The Tree World Descends into Douluo Continent

Chapter 131 Exploration and Creation

It is not yet time to go to work, and apart from some factory masters, there are basically no children to be seen.

After asking around, I found out that most of these kids were doing preparatory work in the factory. This is how kids in poor times are. As long as they can learn a skill, they are more diligent than their masters.

"Brother Ningyuan, please send someone to gather all the children in the factory." Li Xun looked around the factory dormitory and found that it was built better than he had planned.

The accommodation conditions are almost at the level of a well-off family in this era.

At the beginning, he was just in a momentary mood and did not put too much energy into this matter. Now that it has become like this, it is beyond his expectations. He can only sigh that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is not short of money.

Soon, a large group of children followed Ning Yuan to the open space in front of the dormitory.

Two thousand five hundred children gathered together, creating a huge crowd.

With Li Xun's current state of mind, standing on the makeshift podium and looking at the dark crowd below, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Maybe many of you don't know me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Xun, and I'm the director of this factory."

Li Xun looked at the group of children who were getting increasingly excited, cleared his throat, and used his soul power to slowly spread his voice: "He is also the disciple of Ning Fengzhi, the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect."

Upon hearing this, the children below were immediately in an uproar, whispering to each other and looking at Li Xun excitedly.

They didn't expect that this place where they would live in the future was proposed by this teenager who was about the same age as them. Most of them were orphans or children from poor families.

If they had followed their original life trajectory, a small number of these people might not have lived to adulthood. Even if they had managed to survive childhood, they would not necessarily have been greeted with a happy life.

They might go begging, work as laborers or servants for landlords, or even worse, be sold as slaves.

However, in such a life with a bleak future, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's factory gave them hope.

"Well, everyone, please be quiet for a moment." Li Xun smiled and gestured with both hands.

When the audience was silent, she said, "I know you are very excited, and I also know how you feel at the moment, because I was also a child from a poor family."

"I know what kind of changes this hard-won opportunity will bring to ordinary people like us."

Li Xun looked around at the children with tears in their eyes and said, "But what I want to say today is that your future is much more than this."

"Blacksmiths, carpenters, painters, and other craftsmen are not the pinnacle you can reach."

"Your future is about being creators, and you are the indispensable talents of this continent. This is not something that can be compared with a job that can barely provide you with food and clothing."

Li Xun looked at the confused child below and took out a bow and arrow and a Zhuge magic crossbow from his soul guide.

Hold the two objects high so that every child can see them: "It is hard to count how many years the bow has been in use since ancient times. But people's improvements on it do not focus on the bowstring or the bow itself."

"Until the crossbow appeared." Li Xun pointed his toes, and in an instant a huge tree grew up on the open space on the side. It required two or three people to hug it.

Li Xun put away his longbow, aimed the Zhuge Divine Crossbow at the tree, pulled the trigger, and the Zhuge Divine Crossbow instantly fired a series of arrows: "It is more convenient and easier to master, and it can fire multiple arrows at once."

Looking at the people below, he seemed to be thinking about something.

Li Xun smiled and took out his longbow, aiming at the tree and shooting another arrow: "Do you see the difference?" Looking at the bright eyes below the podium, Li Xun encouraged: "This Zhuge Divine Crossbow is already able to cause damage to soul masters. I hope you can learn not only to copy and disassemble, but also to expand your own thinking."

"To create a weapon that surpasses it in every way, proving that even ordinary people can stand on equal footing with spirit masters."

When Li Xun finished saying this, some smart ones among the 2,500 children immediately explained the situation to their companions. When they learned of the factory director's intention, they immediately responded with a thunderous response.

Li Xun watched all this with a smile on his face, and when everyone's excitement subsided a little, he continued: "Of course, everyone is good at different things and has different ways of thinking. I don't require everyone of you to participate in research and development."

"You can learn whatever you want to learn, such as blacksmithing and carpentry. After all, this is related to your future survival skills."

"But if any of you can create a brand new weapon, I can promise you not only fame and status, but also that you will no longer have to worry about your life from now on."

When Li Xun finished speaking, endless enthusiasm and desire instantly filled the eyes of the 2,500 children below.

Who doesn’t want fame, fortune and status? Who doesn’t want to have enough food and clothing? And who doesn’t want to have power?

They have lost the qualifications to become soul masters, but if they can obtain the power to become a beautiful soul master through another path, they are willing to give it a try.

"My lord, do you think this is an improvement?" A slightly thin boy raised his hand timidly.

Li Xun looked over when he heard the voice. He hadn't heard the title "Great King" for many years.

When he saw that the boy still had some childhood features on his face, Li Xun smiled and said, "Wang Cheng, I remember your family is not too poor, how come you are here?"

This young man was the one who lost two meat buns to Li Xun when they were young.

"My parents gave birth to a younger brother and sister for me. If I still stay at home and rely on that one acre and three mu of land, I'm afraid I won't even have enough food to eat in the future." Wang Cheng scratched his head embarrassedly.

Li Xun understood. It seemed that Wang Cheng's parents wanted to try to train two more small accounts because they saw that their main account had not become a soul master. This was also in line with the usual thinking of poor families.

However, Wang Cheng is smart. He believes that if a tree is not moved, it will die; if a person moves, he will live. Ordinary people in this era have very few fields and jobs. If he still sticks to his old way of thinking, his life will be stagnant.

"Let me see what you have done, and don't call me king. You can call me factory director." Li Xun encouraged.

Wang Cheng's face lit up with joy when Li Xun nodded. He quickly stood up and ran towards the dormitory. After a while, he came back carrying a huge wooden box.

"Director, this is a sample that we enlarged based on the one that the blacksmith made."

Wang Cheng put the wooden box on the ground: "Since it is too big to shoot the needles, we modified it into a toy for shooting arrows."

After Wang Cheng finished speaking, he waved at the crowd, and soon a few young men about his age walked out.

Li Xun looked carefully and found that there were two young men from Gurong Village among these people.

Several people smiled shyly at Li Xun, not daring to speak, and quickly got to work, and soon they had installed the arrows.

Then they also put a small piece of gunpowder with a fuse on each arrow.

"Isn't this the swarm rocket from the Ming Dynasty?" Li Xun was stunned when he saw the operations of several people, and then he laughed.

(End of this chapter)