The Emperor is Above

Chapter 110: Being tricked by Old Man Shi again

"Crash-"

Qing Yi stood on the sentry tower on the solitary hill. The rain continued to fall, covering the surroundings like a pearl curtain.

From here, you can see the Jiming Lake in the distance. With the increase of summer rainfall, the bright white water surface is only ten miles away from the solitary hill.

In the misty rain curtain, the joyful roars of giant beasts could be heard from time to time, and even the figures of sporadic giant beasts could be vaguely seen foraging nearby.

The vegetation in the surrounding wasteland is growing more luxuriantly with the nourishment of warm rain. In many places, the weeds are more than a person deep. Countless herds of animals are breeding and thriving in the wasteland, and groups of small animals are growing rapidly under the care of the herds.

Solitary Hill lives up to its name, standing alone on the bank of Jiming Lake. Dozens of miles around are all wastelands and swamps of all sizes. Not only do no other nobles come to visit, even the wild people in Jiming Lake are nowhere to be seen.

The barbarians are naturally not fools. It is a thankless task to plunder the vassal states in the summer, and they will not gain anything even if many people die or are injured.

When a large amount of grain is harvested in the autumn harvest season, that is when the barbarians and thieves are most active, and it is also a crisis that Guqiu Fengtu is destined to face.

After last night's careful analysis, Qing Yi deeply felt his own weakness.

Not to mention protecting himself in the face of great changes, being able to repel the wild people in the vast lake was a severe test, not to mention protecting the hundreds of villagers who followed him.

I had wanted to return to Maoqiu Pavilion today to find Tushigu and ask him to tan the leather of the alligator I had hunted recently into armor to arm the militia of Guqiu. However, I did not expect that heavy rain came when I was about to go out, so I could only wait until the rain stopped before going out.

"Deng deng deng-"

There was a sound of light footsteps coming from the stairs below the sentry tower, and then Gongsun Wu's voice was heard: "My Lord, Dao Weng and several old men just said that Tu Shi Gu Xia Shu Shi should not be in Maoqiu Pavilion now.

When they left Maoqiuting, they heard from others that the old general of the Tushi was also granted the title of lower-ranking officer, and now he should have left Maoqiuting, and they didn't know where his fiefdom was. "

Qing Yi was happy for Tu Shigu's promotion to corporal, after all, it was very difficult to be promoted from an upper commoner to a corporal, but he couldn't help but frown at the disruption of his plan and said, "If Brother Shigu moves to the new burial mound, he will definitely be busy building a house and a burial mound.

Even if we ask him for help after the rain stops, he will hardly have time to make armor and soldiers within a month or two. It seems we have to wait for a while.

The fifty sets of cowhide armor and eight sets of wild wolfhide armor that I bought from Brother Shi Gu at the beginning of the year, after several battles, there are now more than thirty sets in good condition, and the other dozen sets can be repaired and used for a while.

The skins and bones of the more than 40 wild wolves we killed on the way to the capital are all in Brother Shigu's possession. I'll go ask him later if he has made them."

Gongsun Wu also sighed slightly and said, "This is the only way now. At least before the autumn harvest, the people of Daze rarely go out to plunder. There shouldn't be any problems in the next few months."

Qing Yi thought for a moment, then turned around and said, "Brother Gongsun, I will entrust you and Uncle Chai to recruit as many young and strong men as possible to participate in the training. We don't ask them to be very strong, but at least they can protect themselves against ordinary barbarians and thieves."

"Don't worry, my lord!" Gongsun Wu said solemnly, "There are more than 600 people in Guqiu now, and more than 200 young and strong men between the ages of 18 and 50.

I estimate that at least 150 people can be selected to train as militia. Uncle Chai has also led people to train in the Zuoshi camp for many days. They will have no problem protecting themselves against ordinary barbarians and thieves."

After discussing with Chai Yong that day, Gongsun Wu began to select all the young and strong men who were suitable for training. At the same time, Dongmen Hu and Dongmen Bao were responsible for leading people to organize leather armor and weapons and further build defensive fortifications.

The old man Bai and the old man Hei led people to take care of nearly 10,000 acres of farmland around the solitary hill, dredging drainage ditches to prevent excessive accumulation of water from soaking the crops and causing a reduction in production.

After Qing Yi entrusted many matters to others, he devoted himself to cultivation. He trained himself and breathed every day, and also took time to study runes, pharmacists, and make rune arrows. The practice of pharmacists is more about combining theory with practice. Since Jiang Ji did a good job with the four girls, Qing Yi simply gave the pharmacist book of Shi Lao Weng to Jiang Ji and put his main energy into rune research.

The complete set of "The Initial Explanation of Runes" given by Yuanmu Qiujian was of great help to him. Even if there was no one to teach him, he could continue to grow through the bumps and bruises.

When initially crafting a Wolf Fang Rune Arrow, only one acceleration rune "Wind" can be carved.

As his understanding of runes gradually deepened, after using up a batch of crocodile bones, he was able to carve runes with three different attributes, namely "wind", "fire" and "mountain", on small rune arrows.

The wind makes the arrows fly faster and more difficult to dodge.

Fire makes the arrows explode, increasing the damage after hitting the target.

The mountain increases the potential energy and power of the arrow. Even if it does not penetrate the armor, it can cause internal injuries similar to blunt force injuries.

After several nights of experiments and producing hundreds of upgraded rune arrows in one go, Qing Yi was not satisfied and turned his attention to rune weapons.

There is actually not much difference between rune weapons and rune arrows. Both use the mystery of runes to give weapons many attributes. However, rune arrows are mostly disposable, while rune weapons need to be able to be used for a long time, so the requirements for runes and materials are higher.

With Qing Yi's current strength, he can only make the simplest rune dagger, but he is enthusiastically sought after by the militiamen in Lonely Hill, and each dagger must be obtained after fierce competition.

After being busy for many days, I feel that my mastery of runes has reached a new level. I finally go out on time to have breakfast. Even if my practice is urgent, I must combine work and rest.

"Boom-"

Gongsun Wu put his breakfast on the table and sat down next to Qing Yi on his right, saying helplessly, "My Lord, you shouldn't have given out these rune daggers so casually. These guys actually used them as knives for cutting meat.

Even a primary Fu Bing can be sold for one gold in the capital, but now it is being wasted so casually, I feel sad just watching it. "

"Haha, rune weapons are meant to be used by people. Don't I use an eighth-grade rune dagger as a dining knife?"

Qing Yi couldn't help but answer with a smile. When he was making the rune dagger, he also made his own eighth-grade beast tooth dagger into a rune weapon, making it even sharper and very convenient to use as a dining knife.

While chatting and laughing with Gongsun Wu, he lowered his head and carefully cut the fourth-grade crocodile dried meat on the plate. The meat of this fourth-grade exotic beast contains extremely huge energy. Only a small piece is needed for each meal to meet Yi's needs.

Unfortunately, the meat was not very tasty. Perhaps it was because this alligator had grown for too long. When Qing Yi tried it for the first time, he almost broke his teeth.

No wonder Old Man Shi only took away the soul crystal, soul pill, and cut off a few dozen pounds of eyelid flesh, and easily gave the rest of the crocodile dragon to himself.

Thinking of this, Qing Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. He was tricked by Old Man Shi again. However, in order to speed up his cultivation progress, he had to bite the bullet and eat it even if the fourth-grade crocodile meat was unpalatable.

Fortunately, while Aunt Bo was preparing the fourth-grade dried crocodile meat, she also thoughtfully prepared a piece of ninth-grade crocodile meat, which made Qing Yi feel a little better.

After finishing the fourth-grade crocodile meat with great effort, Qing Yi raised his head again and said, "Brother Gongsun, what you said makes sense. In the future, the talisman weapons I made will not be easily distributed.

If you want to obtain any kind of weapons and armor, you have to work hard enough. I will tell you my plan later."

(End of this chapter)