the Chaos Warehouse, it would encompass the sand factory, the fertile fields, the fishery, the Beast Cage, the First Cafeteria, and more.

But his territory wouldn’t contain just one Eggshell Village. As the territory expanded in the future, he would definitely build more villages, developing them into towns and cities. It might even be possible to establish a nation, depending on the game’s future settings.

After everyone had dispersed, Wang Yi climbed the Watchtower. Gazing out at his torchlit territory, he activated the [Building Translation] skill he had recently learned and began adjusting the positions of the various structures within his domain.

The skill was quite magical. Before a building moved, a drag-and-drop preview would appear. Once confirmed, the move was instantaneous, almost like playing a video game.

However, Building Translation required Chaos Energy. The amount consumed depended on the building being moved and the distance, but overall, the cost wasn’t high.

Wang Yi soon discovered that Eggshell Houses could also be moved. After shifting a few of them, he felt himself getting a little addicted. He arranged and rearranged the buildings, moving them again and again, first striving for neatness, then for aesthetics, and then for individuality...

He was thoroughly enjoying himself!

In short, after being busy for quite a while, Wang Yi had burned through over two thousand points of Chaos Energy. The positions of functional buildings like the Chaos Warehouse, the Exquisite Armament Factory, the Gourmet Processing Plant, and the Beast Cage had all been adjusted, and they were now perfectly orderly.

Most importantly, he had also stacked together an ”Eggshell Castle.”

This Eggshell Castle was built by stacking more than 50 Eggshell Houses of various sizes. The Eggshell Houses belonging to Gegeda and the 15 Combat Chickens were also part of it. ’In the future,’ Wang Yi thought, ’it can serve as the ”Eggshell Village’s administrative building,” and people like Man Datou and Qin Mo can live inside.’

”A man’s happiness can be so simple...”

Wang Yi looked at the fruits of his long labor and felt like he had returned to his youth, pulling all-nighters playing video games. Back then, when he played real-time strategy games, he had a compulsion to build things perfectly. The farms, burrows, Arrow Towers, and so on in the game had to be arranged in perfectly neat rows.

「The next day」

The villagers from Stone Village arrived and were all clicking their tongues in amazement when they saw the brand-new Eggshell Village.

But they were used to seeing strange things by now, and they quickly got to their respective tasks.

Wang Yi directed the work. The First Cafeteria’s renovations continued, and the Eggshell Castle also needed to be decorated.

Zhang Dashan’s production team had practically become a renovation team and a moving team. Aside from a few people who went into the forest to collect pine resin, the rest were either busy at the First Cafeteria, busy at the Eggshell Castle, or moving their own tables, chairs, and benches over from Stone Village...

Wang Yi distributed the [Left Pincers of the Sand River Giant Crab], which could be made into shovels, for them to use as tools. Unfortunately, these villagers had no real skills. Lacking carpenters, Tilers, Stonemasons, and the like, they could only do simple manual labor.

The Huanghua Fishery, the Giant Crab Sandfield, and the Gourmet Processing Plant were, of course, all up and running. Everywhere in Eggshell Village was a scene of bustling activity.

When afternoon came, Man Datou and his group returned from their dungeon run, bringing back two sets of General Armor, two Iron-Clad Bows, and a [Hundred-Step Arrow Manual] Skill Book.

After these five items were distributed, Man Datou and the entire Civilian Militia were now equipped with General Armor and Iron-Clad Bows. Only Zhang Mazha and Yang Dazhuang still lacked an Archery skill.

The General Armor produced in the General’s Tomb dungeon was both practical and aesthetically pleasing. When the five members of the Civilian Militia wore it and walked together, they looked quite impressive, turning many heads and drawing numerous envious glances.

However, although Man Datou and the others had the equipment and the Archery skill, they lacked arrows!

In the General’s Tomb dungeon, they avoided fighting the Skeleton Infantry, so they couldn’t obtain any Bone Arrows. And besides Bone Arrows, they had no other arrows to use at all.

Having bows but no arrows was a bit awkward!

To solve this problem, Wang Yi went to the Exquisite Armament Factory to try his luck.

The Exquisite Armament Factory produced cold weapons. Logically, arrows or arrowheads should also count as cold weapons. Previously, Wang Yi had gotten 10 tons of Iron Ingots and 20 tons of Brass Ingots from opening Basic Resource Packs in the Free Market, so he planned to use these two materials to try his luck.

Unfortunately, the Exquisite Armament Factory operated automatically. What it produced wasn’t decided by Wang Yi, but was automatically calculated and generated by the production line.

The result was: with Iron Ingots as the primary material, the Exquisite Armament Factory would produce white-quality [Mystic Iron Swords], with an average production cost of 50 Silver Coins each.

With Brass Ingots as the primary material, it would produce white-quality [Yellow Dragon Maces], with an average production cost of 60 Silver Coins each.

White-quality weapons had no attached skills or special effects; they were just mundane weapons. However, the [Mystic Iron Sword] and the [Yellow Dragon Mace] had elegant designs with engravings on them, as exquisite as masterfully crafted works of art. They could be considered the finest among mundane weapons!

Wang Yi crafted 10 of each, both the [Mystic Iron Sword] and the [Yellow Dragon Mace], and placed them in the armament factory as display pieces.

’These may be mundane items, but both weapons are exquisite and good-looking. In the future, they can be used as tokens of trust or rewarded to those who perform meritorious deeds... But if I want to get arrows, I’ll have to find another way!’

After coming out of the Exquisite Armament Factory, Wang Yi glanced at the expectant faces of Yang Qingniu and the others. ”From now on when you run the General’s Tomb, try to fight some Skeleton Infantry, provided you can ensure your safety! I can’t provide you with arrows for the time being. You’re welcome to make your own!”

Upon hearing this, Yang Qingniu and the others actually went off to make their own arrows. They clamored about chopping down tree branches and bamboo, wanting to carve wood and bamboo into arrows!

But these guys were all thumbs. They were fine in a fight, but forget about making arrows. They tinkered until dark without managing to produce a single one.

This made Wang Yi truly feel the importance of skilled personnel. Not to mention anything else, Eggshell Village was in desperate need of carpenters, blacksmiths, and masons.

After dinner, just as Wang Yi was about to head to the Chaos Warehouse to take inventory, he suddenly received a system notification.

”Ding! Alert: The third wave of the void invasion will begin in six hours. At that time, a Void Rift will appear, and 3,000 Kawu Beasts will launch a merciless assault on your territory. If your territory is occupied for more than 30 minutes, your Lord Talent will be erased and you will become a Wandering Player. Please prepare your defenses in advance.”