Chapter 249: Improvement of the Spring of Rejuvenation

Everyone chatted enthusiastically about You Yu's death for a while.

But soon, other news gradually replaced it.

Death is far too common.

So is unfairness.

Plenty of people were outraged, but once they calmed down, everyone still had to return to their own lives.

All of them worrying about this round's demonic beast quota.

After all, everyone in the group was a student, a beginner lord.

They were weak; looking after themselves was already plenty, and they had no time to spare for others.

Before long, the group was once again flooded with trade posts, bragging posts, and discussion posts.

Zhao Chi scrolled through the trade posts.

Plenty were selling goblins, and quite a few were selling harpies too.

These were all caught during the opening test.

There were also some miscellaneous item trades, but Zhao Chi wasn't interested and closed the group chat directly.

Now that the clan chief had given him 20 gold coins, he could already pay off his loan.

But Zhao Chi had no intention of repaying it just yet.

The loan term was one month, and only 5 days had passed.

The interest on early repayment wouldn't change either, so it was better to invest in himself first and raise his strength.

He'd go check the exchange tomorrow.

If there were stockings fashion blueprints, he'd buy them.

Paired with the "Super Silky Stockings Improved Technology" he'd already learned, he could produce and use his own from now on.

But the main thing was to try it out with the silk produced by Gu Qing.

The attributes should get a boost.

If the effect was good, he could consider selling them — he should be able to make money.

Zhao Chi closed the system.

Those women were all digging holes with great enthusiasm, their work drive showing no sign of fading.

But Zhao Chi was utterly exhausted.

His stats and mood were nothing compared to theirs — whatever it was could wait until tomorrow.

Zhao Chi went back to bed and fell asleep the moment he lay down.

When he woke again, it was already past six the next morning.

His energy hadn't fully recovered, but Zhao Chi had no intention of sleeping more and got up right away.

He pushed open the door and saw Gu Qing along with ten women wearing succubus leather outfits.

They had clearly bathed — their skin was smooth, tender, and fair, and their hair was still damp.

They were eating heartily.

No need to guess — those ten were the new female villagers arriving today.

Gu Qing, looking slightly weary, glanced at Zhao Chi, then said gently, "My lord is here, everyone greet him quickly."

The ten women said in unison, "Good morning, my lord~"

Sweet voices, soft expressions.

Clearly different from when the previous women had first arrived.

After all, they all had 6 points of loyalty — though it was their first meeting, their attitude was noticeably much friendlier and more affectionate.

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "Hello, welcome to our Taoyuan Village, please go ahead and eat."

The women continued eating.

But all their movements became more refined.

Gu Qing laughed and said, "Looks like they really care about my lord's opinion."

Zhao Chi nodded and said, "Everyone just relax, eat however you like."

Though they all nodded, they still didn't go back to their earlier ravenous state.

No matter — they'd just arrived and weren't familiar with the place yet.

In a couple of days they'd be just as uninhibited as the other women.

Not that the other women were bad.

It's just that they were very relaxed.

Gu Qing handed over breakfast: "My lord, the Spring of Rejuvenation is already built, everyone's exhausted, so I told them to go rest first. Do you have any orders?"

Zhao Chi shook his head.

"Gu Qing, you go rest too. Leave the territory to me."

"It's fine, I'll sleep after Tang Ruan and the others have slept."

"What's there to wait for? You're an important combat force of mine — you need to stay in the best physical condition possible. I've got things here, go rest now."

Hearing this, Gu Qing stopped insisting.

"Alright, I understand. Call me if you need anything, my lord."

"Mm, go on."

"Oh right, my lord, I have something to give you…"

Gu Qing walked into the tailor shop next door and came out carrying a wooden basin, inside which was a full, large bundle of pale yellow silk thread.

"My lord, this is everything I produced last night. You told me before it was useful, so I didn't waste any of it."

"So much? You really can produce."

Zhao Chi's praise came straight from the heart, but Gu Qing heard it with a touch of bashfulness.

"Last night I was building the hot spring, and I inevitably got thirsty and drank quite a lot of water, so the yield… is quite plentiful."

Zhao Chi accepted the wooden basin with admiration.

"Very good, it's indeed useful to me. Thank you for your trouble."

Gu Qing laughed lightly: "What's there to be troubled over? It's a trivial matter. As long as my lord doesn't dislike it, I'll produce it for you every day."

Zhao Chi said: "Of course I won't dislike it. Once the bodily fluid is converted into silk pulp, it's completely different from the original material, so don't feel any psychological burden about it."

Gu Qing said with a smile: "I have no psychological burden about producing silk. The one who gives me a burden is you, my lord. If you don't mind, then there's no burden at all. Good night, my lord."

"Oh, good night… it's already morning, what 'good night' are you talking about?"

"Hehe, see you in a bit then."

Gu Qing twisted away to rest.

Zhao Chi lightly touched those spider silks; they were still very sticky.

In this state they can't be used directly; the stickiness needs to be removed first.

It happens that Li Ruanyu's secondary profession is tailor, so he can ask her.

It's just past six o'clock now, still too early; he'll contact her a little later.

Zhao Chi helped the newly arrived women change classes and arranged work for them, then headed toward the Rejuvenation Spring.

The Rejuvenation Spring was not small.

Accommodating several dozen women bathing together was no problem.

If they squeezed in, it could also hold over a hundred people bathing together.

Zhao Chi walked closer.

He saw the hot spring steaming with vapor, and the spring water was very clean.

One could clearly see the situation beneath the water's surface.

This Rejuvenation Spring was, after all, an artificial hot spring, built like a combination of a large bathing pool and a swimming pool.

The outer ring was a stone platform half a person's height.

Stepping over the stone platform, one could enter the hot spring directly.

There were some stone steps around the hot spring, where one could sit while bathing.

At the very bottom was a layer of neat stone slabs, with spring water constantly bubbling up through the gaps between the slabs.

Zhao Chi didn't see anywhere to drain the water.