Chapter 414: Chapter 356: Time to Get Up and Work

Walking over to a root cellar, Wu Yue motioned for Teng Kun to lift the stone slab covering it. The three Beastmen immediately noticed the part that protruded from the ground.

Yuan Lang stepped forward. "Is this the type of soil you were talking about?"

Wu Yue nodded. "Yes. Teng Kun found this soil, and this is what it looks like after being fired."

Yuan Lang nodded. "It certainly looks a lot like brick. But do you know how to build a kiln to fire them?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yue’s eyes lit up as she looked at him.

Yuan Lang’s expression froze. "Don’t look at me. I may have been to many places, but I’ve never built a brick kiln."

Wu Yue waved a hand dismissively. "Didn’t you say before that Teng Qian used to work at a place that fired porcelain?"

Yuan Lang’s eyes instantly brightened, and he turned to look at his subordinate. "You know how, right, Teng Qian?"

Teng Qian: "..."

’With that ’I’ll-do-something-terrible-to-you-if-you-say-no’ look on your face, how could I possibly dare to say I don’t know how?’

But...

The Beastman Warrior still shrank back and said, "Boss, when I worked there, the kiln for firing porcelain was already built. I really don’t know how."

After the four of them stared at each other blankly for a moment, Wu Yue heaved a deep sigh. "First, let’s find a spot. Then we’ll decide what kind of house to build and dig out the foundation."

Yuan Lang nodded. "Leave the foundation to us."

Wu Yue nodded. "I wasn’t planning on digging the foundation with you anyway. After all, I’m just a delicate little female."

Yuan Lang: "..."

He couldn’t help but question his own taste. ’Do I really have a thing for shameless, cunning women?’

The Beastman fell into a deep state of self-doubt.

"Boss, should we get to work?"

Teng Qian asked tentatively, seeing his boss was still in a daze.

"As for digging..." Yuan Lang’s eyes narrowed, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.

After spending ten points to wheedle the instructions for the most primitive brick kiln out of her System, Wu Yue went to the spot where the Beastmen were digging the foundation. There, she saw a familiar group of green figures huffing and puffing as they dug.

The lead Beastman Warrior, his face bruised and swollen, looked so very familiar...

"Found a solution?"

Yuan Lang’s voice sounded beside her. Wu Yue subtly pointed at the fuming Angry Scorpion Beastman. "Did you do that to him?"

The Beastman jutted out his chin. "It’s how men communicate."

’Might makes right, I guess. Looks like fists are the most effective way to deal with an Angry Beast.’

With that thought, her gaze toward the Angry Beast up ahead took on a deeper meaning.

The Angry Beast, who was toiling away miserably, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, his heart filling with even more grief and indignation.

’It’s already summer, yet I’m feeling cold. Did that violent Beastman beat me so hard he broke something?’

’No way. I need to have that female check me over later. It’d be bad if I was seriously injured. After all, back in the tribe, I was a beast who made a living with my looks.’

Wu Yue pulled a piece of Beast Skin from her clothes. "Take a look at this!"

"Is it a blueprint?"

Wu Yue nodded. "Mhm."

Yuan Lang’s eyes lit up and he quickly unfolded the Beast Skin, but...

"What is this?"

’This mess of circles on top of circles... you call this a blueprint?’

’Isn’t that a bit careless?’

"Your... artistic skills could use some improvement!" ’What a waste of a good piece of Beast Skin.’

Wu Yue blushed. There was no denying that her drawing was, in fact, terrible.

With a sheepish laugh, she took another clean piece of Beast Skin from her bag, along with the burnt black stick she had used for drawing. "I’ll describe it, you draw it."

"First, you dig a pit, and then around the four sides of it..."

One of them spoke while the other drew. A moment later, looking at the lifelike drawing of a primitive brick kiln on the Beast Skin, Wu Yue’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Yuan Lang. "I never would have guessed you could draw so well!"

Yuan Lang’s lips curved slightly. "As a nation’s General, painting is a basic skill."

’What do you think? Aren’t you impressed by how outstanding this General is?’ 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Wu Yue gave a perfunctory nod. "Let’s go, let’s go! Time to build the brick kiln!"

After huffing and puffing their way through digging the foundation, the Scorpion Beastmen were ruthlessly abandoned. Without even getting so much as a wild vegetable bun for their troubles, they could only drag their exhausted bodies off to hunt.

Swallowing their tears, the Scorpion Beastmen watched the three Beastmen and the ferocious little female huddled together in the distance, whispering about who-knows-what evil plans. They could only conclude that anyone even remotely associated with Wu Yue was bad news.