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Chapter 1286: Chapter 974: Revival Amid Ruins (Part 2)

During these days in the small courtyard, I’ve also forged many finished products that can be directly exchanged for Spirit Stones.

After passing by several shops selling refining materials and seeing a lot of interesting items from the Undersea World, I think I could try to research some new designs!"

Jiang Yuan was delighted that she found an opportunity to reopen the Puppet Shop, and he nodded in agreement: "From now on, you can take orders and sell the puppets you create in the small store. Just wait a bit, and I’ll teach you how to operate the shop’s display window.

Yun Shu, you’ll have to work hard and coordinate with Hou Ze, bringing in goods from the Market and then passing them to Hou Ze to sell at the Trapped Snake Island’s firm."

"Rest assured, sir, I will definitely handle the procurement matters well!" Yun Shu also gladly accepted the task.

The Clear Wind Bright Moon Sword Spirit was even more eager. It hadn’t been used by Mr. Jiang for some time, not even having the confidence to attend feasts. Now, being able to guard the store without hindering cultivation, both of them were determined to fulfill their duty.

The Cloud Grocery Store in Whale Wave Bay suddenly became bustling with activity.

It’s a scene that’s never been seen in any of the many high-end Market-based grocery stores in the main courtyard.

The shop remained as it always was with the door tightly shut, the display window primarily selling farm products with livestock products as a supplement. Whenever there were goods on the shelves, the shop would operate, but if Jiang Yuan was too busy to restock, there would be temporary closures.

But it would not stop business—Yun Shu tirelessly compared prices and conducted bulk purchases. In just an hour, Meng Tangzhou found several clients, personally visiting the shop to inquire about puppet orders.

On Trapped Snake Island, the businesses Hou Ze was in charge of were more bustling than ten times before!

Luckily, the immensely popular Miss Hu Jiu was there to help manage the crowd, preventing an overflow at the door, and merchants from all directions, having caught the scent of opportunity, flocked to discuss, all wanting a piece of the Otherworldly products that had never been available before.

Jiang Yuan specially granted permissions for Island Homestead and Floating Market to Yun Shu and Yun Ying.

However, as the new homestead was just starting construction and didn’t yet have a Teleportation Array, they could only use Yun Shu’s self-produced Teleportation Talisman for traveling back and forth.

During this period, charitable orders occasionally popped up.

The orders received by the primary Floating Market were relatively simple, mostly involving rice, flour, grain, and oil, agricultural products, and some of the orders also included sea fish and Undersea products available in the Whale Wave Bay Market.

Apart from needing to visit the Cloud Grocery Store each time to place items on the platform and pull down the handle, task completion posed no difficulty.

After this busy round, it was already evening, and the modest workshops on the island had also completed their respective tasks.

[Main Task: Construct Level One Conch Island. Reward: Ocean Star +1]

[Task 1: Cultivate fifty plots of farmland, plant seasonal plants, and harvest them once; build Seafood House, Floating Market, Fishery, and other unlocked buildings, and harvest ten times, complete ten charitable orders—completed. Reward: Dock Blueprint +1 issued]

[Task 2: Create at least ten island-specific Storage Boxes. Reward: Seagull Special Feed +1 bag]

[Note: Using Seagull Special Feed to feed seagulls offers a chance to get unexpected returns carried back by them.]

Jiang Yuan: ???

So, seagulls aren’t just for ambiance; feeding them can yield random gifts?

Interesting!

The task required what were called island-specific Storage Boxes, which function essentially the same as those in the small courtyard. However, crafted from the island’s workbench, they came with island-themed skins, distinctly different in shape from the courtyard’s storage boxes.

Moreover, the crafting materials needed to be from island resources—wood X20; ocean slime X5.

Ocean slime comes from a marine creature called the spiny jade conch found on the rocks around the island.

About the size of a palm, with a shell covered in spines, it crawls slowly, and one must be cautious of the thread-like spines spreading from its foot. Once piercing the skin, these spines release toxins that cause paralysis, making it easier to suck blood.

"It’s similar to the bats we had to deal with in the small courtyard, let’s search the rocky shores by the sea!" Jiang Yuan glanced at the map, south-eastward lay beaches and a natural harbor, while the west side of the island was rocky shores; the north faced cliffs.

The entire island was quite large, with most parts yet to be unlocked, only a single desolate path traversing the locked areas to reach the other side of the island.

The night was unsettling, the overcast skies and biting sea gales added to the chill.

The passive skill Earth Mirror Book with its Night Vision Ability spared him much trouble.

Flying over to the rocky shores on the Dragon Roar Sword, waves rhythmically crashed, and Jiang Yuan randomly chose a large rock to land on, turning stones around the area with the sword, and indeed found many spiny jade conchs marked as small monsters.

[Slime +1]

[Conch Shell +1]

[Slime +1]

......

A max-level lord slaying left and right in the Newbie Village, and in mere ten minutes, the marine slime needed for the task was gathered.

[Main Task: Construct Level One Conch Island. Reward: Ocean Star +1]

[Task 2: Create at least ten island-specific Storage Boxes—completed. Reward: Seagull Special Feed +1 bag issued]

[Task 3: Construct a well. Reward: Spirit Stone X3000]

[Task 3: Construct a well—completed. Reward: Spirit Stone X3000 issued]

[Main Task: Construct Level One Conch Island—completed. Reward: Ocean Star +1 issued]

[Main Task: Construct Level Two Conch Island. Reward: Celestial Spring Heart Method]

[Task 1: Build a primary mill. Reward: Unlock island seeds cassava]

[New area unlocked, to be included in the protection range once development is complete]

Revisiting the primary farming game, Jiang Yuan found that the biggest issue with tasks was the time wasted running back and forth, making him eagerly anticipate the Courtyard Communicator.

Despite feeling that acquired farming Divine Artifacts could dampen the gaming experience by making things too easy, once used, starting a new homestead without them always seemed to lack something.

The Ocean Star, like the Immortal Statue in the small courtyard, was a treasure of the house, temporarily placed in the small hut.

After clearing a patch of wilderness, securing enough open space, he found a suitable spot to establish a mill on the island.

The previously collected potatoes could be ground into potato flour; and the shrimp and crabs caught by fishing could also be ground into powder, likely serving as the raw materials for cooking on the island later.

[Main Task: Construct Level Two Conch Island. Reward: Celestial Spring Heart Method]

[Task 2: Build a dock and create ten Celestial River Boats. Reward: Nautical Map +1]

In the developing barren island, Jiang Yuan was thoroughly engrossed and couldn’t extricate himself.

After cutting down trees, smashing stones, clearing wild grasses and removing collapsed ruins, the simple workshops were busy, with the chimney of the Seafood House emitting wisps of blue smoke.

The night quickly passed, as the morning’s faint light saw the wild ascension within clouds, with the winter sun rising to bathe the entire island in a pale golden hue.

"I thought the Celestial River Boats would be similar in size to the Menghua Treasure Ship, but I didn’t expect them to be so..." he looked at the boat that would take a day to complete, momentarily lost for words.

Not to call it shabby, though small, it was exquisitely beautiful, even with intricate patterns carved along its railing. Yet it was just a small crescent-shaped boat, without even a cabin, only equipped with a pair of wooden paddles.

The system didn’t provide much information, and looking it over, he thought it was likely a recreational-type small boat, unsure what purpose it would serve once made.

Completing the main task alone in building the boat took ten days, with the main courtyard’s Accelerator not covering this area, and using an Acceleration Card felt too extravagant.

Jiang Yuan decided to take things slow, first arranging for automatic sprinklers and harvesters, at the very least sparing worries for the farmland; the materials for Celestial River Boats also needed to be gathered from the sea, and with the overactive collection instincts of the hoarding mouse, he wandered along the island’s edge gathering materials while playing.

Immersed in the labors of pioneering and farming, he forgot all else. By the time the storage boxes on the island were fully stocked, the appointment with the Protector of the Leisure Sect was nearing.

After checking and adjusting the items in the Storage Bag to ensure easy access, he retrieved a Teleportation Scroll and made his way directly to the summit cliff.

Similar to Yang Sansi choosing the Green Forest Valley to meet subordinates, the summit cliff was located near an Ancient Battlefield, a place where spatial turbulence ran rampant, essentially a barren place.

Among a series of undulating mountains, one single, tallest peak stood uniquely, like a lone lightning rod piercing the clouds, thus named the summit cliff.

Standing on the broad and flat mountain top, amidst the howling wind, Jiang Yuan, wearing a bronze mask, scanned the area, when a massive Immortal Ship flew towards the cliff from a great distance!