Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 141: Scholar's Potion

In the afternoon,

When Li Wei went out to chop trees, Hathaway's expression was somewhat subtle.

She seemed to have long foreseen Li Wei's divergence with Penny regarding the forging of the scale armor. However, her attitude was very playful, and even now, she wasn't anxious at all. Could it be she didn't plan to compete for Head of Household?

Or perhaps she and Ron were in cahoots?

Only responsible for keeping Li Wei in check?

Li Wei even briefly thought she would take out a Conspiracy Card and tell him something, or ask something, coerce him with something, or scheme something. As a result, she didn't.

It seemed Old John and Ron hadn't used Conspiracy Cards either. Otherwise, they should know Li Wei's total family Contribution value.

Was it because their level was too high, creating too great a disparity with Li Wei and the others, resulting in restrictions in this aspect?

It couldn't just be pride and prejudice.

The following days returned to normal.Old John started going out to hunt at night. He was clearly stimulated by Ron. With less than ten days left, there was still an opportunity to fight for Head of Household!

But Ron seemed very confident. He didn't make any major moves, but instead turned around and joined the mining of Two-Star stone materials, going all out, working from dawn to dusk to help Leon accumulate stone. It seemed he wanted to assist in the construction of the One-Star Tavern.

It was truly miraculous. Could it be he didn't care about family Contribution?

But facts proved that the awesomeness of high-level players never needed explanation.

On his second day of mining stone materials, Ron discovered a Three-Star Quality stone quarry. After donating it to the family, he casually earned 80 Contribution points.

Although this Three-Star stone quarry was a full thirty li (fifteen kilometers) away from the family Camp, he had a horse!

He stubbornly managed to mine and transport back 5 units of Two-Star Quality stone materials every single day by using the horse to pull a Wooden Wheelbarrow.

That was equivalent to earning 10 Contribution points a day.

By the end of the month, his total Contribution would probably reach 480 points, perhaps even breaking through the 500-point threshold.

Awesome without explanation!

Consequently, Old John became even more anxious, even starting to fish at night.

The competition between him and Ron had already reached a fever pitch. The two sides chased and fled; it was truly thrilling.

The family hadn't been this joyful in a long time.

However, it was a pity there was no audience.

Leon and Clyde were busy with their own stalls. Penny was busy repairing Li Wei's Leather Armor. This was included in this month's main tasks, and Li Wei had to pay a repair fee. It was considered the family's extra income—reasonable, legitimate, and not illegal.

She repaired it very earnestly, and on several occasions wanted to use a Conspiracy Card to communicate privately with Li Wei. It could be seen that she truly hoped to obtain Li Wei's understanding. However, Hathaway was always able to intercept Penny with prophetic foresight, not giving her the opportunity to use the Conspiracy Card.

After hitting a wall several times, Penny seemed to have given up.

Just like this, the days passed fulfillingly and purely.

Li Wei still used the baseline of felling one One-Star Quality large tree and transporting back four logs per day.

The remaining time was spent sleeping, patrolling, shooting arrows, whittling Wooden Spears, and setting traps in the trenches.

Actually, he originally wanted to activate that One-Star Pet Card this month. That card clearly had some sort of faint resonance with the blood raven's skull in his bosom.

However, Hathaway's presence truly made him dare not act rashly. He'd leave it for next month. When everything returns to normal next month, perhaps he'd be able to shake off this she-devil.

"Splash! Splash!"

It was torrential rain again; this was already the third heavy rain this month. After all, it was almost August—the rainy season; this was very normal.

In this kind of weather, besides Fila and Penny, no one else could even think of working. Therefore, the whole family neatly hid in the soon-to-be-completed Tavern to help out.

At this time, there were still three days until the end of this month. The main structure of the One-Star Tavern Leon was building had already been constructed. It was a small two-story building with an underground storage room. The total area was close to 400 square meters. The framework used quicklime and stone blocks, supported by logs. The second floor used wooden planks, supplemented and secured with iron nails.

The roof was also erected and paved with a layer of rectangular flat tiles.

This kind of tile was simple to fire; even the kiln cave was ready-made. Since they didn't need many, during the first month Leon and the others arrived, they had already fired a batch as spares.

With the tiles, they weren't afraid of the roof leaking. So these past few days, when the weather was truly too hot and stuffy, everyone coincidentally ran to the second floor of the Tavern to sleep on the floor.

Mm, this was also the reason why everyone was here helping out. Waking up early in the morning to torrential rain outside, they couldn't just watch Leon busy himself alone and not help, right?

Fila had already automatically guest-starred as the Tavern's head chef and landlady. Even the cooking stoves had been moved over.

At this moment, the torrential rain poured outside. Although the Tavern was also swaying in the midst of the wind and rain, it didn't affect the work inside.

Li Wei successfully guest-starred as a carpenter, holding a dagger and whittling incessantly at a piece of wood. He needed to make the Tavern's windows. This requirement was quite high, so he came over to help. Regardless of anything, the One-Star Tavern had to be built before the end of the month. This was considered everyone's consensus.

During every interval when he paused, Hathaway would run over to wipe his sweat with a towel, occasionally even taking a few fresh berries to feed him. Regardless of the truth, dog food (displays of public affection) was scattered all over the floor anyway.

Old John and Ron were busy hammering iron nails one by one into the necessary wood, making wooden stairs and the main door.

Leon seized the time to pave the floor with suitable stone blocks.

Clyde, meanwhile, was installing the counter and shelves.

Fila was cooking in the kitchen. Even Penny had moved her armor-making workbench in because it was more spacious and brighter here.

There was no music, but the wind and rain outside served as accompaniment.

The busy figures were graceful dance postures. The only fly in the ointment was the lack of alcohol.

"George, the Tavern is built, but it won't do without alcohol. Your knife skills are pretty good; remember to prepare some oak next month and make a few oak barrels. If we have enough grain this autumn, we can brew some wine and dark beer ourselves," Old John hollered loudly while busying himself.

"Rest assured, Uncle, we will have everything."

Li Wei replied loudly, feeling as if he had realized something in his heart. He even somewhat understood why Old John, Ron, and Hathaway were so invested in their acting.

Because this kind of harmonious, orderly, stable, and warm family atmosphere was the best disguise. This was for the gods of this world to see, and also for the rules to see.

Although there were some things in here that Li Wei still couldn't see through.

But without a doubt, the routines of these high-level players should be very brilliant.

Especially Hathaway and Ron. He always felt their purpose was extraordinary, absolutely not something a Title Task could cover.

Three days later, which was the last day of this month, everything inside and outside the Tavern was settled. From the foundation to the framework, from the roof beams to the tiles, from the internal doors and windows to the wooden stairs, from the cooking stoves to the fireplaces, and down to each specific room—every aspect was taken care of without missing a detail!

Lodging inside gave a +10% Stamina recovery speed. The trait of this One-Star building was pretty good.

Perfect.

So that evening, without needing anything to be said, the big group unanimously agreed to move.

The Tavern's underground storage room was about sixty square meters.

The first floor had a massive fireplace, plus an approximately one-hundred-square-meter space. Setting up many tables and chairs would allow it to operate for business. Additionally, it included a counter, a kitchen, two storage rooms, plus the staircase section.

The total area was about one hundred and fifty square meters.

The second floor of the Tavern was divided into ten large and small rooms, primarily single rooms and double rooms.

Among them, the single rooms were ten square meters each, containing a bed and a storage shelf. There were ten rooms in total.

The double room was thirty square meters. There was only one. Currently, apart from a bed frame, there was nothing else inside.

All the rooms could open windows leading outside.

Additionally, a ring of balconies was set up on the second floor of the Tavern. It was quite nice to take walks, get some fresh air, and look at the scenery when free.

And this time, the Tavern's fireplace flue underwent certain adjustments to provide heating to every room on the second floor. At the same time, the double room was also equipped with a small fireplace, which absolutely counted as a luxurious configuration.

When Li Wei was pulled into one of the large rooms by a joyful Hathaway, he still felt somewhat in a daze. He even somewhat started to like it here. If he had to leave during a future Task Settlement, he thought he would definitely miss this place.

Until a sentence from Hathaway startled him awake.

"George, I want a child! A child that belongs to us."

Motherfucker, almost a blooper!

However, under this situation and scenery, the various events of the past month, whether the so-called environment or atmosphere, had all been built up to point. How could Li Wei, playing the plot character George, dare or be able to refuse?

Dare to refuse, and it's a NG (blooper)!

!!!

Daring to have a trace of hesitation would result in an NG! Over the past month, Hathaway's foreshadowing was too perfect. If the plot character had an Affection stat, at this moment it would probably be at 1000 points!

Helpless, Li Wei could only look deeply into Hathaway's beautiful eyes, which were as clear and blue as the sky, and submit!

There was no room for any choice.

At the beginning of this month, he thought he had handled Hathaway. But by the end of this month, he finally knew that he and his "brothers" were the ones being handled.

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An hour later, Li Wei walked downstairs, feeling numb all over. He had lost, lost completely and utterly, with only a thousand lines of tears to shed.

In the Tavern hall downstairs, Fila had already prepared dinner, luxuriously lighting up candles. The whole family sat neatly here, just waiting for him and Hathaway. The big group had listened to a symphony for a whole hour!

So with numerous gazes looking over at this moment, the scene was eerie; at least that's how it looked to Li Wei.

A few minutes later, Hathaway, having changed into an evening gown, also walked down the stairs. She was so beautiful it was somewhat unparalleled, seemingly able to brighten this dim room by quite a lot. This was a beautiful piece of scenery.

However, her smile was a victor's smile, and Li Wei's reflection could no longer be seen in her eyes, as if they were strangers on the street.

The moment she took her seat, a line of information suddenly appeared before everyone.

[Family Member Hathaway has developed a potion capable of neutralizing and preventing the second stage of the Blood Plague. She has donated the formula and ten doses of the potion to the family. She earned 600 family Contribution points!]

[Friendly Reminder: The market selling price of this potion is 100 Standard Gold Coins per dose. Due to certain reasons, family members have no right to pry into the potion's formula, and Hathaway can only donate a maximum of ten doses every three months to avoid vicious competition.]

[Friendly Reminder: This potion is prohibited from external sale!]

Holy shit!

A potion formula for the second stage of the Blood Plague, and ten doses of potion?

600 family Contribution points?

But the market price is 100 Standard Gold Coins, so this truly counted as a cost price exclusively for internal family use.

Fuck! So you were this awesome, Hathaway!

A Scholar! I should have thought of it earlier.

At this moment, the expressions of everyone, including Li Wei, seemed as if they had been frozen in ice for a century.

Then, following Hathaway's seating, they rusted and weathered away.

This is what you call a dimensional strike!

Li Wei submitted (admitted defeat)!

At this moment on the dining table, the dinner was sumptuous, the aroma tantalizing the nostrils. Fila even brought out the mead treasured by the previous version of Fila.

But at this moment, everything tasted like chewed wax to everyone!

Leon, Clyde, and Fila were still okay; they were already used to being completely crushed.

They didn't have any undue thoughts either.

What was the difference between being crushed by Li Wei and being crushed by Hathaway?

However, Penny's expression was somewhat ghastly pale and crumbling, the kind that almost caused an NG.

What's wrong with you?

(End of this chapter)