Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chi praised Gu Qing’s performance and consulted her as his strategist about how to spend their enhancement points. After discussing the villagers’ attributes, he approved Gu Qing increasing her spiritual power and chose defense for Tang Ruan, while the other women left their enhancements to him.

• Zhao Chi assured Gu Qing that her performance deserved full marks and invited her to advise him on enhancement points.
• Gu Qing recommended increasing her spiritual power, raising Tang Ruan’s defense, and choosing roles for the other villagers based on their needs.
• Zhao Chi approved Gu Qing’s choice, and she allocated her own points.
• Tang Ruan entrusted her allocation to Zhao Chi, who chose to increase her defense.
• The other female villagers also left their enhancement choices to Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi changed three female villagers into artisans and assigned their enhancement points to improve their work efficiency. The remaining villagers planned to become soldiers once the Barracks was built.

• Zhao Chi invited the female villagers to choose artisan classes, and three volunteered to become a tailor, blacksmith, and carpenter.
• Tang Ruan and the seven other villagers said they wanted to become soldiers, so Zhao Chi told them to wait until the Barracks was built the next day.
• Zhao Chi changed Li Zhu into a carpenter, Ding Dang into a blacksmith, and Feng Xiu into a tailor, giving each beginner-level skills and five enhancement points.
• Zhao Chi considered which attributes would best help the artisans and chose efficiency for each of their six available enhancement points.

Zhao Chi assigned Enhancement Points to Feng Xiu, Ding Dang, and Li Zhu, boosting their crafting skills and sending them to make clothes, tools, and arrows. As evening approached, he stayed to supervise the Goblins and forced Old Bu to organize them into chopping trees, leaving them exhausted and under threat.

• Zhao Chi made Feng Xiu, Ding Dang, and Li Zhu novice artisans with improved crafting quality and efficiency.
• The three craftswomen rushed to their workshops, then asked Zhao Chi what to make; he assigned them clothes, tools, and arrows.
• Zhao Chi refused Gu Qing's invitation to bathe with the village women and stayed to watch the Goblins.
• Zhao Chi renamed the Goblin Chieftain Old Bu, tied his knees with rope, and ordered him to make the Goblins fell five trees within an hour.
• Old Bu untied Goblins and tied them to trees to chop, then switched in fresh workers when Zhao Chi pointed out the first five were exhausted.

Zhao Chi put the Goblins to work cutting trees and rewarded those who worked, while Gu Qing and the other women planned an overnight crafting shift. By midnight, everyone was exhausted, and Zhao Chi sent the Goblins to sleep outside while the women prepared to rest indoors.

• Zhao Chi gave grilled skewers to the Goblins who chopped trees, and their obedience increased.
• Zhao Chi warned the Goblins not to look at the women as Gu Qing and the others returned from bathing.
• Gu Qing told Zhao Chi that the women planned to work in the carpentry, blacksmith, and tailor shops until midnight to prepare tools and clothes.
• Zhao Chi, Gu Qing, and the Goblins chopped trees through the night while the women worked in the workshops.
• At midnight, Zhao Chi had Old Bu lead the exhausted Goblins to fetch their blankets, while the female villagers prepared to sleep indoors.

Zhao Chi and Gu Qing bathed in the river before returning to the Lord's House, where Gu Qing fell asleep clinging to him. At 5:10 a.m., Zhao Chi noticed a flood of messages and announcements, including urgent voice messages from Chief Instructor Li Ruanyu.

• Tang Ruan and the other women prepared the Lord's House floor for sleeping and arranged night watches.
• Gu Qing accompanied Zhao Chi to the river, where they both bathed while she watched him.
• Zhao Chi and Gu Qing returned to the Lord's House and went to sleep beside each other.
• Zhao Chi woke to find Gu Qing wrapped around him in bed and saw that it was 5:10 a.m.
• Zhao Chi opened the flashing chat groups and found urgent voice messages from Chief Instructor Li Ruanyu.

After hearing that Liu Xun had entered the Fog Wall, Zhao Chi reflected on why poor students risked their lives to defend their territories. He then noticed Wang Lie selling a Stocking Fashion Modification Book and privately offered Goblin captives in exchange, asking how many Wang Lie would take.

• Li Ruanyu warned the students not to enter the Fog Wall and said instructors were attempting to rescue Liu Xun.
• Zhao Chi guessed that Liu Xun had been attacked while defending his territory and felt distressed that his classmate was likely lost.
• Zhao Chi read the group chat and learned that Wang Lie was selling a Stocking Fashion Modification Book for three gold coins or another modification book.
• Zhao Chi recognized that the book might work with Transplant Flowers, Connect Jade, and decided it could benefit Gu Qing and the other women.
• Zhao Chi privately asked Wang Lie whether he would trade the modification book for Goblin captives and what rate he would offer.

Zhao Chi traded 21 Goblins to Wang Lie for the Stocking Fashion Modification Book and visited Wang Lie’s territory to complete the deal. As the new villagers were about to arrive, Zhao Chi left Gu Qing and Tang Ruan preparing to welcome them while the trade interface opened.

• Zhao Chi offered Wang Lie 21 Goblins and agreed that Wang Lie would pay the tax.
• Wang Lie accepted the deal but asked Zhao Chi to let Cao Feng know that Zhao Chi had bought the book so Wang Lie could avoid a direct clash with him.
• Gu Qing woke and joined Zhao Chi, while Tang Ruan prepared porridge for the arriving villagers and Gu Qing gathered bathing supplies.
• Gu Qing helped Zhao Chi secure the Goblins, and Zhao Chi accepted Wang Lie’s invitation to visit his territory.
• Zhao Chi arrived at Wang Lie’s mining territory, where Wang Lie praised the Goblins, including their chieftain.
• Zhao Chi placed ownership of the 21 Goblins in the trade interface, and Wang Lie offered the Stocking Fashion Modification Book.

Zhao Chi welcomed ten newly born female villagers to Peach Spring Village and reviewed the village’s work and production plans. After breakfast, he assigned four of the new villagers to blacksmithing and four to tailoring.

• Zhao Chi returned to Peach Spring Village after trading goblins with Wang Lie, and ten female villagers emerged from the ground.
• Zhao Chi welcomed the newcomers and sent them with Gu Qing to bathe before checking their attributes and the previous day’s work summary.
• Zhao Chi reviewed the village’s production priorities, including making clothes and tools and clearing land for barracks.
• Gu Qing brought the newcomers back, and Tang Ruan served them rice porridge while Zhao Chi encouraged them to eat their fill.
• After breakfast, Zhao Chi asked the new villagers about their preferred professions and assigned four to blacksmithing and four to tailoring.

After assigning the villagers to crafting, gathering, and clearing land, Zhao Chi used a Stocking Fashion Modification Book and studied how to allocate its points. He weighed the benefits of each attribute but had not yet chosen a configuration when the chapter ended.

• Gu Qing took three women to gather wild vegetables, fruit, and herbs and to hunt, while Zhao Chi assigned Tang Ruan and five others to clear trees, stumps, and rocks.
• Zhao Chi used the Stocking Fashion Modification Book and found an interface with ten points to spend across five attributes.
• Zhao Chi realized he could alter the configuration data, then considered movement speed, defense, jumping ability, comfort, and cleanliness.
• Zhao Chi judged movement speed and defense most valuable, while deciding to leave comfort and cleanliness for a future intermediate modification book.

Zhao Chi upgraded the stocking technology to increase defense and planned to equip Gu Qing and the female soldiers before the Academy's test. Afterward, he joined Tang Ruan and the other women in cutting trees as the territory prepared to build barracks and produce more equipment.

• Zhao Chi transferred the stocking upgrade points into defense and unlocked the Ultra-Silky Type technology, which gave stockings Defense +50%.
• Zhao Chi planned to buy stockings or a production blueprint and equip Gu Qing and the female soldiers before the Academy's test.
• Tang Ruan and five other women worked hard felling trees while Zhao Chi joined them.
• By noon, the women had cleared land for barracks, made nine sets of clothes and 18 axes, and planned to craft more tools, shoes, armor, and weapons.