Chapter 328: Chapter 328
[Urgent Charity Order]
Several large bold red letters kept flashing, creating a strong sense of urgency, highlighting the uniqueness of this order.
Jiang Yuan quickly clicked to open and check, feeling puzzled when he saw the required items.
[Urgent Charity Order: 68 servings of cooked rice; 68 servings of diced eggplant and meat; 100 pieces of wood; 10 torches; 30 coarse fur rugs; 300 servings of well water. Order valid for half an hour, charity orders involve no trade with Gold Coins, guaranteed to receive random special materials. Note: Urgent charity order rewards doubled]
"It’s the first time I’ve seen an order needing well water, food, water, wood, torches, and rugs. Are they planning to camp out in the open without even basic luggage?" He had never made a fur rug before and hurried to the Textile Workshop to check.
The raw materials were sufficient, requiring finished sheepskin from the slaughterhouse and linen made at the Textile Workshop, combined to make a coarse fur rug.
But the production time was a bit long, capable of making five at a time taking ten minutes each, making thirty within half an hour seemed impossible, so to complete the order on time, he would have to spend money, using twenty Spirit Stones would immediately complete the processing.
With not many Spirit Stones left, Jiang Yuan hesitated, feeling a bit like giving up.
After all, besides the fur rug, making rice dishes on the stove or torches at the workbench also took time. To speed up the progress, using Spirit Stones to complete everything instantly would cost quite a bit on this order.
"Oh well, spending money is spending money. I made a lot today, consider it a celebration!" After hesitating for a while, he decided to complete the order by spending money.
If it’s just a system-generated order, consider it buying special materials; if someone genuinely needs it, using some Spirit Stones to offer warmth might save many lives.
The Spirit Stones were spent swiftly, and the order’s required items were quickly gathered to complete the transaction.
[Order completed, reward obtained: Black Flame Sand +2; Black Crystal Stone +2; Faith Value +20,000]
"Whoa! Is the Faith Value really that high?" Jiang Yuan was stunned.
Upon checking, he saw that the Faith Value had broken through the 100,000 mark, allowing him to make many protective talismans to sell in reality for money, can also be used to upgrade titles, and can be worn for show when necessary.
The moment the Floating Market clicked to complete the order, the people crouching on the black sand suddenly smelled the fragrance of food!
"The Celestial God truly has not forgotten His most devoted believers. He’s sent miracles to save us!" The leader watched, eyes wide, as a holy light appeared on the previously barren black sand and vanished, leaving behind steaming hot rice and meat dishes, water, piles of wood, ten torches burning to dispel the cold, and even a pile of blankets made from animal skins.
His chapped lips were already bleeding, and he stumbled forward to find that the food was hot, the water was pure and clean, and the animal skin blankets, though coarse, could shield against the cold wind!
Kneeling again to give thanks for this grace, the leader checked the food and water and first distributed them to the children and the elderly, then to the young people.
Cold, hungry, and thirsty, those with weaker constitutions almost couldn’t hold on, yet everyone in the tribe stayed obediently in their place, awaiting their turn. Even though the aroma of food attracted all eager eyes, not one person rushed forward to grab anything.
"Eat up, fill yourselves well, drink plenty of water. With these blankets, we can set up tents in the mountain ravines to shield against the wind." As the leader began to speak, blood oozed from his chapped lips.
Not caring about himself, he ensured everyone had enough food and water to fill their bellies before taking a bundle of water gently wrapped in a comforting force and drinking the sweet, clear liquid down.
They were a nomadic tribe, migrating with livestock in summer when an earthquake shook and cracked the land. The grand migrating convoy survived only with these few lucky ones who had been near the Great Black Mountain and took refuge in the hills.
However, more than half of their belongings were lost. Their food and water were running low, and the Great Black Mountain was barren.
Previously, their migration route only skirted the Black Mountain range; no one dared to enter this fabled mountain, where even the gods dared not tread. Now, left with nowhere to retreat, they had to send their strongest young men to scout ahead.
The news they brought back was mixed—beyond the Great Black Mountain lay the end of the world, a void, but the Celestial God hadn’t forsaken His devout believers; every starving plea had been met with miracles.
Now, the Celestial God had indeed fed and sheltered His followers again, with warm fires, animal skin blankets, and tents for rest. Yet what does the future hold?
The leader on night watch gazed at the heavens, filled with uncertainty. To ward off the unknown fear, he could only prostrate himself in earnest prayer, hoping the god who shields His believers would show the way to hope.
Meanwhile, the so-called "God" was busy constructing a more advanced habitat for chickens, ducks, and geese.
[Main Task: Build Level Five House, Task 3: Poultry House up to Level Four completed. Reward: Unlocked Intermediate Poultry Area has been issued]
[Task 4: Livestock Barn up to Level Four. Reward: Unlocked Intermediate Livestock Barn Area]
Upon clicking upgrade, the poultry house was shrouded in gray mist, and as the progress bar completed, a relatively more exquisite small wooden house appeared, with overhanging eaves and a curved-tiled roof. The architectural style became more splendid, yet the occupied area remained unchanged.
Jiang Yuan, observing the poultry house increasingly matching the Furong Spirit Pool and Heaven-Reaching Divine Tree style, happily thought once all the buildings were upgraded to the highest level, this connected area would surely be more beautiful than the royal gardens seen on TV!
Saving money to buy landscapes to intersperse, with Spiritual Energy growing denser and the courtyard protection shield level getting higher, the small courtyard would surely become as beautiful as the Immortal Realm.
Opening the door, he saw that the poultry house, now more than three times larger, had completely departed from its stereotypical image.
The roof was gone, and overhead, the blue sky, white clouds, and bright sunlight; the surrounding wooden walls became tall fences; the poultry house’s former mud floor turned into lush grassland.
Several large hens casually strolled among the grass, leisurely pecking, stepping into the new poultry house felt like instantly reaching the wild.
"After upgrading to Level Four, it looks like it’s developed into a new pasture," Jiang Yuan was quite surprised, thinking it would gradually turn into a modern chicken farm but instead developed towards a primitive pasture.
The System Mall’s poultry interface unlocked many new poultry species, such as pigeons, quails, black-footed chickens, and even special species like geese and gold-threaded green peacocks, though the latter are not raised for meat but to gather peacock feathers, which can be processed in the Textile Workshop into peacock gold thread for clothing making.
"Raise two more pigeons, they’re delicious in soup and roasted; raise a peacock slowly to accumulate feathers; two black-footed chickens and quails each..." With the poultry house capacity quadrupled, he needed to plan the proportions for each of the thirty-two poultry.
Currently, the demand for eggs was the greatest, so first, ensure the number of egg-laying hens, ducks, and geese is highest, and for others, whether for meat or feather collection, aim for a balanced number.
After purchasing some seedlings and adding more feed into the trough, Jiang Yuan checked the materials needed to upgrade the livestock barn and returned to the house to make some paper crafts to replenish stock. After the battle in front of the Silent Cultivation Tower, he had used up more than half of his usual stock and needed to quickly restock for emergencies.
Upon entering the house, he saw Xiaobai and others in a circle, even Yun Shu was squatting with a pen, curiously watching.
He thought his apprentice was ready to start teaching cultivation techniques, but upon getting closer, he saw they were surrounding the lingering resentment of the unconscious Lin Feng, with Hu Zhile gently blowing pale pink powder at him.
[Lin Feng’s Resentment: A strand of lingering resentment residing on the bones after his death, due to filled with grievance and a desire to survive, unaware that it’s merely a resentment rather than a remnant soul, trying to possess Wan Mingchuan. Currently leaving the bones without energy replenishment, gradually weakening, with remaining energy at 69%, will disappear once depleted]
"Zhile, hurry with the interrogation, this resentment won’t last long before it dissipates completely, make him reveal everything he knows!" Jiang Yuan became anxious when he saw the system reminder. Running out of power isn’t good at all.
From cultivation techniques to travelling to the Otherworld, without the Nascent Soul realm’s lingering resentment leaving behind some crucial information, wouldn’t bringing it back be in vain?