“The most important thing?”
Ganyu looked at Jiang Xuan in confusion.
The latter replied casually, “If we want to develop this place in a stable, long-term way, we need a foothold first. I can’t exactly have you two digging three blocks down and placing one above your heads every night, can I?”
“Digging three blocks down and placing one above?”
Keqing looked even more bewildered.
Jiang Xuan didn’t bother explaining.
If he had come alone, with his Steve Physique, he wouldn’t mind doing the classic “dig three, fill one” survival technique.
It was safe, and in this vast world, anywhere could be home.
But Keqing and Ganyu didn’t have the Steve Physique.
If they really buried themselves underground… wouldn’t Hu Tao be thrilled?
Wait, no…
If they hadn’t bought coffins from her beforehand, she’d probably be furious, pull them out, and bury them again herself!
“Jiang Xuan! There’s a village over there!”
Keqing suddenly tugged on Jiang Xuan’s sleeve in excitement, pointing at the cluster of wooden huts in the distance.
“We can ask if they’ll sell us an empty plot of land, and then build a house using that miraculous material of yours.”
Hearing Keqing’s words, realization dawned on Jiang Xuan.
He knew he had forgotten something crucial.
Villagers!
Wooden huts!
Beds!
*Revenge!*
A cold smile crept onto Jiang Xuan’s face.
“To the village? No problem. We’re definitely going to the village, but before that, there’s one thing I must do!”
Keqing and Ganyu stared at him blankly.
Jiang Xuan flipped his hand and pulled out four wood blocks.
Utilizing his inventory grid, he crafted a crafting table.
Then…
A wooden sword, fresh off the assembly line!
Jiang Xuan held the wooden sword, inspected it briefly, and said in a solemn voice, “Let’s go!”
Keqing and Ganyu were utterly baffled.
Watching Jiang Xuan’s retreating back, Keqing called out after him, “Um… Jiang Xuan, what about this strange table of yours…?”
“Don’t need it!” Jiang Xuan replied decisively.
It was just a crafting table—what veteran Minecrafter carried one everywhere?
You could just gather materials and make a new one on the spot!
For the great Minecrafter, the world was vast, and anywhere was home!
Still, Jiang Xuan felt deeply grateful to his system.
Although it gave him the Steve Physique, it hadn’t turned him into a literal blocky character.
“Lady Keqing, let’s hurry and follow him. I’m worried something might happen to Jiang Xuan!” Ganyu urged anxiously.
Seeing that she couldn’t break or move the crafting table no matter what, Keqing gave up.
“Don’t worry about Jiang Xuan. I’ve seen him in action before—his strength is terrifyingly formidable.” Keqing waved her hand, examining the crafting table with a marveling look.
This thing…
She couldn’t push it, couldn’t lift it.
She couldn’t even leave a scratch on it with Electro energy.
It was made by combining just four blocks of wood, yet it was this sturdy.
An idea sparked in Keqing’s mind.
If they used this kind of crafting table to imprison powerful criminals… wouldn’t it be both cheap and secure?
Jiang Xuan was currently unaware of Keqing’s thoughts.
If he knew, he would enthusiastically recommend Bedrock Prison to her.
Top-tier effectiveness!
Whether it was Osial or Azhdaha, bedrock was unconditionally indestructible and unmineable!
Even if Rex Lapis himself showed up, he’d have to shake his head in defeat.
“Ganyu, give me a hand. Let’s see if we can dig up the soil underneath to move this thing away.”
Seeing Keqing still waging war against the crafting table—looking as if she were about to use her sword, Lion’s Roar, as a shovel—Ganyu grew even more anxious. Enjoying the story?
“Lady Keqing, forget about this thing! Jiang Xuan looks like he’s heading off to battle with that wooden sword!”
“Battle?” Caught up in her strange research, Keqing stubbornly shook her head.
“It’s fine! Jiang Xuan is very strong, and he even possesses a Pyro Vision!”
“I know!” Ganyu raised her voice, grabbing Keqing’s arm.
“But I’m worried… Jiang Xuan is going there to *kill* someone!”
That made Keqing freeze.
Recalling the gloomy, cold expression on Jiang Xuan’s face before he left, Keqing panicked too.
She firmly grabbed Ganyu’s shoulders.
“Quick, quick, quick! We have to stop him! We just arrived in this world; we can’t go making enemies!”
As soon as the words left her mouth, Keqing casually threw out her Lightning Stiletto, taking Ganyu along to teleport a short distance.
Curiously, no matter how hard Keqing tried, the teleportation distance was capped at two blocks.
In her state of anxiety, Keqing didn’t pay attention to this anomaly.
Pushing through her stamina exertion, she repeatedly blinked forward with Ganyu.
Finally, after teleporting more than a dozen times, Keqing and Ganyu arrived at the village.
From a distance, they saw Jiang Xuan enthusiastically raising his wooden sword, chasing a man down.
“Jiang Xuan!” Keqing gasped in shock.
“Don’t kill… people?”
7.
Ganyu: What Kind of Blocky World Is This?!
With Jiang Xuan’s final strike, the villager who had bullied him for over half a year vanished into a puff of white smoke, leaving behind only grievances.
Jiang Xuan put away his wooden sword and spat on the ground.
“Serves you right for forcing me to sleep on the ground! Who do you think you are, flexing in a village without even an Iron Golem!”
With half a year of bitter resentment dispelled in an instant, Jiang Xuan felt a wave of pure, soul-filling joy wash over him.
This village didn’t have an Iron Golem, something Jiang Xuan had made sure to check beforehand.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to live here in the first place.
Granted, having an Iron Golem meant not needing to worry about zombies or skeletons.
But as a great Steve, how could one *not* kill villagers eventually?
Jiang Xuan and the villagers were bound to clash over the rights to houses and beds sooner or later.
If he had ended up killing a villager in anger back then, his frail body couldn’t have tanked a single hit from an Iron Golem.