At this point, Sea Flip shifted awkwardly and looked at Mr. Zhou: "Alright, alright, I give up on this idea. I'll follow your lead, just as you say."
Mr. Zhou shrugged slightly: "First of all, a chimney is definitely essential, and walls are also needed."
"As for the rest, Somersault, I have a few ideas here."
"How about this, I'll use a branch to draw a simple sketch outline on the ground."
"See which one suits your taste, and then we can discuss and revise it later. How does that sound?"
Sea Flip gave a thumbs up: "Of course, Brother Zhou."
"For taking my ideas into account like this, calling you Brother Zhou is not too much at all."
"From today on, you're like my brother in this game, albeit from another mother!"
Mr. Zhou grabbed a branch and started drawing on the ground casually.
Drawing a few sketch outlines was a piece of cake for Mr. Zhou.
Soon he finished, then glanced at Sea Flip beside him, and asked: "Okay, these are my ideas. Which one do you think suits your taste the best?"
Sea Flip scanned back and forth with his eyes, finally pointing to the sketch on the far left: "This one then, I think it's nice."
"By the way, I suggest digging a cellar below to store the various materials we collect."
Mr. Zhou thought for a moment, then nodded: "I think that's possible, but we still need to ask Mage Fang Ka."
With that, Mr. Zhou walked over to Fang Ka: "Mage Fang Ka, we plan to dig a cellar beneath the kitchen for convenient storage of various materials. What do you think?"
Fang Ka glanced at the designated kitchen location and nodded: "That's certainly doable, but the cellar shouldn't be expanded towards the Ancient Castle, only in other directions."
The kitchen location he designated is on one side of the Ancient Castle, a few meters away from it.
Fang Ka is very clear about the location of the Underground Library beneath the Ancient Castle.
The Underground Library is parallel to the Ancient Castle, directly underneath it, neither deviating nor shifting.
So in this designated kitchen location, there's nothing underneath, digging a cellar is fine.
Just don't expand it towards the Ancient Castle.
With the Affinity System as a deterrent, these players should obediently follow his instructions and not mess around.
Moreover, when these players are constructing, he would definitely be there to observe them, giving them no chance to mess around.
After receiving Fang Ka's approval, Mr. Zhou returned to the players: "Let's discuss it then."
"Currently, there's no need to consider concrete, steel bars, and the like for now."
"Our best options right now are two-fold, one is like this Ancient Castle next to us."
"I have a bit of research on this kind of castle, which can be roughly processed using stone, wood, mud, and mortar, then built."
"The other option is to build a kiln to fire bricks, then use bricks to construct a building."
"Which do you all think is more suitable?"
Flatulence immediately said: "It must be brick construction, so it looks more delicate and upscale."
Mr. Zhou pondered briefly: "If we go with brick construction, we need to build a kiln to fire bricks."
"I am quite familiar with this aspect, and you can follow my lead."
Sea Flip interrupted: "Brother Zhou, which method of house construction takes more time, which one is more cumbersome?"
Mr. Zhou thought for a moment, then said: "Actually, for us, both construction methods are quite cumbersome and time-consuming."
"Because currently, we have no tools at all, we have to create everything from scratch."
"But if we want something a bit easier, I think firing bricks is indeed more suitable."
"Because the other construction method, without suitable tools, turning stone into building material could be quite a painful task."
Hearing Mr. Zhou say this, the players present all agreed that building a kiln to fire bricks is better.
Mr. Zhou nodded lightly: "Because building a kiln to fire bricks requires a lot of water, we need to find a suitable water source."
"Did any of you find a suitable freshwater source nearby while doing tasks or collecting Magic Potion?"
Lu Yun immediately raised his hand: "I found a freshwater spot when collecting Magic Potion, it's a small lake, will that work?"
Mr. Zhou immediately gestured for Lu Yun to lead the way: "Alright, alright, take me to have a look now."
Lu Yun nodded and led the way toward the forest.
The other players quickly followed.
This freshwater lake isn't too far from the Ancient Castle, only about five to six hundred meters away.
What these players don't know is that Fang Ka regularly comes here to fetch water.
Mr. Zhou observed the small lake briefly, then nodded satisfactorily: "This is quite suitable. I think it would be best to chop down the trees between here and the Ancient Castle, then build the Divine Hall between them."
"But since Mage Fang Ka has already designated a location, I still need to ask him about this."
"You all can go ahead and start on other tasks, and I will explain what to do."
"Firstly, everyone needs to find some squared stones, lay out the base of the earth kiln, leaving space for the kiln door and flue dimensions."
"Then get some soil from near the lake. After laying the kiln barrel, cover it with soil and pack it firmly with a wooden mallet."
"Once the kiln barrel is made higher, leave a waist door on one side of the kiln barrel, with a diameter of just over a meter, for loading and unloading the kiln."
"Finally, make a rough wall at the bottom of the kiln barrel, and it's basically finished."
"Everyone, prepare the necessary materials first, and I will teach you how to do it when I return."
"I believe that Mage Fang Ka will agree with my proposal because we will need a lot of wood, and making wooden brick molds will require a considerable amount."
After saying this, Mr. Zhou signaled everyone to get moving, and then he walked toward the direction of the Ancient Castle.
Soon he found Fang Ka at the entrance of the Ancient Castle and conveyed his proposal.
Hearing the proposal, Fang Ka began to ponder slightly.
Actually, Fang Ka did not place much importance on the location of the Divine Hall.
The location he previously designated was just because it was relatively spacious and not too far away.
Now, after comparing, he found that the location Mr. Zhou designated was obviously more suitable.
It has to be said, insiders are indeed more professional, so he nodded at Mr. Zhou: "Okay, let's do it your way then."
After getting Fang Ka's approval, Mr. Zhou appeared very excited and immediately rushed towards the small lake.