Chapter 75
The barracks could assign a corresponding number of instructors based on the number of trainees—ten soldiers per squad, with one instructor for each squad. Alternatively, they could choose not to assign any instructors at all. Instructors served as a sort of professional aura; in such cases, the maximum level of the trained soldiers could not exceed that of their instructor. However, in areas where the instructor excelled, the soldiers would receive an additional boost in proficiency.
Given the limited types of soldiers available, Ye Bai decided to train all these militia members as crossbowmen.
Crossbowmen were an advanced class of archers, a type of ranged physical unit. At this stage, the other types that could be trained included sword-and-shield soldiers, axe-wielders, and light cavalry.
As the territory level increased, the types of soldiers would gradually expand. By aligning with certain schools of thought, Ye Bai could unlock unique units, such as battle mages from the magic school, gunners from the alchemy school, and chaos warriors from the chaos school, among others.
The choice of crossbowmen was naturally influenced by the territory's energy reserves. As long as the blacksmith, Wei De, transitioned into a professional, he could start crafting weapons for the soldiers.
As these soldiers began their training, Ye Bai also needed to pay each of them a monthly salary of 1 silver coin—her personal guards would receive 3 silver coins each month. With her current finances, she could still manage it.
As for the other villagers, since the territory was still at the village level, before it reached town level, as the lord, she provided food and various services to the villagers. She could even collect 2 copper coins in taxes from them each month without needing to pay them wages. However, once they reached town level, she would have to manage the territory's finances systematically.
While planning the future commercial development of her territory, Ye Bai suddenly heard a notification:
【The herbalist 'Lucy' in your territory has been working day and night and has had a moment of inspiration, becoming a 'Herbalist' professional.】
Good news!
This was the first true professional cultivated in her territory. Ye Bai praised Lucy in her heart for her diligence, as she had achieved this even faster than Ye Bai had anticipated. It was worth giving her one of the two transformation bloods.
She intended to go and congratulate her, but Ye Bai suddenly paused and glanced at the villagers' panel.
Sure enough, she found that Felix was no longer in a state of infection; he had returned to health, but a blue exclamation mark still floated above him, indicating the unusual nature of this special talent.
Ye Bai decisively chose not to approach him—if she avoided meeting him, there would be no chance of triggering a quest.
She could guess that Felix's personal quest was related to the chaos school, and at this moment, she had no time to run to a chaos main city to complete a quest. At the very least, she needed to wait until she returned from the divine realm.
Ye Bai opened the territory's work allocation page and temporarily assigned Felix to the blacksmith shop.
Villagers needing to resolve personal quests would not have their satisfaction lowered in work allocation. Besides, with the Sun Child's affinity for fire... sending him to work by the forge for a while was a good fit!
Just as she finished this, a villager rushed over to find Ye Bai.
“Milord, the well from the blueprint is finished, but we’re still missing one last material.”
The Philosopher's Stone, a reward for achievements, was bound to Ye Bai as a personal item and was not in the territory's warehouse. Villagers could not access it without her.
Ye Bai was slightly taken aback; she hadn’t expected the Source Well to be completed so quickly after she had just gathered enough Source Energy Crystals yesterday.
“Let’s go.”
Ye Bai followed the villager to the site of the Source Well.
This location was adjacent to the military zone, close to the Tree of Creation. In the center of an open space stood an unremarkable well, looking not much different from an ordinary water well.
While planning the Source Well, Ye Bai discovered that this building had no 'collision volume,' allowing it to overlap with other buildings.
So, she directly planned it to be built at the future site of the 【Mayor's Office】.
When the Mayor's Office was constructed, it would cover the Source Well—safety first, as this thing was worth more than a Source Energy Crystal mine.
Reaching the well, which was 99% complete, Ye Bai took the Philosopher's Stone from her backpack and dropped it into the well.
“Splash!”
Though it was an empty well without water, it made a sound as if something had fallen into water after she tossed in the Philosopher's Stone.
Then, a wondrous stream of light rippled from the well, existing somewhere between the ethereal and the tangible, accompanied by the sound of flowing water, engulfing the entire well opening.
In the next moment, Ye Bai saw the solid well before her suddenly become translucent, transforming into a hazy, semi-transparent form.
Coming back to her senses, Ye Bai looked at the dry ground, as if no 'water' had ever surged forth.
“What... happened? It disappeared?” A villager's surprised voice came from behind her.
Ye Bai turned to ask him, “Didn’t you see it?”
The villager immediately shook his head seriously.
“I see. It’s fine; you can go back now.” After the villager left, Ye Bai turned back to the Source Well, hesitating for a moment before reaching out to touch its edge.
“…”
Her fingertips felt a chilling sensation; she had touched something solid.
Only those with divine blood (players) could pass through the Source Well; it turned out that NPCs could not see it at all.
Withdrawing her hand, Ye Bai recalled that the territory system hadn’t announced the completion of her wonder building, and she nodded in satisfaction. It was good that this thing couldn’t be known by others.
But as she pondered, Ye Bai suddenly had a thought and opened the lord leaderboard—
First place: Bai Ye, Territory Rating: 14561
Looking at the score that had skyrocketed by 10,000 from the previous base, Ye Bai fell into contemplation... Never mind, it was built, let them guess however they wanted.
…
Now that the Source Well was completed, Ye Bai didn’t delay any longer and went to the tailor shop to get her bracers from Di Linna.
In the past few days, she had organized her backpack. Thanks to her preparations for dealing with the Makur Group, many items had gone unused. At this moment, she had a wealth of various tools and healing potions, and any one of them was a life-saving item for players at her current stage.
“Are you ready to set off?”
Di Linna, sitting in a chair, looked surprised at Ye Bai’s words. After several back-and-forths, when it came time for Ye Bai to depart, she found it hard to believe.
“Yeah.” Ye Bai nodded again to confirm.
She had to go eventually, so it was better to take advantage of the time when her territory didn’t need her as the lord.
“Alright.” Di Linna, hearing this, kept her promise and handed Ye Bai a bracer: “The divine realm is dangerous; you must come back safely.”
— I haven’t even set off yet, don’t jinx it!
Ye Bai was about to complain in her mind, but when she saw the dazzling attributes of the bracer, her thoughts immediately quieted.
【Crocodile King Bracer】
Level: Legendary
Defense: 50
Resistance: 50
Critical Hit Rate: +50%
Critical Damage: +100%
Special Effect - Blessing of Scales: When damage received exceeds 1000, negate 500 base damage; immune to critical hits.
Special Effect - Blood Protection: When health drops below 5%, gain the protection of the patterned crocodile king's blood, instantly restoring 30% health, cooldown time 20 minutes.
Wearing Requirement: Kill the patterned crocodile king.
Description: Wearing this bracer gives you a chance to return safely, even in the most dangerous places.
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Chapter 53
Di Linna! You, are, my, goddess!
It was so fragrant, so enticing.
The attributes of the Crocodile King Bracer were explosive even among legendary equipment. First, the increase in double critical attributes directly compensated for Ye Bai's shortcomings in critical hits compared to other interstellar players.
Secondly, the two special effects: the damage negation from the Blessing of Scales, while it only triggered when taking over 1000 points of damage, was a lifesaver for Ye Bai, who was heading to a high-level map like the divine realm.
Of course, immunity to critical hits didn’t mean direct immunity to critical damage; rather, it turned critical damage into normal damage when it was about to occur. This could be considered a PK artifact, meaning Ye Bai could nullify the skills of interstellar players who relied on critical hits.
The Blood Protection effect was clearly a restoration of the crocodile king boss's last-ditch survival skill. Even with a 20-minute cooldown after using it, it was a powerful lifesaving skill for critical moments.
After all, one wasn’t foolish; once this crucial moment was extended, she could quickly use healing potions.
Of course, the final wearing requirement was somewhat of a complaint—
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