“I’m not looking for the Village Chief just as an excuse,” Jiang Ke’er muttered. She genuinely needed to discuss something with him.
After all, she had brought such enormous changes to this small village, and there were far too many things that needed to be discussed afterward.
Fortunately, she had already given the Village Chief a heads-up, so communication shouldn’t be too difficult… right?
“You want to gather everyone for thought education?” The Village Chief repeated Jiang Ke’er’s words, then nodded.
“Don’t worry, they deserve a good talking to. That Li Erliuzi from the Li Family at the village entrance got drunk and relieved himself everywhere—he never learns despite repeated warnings! He needs a beating!”
“Uh, that’s not what I meant… I’m talking about the village renovation…”
“Oh! Speaking of which, I really need to thank you properly!” The Village Chief gave a thumbs up.
“I never imagined it could look so beautiful! Everyone was overjoyed—we even threw a banquet tonight! Too bad you weren’t around… You must have spent a lot of money, right?”
“I didn’t spend anything—friends on the Dao chipped in as a gift.” Jiang Ke’er smiled. “But what I’m talking about isn’t just how it looks…”
“I know! It’s not just good-looking, it’s fun too!” The Village Chief slapped his thigh and burst into laughter.
“I pressed that Button—click, and it turned into an immortal’s house. Click again, and it went back to normal… click click click click… Truly a fine treasure from the immortals!”
“No, that’s not what I mean… Forget it.”
Jiang Ke’er pressed her forehead in exasperation.
She couldn’t blame the Village Chief for being naive. The truth was that this Small Fishing Village was far too isolated from the outside world, and the villagers had zero understanding of what lay beyond.
Well, you know the saying—”If you haven’t eaten pork, haven’t you seen a pig run?”
To be fair? No, they truly hadn’t.
The village had never produced a single Cultivator. They only knew that Cultivators were powerful, but just how powerful, and what abilities they possessed—they were completely in the dark. The village didn’t even have internet, and the villagers had never seen an immortal’s communication tool.
As for how earth-shattering Jiang Ke’er’s contributions truly were, they had even less clue. All they knew was that the village had gained some strange features and that the houses looked prettier.
They had no idea those houses could withstand a full-force strike from an Honored One, or that in critical moments, they could go click click click click and transform into combat forms…
To them, all of this was as ordinary as a new latrine being built at the village entrance. If anything, it was probably less practical than a new latrine. Behind her back, they were probably complaining that Jiang Ke’er was wasting money.
Perhaps in their eyes, the only change Jiang Ke’er had brought to the village was that the square dance in the evening was now better lit.
After all, all they cared about was food, clothing, shelter, and fun.
“It’s nothing important.” Jiang Ke’er smiled.
“I want everyone to become prosperous—to eat their fill and stay warm, and not rely solely on the fishing harvest. So I’m planning to turn our village into a tourist attraction. I’d like to discuss this with you.”
Jiang Ke’er decided to let the village’s true transformation remain a secret known only to herself.
After all, the Buttons that each household could operate were very few in number—they were all just safe, cosmetic ones. There was no need to explain further; even if she did, they wouldn’t understand anyway.
“Tourism sounds great!” The Village Chief’s old face crinkled into a smile thick with wrinkles.
“I heard early on that there’s some rundown village on the East Coast that can pull up some weird fish, and every day, countless tourists flock there throwing money at them.”
“I figured our village has way more variety in fishing harvest than they do—if anyone deserves tourism, it’s us! I’ve been thinking about this for a while!”
“Perfect!” Jiang Ke’er and the Village Chief were in complete agreement. “Let’s build a fishing-themed tourist park! I can even sell fishing rods out of my Blacksmith Shop in the future!”
“Our village’s original name was Clam Village, and outsiders always say we’re small-minded. We should change the name.” The Village Chief suddenly looked troubled.
“Shui’er, you’re the most educated one in the village, and you can even read the newspapers… How about you come up with a name?”
“Sure, whatever you say!”
“Then what should we call it?” The Village Chief was puzzled.
“How about Novice Village?” Jiang Ke’er blinked.
“Trust me, it’s a good name—simple yet refined.”
And so, a simple and unremarkable Novice Village was born upon the land of Shenzhou.
The Novice Village Fishing Theme Park officially opened for business.
After eating and drinking their fill, people inexplicably began to yearn for a simple life of return to simplicity.
Especially those wealthy and powerful magnates, who—after growing accustomed to the glittering decadence of the immortals—needed some leisurely activities to unwind. Most were genuinely seeking return to simplicity, but some were not.
It just so happened that after the disaster and the war, the people of Shenzhou needed to ease their frayed nerves.
Some High-Rank Cultivators concealed their Cultivation Base, made their way to underdeveloped regions, and lived incognito, playing the part of ordinary villagers.
Some were Wild Fishermen, some were Refined Scholars, some were dashing and romantic Cloud-Wandering Poets…
They seemed to be searching for romance in their hearts and experiencing the leisurely life, but deep down, they were shamelessly hoping for some scenario of playing the pig to eat the tiger.
If they could incidentally pull off a hero saves beauty and chance upon a simple, pretty fisher girl to take as a concubine, well, that would be even better.
“Hm? Novice Village?”
“Just from the name alone, it sounds like a great place—a perfect spot for playing the pig to eat the tiger and experiencing life!”
Let’s first check out this village’s situation…
Hmm, not bad. It looks shabby and crude—clearly an isolated, undeveloped virgin land.
And the village is surprisingly clean. The villagers are diligently farming and fishing, smiles on their faces, which shows the local character is decent. Most importantly…
Poor enough! Secluded enough!
These days, if you had even the slightest clue about the outside world, who would still be content with farming and fishing?
Pick up girls!
The Golden Beach is quite distinctive, lined with dense Coconut Trees bearing fresh coconuts.
This environment isn’t just perfect for fishing and sunbathing—it’s perfect for posing as cultured and picking up girls!
This suits their tastes perfectly!
What are they waiting for? Let’s go! Let’s go!
Novice Village turned no one away.
Jiang Ke’er finally got the business she had dreamed of. Just as she had predicted, tourists would come to her to buy fishing rods or get theirs repaired.
Especially after she tossed a huge fish called “Klaus” into the sea, the fishing rods snapped at an alarming rate.
“I am the Ancient God’s Servant! My reason for existence is destruction and conquest! And you have me working as a fishing rod attendant… Ah, roast chicken for dinner? I suddenly recall—fishing rods also count as destruction.”
The Blacksmith Shop’s doorstep was finally no longer so desolate. At this rate, she only needed to keep working for another ten billion years to catch up to Qiao Xiaoxian’s income~
Ten billion years.
Jiang Ke’er fell into deep thought.
No, she had to raise her prices.
And those narcissistic weirdos wandering around her doorstep, constantly striking up conversations—she needed to charge them too.
Ten Spirit Stones per flirty line.
But in the end, the real problem was that too few tourists were coming.
The Small Fishing Village had no reputation to speak of right now, and only a tiny handful of Cultivators who had seen the advertisement would come here to try their luck.
She believed that with Novice Village’s simple charm, it would catch on sooner or later.
Take it slow—you can’t eat an elephant in one bite.
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