Looking at the miraculous charcoal before her, Ningguang opened her mouth, unsure what to say for a moment.
"Ganyu..."
"Please wait!"
Ganyu raised her hand, signaling Ningguang to watch first.
"Regarding that world, there are too many wonders for me to explain at once."
"How about Keqing and I demonstrate the wonders of that world, and then we can discuss it?"
With that, Ganyu didn't wait for Ningguang's reply and immediately began to learn from Jiang Xuan, walking on air by stepping on invisible blocks.
Placing blocks in mid-air...
Ningguang always felt that Ganyu's tone towards her seemed a bit unfriendly. In fact, she could even sense it.
It seemed to be because her previous remarks to Jiang Xuan were not very kind...
However, that wasn't the most important thing right now.
Ganyu diligently demonstrated, while Keqing described the characteristics and abundance of various materials, and also recounted her and Ganyu's experiences in that world.
For a moment, Ningguang and the others were dazzled.
Looking at the increasing amount of materials on the ground.
Ningguang realized.
The most earth-shattering opportunity in history was approaching Liyue.
...
Jiang Xuan wasn't concerned about Ganyu and Keqing's meeting.
At this moment, his mind was completely immersed in building a house.
His original home had already been demolished.
Even within the 70x80 grid, Jiang Xuan had flattened all the villagers' houses and buildings.
He had also leveled the ground.
Having obtained so much wood, Jiang Xuan didn't need to chop down trees.
First, he built a fence, enclosing the area.
He left a double-door opening for the main gate, placing two fence gates.
As for the interior...
The lower-left corner was the breeding area. After being separated by a fence, a sizable stable was built.
The lower-right corner was the vegetable garden. It was already fenced, watered, and planted with seeds.
Beside it were stacked many chests and a workbench.
The upper-right corner was a decent-sized pond, and Jiang Xuan even had the leisure to adorn it with some lotus leaves.
He even used an iron bucket to catch a few ornamental fish and put them in.
The pond was decorated with flowers, vines, and leaf blocks.
Around the pond, he also built a simple small pavilion.
Hmm...
While called a small pavilion, it actually took some effort. It had a wooden walkway over the water, retro streetlights, and so on.
It was a good place to relax.
In the middle, in a moderately sized area, Jiang Xuan built a fountain, surrounded by sofas made of wooden steps.
The torches were also made semi-hidden. During the day, they looked like decorative pillars.
They would look beautiful when lit up at night.
This was without sea lanterns. Otherwise, Jiang Xuan could have done wonders.
Farms and pastures were easy to build. Anyone could do it. It wouldn't take much time.
Now, what needed to be done was the residential villa.
Jiang Xuan's plan was a basement storage room and a three-story retro villa decoration above ground.
As for why it had to be retro...
Are you kidding? He couldn't even get quartz yet!
But this was only the first phase of the project. He would make do.
Later, as things developed, Jiang Xuan still wanted to expand.
Building sky islands and underground ecological gardens.
Later, he would build a castle underground and a modern villa in the sky.
Building, once started, never ends.
Jiang Xuan had already planned the foundation of the house, a size of 30x40.
It was already very large.
In actual living space, it was twelve hundred square meters. Not to mention three people, if the house was well-planned, a dozen people wouldn't be a problem.
It was just that the land he had claimed was already large. If the house were any larger, it would encroach on other areas and look aesthetically displeasing.
He still wanted to expand it further.
Jiang Xuan's intention was that it absolutely could not be built like a dirt hut.
A retro-style villa had its own construction method.
A convex-shaped structure, with the first floor capped, and the second floor extended outwards to make a decorative garden and viewing platform, reserved for afternoon tea later.
And a walking path would be left.
The third floor would be a pointed roof.
With books and such, decorated with a few resting rooms.
As for enchanting and potion-making areas, they would be in the basement.
One area on the first floor would be made into an aquarium, and the rest would be a large living room, dining room, meeting room, and so on.
The second floor would be the main sleeping area.
This was the greatest effort that could be made without destroying the artistic conception of a retro villa.
Jiang Xuan actually hoped for a swimming pool, but he couldn't just use cobblestones, could he?
Too ugly.
He would wait until he had quartz blocks and concrete.
Building the framework was simple. With Jiang Xuan's speed, it was finished in less than two hours.
The internal areas were also partitioned with stripped oak.
On the outer walls, torches and stone streetlights were used for decoration.
Inside the rooms, normal hanging lamps.
Hmm...
Jiang Xuan still ended up using those three iron ingots.
With limited materials at hand, Jiang Xuan couldn't make any furniture.
He could only borrow some ready-made ones from the villagers.
He took five beds alone.
In one morning, Jiang Xuan basically completed the main framework of this phase of the project.
The difficulty was lower than he had imagined.
But it was understandable. After all, it was the physique of a great Block Person.
Overall, it had a retro elegance.
"Next..."
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment, made a few stone shovels, and excitedly headed straight for the river.
"Dig for sand, smelt glass! And grab some flint along the way."
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something, turned back to the vegetable garden, and picked up a fishing rod.
Anyway, smelting glass would take a long time, and it was still early.
He would fish while the glass was smelting.
What if he could fish up an enchanted book? Wouldn't that make him instantly rich?
...
While Jiang Xuan was happily engrossed in his great construction project.
On the Jade Chamber, Keqing's and Ganyu's introduction also finally came to an end.
Seeing Ningguang and Lady A Shan's confused expressions, Keqing and Ganyu exchanged smiles.
The first time they heard it, it was no less surprising than for Ningguang and the others.
However, Ningguang was Ningguang after all.
She quickly regained her composure.
Rubbing her brow, she said with a slight headache:
"I believe what you two said now. That outsider..."
"His name is Jiang Xuan!"
Ganyu emphasized firmly.
Ningguang was a little surprised. She gave Ganyu a deep look, a hint of amusement flashing in her eyes.
"Alright, it's Jiang Xuan... His world is rich in resources and full of wonder. Undeniably, the existence of this world means an even more glorious future for Liyue."
"Even if the Geo Archon himself were to see it, he would surely be shocked."
"But, what I want to ask is, why would he be willing to share his world? Is it that he's not afraid of us having other intentions towards him?"
Keqing's lips curved slightly, unable to hide her happiness.
"No, he won't! Jiang Xuan is our friend. He trusts us, and we trust him!"
"It has nothing to do with anything else; it's simply that we are willing to trust each other."
Hearing Keqing say this, Ningguang's mood instantly became somewhat complex.
Having stumbled and struggled her entire life to reach this point, Ningguang would not trust anyone, and no one could make her trust them.
She only trusted herself and Mora.
But for some reason, the life philosophy she was accustomed to now made her feel a little envious of Keqing and Ganyu finding a kindred spirit.
Shaking her head, Ningguang said softly:
"The matter we are going to discuss next concerns the nation; it cannot be colored by personal feelings."
"Keqing, objectively speaking, give me a reason why he would be willing to share with us."
Keqing pouted, raised a finger, and said:
"Firstly, this is not sharing. That world belongs to Jiang Xuan. No one can change that. No one."
"Jiang Xuan simply needs mutual benefit. We help him cultivate the world, and he allows us to obtain resources."
"Secondly... Jiang Xuan is very strong. He will not fear any faction that covets him. He has enough power to protect his world."
"Even the Geo Archon might not be Jiang Xuan's match!"
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