51 The Establishment of Eastern Changzhou (1)
Night.
"Remember, do not come to my carriage no matter what happened to me. I'll rely on both of you to handle everything until I come out." Mu Qing Lang instructed Guan Yi and Han Xi on what they should and shouldn't.
As he has no idea how long would the advancement period be, he decided to give his instruction to Han Xi, who tasked on handling all non-fighting task and Guan Yi, on all fight-related duties.
To let them prepare for it, he gave each of them a Healing Ointment and Recovery Ointment. This will be their last life preserving tricks in hand, only to be used in the most crucial moment.
He returned to the carriage after they left.
Once he took the pills, Mu Qing Lang started. The Spiritual Energy flowed in and out, continuously forming from nothing into a cycle. It continued until the moment the Spiritual Agate Slate gave their effect.
His cultivation finally reaches their peak of the second stage, and begin to try charging through the barrier into the Third Stage. The accumulated experience of 2,000 points works like a battering ram, trying to crush the wall apart.
"Hoo..." the sound similar to a person whistling beside your ears came to him but failed to do anything. Still, it continued until the whistling turned into a narration.
[Because you help without measuring your ability, you're dead]
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[Because you help without prejudice, you're alive]
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[Because you wage war, you're targetted]
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[Because you kill, you're hunted]
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[Because you cause, you made the effect]
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[Once the wheel had turned, you've sinned]
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[Once you sinned, you repeat]
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[Only by repeating them again and again, you creates the Karma]
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[Omm...]
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The verse that narrates themselves inside his head brings him back to his sense. As he opened his eyes, a surge of energy wave explodes outward, to the fact it made the WUYI Saint Carriage shook.
"Gehihi?" Xiao Hui turned and looked at the carriage. As the master did not turn up from it, Xiao Hui went back to sleep.
Meanwhile, inside the carriage, Mu Qing Lang is enjoying his induction process to understands more about the cultivation.
"Open my status!" Mu Qing Lang went to the Information Table immediately to check his status.
[Toot!]
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[Username: Mu Qing Lang]
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[Cultivation: Third Stage Spiritual Palace]-[4/3,000]
[Cultivation Technique:]
[Inner Art: Wheel of Cause Sutra]
[Outer Art: NIL]
[Karma: NIL]
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[Status:]
[Health: 410/410][Energy: 112.5/112.5]
[Defence: 14]-[Speed: 4]
[Fitness - 41.5+10]-[Force - 37.5+10]
[Charm - 10+3]-[Control - 14+3]
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[Item:]
[Eastern Sea Spiritual Pearl]-[23]
[Small Xian Pill]-[583]
[Recovery Ointment]-[636]
[Spiritual Ointment]-[1]
[Healing Ointment]-[2]
[Xian-Qin Pill]-[410]
[Dou-Xian Pill]-[1]
[Suqin Pill]-[NIL]
[Equipment:]
[Spiritual Agate Slate]-[4]
[Ashen Five-Piece Set]
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"My Fitness and Force stats increase by (10) points again. As for the Charm and Control stats, just (3) points. Still, there's an additional Karma Value, which can be gotten from continuously following the Law of Cause and Effect."
"If I'm not mistaken, I'll get one point from ruling the entire Chang Emperor Prairie. Other than that, we'll have to see where to get it." Mu Qing Lang smiled. Like how the second verse of the Wheel of Cause Sutra describes it, Karma comes from continuous cause and effect.
As long he followed everything in his heart, but never wavered from what he had done, everything will contribute to the Karma at last, no matter how it went and end. All he needs is to continue without a hint of distrust on himself.
Mu Qing Lang entered his slumber as he went onto his bed.
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Day Forty-Fourth.
It was already afternoon when he wakes up. The moment he came out from the WUYI Saint Carriage, Yulin immediately handed over a few ingredients that were deemed extremely precious to him.
Inside included 4,200gm of Medicinal Opium Latex, 1,560gm of Poppy Seeds, 312 leaves from the Prairie Rock Sage, and 22,500 rhizomes of Prairie Sugar Roots. As for the others such as Xian-Ren Grass, Prairie Herbal-Cress, Amber Roots, and Demonic Juniper Fruits, they're moved to a specialized granary opened only for his access.
Except everything said earlier, Xiao-Qing also comes to him with the same tray in hand. Only this time, the object placed on top is different from the piece of latex.
This root is known by the name of Root-Cress, also named as Qin-Gang Root stated by the WUYI Saint Carriage. Its outer appearance carries the resemblance to a stick-man, but with dense cress-like petals on the top.
Of course, Xiao Qing came along with the piece of Medicinal Opium Latex again. The young descendant of the Marquis actually dared to challenge the opium for his second time and collapsed for the second time after filling itself up with more than 10,000 stalks of Xian-Ren Grass.
Before it collapsed into a tightly shut mollusk, this descendant of the Marquis produces twenty-one Eastern Sea Spiritual Pearl this time, perhaps due to the abundant food supply given to him from day forty until today.
"Master, will it be alright?" this is the second time Yulin sees the Eastern Sea Oyster shut itself after producing en-masse. If this continued, the descendant of the Marquis is either going to be a drug addict or lost half of his life from the continuous production.
Mu Qing Lang did consider not doing that for the third time. But to make sure it won't happen again, he'll have to get Xiao Qing to stop sending him the latex each time after the collection. This might reduce the addiction that oyster going to have in the future.
"He will. Don't worry. Come and accompany me for a walk." Mu Qing Lang allowed Xiao Qing to return to his post, while he brings Yulin to inspects his Eastern Changzhou and check out on their completion.
Today is also the day Han Xi is going to have their first big harvest of Yunxia Bamboos after waiting for ten days. The eight shoots he gave to Han Xi yields a total of no lesser than 400 bamboos, all of them around five meters at least in height.
It was satisfying to look at their works. With residential, commercial, administration and entertainment is separated into four corners, each side will have their own charm inside the city.
An hour later, the inspection ends with flying colors. Han Xi is indeed doing a great job in managing the city and the construction. Based on his assumption, the Eastern Changzhou can be completed in five more days.
But business already started to come with multiple products increases in their demand. Amongst them is the Recovery Ointment, Infused Juniper Oil, and surprisingly, the Root Sucrose Liquid.
It seems that the natives from other land are also attracted to this extreme sweetness product, which can be said to be a flavor highly demanded by them. In exchange, a few of them brings up their offer a class higher, from exchanging products-to-products to product-to-slaves.
Manpower can be said to be the most valuable asset at this moment even to the most low-profile chiefs. Although they can survive without a slave, it is much better to have one extra hand compare to none.
And yet, Mu Qing Lang has no intention to follow their Caste System of Slaves - Worker - Administrator - Ruler hierarchy. In his eyes, as a person who grows up with School of Thought in Social movement and partial economics, applying the currency of exchange will be the best solution to reduces the inconveniences in trading.
Of course, it is for the sake of preserving the value of the product he made and also to maintain the price from dropping too low due to mass-production.
"Master! The Goldfang-Orc Village made an offer a while ago." Fengbu came over to him to obtain his further approval in this exchange.
"Bring the representative to me. I'll discuss with him personally. And at the same time, try to promote to the others that in the future, we will use the term [Selling] and [Purchasing] to distributes our products." Mu Qing Lang passed an Eastern Sea Spiritual Pill to Fengbu's hand for him to show to their business prospect.
With Yulin accompanying him, Mu Qing Lang returned to their half-complete Chief Manor to prepare himself for the trade discussion between them and the Goldfang-Orc Village. He did not wait too long for the two Orc representatives.
While the Tiezu-Orcs had a durable body, the Goldfang-Orcs possessed exceptional strength. An effort is not that important for those born with an innate skill, [Golden Meridians] which allows them to exert five additional points in Fitness and Force stats anytime they wished.
"Greetings, Chief Mu." the Orc walking on the front made an effort to greet Mu Qing Lang first even before they entered the building. This shows how well behave is those from Goldfang-Orc Village compared to the rebellious Tiezu.
"Our Eastern Changzhou is honored by the arrival of two great Orc friends. May this humble chief know what kind of product you would like to purchase from us?" Mu Qing Lang uses the term [Buy and Sell] and not exchange to start introducing them the currency system.
"We are interested in many products, but for now, we wish to purchase as much Recovery Ointment as possible! If Chief Mu need a figure to decide, please assumes it to be nothing lesser than ten thousand bottles!" the Goldfang Orc revealed his intention from the start, hoping to get the deal running with Mu Qing Lang.
"Crazy! Ten thousand bottles?"
