Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 217 Preparation Benefits
"91.50kg, congratulations, a new all-time low! Considering your height and body fat percentage, this weight is barely considered normal!"

The coach clapped and praised, "I rarely see a member as self-disciplined as you. In nearly two months at the training camp, you haven't gone out for any indulgent meals with them even once. Impressive!"

Shen Yun blushed with embarrassment, but fortunately, since everyone had just finished training and was exhausted, there was no noticeable difference.

The coach didn't notice Shen Yun's expression, only glanced at the record sheet, and casually asked, "By the way, didn't you say you had something to do during the National Day holiday? Are you coming back afterwards?"

Shen Yun replied, "No, I'll move it home tonight."

"Okay, remember to keep it up every day from now on, don't miss a day, or I'll have to see you again!"

Shen Yun's roommate couldn't help but complain, "Coach, you have no idea, this kid took some time out at noon to bring his gaming pod home! I'm really impressed! I've never seen anyone so addicted to the internet! He stays in there until midnight every night!"

Shen Yun retorted, "Don't you also play mobile games until midnight every day?"

My roommate rolled her eyes: "My mobile games are so convenient, I can just pull out my phone and play. Unlike you, you're so addicted you have to bring your game pod to the training camp! That's ridiculous!"

"You talk too much!"

……

On the evening of September 30, Shen Yun hurriedly finished dinner and lay down in the gaming pod.

The moment Shen Yun logged on, a notification popped up right in the center of his vision: [Chai Gou Cai Cai] had requested to join a team. Shen Yun hurriedly accepted the request, and then he heard Bai Chenxue's voice coming through the team's microphone: "Little Yun'er! You're finally online! Hurry up! Er Gou is distributing supplies to everyone! If we're late, we won't get much!"

Shen Yun asked blankly, "Supplies? What supplies?"

"You didn't check your phone!"

Bai Chenxue said angrily, "Hey, why don't you ever check your phone?! Er Gou intercepted all the goods from the Emperor's Explosives Factory, and every member of the community received a set! There are still hundreds of tons left! Those of us with R3 or higher can buy first! The prices are factory prices, several times cheaper than the market price!"

Shen Yun asked curiously, "Why are there different levels?"

"R3" stands for Rank 3, referring to the third rank. In the community member list, ranks and permissions can be manually added and set. For ease of management, Wang Ergou specifically added four ranks. Besides himself as the community leader and city lord, the highest rank is "R4." These members are either extremely skilled, like [Master] and [Pig Charge], or city managers who participate in city management, or veteran players with extremely high contributions, such as [Jade Emperor] who diligently complete daily tasks, accumulate contribution points, and build prestige. "R4" members not only have exclusive rooms in the city lord's mansion but also have very high privileges, including the ability to use a certain amount of community contribution points and prestige points.

"R3" is relatively easier to achieve. As long as the contribution level is reached, it can basically be counted. Almost all veteran players who joined during the second closed beta can reach the passing score. Bai Chenxue and Shen Yun are among them! According to the rules designed by Wang Ergou and others, players at this level enjoy many benefits, such as free land in Chang'an City that can be used to build houses—considering the current housing and land prices in Chang'an City, this is quite a good benefit!
"R2" players are mostly new players from the third closed beta test who haven't yet accumulated enough contribution points, so their benefits are limited, and they can't get free land in Chang'an City. However, they do have some other benefits, such as a fixed monthly allowance for commonly used pills and spirit talismans, and occasional free snacks and drinks in the city lord's mansion.

As for "R1," these are players who have just joined and have made almost no contribution; they're just a title. However, most people only stay in "R1" for a day or two to accumulate enough contribution points to "promote" themselves to the administrator. Therefore, "R1" members are actually the smallest tier in the entire community. However, although the tiers are divided this way, in reality, no one pays any attention to these things during the game.

The access level doesn't give players any attribute bonuses, so why should they care? Therefore, they were actually a little surprised to hear Bai Chenxue say that there was an access level restriction for buying gunpowder this time.

"No, it's not that! It's mainly because there are fewer of them! R3 and above not only contribute more, but their levels and cultivation are also relatively higher, so of course they can buy them first! Oh right! We can each get a 'medical kit,' two bottles of [Bone-Breaking and Muscle-Regenerating Powder] each, and a set of red potions and blue potions! Hey, but I suggest you don't use the [Bone-Breaking and Muscle-Regenerating Powder] lightly, that stuff can save lives! Maybe you can save it to treat NPCs, there's a hidden storyline! Er Gou's exclusive insider information says there will be many hidden storylines and hidden quests in this battlefield!"

Bai Chenxue kept talking nonstop, leaving Shen Yun no chance to get a word in edgewise. Finally, when she finished talking, Shen Yun replied helplessly, "You forgot that my roommate is a pill cultivator? I still have several sets of the low-end version of the Bone-Breaking and Muscle-Regenerating Powder! If you don't need it, I'll share some with you!"

"No need, no need! I've saved some up before! It's enough!" Bai Chenxue said, "Oh, stop with the nonsense! Hurry up and come to the City Lord's Mansion! If you come any later, you won't be able to buy any! There are only three boxes of spirit talismans left! If you don't come now, they'll all be gone!"

"I'm coming!"

Shen Yun hurriedly jumped out of bed, slipping on his slippers—the latest trendy style from a newly opened shoe store in Chang'an. Although they were slippers, they actually increased his speed, which was quite unbelievable. He then quickly put on his outer robe and flew towards the center of Chang'an.

"Ouch—"

“Ah! It hurts, it hurts!”

As soon as he stepped outside, Shen Yun accidentally bumped into a cultivator who happened to be flying past his door. The two of them fell to the ground and cried out in pain at the same time.

The man got up from the ground irritably, dusted himself off, and said, "Watch where you're going!"

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!"

Shen Yun quickly apologized, then subconsciously glanced at the other person's head and breathed a sigh of relief when he found there was no ID—at least he wouldn't be mistaken for a malicious attacker and have his public morality points deducted!

The cultivator snorted dismissively, then took to the air again, muttering to himself, "Sooner or later I'll have to write a letter suggesting some kind of air traffic regulation to control cultivators' flight! Honestly!"

Shen Yun listened to the words carried on the wind, his expression somewhat strange.

An indigenous NPC was talking to a player who lived in modern China about "introducing" some kind of "air traffic rules" and complaining that cultivators' flights were not "regulated".
It's... kind of novel...

(End of this chapter)