Tang Ruan looked as if she wanted more.

Zhao Chi didn’t know what to say. It wasn’t like he could actually hit her.

"Tang Ruan, it’s great that you don’t blame me. I hope you understand that wasn’t my real intention. And I definitely won’t hit you, so just endure it for a bit..."

Tang Ruan smiled. "I understand. The power of a Spiritual Technique isn’t something one’s Will can resist. My Lord, you feel bad for me and can’t bring yourself to hit me, which makes my Inner Heart happy. If you were to hit me, my Body would be happy. So either way, I’m happy."

Even Gu Qing wanted to scratch her head at those words.

Tang Ruan was truly unbeatable.

Zhao Chi sighed. "I don’t know if choosing this Talent for you was a good or bad thing, but as long as you genuinely feel that way, I suppose it’s for the best."

Tang Ruan smiled and nodded. "I really do think so."

Dinner was now over.

The Harpies had all taken to the skies to patrol, resting in the trees when they got tired.

The two mutts were running around everywhere, constantly roughhousing.

The Naga were drooling, their heads hanging in dejection.

It was a little after 6 p.m.

Zhao Chi told everyone to rest early tonight so they would have the Energy to work hard tomorrow.

Still, someone had to be arranged for the Night Shift.

That was something they couldn’t do without.

But to let more people get some sleep, Zhao Chi took out the [Refugee Talisman].

It was a palm-sized piece of Talisman Paper, covered in strange writing that he couldn’t decipher.

"Tang Ruan, go arrange to have some more meat roasted. Another 10 people will be here in a bit."

"Huh? Didn’t they already come today? My Lord, are you using an item?"

"Yes."

"Oh, I get it."

Gu Qing said, "Then I’ll take them for a bath first in a little while."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Okay, I’ll leave it to you two."

With that, he tapped to use it.

The Talisman Paper began to burn rapidly.

A plume of white smoke rose up and seeped completely into the ground.

The next moment, 20 arms burst from the earth.

Ten fair-skinned women climbed out, looking around in a daze.

Gu Qing said gently, "Welcome. Don’t just stand there looking around; this is your home now. The man in front of you is our Lord. Go on, greet him."

"Greetings, Lord~"

These 10 female villagers were no different from the ones who usually arrived.

They all covered their bodies, greeting Zhao Chi shyly.

Gu Qing then led them to the riverside.

After they finished eating, they would take over today’s Night Shift in batches.

Of course, the Female Soldiers would be with them.

Zhao Chi was also very tired now.

But there were still things he hadn’t finished.

After returning to the Lord’s House, he lay on his bed and took out the [Racial Improvement Book].

This kind of Basic Improvement Book couldn’t directly improve a Race, but it could provide Improvement Points.

Usually, you would randomly get 1-3 Improvement Points.

With these Improvement Points, you could choose different Improved Genes.

However, you first needed to have the Improved Genes.

He tapped to use it.

[You have activated the "Racial Improvement Book." You have obtained 3 Racial Improvement Points.]

Zhao Chi sat straight up.

’So lucky!’

’I can’t believe I got 3 points on the first try.’

’There are lucky people everywhere, so why can’t I be one of them?’

Zhao Chi immediately tapped on Improvement.

[No Improved Genes are currently available. Please acquire Improved Genes first.]

Of course.

A new territory definitely wouldn’t have any Improved Genes.

However...

In a good Mood, Zhao Chi took out the [Primordial Slime Race Bloodline] he had risked his life to obtain.

It was a colorful, spherical orb.

Zhao Chi had no time to admire it and activated it directly.

A system notification popped up:

[You have activated the "Primordial Slime Race Bloodline." Please choose how you wish to use it.]

[1. Set as main Race]

[2. Decompose for Improvement Points]

[3. Decompose for Improved Genes]

This was the first time Zhao Chi had seen these three options in person.

Fortunately, they had been covered at the academy.

[Option 1] was, of course, to change his current Peach Blossom Human Race into the Slime Race.

Cao Feng’s Shadow Leopards, Hua Yuyin’s Bear Men, Zhou Lue’s Griffins, and Yuan Zhao’s Blood Race were all changed this way.

If Zhao Chi chose to change it,

the women he had now would still exist, but starting tomorrow, the daily population increase would be Slimes instead.

The Peach Blossom Human Race would no longer appear after that.

Unless he had Gu Qing and the others get pregnant and raised them from birth.

That would be far too slow.

Even having Tang Ruan and all the other women get pregnant would be slow.

Although it was possible to set multiple main Races,

Zhao Chi was currently only a Junior Lord with a Village Level territory, so he could only have 1 main Race for now.

He would only be able to set multiple main Races later on.

Besides, some Bonuses would only be Effective for the main Race.

If he chose Slime, the ones he would get each day would be Ordinary Slimes, not the Emperor Slime type.

He could, however, cultivate them into various different Slime branches.

That was how one obtained Red Slimes, Green Slimes, Emperor Slimes, and so on.

It would require a great deal of Energy.

In any case, Zhao Chi definitely wasn’t going to change his Race.

[Option 2] had a similar Effect to a Racial Improvement Book.

It could be randomly decomposed into Racial Improvement Points, but it yielded more than an Improvement Book.

That’s why Racial Bloodlines were more expensive.

Racial Improvement Books were relatively cheap.

[Option 3] was to decompose the Racial Bloodline into Improved Genes.

Every Racial Bloodline could be decomposed into different Improved Genes.

Cao Feng’s Shadow Leopard Bloodline could be decomposed into Improved Genes like "Instant Charge."

Hua Yuyin’s Bear Man bloodline could be decomposed into Improved Genes like "Bear Transformation" and "Barbaric Strength."

A Griffin might decompose into "Flying" or "Dive," while the Blood Race might yield Genes like "Vampire" or "Dark Affinity."

The Genes that could be decomposed were many and varied.

Some were Racial Talents, some were racial characteristics, and some were even racial potentials; they were all different.

This was what he needed to do now.

Zhao Chi selected Option 3 and tapped confirm.

The Slime Race Bloodline in his hand began to vibrate.

As it vibrated, cracks appeared on its spherical outer shell.

The cracks grew larger and deeper.

The entire spherical bloodline was like melting ice, rapidly dissolving into the air.

A system notification arrived:

[Decomposing Genes...]

[You have obtained the "Slime" Racial Gene "Self-Healing" x1.]

[You have obtained the "Slime" Racial Gene "Soft Body" x1.]

[You have obtained the "Emperor Slime" Individual Gene "Super-speed Self-Healing" x1.]

[You have obtained the "Green Slime" Individual Gene "Poisonous Glands" x1.]

[You have obtained the "White Slime" Individual Gene "Cold Resistance" x1.]

[You have obtained the "Bright Slime" Individual Gene "Healing Fluid" x1.]

[Failed to acquire remaining Genes.]

A single Racial Bloodline had decomposed directly into 6 types of Improved Genes.

That was quite a lot.

But that was because Zhao Chi had decomposed a Primordial Slime Race Bloodline.

Although Slimes weren’t particularly strong in combat, they had a huge number of subspecies.

Each subspecies had different Genes that could be decomposed.

And the Primordial Bloodline contained the Genes of all the subspecies.

Unfortunately, there were still some he had failed to acquire.

But he was content.

If he had acquired the Racial Bloodline of an Ordinary Slime subspecies, he would have only gotten 1 or 2 Genes, and it was very possible he would have failed entirely.

This result was excellent.