Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 487: Blue Earl

Having arranged the issues concerning the construction of the Central City, Li Wei no longer bothered with the details. The twelve 5-Star Artisans, including Zhao Qingshan, constituted the most luxurious dream team of builders. They had the Experience when Experience was needed, they had the Destiny Grid when the Destiny Grid was needed, and even their Ingenuity was all at +6. This was also Foundational Wealth and family fortune.

Of course, because of the current importance of these twelve 5-Star Artisans, Li Wei also directly had Thomas lead twenty Heavy Armored Infantry to act as their bodyguards in three shifts.

Just in case.

After finishing all this busy work, Li Wei sat alone in the Utterly Empty tent, carefully pondering the gains and losses of the past month, as well as the confirmed strategies and routes for the future. It was like checking for errors to see if there were any omissions.

"It should be considered pretty good."

After giving himself an evaluation in his heart, Li Wei took out that Troubled Times Pioneering Card. The aqua-blue brilliance on it had become even denser. A month ago, before entering the Ascension Continent, his upgrade progress was only 45%, and now it had increased to 50%.

As for this newly added 5% progress, it mainly came from the Upgrade of the Blazing Legion. Upgrading to a Level 2 Legion theoretically could add 10%, but because it wasn't at full strength, he could temporarily only gain 3%. In five months, when the rest of the Blazing Legion Soldiers returned to the ranks, he could gain another 7% upgrade progress.

Then, because the Ice Legion had upgraded to a Tier-One Legion, he also gained 1% upgrade progress. However, once they were at full strength, he would be able to gain another 4% upgrade progress.

Finally, it was the increase in Loyalty. So far, the average Loyalty of everyone under Li Wei had reached 70, so he also gained 1% upgrade progress. But this was not very easy to control; if someone's Loyalty dropped, it would also be affected.

Of course, Li Wei didn't need to consider this now, because he had previously obtained another Troubled Times Pioneering Card. After using it, he could gain 50 points of World Reputation, and there was a great probability of upgrading the current Troubled Times Pioneering Card from White Viscount to Blue Earl.So, should he upgrade it?

Li Wei hesitated for a moment and finally decided to upgrade. Perhaps the Blue Earl Troubled Times Pioneering Card could bring him some unexpected benefits.

Besides, there was no avoiding this matter anyway.

At that moment, he directly took out the dropped Troubled Times Pioneering Card. Just as he was about to fuse and upgrade it, his heart suddenly stirred. He took out a 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Card and activated it. Whether it was useful or not was another matter; activating one would make him feel more secure anyway, and he could do an experiment along the way.

Next, following a thought in his mind, the two Troubled Times Pioneering Cards rapidly fused. The whole process wasn't actually that miraculous; only the blue brilliance that bloomed upon successful fusion truly made Li Wei feel too comfortable, too pleasing to the eye, too cozy. Illuminated by this blue light on his body, he even felt a sense of transcendence.

But why?

This miraculous feeling quickly dissipated, and lines of information subsequently emerged.

[You have fused a Troubled Times Pioneering Card. Your World Reputation +50. Current is 195. You are currently still in the Rising Star status. You still need to accumulate 305 points of World Reputation to reach the next stage.]

[Your Troubled Times Pioneering Card has upgraded from White Viscount to Blue Earl. Note: This improvement in quality has nothing to do with whether you yourself were once a Viscount or Count. It merely represents your ultimate growth potential in this Empire Reconstruction Quest, and also represents that you are currently in a certain tier. Simultaneously, it also determines the attitude and level of importance attached to you by the natives in the current world.]

[In addition to this, Blue Earl also means you have officially entered the third tier. You are finally qualified to become a Grass Python of the Chaotic Era. Influenced by this, your Lifespan +50. Your current maximum Lifespan is 400 years, and you have 360 years of Lifespan remaining. You have not currently encountered death. Your physical and Soul states are intact. Current maximum Resurrection times: 7.]

[Friendly reminder: You can finally, without any intermediary and without Additional Conditions for the quest, choose to swear loyalty to a Player with a Tyrant Start and join their Faction. The other party will gladly welcome your joining.]

[Your Troubled Times Pioneering Card's current status is Blue Earl. You are still 99% upgrade progress away from upgrading to Gold Marquis.]

[Current status of your faction: Collective Sanity +5. Average Loyalty 70. The Like-Minded Unity buff has been triggered. As long as team members have the opportunity to work together, eat and chat together, and fight together, then no matter how many past grudges they had, they can have their Grudges Dismissed with a Smile. Many people will suddenly experience an epiphany because they feel physically and mentally happy in their work and life. Everyone's vision for the future is unanimous. Your faction is currently in an ascendant phase.]

[Your faction is currently: Mercenaries]

[Mortal Enemy: Duke Kadel Faction]

[Friendly: Duke Will's Faction]

[Neutral: Stone Troll tribe]

[Mortal Enemy: Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Tribe]

[Other uncontacted faction forces are not displayed]

Not bad, not bad!

Overall, from the start to the present, through consecutive fierce battles and the occurrence of various events, although the losses were great, it had indeed refined everyone by a wave. Especially the Sanity enhancement and Loyalty increase brought by the Iron and Blood Title—an average Loyalty of 70 was very impressive.

However, such Loyalty also had drawbacks, which was the rejection of newcomers. In order to maintain such Loyalty, even Li Wei himself didn't want to absorb newcomers.

"So at a certain stage in the future, I must personally break this shackle. Must remember, must remember."

Li Wei specially took out a small notebook and recorded this down.

Subsequently, he checked his inventory.

So far, what he, or rather the entire faction, lacked the least were various damaged Weapons and Armor. Many were Five-Star, and there was even a damaged six-star strongbow. But all of this would require enough time, and an Enchanted Weapon workshop of a sufficiently high level, to resolve.

Especially for six-star weapons, the conditions were way too harsh.

Secondly, he currently still had one hundred Black Iron Tokens and 25 Silver Tokens remaining. These were the Spoils of War from the previous battle. Combined with what he had accumulated previously and what Li Yue had accumulated, all gathered with him, these absolutely had to be saved for the Royal Guard.

Then, he also had three five-star Magic Cores in his hands. These were exchanged using the Seven-Star Universal Gold Card, but without a Fourth-Tier Mage, they were very difficult to handle. Currently, he could only wait for Hathaway for this.

However, Li Wei also saved that Fourth-Tier Mage Purple Drop Card for Hathaway. It should be of immense help to her.

Other than this, there were various Resource Cards—those taken from the Flame Territory, and those obtained from killing and opening Purple Cards, starting from the drops when killing Neanderthals during the establishment of the Flame Territory, all the way to the Earl of Wind-Rest quest period, up to the present. This batch of Resource Cards had never been entered into the accounts; they were all carried by Li Wei on his person.

Based on his own preliminary estimate, it was entirely possible for three thousand people to live comfortably for three years, with no worries about food or clothing.

This could be considered one of his trump cards. In chaotic times, how could there be a shortage of food crises and material crises? Making more preparations was not wrong.

Moreover, the Nature Magic cast by the Fourth-Tier Mage under Kahndorf in the previous battle left a deep impression on Li Wei. And that was only Sequence Four Nature Magic; what if it was Sequence Five Nature Magic?

Li Wei absolutely didn't believe that those kings and dukes with a Tyrant Start would promise not to use Nature Magic.

A severe drought for three years, a once-in-a-millennium flood disaster—these were all trifles in the face of Nature Magic.

War had never cared about the bottom line.

Flood control, drought resistance, drainage, farming, tree planting, and ecological environmental security must all be taken seriously.

In a Medium Magic World, there were too many possibilities.

Additionally, he must also prevent the infiltration of Infiltrators, especially the infiltration of Samsara Travelers——

There were too many things. The construction of a territory covered all aspects. Fortunately, he now had over sixty Soldiers with All-Attribute Level 3 Awakening under his command, and the rest were also close to Third-Tier Awakening. Their formidable physical strength and energy were beyond doubt. Most importantly, they wouldn't get sick and had long lifespans.

Otherwise, if some loyal minister or capable general suddenly died on him very quickly because their time was up, it would be miserable.

Thinking of this, Li Wei took action personally. The food needed to maintain transcendence was even more important.

Unlike the immortal cultivators next door who could dine on wind and drink dew, directly absorbing heaven and earth spiritual energy, the energy efficiency level of the Magic World was still a notch inferior.

There was nothing to say; first, reclaim wasteland and farm. According to Zhao Qingshan's planning map, they bypassed the planned areas, left wide roads for passage, and reclaimed all the rest.

For more than ten consecutive days thereafter, Li Wei reclaimed land during the day and tilled the fields at night. He was so busy he was working non-stop, spinning like a top, not daring to delay at all. However, as a 5-Star Farmer now, his farming methods and land reclamation speed could form a Dimensional Strike against others, even when sowing seeds.

He usually dug the wasteland during the day and sowed seeds at night when the temperature dropped. Then, utilizing the abundant Mana, he made the seeds sprout overnight. This could maximally avoid the impact of the scorching heat on the seedlings.

In addition to this, he also planted trees, fruit trees, and various cash crops, such as the cotton and castor beans urgently needed by the Tailor profession. High-quality silk thread was also urgently needed by Li Yue, a 5-Star Tailor.

Unfortunately, the technology for raising silkworms and producing silk was very difficult to master. Currently, only magic spider silk and magic silkworm silk were available on the market, and the output was rather low. It was very difficult to manage on a large scale.

Working busily in one breath for almost a month, Li Wei reclaimed an Eight-Hundred-Acre Farmland in one go and completely finished planting. He was truly a farming superman.

Logically speaking, it should have been the rainy season by now, but for the past month, not a drop of rain had fallen. It seemed as if the wave of Nature Magic from Kahndorf's Fourth-Tier Mage previously had affected the climate.

Fortunately, there was a River right next to them. Digging canals and diverting water for irrigation, plus the daily water needs for construction, was sufficient.

Of course, Zhao Qingshan had actually dug three deep wells early on. These were mainly used for domestic water, and they were guarded by Hunting Pets twenty-four hours a day, with dedicated guards to prevent poisoning.

In the future, as the construction of the Central City rolled out and the water supply and drainage systems were perfected, the danger in this regard would be further reduced.

It was worth mentioning that the lack of rain over the past month was actually very beneficial for Zhao Qingshan and the others to rapidly unfold their work. Now, the Central City Foundation had been completed, made entirely of Five-Star Stone Mine. Nothing could be seen on the surface, but Li Wei could clearly sense that with the burial of this batch of Five-Star Stone, the Mana within a twenty to thirty li radius of the entire Valley was precipitating, being purified, and converging. It was very profound.

It was also at this moment that he suddenly understood what a Magic Territory was. So this was a Magic Territory.

Simultaneously, he also suddenly realized how much damage he had caused Duke Kaidel by digging away that Five-Star Stone Mine previously. Because if he hadn't dug it away, a true Central City could have been built completely in that area, without even needing to excavate the Five-Star Stone Mine; they could have just used that stone mine directly as a foundation. This was the top-tier Central City foundation.

He seemingly just dug it out, but in reality, it was no different from Burning the Lute to Cook the Crane and Reckless Waste of Nature's Bounty.

Unfortunately, even if time could be reversed, he still had to do it this way.

He only hoped that Duke Kaidel was too bogged down by official business and Attending to a Myriad of State Affairs to remember him.

But that seemed quite impossible... Hmm, fortunately he still had the big thigh of Mountain Eagle Parker in front of him.

Suddenly, Li Wei felt that Brother Mountain Eagle Parker had Kind Brows and Benign Eyes, and was Affable and Approachable.