23 The Upcoming Mu's Settlement (1)
"Pff... Hahaha!" Mu Qing Lang laughed. Who would imagine that smart and skilled in fighting Ka-Ba is actually a noob in term of plants? Instead of collecting something useful for him, that fellow ends up plucking two plants he has in their own farm.
Still, Mu Qing Lang did not treat him terribly. Along with a word of advice, Mu Qing Lang gave him a total of ten Small Xian Pills and Xian-Qin Pills to improve his cultivation.
"You should help in the farm works once a while. That will help you in the future whenever we need to expand our camp." this is what he said as he hands the twenty pellets to that youngster's hand.
Back to him in his Carriage of Immortality.
The fight against Namu Muli can be said to be profitable. Including Namu Muli himself, who carries two, each fighter possessed a piece of Spiritual Agate Pebble. This sudden addition of seventeen Spiritual Agate Pebbles instantly gave him the right to make something out of them.
And on the same day, one of the goblins handed another Spiritual Agate Pebble found on the farm. It was exposed due to the digging using the Stone Hoe, and further explain where the pebbles can be found.
Added with the two pebbles hung on his necklace, they are twenty Spiritual Agate Pebbles in total. The number is just enough for him to combine them together into a Spiritual Agate Slate reported by the Material Preparation Shelf.
"Let's see what can I do with them." Mu Qing Lang went to the shelf and activated the selection panel.
[No new ingredient found!]
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[Please choose from the following option:]
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[1] Xian-Ren Grass Processing
[2] Amber Root Processing
[3] Prairie Herbal-Cress Processing
[4] Demonic Juniper Fruit Processing
[5] Miscellaneous Processing
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"I'll choose Amber Root Processing for now. Let's go." Mu Qing Lang tapped on the second option. Which brought him back to the choice he was so familiar with it.
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[Please choose from the following option:]
[1] Extract the resin within (1) plant to be made into a binding solution
[2] Combined the resin within (5) plant and (5) Spiritual Agate Pebble to create a proper Spiritual Agate Slate
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"Select the second option." he tapped on the second choice and pressed the option for four times. A moment later, four pieces of agate slates came into his hand. Each of them carries the layering feature of the same agate pebbles, but better than before.
Still, their weight to size ratio is remarkable. The Spiritual Agate Slate comes in the size of a typical name card, about the thickness of an iPhone in his previous world. But in term of weight, they should be in between 30 to 50gm each.
"Slate my head. Why can't you call it cards?" Mu Qing Lang complained, but that was to himself. Why bother about changing its name? Nobody knows what card means in this world anyway.
With the process of making four Spiritual Agate Slates is over, Mu Qing Lang continued with the other processing. 3,980 Amber roots are made into 398 bottles of Binding Solution. The two days worth of 57.6kg of Herbal Cress is mixed with 576 stalks of Xian-Ren Grass to make 576 pellets of Xian-Qin Pills.
As for the remaining 1,030 Demonic Juniper Fruit, they're processed into 20 gourd bottles of Infused Juniper Oil. Lastly, he used 7,000 stalks of the Xian-Ren Grass to be made into 700 Small Xian Pills. This increases the number of available pills in his storage chest by quite a figure.
It is time for him to check the wonder of the Spiritual Agate Slate.
[Toot!]
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[*Spiritual Agate Slate*]
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Spiritual Agate Slate [Mortal Common]
Evaluation: Treasured Stone with a considerable sum of Spiritual Energy
Condition: 16 layers / helps in providing an area of 3-meter sphere (15) cultivation experience each day
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Information: a rare cultivation treasure that only forms in a location rich with natural Spiritual Energy. In term of preciousness, this piece of Agate Slate can be compared to a 500 members settlement. The quality of this Agate Pebble is qualified to be ranked as a proper Mortal Common treasure.
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"It's actually a mortal common-grade treasure... I found some rare treasure for myself now." Mu Qing Lang kept the four Spiritual Agate Slates on the straw pouch he usually hung on his waist and headed to his bed. As usual, he pops the two pills and let them dissolve in his stomach.
But he did not expect that tonight is the day he had a breakthrough in his cultivation.
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Day twenty.
Today was the day they're supposed to start "lancing" the fruit of the Chang Empress Poppy and collect their Poppy Latex at night. It was led by Qing Yi and Xiao Qing, who already got the training needed to prepare them.
Luoli's creation can be said to be excellently made to suits both human and goblins. It was easy to use, and the sharpness is just enough to make five lines on the fruit for their latex to starts flowing out.
Because the goblins have a height issue with the Chang Empress Poppy, the ten human workers team is given the chances to perform themselves.
As for the goblins, they continued with the usual works and harvested another batch of 2,000 stalks of Xian-Ren Grass, 1,000 Amber Roots, and 1,000 Demonic Jupiter Fruits. The latex result would have to wait until nighttime.
To reward them for their hard work, Mu Qing Lang gave a bottle of Infused Juniper Oil to Ka-Ba, Xiao Qing, and Han Xi, the representative for Ka-Ruo Settlement's youngsters, the goblins, and the group of human members a night before to motivates them.
Meanwhile, the satyr will be included inside Ka-Ba's youngster team because the communication between them is better than the two other groups. But the main reason is still due to Mu Qing Lang wanted the satyr to get comfortable with humans.
If it proceeds positively, he might have the chance to hire more satyr as coolies to help him in various matters. Mainly, the reason to hire more coolies is to enhance his ability to pick a massive amount of stone.
At this moment, there are 48 members in Mu's Camp. With the addition of two more members, he can change their status into a settlement, which is given to those with a population of fifty members and above.
He overslept. When Mu Qing Lang wakes up, the sun was directly above him, almost like telling him its afternoon. The sleep last night is horrifying for him, as he wakes up with a human shape stain on his bedding. After cleaning himself thoroughly, Mu Qing Lang exited his carriage.
The moment he came out from his carriage, it was a dazzling moment. Mu Qing Lang faced the bow from his camp's 48 members. All of them looking at him with reverence, as if he became somebody sent by heaven to rescue them.
This sight stunned Mu Qing Lang slightly, but he dismissed all of them shortly after he collected the harvested materials. After everyone leaves his side, Mu Qing Lang quickly placed his hand on the Carriage of Immortality and waited for a detail report of his condition.
[Toot!]
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[Congratulation to the user! You've successfully advanced into the Second Stage of Spiritual Palace!]
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[Status panel is chosen. Status Panel on]
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[Toot!]
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[Username: Mu Qing Lang]
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[Cultivation: Second Stage Spiritual Palace]-[34/2,000]
[Cultivation Technique:]
[Inner Art: Wheel of Cause Sutra]
[Outer Art: NIL]
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[Status:]
[Health: 200/200][Energy: 50/50][Def: 3]
[Fitness - 10+10+0.5]-[Force - 6+10+0.5]
[Charm - 3+5+1]-[Control - 2.5+5+1]
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[Item:]
[Small Xian Pill]-[875]
[Recovery Ointment]-[1023]
[Xian-Qin Pill]-[712]
[Equipment:]
[Spiritual Agate Pebble]-[NIL]
[Spiritual Agate Slate]-[4]
[Common-Grade Copper Dagger]
[Ashen Cloak]
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"No wonder all of them gave me that look! The advancement to the second stage promotes my status by 10 points in both Fitness and Force, while my Charm and Control stats increase by 5 points!" Mu Qing Lang caught the hint why his people revered him so much out of sudden.
That's almost like their lord has ascended into godhood without any hints.
But Mu Qing Lang knows himself the best. It was an advancement. After twenty days within this world, he finally advanced his cultivation from the first to the second stage.
Only the second stage of cultivation was nothing much to be arrogant. An opponent like Namu Mayue might not be the only one inside this Chang Emperor Prairie. The Wolf King, Wuhan, and the Fire Dragon, Yelu-En, might be even stronger than Namu Mayue.
"I must not be arrogant. Wuhan and Yelu-En might have more than one cultivator in their entire settlement. Overconfident is the same as digging my own grave, which cannot exist within my mind." Mu Qing Lang eye shines with confidence and resolute.
"We have to grow stronger. Not just economically, but entirely! I'll develop my own Mu's Country to achieve what I've said!" Mu Qing Lang found his path once more, which is an entire stage further from where he stands.
