Jiang Xuan had no intention of digging a mine under his house. At least, not yet. The reason was... no torches. Digging downwards in pitch black, he wouldn't be able to see anything.
What if he dug into a zombie spawner? Wouldn't that be serving himself up on a platter? The most pressing matter was definitely to find a natural mine, first dig a few stacks of coal to make some torches.
As for mines, they weren't hard to find. Backed by a large mountain, there were plenty of mines nearby. Even if there weren were none at the entrances of those mines, there would be some on the mountaintop.
This time, Jiang Xuan even made a special trip to another good brother's house. He took a bed. After all, when it came to mining, who knew how long it would take? Mature cube-shaped people always carried beds with them, ready to set up home in a mine at any time.
This village was terribly poor, and all the villagers were unscrupulous merchants. Not only were there pitifully few things to trade, but they were all useless food items. What did Jiang Xuan need this food for? He had a workbench and a furnace. When hungry, he'd steal vegetables. When he craved meat, he'd slaughter pigs in the pigpen. Pure self-service buffet!
Jiang Xuan didn't plan to go straight for diamond ore and obsidian this time. Those were too far out of his reach and too dangerous. As the King of Stealth, how could Jiang Xuan go to such depths without a full set of iron armor? Jiang Xuan's plan was to focus solely on mining iron.
He needed enough for three sets of iron armor and tools, plus seven or eight iron buckets and shears. He also needed to gather materials for an iron door to prevent villagers from shamelessly entering his house. He also needed to gather some iron blocks to make an Iron Golem.
With Iron Golem on his side, Jiang Xuan would be safe wandering the village at night. Besides, although this village was small, its geographical location was excellent. Jiang Xuan planned to develop it into a forward operating base. He definitely needed to optimize it well; these were all materials.
He also planned to kill some monsters in the mine to complete the next stage of his achievement quests. It would be even better if he could find lapis lazuli and redstone underground. In addition, Jiang Xuan also planned to look for more spiders to gather string for bows and arrows.
Although he preferred crossbows, those things were too iron-intensive. Not to mention, they couldn't be enchanted with Infinity and Flame. A waste! What a waste! He already had an AK47. Later, when mods were available, making bullets would be so much better.
After careful deliberation, Jiang Xuan roughly estimated that he needed at least six stacks of iron ingots. The scale of the project was immense. However, as the saying goes, "when men and women work together, the work isn't tiresome." What's more, Jiang Xuan was accompanied by two beautiful girls. Never mind mining; they could even have fun playing house.
"Jiang Xuan, where are we going?" Keqing, who was chopping trees ahead, turned back and asked. Jiang Xuan had told her about chopping trees. In the early stages, the best approach was to chop down every tree they encountered on the way, leaving no stone unturned.
Anyway, Keqing and Ganyu now synchronized some of Jiang Xuan's special traits. Roughly speaking, they could carry nine stacks of materials. Compared to Jiang Xuan's nine stacks on his person and twenty-seven stacks in his personal inventory, it was indeed a significant reduction. But it was enough. Being able to carry nine stacks of materials meant they synchronized this portion of his power. Very strong!
"Not far, we'll be there in a few minutes," Jiang Xuan looked up in the right direction and replied.
"Then I'll chop some more trees!" Keqing nodded excitedly, then continued her tree-chopping endeavor. She always remembered: to get rich, first chop trees. Not to mention Jiang Xuan's needs, Liyue Harbor also needed these timber resources. One log block decomposed into four planks.
One plank, processed by Liyue's artisans, could produce dozens of pieces of fine lumber. These were all resources! Free of charge! What's more, even without processing, such magical materials were highly valuable. Building a small island in the sky was effortless.
Keqing only regretted not having enough space to carry them. Nine slots. In her plan, wood would occupy at most two slots. The remaining slots needed to carry other material resources. "If I have time, I'll have to ask the Adepti for help in creating a Serenitea Pot... Carrying too few things is a waste of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Keqing sighed, muttering softly.
Hearing "Serenitea Pot," Jiang Xuan was quite interested. He had asked Keqing and the others to try it before; the Vision space could store these materials. But... after loading them, they still felt heavy.
If her on-person inventory was full, the materials in her Vision space would become overweight. However, the Serenitea Pot didn't have this problem. Didn't Lumine always carry the Serenitea Pot around the world? Jiang Xuan naturally also wanted to carry more things. This could be considered a "bag within a bag," an infinite nesting doll.
"Ganyu, can you also buy me a portable Serenitea Pot?" Jiang Xuan turned and asked. Ganyu, while cautiously guarding against dangers, replied distractedly, "If Jiang Xuan wants one too, I'll speak to Madame Ping about it." Keqing might not know Madame Ping's identity,
but Ganyu knew very well. She was the Adeptus known as Streetward Rambler, the master of adeptal arts. Given Ganyu's relationship with Madame Ping, it would be easy to obtain a Serenitea Pot. Although such an item was difficult to craft... who called Ganyu a junior among the Adepti? Juniors were often favored.
"That would be great, thank you, Ganyu." Jiang Xuan smiled and nodded. Ganyu said softly, "It's alright, Jiang Xuan has helped us so much. It's just a Serenitea Pot; Madame Ping would be willing to help when she knows."
Looking at Ganyu's beautiful face, Jiang Xuan's heart involuntarily softened. He thought for a moment, then said softly, "Ganyu, you don't need to worry about me. If you want to chop trees, go ahead. You can bring back more resources before returning to Liyue."
"No!" Ganyu said with a serious expression, "I must protect Jiang Xuan! Jiang Xuan is the most important!" "As for resources, this is just an exploration this time. Keqing can carry some. And Jiang Xuan needs these for pioneering, right?" "Next time we come,
we can mine ourselves." Although Ganyu's words contained no selfish motives, Jiang Xuan found them very heartwarming. He smiled and said softly, "Then... next time I'll take Ganyu to mine for gold and make some golden apples for Ganyu."
"Golden... golden apples!" Ganyu was surprised. "Such things exist? But, Jiang Xuan, are you sure they're edible?" Jiang Xuan spread his hands. "Of course they are. Not only do they taste great, but they also have many magical functions!" "The most important thing is..." Jiang Xuan lowered his voice, speaking mysteriously, "No matter how many you eat, you won't get fat!"
Won't get fat! Ganyu's eyes immediately lit up. She unconsciously pursed her lips. "Then... then I..." Ganyu found it hard to speak. Jiang Xuan smiled and waved his hand. "It's alright. It's not hard to make. Consider it my gift to Ganyu. If Ganyu insists on thanking me... how about letting me touch your horns?"
A blush immediately spread across Ganyu's face. She lowered her head shyly, muttering, "Touching my horns... well, since Jiang Xuan is my friend, I'll..." Before Ganyu could reluctantly agree,
Keqing suddenly turned back and shouted, "Jiang Xuan! We've reached the end! There's a big mountain ahead! And a very deep cave below! Come quickly and see if it's the mine you mentioned!"
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan immediately looked up and replied, "Wait, I'm coming! Don't go in, it's dangerous!" With that, Jiang Xuan excitedly turned to Ganyu. "Let's go, Ganyu! We're about to start working!" Without waiting for Ganyu's reply, he grabbed her hand and rushed towards Keqing. Jiang Xuan wasn't thinking anything else; it was just a miner's passion for the mines acting up.
But for Ganyu, this was very embarrassing. She had never held hands with a man in her life. More importantly, Jiang Xuan had just eagerly suggested touching her horns. Ganyu couldn't help but let her imagination run wild.
The most straightforward thought was... "Does Jiang Xuan really like me...? Although he's kind and gentle, and has always guided me, he's the best human friend I've had in thousands of years..." "But... but..." "Isn't it a bit too fast?"
Jiang Xuan didn't notice Ganyu's wild thoughts. He excitedly ran to Keqing's side, glanced around, and declared, "That's right! This is it! Get your pickaxes ready, let's go mining!" Jiang Xuan let go of Ganyu's hand and pulled out his wooden pickaxe. His eyes were burning as he stared at the mine entrance. "Finally... after a year, I'm going home!"
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