novelraw Chapter 72: Kung Fu Combat Chicken
Chapter 72: Kung Fu Combat Chicken
After Wang Yi offered to recruit Hai Pei and Hai Shen, the two of them immediately knelt before him.
Hai Shen said, "I... I’m still a worker at the sand pit. Does this mean I don’t have to work at the sand pit anymore?"
Wang Yi said, "You don’t have to go anymore. Just let your Factory Director Li know. Starting tomorrow, you’ll work at the First Dining Hall."
"Work? What will I do? I don’t know how to do anything!"
"Then learn. Cooking won’t be hard for you. It’s easy to pick up!"
Wang Yi patted Hai Shen’s shoulder, then said to Hai Pei, "As for you, report to the First Dining Hall tomorrow as well. You don’t have to do any other work. Just focus on researching winemaking!"
"Winemaking? Me?"
Hai Pei’s face soured. "My lord, I’m 70 years old. I’ve never even had a drink of wine. How am I supposed to make it?"
Wang Yi laughed. "What’s wrong with being 70? 70 is prime time! Just go and focus on your research. I’ll inform Yang Qinggu and have her cooperate with you as much as possible."
"O-Okay, then!"
Hai Pei agreed, though his heart was filled with both anticipation and apprehension.
Next, Wang Yi sought out the three children in turn: Zhang Xiaohu, Yang Xiaobao, and Li Hua’er.
These three children were all lively and not as reserved as the adults.
They were "Potential Level" talents and worth cultivating, but they were still too young to be assigned any tasks. ’For now,’ Wang Yi thought, ’I can only let them eat and drink well. Once Eggshell Academy is built, I’ll need to send them there to learn how to read and write.’
After speaking with all six "Potential Level" talents, Wang Yi found Qin Mo.
Qin Mo was Wang Yi’s ace in the hole, his hidden card. Naturally, Wang Yi wouldn’t treat him poorly.
"These Skill Books are all yours for the taking."
Wang Yi took out a large pile of Skill Books—the ones left over after being distributed. They included the [Night Travel Technique] Skill Book, the [ground-laying saber] Skill Book, and others.
Qin Mo examined them and picked out two: the [Night Travel Technique] Skill Book and the [Grapple Hand] Skill Book.
"The rest are useless to this old servant!"
After saying this, Qin Mo bowed and withdrew.
Wang Yi then took the remaining Skill Books to Jelena. "My dear daughter, want to pick a few to play around with?"
Jelena looked them over but shook her head, not choosing any. "These skills are useless for me to learn. In fact, they might interfere with my spellcasting. Father, you should use these Skill Books to train others."
"Alright, then!"
Wang Yi nodded. ’The Civilian Militia really does need to expand,’ he thought. ’I’ll have Yang Qingniu start recruiting tomorrow.’
Just as he was about to put away the Skill Books, Gegeda scurried over. It lowered its head in front of Wang Yi, its eyes fixed on the books. Its two small claws gestured wildly on its chest before it suddenly plopped its butt on the ground and started squawking, GEGEDA! GEGEDA! as if throwing a tantrum.
"Hm?"
Wang Yi froze for a moment, then realization dawned. He laughed, "Right, right, right, I forgot about you! You performed great service protecting the territory and building the Eggshell Houses. Your contribution is the greatest, so you deserve a reward! Here, all these Skill Books are for you. Take them, use them however you want!"
He had only said it casually, thinking to himself that if he were to reward Gegeda, he’d just get it some tasty treats.
But in the next moment, Wang Yi was dumbfounded.
Like a giant chicken pecking at rice, Gegeda opened its mouth and swallowed all the Skill Books on the ground. Then, it opened its mouth again and spat out the duplicates. Golden light flashed repeatedly around its body.
"Holy shit, no way! You can use Skill Books too?!"
Wang Yi quickly checked Gegeda’s information panel and found that its skill list had actually been updated. It now included [ground-laying saber], [Eighteen Nao], [Mad Dog Fist], [Body Forging Long Fist], and so on.
"Awesome! Absolutely awesome!" Wang Yi stared blankly at Gegeda. Recalling the result from the Talent Assessment Machine, he said, "You really are a Demon!"
Wang Yi imagined the sight of Gegeda using Martial Arts like ground-laying saber and Eighteen Nao, and it all felt incredibly bizarre.
’Gegeda is basically a kung fu Tyrannosaurus Rex Combat Chicken now. If it cultivates some Inner Strength or something, it’ll be invincible! Now that it knows ground-laying saber, does that mean I need to equip it with two large sabers?’
Wang Yi muttered to himself for a bit. He didn’t know if using Skill Books haphazardly carried any risks, like conflicting Inner Strengths, mental derangement, or cultivation deviation. But looking at Gegeda’s current state—a little manic, but probably not in any real trouble—he figured it was fine.
And having used the Skill Books, Gegeda was content. It let out a cry, flapped its wings, and led its combat squad off on patrol.
It was clear that the Territory Guardian Beast was very excited.
By now, the great feast was mostly over. The sky had darkened, and Yang Qingniu and the others had lit torches and started bonfires. Wang Yi remembered that the Energy Lighthouse had a free illumination ability and decided to give it a try.
He walked onto the high platform temporarily built from wooden tables and announced, "The victory celebration is now over! Everyone may return home. To ensure your safety on the road, I, your Lord, will make the daylight return and the sun reappear to light your way!"
With that, Wang Yi pulled up the Energy Lighthouse’s information panel, found the illumination control page, and quietly began to study it.
This page had illumination settings, divided into two main sections: illumination intensity and illumination range.
The illumination intensity section had several options to choose from: "Standard Daylight Illumination," "Morning Light Illumination," "Standard Moonlight Illumination," "Misty Night Illumination," and so on.
The illumination range was also adjustable, with the smallest setting covering a hundred-li radius.
Due to the Energy Lighthouse’s low energy reserves, he could currently only activate the hundred-li radius illumination.
While Wang Yi was studying the lighthouse illumination, the surrounding crowd paid his words no mind.
"Daylight returning? The sun reappearing? How is that possible?"
"Let’s go, let’s go! Borrow a torch and let’s get home!"
"I’m so full today, it feels great. When’s Eggshell Village going to have another victory celebration?"
"It would be great if we could have a victory celebration every day!"
"I just wanna know if the Civilian Militia is still recruiting."
As the villagers were chattering amongst themselves, a brilliant light suddenly descended, and their surroundings instantly brightened.
Silence.
Everyone was stunned.
But soon, someone looked up at the sky and felt as if a sun had suddenly appeared overhead, so dazzling they didn’t dare look at it directly.
Li Huaizheng exclaimed in shock, "To steal the heavens and switch the day, to reverse the cycle of night and day—these are truly the methods of an Immortal!"
"It... It really turned into daytime!"
"Who would dare say the Roasted Chicken Immortal isn’t a real Immortal now?"
"What have we done to deserve the protection of an Immortal!"
"Quick, thank the Roasted Chicken Immortal..."
The villagers, as if witnessing a miracle, quickly began to kneel and kowtow once more.
And the Energy Lighthouse’s illumination range was a hundred-li radius. It didn’t just light up Eggshell Village; areas much farther away were also illuminated.
Thus, within that hundred-li radius, countless people witnessed the sight of day returning. They walked out of their houses and into open spaces, looking up at the sky. Some were confused, others were worried, and all sorts of discussions erupted.