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Chapter 321- God

Translator: TeamTWO
Editor: Jun

The next day, Song Jia returned to the Lord's Manor.

Under the leadership of Song Jia, the sect was doing great.

Of course, compared to Wudang, Quanzhen, etc big sects during the Song and Ming Dynasties, she was far off.

Firstly was that there was only 1 sect cultivation technique. She didn't have any other secret manuals that she could take out.

Secondly, the number of experts in the sect were too rare. Apart from Song Jia, there wasn't another expert and were all just students. Even Song Jia herself, because she cultivated for too short a time, wasn't famous in the field.

Thirdly, the potential of the disciples were horrendous. After the system released the potential system, Song Jia checked out the stats of the disciples and found that the number of A rank students were very lacking.

The only talented disciple was Cui Tianqi.

The difficulty of running a sect didn't seem to be less than the difficulty of running a territory.

To be a good sect leader wasn't easy.

As the history in the game pushed through the the Spring and Autumn Era, martial arts wasn't that famous yet. When it reached later into the game and with Tang and Song Dynasties, the various sects would all appear in the wilderness.

At that point, the battles of the underworld would truly begin.

Hence, Song Jia had to grab this precious opportunity to raise the strength of Donglai Sword sect. If not, when Wudang, Shaolin, etc. famous sects appeared, Dongli Sword sect would never get famous.

The problems that she faced were also something that Ouyang Shuo temporarily had no idea how to solve. When Li Feixue followed Mu Lanyue to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo had wanted her to move to the Dongli Sword Sect.

Unfortunately, she was reliant on Mu Lanyue and wouldn't leave her.

Song Jia also had ideas and turned her sights to boxing master Lin Yue. He was running the dojo and was normally very low profile.

She wanted to invite him to become an elder at the sword sect and set up a hall naming it Baji Hall which he would be in charge of.

Hence, she would get both an expert and a secret manual.

The terms she handed out were great; she was also very confident.

The first time she went over, however, she was directly rejected.

Song Jia wasn't one to give up easily and she was thinking about how to persuade Lin Yue, she even asked Ouyang Shuo to help her out.

Ouyang Shuo was half a disciple of Lin Yue so he knew his personality. He was a resolute person who definitely wouldn't because of him asking change his mind.

Thinking of the past, Ouyang Shuo had invited Lin Yue to join the army and was similarly rejected.

The matter was delayed all the way until now and there was still no change.

Ouyang Shuo had hinted to Song Jia about the weakness of Lin Yue. Because of his illness, he was a little low on self esteem.

A person without any goals was real scary, how would one convince him? Any title or credit would not be able to tempt the current Lin Yue.

However, if one was able to find a treasure that was able to cure him, with his character, such a great help would naturally cause him to agree to anything.

Upon hearing Ouyang Shuo's plan, Song Jia was happy but also worried. She was happy that she found a direction to work towards, but worried that the medicine was hard to search for.

As for the secret manuals, Ouyang Shuo regretted selling all of them. He could have at least kept a few.

If he wanted to buy them back today, the price would be too huge.

After the auction, the super trading platform had many secret manuals that appeared. When Ouyang Shuo sold his, it was around 700 gold, earning him a lot.

The players that sold this time were worse. One book sold for 1000, making the adventure mode players furious, but they had no choice but bear the pain and buy it.

If Ouyang Shuo guessed correctly, the mysterious seller would be Feng Qingyue from Swordsman County. This young lady was really able to keep patient, waiting for a whole half a year.

After this sale, Swordsman County would probably earn 70-80 thousand gold at once.

Starting from yesterday, large amounts of men and resources, under the coordination of the Combat Logistics Department and the Household Registration Department, had started to gather at the Beihai Harbor. The boats coming to and from the river passage were endless.

Hearing that the Lianzhou marquis was about to travel, many sharp Chamber of Commerces quickly came along and said that they were willing to arrange a group to follow him.

When Ouyang Shuo heard the news, he shook his head in amusement.

As expected, merchants had an adventurous spirit. They knew clearly that an unexplored island had shocking wealth, resources, herbs, and many treasures for them to discover.

If there was no army protecting them, the Chamber of Commerces wouldn't dare to venture out to sea.

After the Beihai Shipyard stopped making Mengcheng Warships, they used their spare time and built a batch of large merchant ships. Their random act today certainly came in handy.

Ouyang Shuo ordered Zheng Dahai to sell all the merchant ships to the Chamber of Commerces. Purely based on that, the shipyard earned 20 thousand gold and made the first profit of the shipyard.

As worldwide trading proliferated, the future shipyard had huge potential. Ouyang Shuo told Zheng Dahai to split the shipyard into two. One part was to build warships and the other was for merchant ships.

Apart from the Chamber of Commerces, the military also started to move.

Receiving the military order, the Guards regiment temporarily stopped their training at the special forces camp and returned. They reached Beihai City first and made use of these two days to get familiar with the Dragon Head. It was their first time following their lord on a long journey, so the colonel Wang Feng was careful and didn't dare to be careless.

What he was worried about was that some soldiers would be seasick and affect their combat strength.

As for the Beihai Naval fleet, they were already prepared.

Just as everyone was getting ready for the long journey, Ouyang Shuo instead went to the Mazu temple.

With the spreading of the Mazu faith, more and more people started to swarm and visit the Mazu Temple. The Culture and Education Division had specially recruited a bunch of faithful believers to help to take care of the daily duties of the temple.

The abbot chosen was a 40 year old lady, and she looked very kind. Seeing the Marquis personally visit, she immediately came forward to welcome him.

Ouyang Shuo went to pray to Mazu, after which he said, "Abbot, I'm here to bring the Mazu Statue out to sea."

The Mazu Statue in his words wasn't that real statue in the temple but another that he asked someone to carve.

Although his statue couldn't be compared to the real one, as it was strengthened by the incense, there was a bit of god power added to it. It shall follow them out and spread the Mazu faith, which was the secret weapon that Ouyang Shuo planned to use to affect Qiongzhou Island.

The abbot said sincerely, "Marquis is trying hard to spread the Mazu faith around; Mazu will definitely protect you and ensure you have a safe journey!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded.

What was next was welcoming the statue.

It wasn't a small thing; there was a full process. If not, one would be insulting the god.

The abbot hosted it and respectfully moved the Mazu statue out of the temple, with the temple maids protecting it all the way until the Dragon Head. On the Dragon Head, there was a specially-built temple room which would be the temporary place for the statue.

Not only that, the Mazu temple also sent out 4 nuns to go out to see with them. They would be in charge of the future workings of the Mazu Temple on Yazhou.

Ouyang Shuo definitely wouldn't think that his actions in future days would bring how much trouble for the territory.

Mazu and the various gods on Qiongzhou Island's battle of faith had started. The battle between gods was sometimes more cruel than the battle between people.

Gaia 2nd year 1st month 18th day

Ouyang Shuo brought some of the maidservants from the Lord's Manor and rushed to Beihai City.

The current Beihai Bay was filled with people. Numerous sailors, artisans and coolies hired by the Chamber of Commerces were hauling resources onto the boat.

On this trip, apart from the Guard's regiment and Beihai Naval fleet, there were 1000 men following. Ouyang Shuo was prepared to directly build the new territory.

After the turreted boat was completed by the shipyard, there would be a second and a third batch of migrants.

The Dragon Head was docked in the harbor; the giant boat was standing out amongst the fleet.

As there were many Chamber of Commerces that joined in, the fleet was huge, there was 1 large turreted boat, 30 Mengcheng Warships, and 20 merchant ships.

"Such a huge boat!" The maidservants were shocked, and seeing that they were setting it out to sea, they were all excited.

Ouyang Shuo smiled and brought them on board. At this point, the Guards regiment had already boarded and were in position.

At 10 AM, the fleet set off.

Yazhou was 2155 nautical miles away from Beihai City. The fleet was traveling at 14 knots, with the speed buff from the Mazu temple, the 30% increase in speed made them reach 18.2 knots.

When the winds were strong, they could reach 26 nautical miles per hour.

Under normal circumstances, they could travel 400 nautical miles in a day. Hence, if things went smoothly, they just needed 5 days to reach Yazhou.

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Chapter 322- Sending a Signal

Translator: TeamTWO
Editor: Jun

As the sun rose up and shined onto the boundless Beihai Bay, it was really eye catching. The naval fleet from Shanhai City were formed up like a swallow migration formation and proceeded forwards.

This has already been the 3rd day they had travelled, and they would reach Yazhou in 2 more days.

Onboard the Dragon Head, Bing'er was chasing Little White and was playing happily.

Behind her followed Blackfang and Little Green. Little Green was a baby Nian beast and was the size of a calf. Compared to the light green armor of its parents, its armor was pure green, with its bloodline becoming more pure. It was because of its armor that Bing'er decided to name it Little Green.

The Nian Beast originally lived in the deep oceans and seas so it knew how to swim and dive. After boarding the Dragon Head, Little Green was like a fish in water and he would dive into the ocean to catch fish and prawns.

In the deep ocean, not only were there the basic fish types, but one would also see a group of sharks once in a while.

Little Green was really fierce, and facing the overlords of the ocean, it wasn't afraid. It rushed across, and with a scratch with its claws, it could easily kill a giant shark.

The bite of the shark had totally no effect against the armor of Little Green.

It was the real overlord of the ocean.

Apart from sharks, there were even aquatics animals that evolved into spirit beasts like squids and tortoises. No matter what animal, compared to the Nian beast it was a lot weaker and became its food.

Ouyang Shuo had a feeling that Little Green was growing at observable speeds over these past few days.

Maybe the ocean was the true home of the Nian beast.

Ouyang Shuo cooping the Nian Beasts up at the back mountains of the territory was actually a mistake.

Little Green who grew by the day could already act as a mount for Bing'er. That little brat would ride on it when it was bored. When she was happy, Little Green would even bring Bing'er for a little swim in the ocean.

The speed at which Little Green swam in the ocean was super quick, as fast as the Dragon Head.

Bing'er's laugh had a sort of magic that attracted all sorts of spirit beasts and made them happy.

With Bing'er having preferential treatment, Song Jia and Little Yue were both so envious. The Guards regiment soldiers, upon seeing the special ability of Bing'er this little princess, had a totally different impression of her.

As for Blackfang, it was in a worst state. It was only a basic wild beast and in front of spirit beasts like Little Green and Little White, it was at a disadvantage. Needless to say, Blackfang had a portion of the wolf race, and hence he was terrified of Little White. If it wasn't for the consolation of Bing'er, Blackfang would not even dare to go close to Little White.

Blackfang was fearful of Little White but was also loyal to it.

The natural strength of the bloodline attracted Blackfang to forever protect Little White.

Bloodline was in actuality a magical strength.

In the sky, Xue'er flapped her wings and flew around. She was the most harmless and also the most fearless.

The four of them were like the four heavenly guardians protecting Bing'er and made everyone envious.

Ouyang Shuo was also feeling a little salty, as Blackfang and Little White had signed contracts with him. Blackfang was still okay, it was loyal and still recognized him as its master. Little white was cold and didn't even bother with him.

Sometimes, Ouyang Shuo even wondered if Bing'er was the main character of the story. One time, he checked her stats and was so shocked that his mouth was agape.

Name: Ouyang Bing

Title: Nil

Territory: Nil

Occupation: Chivalrous Expert (Side Occupation)

Level: 1

Merit Points: 0/100

Rank: Nil

Reputation: Unknown (0/100)

Bone Structure: 20

Comprehension: 15

Luck: 20

Charm: 20

Command: 5

Force: 5

Intelligence: 5

Politics: 5

Talent: Soul of Nature (Possesses high affinity with spirit beasts)

Cultivation Method: Nil

Skill: Basic Gathering Skill, Basic Diplomacy Skill, Basic weapons mastery

Equipment: Nil

Out of Bing'er's stats, her bone structure, luck and charm were all maxed out. She had also gotten a talent straight from birth, and it was the extremely overpowered Soul of Nature.

Thinking about his own pitiful luck and charm, Ouyang Shuo could only laugh bitterly.

Ouyang Shuo was looking forward to what unexpected benefits they would reap when she set up the territory at Yazhou.

In the last life, Ouyang Shuo heard that if a lord had high luck, the system could give extra rewards; if one had high charm, one could attract more advanced talents to move over to the territory.

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Under the protection of Mazu, the rest of the journey was very smooth.

Gaia 2nd Year 1st Month 23rd Day

The naval fleet had successfully reached Yazhou Bay.

Before reaching it, the fleet had passed two small islands. Legend had it that a fairy loved a fisherman and was punished by becoming two islands, the Xigu Island and the Yunu Island.

In the game, the Xigu Island was 12 square kilometers wide. The mountain had a verdant steep, and the towering cliff was like an axe. These two items could be modified to be the sentries for Yazhou Bay.

Yazhou Bay, the most western bay in Sanya.

When the naval fleet reached Yazhou Bay, it was close to dusk, and the Sun's afterglow was beautiful beyond words.

"So beautiful!" Song Jia muttered like a fairy that came down from the heavens.

Facing such a beautiful scene, even the noisy Bing'er also quieted down.

The top of the Yazhou Bay was the entrance of the Ningyuan river into the ocean. The Ningyuan river was the longest river to the south of Qiongzhou Island, and originated from the center where the Li race was gathered at.

Ouyang Shuo chose the disembarkation point to be at the eastern region where the Ningyuan river entered the ocean.

After going onshore, the sailors started to haul all the resources down from the ships. As there was simply too much stuff, they could only haul down the important ones like tents and food first.

The Guards regiment went deep into the island and started to set up defenses.

Wang Feng left 2 units to act as guards, and he brought 3 units to go forward to investigate.

The disembarkation point was a vast beach, and the soft sand under the shine of the setting sun made it look like a golden island. Crossing the beach, it was a boundless wilderness. Different from the Lianzhou Basin, there were trees and grass growing all over. One couldn't see carefully the objects in the distance, and the environment seemed very complicated.

As it was already late and their sight was affected, Wang Feng didn't dare to venture too deep. He only brought his soldiers and fanned out, patrolling the area around the beach. This beach seemed to be untouched by other people.

The loud fleet seemed to have shocked and alerted the wild beasts in the area.

The moment they had went near the forest, they were attacked by the beasts. They suddenly jumped out from the bushes and trees, showing their claws and sharp teeth.

Luckily, each member of the Guards regiment had been through many battles and facing the suddenly appearing beasts, they didn't panic, drawing their Tang blades and engaging.

Fighting one on one, the soldiers weren't at any disadvantage. After all, they were all rank 9 and above elite soldiers.

As the shine of the blade crossed, soon all the beasts were cleared out.

Just as Wang Feng heaved a sigh of relief, it was like they had stabbed a beehive. With the death of the wild beasts, more appeared out from the forest, some of which were huge and weren't normal beasts.

Wang Feng froze, he remembered the desolate beasts that the marquis had mentioned.

"Guys, don't panic. We will form up in small squads and defend together!" Wang Feng shouted.

"Yes!" The Guards regiment were well trained and quickly changed their formation.

Wang Feng had aimed at the desolate beasts and personally grabbed his spear. He was in charge of clearing out the main threat.

A slaughter had started without any signs on the beach.

Originally, Song Jia and the rest had already gotten off the boat and were playing with water by the beach and enjoying their holiday. Suddenly hearing the sounds of killing, they turned around.

"Form up, prepare to defend!" The Guards regiment troops who were left behind quickly formed up to defend the people.

"Marquis, should we go assist?"

Hearing the commotion, The Beihai Naval Fleet Commander Pei Donglai came over and asked.

Ouyang Shuo looked really calm and waved him off. There's currently no need to. Wang Feng hasn't requested any help, which means that it's under his control. Send my orders, all of you stay at your positions and wait for orders." He believed that those wild beasts were no match for the Guards regiment. In Wang Feng, he had absolute faith.

"Yes my lord!" Pei Donglai backed down and started to assist the Guards regiment to form up the defense.

The merchants who followed the fleet, upon seeing such a huge group of beasts, started to panic. Luckily, they saw the lord being so calm, and the troops he brought were so well trained. That was why they didn't retreat. If not, it would have been so embarrassing.

"Wuyi, everything will be fine right?" Song Jia and the others rushed over.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head and smiled. "It's alright. Bring Bing'er back to the boat first!"

"Ok!" Song Jia was fast and decisive. She knew that she wouldn't be of any help and would instead distract Ouyang Shuo, so she might as well just return to the boat.

As the sky set, Wang Feng led his troops and rushed back. Their faces were solemn and serious.

The soldiers who returned were all stained with blood. Some of them were injured, but their morale wasn't affected much.

"What's the situation?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

"Marquis, I have went to investigate and the beasts in the island are plentiful and they are very strong. There are also scary desolate beasts which harmed our brothers. Hence, I suggest that before we build up our defense, it's better for us to spend the night on the boat."

Ouyang Shuo froze. "What's the strength of the desolate beasts?"

"They are really strong. When fighting one on one, I can only take down two at once. Facing one needs at least the strength of one squadron." Wang Feng had a lingering fear. Apparently, the desolate beasts on the island had left a deep impression on him and sent a signal to the Guards regiment.

Ouyang Shuo nodded. The Guards regiment were in fact the best of the best. For them to face trouble at the hands of the desolate beasts seemed like the beasts' strength was more than what he had expected.

"Let's follow what you said and arrange for the people to retreat back onto the boat. We will spend the night there." Ouyang Shuo's last instructions was so as to not make any rash decisions before understanding more about the island that they were on.

"Yes my lord!" Wang Feng turned around to make arrangements.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked out at the bushes and trees that were slowly covered by darkness. It was like there was a fierce beast hiding within and staring coldly at these bunch of intruders.

As Ouyang Shuo expected, a pair of eyes were staring at them in the bushes. It was the native people who lived on the island.

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