Chapter 1674

Zhao Chi shook his head: "No need for now. Once all the land here is reclaimed, send them over to Su Qin for discipline and convert them all into combat power. After all, there's too much farmland—we can't even plant it all for the moment."

"Understood."

"The farmland on the outer edge is very close to the Mist Wall. Remember to have Fang Li's construction team build a ring of wooden walls on the outer perimeter. If that's too much work, a ring of wooden fences will do too—to keep people from wandering into the mist and not being able to get out."

"Got it."

"I'm about to start forging. See if there's anything else you can hand off to Wei Leng to handle first, then come forge with me."

"Hehe, wonderful! I'll go notify Wei Leng right away."

The orc slaves nearby didn't dare look straight on, all glancing sidelong at Zhuang Ya.

They found it hard to imagine that a she-devil like her could also have that kind of expression and tone?

Could that male lord be an even more terrifying existence?

Thinking of this, the orcs no longer dared to look at Zhao Chi with open eyes either.

Soon, Zhuang Ya had everything arranged.

The two entered the armory, and Zhao Chi burrowed into her body.

The area beside Zhao Chi's workbench was filled with finished Extreme-Heavy Mystic Maiden Armor, along with all kinds of extreme-heavy weapons—especially lots of Li Ruanyu Hammers.

And all of them had already undergone the first stage of improvement.

Looks like Ding Dang and the other blacksmiths have really been putting in the effort.

After all, the material is just iron—the crafting difficulty isn't high.

Ding Dang and the others all have expert-level forging stats; ordinary improvements are no problem at all.

Only the super-improvements are left for Zhao Chi.

This saved even more than his earlier estimate of 50% time—directly saving 75% of the time.

Having so many helpers really isn't bad.

Now it's up to him.

Zhao Chi 【I'm starting, Zhuang Ya】

Zhuang Ya 【Mm, be gentle】

Zhao Chi 【Huh? What?】

Zhuang Ya 【……Haha, misspoke. It's because you always say that when we start every night? I've developed a conditioned reflex】

Zhao Chi 【What else can we do? Don't you understand your own body's traits? If I don't warn you, you'll pee all over me again】

Zhuang Ya 【Aiya, why bring that up—let's hurry up and start crafting】

Zhao Chi 【Alright, light the fire!】

Zhuang Ya 【Hohohoho, then let's get to work!】

For forging equipment, the Efficiency Guidebook definitely has to be used.

Zhao Chi activated it without hesitation.

He also activated the Swift-Craft Talisman.

Under the flashing light, Zhao Chi and Zhuang Ya entered the crafting state together.

The flames burned.

The smoke roasted the strong fragrance on Zhuang Ya's body into a uniquely distinctive scent.

Zhuang Ya was completely unaware, her hands crafting ceaselessly under Zhao Chi's control.

The iron ingots melted.

Zhuang Ya continuously absorbed the flames from the furnace, spraying and forging at the same time—the iron blanks in her hands never cooled.

The iron ingots were folded and hammered again and again.

Rare materials slowly fused together.

One weapon and armor after another came off the line.

On the morning of 4 days later, the Efficiency Guidebook's effect expired, and Zhao Chi had also finished crafting.

【100-Hour Crafting List】

【Li Ruanyu Hammer】 800 pieces

【Moon-Chasing Spear】 500 pieces

【Phoenix-Cry Saber】 500 pieces

【Mystic Maiden Shield】 500 pieces

【Mystic Maiden Armor】 500 sets

All of them are extreme-heavy type.

Equipment takes much longer to craft than clothing, so the output quantity is naturally a lot less.

But it's already enough for short-term use.

Originally there were only just over 300 Moon-Chasing Spears and Phoenix-Cry Sabers.

The female soldiers' backup weapons were still the normal-weight Moon-Chasing Spears and Phoenix-Cry Sabers from before.

Now that there's time, make a few more—so the female soldiers' backup weapons will also be these extreme-heavy weapons.

The Li Ruanyu Hammers are all prepared for the Silkworm-Tribe female soldiers—800 made for now, all extreme-heavy two-handed hammers.

One smash on an ordinary enemy can kill them outright.

There hasn't been any real combat yet, but it's about to start very soon.

Today is already October 14. Li Ruanyu had previously told Zhao Chi that she expected to start around the middle of this month, leading everyone to take back a few villages.

Although no specific time was mentioned, it must be soon.

When the time comes, it'll be the first chance to test whether these hammers work well.

All 500 sets of the Mysterious Lady Shield and Mysterious Lady Armor were crafted — the shields were manageable, but that suit of armor nearly killed him.

It took far too much time.

Fortunately, he finally persevered to the end.

After receiving their gear, the Silkworm Clan female soldiers all fused it directly into their bodies.

Although their levels weren't high, having this kind of ultra-heavy armor already made them stronger than other lords' Tier-3 troops.

Add to that those extremely heavy hammers, plus their superhuman genes… even Zhao Chi had no idea just how strong they were.

That's enough for now.

All the costumes and equipment were completely finished.

He could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Over these two days, the 100 wheat fields with the double blessing of Golden Juice Fertilizer and Golden Brick Fertilizer had ripened, yielding over 1,000 tons of flour.

Zhao Chi kept all of this for himself to eat.

In another ten-plus days, the 5,600 wheat fields would be ready to harvest.

By that time…

Zhao Chi didn't dare imagine what it would be like.

The next step was to sell the grain.

But that would be the end of the month, and it was still winter, so it should sell very well.

The 180 Experience Fruit fields with Golden Juice Fertilizer had also ripened.

Among them, 160 fields also had Golden Brick Fertilizer, producing an enormous yield.

These fields harvested a total of 1.64 million Experience Fruits.

Each and every one was plump and juicy, just like Gu Qing.

Of these, 200,000 were kept for himself, and 200,000 were given to Su Qin — roughly enough for two months of consumption.

The remaining 1.24 million could all be sold to Li Ruanyu.

Over these past few days, Li Ruanyu had given Zhao Chi another 100,000 gold coins, but still owed him 125,000.

He wondered what reaction Li Ruanyu would have upon hearing about these Experience Fruits.

The 7,000 Flower Fairies had all been purchased; Li Ruanyu's efficiency was truly impressive. Zhao Chi made time to pick them up in batches.

Fluttering wings could be seen everywhere throughout Zhaoge Town — it really was quite a sight.

Flower Fairies were very weak in strength and slow at planting, but during the process their watering, weeding, pest-catching, and even harvesting speeds were all very fast.

With their addition, Gu Yan's planting team's workload would be greatly eased.

However, although Flower Fairies were delicate and rather timid by nature, they still had obedience and other such metrics after all.

Raising them would also require a certain amount of time.