"Ding! Congratulations, Master of the Roulette Wheel, you have obtained Bronze*100."
Nothing special. After moving the bronze into the warehouse, Yi Tian welcomed a new day.
"Daddy, daddy, I'm about to land!"
Yi Tian came to the calabash vine to check on the kids. The Big Child's red calabash was glowing, unusually conspicuous even in broad daylight.
Except for the proud Second Child, the Calabash Sisters were all cheering Big Child on.
"Bang!"
The red calabash fell from the vine. The red light became even brighter, like a tiny sun, forcing Yi Tian to look away.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two thunderous booms, the light dissipated, the red calabash shattered. A slick, short-haired, delicate little girl was standing among the calabash pieces.
The fragments of calabash faintly glowed red, surging toward the little girl. After a moment, the divine light vanished. The calabash shards turned to dust.
"Daddy..."
Big Child leaped over, jumping straight into Yi Tian's arms.
Right now, Big Child was just like a three-year-old little girl.
Yi Tian hugged Big Child tight, unable to believe it was real for a long while.
Until the Celestial Dao Stone gave a prompt in Yi Tian's mind.
Name: Big Child.
Race: Gourd Spirit Race.
Strength: 200 (Divine-level potential, capable of growth).
Constitution: 150 (Divine-level potential, capable of growth).
Agility: 100 (Divine-level potential, capable of growth).
Spirit: 100.
Spiritual Power: 100.
Talent: Innate Divine Power (Divine Talent, activate Innate Divine Power to triple strength for 100 seconds. Cannot reuse within three hours after activation); Mountain-Cleaving (Divine-level Innate Divine Technique, combines with Spiritual Power for an instant surge of strength + spiritual power, then ×3 multiplier to strength, after using Mountain-Cleaving enters a weakened state).
Skills: None.
"Holy crap!"
Yi Tian's jaw dropped. The outgoing Big Child was surprisingly a berserker. Every burst was more intense than the last.
Innate Divine Power, 600 strength blast for one hundred seconds.
Mountain-Cleaving, instant explosion of 900 strength.
These two talents—one can only burst for a hundred seconds, one only instantaneously—clear shortcomings. But their strength lies in surprise, able to stun a beast.
"Detected divine-level potential in the Lord's territory, territory points increased by 10,000."
"Congratulations! Lord's territory has reached Level 2 (500/2000), Level 3 (2000/5000), and Level 4 (10150/20000)."
"Congratulations, Lord! The first Trial Taker in Zone 66 to reach Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 territory! Rewards: Wood*10,000, 20,000 Celestial Dao Coins; Iron*10,000, 30,000 Celestial Dao Coins; Copper*10,000, 40,000 Celestial Dao Coins."
"Congratulations, Lord! The first Trial Taker in Zone 10086 to reach Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 territory! Rewards: Earth Element Core*5, 200,000 Celestial Dao Coins; Large-scale Water Purifier Technology Crystal*1, 300,000 Celestial Dao Coins; S-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures: Cyan Spirit Fruit Tree*1, 400,000 Celestial Dao Coins."
Celestial Dao Coin balance: 1.46 million.
Suppressing his excitement, the first thing Yi Tian did was sell all his wood, and most of his iron and copper.
His mind was crystal clear, knowing that once the Three Plagues were dealt with, wood and minerals would plummet in price.
Right now, wood was selling for 10 Celestial Dao Coins per unit at auction.
Iron, 15 Celestial Dao Coins per unit.
Copper, 30 Celestial Dao Coins per unit.
And demand far outstripped supply.
But that was only because the countless survivors hadn't started developing resources yet.
Once resources exploded, the outcome was obvious.
Don't underestimate a small grove—the wood can easily build twenty wooden houses for Trial Takers.
Yi Tian already had loads of wood, and this time sold 18,000 units of wood, 10,000 units of iron, and 10,000 units of copper.
Total income: 630,000 Celestial Dao Coins.
Also freed up space in the yard, making room to plant watermelons.
Yi Tian checked his Celestial Dao Coin balance again—2.09 million. Even if not the world's richest, he was securely the local zone's top tycoon.
Next, Yi Tian planted the Cyan Spirit Fruit Tree in the backyard. The Celestial Dao's reward wasn't a sapling but a mature tree that could flower and bear fruit immediately.
"Cyan Spirit Fruit: from flowering to fruiting to maturity takes 300 months, each yield produces 24 fruits. Each fruit increases the consumer's Strength, Constitution, and Agility by 10 points each. Maximum one per person."
Getting the basic info for the Cyan Spirit Fruit, Yi Tian wasted no time and used 300 drops of Water of Life to ripen the cyan fruit.
Didn't eat it right away.
First, Yi Tian spent 800,000 Celestial Dao Coins to raise Agility and Constitution to 100.
This meant he could never use Celestial Dao Coins to boost his own attributes again.
Yi Tian and Big Child each ate one Cyan Spirit Fruit. The rest were set aside for the other kids, selling any extras later.
Lord: Yi Tian.
Race: Earth Human Race.
ID: Zone 10086, Zone 66, Number 99999.
Strength: 134
Agility: 110
Constitution: 110
Spiritual Power: 20
Talent: Mountain Lifting and Cauldron Carrying.
Skills: Hunting LV.4.
Territory Level: 4 (10150/20000).
Technology Platform: Large-scale Water Purification Technology, Steel Technology, Crossbow Technology.
Celestial Dao Coins: 1.29 million.
"One Water Element Core, five Earth Element Cores. Celestial Dao Stone says these are the power source for energy weapons, the ultimate core of technology. None are up for auction. Keep them!"
Planted five apple saplings behind the yard. Yi Tian fiddled with the element cores for a bit, then dumped them in his "messy" warehouse.
No help for it—the warehouse was too small. No matter how Yi Tian tidied, it never looked organized.
Apple saplings take 30 days to mature, another 20 to bear fruit. Yi Tian didn't use up his scant Water of Life.
With the appearance of Cyan Spirit Fruit, Yi Tian realized the true value of Water of Life. Previously planned to save up 10,000 drops, now Yi Tian decided to stash all his remaining 20,000-plus drops.
No more planting watermelons; Yi Tian saw a better business opportunity.
Besides, wasting Water of Life on watermelons was pointless—better to use it to speed up Cyan Spirit Fruit growth.
For normal folk, a Cyan Spirit Fruit is worth 30,000 Celestial Dao Coins, but for those with all attributes above 100, it's a true treasure.
Looking at the willow sapling, Yi Tian decided to plant it by the lakeside. Before that, he had to deal with the Lightning Python.
Yi Tian opened a Tool Platform, spent 1,000 Celestial Dao Coins, 100 units of iron, and 10 units of copper to upgrade it to a Level 2 Tool Platform.
Spent 10,000 Celestial Dao Coins, 100 copper and 1,000 iron, to upgrade the Level 1 Weapon Platform to Level 2.
Then, for another 50,000 Celestial Dao Coins, upgraded the Level 1 Building Platform to Level 2.
Level 2 Building Platforms can construct more complex yards and houses, unlike Level 1's shoebox-like cabins. Building a farmhouse or a two-story house requires blueprints.
Level 2 Building Platforms can also build sturdy stone walls.
Yi Tian used the sewing machine to make Big Child a silk shirt and pants.
Big Child originally didn't want to wear clothes; Yi Tian coaxed for ages before she finally put them on.
As for shoes, Big Child's feet were too small; no matter how Yi Tian tried, he couldn't buy a pair in the auction.
You have to understand: all the Cosmic Ten Thousand Races transmigrated as young adults—by Earth's reckoning, only males and females ages 15 to 40 are considered draftable by the Celestial Dao. Every race has its own age stages.
But with 160 Constitution, not even stepping on blades on the ground could harm Big Child.
Yi Tian upgraded tool platforms and such precisely to prepare for tackling the Wild Boar and Lightning Python.
With Level 4 Hunting Skills, he had keen senses for prey. Dealing with Wild Boar was easy—just dig a pit over two meters deep; once fallen in, the Wild Boar can't climb out, not even needing a spear. Wild Boar aren't like bears—they can't climb. Once trapped, Fire Attack, spears, all sorts of methods are available.
Yi Tian took Big Child to the hill to test the Wild Boar, and just like he expected, Wild Boar can only leave the mountains by ten meters; they're even more brainless and violent than bears.
At times, a flexible person can guide a Wild Boar to charge into a boulder.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the Wild Boar rammed into a giant rock at the foot of the hill, killing itself.
That was the result of Yi Tian's repeated experiments. As long as you have 30 Agility, you don't need traps—can kill Wild Boar directly.
In the Wild Boar Guidebook, Yi Tian described all the boar's data, splitting strategies between agility-based and trap-based.
From the wild boar, Yi Tian could harvest 1000kg of meat, boar hide*1, beast teeth*2, beast tendon*1, D-level Beast Core*1, and assorted innards.
"Obtained Silver*5, Celestial Dao Coins*1000, rice*100kg, flour*100kg, high-level tap water pipeline blueprint, Alloy Steel Technology Crystal."
Seeing that technology crystal, Yi Tian knew he'd made a profit. Plus, rice and flour can't even be bought at auction.
"Congratulations, Lord! First Trial Taker in Zone 66 to kill a Wild Boar, Beast Taming Skill unlocked, Beast Taming Level LV.1 (can tame fierce beasts suppressed by Casters, success rate 10%)."
"Congratulations, Lord! First Trial Taker in Zone 10086 to kill a Wild Boar, Beast Taming Skill +3 Levels, now Beast Taming Level LV.4 (can tame fierce beasts suppressed by Casters, success rate 40%)."
"Beast Taming: Casters can cast on the same beast up to three times. If all fail, it's a fight to the death."
"Whew, the rewards keep coming."
Yi Tian breathed out—no Celestial Dao Coin reward, but no surprise. The brown bear was the first of the Three Plagues in Zone 10086 to go down, so it had the rich coin reward.
For Trial Takers, the Lightning Python is the trickiest of the Three Plagues. Water is already a tough battlefield for most living creatures, plus the Lightning Python is super fast, strikes by surprise.
With Yi Tian's current power, killing the Lightning Python is a breeze. But easy kills aren't the point; the guide needs writing, must stick to the plan.
This time, Yi Tian planned to fish for the python.
First, used the Level 2 Tool Platform to make a ten-meter, two-finger-wide iron chain, then crafted five hooks.
Yi Tian cut a huge slab of Wild Boar Meat and wrapped the five hooks in iron wire, tightly binding the meat.
At five meters from shore, hammered in a thick wooden stake and secured the chain's end to it.
Yi Tian calculated: anyone with over 20 Strength could stand before the stake and throw all five Wild Boar Meat hooks into the lake.
Once everything was set, Yi Tian gently tossed the chain—chain landed three meters out from shore, into the water.
Within a single breath, the chain pulled taut; where the hooks had been placed, water churned relentlessly.
Yi Tian scooped up Big Child and retreated, running ten meters back from the stake.
After about ten breaths, a huge black python shot skyward, water pouring everywhere.
The Lightning Python was six or seven meters long, as thick as a thigh. It had already swallowed part of the chain in its mouth.
Yi Tian stood a good fifteen meters from the lake, yet the Lightning Python still launched at him without hesitation.
This was the Celestial Dao Rules judging that Yi Tian was attacking the Lightning Python.
The Lightning Python is also super fast on land.
"Sss—sss..."
In a breath, the Lightning Python was right before Yi Tian.
But lacking intelligence, the Lightning Python was doomed to never succeed.
No matter the distance, its desperate rapid charge made the swallowed hooks snag directly inside its soft innards.
If one hook didn't snare it, there was the second, third, fourth, and fifth.
Wildly thrashing, reckless—Lightning Python lacked even animal instinct, only rules, following the Celestial Dao Rules.
Yi Tian watched the Lightning Python struggle, watched it die.
Suddenly, Yi Tian had an epiphany. He boldly guessed the Three Plagues were not created after the fact, but were innate constructs of Celestial Dao—no intelligence, only rules.
"Congratulations, Lord Yi Tian, first in the Celestial Dao World to use wisdom to slay Wild Boar, Brown Bear, and Lightning Snake as a Trial Taker! Reward: Divine-level Passive Talent—Seven-Aperture Exquisite."
A voice resounded in his heart, completely different from the Celestial Dao Stone, extremely profound.
Before Yi Tian could process it, the Celestial Dao Stone's voice rang out.
"Detected: Trial Taker's Divine-level Passive Talent 'Seven-Aperture Exquisite' activated..."