1063: A new crisis

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Li Village.

Li Changkong stood at the entrance of the Village, within the range covered by the spiritual lamp, looking at The Black Night outside, which was pitch black and deathly silent. He then turned his head to look at the Village behind him.

In the Village, there were still a few candlelights that hadn't gone out.

After a whole day of frantic work, everyone had gone to rest.

Li Changkong hadn't closed his eyes for two days and one night now.

After this battle, Li Village had exposed too much. From tonight onwards, those of them who were ostracized by Vog Country's citizens were destined not to live in peace.

"The road ahead is unknown..." Deep in thought, Li Changkong rubbed his brow tiredly.

Looking at his dirty clothes and the wounds all over his body, A Man let out a turbid breath and walked straight towards the lake in the Village.

"I also don't know if the Refining Water rewarded by the System has any effect on healing injuries."

While muttering to himself like this, Li Changkong then saw ten figures sitting cross-legged in the lake, only half of their bodies exposed above the water.

And on the lake shore were the armor and equipment of these ten people.

These fellows were even more proactive than him.

It seemed they had already experienced the benefits of the Refining Water before.

Standing on the shore, Li Changkong could also clearly see that their injuries were indeed healing at a visible speed under the infiltration of that faint red light!

Even their faces had gained a rosy glow!

The Refining Water could indeed heal injuries!

This discovery was quite a surprise.

Thus, if Li Village faced a prolonged battle, they would at least have backup energy support.

Coming into the lake water, Li Changkong also began to close his eyes and regulate his breathing.

In just a moment, he felt a burning sensation on his body surface.

Upon sensing his arrival, the Water for Refining immediately appeared around him and surged into his body!

Half an hour later, Li Changkong slowly opened his eyes.

When he looked at his body surface again, all the minor injuries on his body were completely healed!

Furthermore, his spirit, energy, and vitality had fully returned to their Peak.

It was as if he had gotten a full night's sleep!

Only after experiencing it firsthand did Li Changkong truly understand the terror of this Refining Water!

He also didn't know where the System got these good things from. To create and develop these things, the process must have been arduous.

"Village Chief."

After Li Changkong opened his eyes, the ten Knights in the lake, led by Li Man, also woke up one after another.

"Village Chief, I've broken through to Formal Knight!" Li Man's tone was excited.

He had eaten the Knight Sacred Fruit Li Changkong gave him before.

The result was that with the assistance of the Refining Water, he directly broke through!

This result truly thrilled Li Man beyond belief.

Since Li Village was formed until now, the strongest existence was only a Formal Knight. He never thought that one day he would also reach this level!

Of course, Li Man understood even more that everything that brought this about was their current Village Chief of Li Village!

"Not bad." Li Changkong expressed his satisfaction with Li Man's Breakthrough.

Li Village was currently short on fighting power. Now, with the addition of another Formal Knight, it could at least provide Li Village with more security.

The people of Li Village were not citizens recognized by Vog Country.

Their safety could only be relied upon by themselves.

Currently, Li Village could be considered at its strongest foundation in history.

But at the same time, it was also the most dangerous time!

Thinking of the difficulties they would face in the future, Li Changkong called out to the ten people in front of him.

Afterward, he led them outside the Village and, taking advantage of the night, began a new round of territory expansion!

Li Village was currently at Level 0.8.

Their population could still support them in expanding their territory to Level 1.

This was a System reward that was right in front of them and could be obtained.

The System's reward would definitely be able to further enhance the Village's foundation.

At this critical moment, Li Village must have a deeper foundation to cope with risks, so they couldn't afford to rest!

In The Black Night, after Li Changkong led everyone outside the Village, he lit another high-grade spiritual lamp.

The moment the spiritual lamp was lit, a burst of roars and fleeing sounds erupted around them!

After the monsters fled, the work began.

Fortunately, relying on the Refining Water in the lake earlier, everyone's spirit, energy, and vitality had recovered quite a bit.

Furthermore, since they were all Knights, their strength was much greater than that of ordinary people, so they didn't seem tired when they got busy.

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Busen City.

Renault Family.

At this moment, the Renault Family, from top to bottom, was brightly lit.

In the brightly lit main hall, Su Liang, with a face full of sorrow, vividly described the process of how the Knights who accompanied him died.

At the seat of honor in the main hall.

Was one of the three major powers in Busen City, the Master of the Renault Family, Raine.

Wearing a wide robe and holding a magic staff, after hearing Su Liang's words, a hint of gloom surfaced in his eyes.

He didn't feel anything about the deaths of those juniors. After all, the Renault Family was so large, with thousands of people in Busen City, a City with a population of two million.

The deaths of a few juniors were simply not enough to make him care.

The key was that those who killed the juniors of his Renault Family were a group of ' Alien'!

' Alien'.

This was the general term used by some royalty and nobles in Vog Country for people like Li Changkong who looked different.

Lowly ' Alien' killing the descendants of his Renault Family - just this point caused his Renault Family to lose a great deal of face!

"You were the one who took them to find trouble with that Village Chief. Why did they all die in the end, and only you survived?!" Before Raine could speak, behind Su Liang, a burly man over two meters tall with bright red face and white eyebrows questioned Su Liang in a severe tone.

He was also the elder of one of the accompanying Knights.

When he learned that his junior had suddenly died, his emotions clearly couldn't remain calm.

"I... I was going to die too!" Su Liang's voice carried a sense of grievance: "At that time, the people of Li Village used poison and knocked everyone out."

"At the last moment, I successfully cast the detoxification magic that Lord Raine had Instructed me on before."

"Using the last bit of magic power, I could only detoxify myself and escape."

"When I wanted to turn back to save people, I already found that Wyatt and Sam, all of them, had already died at the hands of those beasts!"

"Lord Raine, you must avenge Wyatt and the others! If those fellows are not eliminated, they will surely become a great threat in the future!"

Su Liang's emotional fluctuations were very intense.

This also gave his words an invisible credibility.

Seeing this situation, Raine sighed slightly: "Su Liang, your performance has made me a bit disappointed."

Raine frowned slightly as he looked at Su Liang, then added: "To become my Student, you must at least ensure that you think calmly when facing anything."

"The way you are now is very similar to most lowly ' Alien'."

The words were spoken plainly.

These words revealed a hint of coldness in Su Liang's eyes.

On the surface, however, he nodded sincerely: "Lord Raine is right, I lost my composure."

"Alright." Raine, feeling a bit tired, supported himself with his magic staff and stood up. He then turned to look at the white-browed burly man and another woman whose entire body was hidden in Darkness: "You two are Wyatt and Sam's relatives. This revenge will be carried out by you."

"Yes, Lord Viscount!" The two people behind him responded with cold tones.

"And Su Liang..." Raine paused, then looked at Su Liang below: "Even though Wyatt and the others were killed by the people of that Village, the cause of this incident lies with you. This time going to Western Main City, you should still go with the accompanying team. I won't be taking you."

Evidently.

Even though Su Liang had given Raine a good impression before, those people died helping Su Liang, which in Raine's eyes, was a mistake Su Liang made.

To Vog Country's Western Main City, Raine still allowed Su Liang to go, but he would no longer keep him by his side.

"Student understands." Su Liang controlled his emotions somewhat and replied with a clear tone.

As he lowered his head, the gloom in his eyes seemed to be breeding Darkness.

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The next day.

The rising morning sun dispelled the pitch blackness that had lingered throughout the night.

The cold aura brought by the monsters also slowly burned away with the arrival of the sunlight.

Li Village.

Li Changkong erected the last wooden wall for the current stage in front of him.

"Ding ~ Congratulations Host, territory area expanded by 1/8, territory successfully expanded."

"Current territory area, Level 0.9. Host, do you wish to claim the reward brought by the Level 0.1 territory expansion?"

The System's voice sounded in his ears.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Li Changkong looked at the work he and the other ten people had done throughout the night.

Another section of wall was added to the Village.

And Li Changkong's territory had also pushed outwards by a portion.

Compared to the original, Li Village's area had now increased several times over.

If a passerby were to take a look, they would only find it abrupt.

A Village with a population of only a hundred people, yet it enclosed such a large area of land. Wasn't this ridiculous?

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"Oh my! Village Chief Li, Hahaha, you're indeed still alive!"

From afar, the voice of the spiritual lamp shop owner, Qiao Yi, came over.

When he saw that Li Changkong was completely unharmed, and that Li Village hadn't suffered any substantial damage either, his eyes showed only surprise and a slight surge of seriousness.

He had been extremely concerned about what happened at Li Village yesterday.

Naturally, he knew what kind of forces the Renault Family had dispatched at that time.

For major powers, those forces were just a small commotion caused by some kids.

But for Li Village, a Village formed by ' Alien', it was a disaster of annihilation!

The final result, however, was that nothing happened to Li Village!

Furthermore, through intelligence channels, Qiao Yi learned early in the morning that among those from the Renault Family who went to cause trouble for Li Village, only one fellow escaped back to the Renault Family!

From this, it could be seen that the entire Li Village was absolutely not as weak as it normally appeared!

Thinking back to how he had made things difficult for this Village Chief when he bought spiritual lamps before, Qiao Yi felt cold sweat breaking out.

"Today's iron ore is there. Thank you for notifying me in advance yesterday." Li Changkong looked at an empty space in the Village and gestured.

"What's there to thank me for? Village Chief Li, you made it so that only one person escaped back from those people. With that kind of power, does it make any difference whether I reminded you or not?" Qiao Yi smiled and waved his hand, then stepped forward to examine the iron ore: "Your iron ore, the quality is really good. There are hardly any Impurities..."

"Only one person escaped back?" Li Changkong's voice came out.

In it, there was doubt.