Chapter 88 Zhang Yang's Weakness

In the silence, everyone looked at the ghost priest with unfriendly eyes.

This made the black smoke-like ghost priest tremble constantly. At this moment in the summer with abundant yang energy, not to mention the heroes present, even an elite soldier could cause fatal damage to it.

Instead, Zhang Yang fell into some kind of thought. When he turned around, more than ten minutes had passed. The ghost priest was still trembling. It didn't dare to run away, and it couldn't run away.

"Village Chief, I——"

The ghost priest seemed to have seen a savior, and he was smart enough not to disturb Zhang Yang's thoughts.

"Shh!"

Zhang Yang raised a finger, signaling the ghost priest to be silent, and then he changed to a new sitting position comfortably, and then he said: "Now, I ask questions, you answer, and if you dare to say one more word of nonsense, I will kill you, understand?"

"clear!"

"Very good, I want to know how Yin Qi is formed?"

"I-I don't know, Village Chief, please don't kill me, I really don't know."

"Okay, then tell me, what is the specific nature of Yin Qi? Or in other words, what is the specific feeling of Yin Qi for us?" Zhang Yang was not in a hurry, but patiently guided us calmly.

"It was cold, extremely cold, like a layer of frost fog, so light that the wind could blow it away, and then it gathered from wisps into clumps and floated in the air like clouds. At this time, even the strong wind could not blow them away."

"In the densest clouds of Yin Qi, ghost crystals will automatically condense. They will fall like icy rain and chase after any living object, whether it is a person, a monster, or a flame, until the target becomes completely frozen."

"However, ghosts can be captured. They are very precious. Only one piece is needed to repair 200 points of durability of the Wood Demon Tower. They can also be made into weapons, if one has that ability."

"Village Chief, this is all I know about Yin Qi and ghosts."

"Yes, it sounds very reliable. At least I understand that Yin energy can be condensed into ghost crystals, and ghost crystals can repair the Wood Demon Tower, and the Wood Demon Tower can restore our mental strength and vitality. So from this perspective, I think this may be an ecosystem."

Zhang Yang muttered to himself, "But there is a missing link here. That is, do you know how the Earth-walking Wood Monster was formed?"

"I, I don't know, Village Chief. I am just the weakest ghost soldier in the Abyss Ghost Clan." The ghost priest was almost crying.

"Really? This is an interesting thing. Ryan, do you know the earth-walking wood demon?" Zhang Yang turned around and asked.

"Yes, Lord. The wood monsters are the most terrifying monsters in spring every year. They are the mortal enemy of any village. At least that's what I think. I haven't encountered any evil ghosts in winter, but the wood monsters are too scary. There are often dozens or even hundreds of them in a forest. If you don't take precautions in advance, the whole village will be destroyed by them."

"But the strange thing is that around the last month of spring, those ground-walking wood monsters disappear and don't appear again until the next spring. I think they may have disguised themselves as trees."

"This is really interesting! Are you sure you don't want to add anything more?" Zhang Yang smiled and looked at the ghost priest again. He did not forget what the ghost priest said casually more than a month ago, that is, the tree that was nurtured would become a spirit.

What does it mean to become a spirit?

Perhaps transforming into a terrestrial wood demon is also a kind of becoming a spirit. He doesn't know whether the Yin energy will have any catalytic effect on the transformation of trees into spirits, but there is no doubt that this ghost priest has something to hide.

If the trees that were nurtured were easily nourished by Yin energy and then turned into earth-walking wood monsters when spring came, then the behavior of the ghost priest would be considered to be harboring evil intentions.

A ground-walking wood monster is like a time bomb buried around the village.

"Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. This statement is absolutely a million times correct!"

Zhang Yang muttered to himself, and the soul force field was released instantly. Without waiting for the ghost priest to struggle, a secondary compression shook it into powder.

Nowadays, it is no easier to kill it than to step on an ant.

This time it was Wu Yuan, Duan Kuan, Wang Shen and others who were stunned. Their lord was too cruel and ruthless. After all, the ghost priest had nurtured the Wood Demon Tower for four months. Even if he wanted to kill him, he had to wait until autumn.

"What are you looking at? This ghost priest will certainly not betray me openly, even in winter. If I set it up well, it won't dare to betray me in the next hundred years. But it's meaningless. Wu Yuan, do you still remember the fire spirit in the tiger tribe? That thing is of similar nature to this ghost priest."

"These things can't be tamed. If it doesn't betray you at this moment, or won't betray you for a long time in the future, it's not because it's so loyal or loves you so much, but because the timing is not right and the heat is not high enough."

"It's ridiculous. There are always so many self-righteous pathetic creatures in this world. So, instead of painstakingly training a ghost priest who is destined to betray me in the future, I might as well kill it before I get soft-hearted."

Zhang Yang said calmly, and at the same time added in his mind, "I also have weaknesses. When this ghost priest advances to become a ghost lady again in a few years, what if she is still a beautiful female ghost? How can I be so ruthless to her? What if I fall into the land of tenderness? Sigh, the restlessness of youth."

Everyone fell silent again, looking at Zhang Yang with an expressionless face, feeling a chill in their hearts.

After a long while, Wu Yuan finally asked:

"Sir, what should we do next? What if the orc tribe suddenly attacks us in the fall? Or how should we solve the current food crisis?"

Zhang Yang shook his head. "The orc tribe probably won't attack us if the evil spirits are rampant in winter. They know very well that even if they kill us by force, they will suffer heavy casualties. This is very disadvantageous for the orc tribe to survive the more dangerous winter and spring."

"Of course, the Orc Tribe will welcome us to attack them now. If the offense and defense are reversed, we won't get any benefit at all."

"In this case, the role of the ghost priest is useless, and the repair of the Wood Demon Tower is also simple. Can't we just capture some ghost crystals in winter? Don't think too complicated."

"As for the food problem, we should continue to cultivate the land. Since the output of 200 acres of land is only enough for more than 600 of us to eat for one month, what else can we do? We should continue to cultivate the land. If we cultivate 3,500 acres, we will naturally be able to balance supply and demand."

"And next, I plan to start the hero trial again."

Zhang Yang's words were not groundless. He had thought about this problem long before the wheat was harvested. Now there were no enemies in the villages within a hundred miles, and the orc tribe would not attack again before recovering.

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The reason why he insisted on fighting a field battle last time was to protect the crops that were about to mature. Now the crops have been harvested and new crops have just been planted. Even if the orcs come to attack at this time, they can just retreat back to the castle. Under the strong attack, the casualties of the orcs will definitely be terrible.

Especially now that it has been confirmed that in this fantasy world, the most dangerous are not their competitors, but the evil ghosts in winter and the wood monsters in spring. These two major disasters are the biggest enemies that destroy the village. Summer and autumn are the golden time for development.

"That's it. In ten days, I will take Duan Kuan to start the hero trial, and then I will try my best to return within twenty days."

Zhang Yang made the final decision, so naturally no one had any objections.

What follows is even busier preparation work.

Based on the new situation of evil spirits, he decided to further reduce the scope of the city wall. The originally planned three-kilometer circumference of the city wall was shortened to 1.5 kilometers, as long as it could protect residential houses and various buildings.

To this end, Zhang Yang simply ordered the craftsmen to demolish all the level 3 and level 4 houses and rebuild them into level 5 houses.

These 5-level dwellings cover a large area and are suitable for accommodating the largest population. Most importantly, they are more solid. They are all built with stone and have excellent fire and waterproof properties. One house can accommodate 20 households.

With the village's current population of less than 700, five level 5 dwellings would be enough, since all the soldiers lived in the barracks and castles.

The vacant areas were reserved for blacksmith shops, tailor shops, slaughterhouses, kitchens, warehouses, granaries, etc.

Now, as the second season of crops is being planted, Zhang Yang has taken out a lot of vegetable seeds and asked farmers to plant them in some marginal areas. These vegetables grow very fast in such a rainy season and can be harvested in about half a month to a month.

Part of them were picked and eaten on the same day, and the rest were dried. Zhang Yang didn't even need to give instructions, the peasant women did a great job. Dried cabbage, dried beans, dried eggplants, dried squash, chili peels, dried cucumbers, as well as mushrooms and fungus picked from the wild, were all dried out and stored in the warehouse.

This sense of crisis in humans is likely hidden in their blood genes. Zhang Yang could only marvel after seeing this.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will find different ways to enjoy this cold winter.

"Yes, charcoal. Zhao Tiezhu, go and arrange for people to build brick kilns and charcoal kilns to make bricks and charcoal. The winter here is probably extremely cold, so we must prepare for warmth in advance. Ryan, let your sister work harder so that everyone can have a warm fur coat before winter comes."

"Wu Yuan, I still have 60 new recruits here. After you recruit them, you can take them to the training ground for training. Let Wang Shen, Qin Yidao, Ryan, Song Dachui and others take turns to train. Without an instructor, this is the only way. It is estimated that they can be trained in a month."

Zhang Yang wanders around the village every day. Occasionally, an idea comes to his mind, and he casually tells others this rough idea to execute it. He doesn't care about the effect, but it shouldn't be too bad, because he still has a lot of people under him who can do things. Wu Yuan, Wang Shen, Ryan, and Zhao Tiezhu are the four big bosses.

There are 90 craftsmen below. The shortest of these craftsmen has undergone one month of training, and the longest has been four months. There are as many as 20 of them whose secondary skill proficiency is above 300 points.

It is precisely because of the existence of these craftsmen that as long as the command level is not chaotic, no matter what is done, it can be done quickly.

In such busyness, ten days passed in a flash, but Zhang Yang still had one last thing to do, which was to enchant the Iron Wall Battle Pattern on Ryan and Wang Mumu's tower shields.

These days, all other forging work in the blacksmith shop has been stopped, and the focus has been on forging these two tower shields. Finally, after refining 300 pieces of armor and 200 weapons, they successfully forged two large iron blocks, each weighing about two tons.

When Ryan and Wang Mumu saw the two so-called tower shields, they were both in despair. What the hell is the Lord doing?

(End of this chapter)