Lin Xiang had always thought that Dongshan Village referred to the area on the east side of the mountain. After all, there was a Xishan Village on the west side that just happened to correspond to it.
As a result, the village elders actually said that it meant making a comeback!
It can be seen that this small family is very ambitious, but the fact is that they do not have the strength to support their ambitions.
Even if I have the inheritance from my ancestors, what can I do? I don’t even have any spiritual roots, so I don’t have any chance at all.
The world of cultivation is so cruel. Without spiritual roots, you can't even reach the threshold of cultivation. It is a real stepping stone.
When Lin Xiang heard what these two people said, he knew that they would definitely agree with his approach.
If the Universal Market is really built, then Dongshan Village will be dependent on the market for survival, and any work done will be better than cultivating ordinary farmland!
What's more, this will help accumulate family wealth and help future Wang family members enter the world of cultivation.
Their generation or two has long been out of touch with the world of cultivation, and I don’t know how they are developing now.
Lin Xiang continued, "The land in Dongshan Village that originally belonged to you still belongs to you. You can hire these Yellow Turban warriors to help you cultivate spiritual fields and grow spiritual grains and medicinal herbs."
"Of course, you can also choose to lease these lands to the Yellow Turban warriors and let them decide what to do with them. You can just collect the rent. The specific operation is up to you to discuss."
"All the land outside the village that has not been cultivated in a hundred years will belong to me, and I can use it as I please."
Wang Minghai nodded. "That's as I should. You can do with the land as you please."
Let me make it clear first, so that the villagers won’t keep it in mind after I cultivate the vast spiritual fields.
Many people can share adversity but not prosperity.
Now that he has guaranteed the safety of Dongshan Village, the land that was originally abandoned because of demons, ghosts and evil spirits can be reclaimed again and will not be confined to the vicinity of the village.
The fields near the village alone could not support nearly a hundred villagers, and everyone lived in extreme poverty.
"After you have the Yellow Turban warriors cultivate the spiritual fields, come back to me to collect the silver arrow grass seeds, spiritual grains, and spiritual medicine seeds."
In consideration of the power of incense and vows, these not-so-valuable seeds will be given to the villagers for free, serving as the starting capital to support their entrepreneurship.
If they are not given seeds, what will they use to buy them?
Who knew that Wang Minghai and Wang Xiuyuan would exchange a glance, grit their teeth and say, "Master Jiling, we can't take these seeds for nothing. Our ancestors left us some spirit stones that can be used as payment."
They were really willing to take risks and reveal almost all of their family assets.
If Lin Xiang had bad intentions, he could easily capture all the descendants of this so-called cultivation family and force them to hand over the spirit stones they had left behind.
However, Lin Xiang waved his hand and said, "No need to pay, just burn some incense for me."
His request was so simple and plain.
It can be predicted that in the coming period, he will switch back and forth between Qingwei Sword Sect and Dongshan Village. Each switch will require 100 incense points, which is not a small number.
The villagers and players have actually been working very hard to contribute incense points, but the total amount is too small and it is simply not enough!
Therefore, Lin Xiang is also looking for ways to increase the number of believers.
The NPC world in the game is very real, and it is impossible for a human-to-human scene to appear all at once. If you want to gain enough followers, you can only start with players.
These players all firmly believed in his identity as the God of Land, because Lin Xiang's every move was enough to make them believe it.
"Recruit another group of beta testers?"
Lin Xiang decided to wait and develop the Universal Market first, so that the surrounding priests and cultivators would know that there is such a market and be willing to come here to trade.
Even good wine needs no bush, so we have to send players out to promote it and gather information about the sacrificial spirits.
Train your troops for a thousand days and use them for a moment.
I believe the players will also be very happy to travel on public funds.
"Go back and discuss with the villagers which lands can be turned into spiritual fields first and which can be preserved. Or, which houses should be renovated first? Just sort them out in order."
Now a lot of land far away from Dongshan Village is basically idle, while the land utilization rate close to the village is very high.
The villagers rely on these fields to grow rice, wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, soybeans, corn and various other vegetables to achieve self-sufficiency.
Fields currently planted with crops will definitely not be moved, otherwise it will be a huge waste.
Lin Xiang now lets the village chief organize and coordinate everything, and he only needs to provide the players with labor and raw material services.
Building a house is something you don't need to pay too much attention to.
Wang Minghai nodded respectfully: "As you wish, I will go back and gather the villagers to discuss this matter."
"You can discuss the structure of your house with the Yellow Turban warriors. They will also give their opinions and suggestions, and see what is the most reasonable one."
The villagers' houses obviously have to have various basic functions, such as breeding and so on.
It is difficult to convince villagers to stop raising chickens and pigs at home. Such habits can only be changed little by little. Once they find that raising chickens and pigs is not as profitable as growing spiritual grains, they will naturally give up on their own initiative.
"Let's go now."
Lin Xiang didn't want to waste too much time, as he had already thought of the tasks for the mud monster and the clam monster.
As a water-attributed monster, the clam monster should have no problem learning the Little Cloud and Rain Technique.
It is obviously a good idea to let it cooperate with the earthworms to open up the spiritual fields and bring rain to the spiritual seedlings every day. It can not only help yourself and the players speed up, but also train its magic power, and maybe even gain some insignificant merits.
When monsters reach a certain level of cultivation, they need to survive the thunder tribulation and transform, which is an extra step compared to human cultivators.
The existence of merit will weaken the power of thunder disasters and help them survive the disasters.
Many monsters choose to be sacrificial spirits to protect the people because of their merits and offerings.
Those monsters with heavy karma knew that they would almost certainly die if they survived the thunder tribulation, so they would choose not to transform, thus avoiding being struck by lightning. They would only encounter the thunder tribulation when they were about to ascend, and at that time they could only rely on their bodies to withstand it.
Since Lin Xiang is the master of Dongshan Village, he certainly hopes that all the monsters he has subdued will be transformed into spirit beasts and gain enough merit.
Although earthworms look ugly, they are now the favorites of villagers and players. They work hard to help turn the soil, never throw tantrums or complain, and don't even need to be fed.
The clam monster can be used for watering, and the mud monster is used by him to build walls and collect materials.
In addition to clay being used to make bricks, riverbed silt can also be used to make bricks. Even the tribute bricks in the imperial palace were made from the silt from the bottom of the Yellow River.
In addition, they are quite fertile and make one of the best nutrient soils.
River sand is an extremely important raw material in the construction industry and has a wide range of uses.
Players may feel tired and exhausted after building houses. It's okay to build one or two, but it will become very annoying after building dozens of houses. Especially when they see that the benefits are not high, they may choose other tasks or go out to explore instead of building houses in a disciplined manner.
Of course, Lin Xiang could just take action and solve all the problems at once, but that would be a waste of incense points, and it would easily make the villagers develop a mentality of getting something for nothing, thinking that everything can be solved by asking the land god, and thus become lazy and greedy.
The last reason is naturally to allow mud monsters, clam monsters, and earthworms to gain humanitarian merits and help them survive better.
After letting the village chief Wang Minghai and the clan elder Wang Xiuyuan leave, Lin Xiang was thinking about one thing: should he dig an artificial lake?
Dongshan Village has everything going for it, except for its relative distance from a water source. The presence of a well within the village indicates ample groundwater.
However, the visible water source, Longxi River, is one mile away from the village at its closest point.
Lin Xiang planned to dig an artificial lake, and then find a way to build a ditch to divert the water from the Longxi River, while also being able to collect water from rainy days.
There are abundant rainwater resources near the Shiwanda Mountains. Villagers have previously dug ditches to store water, but the effect was not very good.
If the artificial lake is built, the clam monster will not have to live in the Longxi River. It can move directly to the vicinity of the market town to enjoy more spiritual energy and will not have to worry about being attacked by other aquatic monsters.
Lin Xiang knew that he would always return to Qingwei Sword Sect occasionally and could not stay in Dongshan Village all the time, so he had to take the safety of the clam monster into consideration.
What's more, with the artificial lake, he can also grow lotus roots and aquatic medicinal herbs, and add a unique scenery to Dongshan Village.
"How about putting it behind the land temple?"
There is a piece of vacant land behind the land temple in Huanyufang City. Instead of planting silver arrow grass there, it is better to use it to dig an artificial lake.
So he did what he said and immediately posted several new tasks for players on the task bar.
Transplanting Silver Arrow Grass: Go to the Earth God Temple to collect tools and Silver Arrow Grass, and complete the transplant within the designated area. Rewards: Experience points x100, Silver Arrow Grass seeds x10, Lin Xiang's favorability +10.
[Digging an Artificial Lake: Go to the designated area behind the Earth God Temple and dig an artificial lake and supporting ditches. Reward: Experience points x100, Lin Xiang's favorability +10.]
[Collecting Spiritual Herbs: Dongshan Village is offering sacrifices to the spirits and preparing to start refining the elixir. Players are requested to go to the Shiwandashan Mountains to collect the following spiritual herbs. Rewards will be issued based on the amount and type of herbs collected, with the highest reward being alchemy skills and elixir recipes.]
[Clerk Recruitment: Recruiting three grocery store clerks, weekly salary of one low-grade spirit stone. Employee Benefits: 20% discount on grocery store items, total purchase amount cannot exceed 100 low-grade spirit stones. The pharmacy has abundant spiritual energy, suitable for cultivation.]
Lin Xiang issued four tasks in one breath. He planned to replant the ten-year-old silver arrow grass that he had dug out from the Dragon Palace of Longxi River last night. As for the hundred-year-old grass, he would take it to the Qingwei Sword Sect's market to sell it and buy a technology to make talisman paper.
He was short of money, and it would be difficult for him to last long if he only spent spirit stones without earning any.
Currently, the players’ spending power is not enough, and only a few players shop at bookstores and drugstores, allowing him to recycle 15 low-grade spirit stones.
"The grocery store needs to deposit a lot of money, and the equipment store must be put on the agenda. I wonder if I can learn forging techniques from the Qingwei Sword Sect."
Lin Xiang has the remnants of the willow monster, the mandrill, and the demon tiger in his hands, which can be used to forge weapons and refine magical tools, but he just lacks the corresponding technology.
Players have a huge demand for equipment, and a good weapon, armor, or magic tool is very expensive.
The next time he returns to the sect, Lin Xiang plans to buy some cheap goods discarded by his senior brothers and sisters in the free trade market in the market town, and open an equipment store first.
There are only a few shops in a market town, which is too few and difficult to attract other cultivators.
There are only a few players left in front of the land temple. They have all accepted their tasks and started working in different places.
Someone specifically took photos of these tasks and posted them on the forum so that other players who are interested in taking the tasks can check them in time.
To Lin Xiang's surprise, no one was willing to take on the task of digging an artificial lake!
Players rushed to the Ten Thousand Mountains to collect spiritual herbs, while others were cultivating spiritual fields, transplanting silver arrow grass, planting silver arrow grass seeds, and so on.
As for the task of recruiting store clerks, it is completely full.
Everyone wants to get this well-paid task.
No one comes here for the weekly salary of one low-grade spirit stone; they all come here to purchase at a discounted employee rate.
It’s just right that I can practice in a shop with abundant spiritual energy, killing two birds with one stone!
Lin Xiang specially set up employee discounts not to lose money, but to use this method to promote player consumption, just like the promotions in various shopping malls during various shopping festivals.
Obviously the discount is not that big, but many people will feel like they will lose out if they don’t buy after seeing the discount.
Players are becoming stronger and stronger, and their spending power is also increasing. Yesterday, two wealthy players traded nearly ten spirit stones through the game trading platform, but they haven't used them yet.
Lin Xiang had already set his eyes on the spirit stones in their pockets, ready to use various methods to take them out.
The entire Dongshan Village is in the midst of bustling construction.
With more flowers blooming, players have injected new vitality into this barren mountain village.
At the east exit of the Universal Market, players were ready to go and even started to form teams.
"I've been a professional wilderness survivor for 30 years and am an expert at wild survival. I'm recruiting four teammates to go explore and collect herbs in the Shiwandashan Mountains. Those who log off midway, please don't come. Those who don't obey orders, please don't come!"
"Level 7 player looking for a team, has the skills Small Cloud and Rain Technique and Fire Sword Technique!"
"I'm selling the Marrow Cleansing Pill for 4 Spiritual Stones. If you're interested, please contact me."
"CPDD! I can fight monsters and farm, and I'm online for 16 hours a day. I'm willing to work hard and spend money. I hope to find a like-minded girl to play games with. No transsexuals please."
"Cultivating the spiritual fields is too slow. This mission is a bit of a pitfall."
"Is anyone else going to collect herbs? We're about to leave."
"The first batch of beta testers will lead the team. We'll kill whatever we encounter, and the loot will be distributed based on contribution. Is anyone trying to form a fixed team?"
There are only 105 players in the beta test, and even fewer if everyone is dispersed.
Each player has his own thing to do, and they are divided into teams and head towards the interior of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Lin Xiang is looking forward to these players returning triumphantly.
He needs enough raw materials to practice so that he can improve his proficiency in alchemy.
Refining the Red Dragon Pill requires level 2 alchemy skills. Currently, Lin Xiang has only refined the Qingxin Pill, which is not at the required level.
There are too many restrictions in the world of cultivation, and each one requires a lot of effort, energy, and time.
Therefore, when cultivators are weak, they will at most choose one or two secondary professions, and rarely choose to develop in the direction of all-round development.
Only after becoming strong and advancing slowly will one be able to apply what he has learned to other areas and become an all-round talent.
Lin Xiang now has to do everything by himself and has to get involved in various side jobs.
He planned to go to the Ten Thousand Mountains to obtain the alchemist's inheritance after he became stronger, and strive to upgrade this profession to a high level first!
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