Chapter 573 - 376: Seven-Star Lord

Chapter 573: Chapter 376: Seven-Star Lord

Liu Qin snorted. "You woman. Instead of thinking about how to properly serve the master, you dare to complain? Truly ridiculous! With a temper like yours, you’ll only delay the master’s progress in becoming stronger. Over time, the master will realize this and won’t favor you anymore!"

Li Longyu wasn’t angered by her words. She smiled and said, "You’re right, Sister. I need to become stronger. I want to help my husband, but what can I do right now?"

"If I were you, I’d go to the Hundred Skills Academy to learn a profitable trade," Liu Qin replied. "At least then you’d be somewhat useful!"

Li Longyu nodded. "You have a point. Let’s go to the Hundred Skills Academy together!"

"Sure!" Yuan Yao chimed in. "I heard the tailor profession is incredibly popular at the Hundred Skills Academy right now. There’s a musician who managed to weave a fabric spanning a billion light-years! The eldest miss is already preparing to build a garment factory and needs a large number of tailors. Why don’t we go learn some tailoring?"

"Sounds great!"

The three women hit it off immediately and changed their route to head toward the Hundred Skills Academy. As they passed by Taohua Pond, they saw Zhao Mei crouching on the ground, teasing a strange little creature.

"Hello, Alchemist Zhao! What are you doing?" Yuan Yao quickly stepped forward to greet her.

Zhao Mei turned around and saw the three women. "Ah, the harem group! You ladies have arrived at the perfect time. Come look at these little things!"

As she spoke, Zhao Mei lifted an animal about the size of a basketball and presented it to the trio.

The small creature had a duck-like bill, thick and long hind legs and tail, a round, bulging head, and two bizarre little claws on its chest.

"What kind of animal is this?" Li Longyu and the others paid no mind to Zhao Mei’s teasing address. They curiously studied the little creature she held up, completely unable to recognize it.

Zhao Mei explained, "Since you ladies don’t recognize it, let me give you a little science lesson. If you ignore the mouth, this little guy looks like a miniature Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Tyrannosaurus Rex is a dinosaur, which is usually ferocious. However, with the addition of a duck bill, it loses its ferocity and just looks goofy and endearing. This little thing is quite intelligent and obedient. I like to call it a Duck-Billed Dragon!"

"Uh..." Li Longyu and the other two were a bit confused.

Zhao Mei continued, "The Flower and Fruit Ecosystem of Huaguo Mountain is truly miraculous. This Duck-Billed Dragon is a wild animal born naturally here. It’s well-behaved and can be kept as a pet! Since you ladies seem to have some free time, let’s go catch some Duck-Billed Dragons together. We can keep them as pets, and maybe when they grow up, they can guard the house."

"Catch Duck-Billed Dragons..." Staring at the endearing Duck-Billed Dragon, Li Longyu and the others found themselves taking a liking to it. Swayed by Zhao Mei’s suggestion, they followed her into the Peach Blossom Forest to catch Duck-Billed Dragons.

The Flower and Fruit Ecosystem of Huaguo Mountain had already completed its first metamorphosis and could naturally spawn small animals. The Duck-Billed Dragon Zhao Mei discovered was merely one of them.

As the four women entered the Peach Blossom Forest, they soon discovered some small birds trailing long tails. Some were red, while others were gold, looking incredibly beautiful.

Zhao Mei mentioned that those little birds resembled a Phoenix, so she named them Little Phoenixes.

However, the most abundant inhabitants of the Peach Blossom Forest were the Peach Blossom Fairies and the Little Spirit Monkeys. They were Flower and Fruit Spirits born from the Flower Fruit Trees and possessed the greatest intelligence, nearly rivaling the existence of Earth Deity Beasts.

The four women unwittingly arrived at the summit of Huaguo Mountain. Looking out in all directions, they took in the panoramic view of Huaguo Mountain and felt their spirits lift.

Suddenly, they noticed a Starlight River washing over the ground below, swiftly forming a Starlight Arch Bridge that seemed to connect Eggshell Castle directly to Eggshell Pier.

"That’s... My husband is back!" Li Longyu rejoiced. Riding her Jade Jiaolong, she immediately rushed down toward the Starlight Arch Bridge.

Meanwhile, standing upon the Starlight River, Wang Yi was actually doing morning calisthenics.

After completing a full routine in earnest, he felt completely refreshed and energized. By the time he stepped off the Starlight River, he had already arrived at the Shanhai Pass located behind Eggshell Pier.

"There are a total of 21 Shanhai Passes across the surface territory, and all 21 of them hold the title of the ’First Pass Under Heaven.’ I’ll just use them as my highway tollgates..."

With his hands clasped behind his back, Wang Yi looked at the Starlight River he had just set up and nodded in satisfaction. "Since this Starlight River is fixed here, I’ll call it the Starlight Arch Bridge. This is the first Starlight Arch Bridge, but there will be many more in the future!"

The power of Commanding Mountains and Rivers allowed Wang Yi to forge Starlight Rivers at will. Impressively, he had used a Starlight River to construct a Starlight Arch Bridge, seamlessly linking Shanhai Pass with Eggshell Castle.

In fact, this Starlight Arch Bridge was a two-way street, with starlight continuously circulating within it. Once Wang Yi stepped onto it, he could travel from Shanhai Pass to Eggshell Castle, or vice versa, with a mere thought. The speed was practically on par with the speed of light.

Before long, Wang Yi returned to Eggshell Castle.

Eggshell Castle was undergoing renovations, with Gegeda and a large number of craftsmen bustling about. Wang Yi found Jelena in the temporary office area of the castle plaza. He asked her about the latest situation in Eggshell Village and also received a Gold blind box from her.

That Gold blind box had been confiscated from Hu Dachun and his gang. As for Hu Dachun and his crew, they had already been secretly executed by Siyan.

Wang Yi wasn’t in a hurry to open the Gold blind box. Instead, he went to the Wukong Dojo and quickly utilized the Heart of Chaos to produce several Construction Drawings for a [Paper Mill], [Watch Factory], [Explosives Factory], and [Printing Factory].

Having learned from Jelena that the watch market was immense, he prioritized building the [Watch Factory]. Along the Peach Blossom River, he constructed twelve of them in under ten minutes.

"Twelve watch factories should be enough for now. I’ll just leave them here for the time being. Once the territory expands, I can designate specific industrial and development zones, and then relocate all the factories there at once... Speaking of which, the fifth wave of the Void Invasion better start soon. If there’s no invasion, my territory can’t expand. Isn’t this bottlenecking my progression!"