"Lord… Mr. Zhongli!"
Xiao hurried over, taking out five stacks of stone blocks from his inventory.
"I've mined five more stacks. You can use these first. If it's not enough, I'll keep mining!"
"Thank you."
Zhongli nodded, looking at Xiao with a complex expression.
The child was sweating a little from exhaustion.
Although he still maintained a poker face, his eyes held an unconcealable excitement.
He didn't feel like he was being treated as free labor at all…
Zhongli regretted this in his heart and said softly,
"You've worked hard, Xiao. Rest for a bit. These stones should be enough for now."
Xiao, however, shook his head and said in a deep voice,
"Mr. Zhongli need not worry about me. This is Liyue's opportunity, and we must seize it."
"Even Lady Tianquan and Lady Yuheng are working hard, so I, as the Yaksha, Conqueror of Demons, naturally cannot be complacent."
"According to Mr. Jiang Xuan's plan, these stones should not be enough. I will go mine a few more stacks."
Saying this, Xiao hurriedly turned and left again.
Decisive and efficient, truly worthy of being the Vigilant Yaksha.
However…
Zhongli listened to the sounds of laughter and playful banter coming from the already formed high tower, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Foolish child… Lady Tianquan and Lady Yuheng are having so much fun with Jiang Xuan…"
Shaking his head, Zhongli picked up the stones and continued to squat at the edge, placing blocks to build the platform.
Even though Zhongli felt he was being treated as free labor, he had to admit.
Building things like building blocks was really stress-relrelieving!
He felt much more comfortable after six thousand years of erosion.
...
On the high tower, Jiang Xuan and the other three had reached the designated height.
Now, they were spreading outwards.
Four people, just enough to cover four directions.
Looking at the three beautiful girls beside him, Jiang Xuan's trace of fatigue from a morning of labor vanished without a trace.
Although they were delicate young girls, they worked very hard.
Of course, that wasn't the main reason.
Visually pleasing, that was enough!
"Jiang Xuan, what's next?"
Ningguang looked at the scenery for a while, then withdrew her gaze and asked,
"What's next… is to build a completely enclosed, light-proof environment."
Jiang Xuan handed them a few more stacks of stones, replying with a smile.
But Ganyu was a little confused.
"Wait, if I remember correctly, the rule for monster spawning in this world is… no light source?"
Jiang Xuan nodded.
"That's right. We're going to use this mechanism to continuously spawn monsters in this enclosed space."
"Then, using water flow, we'll push them to the designated empty spot. They'll fall from the high platform, a drop of twenty-three blocks, leaving them with a sliver of health."
"This is the basic principle of a mob grinder."
The three were intelligent people. With Jiang Xuan's explanation, they immediately understood the specific situation.
"Of course, to be more detailed, there are even deeper reasons."
Jiang Xuan added with a smile.
"I specifically built the mob grinder on the sky island at home. The sky island is full of torches, so there's plenty of light, and no monsters will spawn."
"Then, this mob grinder, the only dark spot, will spawn a large number of monsters."
Ningguang mumbled, "So that's how it is," then lowered her head and continued to record in her notebook.
Jiang Xuan quietly waited for her to finish writing, then waved his hand to start working.
The three listened to Jiang Xuan's guidance while taking notes of various details.
Fortunately, the enclosed platform of the high-level mob grinder wasn't very big. It was soon built, with only the top remaining unsealed.
A perfectly square platform, like a matchbox.
A cross-shaped empty channel ran through the entire platform.
At this time, Jiang Xuan had poured four buckets of water into it.
The water spread eight blocks, which happened to reach the opening in the middle.
It looked like the flow was slow, but Jiang Xuan and the other three didn't intend to try if the water could push them.
"Next…"
Jiang Xuan casually made a crafting table and quickly crafted a pile of trapdoors.
Ganyu, crouching beside him, tilted her head and asked curiously,
"Jiang Xuan, why use trapdoors?"
Seeing Ganyu's adorable appearance, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but rub Ganyu's head.
"Because monsters won't walk into the water flow on their own. So, we need to place trapdoors over the water flow channels."
"That way, they'll think it's a block, and then they'll walk over and fall down."
Ganyu's face was flushed, and she nodded softly.
Jiang Xuan calculated the number of trapdoors. After realizing he had enough, he immediately distributed them to the three girls.
He reminded them to be careful, then placed all the trapdoors above the water flow channels.
Ningguang even opened and closed a few trapdoors.
Seeing how useful this thing was, her eyes showed some thought.
He wondered what she was thinking of again.
Jiang Xuan nodded contentedly.
"That's about it. We're ready to cap it off!"
Saying this, Jiang Xuan placed a ladder beside him and climbed up onto the top of this large box.
Ningguang and the others also followed Jiang Xuan up.
The rest was much simpler.
The four of them, each in a corner, mechanically filled in blocks.
It didn't take long for the mob grinder to be officially completed.
Although no monster roars were heard from inside yet, Jiang Xuan was absolutely confident that this mob grinder was successful.
He looked at it with satisfaction, then suddenly, Jiang Xuan froze.
"It's over!"
Jiang Xuan awkwardly scratched his head.
"I… forgot to leave a way down…"
"…"
Ningguang and the other two, who had been feeling somewhat proud, instantly lost all their pride.
Keqing looked at Jiang Xuan with a complex expression and said softly,
"Jiang Xuan, you said… monsters falling from such a height would only retain a sliver of health. Then what about us…"
Jiang Xuan nodded with a profound expression.
"We will definitely die!"
The three girls fell silent.
The wind at high altitude was somewhat desolate. The three looked at each other, speechless, feeling as if they had been tricked…
Jiang Xuan felt a little embarrassed, scratched his cheek, and said softly,
"It's not that big of a problem…"
Saying this, Jiang Xuan flipped out Yamato.
Instantly, Keqing was attracted by this drawn sword.
The long, elegant blade, the mysterious and unpredictable patterns, coupled with Yamato's deep aura.
Keqing concluded that this sword was definitely a treasure far surpassing any divine weapon.
"Jiang Xuan, this sword…"
Keqing looked at Jiang Xuan with some anticipation.
"Drawn sword."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said softly,
"This thing, there will be a way to craft it in the future, but for now, to get down, we still need it."
"By a sword?"
Ningguang looked at Jiang Xuan in confusion. The latter didn't explain.
He smiled mysteriously and turned to Ganyu.
"Ganyu, sorry."
Saying this, he gently put his arm around Ganyu's waist. Instantly, Ganyu completely froze.
Ganyu didn't know whether she should resist or not. For a moment, she could only let Jiang Xuan hold her.
Jiang Xuan didn't linger on Ganyu's figure for long. He swung Yamato.
To be honest, Jiang Xuan had never imagined in his life that he would one day be stuck at a high place.
And would actually need the skill of a drawn sword to get down.
However, it was fortunate that he did have a drawn sword. Otherwise, he would have had to try the "water bucket save" trick.
Jiang Xuan's plan was also very simple: use Yamato's illusory sword thrust teleportation effect to get down.
That is, currently, the mod wasn't enabled. Otherwise, flying up in place with a sword would be even simpler.
He looked down at Ganyu, whose ears were already completely red.
Jiang Xuan whispered,
"I'll take you down first."
Saying this, a dazzling sword shadow suddenly appeared behind Jiang Xuan. It shot out like a streak of light and pinned itself to the ground below.
Jiang Xuan swung another sword, and in an instant, as if traversing space, he arrived on the ground.
This move was caught by Keqing and Ningguang above, as well as Zhongli and Xiao not far away.
They could confirm that Jiang Xuan himself did not possess this kind of spatial ability.
In other words…
"A sword?"
Zhongli's eyes held a hint of shock.
"A sword… actually contains the power of space?!"
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