Chapter 1585 - 1109: Bloody Rain and Fiery Winds

Chapter 1585: Chapter 1109: Bloody Rain and Fiery Winds

Especially with the Insect Ghost, such a large creature, Jiang Yuan looked at the thin and small ring in his hand, then at the giant version of a pill bug in the nearby shrub.

He clicked to select it, first throwing a Ghost Immortal Scripture to the skill to gain experience.

The Insect Ghost’s health bar plummeted, then he clicked to use the Ghost-Catching Net.

"Whoosh!"

The small ring flew like lightning, directly toward the target, and just before reaching it, quickly changed shape — one side opened as if it had a mouth that kept opening wider to clamp around the Insect Ghost’s neck!

Of course, strictly speaking, this thing didn’t have a neck. If you didn’t look closely, you wouldn’t even notice its head, only discerning the top from the bottom through the long antennae.

No doubt, this Magical Treasure, although low-level, was quite powerful when used properly.

The moment the Ghost-Catching Net looped around it, it immediately contracted, forcibly squeezing out a thin, narrow neck from the Insect Ghost.

"Hiss! Hiss hiss!"

The Insect Ghost, having taken a hit, was about to retaliate but was so choked that it couldn’t even make a sound, squeezing out fragmented hissing sounds from its throat, while the dozens of claws evenly distributed on both sides of its body scratched wildly in the air.

As he watched, the health bar gradually dropped until it reached a sliver.

The Ghost-Catching Treasure Net "whoosh" flew back with the unmoving Insect Ghost, the ring falling into Jiang Yuan’s hand, and the still-living Insect Ghost was automatically stored in the Storage Bag.

The thumbnail in the grid was a little pill bug, labeled: [Insect Ghost, can be refined in the Refining Workshop to extract spirituality, may randomly obtain Thousand-Layered Hide]

"Interesting." Jiang Yuan looked at the task list, which had changed from 0 to 1, feeling quite pleased.

He decided to take advantage of the capture task to familiarize himself with the monster groups on the mountains and rivers surrounding Newbie Village, making it easier to gather basic materials in the future.

The captured ghosts weren’t dead, so the bizarre ability to copy and paste didn’t appear anymore.

He was grateful that the peculiar transformation of the Elder Scholar he encountered was still normal, neither delaying work nor possessing stronger means of counterattack. Gathering it to continuously pollute similar peculiarities had resulted in the current main army for dungeon grinding.

If it were these copy-paste versions of peculiarities, or the bizarre things encountered in the World Tree Dungeon, not only would they provide no labor, but failing to eradicate them would be disastrous.

No one knew what kind of experiments the Outer Heaven Demon conducted, causing the same species to spawn so many variations.

Running maps + capturing various ghosts, the one hundred needed for the task was neither too many nor too few. With strength and a Magical Treasure, the whole process wasn’t difficult; the time was spent familiarizing himself with paths and searching for Evil Ghosts.

[Main Task: Build the Second Level Fuyun Space. Reward: +1 Regional Map]

[Task 2: Capture one hundred Evil Ghosts, already completed. Reward: +1 Building Materials Gift Package issued]

[Task 3: Build the Primary Treasure Forging Workshop and forge ten Yellow Springs Ferries. Reward: +1 Yellow Springs Teleportation Array Blueprint]

"Oh wow? The second-level courtyard isn’t even built yet, and we’re opening a new map to head to the Yellow Springs?" Jiang Yuan’s eyes lit up, and he perked up instantly!

Finally, he could see the legendary Yellow Springs in person, and perhaps obtain some precious Yellow Springs Water to have Hou Ze sell in the shop, which would be a lucrative business with no cost.

Extremely excited, he clicked to see the materials required to build the Treasure Forging Workshop, and suddenly, he couldn’t find a reason to smile.

Wasn’t it a bit too much?!

Besides covering materials from the entire mountains and regions, the quantity required was particularly large. Just for Black Fire Crystals alone, thirty pieces were needed. How long was this going to take?

Looking down at the Clone Arm Ring on his wrist, he saw there was still a little over a day to go before he could summon the clone again.

Jiang Yuan could only sigh deeply; there was no other way but to slowly gather the materials himself.

Yan Xuan, being a Divine Beast, certainly had no fear of this level of pollution, but she was currently the main support of the Wilderness World and could not afford any mishaps; Little Lark and Shi Hu were both growing; Huo Jun was in seclusion attempting Ascension; and Old Dog had also been sent to the Divine Hall to receive the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Dog’s legacy.

Anything with a hint of divinity couldn’t be used, and for safety, he didn’t dare haphazardly bring other members of the courtyard to help;

The Paperman and Paper Horse Skill also couldn’t withstand the polluted environment, not only being unhelpful but would blacken and turn into big trouble if polluted.

The unique nature of Fuyun Space meant that, apart from the Divine Artifact Avatar being usable, he had to rely on himself for now.

[Refining Insect Ghost, remaining time: 0:04:59]

He pushed open the door to the Refining Workshop, clicked to place the Evil Ghost from the Storage Bag onto the tray, and the Refining Workshop started with a "whoosh".

The flames leapt up, enveloping the Insect Ghost, and system prompts popped up immediately.

"Taking five minutes to refine one, the efficiency is quite passable, but the lack of workstations means only three can be refined at once..." Jiang Yuan pondered that a trip out would take at least one or two hours, and with no Courtyard Communicator, back-and-forth would be inefficient; letting the Refining Workshop sit idle wasn’t economical either.

Then, he saw on the interface, behind the last tray, an inconspicuous plus sign almost blending in with the background.

[Would you like to consume 100,000 Cold Crystal Jade to expand a refining slot?]

Aha? Different from the previous courtyard building settings!

For the buildings in the upper courtyard, all workstation numbers were fixed, only increasing by 2-4 new workstations after upgrades. Even at max level, the workstations numbered only two or three dozen at most, with no option for paid expansion.

He had more than ten million in his account, this was just small change!

When he got some Yellow Springs Water, he could sell it for profit and earn back what he’d spent.

The second expansion required two hundred thousand; the third, three hundred thousand, and so on.