In response to everyone’s concerns, Cheng Zongyang just smiled and said:

"We started as a small farming family. If we want to expand and develop, we naturally have to accumulate experience bit by bit.

Over the past half-month, we’ve encountered many problems, which is why we hold small meetings every three days and large ones every five to resolve them. This is how we gain experience.

It’s okay to make mistakes when we don’t know the best way to handle something. Next time, we’ll know what to do.

Even a master was once an apprentice. The great families in the County Town also manage their affairs based on experience passed down through generations.

We are in the process of building something from nothing, growing from small to large, and that is also a process of accumulating experience. Once we have that experience, it means we have successfully developed.

In the future, this experience will be passed on to the next generation, and they will know how to handle the problems they encounter. So, we are also accumulating experience for our descendants, enabling them to govern the clan better."

"Well said!" Cheng Guanghai laughed. "Yang’Er is right. We’re not afraid of making mistakes, because we don’t have the experience. But as we accumulate it over time, we will develop a set of rules and methods."

Zhou Hansong also smiled. "Zongyang really knows his stuff. It’s clear he’s seen the world. The frameworks and methods he’s proposed are all excellent."

"That’s right." Cheng Guangshan looked at his nephew, his eyes full of admiration. "Once we perfect these frameworks, handling matters will become much easier."

And so, the group began to refine the frameworks for the various halls based on these ideas. Cheng Zongyang was responsible for taking notes, temporarily incorporating the suggestions everyone agreed upon, with the understanding that they could be adjusted later.

The meeting lasted the entire night.

After everyone went to rest, Cheng Zongyang informed his parents that he was leaving the Inner Mountain Pass under the pretext of going to the city to get grain.

But at a hidden spot in the back mountains, he entered the Wilderness World.

Due to the numerous tasks involved in building the clan’s territory, he usually only came in to buy items and farm fish for Points, rarely staying for long. Ma San and the other three were handling things here.

Within the territory, Ma San was leading Li Xingyun and the others in clearing some new lumber.

With enough manpower, the tilling of the land, the raising of livestock, and the interior construction of the Preservation Warehouse had all been completed.

The marketplace cabin was now back to its original empty state, which felt much more comfortable.

Cheng Zongyang waited for midnight to pass, anticipating the refresh of four new items. At the same time, he called up his Attribute Interface to take a look.

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Name: Cheng Zongyang

Age: 15

Realm: Eighth Grade (Muscle Strengthening)

Points: 2,248

Skills: Archery (11631/20000, Specialization); Medicine Recognition (68/100, Uninitiated);

Cultivation Technique:

Body Refining Skill (795/3000, Eighth Grade)

Martial Arts:

Basic Saber Technique (486/3000, Entering the Hall and Chamber)

Wind-Stepping Step (31/1000, Beginner’s Practice)

——

Looking at his Points, Cheng Zongyang took stock of his situation.

Over the past half-month, he had accumulated five to six thousand Points. After accounting for his purchases, the vast majority had been spent on procurement requests.

He then checked the procurement tab. Seeing no response to his request for Wilderness Beans, Cheng Zongyang felt a pang of helplessness.

Wilderness Beans were quite useful. He had relied on them to escape the County Town safely with his second uncle. Even back then, he had wanted to get more to have on hand for emergencies.

But the item shop’s stock refresh was completely random.

Over the past half-month, he had gradually increased his offer from 30 Points to the shop’s selling price of 50 Points, all in an attempt to buy 30 Wilderness Beans. Including today, he had posted the request five times, spending 50 Points on listing fees, but it had yet to be fulfilled.

’Does the entity on the other side think this stuff is useless? Is that why no one has any?’

Cheng Zongyang mused. The listing would be taken down after midnight. He wanted to try posting a sixth request.

Half an hour passed.

A notification sound immediately echoed in his mind:

[Procurement request failed. Listing removed. The 1,500 Point procurement fee and 300 Point service fee have been returned to your account. You may post a new request.]

Cheng Zongyang shook his head and checked his Points: 4,048 Points.

He immediately opened the procurement tab again. Looking at the interface, he gritted his teeth and changed his approach.

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[Item Name]: Wilderness Beans (Medium)

[Quantity]: 30 (beans)

[Points]: 80/bean (Total: 2,400 Points)

[Post] [Cancel]

——

Post!

Instantly, 2,400 Points, plus a 480 Point service fee and a 10 Point posting fee, for a total of 2,890 Points, were deducted.

Remaining Points: 1,158

The other party was unwilling or uninterested in the small ones, or perhaps they thought the Points offered were too low. But it was worth a shot trying for the medium-sized Wilderness Beans, even though he had no idea what they were worth. It was a long shot, but he had to try. What if it worked?

Looking at his remaining Points, Cheng Zongyang turned his attention back to the item shop.

The first three items left him feeling rather helpless.

Satsuma Oranges (10 jin = 1 Point)

Radish Seeds (2 jin = 1 Point)

Goat Kids (1 pair = 50 Points)

’These goat kids are decent. The settlement still needs goats. But the quantity is a bit low.’

Cheng Zongyang continued on to the last item.

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[Dragon and Tiger Pill (Limited)]

Description: A Low Tier medicine from the ruins of a certain relic in the Wilderness World. It has long since lost most of its intended effects, but it still contains a sliver of medicinal power. For a Martial Artist, it is a rare and precious treasure that can enhance one’s Martial Arts Cultivation to a certain degree. Can be taken in two doses or swallowed/held in the mouth whole.

Quantity: 1 (pill)

Points: 300

Note: Special item, unique sale.

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Looking at the fourth item, Cheng Zongyang was quite surprised. This was the first time he had ever seen a finished medicinal pill.

He immediately bought all four items.

Points -352.

Remaining: 806

Looking at the items on the counter, Cheng Zongyang had Ma San take the two goat kids outside to watch over them, intending to take them back with him the next day.