Chapter 83: First-class Foundation-building Pill
Returning to the castle, Zhang Yang was filled with fear as he saw the Wood Monster Tower being chopped down to the point of being unrecognizable. The Wood Monster Tower was almost chopped down by the orc soldiers.
"Please rest assured, Village Chief, I will work hard to repair it."
The ghost priest who had been hiding somewhere jumped out. Zhang Yang no longer had any hope for this coward. At least he could repair the Wood Demon Tower.
Then he checked the situation in all aspects and went to visit Qin Yidao who had just resurrected. Zhang Yang's mood finally changed from the sadness brought by homesickness to the ecstasy of victory.
Well, it's time to take a look at the full gains of this battle.
First of all, in this battle, we killed a big monster, four orc heroes, two orc mages, and 356 captain-level orc soldiers. Our side lost 30 captain-level archers, 17 elite sword and shield soldiers, 12 berserkers, and a city wall collapsed.
Then there is an energy income of more than 150,000, and a number of various weapons and equipment.
There were four complete heroic-level demon souls and 180 complete captain-level demon souls, which were killed by Zhang Yang using fireballs.
There are also 178 incomplete captain-level demon souls.
There are 4 white hope fragments and 56 gray hope fragments remaining.
“Well, if this continues I’m going to have data bloat, or should I hire a professional accountant?”
Zhang Yang thought that he was in pain and happy at the same time, but in fact he was just being pretentious.
After secretly despising himself for a moment, he happily examined his harvest over and over again, not missing a single one, and then quickly came up with the specific uses of these items in his mind and where they would be used in the future.
"The spirits of the four orc heroes can be used to strengthen the four third-tier storm swordsmen. There is no doubt about that. After all, that is equivalent to the combat power of a one-star hero."
"Leave two white hope fragments as backup, and use the remaining two and all the gray hope fragments to exchange for salt, food, and a large amount of vegetable seeds. My village is about to usher in a population explosion, and after this battle with the orcs, I'm afraid no more monsters will dare to show up within a hundred miles. There will be a food crisis at that time, and I have to prepare for it early."
"The 178 incomplete captain-level demon souls will be kept for future expansion and preparation, but the 180 complete captain-level demon souls should be taken to the Golden Scale to see what they can be exchanged for. If a more advanced exchange mode can be opened, it will be a big profit."
"The orc soldiers didn't drop any blood or meat, so they can't be eaten, but they did drop a lot of weapons and armor. These armors are very well made, and I only need to modify them and they can be equipped to my soldiers right away. In addition, I can melt them down to make iron and steel, but there's no rush."
"Cutting down trees, leveling the land, and reclaiming farmland are all major tasks, and before that I need to re-survey and re-plan the entire village."
"Finally, and most importantly, should I recruit soldiers from unmarried male villagers?"
Zhang Yang’s thinking came to an abrupt halt here, not because he wanted to think further, but because he needed to start working.
The first place he went to was the barracks, where he selected the four Berserkers who looked the most powerful and had killed the most people before, and began to upgrade them.
Strong military force is always indispensable.
Half an hour later, the enhanced white light disappeared, and four fierce Storm Swordsmen appeared in front of Zhang Yang, but only one of them was a natural leader.
"Name: Wang Shen."
"Age: 24."
“Demographic Template: Elite.”
"Soldier Template: Elite."
"Talent: Commander (due to the nature of the elite population) has the effect of permanently increasing the morale of the soldiers under his command by +20."
"Talent: Fortitude (due to the nature of the elite troops) The effect is that the soldiers under your command have a +20% resistance to spell attacks."
"Basic attributes: Strength C, Agility C, Defense D+, Soul Strength D."
"Two-handed weapon proficiency: 500."
"Soldier skill: Storm Slash."
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It was a very simple attribute description, but it made Zhang Yang feel a certain force that could not be ignored, that was Wang Shen’s two talents, one was command, the other was fortitude.
You know, even the three-star hero Qin Yidao doesn't have these two talents. He and the four heroes Wu Yuan, Liu Dali, and Sun Goudan, none of them have the talent of commander.
All of them are talents used to increase personal combat effectiveness. Even if they have heroic auras, they are not as good as Wang Shen's two talents.
Moreover, Wang Shen is only at the third level now. He can continue to upgrade to the fourth-level Hurricane Swordsman, and finally take part in the hero trial. By then, he may very likely become a four-star hero or even a five-star hero.
Based on this point alone, Zhang Yang would choose to focus on training him, and Wang Shen's natural talent for command also ensured that his soldiers would never defect, so these soldiers could be assigned some tasks such as cutting trees and clearing land, which was basically comparable to the initial batch of soldiers recruited.
"Wang Shen."
"Greetings, my lord!"
Following Zhang Yang's call, Wang Shen strode over, knelt on one knee to greet him, and called him "Lord" in a clear and crisp manner, which frightened Zhang Yang. He is worthy of being an elite. Look at his understanding. Wu Yuanqin Yidao and the other bastards still call him village chief every day. Village chief, fuck you! I am a lord now.
"Hehe, get up."
Zhang Yang was laughing in his heart, but his face remained calm and matter-of-fact.
"From now on, we will form a swordsman team - uh, a swordsman squad. You will be the captain and be responsible for patrolling the inner circle of three kilometers around the village. Do a good job."
Zhang Yang patted Wang Shen's shoulder with a smile. He had blurted out the idea of forming a swordsman battalion. Fortunately, he reacted quickly. Damn, there were only 28 soldiers in total. What kind of swordsman battalion was that? He was not interested in bragging or being self-indulgent.
After instructing Wang Shen to lead his team of swordsmen to select weapons and equipment, Zhang Yang went straight to the granary. There were two granaries. The outer one was close to residential houses. It had a large space, but the reserves were small. It was prepared for the future.
The other place is in the castle, which is made of huge stone blocks. It is Zhang Yang's real food reserve. Here he exchanged a large amount of supplies with fragments of hope in one breath, and then personally ordered Wu Yuan to block it with large stones, and specifically instructed Sun Goudan to take good care of it, because this is the hope for the future.
Exchanged for genuine fragments of hope.
Next, Zhang Yang summoned the Golden Scale. He wanted to see what kind of exchange mode 180 complete captain-level demon souls could trigger. As expected, the Golden Scale had already opened the fourth exchange mode.
"Instructions: If you obtain more than 100 complete white souls or three complete pale gold souls at one time, the fourth trading mode will be automatically activated. Note: This is only valid for that transaction."
That’s right, the first trading mode can only obtain the worst energy points.
The second trading mode can obtain the Ruyi Dice, and the activation condition is 10 white souls, that is, captain-level souls (white when viewed with the naked eye).
The third trading mode can obtain resurrection potions, and the condition for unlocking it is a light golden soul, that is, the soul of a large demon above level 30 (it has a light golden glow when viewed with the naked eye).
"Cool!"
Zhang Yang was overjoyed, and then he looked carefully. This time, there was a thumb-sized navy blue pill placed on one end of the golden scale. There was no explanation, no description, and no hint.
But he chose to exchange it without hesitation.
The next second, the navy blue pill was in his hand, and he immediately smelled an extremely wonderful fragrance, which made him feel extremely comfortable just by smelling it.
"You obtained a first-grade foundation-building pill."
"How to use: Take it, circulate it with your mana, and form a circulation. Next step (please take it first)."
"Friendly reminder: Due to the special nature of the item, once consumed, it will trigger a mandatory job change mission. Please do not use it during the village construction mission, otherwise you will bear the consequences at your own risk."
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What the hell?
Zhang Yang was stunned. After reading this information more than ten times, he sadly discovered that he could not use this grade of foundation-building pill, at least not before he completed the task of building the village in the past twenty years.
In other words, his 180 complete white souls would be like being invested in the stock market and being locked up forever if he was wiped out for failing to complete the task of building the village.
"What bad luck! Why is this happening? It doesn't make sense. What kind of job transfer task would conflict with the current village building task? There's no conflict between the Hero Trial and Lord Trial tasks, unless - unless taking this Foundation Building Pill will also trigger the village building task?"
"Wait, this level of foundation-building pill belongs to the Xianxia plane, right? I, Yue, then don't I have to go to the Xianxia world to build a village? No, what village should I build in the Xianxia world? Maybe I have to build a sect from scratch, and then it's like the village-building order. Give me three hundred years, and then there will be a nine-thousand-year cutscene. Grass, why are you so green?"
Zhang Yang didn't dare to imagine it any further. Building a village in a fantasy world and 280 years of cutscenes made him collapse.
"I, Zhang Yang, will absolutely not take you. What's a first-grade foundation-building pill? Even if a ninth-grade foundation-building pill is placed in front of me, I won't take it—(Humph, I have a first-grade foundation-building pill, why should I take a ninth-grade foundation-building pill? (*^_^*), I am so smart, hahaha!)"
In short, Zhang Yang put this foundation-building pill back with great caution. It is better not to mention this matter.
Next, he began to survey and plan the village territory. He took Wu Yuan and others running around for a whole day, and worked late into the night to come up with a rough city planning map.
That's right, Zhang Yang was stimulated by the first-grade foundation-building pill. In order to complete the village-building task 100%, he decided to store up food, build high walls, and slowly claim the throne. There was no such thing as a violent military campaign.
The next day, when the weak Qin Yidao recovered, Zhang Yang called a meeting of all the core members.
"Everyone, I will say it simply, you listen carefully, and then do your best to execute it."
"First, from now on, Qin Yidao, you will lead 10 archer captains, 10 sword and shield soldiers, and Wang Shen's swordsman team. You will be the leader and Wang Shen will be the deputy. You will be responsible for patrolling the 10-kilometer area around the village. Oh, by the way, you will go and pick out some suitable weapons and equipment later."
"Second, Wu Yuan, Duan Kuan, Wang Mumu, you will lead 10 sword and shield captains and 20 craftsmen to be responsible for the daily mining of the stone mine. I will build a city based on the existing territory. Of course, for the time being, we will build the city wall first."
"Third, Song Dachui, Zhou Datou, you two lead the remaining sword and shield captains, spear captains, and 100 farmers to reclaim farmland in the designated area. I don't ask for much, just 1,000 acres. I want it to be completed before winter comes, so as not to affect the planting of winter wheat. Of course, there are not enough farmers now, but they will be enough in a few days. I will mark out the specific areas to be reclaimed for you later."
"Fourth, Zhao Tiezhu, from now on, you go to the tavern and find Ryan. Tell him that I want you to be a blacksmith's apprentice. We'll make the details later."
"The above are the new tasks that our village will have in the near future. Everything else remains the same."
(End of this chapter)
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