Final Lord

Chapter 35 Punishment and Advancement

"The compressed ether silver ore can be brought back to the territory for expansion. After relocating to the Dead Land, the ether silver ore cannot be taken away, but it can be directly mined destructively to obtain a large amount of ether silver at one time.

The three water element crystals are a great asset. With them, no matter where we go in our territory, we'll never be short of water. The plant seeds dropped by monsters in the Black Forest can also be grown in our territory, allowing Uncle Ming to diversify his recipes.

Wang Bufu was counting the spoils of the drowned poisonous mother when suddenly he heard the voice of a blind cat.

"You bunch of idiots, the Lord has been so kind to us cavemen, not only are you ungrateful, but you even dare to cause trouble for the Lord!
Do you know how rare it is to find a lord who looks up to us cavemen?! If the lord develops a prejudice against us cavemen because of you, how can you be worthy of us brothers who have endured hardships together!

Wang Bufu looked over and saw six cavemen kneeling on the ground in a neat row, with the blind cat pointing a magic wand at them.

"Tell me! Who came up with the idea to sneak to the stream?" the blind cat asked viciously, but no one answered.

The blind cat hit a caveman hard with his staff. The caveman groaned, lost his balance and fell to the ground. He quickly got up and knelt again.

"Speak!" Gravel rolled in the blind cat's throat, and he lifted up a caveman's belly with his staff. The caveman shuddered, lowered his head, and didn't answer.

"Are you deaf when I tell you to speak?"

boom!
The blind cat smacked him on the shoulder blade with its staff, and the dull thud startled a few sparrows that were pecking at their food. The setting sun stretched the blind cat's shadow very long, diagonally splitting half of the tree.

"Woo-la, woo-la..."

Finally, the caveman who was beaten by the blind cat spoke softly.

"No one came up with the idea. Did you all come to the creek together? Bullshit!"

Blind Cat's hands were shaking. He suddenly raised his staff high and slammed it down on the ground! With a loud bang, a spiderweb-like depression appeared on the ground, and the broken rocks hit the faces of several cavemen, causing them great pain.

"Loyalty, huh? Brotherly love, huh? I'll let you be loyal!" Blind Cat raised his staff again, about to strike down. At this moment, a pair of hands suddenly grabbed his staff from behind, stopping his movement.

"Chief Blind Cat," Wang Bufu said softly, "They deserve to be punished for their mistakes. I understand your eagerness to teach your people a lesson. But this place is close to the Bixi Valley, and there's a possibility of attracting monsters. Let's talk about it back in the territory."

"My Lord... Ouch." Blind Cat slapped himself and kicked a cave dweller in front of him. "You six, look at the mess we've made today. Do you realize how much trouble you've caused this territory? None of you are allowed to stand up. Follow the group and crawl back to the territory. Do you understand?"

"Ugh."

……

……

In Shengyang Village, Wang Bufu’s bedroom.

The six cavemen knelt before Wang Bufu, their heads bowed. The blind cat stood beside him, facing them angrily.

Wang Bufu glanced at the six people, their attribute panels clearly visible. This was good, at least it proved that the six of them were still loyal to him. Wang Bufu, with perfect command, said, "Tell me, why did you sneak into Bixi Valley and get swept there by the whirlpool?"

The six cavemen shuddered. One of them, named Shan Pao, stepped forward and replied, "My Lord, we were wrong. I confess everything. This isn't the first time we've secretly gone to Bixi Valley. Ever since you asked us to practice spitting, we've been running there every night, sneaking back before dawn."

There are many monsters at night. We smear mud on our bodies to cover our smell. As long as we move carefully, we will not be discovered by the monsters.

Everything was going smoothly until last night, when we were practicing by the stream, we were spotted by some strange bird monsters. They flew in the sky and made strange noises. When we heard them, we felt a sharp pain all over our bodies, as if we were being whipped.

They were flying so fast that I immediately concluded we wouldn't be able to escape. At that moment, I remembered how you, Lord, used a pit to deal with the giant tree.

The strange tree was buried in the soil, so the sound couldn't be heard. So I thought, we definitely won't have time to dig a hole, but we can jump into the water.

Then I jumped into the stream with them, and sure enough, I couldn't hear their sounds in the water, so I was lucky enough to escape. But I didn't expect that the impact of the stream was so strong that it swept us all into the whirlpool.

Then, it was Brother Butt and you who found us.”

"It's really for practice." Wang Bufu sighed. "Do you know why I don't allow you to go to Bixi Valley to fetch water at night? Because during the day, the Sun God will suppress chaos and prevent it from spreading. At night, without the Sun God's shining, chaos will take advantage of the opportunity to invade the world.

This manifests as a significantly increased aggressiveness of the monsters in the Monster Zone, and the appearance of some elite monsters that only move at night. You encountered one of these elite monsters, and you're lucky to be alive."

Shan Pao lowered his head even lower and said tremblingly, "My Lord, we were wrong. We are willing to accept the punishment."

The king shook his head in disbelief and said, "I've said before that anyone who disobeys my orders will be reduced to slavery. Without trust, a man cannot stand, and without trust, the law cannot be enforced. Be prepared."

Wang Bufu tapped the table lightly with his fingers. The fire in his body trembled slightly, and the six invisible threads of faith were immediately disconnected from Shan Pao and the others.

Their bodies trembled, and they suddenly felt as if they had walked from a warm stove into the snow and ice, and their bodies suddenly felt empty.

"Woooo..."

Shan Pao and the others felt a pang of pain in their hearts, unable to suppress their emotions, and sobbed softly.

They didn't cry when the blind cat hit them, nor did they cry on the way back to the territory. But when they really lost their status as subjects, they couldn't control themselves at all.

The blind cat looked at them and sighed silently.

He completely understood their feelings. Before they met the Lord, they were all slaves. Being a slave meant a life worse than that of pigs and dogs. Becoming a subject was like transforming from an animal into a human being. Besides material satisfaction, they also received a level of respect they had never felt before.

The only thing that hurts more than never having it at all is losing it.

Wang Bufu looked at them, shook his head and said, "You followed me through life and death and won military merits, which enabled you to be promoted from slaves to subjects. Depriving you of your subject status like this is actually a bit too harsh a punishment.

But I had already said it before, so I had to do it.

Let me put it this way. I've said before, whoever can first master the art of spitting water will become the leader of the poison cavemen.

You've made a mistake, so you can forget about being a leader. Whoever can master the technique first will have their status as a subject restored."

Hearing this, Shan Pao suddenly raised his head and said excitedly: "My Lord, we have it all figured out, we have it all figured out!"

"Hmm?" Wang Bufu looked at them doubtfully, waved his hand, and said, "Show it to me?"

"We need water..." Wang Bufu looked at Blind Cat and said, "Blind Cat, go find Big Butt and ask him to fetch some water to the hall, and then have all the people in the Toxin Cave gather there."

Seeing that things could turn around, Blind Cat excitedly waved his staff and replied, "Yes! Lord!"

……

Ten minutes later, Wang Bufu and the cavemen gathered in the hall. Word of what had just happened in Wang Bufu's bedroom had spread among the cavemen. It was clear that Shan Pao was quite popular; all the cavemen's expressions were filled with worry and pity; not a single one seemed to be gloating.

bang bang bang...

Shan Pao and the others stood in a row, six buckets of water placed before them. They lowered their heads and took a deep gulp, swallowing most of the water. Their skin, once rough, swelled up like a translucent ball, even its brown-green color faded.

Wang Bufu nodded and said, "Just spray a random pattern, as long as it's neat."

puff……

As soon as he finished speaking, the six cavemen sprayed water at the wall at the same time. However, the water they sprayed did not seem to form a pattern on the wall, but only a mess of horizontal and vertical lines.

"Why is it only at this level?"

Wang Bufu was very surprised at first, but after they spit out water for the second time, his eyes lit up.

These six cavemen actually used water jets to write the common language on the wall!
"The village chief is the best lord."

The two neatly arranged rows of characters, whether horizontal strokes, hooks, or circular arcs and hooks, are all clean and neat, very perfect.

"Good!" Wang Bufu applauded the six people. "Big Butt, you come and evaluate their level."

"My Lord," Big Butt said, sensing the water stains on the wall, "There are actually two difficulties in painting with water flow: one is controlling the flow rate of water, and the other is controlling the precision of the water flow. They have already done both better than me."

"If you were to come, could you write like them?"

Big Butt lowered his head and said, "My Lord, the common language of the continent is very complicated to write. Writing is much more difficult than drawing a simple circle. I am ashamed that I can't do it."

Wang Bufu nodded and soothed him, "Don't feel guilty. Besides practicing on your own, you also have to take care of the management of the cavemen. It's normal to be a little delayed in training due to your busy schedule."

Shan Pao stepped forward and said, "My Lord, writing is easy for us, and we can do better. Our nightly practice is not in vain."

Wang Bufu looked at Shan Pao and the others and said, "Alright, I recognize your level and allow you to attempt the advancement. Big Ass, bring up the advancement resources I prepared!"

"Yes!" Big Butt quickly ran to the stage and carried six wooden barrels up with several cavemen.

Wang Bufu pointed at the wooden barrel and said, "What's in here is the resource liquid you need to advance to the ordinary level 2. The level 2 of the Toxin Caveman is called the Poison Miasma Caveman. This is a powerful profession with long-range attack capabilities. It can spit out the venom in its body to attack the enemy.

The advancement ritual of the Poisonous Miasma Caveman is to condense the venom in the body and spit it out to different positions several times in a row, so that the poisonous miasma emitted by the venom forms a pattern.

The Poison Miasma Caveman stage is crucial. The more complex the patterns you spit out, the more poison sacs you'll possess upon advancement. The number of poison sacs determines your ammunition and the upper limit of your future advancements. The minimum is three, with no upper limit. If you have fewer than three, your advancement will fail.

Only when you have more than 10 poison sacs can you advance to the S-level professional poison assassin when you advance to the extraordinary level."

Wang Bufu looked at all the cavemen and said, "My requirements are very simple. Under me, you must be elite, and only elite. Therefore, poison cavemen who do not meet the standard of 10 poison sacs will not be allowed to advance!

I have high expectations of you, and I believe you can live up to my expectations.”

Hearing Wang Bufu's earnest words, the people in the Poison Cave clenched their spears in their hands and became excited.

Wang Bufu looked at Shan Pao and the others and said, "Your level has reached the elite standard in my mind. Let's get started. Do your best and set a good example for your people."

"Woo-la!" The six cavemen stood at attention and swallowed the resource liquid in the wooden barrel in big gulps.

Gradually, their bellies began to swell up, as before, and began to pulse as if alive. Strips of green light darted across their bellies, spreading like lightning.

Gulu!

A caveman shook his body and suddenly spat out a pool of venom, which exploded on the wall, forming a circle of emerald green poisonous miasma.

Soon after, the other cavemen also began to spit.

Blind Cat nervously rubbed his staff as he watched this scene unfold. The outcome of this incident hinged on whether Shan Pao and the other six could continue to rule as subjects. As the leader of this group of cavemen, Blind Cat didn't want to see any of them reduced to slavery.

Soon, the first caveman's design was complete. He spit out a flower with six leaves on the wall. The flower's stem and leaves were distinct and very vivid.

A brilliant green light enveloped him, and his figure suddenly grew taller, his chest rapidly expanded, and twelve dark green lumps of flesh grew out!

Upgrade successfully, ammunition quantity twelve!

Soon after, another caveman completed his design—a frog lying on the ground. He also advanced successfully, with thirteen ammunition.

Then, the other three cavemen completed their patterns at the same time. Their patterns were different, but the amount of ammunition was thirteen. Only the mountain cannon continued.

"This is..." Wang Bufu looked at the image on the wall, somewhat shocked. It was an unfinished human face, somewhat similar to his own. At this moment, Shan Pao was using venom to fill his neck and shoulders.

This country bumpkin actually wants to draw a picture of himself on the wall!
"Cavemen had no eyes and could only sense the surroundings through their senses. Logically, there are many details that cavemen should not be able to restore.

But Shan Pao was able to draw my face to be 70% similar to mine. How long had he been observing me secretly?

Drawing a detailed person using venom is a whole different level of difficulty than drawing flowers or frogs. Can Shan Pao do it?

Gulu!

Shan Pao didn't know about Wang Bufu's worries, he just wanted to draw out the image buried in his heart!

(End of this chapter)