Mist Lord

"The beginner's trial only involves facing low-level fog monsters like gray fog rats and scorpion-tailed flies. If you can repair defensive structures like fences and arrow towers within three days, and dig some traps, it should be helpful."

Satir is indeed knowledgeable.

"Fences, arrow towers? Got it."

Xia Yuan immediately took out an axe from his storage space and ordered the sword-and-shield dog to cut down those crooked trees and collect as much wood and stone as possible in order to start the construction of the territory.

"My sword and shield!"

The sword-and-shield dog is a bit stupid, but it's obedient and will do whatever you tell it to do.

Satir continued to be in charge of patrolling.

After the two groups of people went their separate ways to receive their orders, Xia Yuan finally had time to check the territory data.

According to the Lord's Handbook, there are three ways to build a territory.

Method 1: Basic Construction.

Items like the Lord's Lodge and Wooden Fence that appear in the buildable list can be built automatically by simply collecting enough building materials and clicking on them, without requiring any construction workers from start to finish.

This is more like a benefit for new lords, helping them get through the initial startup phase.

Construct using blueprints from Method 2.

As long as you have special items like building blueprints, you can build automatically just like in method 1, and it is not restricted by territory level.

However, architectural blueprints are extremely rare and not easy to obtain, especially for newcomers.

Option 3: Build freely.

This is easier to understand. As long as there are people, materials, and technology, you can build whatever you want and do whatever you want within the territory without any restrictions.

The three approaches complement each other.

In the early stages, focus on pathways 1 and 2, while in the mid-to-late stages, focus primarily on pathway 3.

At present, Xia Yuan has neither construction workers nor blueprints, so he can only prioritize building the lord's cabin, wooden fence and well on the list.

Furthermore, based on Satir's suggestion, it would be best to prioritize building wooden fences.

The question is, is there enough timber?

There are only a few crooked trees within the territory. If that's not enough, we'll have to risk venturing into the fog zone.

.........

Taking advantage of a break from cutting down trees, Xia Yuan began to take stock of the supplies.

First and foremost, of course, are the initial supplies prepared by the alliance for every new lord. According to Zhao Wu, this is the first and last batch of support supplies.

From now on, we'll have to rely on ourselves.

The Misty Continent already had a harsh living environment, and with years of war, resources were extremely scarce, making it incomparable to their homeland. Even these meager supplies were squeezed out of the Alliance's high command from their own pockets.

After all, supporting them once a year is already quite generous.

Although he didn't stay long, the observant Xia Yuan noticed that Yunyang City was far from prosperous. There were few pedestrians on the streets, and they all looked hurried, with many even appearing pale and sickly.

It is clear that for the people in the city, let alone eating well, even being able to eat their fill was a luxury.

If even Yunyang City, the headquarters of the alliance, is in such a state, one can imagine the situation in the other territories of the alliance.

Initial supplies can be roughly divided into two categories.

One type is equipment prepared for the lord personally, including a full set of helmets, leather armor, shoulder pads, wrist guards, leg guards, and boots, as well as weapons such as fine iron Tang swords, fine iron daggers, and Zhuge repeating crossbows.

It also comes with three skill books: Fighting Techniques, Basic Knife Techniques, and Basic Archery.

Those who initially chose weapons, armor, and basic skill books are probably crying in the toilet right now, regretting it to the core. It turns out they did all their work for nothing.

The second category includes camping tents, pillows, blankets, pots and pans, rice, flour, cooking oil, and other daily necessities. Food rations are also provided in quantities of 100 jin (50 kg), so there is no need to worry about freezing or going hungry in the early stages.

Xia Yuan really didn't expect that the treatment of a newcomer would be so good.

Compared to the actions of people like Li Aoyu and Zhao Wu, it is somewhat ironic.

"Oh, right."

Speaking of Li Aoyu, his body hasn't been disposed of yet.

At the time, Li Aoyu's body was quickly stored in the storage space, firstly to prevent Li Mingyu from resurrecting him using some extraordinary means, and secondly because he had his eye on the spoils of war.

After Li Aoyu died, the spatial imprint in his palm shattered, and three items fell out.

A pill, a secret manual, and a human skin mask.

Fortunately, he was quick-witted and nimble. Based on his past experience, Zhao Wu judged that the new candidate's items were not of much value, so he did not force Xia Yuan to hand them over.

The elixir is an antidote, capable of neutralizing all poisons, and can be used as a life-saving trump card.

The secret manual is the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill," which is not an external martial art. Instead, it uses true qi to temper the tendons, bones, skin, and flesh, creating an indestructible golden body that is impervious to swords and spears. At its highest level, it can condense a protective golden bell shield.

To condense true qi, one must first strengthen the body, enhance blood and qi, and temper the body to perfection.

Forcing yourself to cultivate will only damage your body's foundation.

So we can't practice it right now, we can only save it for later, but it's definitely a good thing.

The final human skin mask fits the face perfectly, allowing one to disguise oneself as another person, and the disguised appearance remains fixed, unlike the ever-changing demon lord.

"Antidote pill, indestructible armor, human skin mask... the more I look at it, the more it resembles the equipment of a womanizer?"

It seems unbelievable at first glance, but if you think about Li Aoyu's reputation as the third-ranked scholar, it makes perfect sense. He really got lucky and picked the best things.

Fortunately, it all benefited Xia Yuan now.

With the human skin mask, although he couldn't completely escape Li Mingyu's pursuit, he could at least sneak into Yunyang City and purchase various resources needed for the construction of his territory.

Otherwise, we would really be trapped and die in this land.

.........

Xia Yuan had just set up his tent when the knife-and-shield dog had already chopped down all the crooked trees, collecting only 50 units, still a long way off.

Instead, Xia Yuan collected a full 150 units of stone and immediately clicked to build a well.

Perhaps because the territory was too small, there wasn't even a small ditch nearby. All future water needs depended on this well, so it was a priority to build it.

However, a fence is still necessary.

"We have no choice but to risk venturing into the fogged area and continue collecting wood."

Xia Yuan transferred all the supplies from the storage space to the tent to make room for transporting timber. The sword-and-shield dog was fine at chopping trees, but carrying timber was a real challenge; it was just too small.

Li Aoyu's body was buried in a hole on the edge of the territory, which was considered a proper burial.

"Master, I noticed during my patrol that there are relatively more large trees to the north, and it's closer to the edge of the territory, so there's no need to venture deep into the fog zone."

The further in you go into the fog zone, the lower the visibility becomes, and the higher the danger level naturally becomes.

"Then let's go north."

Xia Yuan trusted Satir's judgment and walked in the middle of the group, carrying the fog lights.

Fog lights can be seen as a simplified version of the Black Stone Altar. They also burn mist bud crystals, which can dispel fog in a small area and illuminate the way back.

Fog Bud Crystals are a specialty of the Fog Zone and can only be obtained by defeating Fog Monsters. They can be used as fuel for Fog Lamps, Black Stone Altars, and other similar items, and are also essential materials for upgrading troop combat levels.

Therefore, it is very precious.

Even the alliance only gave each new lord 5 Mist Sprout Crystals.

All that's left is to rely on yourself.