Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 32 Killing Pigs

This was the first time Lani had ever received such star treatment.

In reality, he was just an ordinary person. Being able to draw the closed beta qualification for "Ten Continents Chronicles" was already a highlight of his life, even though he didn't know that Fang Xianyu had manipulated things behind the scenes to select him based on his game time and style.

As a child who grew up in the countryside, Lani also helped build houses in the village. Their village was not the kind of village with villas everywhere in economically developed areas, but a truly backward, poor, and rustic village. Most of the villagers were related to each other, and if someone was building a house, the villagers who were strong would lend a hand during the off-season.

Lani had done the same thing before, not to mention that his father was a well-known contractor in town. After graduating from high school, he was sent to a construction site to move bricks due to an accident. His father called it "experiencing the hardship of physical labor." The old man had no idea that his son had also been used to farm work since he was a child.

In conclusion, given various objective factors, it's no surprise that the house Lani built in "Ten Continents Chronicles" is indeed quite impressive and has attracted a large following among players.

But this situation only lasted for a day or two.

The very next morning, two players who had just reached level 10 in less than a day brought a large group of native NPCs from Taiping Town, along with several oxcarts full of goods, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

Soon, after making inquiries, the players understood the situation.

It turns out that this group of people were villagers from Taiping Town, who were hired by two "immortals" (players) at a high price to help them build houses.

Besides basic building materials like wood, the oxcarts also carried various paints, glazed tiles, Guangcheng jade, and other materials!
Wang Ergou, with his incredible social skills, managed to get the blueprints that the two players had shown to the NPC!

I must say, the houses on the blueprints are truly magnificent, with a modern Chinese garden feel. They also occupy a considerable area, at least five acres! Roughly counting, the complex in the blueprints has dozens of houses!

It is said that those were blueprints that the two players spent a huge sum of money to have specially designed in real life!
The Jade Emperor was secretly amazed by such financial power and quietly asked Wang Ergou, "Brother Gou, how much did they spend on hiring the NPCs in total?"

"About this number!"

Wang Ergou gestured the number five with his hand.

The Jade Emperor's eyes widened: "Fifty taels!?"

Wang Ergou rolled his eyes: "Dream on! Of course it's five hundred taels!"

The Jade Emperor asked in astonishment, "How did they manage to produce so much money?!"

Wang Ergou scratched his head, looking hesitant, as if he didn't quite understand: "They said they had to sell all their equipment to raise the money..."

"Isn't this insane?!" The Jade Emperor was even more shocked: "Without equipment, you can't even fight monsters in the wild!"

That's true. This mountain forest is incredibly rich in resources, teeming with wild beasts. Like that enhanced wild boar that wandered into the player's settlement—they're everywhere, and they always appear in packs. However, its official name is "Central Continent Giant Boar," which translates to "giant pig" or "a specialty of Central Continent."

This pig has thick skin and flesh, tusks, is extremely fast, and has tremendous strength. It weighs over a thousand pounds, and even Qi Refining cultivators cannot get the better of it!

If you encounter them without proper equipment, you're basically doomed!

"Who knows what they're thinking!"

Wang Ergou spread his hands, and then said excitedly, "However, I inquired and found out that although the prices for the kind they build are outrageous, if you only build one house, including labor and materials, it only costs five taels of silver! Even if you build a courtyard house, it only costs a dozen taels!"

"Duo, Duo Shao!?"

"Five taels! That's the price of a pig! You can't believe it!"

Wang Ergou rubbed his hands together, his excitement bordering on lewdness.

A wild boar from Taiyin Mountain, if broken down and sold, could fetch ten taels of silver. The last one was carried by Zhao Qing to Taiping Town and sold cheaply to the town's butcher for convenience; it even sold for nearly fifteen taels of silver by weight! Lani gave Zhao Qing one tael just for the delivery fee!

The Jade Emperor suddenly sprang to his feet, his eyes gleaming with greed: "What are we waiting for! Let's go, Brother Dog! Let's slaughter the pig!"

Wang Ergou wasn't blinded by the pig's allure. He stroked his chin and pondered, "Wait a minute, we still need to form a group. That thing is a bit dangerous, and the two of us are more likely to crash."

"Then I'll post a recruitment notice!" The Jade Emperor was exceptionally enthusiastic. He opened the recruitment panel and posted a notice: [Group formation for killing pigs to earn money and build houses, quick to join, 2 people waiting for 3, split equally!]

"What's the rush? Ask Old Han and Second Senior Sister first!"

"It's okay, I'll keep them here for now, and ask Lao Han and the others before letting them go!"

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In the end, Wang Ergou and the Jade Emperor did not pair up Han Yi and Zhao Qing. The former, under pressure from reality, was diligently practicing the basic spear techniques in his cultivation of a hundred weapons. The latter, on the other hand, had just been captured by the NPC Baili Shuang for intensive one-on-one private lessons in cultivation.

Fortunately, one of the three people who joined the group was an acquaintance, none other than the man 'Jieran' who was jokingly called the fastest man in the entire server.

Given that this quiet player seemed very reliable, Wang Ergou decisively took off his shoes and lent them to him.

Well... that can be considered fulfilling the promise made back then.

Soon, the group found a group of wild boars not far from their spawn point.

This giant wild boar from Central Asia is a social animal, mostly living in groups, typically consisting of one boar and two to three sows and their piglets.

What Wang Ergou's team encountered was a typical herd of wild boars consisting of three adult wild boars and more than a dozen wild boar piglets.

In the team chat, Wang Ergou muttered to himself, "These days it's so unfair, even pigs have two wives, but I can't even find a girlfriend..."

One player chuckled and said sarcastically, "You mean you're not even as good as a pig?"

Wang Ergou chose to kill a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of his own: "What, are you stronger than a pig? You have a girlfriend?"

"That's heartbreaking..."

The group chatted for a while without delaying their agreed-upon tactical actions.

One player, who practiced earth magic, put all his strength into building several earthen walls around the wild boar herd. Wang Ergou, who had the best equipment, drew aggro at the only reserved exit. The other players used their skills, spells, and pre-prepared talismans to fire wildly at the wild boars. The fastest runner, Jieran, was responsible for driving away the baby wild boars—don't think that the cubs will be spared, they're all worth a lot of money!

This was Plan 1, which failed after less than half a minute of implementation.

The main reason was that the wild boars showed contempt for the earthen wall that the players had painstakingly built. Led by the male boars, they charged at the earthen wall one after another, and the seemingly sturdy earthen wall was easily smashed by the wild boars.

Wang Ergou's heart shattered along with it.

"When an individual is powerful enough, all fancy tricks are just paper tigers."

In the team chat, Wang Ergou, after much painful reflection, reviewed the devastating defeat and said, "Human abilities have limits. I've learned one thing from this short life: the more cunning a person is, the more likely they are to fall victim to unexpected situations, unless they transcend humanity..."

"Have you decided to stop being human?"

"Ahem... I've decided to use overwhelming firepower!"

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Our ancestors taught us a lesson long ago.

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"When poor, use tactical flanking maneuvers; when rich, use overwhelming firepower! How many 'watts' are left from last time?"

Yay! I'm awesome! I updated on time!!!

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