THRUST! THRUST! THRUST!

THRUST! THRUST! THRUST!

Every Female Soldier gritted her teeth and thrust forcefully.

With every forward thrust, they felt a pressure building in their chests.

Zhao Chi felt it too.

"Everyone, shout it out! Shout once for every thrust!"

"Shout what?" Tang Ruan asked.

"Kill!" Zhao Chi replied.

Gu Qing said, "Alright, everyone shout it out loud! Kill!"

"Kill!"

Zhao Chi nodded at Gu Qing.

Gu Qing continued to lead the Female Soldiers in their training.

"Everyone, get ready! Thrust!"

"Kill!!"

The sound was deafening.

The Female Soldiers let out the shout with all the breath pent up in their chests.

With that one shout, their presence completely changed.

It was really like they were standing on a battlefield, facing an enemy they were about to engage.

"Thrust!"

"Kill!!"

"Thrust!" (x1000)

"Kill!!" (x1000)

Throughout the morning, they performed over a thousand thrusts.

Zhao Chi watched as his and the Female Soldiers’ experience points slowly increased.

Finally, when the morning’s training ended, all the Level 0 Female Soldiers had advanced to Level 1.

The Female Soldiers who had already leveled up before also gained about half a level’s worth of experience.

At this rate, they would definitely reach Level 2 by tomorrow.

Everyone ate lunch with a hearty appetite, especially the Female Soldiers.

They were just that exhausted.

Even though they only practiced a single move, it still consumed a great deal of their Physical Strength.

Zhao Chi was holding a bamboo cup and eating roasted meat.

The roasted meat in his hand wouldn’t stop shaking.

It was shaking so much the salt was about to fall off.

Looking at the Female Soldiers beside him, they were all the same.

Their right hands were all trembling uncontrollably, but they were doing much better than Zhao Chi.

Gu Qing sidled up with a grin. "Lord, is your arm okay?"

"Of course, it’s fine." Zhao Chi’s arm was still trembling.

A drop of grease shook off and landed on Gu Qing’s chest.

Gu Qing softly wiped it away with her index finger, then brought it to her mouth and licked it clean.

"Don’t be so stubborn. Here."

Gu Qing held a meat skewer to Zhao Chi’s lips.

"No need. Everyone is just as tired. I’ll be fine on my own."

Zhao Chi raised his hand, and the bamboo skewer poked him in the face.

Zhao Chi: "..."

Gu Qing: "...Open your mouth."

Zhao Chi obediently opened his mouth.

Gu Qing had also practiced a thousand times that morning, but she hadn’t reached her exhaustion point. Her right hand was still perfectly steady.

After feeding him for a while, Tang Ruan walked over.

"Sister Gu, I’m done eating. Should I feed the Lord now?"

Gu Qing looked at Tang Ruan, then back at Zhao Chi.

"Alright, he’s all yours."

"Mhm."

Tang Ruan took the skewer from Gu Qing’s hand and brought it to Zhao Chi’s lips.

"Here, open wide, ahhh~"

’She’s kind of like a kindergarten teacher,’ Zhao Chi thought.

"It’s fine. I can use my left hand."

"But your left hand isn’t convenient either! Why do you only let Sister Gu feed you and not me? Is it because I’m not good at it?"

"...Fine, you can feed me."

"Okay! Hehe."

Soon, attended to by the two beauties, he finished the warm yet awkward lunch.

Li Zhu and the four other female Carpenters had been busy in the Woodworker’s Shop.

They were just now coming out.

Each of them was carrying newly made Wooden Spears and Wooden Shields.

Li Zhu said, slightly apologetically, "Lord, I’m so sorry. We’re all too inexperienced, so the Quality of what we made isn’t good. Only a few have acceptable Quality."

That was to be expected.

For newly designated Carpenters, simply succeeding in making something was good enough.

You couldn’t have high expectations for the Quality.

Zhao Chi nodded. "It’s fine, that’s normal. Just put them on the ground. You all should hurry and eat. Don’t skip your meals from now on."

"Okay, thank you, Lord. What should we do after this? Do you have any work for us?"

"Three of you continue making Wooden Shields and Wooden Spears, one of you make a wooden cart, and one of you make some wooden bowls or something. Eating out of bamboo cups isn’t very convenient, after all."

"Yes, Lord. I understand."

"Go on, eat."

"Mhm."

On the ground were 20 Wooden Spears and 12 Wooden Shields.

This was the work Zhao Chi had assigned them yesterday, and they had finally completed it all today.

The Wooden Spears and Wooden Shields were a uniform light yellow color of wood, a million times cleaner than the spears confiscated from the Goblins.

But the Attributes of these Wooden Spears were indeed not very good.

Among them, only two sets were of "Standard" Quality.

The rest were all "Crude" or "Inferior."

Zhao Chi picked up two Wooden Shields:

The first was Inferior:

[Name] Wooden Shield

[Quality] Inferior

[Durability] 75

[Defense] 4

The second was Standard:

[Name] Wooden Shield

[Quality] Standard

[Durability] 150

[Defense] 9

Durability is the equipment’s Life. Once it’s gone, the equipment shatters.

Defense Power is, of course, also very useful.

If an enemy’s Attack Power is 7.

Then the Standard Wooden Shield’s 9 Defense can completely block the entire Attack. The 7-point Attack will consume 7 points of the Shield’s Durability, and no Damage will be dealt to the person’s Body.

But the Inferior Wooden Shield is a different story.

The Inferior Wooden Shield only has 4 Defense Power, so it can only block 4 points of Damage, consuming 4 points of Durability. The remaining 3 points of the Attack are taken by the Body.

Only when Attack is greater than Defense can the Body be damaged.

When Attack is less than or equal to Defense, only the equipment’s Durability is damaged.

The difference between the two Wooden Shields was obvious just from their appearance.

Naturally, the better the Quality, the better the appearance.

Li Ruanyu had taught him that the Quality of equipment is very important, as it affects all of its Attributes.

Zhao Chi compared them. The Durability and Defense were all vastly different.

The Attributes of the Inferior one were half of the Standard one.

"Crude" was somewhere between the two.

But since it was just for practice right now, the Quality didn’t matter.

Just then, the female Blacksmith, Ding Dang, also walked over.

She was holding an Iron Spear in her arms.

"Lord, we were very lucky. The first Iron Spear came out as Standard Quality."

Zhao Chi smiled. "Nice, off to a great start."

Ding Dang smiled back. "It was mainly luck. I can’t guarantee the next ones will be Standard, but we’ll try our best not to make any Inferior ones."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Okay. Don’t feel pressured. Just do your best."

Ding Dang smiled. "Thank you for your generosity, Lord. But we don’t have enough Iron Ingots anymore. We only have enough left to make 4 more Iron Spears."

Zhao Chi said, "It’s fine. Finish the Iron Spears this afternoon, and then you all can go look for a mining area. Tomorrow, I’ll have the Building team construct a mineshaft first."

Ding Dang nodded. "Okay, I understand."

Zhao Chi held the Iron Spear in his left hand and a Wooden Spear in his right, examining them.

[Name] Wooden Spear

[Quality] Standard

[Durability] 50

[Attack] 8

[Piercing] 1

And then the Iron Spear:

[Name] Iron Spear

[Quality] Standard

[Durability] 200

[Attack] 34

[Piercing] 20

The difference between the Materials was huge; the Attributes were several times greater.

If you could use High Level Materials to craft something, you absolutely should.

Piercing is Armor-Piercing. It can penetrate the opponent’s Defense Power.

This Standard Iron Spear has 20 Piercing, which is equivalent to ignoring 20 points of the opponent’s Defense.

That’s very good.

Spear-type Weapons have the strongest Penetration Power.

While Zhao Chi was looking, Gu Qing and Tang Ruan also gathered around.

Zhao Chi pointed at the ground. "Don’t just stand there looking. Go pick one for yourselves, and call the other Female Soldiers over to pick theirs too."

Tang Ruan nodded. "Okay, I’ll go get them."

Soon, all the Female Soldiers ran over to choose their Weapons.

Everyone picked a Weapon and Shield that felt right in their hands.

"Gu Qing, this is for you."

Zhao Chi handed her the Iron Spear.

"No, the Lord should use this Iron Spear. A Wooden Spear is fine for me."

Zhao Chi smiled. "You can bring out your greatest strength with this. Helping me kill more enemies is the best reward you can give me. Besides, we’ll be making a few more in a bit."

Gu Qing nodded with a beaming smile.

It was clear that she was very happy that Zhao Chi had given her the best Weapon.

"But when we’re sparring, you have to use a Wooden Spear. Otherwise, you’ll hurt the others."

"I know~"

Everyone was now equipped with a Weapon and a Shield, but they still needed the Carpenters to continue production.

After all, during combat practice, the equipment’s Durability would be consumed very quickly.

Gu Qing asked expectantly, "Lord, are we going to have combat practice this afternoon?"

"Yes, but not free-for-all combat. It’s still combat practice. We’ll practice the moves first before we have a real fight."

Gu Qing nodded. "Then can I practice with you? I’ll be careful and won’t hurt you."

Zhao Chi shook his head. "After I teach you the moves, I have to go. I need to make some money."

Gu Qing asked in surprise, "Make money?"

"That’s right. Make some money to buy you girls some cute socks."

"Cute socks?"

Gu Qing’s eyes widened.

"Mhm. I’m not sure about Tang Ruan and the others, but I’m sure you’ll like them."