Chapter 801

Not bad.

【Name】Steel Shield

【Quality】Standard

【Durability】800

【Defense】52

Truly simple and brutal.

A wooden shield has 150 durability, which is 1.5 times an ordinary person's life. An iron shield has 400, which is 4 times an ordinary person's life.

And this steel shield is 8 times an ordinary person's life!

Even hacking at it with a steel saber, it would take 14 strikes to smash this shield.

If it's only an ordinary iron saber, it would take a full 28 strikes!

When the shield is broken, there's still armor.

One could say that armor worn on the body is passive defense.

While a shield held in hand is active defense.

If paired and used well, it can be very strong.

Not bad at all!

Having just used 6 Quick-Work Talismans, Tang Ruan had already started getting excited.

Based on prior experience, her body could handle at least 15 uses, so he continued.

Although there were no more steel ingots, there were still plenty of iron ingots.

Zhao Chi would guest-star as a blacksmith for a bit, helping Ding Dang and the others make equipment for the female soldiers.

There were now an extreme amount of iron shields.

His own territory had originally produced 150, and just now the spoils had given him another 1,000 — more than enough.

What needed to be made was only iron armor sets.

Then let's begin crafting!

9 Quick-Work Talismans were used up.

But Zhao Chi had only crafted 1 set of iron armor…

He hadn't expected iron armor to be so time-consuming.

Tang Ruan already felt dizzy and muddled, as if drunk.

Zhao Chi also felt extremely excited, but everything before his eyes was swaying.

Then let's rest.

Until 12 at night, Zhao Chi piloted Tang Ruan, using a total of 30 Quick-Work Talismans; besides the steel equipment, he had also crafted 4 sets of iron armor.

Originally, 30 Quick-Work Talismans were equivalent to 30 days of work time.

With the double layer of clothing of the Experience Fruit and the Goddess Sleepwear, Zhao Chi and Tang Ruan's forging experience also skyrocketed.

【Character】Zhao Chi

【Skill】Forging 8

【Specialty】Steel Saber 2, Steel Shield 2, Iron Armor Set 4

In just half a day like this, Zhao Chi's Forging skill had already reached 8 points, about the same as professional blacksmiths like Ding Dang and the others.

But Zhao Chi didn't make a fuss about it, and had Tang Ruan keep it secret too.

After all, this kind of thing was too discouraging for others.

Tang Ruan obediently agreed.

She hadn't crafted directly, so her experience was much less than Zhao Chi's, but it was still half of his.

【Character】Tang Ruan

【Skill】Forging 4

【Specialty】Steel Saber 1, Steel Shield 1, Iron Armor Set 2

Tang Ruan's skill had also increased quite a bit — already equivalent to 4 months of full-time accumulation for an ordinary person.

After waking from rest, Zhao Chi didn't continue crafting.

A new day had begun.

Hereditary Genes were replenished back to 2 points.

Zhao Chi didn't waste time and immediately teleported to Taoyuan Village.

It wasn't that he was eager to deal with Hillier; he wanted to obtain the Original Elven Bloodline as soon as possible, and have them leave as soon as possible.

When Zhao Chi arrived at the Lord's House, Gu Qing already was inside.

The spider silk on Hillier's hands had been untied, but she sat on the bed dejectedly.

Gu Qing stood to the side, watching her with a teasing look.

Zhao Chi asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Gu Qing shook her head and smiled slightly: "Nothing, she's just a bit dejected. I've already comforted her."

Zhao Chi looked at Gu Qing with some suspicion.

But since she said so, Zhao Chi chose to believe her.

Gu Qing nodded to the female soldiers beside her: "Alright, you may go rest now."

The female soldiers saluted and left.

Gu Qing closed the door: "Hillier, my lord has already arrived. Let's begin."

"Mm." Hillier sat up from the bed.

Then he walked over to Zhao Chi on his own initiative: "Go ahead."

Zhao Chi looked at Hillel in surprise; that domineering air she'd just had on top had largely vanished.

No need to ask—Gu Qing must have done something.

Gu Qing stood to one side, simply smiling as she watched the two of them.

Zhao Chi didn't ask any further.

Currently the heaviest thing was helping Hillel condense her racial bloodline.

With last time's experience, Hillel was much more familiar with it.

Her body was no longer so stiff, and she even clumsily cooperated.

Her hands no longer covered her mouth, only tightly gripping the bedsheet.

Her teeth no longer clenched tight either, and sounds came out in rhythm.

But the one thing that hadn't changed was her body trembling uncontrollably.

Zhao Chi couldn't help glancing at Gu Qing again—this change must have been because Gu Qing had said something to her.

But Gu Qing only smiled in satisfaction, offering no explanation.

Half an hour later, the crucial moment finally arrived.

Hillel was shaking her head wildly and kicking about.

Zhao Chi reminded her: "Hillel, focus on condensing the bloodline."

But Hillel had long since lost herself; she couldn't hear a word.

Gu Qing said from the side: "It's all right, my lord, you don't need to hold back—she'll be able to condense it in a bit too."

Hearing this, Zhao Chi relaxed his body.

He gave everything to Hillel.

After a moment, Hillel propped herself up, her head drenched in sweat.

Her skin glowed once again.

Just like last time, the light gathered at her lower abdomen, growing brighter and brighter.

It only gradually dimmed after the glow lit up the entire room.

Zhao Chi felt Hillel gripping him tightly.

Hillel exhaled in relief and said: "All done, you can go out now."

After Zhao Chi left, Hillel's lower abdomen glowed once more.

This time the light was even more dazzling.

The light gathered, then suddenly burst open and turned golden!

Hillel lowered her head, her face full of puzzlement: "Huh, why did this light turn golden?"