Wang Sizhen suppressed his desire to train in martial arts and confidently patted his chest. "You've found the right person, Jiang He. We're professionals when it comes to building houses … if you want to speed things up while maintaining quality and quantity, you could try a lightweight steel mansion."
"Lightweight steel?"
Jiang He shook his head, indicating that he had never heard of it.
Wang Sizhen smiled and said, "Light steel villas have become popular in the country in recent years. This kind of villa is cheaper than traditional villas, and the construction speed is faster. The key is that its performance is no worse than traditional villas. It is better than traditional brick villas in terms of heat insulation, moisture-proof, fireproofing, and shockproof.
"Alright, we'll do as you say."
"By the way, I also have various blueprints of lightweight steel mansions. There's minimalist, Nordic, and archaic ones." Clearly, Wang Sizhen had come prepared.
He had brought along a tablet that stored many architectural information since that was his line of work after all.
Jiang He picked out an archaic two-story mansion and said, "We'll go with this one. Big Onion Bro, please calculate how much money and how long it would take to finish. Moreover, you'll have to do all the interior decorations after the mansion is built, and you just have to calculate the price for me."
Wang Sizhen then asked Jiang He about the mansion's length, width, height, and other details, and after writing and drawing for over thirty minutes, he said, "Lightweight steel mansions are cheap to build and could be built at three hundred thousand at most. As for the decorations, it depends on what materials you use, but there's no rush. We'll talk about it after the mansion is built."
"Alright."
Jiang He said. "I'll transfer the money to you later. Gather the men and we'll start as soon as possible. I'm a little busy right now, so I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on things, Big Onion Bro."
Wang Sizhen laughed out loud. "We're family, Jiang He. I'm going to contact the workers and prepare the materials."
"What do you mean by family, Big Onion Bro?"
Wang Siyu walked up to him then.
She turned towards Wang Sizhen and used her mind-reading ability to immediately sense what he was thinking. "Wang Sizhen," she scolded through clenched teeth, "Is there a brother like you? You actually want to trade me for cultivation manuals … "
Wang Sizhen turned around and ran.
When he reached the door and saw that Wang Siyu was not chasing after him, he stood beside the wall and poked his head out, saying, "Tidy up the house, Jiang He. I'll arrange for someone to come in the afternoon to demolish the collapsed house."
Actually, there was nothing valuable in the house, but there were some things that would be a waste to throw away, such as pots and pans …
Wang Siyu rolled up her sleeves and was ready to help, while Jiang He sat down beneath the sun and lazily said, "Don't bother. Come and sit here, I have something to ask you. Let Dumbo and Trumbo do the menial work."
A cat and a dog …
They all stood up and brought out some dishes, bowls and chopsticks from the room.
Wang Siyu was stunned and murmured, "I really envy you Beast Tamers."
"Haha."
Jiang He chuckled but said nothing.
Beast Tamer?
Who the hell is a Beast Tamer? I still don't understand how to tame beasts.
He pointed at the sago tree in the garden and asked, "Wang Siyu, what kind of tree is this?"
"Tree?"
"What tree?"
Wang Siyu appeared taken aback. She turned towards the direction Jiang He pointed, but there was nothing there, and asked, "Did you plant a tree?"
"No, no. It's just a joke."
Jiang He replied, feeling very pleased inwardly.
As expected, his hunch was right … no one else could see the special 'plants' grown in his farm … oh, and he almost forgot that he had yet to harvest today's money. The hundred-dollar bills hanging on the money-growing tree were swaying in the wind, which was quite a sight to behold.
After some small talk, Wang Siyu received a phone call and left in a hurry.
Jiang He basked in the sun while instructing Dumbo and Trumbo to work, while he took out a qi pellet and popped it.
In the afternoon, the cleaver he planted was finally ready to be harvested.
The silver flower had already withered, and in its place was a golden cleaver hanging on the branch.
Jiang He grabbed the hilt and plucked it —
[Ding!]
[+ 500 Farm Points.]
"Hmmm?"
Jiang He's gaze twitched at the System Notification in his head, and he muttered, "The Blind Princess's Eight Practices only earns me 500 Farm Points. Doesn't that mean this golden cleaver is equal in value to the Blind Princess's Eight Practices?"
Jiang He stared at the cleaver in his hand, and a line of data appeared.
[Golden Blade]
"It's a golden kitchen knife, forged from meteorites."
[Attribute: Sharp. Has a certain chance of penetrating defenses when attacking physically.]
Sharp? Penetrating defenses?
Jiang He's finger moved, and a golden flower of the blade appeared.
Rolling up his sleeve, he slid it over his arm.
Screech!
It was as if the knife had cut into steel, and a red mark appeared on his arm.
"Not bad. This blade is at least a lot sharper than the D-grade alloy weapon from the Martial Arts Department (MAD). Still, what does this certain chance of penetrating defenses mean? Could it be that it ignores defenses like in games? "
Jiang He then cut himself on the arm, but nothing happened.
He slid the blade a third time.
Snikt!
"…"
What the hell …
What the hell!
Jiang He flung the cleaver away and clutched his arm, but blood was soon flowing out between his fingers. Gritting his teeth and inhaling in pain, he cursed, "That's ridiculous. I have Indestructible Diamond to protect my body, and yet that light cut didn't cut through my Indestructible Diamond, but hurt my arm instead?"
So, this was defense penetration?
It really did ignore defenses!
Using tap water to clean his wound, Jiang He was about to ask Dumbo to buy some band-aids for him, only to find that the wound on his arm was already slowly healing.
In the first place, Nine Yang True Qi was a holy item for healing.
Jiang He's strengthened version of Nine Yang True Qi was even more effective. Coupled with Indestructible Diamond, his physical body had powerful regeneration as well, and his wound was healed in a dozen minutes.
Around half an hour later, there was no sign of injury on his arm at all.
Jiang He was beaming as he put away his golden blade.
"Not bad, not bad. If this thing is used well, it can be used as a great killing weapon … When I get enough Direbeast materials and plant a saber technique, it will be even more perfect."
"Hmmm …"
"What should I plant for a blade technique?"
"The Three Cuts of Avici?"
"The Blood Blade?"
"Or the demonic blade that could cut forty meters of Blade Qi? I remember there was a novel where the Ninefold Thunderblade was very powerful too. "
At the same time.
The Martial Arts Department (MAD), Lingzhou City.
Duan Tianhe, Cheng Dongfeng, and the other MAD personnel were all present in the vast conference room, including Wang Siyu who had just arrived.
A single document had been copied into dozens of copies and distributed to the MAD personnel.
Duan Tianhe cut to the chase, saying, "I'm sure you all know why I've gathered everyone here today. The nation has been making arrangements ever since the Revival of Qi was discovered ten years ago, such as the thirty-six martial arts academies across the nation …"
"The nation is now preparing to activate those thirty-six martial arts academies, recruiting students and instructors across the nation to groom martial artists, and use that as an opportunity to gradually announce the Revival of Qi."
"It's time for our Lingzhou Martial Arts Academies to be unveiled. Bai Feifei, contact the media, and we'll hold a press conference at noon tomorrow to inform the public!"
For some reason, Duan Tianhe suddenly felt relaxed.
Even if he knew that the entire nation would be shocked once the news was announced … the citizens were no fools. There were certain things that could not be kept under wraps since the beginning.
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