Chapter 1906: Rapid Development (22)

Zhao Chi was a little envious of them.

Whether it was the female heroes, the female soldiers, or the female craftsmen, each had their own very professional improvements.

When Zhao Chi was in school, he liked close-quarters combat the most, especially one-on-one duels with sword and shield.

Whenever he had time, he would duel Yang Xiong one-on-one.

This also let him accumulate 10 points in sword technique and 10 points in shield technique.

But ever since becoming a lord, he had no time to practice anymore.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chi began to envy other lords again.

How comfortable other lords' lives were.

Normally practicing combat skills or spiritual techniques, and playing with female elves and female succubi during rest—how carefree that would be.

But himself?

The second half was nothing to envy—one Gu Qing could instantly take care of all the female elves and female succubi—but the first half was something Zhao Chi really wanted to do.

But there was no choice.

With greater ability comes greater responsibility.

He had truly come to appreciate this saying now.

Right now, only he could craft those super-strong fashion items and super-strong equipment.

So he had to do it himself.

Moreover, his current improvement speed was almost unmatched by anyone, and the fashion items and equipment made with time and effort were not wasted at all—they all turned into combat power.

Thinking this way, it was actually worth it.

After losing some things, being able to gain other things was acceptable.

He didn't know when the next battle would be.

Although he had now joined the World-Breaking Army and had the extremely powerful Li Ruanyu protecting him.

But some things were hard to say.

Previously, the noble rule had been very stable, and the nobles had been extremely powerful.

But almost overnight, everything had changed.

It was the same now.

Perhaps overnight, the entire World-Breaking Army could collapse—that wasn't impossible either.

While there was still time, he should keep working... at least he still had them for company.

Spending the same amount of time, rather than improving his own strength, it really was better to craft large amounts of fashion items and equipment to improve the strength of all the female soldiers.

That was far more practical.

Moreover, what Zhao Chi wanted could actually be achieved.

During battle, he didn't necessarily have to command from inside Gu Qing's body.

If he wanted to charge into the fray, he could enter Tang Ruan's body and rush into the enemy ranks with her, unleashing a rampage.

If he wanted the thrill of killing with a blade, he could enter Qi Yue's body and feel the joy of cutting down all directions.

If he wanted to try being a one-man army against a thousand, he could go to Zhuang Ya's side and burn everything to ashes.

So, let them go practice.

He wouldn't practice for now.

There was still a lot of work now.

The steel armor set hadn't been touched at all, and he still needed to quickly improve it into Mystic Maiden Armor and Mystic Maiden Shield.

The steel spear, steel two-handed sword, and so on also needed to be improved into Moon-Chasing Spear and Phoenix-Cry Blade.

Just thinking about crafting equipment gave Zhao Chi a headache—not because it was difficult, but because it consumed too much time.

It would definitely take at least a week.

Zhao Chi really wanted to hand off this work, but there was no one suitable.

Qi Yue and Zhuang Ya were indeed good candidates, but right now they weren't ready—at least they had to wait until they truly became master-level craftsmen.

But that would be soon.

Once the territory was promoted to county level and various new buildings were unlocked, the lord and heroes could unlock their second class.

When that time came, letting them truly become master tailors and blacksmiths would bring additional skill boosts from their classes, and by then they should be able to take over from Zhao Chi.

But the only question was how long they could endure.

After all, not everyone could be like Zhao Chi, continuously consuming over a hundred, or even several hundred, Swift-Craft Talismans to craft non-stop.

Moreover, Zhao Chi could only alleviate the tedium of crafting time with the company of the two of them.

If they were left to do it on their own, they might find it hard to persevere like Zhao Chi for long.

When the time came, he could reduce their workload.

Right now, Zhuang Ya, like Qi Yue, would only stop to rest and sleep to recover after consuming 6 Swift-Craft Talismans together with Zhao Chi.

This was one crafting cycle.

There would be 8 crafting cycles per day.

If the two of them crafted on their own, having them sustain 5 crafting cycles per day would be enough.

That was equivalent to using 30 Swift-Craft Talismans per day, equal to 300 work hours, which was... a month.

Working continuously for a month...