Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 209 - 184: Just Obediently Go and Be Miners (Part 2)

’I’ll have miners dig on Yamero Star, send troops to campaign in the World of Suffering, and let Jelena handle the territory’s mundane affairs. Meanwhile, I’ll explore the wilderness, searching sparsely populated areas for Treasure Chests, blind boxes, or resource points. That seems like a pretty sound development strategy...’

As Wang Yi was pondering this, his vision suddenly opened up. He looked ahead and saw the Li River converging with two other rivers, forming a great lake.

On the eastern shore of this great lake were rolling mountains. Two steep, green peaks stood opposite each other like a pair of half-open gates, leaving a channel only thirty to forty meters wide between them.

Beside the channel was a large pier where many boats were moored.

Strangely, from atop both of the gate-like mountain peaks, waterfalls cascaded directly into the water below, like two silver flood dragons entering the river. They cast a curtain of mist that created a rainbow over the channel, a truly beautiful sight.

"Two dragons entering the river... A fine view."

Wang Yi glanced at the large pier. ’This must be a pretty well-known place.’

Ignoring the astonished gazes of the Indigenous People, he rode his avatar to the top of one of the green peaks. He left two minutes later, having already taken the waterfall from the mountaintop.

Wang Yi then went to the opposite peak and, in less than two minutes, took its waterfall as well.

Of course, "taking" them meant using Refinement to absorb them into his body.

The Refinement of mountains and rivers wasn’t a simple matter of moving them; it was about uprooting their very source.

For example, the two waterfalls Wang Yi had just refined were formed by mountain springs and streams converging into a river. When Wang Yi took them, the springs at their source vanished as well.

"I doubt the marvel of the two dragons entering the river will ever be seen here again. But what’s that to do with me? I just picked up two wild little rivers as I was passing by."

Wang Yi muttered aloud. Refining these two small rivers had only cost him a total of 160,000 Chaos Energy, and the resulting weapon was named [Flying Stream Sword - Little Water Spirit Blade].

Continuing onward, Wang Yi treated the journey like a scenic tour. An hour later, he entered the Eastern Domain of the Golden Sparrow Country, and another hour after that, he reached Jinyuan County.

Jinyuan County was north of Kaiyuan County and Qinghe County. It was clearly more prosperous than either of them, and more populous.

’That female Player, Zhao Mei, I think she’s the Lord of Jinyuan County. Her Lord Talent is Navigator. I wonder if she’s gone sailing yet...’

Wang Yi gazed briefly in the direction of Jinyuan County’s main city but had little interest in exploring it.

However, as his gaze swept over the Golden Yuan Pier, Wang Yi’s heart suddenly clenched!

He saw Lu Aqi and his group of Muscle Men, as well as Li Mingli and Xue Shentian, who were tied up tightly.

’What’s going on? I remember just telling Lu Aqi and his men to be my inside agents. Did they just outright rebel and even capture Xue Shentian and Li Mingli?’

A flicker of curiosity sparked in Wang Yi’s mind.

Just then, Lu Aqi and the others also spotted Wang Yi, along with the Fire Dragon Vehicle burning with roaring flames behind him.

They were thrilled and immediately ran to the shore, waving their hands. Lu Aqun was so excited he cupped his fists in a salute and shouted, "We beg you to take us in, my lord!"

Wang Yi approached Lu Aqi and asked, "What’s the situation?"

Lu Aqi replied, "My lord, these two idiots are bloodthirsty by nature. We had no choice but to rebel!"

Xue Shentian and Li Mingli had long since woken up. Both had been beaten until their faces were swollen like pigs’ heads, and their mouths were stuffed with linen cloths. Upon seeing Wang Yi, it was unclear if they were excited or just struggling, but their eyes were wide and round as they made muffled sounds.

Lu Aqi added, "Your subordinate knows that these two are also Aliens, so I captured them to present to you, my lord."

"You’re quite thoughtful!" Wang Yi thought for a moment, then said, "You and your brothers get on the vehicle first. From now on, you will settle in Black Stone City on Black Stone Mountain and guard Shanhai Pass."

Lu Aqi was overjoyed at his words and quickly said, "Thank you for taking us in, my lord!"

Wang Yi looked at Xue Shentian and Li Mingli again. "Take these two to carriage number one. I’ll have a chat with them."

"Yes!"

The little train paused briefly at the Golden Yuan Pier before departing. Wang Yi entered carriage number one, where Xue Shentian and Li Mingli had already been brought. Their ropes hadn’t been untied, and their mouths were still stuffed with linen. Ye Qitian was standing nearby, watching curiously.

"Gentlemen, long time no see!"

Wang Yi removed the linen gags from Xue Shentian’s and Li Mingli’s mouths.

Xue Shentian spat. "I knew this day would come sooner or later. But I never imagined that you, Sun Wukong, with your thick brows and big eyes, would also play the undercover game. To think you secretly bought off the soldiers under my command."

Li Mingli chimed in, "Great Saint, if you had suppressed us in a fair and open fight, we’d have nothing to say. But to resort to sneak attacks and assassinations like this... we just can’t accept it!"

Wang Yi chuckled. "You two are flattering yourselves. When did I ever order Lu Aqi to launch a sneak attack or an assassination? You’ve fallen to this state; perhaps you should look for the reasons within yourselves!"

Xue Shentian suddenly forced a wide smile. "Great Saint, we don’t really have any grudges, not enough to go to war over. Look, do you think you could let the two of us go?"

Wang Yi shook his head and said firmly, "No!"

"Why not?"

"Because I have a team to lead! You wanted to kill my men, and my men fought for their lives to capture you. If I were to just casually let you go, what would they think? Wouldn’t that break their hearts?"

"Then can we ransom ourselves? I still have a lot of Gold Coins in my Prince Mansion. If you let me go, I’ll order my people to send all those Gold Coins to you..."

"No." Wang Yi cut Xue Shentian off with a wave of his hand. "It’s come to this. You should stop fantasizing. Just be obedient miners. You might have a chance to regain your freedom in the future!"

"Miners? What do you mean?"

"Great Saint, Brother Monkey, just tell us what you plan to do with us! Be straight with us!"

"Brother Monkey has already made it very clear!" Ye Qitian spoke up. "Just get ready to be miners."

In truth, Ye Qitian was also shocked.

He could see Xue Shentian’s and Li Mingli’s identity information.

King Dongsheng!

S-Class Talent [Real-time Intelligence]!

A-Class Talent [Continuous Blink]!

Ye Qitian didn’t know what these two Players had done to get captured and brought here.

He was also amazed at Sun Wukong’s power. To so easily suppress King Dongsheng, a man with an S-Class Talent... ’At this rate, the Southern King of the Southern Domain is definitely no match for him either!’

’Sun Wukong’s identity must be fake. I wonder what Level his Lord Talent is and why he’s so strong. It looks like it won’t be long before he sweeps through the Eastern Domain. I wonder if he’ll send troops to the Southern Domain...’

Ye Qitian mused silently.

How could he know that Wang Yi was already looking down on the mortal world? He didn’t care at all about the squabbles and killings among Mortals, which offered no system rewards, and he certainly didn’t need to conquer territory to develop his own.

Xue Shentian and Li Mingli had actually noticed Ye Qitian long ago.

They intuitively felt that Ye Qitian was "Sun Wukong’s" accomplice—definitely part of the same group, something they could guess just from their names—and thus felt a certain aversion to him.

In fact, Xue Shentian had intelligence on Ye Qitian. He had even sent a group of men to the Southern Domain specifically to spread information about the Spiritual Artifact rice cooker, hoping to stir up conflict between Ye Qitian and Wang Yi. He had even hoped that Ye Qitian would send troops to the Jade River valley to seize the Spiritual Artifact rice cooker.

He never imagined the two were actually working together.

A moment later, the little train arrived at Black Stone Mountain.

Construction was still underway at Black Stone Mountain. The pier was being continuously expanded, the construction of the shipyard had just begun, and the large market was starting to take shape.

Pei Zhi had already come to Black Stone Mountain to get things running, and the Fire Dragon Trading Team was also starting to look like a proper organization.

Wang Yi had Lu Aqi and his men stay. He gave them some Fasting Pills and said, "Lu Aqi, you are still the Court’s Cavalry General and the Commander of the Red Tiger Camp. The Court hasn’t issued a warrant for your arrest, so you can just relax and be the local boss here. Even if the Court does issue a warrant and sends soldiers, you don’t need to panic. I will handle it. From now on, Black Stone City of Black Stone Mountain is yours to manage. You can recruit your own soldiers and build up your own forces."

"Yes, sir!"

Lu Aqi responded respectfully. He now felt he had a powerful backer and could look forward to a life of leisurely sipping tea again.