"Where's Yi Tian! I demand you submit to the Blue Gang right now and hand over your villa, or I'll make you pay!" — Sam from the Blue Skin Race.
Yi Tian was admiring everyone's flashy treasures when he suddenly got grossed out by Sam.
"Did he awaken another talent? Feels like he's inflated a whole size..." Yi Tian was a little confused.
Because of that little incident before, the verbal sparring between Yi Tian and Sam kept escalating.
Sam always lost out verbally, while Yi Tian never saw Sam as a real opponent—just a petty, narrow-minded clown.
"Yi Tian, get out here! If you don't, I'll show you no mercy!" — Sam from the Blue Skin Race.
As soon as Sam finished, his whole gang started parroting him.
Made it look like Yi Tian was the public enemy of District 66.
"Why so desperate to call your daddy? Oh wait. Sorry, slip of the tongue—I wouldn't have a trash son like you." Yi Tian finally replied. Just thinking of the little kiddos calling him "dad" made him correct himself instantly.
"Hmph! Sharp-tongued little shit. [Cursed Crystal*1]." — Sam of the Blue Skin Race.
Yi Tian looked at the info on the Cursed Crystal—it could inflict bad luck leading to death on any living creature whose Spiritual Power was below 200. Sam's crystal was a consumable, single-use only.
No wonder this guy's so cocky—he's got a killer weapon.
"I'm soooo scared!"
Yi Tian's Spiritual Power was 260, so he just ignored it. Not to mention his Seven-Aperture Exquisite.
No doubt, Sam must've pulled this out of a Silver Treasure Chest.
The Celestial Dao is stirring shit up again! This thing is a serious threat. Yi Tian decided to make Sam waste his Cursed Crystal—otherwise, he'd rob a ton of Lords with it.
"Scared, huh? Hand over ALL your assets, or I'll make sure you die without a grave!" Sam thought Yi Tian was genuinely afraid and didn't catch the sarcasm.
"I bet you don't have the guts to use it. Cowardly dog bastard—sorry, I insulted dogs! Waving that junk crystal trying to scare your grandpa? Not buying it, grandpa ain't scared of shit..." Yi Tian launched a savage tirade, roasting Sam until nothing was left.
"Too much evil will destroy you. Bullying and tyranny never end well." — Qin Fanshuang of the Earth Human Race.
Right now, everybody was just watching, only this fellow countrywoman dared to speak up. Yi Tian felt a bit guilty—shouldn't have overcharged her for that Hundred Power Divine Crossbow last time.
"Fine... Die already, just wait for death." Sam was so angry his lungs nearly popped. Why did Yi Tian dare to be so cocky?
Sam wrote down Yi Tian's info on the crystal and triggered the curse.
The crystal shattered instantly and a cloud of black runes drifted off into the void.
According to karma, the black runes tried to merge with Yi Tian, but his 260 Spiritual Power easily eroded them away.
"Did you actually use it or what?" Yi Tian asked, kinda unsure.
"Don't get cocky! I already used the Cursed Crystal—won't be long before you drop dead inside your territory!" Sam didn't want to see Yi Tian for another second. He kept tapping Yi Tian's ID, praying for 99999 to disappear.
What Sam didn't know was that his reputation in District 66 was now rotten. Everyone was instinctively distancing themselves from him. Even his so-called "underlings" were secretly guarding against him—and figuring out how to use him.
People respect the strong, sure, but they hate this kind of "nuclear blackmail" even more.
That night, countless people watched Yi Tian's ID, 99999. Tonight, he was the only one.
Yi Tian ended up chatting with Qin Fanshuang for ages; she kept checking on him, making Yi Tian awkward, so he bailed with the excuse of being tired.
Day twenty-one.
Sam, sporting two dark circles under his eyes, kept searching for 99999 in the zone. Every search, still there.
That leopard number made Sam totally obsessed—he couldn't eat or sleep.
Sam comforted himself: Yi Tian must be in deep trouble now. Curse—takes time to ferment, right?
He didn't work today, didn't sleep; just stared at waiting for Yi Tian to die!
Only Sam knew the truth. His Silver Treasure Chest only gave him 5 Silver, 1000 Celestial Dao Coins, and one Cursed Crystal. Nothing else.
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"Ice Storage: Stone*50,000; Cotton*10,000; Iron*30,000; Copper*2,000; Silver*10,000; Celestial Dao Coin*10,000."
"Large solar-powered refrigeration unit: Iron*10,000; Copper*10,000; Silver*10,000; Plastic*1,000; Gold*1,000; Various non-ferrous metals*1,000; Solar panels*4; Celestial Dao Coin*30,000."
All materials were bought from the auction house—it cost 1.04 million Celestial Dao Coins altogether to build the large solar refrigeration unit and ice storage.
The ice storage was placed on an open spot in front of the villa's garden, covering one and a half acres, with one story above and one below ground.
Ground level kept temps at 0℃ to -10℃, with different sections for different items.
Underground level was set to -20℃.
The ice storage and big refrigeration unit boosted Yi Tian's territory points by 2000.
The automated grain factory cost Yi Tian a total of 1 million, built right next to the granary, adding another 2000 territory points.
"Silver*30,000; Gold*1,000; Top-level Stone*100; Celestial Dao Coin*50,000."
Silver Mechanized Guards—only four could be built. Each cost 500,000 Celestial Dao Coins.
It was pricey, but Yi Tian still gritted his teeth and forged them.
A single Silver Native Slave—attribute range from 100,000 to 300,000, depending.
Intermediate Silver Mechanic Guard.
Strength: 350.
Constitution: 300.
Speed: 300.
Skills: Hand Halberd—the Silver Mechanized Guard wears 20 hand halberds on his belt, can throw up to 500 meters, enough to kill anything with Constitution below 400.
Spear Mastery—Silver Mechanized Guard is skilled with the polearm, boosting combat power.
Yi Tian inspected the Silver Mechanized Guards. Just like the Brass ones, their bodies were soft and freakishly agile.
Clad in gleaming silver Combat Armor, wielding huge polearms—seriously badass.
All four Silver Mechanized Guards gave Yi Tian 400 territory points in total.
After installing a C-level Beast Core into each Silver Mechanized Guard, Yi Tian had them stationed at the north, south, east, and west towers—one per tower.
Encounter an enemy? Now he's got top-tier firepower.
"Wind Element Core*1; Gold*10,000; Top-level Stone*1,000; Celestial Dao Coin*100,000."
Yi Tian pulled out the wind element core from inventory, then dropped 1.5 million Celestial Dao Coins buying materials, and manufactured a Wind Elemental Warrior.
Wind Elemental Warrior.
Strength 100, Constitution 100, Agility 100, Spirit Power 500.
Can condense wind blades for attacks, recharges every five seconds.
Skill: Wind Slash—every 300 seconds creates a giant wind blade, able to wipe out any living creatures with Constitution below 500 over a wide area.
Wind Elemental Warrior doesn't need a beast core to function. Once its elemental power is used up, it can autonomously absorb wind element from the world to recharge.
"This Wind Elemental Warrior might be a fragile mage, but it's several grades above the Mechanized Guard!"
Yi Tian eyed the Wind Elemental Warrior in azure armor, gripping a crescent-shaped blue blade, and nodded with approval.
The curved blade wasn't for up-close brawling, but for releasing its element.
Elemental Warriors didn't wear masks; their facial features were the same as human men, just that their skin was blue-green.
"From now on, your name is Feng Yi. You'll stay inside the city and wait for my orders." Yi Tian didn't dare send him out to patrol—he was afraid something unknown would just whack him into pieces.
In the future, Yi Tian planned to build a building, have the warriors hang out inside, always at peak power.
"Understood, Lord." Feng Yi bowed and left.
Wind Elemental Warrior added 200 territory points for Yi Tian. Current territory points: (122,100/200,000).
Current Celestial Dao Coins: 42.1 million.
"Still a long way to upgrade!"
"Spring Beast ran over to District 47. You're drifting farther and farther, what about my Celestial Pearl? Or does it sense my strength rising and is running?" Yi Tian thought gloomily.
Yi Tian checked on the captives' work again—those with three-dimensional attributes over 100 were total work machines. All seven hills were planted with high-level trees, the north side of the city—four square kilometers—was already half planted.
"Lord, we expect everything to be planted by tomorrow night." Fire Dragon saw Yi Tian and rushed over to report, tails wagging.
"Good work! If it's done by tomorrow night, I'll reward you with one S-level Spirit Fruit, a Cyan Spirit Fruit. Your five subordinates will each get a B-level Spirit Fruit." Yi Tian was satisfied with Fire Dragon's speed—thought the job would take until the day after tomorrow.
Back on Earth, when Yi Tian was a college student, he volunteered at a tree planting event—worked just one day, eight hours, and planted 500 saplings by himself.
Regular tree planters easily did six or seven hundred a day at the very least.
These captives' three-dimensional attributes were ten times those of Earthlings, and worked eighteen hours a day—planting two thousand trees a day was nothing. Yi Tian even suspected they were slacking off!
"Thank you, Lord! Your humble servant would work himself to death to finish your mission!"
Fire Dragon was unbelievably excited—he couldn't even put it into words. Back with the Fierce Beast Gang, he was just a minor boss—never even dreamed of tasting a Spirit Fruit, let alone an S-level one.
"Yeah, by the way—you look only about a hundred years old, right? Earth's Human Race is supposed to be pretty weak at birth, so how did you train up to C-level Warrior?"
That thought occurred to Yi Tian, so he asked Fire Dragon directly.
In this world, a year is four months. By Earth time, Fire Dragon should be about 34 or 35.
"I studied the tribe's Body Refining Skill since childhood, but I'm not talented. I'll never become a Golden Warrior in this life."
Fire Dragon sighed with regret. The gap between C-level and B-level was huge. He'd asked Elder Silver before—this level had no visible end.
"Can I see the Body Refining Skill?" Yi Tian asked Fire Dragon.
At Yi Tian's stage, he couldn't exactly just do push-ups for more strength and physique—way too unreliable.
Yi Tian knew the natives must have Body Refining Techniques. Otherwise, how could the Human Race be so naturally weak yet still reach three-dimensional attributes above 200?
This kind of Body Refining Technique and Spiritual Power Technique were both limited by the Celestial Dao Rules—couldn't be sold at auction.
Just happened that Fire Dragon was from the Human Race—Yi Tian figured it should work for him.
"Please wait a moment, Lord. I'll draw it out for you. Body refining mainly depends on talent and luck—the techniques aren't rare, they're widespread in the world. But one thing: every race's Body Refining Technique is different. Take Kobolds: we can't train their technique, and they can't use ours." Fire Dragon explained to Yi Tian. Meanwhile, he wondered—how come the Lord is so strong but hasn't trained a Body Refining Skill?
Yi Tian figured some races definitely start with a Body Refining Technique—some can even dual-train body and spirit power.
Lords from 10086 probably had a shot—natives came from all sorts of races, so catching a same-race native could get you a Body Refining Skill.
"Do you have any Spiritual Power Technique, or a way to control spirit power?" Yi Tian thought of the spirit power in his body and asked.
"I don't, Lord. In the Fierce Beast Gang, only Wizards had it. I only know Qi Refiners, Mages, Wizards, etc. can control spirit power. I haven't had access to that level yet." Fire Dragon lowered his head.
Yi Tian stopped asking, bought a few sheets of paper at the auction, and asked Fire Dragon to draw out the Body Refining Skill.
"Reporting to the Lord: this Body Refining Skill is the Celestial Human Body Refining Skill, focusing on refining Constitution and Strength, with Agility as a secondary. After learning it thoroughly, you can start body refining. The talented ones can master it in a month." Soon, Fire Dragon returned with several sheets of paper, presenting them with both hands.
Thirty-six illustrations, thirty-six poses. Complete all the poses and you'll trigger Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, finish a Body Refining Circulation, and cleanse your flesh and bones.
Looks simple, but it's actually tough—thirty-six hard moves in one smooth circulation, no way to master quickly.
"Skill detected: Celestial Human Body Refining Skill. Spend Gold*10,000 to learn?"
After reading through, the Celestial Dao Stone pinged Yi Tian in his mind.