Douluo: Son of the Stars

Chapter 40: Building a Sect
"By the way, dad, you are already a Soul Douluo. You are considered one of the strongest people in the entire continent. It would be very tiring for you to do everything yourself."

"Look at the leaders of the four sects. They are now Soul Douluo at best. With your soul bones, they may not even be able to defeat you. When they announce their names, they will say they are the leader of something. What about you?"

Mo Yun looked at Tong Qingtian's fooled look, smiled, walked over and touched Tong Rui's head, and said: "Then it's up to you, just establish a sect, after all, some resources are not available to our family."

There are many types of resources, such as soul rings and soul bones, herbs and minerals, and secret recipes and secret methods. Many times, even if you are sealed, you can't get everything.

For example, the secret recipes for improving physical fitness and the secret methods for training mental strength are all in the hands of major forces. There are also some rare resources that need to be collected in large quantities, as well as things that need to be cultivated and adjusted by oneself.

It would be difficult for Tong Rui's family to collect all these things even if Tong Qingtian was a title holder.

"But have you ever thought clearly about the location of the sect and the problem of manpower? How are you going to solve it?"

Tong Rui took out a map, pointed to a place and said, "The site is on the northeast side of Tiandou City. I saw a mountain range over there. To the north is the Far North, and to the southeast is the Sunset Forest. Because the environment is remote, few people go there."

Tong Qingtian nodded and asked, "What about the manpower problem? If there are only three of us in a sect, what kind of sect is that?"

"Here's what I think. Our sect has many advantages, such as cultivation techniques, forging, and soul guides. As for soul guides, it is not feasible to develop them behind closed doors, so I plan to purchase an academy."

"We will first make its name known by selling soul guides in the Tiandou Empire, and then add courses in the academy to teach the production of soul guides. However, for now, we can only teach soul guides before level three. If you want to go further, you need to join our sect to learn. The same principle applies to forging."

Tong Qingtian thought about it, nodded, but then shook his head: "Your method is indeed feasible, but it will take too long. It is difficult to promote soul guides. As for training students, I don't think they can learn as fast as you do. By the time the sect is established, it will probably be ten years later, and the sect will still be full of low-level soul masters like Soul Sect and Soul Venerable."

"The plan is feasible, but what we need most is to absorb some small clans and have them join our sect first. We can look for those families that have fallen on hard times because of fighting, and help them get revenge on the premise of joining the sect."

Mo Yun added: "Moreover, a sect cannot be established just by saying so. Behind every sect, there must be countless industries supporting it. Therefore, if you want to establish a sect, the money required is an astronomical figure."

Tong Rui thought about it, looked at his mother Mo Yun and said: "How about we build a city directly outside the sect, a city famous for its metal and soul guides."

"But if that's the case, won't the expenses be even greater?" Tong Qingtian asked with a frown.

"Normally, the cost of purchasing land and building a city would be very high. In this case, we will create a unique city, remove the city walls, and directly purchase the land needed to build the industry."

"Although this does reduce a considerable amount of expenses, it is still a loss in such a remote place without guests and luxurious industries."

Inside the palace, Xue Qinghe also spoke earnestly to Tong Rui.

Just as he answered Tong Qingtian, Tong Rui also replied to Xue Qinghe: "So I need to set up an academy there first and guide the flow of personnel through students."

Xue Qinghe looked at the energetic Tong Rui, smiled and said, "Okay, in that case, I will help you personally. I will sell you the land, including the land that the sect needs to buy later, at the lowest price. But if you develop any good soul guide, you must give me priority."

Tong Rui happily hugged Xue Qinghe and said excitedly: "Don't worry, my sect will become a gathering place for all the elites in the world." Watching Tong Rui happily leave, Xue Qinghe hadn't reacted to the previous intimate hug, and Thorny Porpoise Douluo appeared in front of him with a bad face: "Young Master, that kid offended you so much, will it expose your identity? Do you want to..."

Seeing the Thorny Porpoise Douluo's throat-slitting gesture, Xue Qinghe finally calmed down: "No need, my disguise can even change my body shape. Besides, it is more useful to keep him, whether it is soul guide or the establishment of the sect, the more help he can give him now, the more he will repay in the future, you go down first."

"Yes, young master." The prickly porpoise saluted and disappeared into the room.

On the other side, Tong Rui hurried to the outside of the palace and happily said to his parents: "Prince Xue Qinghe agreed to sell the land to us at the lowest price. I sold the soul guides on me and it is enough to buy the land."

In this era, a single storage soul guide can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions. In addition, the land was sold to Tong Rui at the lowest price, so this time the construction of the sect was a must.

The family quickly reached the outskirts of the mountains. Since they were not far from the Far North, the environment was a bit cold.

Because this place is close to the mountains, it is deserted and there are only a few teams entering the mountains to pick herbs.

The family had already explored the environment inside the mountains. The mountains as a whole are not very steep and the altitude is not that high, so some construction teams can easily complete the work.

The purpose of this trip is to design the sect's construction drawings in detail based on the mountain.

The overall design is based on the highest mountain, and the palaces are designed in descending order. After the distribution is determined, we look for a construction team to design the building.

This is all that can be designed at the moment. Firstly, the development of soul guides is not complete, so many places are left empty, leaving Tong Rui with design space to construct the "Sect Protection Array" in the future.

Secondly, there is no one living in the sect at present, and it is not clear what the sect’s personnel situation will be like in the future, so there is not much point in designing too many buildings.

On this side, Tong Qingtian was taking care of the construction of the sect on the mountain, while Mo Yun was taking care of the construction of the school at the foot of the mountain.

Because this city will be directly managed by the sect in the future, there will be no place like the City Lord's Mansion. Just like the future Shrek City, the academy will be built at the foot of the sect's mountain.

In this way, the outer college is a normal college, and higher-level knowledge can only be learned by joining Tong Rui's sect.

Tong Rui was not afraid that no one would come to study in his academy. As long as his soul guide became famous, all the people from the seven major sects, the Spirit Hall, and individual soul masters would choose to come to the academy to study.

This month, Tong Rui had been busy with the sale of soul guides, forging upgrades, and the construction of the sect and the academy, so during this holiday, he rarely went to the nearby villages to treat the villagers.

The time for school to start soon came.

(End of this chapter)