70: Moon worship altar

It's snowing again!

The snow is heavy, covering everything in a thick layer.

Liu Qiang organized everyone to clear the snow from the city roads, and everyone started burning wood for warmth, with smoke rising everywhere.

All the residences were refitted with fireplaces, which Han Huohuo thought was a good option.

The city was filled with the smell of burning wood; in his original world, people would definitely consider it environmentally unfriendly, but Han Huohuo quite liked the atmosphere.

Han Huohuo came to the riverbank; the river water was not only unfrozen but even steaming.

He felt a bit strange and touched the river water; it was surprisingly warm, not cold at all, which greatly surprised him.

Hua Mulan came over later and explained with a smile, "This Tongtian River is also called the Unfrozen River. No matter how cold it gets, this river will never freeze. The upper reaches of this river are in the Barbarians' Xiao Zhou Mountain, where water turns to ice instantly in extreme cold, but this river still won't freeze. Isn't it amazing?"

Han Huohuo nodded, "That's great then. It can bring some warmth to our Tongtian City in winter."

Han Huohuo suspected there might be a volcano beneath the river; otherwise, there was no reason for it never to freeze.

Nature is truly amazing.

Just as Han Huohuo and Hua Mulan were chatting leisurely.

Suddenly, a brilliant aurora appeared in the sky, and the ground shook violently, scaring everyone out of their rooms.

The river water was churning, and over a dozen giant pythons instantly emerged from it. All the giant pythons were in a panic, craning their heads to look around, as the surrounding mountains and rivers also shook.

Holy crap, was this an earthquake?

Han Huohuo was dumbfounded.

The shaking lasted for over ten minutes; fortunately, the magnitude wasn't too great. The buildings in Tongtian City were sturdy and suffered no damage. The ground quieted down again, and the giant pythons swam away in a panic. Even the most terrifying beasts feared the wrath of the heavens.

This was not something living beings could contend with.

Hua Mulan counted for a long time, and after the ground stopped shaking, she seriously said to Han Huohuo, "Lord, I've counted them clearly. There are a total of thirteen giant pythons by our river!"

Han Huohuo was startled, "Why are you counting these things?"

Hua Mulan asked strangely, "Didn't you say you wanted to deal with these giant pythons? The earthquake just happened to shake them all out. Isn't it right for me to help you count them?"

Han Huohuo was speechless, "I'm not interested in starting a war with these giant pythons. There's no rush."

While the two were chatting, Liu Qiang ran over, "Boss, something's wrong. Gou San is dying."

"Ah?"

Han Huohuo was startled. What was going on? Gou San was dying?

This guy was his lucky charm; he couldn't just die like this, could he?

"Take me to see. Why is he dying?"

Liu Qiang nervously led Han Huohuo to Gou San's doorstep, where they saw many people gathered around. Pang Muzhi was there giving Gou San first aid.

Gou San's head was covered in blood, looking quite frightening.

"What happened?"

"Lord, it was too scary just now. The ground shook, and then a wooden box suddenly flew over and hit Gou San directly, almost killing him. Doctor Pang is treating him now, but we don't know if he can be saved."

Han Huohuo saw a wooden box with strange patterns on the ground. The box was very ancient, covered in bloodstains, which were clearly from hitting Gou San.

He walked over, picked up the box, opened it, and inside was a blueprint emitting a colorful light.

Han Huohuo's mouth twitched a few times; what a coincidence!

[Mythical Wonder Blueprint: Moon Worship Altar]

Holy crap!

Holy crap!

Holy crap!

Han Huohuo's heart was in turmoil. This was too outrageous, wasn't it?

The City Lord's Mansion dreamed of controlling the Ten Thousand Mountains just to get this blueprint, and now it had appeared before him so bizarrely.

City Lord Guan really got the direction wrong. Why support Nine Dragon Mountain? He just needed to control Gou San; this guy was the real treasure magnet.

If you didn't control Gou San, even controlling the entire Ten Thousand Mountains would be useless; the treasure would just come knocking on your door!

It was just that, clearly, this blueprint's origin was too significant, a bit beyond Gou San's luck range.

Han Huohuo heard the cheers and only then snapped out of his shock. It turned out Gou San was lucky and had been saved by Pang Muzhi again.

After spitting up a lot of blood, he could finally breathe. With Pang Muzhi's half an hour of artificial respiration, his heartbeat reappeared. This guy truly had a strong life force!

Pang Muzhi was vomiting on the side, having thrown up his entire breakfast. Gou San's mouth was really smelly!

"Recover well. Tomorrow I'll have Mu Jiu restore your salary."

Gou San opened his eyes and heard good news, moved to tears. He held his Boss's hand and didn't want to let go. His salary was low, and now there were more female banditss, but none of them fancied him, leaving him unable to find a wife. Only the Boss was good to him.

Pang Muzhi finally finished vomiting. He didn't let Gou San go home but took him back to the medical hall for a few days of observation.

The onlookers dispersed.

Only then did Han Huohuo have time to carefully examine the details of the Moon Worship Altar.

[Moon Worship Altar]: Mythical Wonder

[Function]: Gains the Blessing of the Moon God. All residents' Strength +1, Stamina +1, Defense +1, Intelligence +1. Plague will never descend upon the city, disease incidence rate is reduced by 50%, disease recovery rate is increased by 50%, daily gold obtained by the Main Camp is increased by 100%, loyalty decrease speed is slowed by 50%.

White Pagoda is a combat wonder.

Moon Worship Altar is a Blessing wonder, especially terrifyingly effective at preventing diseases. Furthermore, it also has the effect of doubling the Main Camp's gold.

There was no such thing as heavenly luck in the wonder, only the effect of slowing down loyalty decrease speed. Han Huohuo nodded, figuring this probably meant 'he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world'?

But what's the use of slow decrease? It still means loyalty keeps dropping if you lose popular support. It's only effective if you increase everyone's loyalty.

Ultimately, you need good policies. Even if this wonder were given to the Great Qian Dynasty, it would only delay its demise. Changing fate against the heavens is just nonsense.

He gave the blueprint to Mu Jiu.

Mu Jiu was dumbfounded. She, of course, knew about the Moon Worship Altar. This was a legendary blueprint. She knew even more about it than Han Huohuo; there were many, many magical legends about this blueprint.

"Oh right, I just promised to restore Gou San's salary. Is that okay?"

"You've already said it, what opinion could I possibly have? Since you want to be a good person, give him back the salary that was previously deducted as well."

Mu Jiu looked at Han Huohuo with a mournful expression. It was that bastard who brought her here, turning a perfectly fine Empire Princess into the wife of the bandits chief.

Han Huohuo wanted to laugh inside and held it back for a long time before speaking. He quickly changed the subject, "Can this wonder be built immediately?"

"How could that be? We don't have enough resources. I think it will take at least a month to gather the resources, especially rare ones. We might even have to buy some."

"Okay, let's gather resources first. We'll prioritize building this. Doubling the Main Camp's gold income is terrifying just by itself. As long as we have gold, we can buy anything."

"I know!"

After speaking with Mu Jiu, Han Huohuo checked the system interface and found that he had leveled up again. Clearly, obtaining this blueprint had given him a lot of experience points.

[Congratulations, Lord, you have leveled up to Level 19]

[Lord]: Han Huohuo

[Level]: Level 19

[Attributes]: Strength 11 (3), Defense 6 (18), Stamina 4 (9), Intelligence 8 (3).

[Exclusive Skill]: Mechanical Specialization

[General Skills]: Intermediate Leadership, Primary Attack, Intermediate Wisdom, Primary Earth Magic.

Only Strength increased by one point; nothing else changed.

The system also showed a reminder that Heroes would undergo a job change after reaching Level 20, so preparations should be made in advance.

After giving the blueprint to Mu Jiu, Han Huohuo held the box and felt that this wooden box was also very strange.

He took the box to be dismantled, and sure enough, there was something hidden.

[Obtained Mythical Item, Jianmu.]

[Jianmu]: This mythical material can be used on crystals to give them the ability to continuously recover in battle, restoring 1% of the crystal's health per minute.