Giving Gifts

A few days later, all the conscripted laborers had arrived, and the renovation work on Guchuan Dam officially entered its most strenuous phase.

However, for Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao, their stay here was rather boring. Although there were more people, the rotation of personnel became more frequent, and everyone's rest time increased significantly.

In addition, Prefect Tong had always been strict about personnel safety, so although the number of people had increased considerably, the number of accidents that occurred each day did not increase much.

Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao could only save a few hundred people a day.

So most of the time, they are idle.

So Sun Yigao picked up the book and started reading.

Lin Xiao, on the other hand, extended his Divine Sense to monitor Guchuan Dam while researching whether the Item Synthesizer could synthesize other things.

Ever since Qin Jianghe wrote him a letter, he felt that the transmission of messages in ancient times was too inconvenient. If you wanted to convey something, you had to send someone from a long distance to deliver it. If something happened to the person on the way, or if the letter was destroyed, the message would be interrupted.

Then, neither the sender nor the receiver of the message may know it yet.

This is a major drawback.

So he wondered if he could come up with something a little more convenient.

When he was looking through the "Complete Compendium of Basic Talisman Drawing" before, he discovered that among the basic talismans there were Sound Transmission Talisman. However, these Sound Transmission Talisman could not fly directly to the intended recipient on their own; they still needed to be delivered to someone else, just like letters.

He wondered what would happen if he put both the Sound Transmission Talisman and the Teleportation Talisman into the Item Synthesizer.

Thinking it that way, he did it.

As expected, the Item Synthesizer then synthesized a ' Location Sound Transmission Talisman ' for him.

He immediately put it into his private vault for authentication.

The method of using this Location Sound Transmission Talisman is that the user infuses their own Spiritual Power into it as a record, and then the person who needs to send a message to this person takes it and enters the message they want to convey. The time limit is no more than 15 minutes, after which the talisman will be automatically teleported to the location of the Spiritual Power user recorded in the talisman.

After confirming that this item could be synthesized, Lin Xiao immediately synthesized another twenty.

The reason he didn't synthesize too many was firstly because he hadn't made many of these Sound Transmission Talisman before he came out; he only made twenty.

Secondly, the Location Talisman wasn't something he created himself; he bought it from the store.

Although the drawing of Location Talisman is covered in the "Complete Compendium of Basic Talisman Drawing," he hasn't had time to learn it yet because this type of talisman isn't the simplest.

Thirdly, they don't currently have many applications for this Location Sound Transmission Talisman, so he's not in a hurry to mass-produce them.

Once his duties guarding the dam here are finished, he'll go back and do more.

Of the twenty sheets produced, Lin Xiao gave ten to Sun Yigao.

In just two days, he will be taking the provincial examination.

And so, Lin Xiao buried himself in researching various things every day, occasionally saving people as well.

Perhaps it was because he had been using his Divine Sense to monitor his surroundings every day recently, but he felt that his Divine Sense seemed to have become stronger.

During this period, Lin Xiao has created more than just this Location Sound Transmission Talisman.

Many of these things are useless now, but he thinks they might come in handy in the future, so he put all those miscellaneous items into his private stash.

He also put all the farm tools he had bought into the Item Synthesizer, and even some improvement diagrams he had drawn himself.

For example, he changed all the plows into curved plows.

After modifying these things to varying degrees, he looked at the newly made spirit farming tools in his private treasury and could already imagine his father's happy smile when he saw them.

His face must be covered in wrinkles.

Thankfully, he recently started cultivating, and his father's skin, which had been tanned dark red for years, has improved slightly.

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Because of the large number of additional personnel deployed this time, the renovation work on Guchuan Dam is nearing completion, with most of the work now focused on finishing touches that pose little danger.

Having not needed to make a move all day, Lin Xiao planned to stay for another day or two before returning to Xiushui Village.

Early the next morning, at the main base for the restoration work of the entire Guchuan Dam, the first group of laborers who had arrived had already begun packing their bedding.

Looking at the exhausted soldiers, whose eyes were filled with joy at the prospect of returning home safely, Lin Xiao also felt a heartfelt happiness.

Sun Yigao left Guchuan Dam ten days ago to continue his exams. Lin Xiao stayed here alone for ten days. Although he played with the Item Synthesizer every day, he was honestly a little bored.

These boring days are about to end.

The Ancient Moon River, which has been successfully stabilized, seems to be celebrating everyone's victory, as its water level has gradually decreased in recent days. Although it is still rushing, it is not as high as before.

Lin Xiao, who had been sitting for a long time, stood up and stretched out of boredom.

He leisurely surveyed the river he had been watching for a month when suddenly, on the Guchuan Dam, which was now rarely visited by people and covered by his Divine Sense, a figure fell from the dam's edge.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiao used his Air-Stepping Technique to leap up and rescue the person.

When he caught the man, he found that the man was wearing a long robe, which was completely different from the other soldiers who were wearing short shirts or even shirtless.

Moreover, this person was about forty years old. Although his face was somewhat loose, he had a refined and gentle demeanor and was dressed neatly, looking like a scholar.

He could not possibly be a conscripted laborer participating in this forced labor.

Moreover, this person was carrying a large bundle in his arms, the contents of which were unknown.

But Lin Xiao could sense the panic in the person in his arms due to the fall, so he carefully brought the person to the shore.

After setting the man down, he was about to turn and leave when he heard the man bow deeply to him, his deep, steady voice revealing a hint of fear and reverence as he said:

"I am Xue Chengfeng, the clerk of Prefect Tong Shuzheng of Liaoju Prefecture. I have come here on behalf of my lord to express my gratitude to the immortal for protecting us for so many days on behalf of all the soldiers!"

Lord Tong knew that the immortal did not want to reveal himself. Seeing that the construction period was about to end, he felt that he would be unworthy of his duty as the local official if he could not express his gratitude. He originally wanted to come by himself, but considering that you are the local official, I have come on your behalf to see the immortal off after your earnest request.

This is a small token of Lord Tong's appreciation; I earnestly hope the immortal will accept it.