I Can Reap Qi Fortune from Players

By the time I got home, it was already completely dark.

I pushed open the courtyard door and found the courtyard quiet. There was a round wooden board cover from a cooking pot over the well.

Apparently, Su Yuniang had gone to bed early, closing the well's door. This method could keep the well warm.

But whether she was really asleep was uncertain. Some people close their doors and turn off the lights, but that doesn't mean they're asleep; they could be staying up all night.

For instance,

Going winter swimming in the middle of winter, exploring at night.

Ning Zheng couldn't be bothered with this ghost, after all, it was an Earth-bound Spirit that would resurrect even if it died.

Ning Jiaojiao came out of the cellar: "Brother, where did you go?"

"Just went out for a stroll." Ning Zheng didn't tell her the news that their father was still alive.

After all, there was no need.

The person was still hovering between life and death.

After chatting a bit with Ning Jiaojiao, he returned to his room. His mind was restless, as today's information intake was overwhelming.

Fate makes fools of people.

He recalled a phrase often said by the blacksmiths on the forum.

Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west side, never belittle the young for being poor.

Never belittle the middle-aged for being poor, never belittle the elderly for being poor, for even at the time of death, there's still a chance!

In their grave, people could still get a chance to rekindle a second spring and marry the beautiful woman of their dreams.

This was a proper motivational textbook!

Ning Zheng quietly took it to heart and deeply admired it.

He couldn't help but calm his nerves and began to organize his thoughts.

Now, the three ancestors were roughly clear.

1. Ancestor Qi, the adoptive father, whose affair was nearly settled.

2. Red-clothed Sister, whom to deal with, it seems would require the current Manor Master to have a chat, which, just on this point, is quite challenging.

3. Bottle Ancestor, Li Youzhu.

This last one actually had the most interaction, quite familiar.

In fact, because of Ning Jiaojiao's connection, the closeness to Ning Zheng was stronger than that with a Demon Cultivator.

"Then, what's left is that so-called Red-clothed Sister."

This one obviously needs to meet the Manor Master to have a serious discussion about suicidal education.

But how could Ning Zheng truly meet with her?

This meeting was hard to arrange!

However, that Red-clothed Sister seemed to have secretly admired his former master, Li Youzhu.

Unfortunately, when he was alive, he missed her desperately, busy making various Dragon Puppets all day, ignoring the living beauty disciple.

Ning Zheng had a bold idea:

Should he let Li Youzhu charm her and decisively win her over?

But he only dared to think about it and not do it.

How could he tell Ning Jiaojiao: I'm planning to find a stepmother for your dad?

This wouldn't work!

Jiao Wuyu would return and kill him.

"How about I personally go seduce her?" An idea flashed in Ning Zheng's mind briefly, then he quickly shook his head to discard it.

Moreover, the day after tomorrow is Red Sun.

After getting through Red Sun and this troublesome issue, then consider how to deal with the Red-clothed Sister.

Ning Zheng lay down to sleep, with nothing more to say for the night.

...

Next morning.

The entire Sword Casting Manor started working.

The blacksmiths got up at eight as usual, full of joy.

Now the single dormitories are built, and the heating supply is very ample, very comfortable and warm.

Jiucai Rong leaned down from the dormitory, looking: "This Meat Field, promised to last a few months, why does it feel a bit withered."

Daojiu said: "I wonder if it's the same in the girls' dormitory."

They were in a dormitory building but separated in the middle.

"Food God, research this meat," Jiucai Rong said, "Maybe the heating temperature was a bit too high at night, and the meat was smoked cooked."

Food God: "???"

I am a chef, and you want me to study the sewer system?

Didn't we just recruit an NPC girl, Erya, as our little cleaning maid?

"Poor little Erya, and you're this big tough guy, hardy and robust."

Jiucai Rong saw that he was unwilling, realizing this guy was now a small tycoon among the players, not short of money, unwilling to take it on.

He immediately recruited adventurers:

"Friends and family, I'm issuing an urgent mission, study the Meat Field's temperature mission, see if it can be adjusted."

"Also, if a brave soul is willing to go down and cut that cooked meat, that would be great. Didn't we just bring in two slaves that can become slave food?"

Everyone was eager to try.

Early in the morning, a group of people chatted about this and that, chirping for a while, then started their regular work.

Jiucai Rong posted the daily tasks on the task board, attracting a crowd of young blacksmiths to check it out, ready to take on tasks.

Soon, some blacksmiths noticed the bright red task list.

[Establish an interrogation room, detain two boss captives]

Another new construction project.

A group of people began to busy themselves with construction.

However, they'd just started working not long before the Medical Fairy's Communication Token rang in the medical hall.

The Medical Fairy hurriedly put down her experiment.

It was the Sword Fairy who had finally escaped the pursuit and had time to send them a message.

Medical Fairy: "Why are you only replying now? How are you doing out there?"

Sword Fairy: "It's hell out here! I want to go home! I've been relentlessly hunted, and my Four Viscera Realm Scarecrows have all been cleared out, the stars in the sky are practically satellite positioning devices that lock onto your aura!"

"If Gui Pu hadn't prepared and learned aura masking in advance, I would've been doomed."

"However, Xinyi Continent is extraordinarily vast, and Jian Xin's Dharma Aspect takes time to descend from the stars."

"Gui Pu was besieged by several Three Elements Realm cultivators, needing to buy time until Jian Xin arrives; he almost couldn't escape several times."

"Currently, he's hiding in someone's ancestral grave."

"However, he managed to break through to the second realm of the Three Elements Realm, the Qi Realm, after a killing spree."

Everyone was stunned.

Sword Fairy's text adventures outside were this thrilling.

The Medical Fairy was amazed: "Is the cultivation speed that fast?"

Sword Fairy complained: "Of course it's fast. I'm the Yin Yang Demon Sword, a very rare passive Divine Technique that absorbs enemies' blood essence and souls to nourish the host's growth, but now he might be a bit off, mentally unstable. The side effects are severe."

"Recently, even Gui Pu's attitude towards me has changed. He desperately seeks heavenly and earthly treasures to repair the side effects, or he'll eventually be completely consumed by them."

The Medical Fairy was very shocked: "What happens if he's consumed by the side effects?"

Sword Fairy said quietly: "He becomes a puppet of my Demon Sword, it's not a person mastering the sword, but the sword mastering the person."

What the heck!

The nearby blacksmiths were utterly shocked.

My goodness, it's indeed a Demon Sword!

I knew this sword was tricky; how could a rebellious Artifact Spirit's master have good luck? Those elders were fooled.

The Medical Fairy found it interesting, this felt like a dangerous thrill.

It had the essence of a traditional Xianxia novel protagonist, wreaking havoc in peril, running madly.

But just having protagonist treatment, does that make you the protagonist?

You have to escape life and death crises repeatedly to grow stronger.

Sword Fairy said: "However, it seems Jian Xin has fled the past few days, not knowing if he's busy with the crucial moment of Red Sun or chasing after Jiao Wuyu."

"In any case, I hid some of the remaining Four Viscera Realm Scarecrows, coordinates are north of Pingchang City, XXX, XXX miles away. If you send Embers out, you can receive them, all valuable stuff, including supplies from our robberies."

Su Yuniang smiled broadly beside her: "You're amazing! You're a friend worth keeping! Leaning toward the outsiders, Gui Pu would be moved to tears seeing this."

Having good things and not forgetting their Manor.

This Sword Fairy was indeed a good person. This must be the fun of passive adventure played through toys!

Sword Fairy: "Hahaha, I am the Demon King, very formidable now! And I've climbed three rankings at Xinyi, known across the continent, who doesn't know me now?"

"He's on the Xinyi Celestial Pride List, while I'm on the Xinyi Divine Weapon List."

"If Gui Pu manages to escape this time and finds a remedy for the side effects, he will surely rise up!"

"And you novice blacksmiths, borrowing resources like babies, actually managed to rank one-hundredth on the Divine Craftsman List."

"You are Divine Craftsmen, ranked on the list, I cried on the spot, there's a conspiracy in this ranking, you don't even know the basics of a Magical Artifact."

Everyone, upon hearing this, exclaimed in surprise.

We've become known throughout the world, does this mean we already have the reputation of a mysterious holy place within the manor?

Could we correspond with the Holy Land's Saintess and Saint Child via letters?