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Chapter 161, Day Thirty-Two Settlement (4K)

"Is this the Healing Fountain? It's completely different from the architecture of my house!"

"Captain, why don't you let me try the poison?" Yuan Mingyi stepped forward without hesitation.

"Haha, okay." Qin Ziwen found a clean porcelain bowl and scooped out a bowl of spring water.

Yuan Ming took it and drank it all in one gulp.

"How do you feel? Is the wound itchy?" Zhao Pu asked.

Yuan Ming frowned, carefully examined the wound, and gently pressed it with his hand. "It doesn't itch, but I can feel that it's warm here, like a hot water bottle."

The others exchanged glances, and Li Yue suggested, "Why don't you take off the bandage?"

Yuan Ming removed the bandage wrapped around his abdomen without hesitation.

A thick scab had formed on the wound, and there was some slight redness and swelling around it.

Seeing that it didn't heal as quickly as they had imagined, the group was somewhat disappointed.

Qin Ziwen used his insight into the Healing Fountain.

[Level 1 Healing Fountain: Level 2 Wound Healing, Level 2 Fatigue Relief] (Special Effect: The effects of Healing Fountain can stack; the more you drink, the faster you recover)

"I feel like I've become more energetic," Yuan Ming scratched his head. "Like I've drunk several cans of coffee."

Qin Ziwu guessed, "Could it also have the effect of relieving fatigue?"

"This fatigue relief isn't really helpful, I can't just not sleep, can I?" Yuan Ming couldn't understand, but the warm feeling in his abdomen didn't disappear, it continued to spread, so this healing spring must really be effective for the wound.

"Captain, may I ask for some Healing Spring water?" Wang Jun said.

Qin Ziwen glanced at the effects of the Healing Fountain. It could treat external injuries and relieve fatigue, but its effect on pneumonia might not be very obvious. However, sometimes family members just need some psychological comfort. "Okay."

He personally filled a large bucket for Wang Jun.

Afterwards, everyone else present was also given a bowl of healing spring water.

Qin Ziwen said, "The effects of this Healing Fountain should be stackable."

Upon hearing these words, everyone turned to look at Yuan Ming.

"Why are you looking at me? You don't want me to... wait, glug glug."

"Burp—" After a while, Yuan Ming let out a long burp.

Touching his swollen, round belly, Yuan Ming was filled with grief and indignation.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the wound on his abdomen visibly subsided and healed little by little, the red scab on the surface gradually turning black, drying and hardening, and then falling off.

In the end, only a clean, white belly and three pale pink marks remained.

This treatment for external injuries is incredibly effective; it can even save lives in critical moments, provided, of course, that you've had enough to drink.

Li Yue clicked his tongue, "Young man, you have quite a fair belly."

“If you want it to heal quickly, you need to drink a lot of spring water, which isn’t cost-effective. But if you’re not in a hurry, you can drink less and let the wound heal on its own,” Zhao Pu analyzed, adding, “By the way, your stomach is quite white.”

Yuan Ming, “.”

Amidst laughter, the crowd gradually dispersed.

Deng Guang stayed behind until everyone else had left, and then said to Qin Ziwen, "Captain, I got a card, but it takes up too much space and I can't use it. Do you have any extra cards you can trade with me?"

"What card?"

Deng Guang carefully took out a gray building card from his pocket.

"Captain, look."

[Building Card] Level 1 Tavern.

Qin Ziwen was somewhat surprised. "Brother Deng, this card has some value. Are you sure you want to trade with me?" He told Deng Guang about the purpose of the tavern.

Deng Guang was somewhat tempted upon hearing this, but after much deliberation, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Change!"

Qin Ziwen took out a miniature blank expansion card. "Okay, but this is all I have right now."

Deng Guang was delighted to see this, "This is good."

He doesn't have enough space at home, so even if he acquires a building, he can't construct it. Blank expansion cards are the most suitable cards for him at this stage.

He understands that sometimes what is suitable is the best.

After obtaining the card, Qin Ziwen went to the tavern and chose to upgrade it.

When the light of the upgrade fades.

The exterior walls haven't changed much; it's still a small, rural-style tavern, except that the mud walls have been replaced by small brick and tile houses.

Inside, the tables and chairs in the front hall have been replaced with large square tables made of pear wood, and the place is clean and tidy.

In the kitchen, the utensils were brand new, and two gleaming pig-slaughtering knives stood on a large round cutting board, along with a full range of spices and seasonings.

Du Yu followed behind Qin Ziwen, who asked, "You're a waiter, don't you have anything to say?"

Du Yu then remembered that he had this identity, and immediately said with a smile, "I wish your shop great success and prosperous business!"

"Shopkeeper, are you there?" came an old man's voice from outside the hall.

Qin Ziwen lifted the curtain and saw an old man with disheveled hair and shabby clothes standing outside.

Upon seeing Qin Ziwen's face clearly, the old man knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down his face, pleading, "Please, shopkeeper, save me!"

Qin Ziwen stopped and looked at the old man in front of him with a puzzled expression. "Have you seen me before?"

The old man looked up, and his face seemed vaguely familiar.

"Are you that scholar from back then?" Qin Ziwen asked tentatively.

The old man bowed deeply. “I am very old, but the shopkeeper is still as elegant as ever. I did not want to involve you, but my family of eight has a blood feud. If I were to die in vain, I would surely die with resentment!”

After saying that, the old man took out a cloth bag from his pocket, opened it layer by layer, revealing the contents inside: a card that glowed with blue light.

Qin Ziwen almost thought he was seeing things. "Where did you come from?"

The old man gave a bitter laugh and kowtowed heavily, saying, "It is because of this thing that my whole family has suffered misfortune."

Immediately, the old man revealed the whole story.

According to him, half a month ago, a Taoist priest suddenly came to the city, claiming that he had a strange object waiting for a destined person to see.

The sorcerer said that this strange object was like a flower in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water, and that it could not be touched by anyone but someone with a destined connection.

Many people in the city went to try, but none of them could touch it.

He was passing by the market when, out of curiosity, he tried it out and surprisingly picked up the card that was emitting blue light. He also heard a mysterious voice. Overjoyed, he took the card home.

That very night, a group of people stormed into his home and carried out a massacre. He managed to escape with the help of a group of mysterious people. According to those who rescued him, the people who broke into his home were secret agents from the Imperial City Guard under the current emperor. Since the founding of the country, the royal family has been hunting down descendants with mysterious bloodlines in various places. The characteristic of this bloodline is that they can touch something called the Destiny Card.

The most distinctive feature of this Destiny Card is that holding it allows you to hear the voice of Heaven.

Destiny Card
"Do you know what this is?" Qin Ziwen asked.

"I know, it's the Destiny Card, also an advanced building card. When I got it, a voice in my heart told me that it was the advanced building card Blood Sand Arena."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ziwen believed it to some extent.

At the same time, a thought popped into his mind: Du Yu was able to touch this card, could it be that Du Yu also belonged to this mysterious bloodline?
What exactly is this mysterious bloodline, and why is the Dayong royal family secretly hunting it down?

Could it be that a homeland once descended upon their world?

Could Du Yu and the others be descendants of those members of the homeland?
Qin Ziwen guessed in his heart.

Seeing the old man kneeling on the ground and not getting up for a long time, Qin Ziwen said, "Get up."

The old man struggled to his feet, and Qin Ziwen helped him up. "Please sit down first."

As they were talking, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

Two soldiers clad in iron armor and wielding long spears lifted the curtain, their eyes lighting up upon seeing the old man. They shouted, "Found him!"

"Harboring thieves? Kill them!"

The two soldiers moved swiftly, raising their guns to thrust.

"How dare you!" Du Yu shouted, stepped forward, grabbed the gun barrel with one hand, and pulled and pushed.

The two men collided, breaking their offensive.

With another leap, he lunged forward, turning his palm into a fist, and struck one of the men in the Adam's apple.

With a swing of his left arm, he blocked another person's grab, and with a flying kick, he knocked the person to the ground.

With a flick of his toe, he kicked up the fallen spear, which pierced and killed a man with a single thrust.

Another person clutched his throat and tried to back away, but Qin Ziwen grabbed him by the back of his collar and threw him to the ground.

They might not be a match for you in terms of skill, but when it comes to strength, they can easily defeat you.

Du Yu smiled and said, "Sir, we are short of armor, so we sent over two sets."

Qin Ziwen looked at the old man behind him and said, "If you have nowhere to go, you can stay with me. I'm short a cook, a manager, and a waiter. What can you do?"

The old man's eyes lit up. He heard an invitation in his mind. After a moment's thought, he felt that being a cook in the kitchen was safer than being a waiter who had to show his face in public. "I'd like to be a cook."

You have successfully recruited a member.

Please assign him a position.

A small ball of light floated out, and a selection border appeared before my eyes.

2级酒肆：【掌柜（0/1）店小二（1/2）厨子（0/2）】

Qin Ziwen arranged a cooking position for him.

Then use insights on it.

[Ordinary Human (Jia Liangcai): ☆]

Qin Ziwen said, "I can't guarantee you any revenge, but you can stay here from now on. I can still feed you."

Jia Liangcai bowed deeply, "Thank you, benefactor."

The reason for keeping him was partly due to the fate of their three encounters at the tavern, and partly because Jia Liangcai was quite lucky; he had given them five taels of gold last time, and this time he brought an advanced building card.

What intrigued Qin Ziwen the most was that cards actually existed in the Dayong Kingdom.

When asked, Jia Liangcai and Du Yu shook their heads, saying they had never heard of cards before.

Qin Ziwen guessed that the top echelons of the Dayong court were probably consciously blocking the news.

Then Du Yu picked up the two corpses on the ground, stripped them of their lamellar armor, and put away their spears.

Lamellar armor was made by perforating iron plates and stringing them together with ropes to form armor belts.

It provides excellent defense against slashing and thrusting attacks.

Take the card.

Hold the card and you will automatically receive its information.

[Advanced Building Card] Level 1 Blood Sand Arena.

Construction requirements: 30*30 meters.

Qin Ziwen then arranged accommodation for Jia Liangcai, letting him share the secondary bedroom with Li Tieshan. At the same time, he asked Li Tieshan to explain the current situation to Jia Liangcai so that he could understand the current environment.

Seeing that Jia Liangcai was old, Li Tieshan simply gave up his bed and let Jia Liangcai sleep on it, while he himself slept on the floor.

This deeply moved Jia Liangcai.

The next day, upon waking, I checked the settlement as usual.

"You have successfully survived in the wilderness for 32 days, obtained three cards, and successfully hunted down the Giant Hyena King. Overall score: 265 points"

「获得奖励：【突破卡】极限突破卡*1、【建筑卡】1级农田*1、【强化卡】动物体质强化卡（1星）*1」

Qin Ziwen took out the green enhancement card he had obtained from hunting the Giant Hyena King yesterday.

The reason I didn't use it yesterday is because this card is special; it's not for humans or animals.

[Enhancement Card] Common Building Enhancement Card *1
The effect is very powerful; it can unconditionally increase the level of any ordinary building below level 5 by 1.

It does not include level 5; it can only be used by level 4 at most.

This card is most cost-effective for use on level 4 buildings, so I'll keep it for now.

Then there's the medium-sized lawn expansion card.

It can expand the grassland terrain to 50*50 square meters in the home.

The current total area of ​​the home is 2698 square meters. The increase in the area of ​​the lawn alone is close to the original total area of ​​the home.

It can almost double the size of your homestead!
Qin Ziwen arrived at the edge of the open space and first used the Grassland Expansion Card.

As the gray fog at the edges dissipated, large areas were revealed, exposing vast expanses of lush green grass.

The once somewhat crowded home instantly became spacious.

Qin Ziwen pondered; he now had three large cards he hadn't used.

Two advanced buildings, the Valiant Training Ground and the Blood Sand Arena, and one Bamboo Forest.

The advanced building effects are impressive, but the bamboo forest is a scarce resource that he currently lacks, especially arrows.

The purpose of the two buildings can only be inferred from their names.

With bamboo forests, arrows can be produced in large quantities.

Seeing the worry on Qin Ziwen's face, Jia Liang stepped forward and asked, "Why is my lord so concerned?"

After hesitating for a moment, Qin Ziwen voiced the question that was troubling him.

Jia Liangcai hesitated for a moment, then asked, "May I ask, my lord, how many crossbows do you currently have? How many soldiers do you command?"

Qin Ziwen rubbed his temples. "We don't use flowery language when we communicate here."

"Yes." Jia Liangcai bowed with his hands clasped.

Qin Ziwen hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "There are two composite bows, but they can only use special arrows. Bamboo arrows are prone to exploding. The rest of the bows are still under construction. You can assume that the core of the soldiers consists of about ten people, but if we build up the momentum, we can easily gather dozens or even hundreds of them."

Jia Liangcai understood, and then continued to ask, "Then, my lord, is the morale good now? Are all the soldiers brave and fierce in battle?"

Qin Ziwen thought of the members of the core hunting team. Including himself, there were about three people whose physical qualities had reached their peak. But if we were to say whether they were elite warriors, Du Yu should be considered one, while he and Cao Biansheng still had room for growth.

"That's it." Jia Liangcai nodded slightly. "Your Excellency is wise. The advantage of the bamboo forest lies in its weapons. Even the most powerful weapons need brave warriors to wield them to defeat the enemy. Therefore, in my humble opinion, we should first secure the foundation before considering the rest!"

"Wait, wait." Qin Ziwen looked at Jia Liangcai suspiciously.

Compared to his disheveled appearance when we first met yesterday, after washing up and tidying his hair today, the old man looks quite dignified.

"Where were you sitting before that happened?"

Jia Liangcai replied with shame, "My lord, I am but a mere prefectural clerk, not worth mentioning."

Chief Secretary?

If you can get to this position, then temporarily acting as the steward of the community and managing dozens of people shouldn't be too difficult.

(End of this chapter)