Crossing To The Primitive With A Game Panel

Xia Cao saw Lu Yu suddenly looking determined to do something, puzzled, she asked, “Witch… no, Lu Yu, what’s wrong with you?”

She couldn’t help but reveal Lu Yu’s true identity just now. It’s better to be cautious.

Remembering there was still someone else present, Lu Yu calmed down, “It’s, it’s nothing.” It’s better if fewer people know about Tai Lie’s lack of reaction. Even though Xia Cao is their insider, she shouldn’t be told.

And, now is a busy time. It seems inappropriate to talk to Tai Lie about this. It’s better to wait for a more suitable opportunity in the future.

“Alright, let’s get to work. Oh, since we’ve already established a trade with the Dao Ma Tribe, we can save the supplies we brought. I discussed this with Tai Lie before. We can check the exchange and commission areas for those supplies, or exchange them for something else that might be useful during the Great Drift. You guys can go to these two places more often these days to gather information.”

Piling up a bunch of fur there is too silly. There’s no bank to earn interest.

Xia Cao nodded, “Okay, I understand.”

After chatting about some details, they went their separate ways.

Lu Yu is now intentionally cultivating Xia Cao to be his deputy, mainly in terms of resource utilization. He currently controls most of the important resources of the Matai tribe, such as precious fur, weapons and armor, and red medicine, all stored in his storage ring.

But there are also some outside, like the supplies they brought this time. Lu Yu hopes that Xia Cao can take charge of managing them because he has a lot on his plate now and might not be able to handle it all.

After gathering information, Xia Cao proposed a plan to Lu Yu.

Don’t exchange the large pieces of fur, but use the small and ordinary ones to exchange for high-quality weapons and armor.

Lu Yu thought about it and agreed.

The large pieces of fur they brought were all intact and carefully processed by the people in the valley. There are still very few of this quality in the exchange area of Stone City. It might be a scam to exchange them, and some of the outsider tribes during the Great Drift might not have the ability to hunt such large prey, so they would want this kind of fur.

And so, two more days passed.

During these two days, Lu Yu’s “Grilled Meat Seasoning” became more and more well-known, attracting more and more customers, both new and returned customer. During this time, Lu Yu collected many treasures.

In addition to weapons and armor, he also obtained two bottles of potions, namely the “Agility Potion” and the “Decay Potion.”

There’s only one bottle of each, so Lu Yu couldn’t test what the actual effects of these potions were. He could only put them in his ring with the “Strength Potion” he obtained earlier.

Other than that, there weren’t any particularly special treasures, of course, there were no life potions either.

Lu Yu is now searching for treasures with the mindset that such things don’t exist, so he’s in pretty good spirits. It’s just that every time Tai Lie and the others show a little disappointment unintentionally.

While Lu Yu and his group were busy collecting information and treasures, the Dao Ma Tribe officially joined the inner layer of the Beast Plain.

The inner layer of the Beast Plain is accessed through a huge wooden door at the other end of Stone City. It’s quite far from this side, taking several hours to walk. So the Dao Ma Tribe essentially moved their home.

Lu Yu watched as they enthusiastically packed up large quantities of supplies and moved out. After another day or two, Zhou Lang came to him with materials.

Zhou Lang had people unload the items on the empty ground, “Here, these are the things you wanted.”

Lu Yu opened the panel to check.

He wanted “Sakura wood”, “Rose red stone” and “Sandalwood Roots.”

However, this quantity…

Zhou Lang snorted, “Only half the quantity. After you help us with the food, you’ll get the other half.”

This is a common rule in trading, but for Lu Yu, if he can’t get the full amount, then half is as good as nothing.

Lu Yu frowned, insisting, “No, you must give me all the materials first. Don’t worry, since I’ve promised to help you, I will definitely do it. Or, I can help you make it now. It’s just a few dishes, so it won’t take much time.”

Zhou Lang stomped his foot, “I don’t need you to do it now! Who does trade like this?”

The Witch is still in another land. It will take the Great Drift to see him. If he does it now, it will spoil by the time the Witch is seen.

Lu Yu couldn’t back down, “Only if you give me everything now, can I complete the trade.”

Seeing him being so forceful, Zhou Lang hesitated for a moment and finally gritted his teeth, “Fine, I’ll have someone bring the rest over later. You better not go back on your word, or our Dao Ma Tribe won’t let you off.”

Of course, Lu Yu won’t go back on his word.

That afternoon, Zhou Lang brought all the materials over.

Actually, except for thirty pieces of Sakura wood, which are a bit large, the Rose red stone and Sandalwood Roots are very small, and they can be packed in two baskets.

Lu Yu had already discussed with Tai Lie before. Since he got the materials in advance, he would go back to the village first, upgrade the village, and then come back.

Now that he has received the items, there is no need to hesitate. Tai Lie accompanied Lu Yu, along with Shan Puo and some other Matai people, to carry the items back. Le Shui and Xia Cao stayed here.

This time, in order to save time, Lu Yu didn’t fuss around and directly jumped onto Tai Lie’s back.

Steadily hopping on, Lu Yu secretly had a somewhat wild idea. This could also be considered as “riding” Tai Lie, right?

Dao Ma Tribe.

Zhou Lang glared at the person below, “What did you say? People are missing?”

The person kneeling on the ground trembled, “They ran too fast…”

Zhou Lang furrowed his brows, impatiently waved his hand, “Forget it, you can go down.”

“Yes.”

With a dark expression, Zhou Lang sat in the house, rubbing his chin, lost in thought.

—

In just two days, Lu Yu and his group returned to the Matai village.

The people who stayed behind at the watchtower spotted them and were already waiting at the village gate, cheering as they approached.

Lu Yu smiled.

Actually, because of the existence of the Dream Training Ground, he would take some time every night to visit the people left behind in the village to learn about the situation and inform them in advance that he would be coming back.

While others were communicating, Lu Yu wasn’t idle. He directly searched for all the special materials. Coupled with the ordinary materials he had collected earlier, the upgrade of the village was finally completed this time.

As Lu Yu searched for the last piece of rose-colored red stone, two lines of long-awaited words appeared on the panel.

[Material Collection Completed]

[Village Upgrade Completed]

Looking up again, Lu Yu saw the largest change in the village in history.

The area enclosed by the original stone wall had expanded by more than three times, even incorporating a part of the forest beside the village.

The stone wall itself had also risen to almost ten meters high, becoming thicker and wider. On top of it, there were arrow slits for shooting arrows and a platform. Next to the stone wall, there appeared stone stairs leading to the platform.

Originally, there was only one stone house where Tai Lie lived, but now each one had become a solid stone house. Not only had Tai Lie’s stone house been enlarged, it had also been raised, with what seemed to be an attic on the top floor. Two small stone houses connected to each other also appeared nearby. Overall, it looked like medieval European village architecture.

Lu Yu suspected that in the future, this stone house might turn into a castle…

To be honest, he prefers the ancient architecture of their Huaxia (China) country—simple, grand. But he initially chose the direction of “Battle Fortress.” If he had chosen “Ideal Homeland,” it might have developed into something resembling the ancient buildings of Huaxia.

If only there could be another homestead system in the future. Lu Yu thought greedily.

Each stone house had a stone-paved path connecting them, leading to the main gate.

The Matai people excitedly stepped on the stone slabs, looking around.

“Witch, there are huge bows and arrows up here!” A Matai person stuck his head out from the watchtower.

Now the watchtower had completely turned into a stone tower.

Lu Yu opened a small wooden door and ascended the spiral stairs inside the tower. The tower had grown taller compared to before.

Reaching the top, that Matai person was standing in front of a massive weapon.

“Witch, this crossbow is horizontal and fixed in place. It’s hard to pull,” he said.

Lu Yu walked over, feeling it, and exclaimed, “This isn’t just a crossbow, it’s a ballista.”

And it was a huge ballista, capable of shooting straight through an elephant.

Lu Yu fiddled with it and found that the ballista could move left, right, up, and down, although not by a significant margin.

This upgrade was worth all the effort just for this treasure.

However, there were no arrows on this ballista. They would probably have to make their own. When they’re made, they’ll test the power, range, and speed of this ballista thoroughly.

After this upgrade, Lu Yu finally felt relieved about the safety of the Matai people left behind.

With this stone wall, not only could people not climb up, even wild beasts would be shot dead before they could, let alone with the artifact ballista. If Xia Cao were to handle the ballista… tsk tsk, a new generation of female killer gods would appear.

After inspecting all the new things, Lu Yu and his group prepared to return to the Beasts Plain.

After this upgrade, Lu Yu looked forward even more to the next one.

Before leaving, Lu Yu reminded, “In case of any wild beasts or attacks from outsiders, remember to call the Valley people to take shelter. Also, we’ve seen traces of giant beasts before, so be careful when you’re out.”

“Witch, don’t worry.”

Two days later, Lu Yu and his group returned to the Beasts Plain.

Excitedly, Shan Pu whispered to Xia Cao about the changes in their village.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised, “Really? Everyone has stone houses, and there’s such a high stone wall?”

Shan Puo affirmed, “Of course it’s true! I think our village is much better than Beasts Plain, it’s just a bit smaller.”

“It’ll be even bigger in the future.”

Lu Yu smiled and said, then described the ballista to Xia Cao, “Xia Cao, you might become the strongest warrior of the Matai in the future.”

Xia Cao was also very fond of weapons. “I really want to go back and try it now! But, Witch, besides me, Shi Tou is also very suitable for using this weapon!”

Lu Yu asked, “Shi Tou?”

Xia Cao explained, “Shi Tou has very good eyesight, he can see very far and very clearly!”

Hearing this, Lu Yu remembered that Shi Tou had spotted them when Xia Cao were held captive by the Blackwater Tribe.

The Matai tribe really had everyone with their “specialties.”

Lu Yu felt that he should pay more attention to each Matai person in the future.

—

Two days after Lu Yu and his group returned, one night, the sky suddenly lit up.

Even from afar, Lu Yu seemed to hear the sound of the sea churning.

Boom, boom…

It sounded like huge waves surging in waves.

Lu Yu and the others walked out of the wooden hut, looking at the sky tinged with red light.

The Great Drift had finally arrived.