Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 69: The Unquenchable Flame

The fireplace fire burned all night without going out, and the temperature inside the house remained basically constant. Although this caused Li Wei to sleep very lightly, waking up seven or eight times in the middle of the night, his sleep was definitely affected.

But it was all worth it.

"Oh, my little George, what have you done?"

At five in the morning, Fila was the first to get up and exclaimed in surprise, her flickering eyes showing both astonishment and some regret.

Because she had been fully prepared—when the fire went out, she could intentionally fail to quickly relight it, causing breakfast to be delayed.

These were all small details, but they would trigger complaints and grumbling from family members. After all, this was all in line with factual logic.

When complaints piled up, they would point directly at the Family Head—you didn't assign the right tasks, you're incompetent. Simply perfect.

But she never expected this kid to be so slippery, guarding the fireplace all night and stubbornly keeping the fire from going out. That meant her plan was useless, since every action had to follow factual logic.

Soon, Thomas, Margaret, Penny, and Leon all got up one after another. They had slept very well last night and hadn't been woken by the cold. Being in this warm room and smelling the aroma of food, even if they wanted to complain, they had to stick to facts and logic.

So they could only silently take their tools and go out to work before breakfast was ready.Meanwhile, Li Wei was sound asleep in front of the fireplace. The sleep he lost at night, he had to make up for during the day.

Because during daytime, Fila would be responsible for the fireplace—this was covered in her main quest.

After having breakfast in between, Li Wei slept straight through until around ten in the morning.

By now, sunlight had filled the world, and the temperature had risen slightly, but it was still somewhat cold.

Li Wei went out to feel the conditions, then took his axe, crossed the frozen creek, and went to the forest opposite to chop down an oak tree. He still had a task this month to cut down and process five units of oak.

He didn't need to drag it back either—it wouldn't get lost anyway. This time he didn't plan to use the ox to pull it back—the snow was too deep and could easily injure the ox. It was more cost-effective to complete the splitting in the mountains and then carry back the firewood.

After lunch, during the warmest part of the day, estimated to be only around minus ten degrees Celsius with a light breeze, it was perfect practice conditions, and he could shoot a couple more arrows each time.

With the fifty-meter stationary target combined with his Professional Talent as a level two Hunter, he could already achieve a very high hit rate. The difficult part was how to shoot moving targets.

But he didn't have a moving arrow target, so he could only set his own.

For example, he would set the target's initial position at the arrow target, then calculate how far it would quickly move within three seconds. Li Wei would start timing from when he drew his bow, giving conditions like three meters east, four meters north, then perform rapid shooting based on these conditions.

So the fletched arrows never landed on the arrow target, but scattered messily onto the accumulated snow around it. At first glance, it looked like his practice was going terribly...

Around three or four in the afternoon, when the temperature started getting colder, Li Wei ended his training. Today was good—he shot a total of thirty-eight arrows, and not a single one was wasted.

Returning to the room, he performed some maintenance on his bow and arrows, then continued sleeping in front of the fireplace. For the next month, this would become the norm.

Li Wei had it all planned out—on days with good weather, he would chop wood morning and evening, split firewood, and use noon time for archery practice.

On days with bad weather, he could practice wooden spear throwing and wooden spear thrusting.

For the next several days in a row, the weather remained very good, to the point where snow melted on some sunny slopes.

So Li Wei could slightly relax his restrictions on archery practice. At most, he could shoot sixty arrows per day, though still none hit the target—that target was standing there for nothing.

Meanwhile, the main quests of other family members progressed steadily, and Li Wei keeping watch every night adding firewood made it impossible for them to voice complaints.

During this period, he successfully obtained one Free Attribute Point, which he unhesitatingly added to his Stamina attribute, bringing it to 170 points.

The following time passed without any significant changes.

Until the twenty-first day of the month, when the weather suddenly changed. The previous day had been good weather with temperatures just a few degrees below zero, but when he woke up the next morning, the cold wind felt like knives cutting painfully into his face. The temperature had to be at least minus twenty degrees Celsius.

In such weather, there was no point thinking about practicing archery. Li Wei deftly packed away his bow and arrows, and after sleeping until ten in the morning, began practicing wooden spear throwing and spear thrusting.

Of course, the focus was on wooden spear throwing, since this could benefit from the precision bonus of his Two-Star Hunter Card.

He could even apply some insights gained from archery practice to spear throwing, so the results were quite good.

After practicing continuously for seven or eight days, he could basically achieve one hundred percent bullseye hits on ten-meter targets.

For twenty-meter targets, he had an eighty percent chance of hitting the target.

But beyond that distance, he couldn't control it anymore.

Another noteworthy point was that after just one throw, the wooden spears had an extremely high breakage rate—they were almost disposable consumables. Fortunately, he never lacked for wooden spears.

Quite satisfying.

As the end of the month approached, with another monthly summary coming up and the selection of the Family Head, Li Wei noticed that Fila seemed somewhat anxious, as if hesitating about something.

So, was Fila preparing to compete for next month's Family Head position?

In fact, by this point, all family members had completed their Monthly Main Quests and were busy accumulating personal wealth.

However, the only one who could compete with Li Wei was Fila alone.

But she was merely qualified—even if Fila donated all her personal assets, she still couldn't catch up to Li Wei.

Time passed in this strange atmosphere, and in the blink of an eye, the end of the month arrived. That evening, while Fila was preparing dinner, it was clear she was even more anxious. She still hadn't made a decision.

So, had Margaret or Thomas secretly approached Fila?

Fila had very rich wilderness survival knowledge and good practical skills, but she simply couldn't control her emotions and had very weak stress tolerance.

So it was easy to spot her weaknesses.

But in the end, when dinner was ready and everyone returned to enjoy the lavish meal together, Fila didn't make any moves. She chose to continue developing rather than compete with Li Wei for the Family Head position.

This was actually understandable—with heavy snow blocking the mountains and temperatures plummeting sharply, there were very few avenues for Fila to utilize her skills. If she revealed her trump cards too early now, she wouldn't accomplish much anyway. Better to save them for when spring arrives and flowers bloom.

Soon, the month-end summary began. Corresponding information appeared before each person's eyes, rewarding them with some experience points and a minimum of five, maximum unlimited Family Contribution points.

It's quite interesting—the total family contribution value is never announced, everyone has to guess. If someone guesses wrong and consequently makes strategic mistakes, that would be quite amusing.

Li Wei could clearly feel now that among the family's Players, there was an invisible undercurrent swirling, seemingly targeting him.

After all, he was the Family Head—overthrowing his rule and rebelling against him was completely normal.