6 Lacking In Every Manner (2)
About three to four hours earlier...
[Gua!]
A goblin came into the open area where Mu Qing Lang and Xiao Qing (The working goblin's name in Mu Qing Lang's mind) tire themselves to barricade the whole area. While it was easily invaded by the lone goblin, it came here without any ill intention.
The call is barely enough to wake Xiao Qing, as he turned to another side and continue to sleep. But to keep it quiet, the goblin shuts Xiao Qing's mouth and give him a pinch.
[G... Gu,,,]
Xiao Qing recognizes the goblin beside him. It gave him a few signal and whispers calling him to follow. Not long after, the two went to the pond and meet up with ten other goblins from the same village.
[Gua... Gugua...]
They started to communicate...
After sharing out for an hour, Xiao Qing finally understands the reason the entire village of goblins came to him. One of the Ashen Fox stumbles across the Goblin Village, and successfully launch a sneak attack last night. At this moment, there's only eleven of them left, with the goblin leader also sacrificed himself to save them.
One of the goblins took the bronze dagger out to Xiao Qing, and hope that he could lead the pack. Without a leader leading them, the group will vanishes as quickly as they came.
But most importantly, Xiao Qing wasn't a Goblin Leader yet. Although his experience can be said to be the best amongst the twelve of them, he's similar to them, a little green goblin. Having him as a leader is not different than not having one.
Wait...
An idea came up in Xiao Qing's mind that could preserve their species.
Hence, the goblins appeared before this human trying to beg for his protection. This is why the twelve of them came forward and kneeled right before Mu Qing Lang.
On Xiao Qing's hands is the Copper Dagger. Although chipped at the lower edge close to the handle, it is still a weapon made from copper metal, making it much more convenient to be used. Of course, if he chooses to accept them for a bronze dagger as the tribute, his protection can be counted as cheap.
"Alright. Try explains to me, why are all of you come to my camp? There's no building or extra food here, and I don't have the weaponry to defend everyone in case dangerous creature came." Mu Qing Lang explained, hoping that they understand him.
[Gu? Gugua! Gugua!]
Xiao Qing seems to understand a few of his words and ask them to start acting to show Mu Qing Lang what actually happened. One goblin smeared himself with the soil to make him look a shade darker. Another put on two straws on both ears and started to walk on all four.
Their act can be said to be a crude quality show, but it was enough to make Mu Qing Lang understands why the pack left their village. After considering the choices in his hand, Mu Qing Lang decided to accept all of them, and they'll have to work hard to earn their portion of food.
Just like this, Mu Qing Lang's party increased from two members to thirteen. He started by teaching them how to recognize the vegetation and what to harvest for the camp. Separating them into four groups with three goblins each, Mu Qing Lang allowed them to handle different responsibilities.
One of the group is the Wheat and Soybean Harvesting Team. The three goblins will all went further into the long-grass area to collect the edible materials. As for the straws left after their harvest, it was piled together from one spot to another to make the work lighter to the next team.
Straw Collecting Team. Like what the name says, the team's responsibility is to collect the straws left by the first team. While two goblins are out to collect the straws, one of them will stay at the camp learning and helping in weaving the straws or stack them together to make a straw barricade.
The third team is the Water Collection Team. Their responsibility is to collect drinking water back and forth from the pond, and also serving the meal for everyone. As for the fire, it seems that he can only rely on the cooking stove inside the Carriage of Immortality.
But this shortened his task a lot more, especially when Mu Qing Lang decided to change his diet to relying on the sweet Xian-Ren Grass. Because the texture of the flesh inside this Xian-Ren Grass is similar to an Aloe Plant in his previous world, eating such a sticky and sweet product wasn't too difficult for him to accept.
And the best of all is the satisfaction from eating the flesh inside this Xian-Ren Grass. They're sweeter compared to the flavorless soybean and filling the belly faster than the starchy Mingwen soybean. All and all, the product is just that compatible with him.
Lastly, the Planting and Harvesting Team, where he put Xiao Qing. This team is responsible for planting and harvesting the products. This includes the shifting from the second and third ten plant plots to this camp and replanting them into three batches of 50 plants. At the same time, he's expecting the first harvest of the Herbal-Cress on his fifth day, which is also the harvesting day for his third ten plants plot.
His fourth day goes without too many things to do, giving him enough stamina to check the Carriage status. After noticing that except the Free Space of the Carriage Capacity left with 1,985 / 2,000, Mu Qing Lang assumes that it should be the three items inside the chest.
It seems that the item carries its own value points.
After he allocates ten of the Xian-Ren Grass aside at the kitchen, Mu Qing Lang stored the final ten into the chest and selected the [Small Xian Pill] option. Therefore, he's 1 Small Xian Pill richer, totaling up to two Recovery Ointment and two Small Xian Pills.
He grabbed one of the Xian-Ren Grass and cut it into two using the copper dagger. Using his finger to separates the jelly-like texture in the middle, Mu Qing Lang took the entire piece of flesh out and placed it into his mouth.
"Umm! Sweet!" Mu Qing Lang grins as he licked his finger clean from the juices still lingering in the soft empty shell. He immediately took a sip before moving on to the next half.
After finishing both sides of his dinner, Mu Qing Lang took a seat on the chair and waited for the [Recovery Ointment] information to pops up. Once tapped, it brought him into reading trance once again.
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Recovery Ointment [Unranked]
Condition: Wound Healing Paste
Benefit: Hasten the recovery process on all open wounds
Side Benefits:
[1] Alleviates the pain during the recovery
[2] Improve evolution affinity (Applicable to anything except human cultivator)
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Item Description: Made from the essence of five Xian-Ren Grass and thicked to its paste form. While the paste works wonderfully on all kind of living creatures, the effect of evolution affinity only applicable to those with few different evolution paths to tread. This product quality is too low to be graded but has great potential.
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"One more Great Potential product. Now I can't stop thinking about what kind of quality will the Xian-Qin Pill have." having created another great potential item can be said to be an achievement, especially for somebody that has his second life and also the chances to become an immortal.
Left with nothing to do next, he inspects his own status without expecting anything will happen on it. But when the page is opened to full view, Mu Qing Lang cannot help but grin even more from the delightful report.
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[Username: Mu Qing Lang]
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[Cultivation: First Stage Spiritual Palace]
[0/1,000]
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[Status:]
[Health: 50/50][Energy: 12.5/12.5]
[Fitness - 4+1]
[Charm - 2]
[Control - 1+0.5]
[Force - 1]
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[Item:]
[Small Xian Pill][2]
[Recovery Ointment][2]
[Equipment:]
[Common-Grade Copper Dagger]
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"Not even in my dream thinking about working hard and planting stuff actually helps in increasing my fitness point. No wonder I feel not that tired although I had a busy day going from one place to another. But what's about the control stats?"
"I think it may come from the increases of twelve subordinates under my control. If it gets even higher, can I control them to open a Xian-Ren Grass farm? Or I can start controlling other creatures..." Mu Qing Lang scrolled the page and finished reading all the updates.
What was on the bottom part was the Recovery Ointment, Small Xian Pill, and the copper dagger in his pocket.
"That should be updated regularly to remind me of what I got." Mu Qing Lang guessed, and he wasn't wrong. The Status Page indeed act as the reminder to him on what's changed from the last time its opened.
As for now, he'll have to rest now as there are two kinds of product to be harvested tomorrow. And to test the miraculous benefit of the Small Xian Pill, Mu Qing Lang pops one before he lied flat on the comfy bed.
"Zzz..." he falls asleep just after one minute passed.
