Chapter 368

Overall, there's still a 5% improvement.

That's already pretty good.

"Gu Qing, make sure to emphasize to those Naga warriors and harpies — don't hurt these flower fairies."

"What about those two dogs?"

"You can communicate with dogs too?"

"Hehe, no, but I can train them."

"That's great, of course. The main thing is, before these flower fairies' wings grow out, they're too fragile. If they die, that's our loss."

"Understood, I'll go right now."

After Gu Qing left, Zhao Chi considered his next step.

The academy didn't really bother with these new lords anymore — developing the territory was the top priority, after all.

The required basic courses had long been finished; what remained were electives and audit classes.

The academy suggested they attend one elective professional class per week, but it was only a suggestion.

Now that they'd encountered something like increasing their quota, the academy naturally didn't make any more demands.

However, one month after the semester started, the monthly exam had to be taken.

Even if not for any other reason, they still had to go for the credits and rewards.

Besides, these monthly exams also had instructors protecting them — all of them were powerful lords. It was a rare opportunity; anyone who didn't go would be a fool.

As for now…

With a few rare free hours, he'd go make stockings.

Just to earn money.

It's just past 3 a. m. now; there are still 9 hours until noon at 12.

Just enough for two production cycles.

Zhao Chi treated "using the maximum number of Speed-Worker Talismans + sleep recovery" as one production cycle.

But the only problem was, this kind of production required Tang Ruan.

And to avoid taxes, it had to be done outside.

That meant he could only go to his fifth-brother Zhao Jing's place.

That wasn't very convenient.

After thinking it over, Zhao Chi dialed Zhao Jing's voice call.

After a while, Zhao Jing picked up.

Zhao Jing 【What's up, Zhao Chi? It's 3 a. m., why do you always come find me in the middle of the night? Either renting a room or making a call.】

Zhao Chi 【Fifth Brother, do you have a sewing table for sale over there? As long as it works, I don't care new or old.】

Zhao Jing 【Yeah, I do. You want it? I'll sell it to you cheap.】

Zhao Chi 【Yes, I want to buy one. How much?】

Zhao Jing 【I have a workbench similar to the room you rented last time, except the surface is already uneven, which will affect some accuracy and cause quality to drop. Do you want it?】

Zhao Chi 【How much?】

Zhao Jing 【If you want it, 5 gold coins and it's yours.】

Zhao Chi 【Where are you? I'll come over to your place and take a look.】

Zhao Jing 【I'm in the territory. Come on over, I'll come out right away.】

Zhao Chi 【Okay.】

Soon, Zhao Chi left the territory.

He pushed open the door and, by moonlight, rushed toward Zhao Jing's house.

Zhao Jing had already returned and led Zhao Chi into the storeroom.

He pointed at a sewing table covered in dust beside them.

"That's the one. You can take a look. Besides the uneven surface, it occasionally has some minor malfunctions, but you can fix them yourself."

Zhao Chi didn't let him say more.

He raised his hand to stop him: "No, Fifth Brother, this one's quality is too poor. The one in the room I rented from you last time was good — that one was also old. You can name a price."

"Although that one's old, all its functions are still very good. It definitely won't depreciate much."

"Just name a price."

"15 gold coins."

"No problem! Fifth Brother, send someone to help me move it too. I can't carry it by myself."

"How come… you agreed so readily? Did I quote too low?"

Zhao Chi said helplessly: "No way, 15 gold coins isn't a small amount either. You've used it so long, you've already made your money back."

"Hmm… but do you have that much money?"

Zhao Chi directly initiated a trade request.

And paid the rent he owed him from last time along with it.

Zhao Jing said in surprise: "Not bad, Zhao Chi. Becoming a lord really is a transformation. Not bad, not bad."

"Stop saying 'not bad.' Find someone to help me move it over now. I'll go clean up inside the house."

"Fine… working for you in the middle of the night."

Zhao Chi paid readily, so Zhao Jing wasn't really unwilling either.

He immediately found a few people who, huffing and puffing, carried it to Zhao Chi's doorstep.

Zhao Chi's little hut had its door open.

He was continuously hauling things out.

All sorts of miscellaneous furniture was discarded.

Only one bed, one table, one cabinet, and one chest were left.

Then he put the sewing table inside; the overall style was very similar to the workshop at Zhao Jing's place.

Just a bit more spacious.

"Alright, Zhao Chi, then good luck. I need to hurry back to the territory."

"Okay, thanks, Fifth Brother."

After Zhao Jing and the others left, Zhao Chi specifically took the time to reinforce the doors and windows.

After all, in crafting mode, work focus is enhanced while the perception of surroundings is weakened.

And under the state of the Swift-Work Talisman, work focus is enhanced once again, while the perception of surroundings is further reduced.

So the doors and windows absolutely had to be reinforced.

He gave them a hard push — very solid.

This way he could drive Tang Ruan's crafting with greater peace of mind.