Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 176: Big Trouble

Anyway, compared to the person in the diary, Jiang Yuan feels he’s gained a lot.

Thinking to himself that he must grab two concert tickets to show some support, if not for those lyrics hitting the mark, it might not have been possible to smoothly complete the task!

He spent two more days specifically collecting materials for the exchange, and finally, that night, Jiang Yuan blew the mysterious conch shell and summoned the mermaid for the transaction to get the long-desired mermaid scale.

[Achievement: First successful transaction with a mermaid. Reward: Spirit Stone x500]

[Mermaid Tiantian will have a +20 affinity]

"Actually..." the merman Tiantian hesitated before leaving after receiving the traded items, "You might want to consider trading for a potion, after drinking which you can sing like a celestial voice; without those lyrics... your singing really isn’t very pleasant."

Do I really need you to say that?

If I had a good enough voice to sing, I would’ve already debuted as a star. As for being poor and sharing rent for a house?

Jiang Yuan’s face was flushed, his ears were burning, "Aren’t you guys asking for too much? Who wouldn’t want a good singing voice? If I could sing like a celestial, I wouldn’t have to do anything to enjoy a comfortable life, would I still be here fishing at night?"

Tiantian casually pointed to the mermaid with a conch bun, "Yaoguang is an alchemist, ask her if she can make it cheaper."

"Do you really want the potion that lets you sing like a celestial voice after drinking?" Yaoguang tilted her head, playfully stirring the lake water with her snow-white arms, "I hear you humans are good at artifact refining. I want a gorgeous flying sword inlaid with jewels; if you can get one, I’ll trade with you!"

Saying this, she handed over a scroll of unknown material that glittered.

[Gorgeous Flying Sword Blueprint: Style preferred by mermaid Yaoguang, click to use can be crafted at the Treasure Forging Workshop.]

"Alright, when I can craft it, I’ll definitely come to the lake to trade with you." Jiang Yuan didn’t expect to get a weapon blueprint just by asking one more question, even though it seemed flashy but having it is better than not.

Skills are never a burden!

The urgent desire to build the Treasure Forging Workshop was hard to suppress; hurriedly bidding farewell to the mermaid, he almost urged the golden eagle to fly back home at the fastest speed, picking a spot to start construction casually.

[Mission 5 completed, rewards issued]

[Main quest: Level Three home construction completed, rewards issued]

[Main quest: Level Four home construction. Reward: Great Wilderness Heart Method]

[New area unlocked, will formally include protection after Wilderness Ascension]

A series of system prompts popped up; Jiang Yuan clicked to use the recipe but didn’t bother to check what dishes could be made on the stove, directly pushed open the wooden door of the Treasure Forging Workshop.

"Upgrade jujube wood staff to whistle stick, the most common cold weapon can be equipped to be used as a blade." He eagerly looked at the weapon enhancement rushing towards the Attack Power 300 of the blade, and his eyes lit up directly.

This is what a weapon should be!

Separately, they are a machete and whistle stick, but combined they become a long-handled weapon, with impressive attack power.

But seeing the materials required for the upgrade, his shining eyes immediately cooled down; Jiang Yuan looked carefully at the materials needed to upgrade current tools, aside from iron ingots, copper ingots, the most used was Profound Iron Ingot.

"After Wilderness Ascension, I can open new areas, farm, find new ruins, repair structures..." looking at the long list of impactful and tempting tasks, he forced himself to calm down.

Account balance isn’t much, needs to return to the real world to earn money to continue spending on mining.

The Treasure Forging Workshop, besides using blueprints to craft weapons and upgrade tools, can also attach faith value to ordinary objects to be made into "protective talismans" bestowed upon believers.

Occasionally completing charity orders lately, his account has accumulated close to twenty thousand faith value, Jiang Yuan thought about it and attached three thousand faith value to the sheep-fat jade and three thousand to the Jade Peaceful Charm, planning to give them to his parents to wear in the real world.

Since knowing the real world also has ghosts, having some objects for family protection is better than none.

He packed up things inside the storage bag at the fastest speed, almost clicked to exit Wilderness World as if fleeing.

"Phew! It really is too easy to get addicted." Waking up from bed, the golden sunset glow shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto the bed, Jiang Yuan gradually stretched out his stiff body.

This was the longest he’d stayed in the Wilderness World since entering it, and sure enough, lying motionless in one position for a long time was uncomfortable.

Took a bath, ordered some homemade dishes, ate and drank till satisfied, picked up his phone just about to call his family to talk about the "Protective Talisman," but then the phone rang instead.

"Master Jiang, something bad has happened!" The caller ID showed Xuri Company Chairman Cai Changming, and as soon as the call connected, his panicked voice came through, "Jia Zongliang is dead!"

Jiang Yuan was a bit stunned, "Who died? Chairman Cai, don’t rush, tell slowly, what happened?"

"It’s the perpetrator of the murder case in my office building, Jia Zongliang, died in the detention center!" Cai Changming explained calming down, "Wasn’t it you who helped with collecting the female ghost when it was haunted? The murderer Jia Zongliang, who was involved in an affair and accidentally killed Wu Xiaolan causing her to turn into a ghost, suddenly died.

They said it happened last night, and today I just feel something’s off in my house; Master Jiang, where are you now? Could you come to my house to check the feng shui?"

The other party was evidently genuinely nervous and frightened, even his voice trembling.

Jiang Yuan couldn’t quite grasp it, "No, just calm down. Jia Zongliang’s death was indeed sudden, but what does his death have to do with you?"

"Of course, it does!" Cai Changming was flustered, "He was fine staying in the detention center, suddenly bashed his head against the wall till he died, brain matter spattered out, this is clearly abnormal.

Don’t forget, it’s widely known that he was messing around with Wu Xiaolan’s extramarital affair causing her death, everyone knows Liu Qiang was cuckolded. Do you think Liu Qiang would let Jia Zongliang off?

Liu Qiang claimed that even if the adulterous pair died, they wouldn’t rest in peace; now Wu Xiaolan was stabbed to death, yet became a fierce ghost? Now Jia Zongliang too has died mysteriously, I even asked you to deal with the female ghost, inadvertently angered Liu Qiang..."

Though taking a long detour, this reasoning seems to make sense once contemplated; yet Jiang Yuan couldn’t tell feng shui, not even understanding the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, so could only politely refuse and suggest finding an expert.

Unable to resist Cai Changming who was desperate, after hanging up the phone, he even enlisted Chuci to help in inviting the "Master to Make an Appearance."

"Perfect timing, Young Chu." Jiang Yuan opened the door seeing Chuci, instantly warmly welcoming the God of Wealth in, "I have a new incense stick here, you’re sure to..."

Before finishing, behind him, he noticed Cai Changming with a worried face.

"What’s the medicinal effect of the new incense stick?" Chuci’s eyes lit up, recalling business, coughed humorously and laughed, "Our matter can wait. You first visit Uncle Cai’s house to have a look, even if just spreading your positive energy, or else Uncle Cai wouldn’t dare sleep tonight."

"Yes, yes, yes, don’t worry about feng shui, it was checked during the renovation..." Cai Changming urged, "Just help take a look, mainly see if there’s anything unclean in the house."

Irresistible to the enthusiasm, Jiang Yuan glanced at the sun that had mostly set, thinking to himself that the yang energy was indeed declining, and the yin energy rising; once the mind is suspicious, at night it’s easier to scare oneself.

As he prepared to head out, suddenly a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, "Chairman Cai, instead of being suspicious, why not... try temporarily opening the Yin Yang Eye to see for yourself if the house is clean or not?"

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