With this Q&A session, the zone channel exploded.
They couldn't figure out why Sam dared to be so cocky. Like Celestial Dao is the boss, and he's the second in command.
Before, everyone was talking about which crops had ripened. The rain was too heavy, couldn't harvest, Celestial Dao was torturing people and all that.
Sam suddenly jumped out like he was about to take charge of Zone 66. Annoyed everyone.
Sam was one of the earliest Lords to get rid of the three pests. He handed out some small favors, recruited a bunch of people, founded the Blue Gang—his ambitions were huge.
"Sam: Strength 110, Constitution 60, Agility 55. Talent: S-level Talent Power Dominator. When activated, increases strength by 50%, lasts for 100 seconds."
After chatting via bullet comments for a while, Sam copied his personal info into the zone chat.
110 strength, add on the Power Dominator Talent—made most Lords nervous. A lot who were about to roast Sam instantly held back. Those who'd already flamed him felt super regretful, praying Sam wouldn't remember their ID!
According to the Celestial Dao Stone, a Talent is one in a million, not to mention an S-level Talent.
Sam's about to take off. Even a few who thought themselves noble inwardly sighed that Sam really lucked out getting such a strong talent.
Yi Tian just sneered, S-level Talent and you're the Child of Destiny? What's my SSS and Divine Level called, then?
Yi Tian thought Sam was a moron. It was his first time seeing someone paste their info on the bullet comments like that.
Yi Tian could easily guess Sam awakened the S-level Talent Power Dominator: permanently adds 50 strength.
Did Sam really think he was invincible now and could do whatever he wanted?
Yi Tian had beef with Sam already; gotta watch out for Power Dominator down the line.
Yi Tian used to take Sam seriously, now he saw him as just a clown.
Yi Tian was sure plenty of Lords in the zone right now were thinking about how to kill Sam off.
The higher your position, the further you can see. The bigger your heart, the bigger your stage.
"Yi Tian, stop playing dead, get out here! Bow down to the boss." Neil Underweir from Earth Human Race hopped up and down.
"Everyone knows my three-dimension stats are over 100. You trying to scare grandpa here with fifty-sixty points of constitution and agility?" Yi Tian, Earth Human Race.
He found it hilarious—strength, constitution, and agility, gotta grow all three. You can't neglect any. Yi Tian knew this well.
"Do you even know what Talent means?" Sam angrily messaged.
"You're out here showing your underwear in front of tens of thousands of people, and you still wanna talk Talent?" Yi Tian, Earth Human Race.
Hahaha, countless people were dying of laughter. Now that they thought about it, it was kind of true.
The pressure Sam brought evaporated with that one sentence.
"Yi Tian, just you wait. Sooner or later I'm gonna gut you!" Sam's mouth couldn't compete with Yi Tian, so he could only threaten.
Yi Tian couldn't be bothered anymore.
Sam, with huge potential, got a lot of respect from people. After all, this was a world for the strong.
Yi Tian had already seen through the Blue Gang: it was just a loose group, when disaster strikes, they'll all bail.
Most joined Blue Gang as a stopgap anyway. Getting someone to honestly submit? Good luck—they're all Lords, all got pride.
Of course, there's always a few who've been kneeling so long their bones have turned soft.
Tonight was all about waiting, being patient!
Except for Second Child, all the Kiddos were sleeping beside Yi Tian. No need to be too vigilant, just keep an eye on the four gourd babies.
Midnight already passed, nearly the end of the next hour.
The rain kept drizzling down!
The automatic Beast-Catching Celestial Net's main detector was fully active, running quietly.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Loops of rope shot toward the southern sky at incredible speed.
The direction: above the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit. Just as Yi Tian expected, the Rain Beast's target was the SS-level Spirit Fruit, Dragon Blood Holy Fruit.
The ropes used by the Beast-Catching Celestial Net were all synthesized from B-level Beast Tendon—super strong.
There were four ropes in total, each tip fitted with a semi-circular metal head, with detectors that could automatically track and bind.
Right then, after the net released the ropes, the catching box was shaking hard.
The ropes were taut but couldn't pull the Rain Beast back.
"Big Child, go hold down the box."
Once Yi Tian said that, he grabbed the Purple Steel Mountain-Cracking Blade and headed into the rain.
Following the ropes, he saw that not far from the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit, four ropes were tangled around "air."
Two ropes had already snapped, and just as Yi Tian arrived, the third snapped.
"Didn't they say 90%? It's only been a few seconds!"
Yi Tian cursed, activated Mountain Lifting and Cauldron Carrying, and swung the blade straight at that patch of air.
Blood flowed…
Yi Tian kept hacking, one slash after another.
Just worried the Rain Beast would escape.
"Splat…"
After ten slashes, Yi Tian shoved the entire blade deep into the Rain Beast's body.
Just as Yi Tian thought the Rain Beast would lose power and reveal itself, a cloud of white mist appeared where it was.
The mist dissipated, leaving a Golden Treasure Chest. On top floated two beads.
"Congratulations Lord on slaying Rain Beast, gain 50 free attribute points."
"Congratulations Lord on slaying Rain Beast. Gain Rain Beast Celestial Bead*1, Golden Treasure Chest*1, Rain Beast Core*1."
Turns out the two beads were rewards too.
"Rain Beast Core: After use, triggers three hours of Spirit Rain in your territory, all crops in territory instantly grow by one month."
"Rain Beast Celestial Bead: Slaying any of the Eight Great Celestial Beasts will yield a Celestial Bead. Lords who collect four Beads can merge them into a Divine Talent. Only Beads you personally obtained count."
Yi Tian's heart skipped—Divine Talent!
Even if Yi Tian had a godly talent that seemed useless, he couldn't deny how strong the Kiddos were.
Four beads let you fuse a Divine Talent. But eight beads then?
Of course, Yi Tian could only fantasize. These beasts were a pain to deal with. Bet the other Celestial Beasts were just as weird.
The Rain Beast Core function made Yi Tian's eyes light up.
After planting food in the territory, with three hours, the crops would be ripe. Plus, all his trees could jump ahead one month in age.
Yi Tian ran the numbers, but realized this didn't make him rich. Right now, nobody was short on food. Grain was cheap, wood was cheap. Even if he harvested three million kilos of grain, that's only three million Celestial Dao Coins. And that includes seed costs and his labor.
Three million Dao Coins—they could just buy a few dozen water purifiers.
"Open Golden Treasure Chest."
First time opening a Golden Treasure Chest, Yi Tian was a little pumped. The heavy rain barely registered.
"Gold*5, Celestial Dao Coins*5000, B-level Spirit Fruit Tree Black Gold Apple Tree*1, Hundred Power Divine Crossbow Technology Crystal*1, Exquisite Five-Story Four-Unit Apartment Building Design Plan*1, B-level Beast Core*1, Skill Scroll*1."
"No kidding, Golden Treasure Chest sure gives fancy loot. What's this Exquisite Five-Story Four-Unit Apartment Building Design Plan about? Forty sets of three-bedroom apartments, that's a heck of a lot of materials!"
"Black Gold Apple, takes 50 months to flower, set fruit, and ripen—yields 48 apples total. Each apple increases strength by 5, constitution by 5."
"Hundred Power Divine Crossbow Crystal, can be operated solo, probably the ultimate solo crossbow, easily kills a creature with 100 constitution, even threatens those at 150 constitution. This is way stronger than Yi Tian's original Crossbow Crystal."
Beast Core!
"Skill Scroll: learn a random skill."
"Huge drop!"
At least Yi Tian thought so.
"Free attribute points: +20 constitution, +20 agility, +10 strength."
Strength: 177.
Constitution: 173.
Agility: 171.
As for the Black Gold Apple, planted beside the Jade Peach Tree. It was raining, Yi Tian didn't want to waste Water of Life, so he held off for now.
Took the three Little Kiddos back to the villa; could finally sleep well for the rest of the night.
"Learn!"
He opened the Skill Scroll, confirmed with Celestial Dao Stone, and a strange power surged into Yi Tian's mind.
A figure drew a bow and nocked an arrow, hitting the white feather at a hundred paces. All the bowmanship essentials appeared.
Measure the bow with arrows, measure the power with the bow.
"Congratulations Lord, Skill Learned: Archery Mastery LV.1."
"Archery Mastery LV.1: arrow power +10%."
At this moment, Yi Tian became a Divine Archer. Knowing how to shoot didn't mean you mastered Archery—you must be a Divine Archer to truly get it.
Yi Tian had a fine Horn Bow, just hadn't had time to learn. Perfect timing to put it to use.
Took a quick shower, back in the bedroom, Little Kiddos sprawled everywhere—not big, but took up most of the bed.
Picked up Third Child and placed him well before Yi Tian finally got some room.
Day 16.
"The rain still won't stop."
Yi Tian checked the zone chat; a lot of people already planned to brave the rain and go pick veggies. At this point, hardly anyone had a raincoat.
Average constitution in Zone 10086 wasn't high. With a soaking, no telling how many folks would fall sick.
"If natives invade, will we be fighting them in the rain?" That's what a guy from Deer Race said.
But Yi Tian took note—going by Celestial Dao's usual style, it'd probably happen.
Maybe this rain was to get survivors used to all kinds of environments.
"Big Child, Second Child, Third Child, did you see all that clearly?"
Inside the Boutique Warehouse, Yi Tian tried making some Angel Race silk clothes. Pretty simple, you just gotta prep the raw materials. Just keep cranking them out.
Right now, Yi Tian only had enough raw material for fifty-sixty thousand clothes.
Can't buy fabric anymore.
So, gotta go high-end!
Just half a minute to make an outfit, especially exquisite, plus you can customize patterns; cuffs and collars are leather, copper zippers, Silver buttons.
If he ran the machines full throttle and set up the program right, could make ten identical outfits a minute.
Yi Tian decided to make a hundred first, half for men, half for women, see how it goes.
As for the Heaven-Supporting Race, Yi Tian wanted to do their business, but found their clothing materials cost twenty times what normal races use.
I, Yi Tian, am an honest trader, but how much am I supposed to sell those for?
Yi Tian already made up his mind: Angel Race cotton outfits 1,000 Dao Coins each, silk outfits 2,000 Dao Coins. And those Heaven-Supporting Pillar outfits—can't sell them for tens of thousands each. Even if they walked around naked, they wouldn't wear Yi Tian's clothes.
Yi Tian made and demonstrated a hundred outfits, fifty for Angel Race men, fifty for women, all silk.
A hundred outfits of all sizes up for sale, note: Angel Race apparel, top design, advanced craft, premium material. For the most noble you!
Yi Tian kept a close eye on this business.
No Angels in his zone, so he couldn't spread the news. Had to wait for other zone members to find it and share in the regional channel.
Soon enough, Yi Tian put up another hundred sets of Human Race silk outfits. Gritted his teeth and priced them all at 2,000 Dao Coins each.
If no one bought them, he could always pull the auction and lose just a bit in fees.
Yi Tian found when he put up Human Race clothes, there were plenty of buyers, dozens sold quickly.
A lot weren't Human Race, but had the exact Human physique.
Yi Tian, having opened a Golden Treasure Chest before, knew the Lords in Zone 10086 hustled half a month and couldn't make half of what someone in Monster Region could with one Golden Treasure Chest.
Yi Tian whipped up several dozen outfits for High-level Races, ten per race, then auctioned them off.
As Yi Tian was about to leave the Boutique Warehouse's first floor, the Angel Race clothes were already sold out; guess the word had gotten around.
Angel Race folks prided themselves on being noble and beautiful, really cared about their looks.
The upcoming work could be left to the Little Kiddos. Let them use part of the raw materials to make Human Race clothes, part for Angel Race. Finish everything first, then sell when Yi Tian got back.
Yi Tian had other things to do.
Leaving the Boutique Warehouse, Yi Tian took away the pre-bought 2,000 E-level Beast Cores.