Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 219: Chapter 192: The Star Sea Is Also a Sea, a Pie from the Sky

A moment later, Pang Damao saw Pei Zhi. Pei Zhi was brewing tea and chatting with Lu Aqi. Beside them sat another person in a high-backed armchair, dressed in magnificent clothes and possessing an extraordinary air. Pang Damao found him somewhat familiar but couldn’t place him.

The man, of course, was Jin Buhuan, disguised as ”King Dongsheng.”

Jin Buhuan and Lu Aqi had already made their arrangements. They were about to set off for the King Dongsheng’s Prince Mansion in Huashan County. In fact, the two had come to bid Pei Zhi farewell.

Pang Damao had arrived at just the right time.

A moment later, Pang Damao gathered more than two hundred Refugees. The Refugees boarded the little train, but instead of returning to Eggshell Village, it traveled up the Li River toward Jinyuan County.

Lu Aqi, Jin Buhuan, Pei Zhi, and a few Muscle Men also boarded the little train.

The little train rumbled along, attracting countless gazes along the way. It arrived at the Jinyuan County docks in less than an hour.

There, Lu Aqi, Jin Buhuan, and their group of Muscle Men switched to horse-drawn carriages and continued toward Huashan County.

They kept a low profile on the road, not wanting any complications.

Meanwhile, Pei Zhi and Pang Damao headed for the Jinyuan Zhao Family.

Zhao Mei was currently in her territory. When she heard that people from Black Stone Mountain had arrived, she dared not be negligent and immediately rose to greet them.

Upon seeing Zhao Mei, Pang Damao got straight to the point. ”Miss Zhao, our boss requests your presence. Please accompany me to Huaguo Mountain!”

”Hm? Huaguo Mountain! Your boss is... I understand, I understand. So that’s how it is. I’ll head over at once! Can I bring my family members with me as well?”

Pang Damao was taken aback. ”What do you mean, Miss Zhao?”

”Never mind. You wouldn’t understand even if I told you. I’ll speak to your boss in person!”

Zhao Mei even urged him to get going.

Pang Damao hadn’t expected things to go so smoothly. He originally thought it would take some persuasion and had prepared a whole speech on the way, but now it was completely useless.

’Looks like the boss’s reputation is even greater than I thought!’

As if reaching a realization, Pang Damao dared not delay. Soon, the little train was on its way again.

By the time the little train returned to Eggshell Village, the match in the Super God Football Stadium was about to begin.

Light flared in the sky, turning night into day, as large crowds of villagers hurried toward the Super God Football Stadium.

Pang Damao didn’t know what was happening, but he really wanted to run over and see. Unfortunately, he was burdened with tasks. He still had to take over two hundred Refugees to report to Eggshell Castle, register them with the Secretariat, and assign them to the Production Teams. The final job of arranging their accommodation would probably fall to him as well.

’Damn it, this is all work for the Foreign Affairs Department.’

Pang Damao grumbled resentfully.

Zhao Mei was bewildered upon her arrival. A handmaiden, Liu Qin, came to receive her, leading her all the way to the stands of the Super God Football Stadium.

A table had been set up in the stands, where Yuan Yao had already prepared tea brewed with water from the Spiritual Spring. She said to Zhao Mei, ”Please have some tea, Miss. My lord will be here shortly!”

”Alright, alright...”

Zhao Mei replied. As she took a delicate sip of the tea, she secretly came to a decision.

Before long, the first official Super God Football match began.

Two teams walked onto the field.

These were hastily assembled teams. One was the Yellow Mud Football Team, led by Boss Li. Its members were all from the Giant Crab Sandfield, formerly villagers of Huangni Village. They stood blankly on the green turf, not understanding a thing and with no idea what to do next.

The other team was also hastily assembled. It was led by Zhang Dashan and named the Stone Football Team. Its members were mainly from the Production Team, with Zhang Xiaohu and Yang Xiaobao roped in to make up the numbers.

They didn’t know how to play either, but they looked very serious. Zhang Dashan had given them a stern talk, informing them that this was a mission assigned by Eggshell Castle that had to be completed no matter what—and that there was prize money for winning.

Soon, with a crisp whistle that seemed to come from the very air, the Super God Football match officially began.

Yet all the players on both teams just stood there, stunned and motionless. Zhang Xiaohu and Yang Xiaobao, in contrast, were quite lively, kicking the football back and forth. Before long, Zhang Xiaohu unleashed a powerful shot—and the ball went in!

”The Stone Team scores one point. The current score is one to zero!”

The voice of the aerial referee echoed from the sky, and only then did the players on the field begin to understand how to play.

”So all we have to do is kick the ball into that goal!”

”That doesn’t seem so hard!”

”Get the ball! Get the ball! We can’t just let two kids keep scoring!”

”It’s just kicking a ball, what’s so hard about it? Come on, guys, let’s go! There’s prize money if we win!”

”Charge!”

After a clamor of shouts, the players finally started moving. But every last one of them was a complete amateur, kicking wildly, committing all sorts of fouls, scoring own goals, and tripping all over themselves...

By halftime, the score was forty to one—because everyone was kicking the ball into the Yellow Mud Team’s goal.

Zhao Mei watched, completely stunned.

’What in the world are they doing? This has to be a joke!’

It was then that Wang Yi appeared.

He had just come from the Fine Weapons Factory, where he had checked on the four Feng Yuxiu who had successfully achieved a breakthrough.

With the help of the Fish-Transformed Dragon, their Inner Strength had reached a state of great completion, allowing them to break through from Elite-level Huajin Fengyu Cultivators to Heroic Level Grandmaster Fengyu Cultivators.

Grandmaster Fengyu Cultivators possessed Grandmaster-level Inner Strength and had mastered Yujin. They could now create Palm Seals and emit Sword Qi, drastically increasing their combat power.

When equipped with the Yellow Springs Locks painstakingly forged by the Fish-Transformed Dragon, their combat strength became comparable to that of a King, enabling them to fight even the Kung Fu’s Number One Killing King!

’I need to get uniforms for the Brocade Guard soon. How can they be called the Brocade Guard without their brocade robes... I wonder if they can wear jerseys? If they did, I’d have to rename them the Jersey Guard, wouldn’t I?’

Wang Yi muttered to himself. Seeing Zhao Mei, he clasped his hands in a formal greeting and said, ”Forgive me for summoning you so abruptly. Please pardon any poor hospitality.”

”Please don’t say that!” Zhao Mei said hurriedly. ”May I ask why the Great Saint has summoned me?”

Wang Yi said, ”I’d like to learn about the Navigator Lord Talent.”

”Navigator?” Zhao Mei said. ”It’s a very average, B-rank Talent. The main effects are that I don’t get lost at sea, I can obtain oceanic resources and information more easily, and it allows me to recruit crew members. There’s nothing particularly special about it.”

”What are the specific effects of ’obtaining oceanic resources and information more easily’?”

”Specific effects? There aren’t any, really. It just means that when I sail into a new area of the sea or approach a resource point, I get a system notification. That’s it.”

”What about recruiting crew? Can you recruit Players as crew members?”

”I believe so. The recruitment function isn’t anything special, either. It only activates when you have a ship. The recruited crew members just gain a new status; they aren’t bound by any restrictions, and they can be dismissed at any time...”

”I see.”

Wang Yi nodded. After about half a minute of silence, he asked, ”The Star Sea is still a sea, and a spaceship is still a ship. Have you ever piloted a ship into the Star Sea?”

”The Star Sea?” Zhao Mei quickly shook her head. ”My Talent works in the Star Sea, too? But I’ve barely even explored the oceans. How would I have the means to go to the Star Sea?”

”Perhaps I can give you the experience.”

Wang Yi now suspected that the Southern King, Tong Yuanhai, had likely been to the Star Sea. He owned a spaceship, so it was theoretically possible.

’I wonder if World Lines exist in this Typhon World... Tong Yuanhai said Typhon World is just the Newbie Village. Does that mean entering the Star Sea is how you leave it? Maybe I should go take a look, too...’

Having made his decision, Wang Yi spoke again. ”If you’re not in a hurry, Miss Zhao, why not rest for a night here on my Huaguo Mountain? I have a Galaxy Airship—which can loosely be considered a Cosmic Spaceship. Tomorrow, you could join Miss Ye and me for a trip into the cosmic Star Sea. How does that sound?”

Zhao Mei nodded. ”Of course, that’s no problem. To be able to fly into the heavens with the Great Saint is an honor I couldn’t have hoped for. However...”

”However? Do you have some concerns, Miss Zhao?”

”Great Saint!” Zhao Mei bit her lip. ”I discovered an island overseas called Bright Pearl Island. It’s a resurrection point. To be honest with you, I’m planning to change my class to Adventurer. But I can’t leave behind my adoptive father and the others from the Zhao Family. If I change my class, my current identity as Miss Zhao will cease to exist. That would be a huge blow to Old Zhao. I want to ask the Great Saint to take them in and protect the Zhao Family. In return, I’m willing to offer the entire Zhao Family fortune...”

”It’s rare to see someone who cares about the feelings of the Indigenous People.”

”People aren’t made of stone; how can one be unfeeling? Old Zhao has been good to me. He’s the famous Great Benefactor Zhao, a good man who has spent his life doing good deeds and accumulating merit. The rest of the Zhao Family are good people, too. I hope they can all have a secure future.”

”Are you sure you want to change your class to Adventurer?”

”Yes, I’m sure! When the time comes, I’ll have to ask for the Great Saint’s help to fish me out of Bright Pearl Island and assist me with the class change!”

”That’s simple enough. I can do that. I can also offer the Jinyuan Zhao Family my protection. How about letting them settle in Eggshell City, here at the foot of my Huaguo Mountain?”

”That would be wonderful! In the next few days, I’ll gift you every resource I’m able to. I’ll have the Zhao Family’s trading team merge with your Fire Dragon Trading Team, and I’ll bring all of the Zhao Family here. I’ll be counting on the Great Saint to look after them from now on!”

”Don’t be so formal. If anything, I’m the one getting the better end of this deal.”

Wang Yi felt like he’d hit the jackpot. He never expected that after just one meeting, Zhao Mei would offer not only herself but her entire family fortune. It was a massive, pleasant surprise.

A moment later, the first Eggshell Village Super God Football match concluded. The final score was sixty-six to one. The Stone Team won. They roared with cheers, and the Yellow Mud Team cheered right along with them.

Then, with a flash of golden light, a Supreme Jersey materialized on every member of the Stone Team, and soccer cleats appeared on their feet.

This made them even more excited.

’It’s finally over. With this as a start, plus the prize money, some of the territory’s residents should be motivated to learn the rules of football. This is another way of drilling the troops, I suppose...’

Wang Yi had little interest in watching any more matches.

After having Yuan Yao arrange accommodations for Zhao Mei, Wang Yi returned to the Wukong Dojo to rest. The night passed without incident. The next morning, Black Beans was already waiting outside the Water Curtain Cave.

’This kid’s here early!’ Wang Yi noticed Black Beans. Without hesitating, he said to Yuan Yao and Liu Qin, who were accompanying him, ”Bring that boy to the Battle Sacred Land to find me!”