Chapter 17: Tranquil Water Vige
Is it almost there? After rushing for a long time, Shi Hao was somewhat panting and sweating.
It had to be said that thatckey of Wu Batian strictly followed Wu Batians hint. He led Shi Hao and others in the opposite direction of West Flowers Novice Vige. At this moment, they had already walked for a long time. In the game, the map area was muchrger than the real worlds area, and the characters movement speed was also a lot faster than the reality. They had already covered a long distance.
Almost there, its just ahead. Wu Batiansckey also changed his voice while replying.
It had already been a long time since Shi Hao, Feng Tianhao, Li Yi and his subordinates set out on this journey. The sky already had a hint of darkness. Shi Hao looked confused. These people had traveled such a long distance, moreover, at night, werent they afraid of being robbed by mountain bandits?
Shi Hao asked: Did you alle like this? It seems the distance is somewhat strange. Did you take the wrong way?
Wu Batiansckey was frightened. He tightly held his cloth to cover his face and replied in a trembling voice: Lord Vige Chief, we should reach there before dark.
Shi Hao frowned. It wasnt that Shi Hao had a doubt. It was very normal to take the wrong path. Merely, if they continued to keep going randomly, they might have to sleep in the open. But Shi Haos frown had a different meaning in the eyes of Wu Batiansckey.
Wu Batiansckey seemed to have already foreseen his imminent death. But after dying once, he understood the terror of death, and even more understood the terror of Wu Batian. Byparison, it was nothing if he died again. Besides, he had onest resort. Feign illness, pretend to be a mental case!
Eh! Arent those my father and mother? This is not an illusion. Father, mother! I came to look for you. Wu Batiansckey shouted. Obviously, he wanted to confuse Shi Hao and Feng Tianhao, making everyone thought that he had gone insane. Like that, he might have a bit of chance of survival. Merely, he had never thought that when he shouted and ran, he would truly run into a pair of father and mother.
Child! You are finally back. We have been waiting for you for many years. A pair of old married couple slowly walked forward. Among them, the grandpa was called Cui Tie and that grandma was called Mo Ye. They were regr NPC characters. They pulled Wu Batiansckey into their arms. As a matter of fact, Cui Tie and Mo Ye had been waiting here for a long time. They had also cried for a long time. At this moment, they had already cried so much that their eyes were already blurred. Their ears might not be particrly good either. They were basically unable to recognize whether the person they pulled into their arms was their son or not.
Wu Batiansckey was stunned. <i>Sh*t</i>! He was obviously pretending to be crazy, how could he truly bump into a pair of insane couple? But what could he do now? He simply had to carry it through, and keep acting to be crazy! With a pair of real lunatics as a cover, the possibility of survival was higher. He yelled: Father, mother! Im back.
A hint of joy appeared in Shi Haos eyes. There were two reasons. First, the reunion of a family naturally made him happy. Second, since a pair of an old married couple was waiting here, then the vige Shi Hao was looking for was definitely not far away.
Shi Hao said: Sorry to disturb you, the sky is already getting dark now. Lets go to the vige and talk slowly. Dont keep crying here.
Okay, let this old man lead the way. Cui Tie brought Shi Hao and others back to a vige. The name of this vige was Tranquil Water Vige.
Looking from a distance, Tranquil Water Viges area seemed to be less than half the area of Twin Dragons Vige. However, the poption of Tranquil Water Vige was obviously far more than Twin Dragons Vige. Moreover, the facilities of Tranquil Water Vige were also much moreplete, including a smithy and a tailor shop. Such a luxurious vige naturally belonged to the Divine and Mighty Alliance.
Hello! This is the first time for so many guests to visit our vige. Pleasee in first. A generous-looking middle-aged man walked over with many soldiers behind him. This person was Tranquil Water Viges Vige Chief, called Zhang Yang. As the Vige Chief, Zhang Yang should be a historical NPC. In fact, Zhang Yangs historical figure model also originated from the Three Kingdoms period. He had also served as the Prefecture Chief of Hanoi before. Merely, his ability was limited and he had already been swallowed by the river of history long ago. In short, Zhang Yang had a strategist profession, and the system assessed him as C grade historical NPC. His unique skill was called National Farming.
[Skill Name: National Farming]
[Skill Grade: historical NPCs skill, no grade ssification]
[Skill Type: Passive, no consumption]
[Weapon Restriction: None]
[Current Rank and Mastery: Level 1, 78/100]
[Skill Effect: Increases farming efficiency of all members of the vige by 5%]
National Farming, this skill was a standard internal affairs-type supplementary skill. Naturally, there was no need to talk about Zhang Yang. He was a special internal affairs-type talent. However, Divine and Mighty Alliance was truly confident. Divine and Mighty Alliance actually let an internal affairs-type talent to be the Vige Chief, but not amander-type military general. It could only be said that Divine and Mighty Alliance was very clear about the hearts of other people. Basically, no one would dare to make trouble in their territory. Therefore, there was also no significant difference between making a civil officer or a military general the Vige Chief.
Vige Chief Zhang is polite. Shi Hao said with confidence: Im also the Vige Chief of Twin Dragons Vige next door. This time, I boldly came to disturb, I hope Vige Chief Zhang will not me me.
Shi Haos confidence came from his strength. Although Twin Dragons Vige might be inferior to Tranquil Water Vige in the aspect of economic development, the military power of Twin Dragons Vige was absolutely notcking. From the momentum of soldiers behind him and Zhang Yang, Shi Hao could see that Twin Dragons Viges soldiers held a clear advantage. Zhang Yang also could make out this point. Therefore, Zhang Yang was somewhat careful. Although Shi Hao had just a few soldiers, which was far inferior to the military reserve of Tranquil Water Vige, Shi Haos soldiers seemed to have the courage to pit one against ten. Especially that big dark fellow Li Yi, he absolutely wasnt simple. If Zhang Yang didnt belong to Divine and Mighty Alliance, then he wouldnt have dared to let Shi Hao and others into Tranquil Water Vige. After entering the vige, polite remarks were also inevitable.
Fanning himself with a feather fan, Zhang Yang said politely: Vige Chief Shi, you are so young and promising. I wonder what future development ns do you have with our two viges? <i>[TN: Zhang Yang addressed Shi Hao as Vige Head Shi because the game-name of Shi Hao is Shake the Heaven (Shi Po Tian Jing in Chinese)]</i>
Shi Hao also replied politely: Of course, seek shared development, harmony and mutual benefits.
A hint of vignce in the eyes of Zhang Yang disappeared, and he kindly instructed his subordinates: Quickly arrange amodation for Vige Chief Shi and others.
The night passed, early the next morning.
Wu Batiansckey suddenly disappeared, but Shi Hao didnt care about these trivial matters because a lot of serious news came today in a continuous stream.
Congrattions to Divine Flower Continents XX yer for establishing the second yer vige in >, XX Vige. In order to encourage the yers to continue their efforts, we hereby notify that the reputation of XX Vige will be increased by 50 points, and yer XX will be given an administration skill and three sets of items. yer XX may check their inventory promptly. The systems beep could be heard thrice.
Congrattions to Divine Flower Continents XX yer for establishing the third yer vige in >, XX Vige. In order to encourage the yers to continue their efforts, we hereby notify that the reputation of XX Vige will be increased by 20 points. The systems beep resounded again, three times.
After this, there were many systems beeps in session. However, the rewards for establishing a vige was basically the same or no reward at all. In the end, the number of viges set to receive rewards was reached, even the upper limit of the number of viges established set to be announced by the system was reached. The system no longer announced the creation of new viges.
Feng Tianhao didnt care about these things. As Feng Tianhao saw it, the starting advantage of Twin Dragons Vige had already been established anyway without a doubt. The principle of <i>one step led, lead at every step</i> was very clear. Moreover, the other viges might be destroyed by the bandit attack after five days.
However, Shi Haos expression was much more serious byparison. Shi Hao was feeling great pressure now!
Originally, Shi Hao had estimated that it would still take a few more days before this happened. After all, Shi Hao and Feng Tianhao were just level 6. Although they always shared their experience with soldiers, their level was definitely among the front runners. This meant that those yers who established viges were also level 6 or 7. With such a level, killing a level 10 Novice Viges BOSS was not easy. Even if the BOSS had no intelligence, it had high attributes. Without the kind-hearted sponsor of Wu Batian, that gods chosen person, Shi Hao and Feng Tianhao werent confident in being able to deal with the BOSS even if they were level 7 at that time.
Shi Hao also knew the viges established by these people wouldnt be torn apart by the bandits. Most of these people were wealthy figures with a powerful background. There was nock of yers under them. How many bandits would attack them? These yersbined force might surpass them.
Therefore, Shi Hao tly said: We must not lose any time, it seems we have to quickly discuss cooperation matters with Vige Chief Zhang!
Shi Hao and Feng Tianhao came to the Council Hall of Tranquil Water Vige and met Zhang Yang. Shi Hao then proposed a cooperation n to Zhang Yang. This cooperation n was made by Shi Hao yesterday in ordance with Twin Dragons Viges current difficulties. The development of Twin Dragons Vige required them to purchase a lot of goods and materials from Tranquil Water Vige. The goods and materials that needed to be purchased mainly included iron ores, stone ores, lumber and gold. As long as they could get enough iron ore, stone ore, lumber and gold in a short time, Twin Dragons Vige didnt need to fear the pursuit of other yers.
Vige Chief Shi, the matter of purchasing goods and materials with copper coins requires time in reaching a decision. Zhang Yang obviously didnt n to exchange these valuable goods and materials with copper coins. Stone materials and lumber were fine as they were all over the ce. But it was a pity that Tranquil Water Vige already had more than enough copper coins. It was not necessary to waste effort. As for the gold and iron ores, their refreshing sites were very rare. The refreshing site of iron ores was on the northern side of Tranquil Water Vige. It was also the key support for the development of smithy and tailor shops in Tranquil Water Vige. As for the gold refreshing sites, there was none in the vicinity of Tranquil Water Vige. Therefore, Tranquil Water Vige never had enough gold. After the stock was used up, they had to go to Divine and Mighty Alliance for the supply.
Vige Chief Zhang, I know this matter is not easy, you can raise the terms. Shi Hao didnt give up. If this chance was given up, then he didnt know where he could get a hold of so many goods and materials in a short time. Relying solely on Twin Dragons Viges NPCs would definitely be inferior to thebor of those newly established vigesrge number of yers.
This Zhang Yang hesitated.