A Trip to Ghost Village

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After arranging everything at Blood Sacrifice Ridge, Gu Xi simply let go, leaving all the responsibilities to the Mountain Deity Wu Liu.

Gu Xi then led his troops back to the valley.

By this time, the valley had been almost completely dug out; the red soil was gone, and various suits of armor and weapons were piled up to the side.

The bodies were buried on both sides of the valley, in the coolest possible places.

When Gu Xi arrived, Wang Lizheng quickly went to greet him.

"Sir, as you can see, the items have all been dug out. There are definitely more below, but the main items are all here."

Gu Xi glanced at the scene and immediately understood that Wang Lizheng had not lied to him.

Wang Lizheng is different from Du Yuan, Wu Liu and the others. He is the kind of person who doesn't have much of his own opinion, but as long as you give him a scope, he can get things done.

If this kind of person were to be converted into Hero, having them circle around resource points collecting materials would be the best option.

If there's no way to turn him into Hero, then let him be the foreman.

Anyway, the Aryadovi City happens to need just such manpower.

"Well done, I've seen your abilities. I'll give you two teams of men, and you'll search for them from this valley outwards."

"Find all the bodies of those who died outside the valley. Send their armor to Blood Sacrifice Ridge, and bury their corpses in this valley."

Looking at the honest-looking Wang Lizheng, Gu Xi quickly made a decision.

At the same time, he waved his hand, and his undead began to transport all the armor that Wang Lizheng had dug up back to the Aryadovi City.

Wang Lizheng dared not say much about Gu Xi's arrangements, and Du Yuan was now free because all the Red Soil in the nearby valley had been dug up.

Upon seeing Wang Lizheng's appearance, Du Yuan immediately stepped forward and said, "Sir, the valley of Reincarnation Mountain has been completely cleared. Shouldn't we clear the roads in the valley next?"

Previously, the valley was filled with Yin Energy and was suppressed by the Mountain Deity tiger, so merchants would not pass through here and would rather take a detour of thousands of miles to travel from outside the mountain.

In other words, it was me who, because I was greedy for a shortcut, passed through this valley, unintentionally recited a poem, and was subsequently killed by a tiger.

Now that the tiger is dead and the ghostly energy that suppressed the valley has been cleared, this place has become a Smooth Road. My lord, we can build a road here to connect the valley.

We'll send someone to stay here and collect tolls from caravans; that will be a source of income."

Hearing Du Yuan's words, Gu Xi just smiled and said, "Building a road is simple, but once the road is built, it will cause some trouble for me. Blood Sacrifice Ridge has not yet completed its control over the surrounding Mountain Area."

With the undead under my command, it would only take about three days to build a road.

But what happens after that?

Let outsiders in? Let others seize this vacant land?

Gu Xi shook his head. In the area in front of him, all he needed was one city.

He didn't want to attract unnecessary enemies before he had control of the area.

Upon hearing this, Du Yuan immediately shut his mouth.

He knew he had been oversimplifying things.

However, he glanced at the valley in front of him and felt a little regretful.

If the road through this valley is repaired, caravans will be able to travel at least three days less when passing through this valley.

If both ends of the road are blocked, the toll fees can be collected like crazy.

Gu Xi was unaware of Du Yuan's thoughts. If he had known, he would have to consider what this Du Yuan had done in the past.

Could it be that he used to have a nickname, "The Resourceful Star"?

However, Du Yuan's words reminded Gu Xi that although building a road through the valley in front of them was not very realistic, building a road directly to Blood Sacrifice Ridge was a good idea.

Gu Xi still has the blood of an infrastructure maniac in his bones.

The reason he rejected Du Yuan's previous plan was that Gu Xi's control over the area was not yet sufficient, and building the road now would be tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house.

Gu Xi wouldn't do this until everything here is stable.

However, building a road leading to Blood Sacrifice Ridge would be beneficial to Gu Xi.

Upon thinking of this, Gu Xi decisively ordered, "Du Yuan, since you're free now, you can build a road from here to Blood Sacrifice Ridge. I'll arrange new undead for you."

As for how to fix it?

I arranged for an architect to work with the team; whatever he said to do, that's how we did it.

Gu Xi thought about it carefully and finally made a decision.

Du Yuan wanted to say that he was also good at road construction, but looking at Gu Xi's expression, he finally kept quiet.

Soon, all the armor that Wang Lizheng had unearthed was sent back to Aryadovi City.

Gu Xi waved his hand, and the Steel City Gate was put away.

After closing the City Gate, Gu Xi turned to Du Yuan and Wang Lizheng and said, "Alright, you two go about your business."

Wang Lizheng reacted quickly and left with the spirits that Gu Xi had arranged for him.

Du Yuan was still hesitating; in his view, this was not what he wanted.

He could choose not to become Mountain Deity because his goal was to become Gu Xi's strategist.

This kind of chores should only be done once, but now you want him to do it again? Isn't this a bit disrespectful to a scholar like him who is going to the capital to take the imperial examination?

Just as Du Yuan was about to tell Gu Xi about his brilliant plan, he discovered that Gu Xi had already left with his men.

Gu Xi didn't have time to talk to Du Yuan about so many things.

Blood Sacrifice Ridge has been built, and this area has been handed over to the Mountain Deity Wu Liu for management, but he still has many things to deal with.

Gu Xi is now heading to the only ghost village among the original six villages in this Mountain Area.

Wu Liu himself had never been to that location; at most, he only knew the location of Ghost Village.

They also knew that the ghost village had disappeared a long time ago.

As for what was in the ghost village or why it disappeared, he had no idea.

Wu Liu originally wanted to personally lead his troops there after hearing that Gu Xi was going to the Ghost Village.

But Gu Xi was still hoping that Wu Liu could find the nearby resource points.

So they stopped him.

Gu Xi led his troops to take a trip to the ghost village.

Let's see if there are any ghosts or monsters there.

If there are neutral undead there, Gu Xi can make another profit.

So after arranging things here, Gu Xi set off immediately.

Before Du Yuan could say anything, Gu Xi had already turned and left.

By the time Du Yuan realized what was happening, Gu Xi, riding the Evil Coffin, had already gone far away.