When Xiang Tiange slowly regained consciousness, he found himself stripped down to only his underpants, lying inside a wooden barrel.
The barrel was filled with all sorts of strange things.
It was soaking with various plants and stones, and even blood. The strong, pungent smell of blood made Xiang Tiange want to vomit.
“Cough…”
Xiang Tiange had never soaked in anything like this before and couldn’t stop coughing.
Just then, Haisewei’s voice sounded beside his ear.
“Endure it. These are all supplementary medicinal ingredients they risked their lives to gather for you, and I prepared them for you. Once you fully absorb them, your physique might reach the peak of Two-Star. In a few days, you can absorb the Yuanjing Stone again and advance to Two-Star!”
Hearing this, Xiang Tiange turned his head and saw that Haisewei had somehow appeared behind him.
“This smell is too foul, and I’m in a lot of pain!” Xiang Tiange said, suppressing the urge to vomit.
Moreover, under the stimulation of these medicinal liquids, his entire body was aching unbearably.
It was truly uncomfortable!
“Just endure a little longer and it’ll be over. The first body tempering session can be a bit uncomfortable, but it’s a necessary step on the path to becoming stronger!” Haisewei said calmly.
Xiang Tiange was extremely uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do. Since Haisewei had said so, what else could he do?
He just had to endure it!
He didn’t know how much time had passed, but Xiang Tiange couldn’t hold on any longer. Although he felt as if needles were pricking his body, what he felt more was exhaustion.
In a daze, Xiang Tiange fell asleep.
By the time he woke up again, it was already daylight.
The next morning!
Carefully sensing his condition, Xiang Tiange’s eyes immediately lit up—it felt incredibly comfortable.
Not only was he no longer in pain, but he also felt extremely refreshed, as if his entire body had become much lighter.
Moreover, it seemed there was an extremely powerful force stored within his body.
He felt full of energy!
“This stuff is really great!” Xiang Tiange examined himself, overjoyed, and praised.
After soaking all night, his entire feeling was different.
All the unbearable pain from yesterday had completely disappeared!
And now, even the foul smell in the wooden barrel seemed to be gone.
His body didn’t hurt at all anymore!
“Of course, just look at who prepared it for you!”
Haisewei said lightly. In the entire Territory, only she dared to speak to Xiang Tiange in such a tone.
And it was even a lecturing tone.
Xiang Tiange didn’t argue back. Instead, he smiled and replied.
“Yes, fortunately, I have you. I feel much stronger now!”
“This is just the beginning. From now on, soak once every two days. In less than a month, you’ll reach Four-Star!” Haisewei said.
Hearing this, Xiang Tiange’s eyes gleamed.
Four-Star was the strength of that Dark Wolf King from before, even stronger than what Xiang Yi and the other four currently possessed.
“Mm, I understand!” Xiang Tiange nodded and said.
As long as it could make him stronger, he would endure it!
With that, Xiang Tiange stood up from the wooden barrel, but the next second, he realized something and quickly squatted back down into the barrel.
Right now, he was only wearing his underpants, and he felt a bit embarrassed.
Seeing this, Haisewei chuckled lightly.
Then, with a wave of her hand, she sent him, along with the wooden barrel, directly back to the treehouse, making Xiang Tiange marvel once again at her methods.
Transcendent and divine, amazing!
Xiang Tiange suddenly began to suspect that she was a super expert beyond the star levels!
Before long, Xiang Tiange finished washing up, changed his clothes, and walked out of the treehouse.
In the Territory, only Little Ai, Qiuqiu, and a few other Sprites were present. The Undead Warriors and Lei Ling’er had all gone out to hunt monsters. The System’s notification sounds kept coming, and the Lord Points were continuously increasing.
Casually glancing at his System, Xiang Tiange saw countless private messages sent to him.
All of them were inquiring about vegetables and fruits.
Yesterday, he had been so focused on cultivation and improvement that he had completely forgotten about business.
Immediately, Xiang Tiange called Little Ai, Qiuqiu, and the others over to help, hurriedly harvesting and listing the produce in the Trading area.
Yellow watermelons and tomatoes: 40 Points each!
Large watermelons: 200 Points each!
Other vegetables like greens, peppers, eggplants, and radishes were also supplied, and Xiang Tiange listed them all at once.
One jin was priced at 50 Points!
Xiang Tiange worked swiftly, listing over a thousand jin of products in one go. In the entire Lord World, only Xiang Tiange had these items for now, so the prices were appropriately raised.
The total value even exceeded 50,000 Lord Points.
In the Chat Channel, the novice lords exploded with anger upon seeing the prices, unleashing a torrent of curses.
“What a blatant profiteer!”
“Black-hearted lord, can you not be so greedy? Earning Points isn’t easy—lower the prices, please!”
“Too expensive! Please reduce the prices!”
“Too heartless! One day, I’ll bring my skeleton army to raid your farm!”
“My Half-beast army will show you the consequences of exploiting me!”
Countless people were discussing, but it was all in vain. Xiang Tiange didn’t even bother to look. The items were listed there—take it or leave it.
Only one seller—if you’re slow, you’ll regret it!
If you want to eat, you have to buy.
Even though these people cursed fiercely, they couldn’t resist their foodie nature and kept placing orders.
Half an hour later, over 50,000 Points were in hand, and Xiang Tiange was very satisfied.
With a shift in focus, the System began nurturing for him again.
This time, it was five adorable Sprites. Surprisingly, a Dark Night Sprite appeared, along with a Light Sprite. The other two were an Earth Sprite and a Life Sprite.
Up to now, Xiang Tiange’s Territory had a total of 24 Sprites.
There were eight types in total.
Life Sprite, Earth Sprite, Water Sprite, Wind Sprite, Fire Sprite, Thunder Sprite, Light Sprite, and Dark Night Sprite!
Among them, the Thunder Sprite was most suited for combat, capable of controlling lightning and extremely powerful.
Next were the Wind, Fire, and Water Sprites. The abilities of the Dark Night Sprite and Light Sprite were still unknown.
However, Xiang Tiange felt they probably wouldn’t be too weak.
After welcoming the five new Sprites, Xiang Tiange was about to begin his devilish training again.
In a training pen, Haisewei had already prepared opponents for Xiang Tiange. These opponents were a group of One-Star Level monsters, including badgers, wild boars, mutated wolf dogs, and terrifying giant snakes.
Xiang Tiange gritted his teeth and steeled himself.
To become stronger.
“I’m ready!”
At this moment, Xiang Tiange was full of confidence. Last night’s devilish training and the assistance of the medicinal liquid hadn’t been for nothing.
Now, he only felt an abundance of power within his body!
Haisewei revealed a faint smile and, the next second, released a badger and a wild boar in front of Xiang Tiange.
“Why two?” Seeing this, Xiang Tiange was dumbfounded.
“What? Scared?” Haisewei said with a light laugh.
Hearing this, Xiang Tiange’s expression turned extremely unpleasant.
“What’s there to fear? How could I possibly be afraid? I just don’t believe it!”
With that, he swung the sword in his hand, performing the sword technique Xiang San and the others had taught Xiang Tiange the day before. This was the most basic combat method, not difficult to execute, and also the simplest and most effective.
However, the prerequisite was that Xiang Tiange needed to master it thoroughly.
During yesterday’s training, he had relentlessly hacked at a large tree two thousand times, feeling as though his arms were about to give out.