Journey to the West: Building a Celestial Empire Starting from Lion Camel Ridge

Chapter 51 The Exploitation of the Works of Nature

This was accompanied by a volley of arrows fired from eight arrow towers.

A purple light swept across the sky above the shelter, its violent power like a runaway horse!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the dilapidated dome that had been covering the shelter was instantly blasted into countless dust particles!

Then, under the torrential rain, it turned into mud and splattered all over the shelter.

The already muddy ground became even more slippery.

......

Since there was no better way to solve the problem at the moment, the group had no choice but to build a few small paths with stones in the shelter for passage, and then find a way to solve the situation after the rainy season.

"So it seems that the buildings provided by the system are not omnipotent."

Wearing a straw raincoat, Chen Ping'an sat on the stone wall, gazing at the ground of the shelter, lost in thought.

Ali sat beside him, holding a slightly tattered oil-paper umbrella, and nodded gently.

"Modern architecture mainly falls into three categories."

"Offensive buildings, such as arrow towers."

"Defensive structures, such as stone walls."

"Residential buildings, such as vegetable gardens and storage rooms."

Chen Ping'an analyzed, and said in a deep voice, "A good shelter shouldn't just have this many buildings."

Ali watched the residents hurrying around in the rain and continued, "Now we need to put some thought into the residential buildings."

"The residents have enough food, but they are now lacking clothing."

"And this umbrella, it's still broken."

"You said you wanted to create a celestial dynasty on earth, but right now, this sanctuary doesn't even have the appearance of one!"

Ali joked with a smile.

Chen Ping'an looked at the vegetable plot: "Even this vegetable plot is a bit small. It needs to be developed into real farmland."

People can't just survive on vegetables and meat alone!

"For cultivators, as their cultivation progresses, consuming the essence of the heavens and the earth will not be a problem. However, there will always be mortals in the shelter who do not know how to cultivate. In fact, in the future, the proportion of mortals will be far greater than that of cultivators."

"You told me that the Tang Dynasty, which was worshipped by all nations, had all kinds of workshops."

"Yes, the clothing workshop has many tailors who can make very beautiful clothes."

"The woodworking workshop can make a lot of furniture, including dressing tables with brass mirrors."

"There are also herbal medicine shops. People eat grains and cereals, so how can they not get sick? There are no doctors in the shelter now, which is actually a potential risk."

"Moreover, as the population grows, there will be markets for trade, where farmers can sell their harvested grain to millers, and millers can sell their flour to butchers; this is how things are revitalized."

"White Bone Town used to have many workshops, but after so many years, they are now in a dilapidated state."

Ah Li recalled the once prosperous White Bone Town, and felt saddened, letting out a sigh.

"We still need people to do this."

Chen Ping'an summarized: "For example, the blacksmith shop, the earthen stove building was only refreshed after the dog came to the shelter; the forging furnace was also provided by the system after Zhang the blacksmith joined."

"Therefore, people are the key to triggering this."

"To be precise, they are skilled people."

"You can understand it this way: buildings with special functions need people with the corresponding skills to maintain them."

"Otherwise, even if it is built, it will be completely useless."

Ali counted on her fingers.

"Therefore, there are now three ways to renovate buildings."

"First, the system refreshes randomly in order to maintain the stable existence of the shelter."

"For example, these offensive and defensive buildings."

"Secondly, slaying monsters will yield building blueprints."

"This is just a guess," Chen Ping'an pondered. "But so far, after killing so many bone demons, no building blueprints have dropped. The only rare treasure dropped was after killing the Qi Toad. But I think it's possible that building blueprints might drop."

"We're mainly killing bone demons now. These things are just skeletons all over their bodies, and I really can't think of any kind of building that would be associated with them."

Is the building possibly a coffin shop?

Could the dropped treasure be an urn containing ashes?

"Therefore, it makes sense that no buildings are being refreshed."

"Although there are quite a few monsters, their types are too limited."

Chen Ping'an pondered.

"Thirdly, the buildings will automatically update when new people with new skills join."

"Yes, that's for sure. The examples of Gou'er and Zhang Tie are proof."

"Even if it's not a fully completed building, the system will still refresh to show the required core buildings."

"A cook cannot leave the stove, and a blacksmith cannot leave the forge."

Ali rested her chin on her hand, lost in deep thought.

"Something just doesn't feel right."

"What's wrong?"

Chen Ping'an looked at her curiously, after all, everything sounded quite reasonable.

"Only when skilled individuals join can buildings be refreshed."

"But if a person learns a skill, will that also trigger a building refresh?"

???

Chen Ping'an suddenly understood.

"Ah Li, you're a genius!"

Chen Pingan suddenly remembered Li Yunlong's words: "You fucking are a genius!"

Once you change your perspective, the way you solve problems changes.

"From this perspective, if someone learns animal husbandry skills, the shelter might be upgraded to a farm-like building, and then we can raise some animals, whether it's chickens, ducks, or geese, thus increasing our food sources."

"There are quite a few people in the shelter now, so the key issue is how to equip each of them with a skill."

"This skill doesn't need to be very complicated; it just needs to be able to verify the guess."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping'an's eyes lit up.

"I have a solution."

"What method?"

"Methods for acquiring skills."

A-Li, puzzled, followed Chen Ping'an into his wooden house.

"Isn't there a way to acquire skills?"

She looked around the wooden house, her gaze settling on the jade basin that Chen Ping'an was pointing at.

I understood instantly.

"You mean, we should send this fish to tell Mr. Shoucheng that we need the skill book? And have him send one?"

"Um."

Chen Ping'an nodded: "Mr. Shoucheng is in the Tang Dynasty, where there are many workshops and a wealth of skilled people. Getting an encyclopedia of skills would be a piece of cake."

"That sounds feasible."

Ah Li recalled the wishing fish's power: "Shall we give it a try?"

"If it's not feasible, we should stew it sooner rather than later."

Chen Ping'an looked at the golden carp in the basin, and the carp looked back at him with its fish eyes wide open.

"I need a book, a skills book."

Chen Ping'an described the current predicament of the shelter and then elaborated on the needs.

I wonder if the fish understood.

As soon as he finished speaking, the carp leisurely circled twice in the basin.

Is this gesture a phone call?

The two stared expectantly at the fish.

After a while.

The fish floated back to the surface from the bottom of the basin.