On the Sky Island.
After Jiang Xuan finished stacking the last stone, he stood up and surveyed his surroundings.
It was still the same platform as before, but it had expanded quite a bit.
At the very least, it was already about 700 to 800 square meters.
He estimated that he should be able to gather 50×50 at around 2 PM.
At this moment, the platform was no longer an endless stretch of rocks.
Not far away, there were twenty furnaces and six workbenches.
Other than that, there were also ten large boxes neatly stacked on the side.
This was not the most important thing.
Jiang Xuan picked up the pickaxe and walked towards a strange building beside him.
It was seven meters long and three meters wide.
The middle was hollowed out, making it look like a sink.
Magma flowed on one side, and clear water flowed on the other.
Between the lava and the clear water was a stone cube.
This was just a simple stone-brushing machine.
Because there was no funnel or something like that, it was temporarily impossible to make an automatic stone brushing machine.
However, it was enough for now.
To put it bluntly, the stone brushing machine used the principle of water and magma spreading infinitely to continuously produce stones.
It seemed simple, but there were still some tricks.
Lava turned into stone when it came into contact with water, but water turned into obsidian when it came into contact with lava.
Although obsidian wasn't bad, Jiang Xuan didn't have a diamond pickaxe and didn't want to go to Hell.
Jiang Xuan was deep in thought as his hands dug out rocks mechanically.
With the stone brushing machine, it could only be said that digging stones was convenient, but not efficient.
The best case scenario would be to create two more stone brushing machines.
However…
It destroyed the aesthetics and took up space.
Jiang Xuan had his own plans for the island.
There had to be an automatic farm, and there had to be a place for the monster grinding tower and the iron machine.
He could only make do with it for now. Anyway, he was not in a hurry. Before he returned, the preliminary design of the island would definitely be completed.
"Jiang Xuan?"
Gan Yu's gentle voice rang in his ears. Jiang Xuan turned around and saw Gan Yu and the other two behind him.
It looked like he had been here for a while.
"You…"
Gan Yu pointed at the strange device curiously.
Jiang Xuan smiled and handed the pickaxe to Ganyu.
"Why don't you try the stone-brushing machine?"
"Yes! I want to try!"
Gan Yu nodded cutely and held the pickaxe with a serious expression.
He tentatively dug out the rocks that appeared, and the lava and water instantly gathered.
In front of Gan Yu's eyes, it instantly turned into a stone.
Gan Yu widened her eyes in disbelief.
"How magical! An endless stream of stones?"
Jiang Xuan nodded with a smile.
"If the lava and water flow were placed in a different order, obsidian would appear.”
"However, obsidian is not easy to dig without a diamond pickaxe. It's best not to make that thing.”
"I'll do it. Gan Yu has been tired for the entire morning.”
"There is food in the leftmost box in the first row. If you are hungry, go and fill your stomach.”
After saying that, Jiang Xuan glanced at Ning Guang and said softly,"
"If you can't get used to it, I'll take you back to Liyue after I dig up a set of stones.”
Hearing this, Ning Guang withdrew her surprised gaze and shook her head gently.
"I'm not that delicate. Since the work is going smoothly, there's no need to struggle.”
"Besides, I've tasted the food here. At least those apples taste very good.”
Jiang Xuan nodded and smiled."
"Looks like you cut down a lot of trees today.”
Speaking of this, Ningguang was somewhat interested.
He took out a few saplings and handed them over.
" When I was cutting down the tree, the leaves disappeared. Not only did the apple stick fall, but this sapling also fell…"
"Jiang Xuan, do you need it?"
A sapling?
Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment before shaking his head.
"There's no need for that at the moment. Although I have the idea of creating an area for planting trees on the aerial platform, the size of the aerial platform in the early stages of the plan is not enough.”
"I still need to leave a piece of land to grow food. I'll do this when the second phase of the project begins. I have quite a number of saplings over there, and these things aren't very valuable.”
As he said that, Jiang Xuan didn't stop moving. He took the pickaxe and started digging.
"Then can I bring these back to Liyue to plant?”
Ning Guang asked curiously, and Jiang Xuan smiled.
"Of course. Isn't that courtyard already planted? However, the speed of maturity in Tivat might not be as fast as here.”
"It doesn't matter. When the bone powder becomes more abundant in the later stages, you can use the bone powder to ripen it.”
Hearing this, Ning Guang shook her head in confusion and turned to look at Ke Qing.
Jiang Xuan was puzzled.
"Will you forget such an important thing? Bone powder could ignore the time factor and forcefully ripen all crops and plants!”
This time, both Ning Guang and Zhong Li were moved.
As the country that was the best at farming among the seven countries of Tivat, no one understood what ripening food meant more than the people of Liyue.
Although Liyue was rich, there were still many people who could not eat.
Of course, it was just that they were not full.
The disparity between the rich and the poor was something that could be seen everywhere.
"Carved Clear! Why didn't you tell us about this earlier?”
Ning Guang frowned slightly and looked at Ke Qing in confusion.
Ke Qing, who had always done things in an orderly manner, had actually forgotten such an important thing?
Ke Qing pursed her lips and did not explain.
It was Gan Yu who helped Ke Qing out.
"It's not light condensation, it's…bone powder is too special…"
Gan Yu was a little hesitant. She glanced at Jiang Xuan and whispered,"
" Bone powder…is made from bones, and bones…"
"It's…it's human…"
Ning Guang and Zhong Li's pupils constricted as they looked at Jiang Xuan with a complicated expression.
No wonder Ke Qing didn't want to talk about this.
This was simply…
It was too much for the people of Tivat to accept.
Especially for a country like Liyue, which placed great importance on the burial of the dead.
Putting everything else aside, if Walnut knew about this, he would definitely be the first to come and cause a scene.
Jiang Xuan threw away the broken pickaxe and shrugged with a bitter smile.
"Gan Yu's explanation is wrong. Bones come from monsters. Skeleton archers only grow the size of humans.”
"We're not the same species. There's no need to care so much. The humans in this world can't be called humans.”
"You should put down your hesitation. Bone powder has many uses. We will definitely collect it on a large scale in the future.”
Zhong Li pursed his lips and whispered,"
"But…a human-like skeleton, in a sense, doesn't exceed the essence of a human?”
Jiang Xuan rolled his eyes.
"Do you have to treat them as humans? Just treat it as a slime…Can't the Abyssal Church do it?”
"For now, everything is focused on developing the wasteland. It's not our turn to talk about propriety, righteousness, and shame in the desolate world!”
Jiang Xuan looked at Zhong Li meaningfully.
Although the latter still found it hard to accept, he sighed and did not say anything else.
He loved people, but the prerequisite was that he had to love his own people.
Liyue people were the humans that he would risk his life to protect.
Reluctantly, Zhong Li could ignore the source of the bone powder.
At the very least, the bone powder could make all the people full. That was enough.
"It's hard to accept…"
Ning Guang rubbed the space between his brows with a bitter smile and sighed.
"But you're right, Jiang Xuan. The Desolation World doesn't have any sense of propriety, righteousness, or shame. This isn't a human being. We're here to make Liyue greater.”
"We don't have to care about anything else.”
"I will ask the advance party to collect the bone powder.”
Jiang Xuan raised his brows and chuckled."
"What advance party? I'm going to build a monster grinding tower later, so I can take whatever monster materials I want from it.”
Jiang Xuan waved his hand and said,"
"Mandrill! Please come over and dig some stones. I have to start working!”
Seeing Jiang Xuan walking towards the empty space with a pile of stones, Gan Yu hurriedly called out to him.
" Wait a minute, Jiang Xuan. There's one more thing we want to say…"
Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment before he patted his head.
"I almost forgot. It's mealtime, right? You guys go and eat something first. Don't worry about me. I need to think about farming the monster tower.”
"No!"
Gan Yu's face was slightly red as she whispered into Jiang Xuan's ear,"
"Can…can we build a new ladder…"
Jiang Xuan instinctively wanted to ask why, but when he saw Ning Guang and Ke Qing's blushing faces, he couldn't help but ask,"
She clutched her skirt uncomfortably.
Jiang Xuan scratched his cheek awkwardly.
"Sorry, I forgot about this…"
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