Chapter 10

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A week passed quickly and the new village was completed.

There were more than 100 houses in the village and under Joshua’s suggestion, various shops and open-air markets were built.

The first thing that Joshua did after the village was completed was invite the old village chief to the village and then gather the residents of the surrounding cities.

At the same time, he also started a new plan: currency!

It was because this undeveloped land was too troublesome to deal with!

All of them carried all kinds of grain and minerals to carry in a barter system. However, this meant that the efficiency of their exchanges were not as equal as one could hope.

So, with the help of the old village chief, Joshua had decided to make a currency plan.

First, Joshua asked Alger to develop the currency. Then, he wrote many notices in the language of the Eastern continent and distributed them everywhere.

These notices explained all about the role this new currency would play.

Then, he asked the city guards to enlighten passersby on the subject and distribute the notices to the various demi-humans that they saw.

Unfortunately, it seemed like many people were not keen on the prospects of a currency system.

The surrounding demi-humans felt that the food in their hands was safest in their pockets, so they ignored Joshua’s notice.

Seeing that his plan was about to fail, Joshua tossed and turned in the new room.

When Lena saw that Joshua was so anxious, she immediately brewed a cup of tea from the kitchen and brought it over.

“Lord Village Chief, have a cup of tea first!”

When he smelled the tea’s fragrance, Joshua sat in front of the table.

He picked up the tea on the table and took a whiff. It had a fruity fragrance to it.

“Is it fruit tea?”

Lena nodded slightly. “Yes! After the village was built, there were people selling so many different things in the open-air market. I bought some from the market. I found that the taste was really good, so I planned to let you have a taste!”

Since that day, the relationship between them had become complicated.

However, Joshua still pretended to be stupid and kept avoiding Lena. Until now, he had not figured out his relationship with her.

Because he was not from this continent, he was overly concerned about having this sort of relationship with anyone at all.

In this continent, such relationships were much simpler than he had imagined. In most cases, he could be irresponsible without repercussions as soon as his pants came down. 

The awkward atmosphere made it impossible for them to continue chatting, so Joshua immediately changed the topic.

“How’s the situation in the workshop that you’re in charge of recently?”

Lena gave it some thought for a moment and replied, “Well, it’s getting bigger and bigger. The number of manufacturing personnel has reached 50 and those searching for materials have also reached a couple of dozen! As the demand here is increasing, Alger is already planning the construction of a new factory.”

These words made Joshua very surprised. He did not expect that cosmetics and skincare products would be so popular.

An idea came to him!

“From today onward, we’ll make some changes! All cosmetics and skincare products must be purchased with gold coins. No more items are allowed to be exchanged!

“Actually, scratch that! All the best-selling products that can be exchanged with food must also adopt our new currency policy as well! Also, set up a few more places in the village where items can be exchanged for gold coins.”

Upon hearing this, Lena immediately turned around and left the room. She went to the village office to inform the people there to prepare the changes.

Without realizing it, Lena had already become one of Joshua’s most important personnel.

Originally, these things were handled by Mortimer. But now, he had been appointed public office director by Joshua.

There were a lot of things to deal with tomorrow, so there was no time to follow Joshua. Therefore, all these things fell upon Lena.

After she left, he immediately left the room and walked into the depths of the forest alone.

Because he had been too busy recently, he had not visited Alexia for a long time.

When he came to an empty space, he could see the huge white dragon that was glowing with a golden aura as she slept in the distance. 

But soon, she woke up and opened her eyes to look at Joshua.

“Joshua, long time no see! I thought you didn’t want me anymore!”

Because Alexia had become so huge by now, Joshua had nothing to climb so that he could stroke her head.

“How is that possible? I’ve already built the village and recently, I’ve been looking for a way to make you smaller!”

Upon hearing this, Alexia immediately became happy. “Really! I’ll definitely wait for you here obediently!”

After the village was completed, Joshua did not receive any rewards.

Because there was still one last step that was not completed, and that was the circulation of money in the town.

But today, through his chat with Lena, Joshua had completely solved this problem. It would not be long before the money would be in circulation.

The village’s expansion didn’t stop.

Alger had already chosen the next construction site. Everything in the other village had already been set up and construction had already begun.

Early the next morning, Joshua hadn’t woken up yet.

The system immediately sent out a notification. 

[You have obtained the comprehensive city administration view panel, as well as 50 mission attribute points and 100 platinum coins.]

[The comprehensive city administration view panel (elementary) has been activated. At the same time, the system’s point store has been activated. You can use platinum coins to purchase items inside the store!]

Upon hearing this, Joshua immediately sat up and opened the system’s comprehensive city administration view panel.

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Town level: Level 1 (100 people; requires 200 people for the next level upgrade)

Level 1 reward: Road construction technology

City Safety: Level 1 (52 guards, double dragon guard safety x10; requires 100 guards for the next level upgrade)

Level 1 reward: Basic Weapon Manufacturing Encyclopedia

City Production: Level 0 (10 daily necessities, 5 beauty products; requires 20 daily necessities and 1 recreational activity for the next level upgrade)

City Workers: Level 1 (50 workers, 25 hawkers, 5 financial points; requires 100 workers & 50 hawkers for the next level upgrade)

Level 1 reward: the complete collection of daily necessities in the magical world.

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A bunch of reward items were all put into the system backpack.

Opening the backpack, he found that there were only 20 spaces inside. He could not place things from the real world into this inventory.

However, it could house the system’s rewards and he could directly take things out from it. 

The items that were taken out could not be put back inside.

Opening the system’s point store, the item that Joshua wanted even in his dreams appeared on the first row and shone with a golden light.

[Mythical Beast Shape-changing Potion]

It could allow the dragon to transform into a human and have a mature form.

It would also increase the dragon’s cultivation by 500 years, allowing it to instantly reach maturity!

There was also some other small text at the end of the potion. 

[Use it carefully. After it is consumed by a dragon, it will enter its estrus cycle as soon as it reaches full maturity.]

After reading the fine print, Joshua still did not hesitate to exchange his points for the potion.