Building a sect from scratch.

In theory, all the mineral veins discovered in Yinglong's ruins should be mineable by all players, since Fang Xianyu hasn't gone so far as to make such detailed settings.

However, considering the need to motivate players to explore new areas, Fang Xianyu decided to design a usage right system so that the player who discovers and possesses the mineral resources first would get the biggest share.

Therefore, after clearing out the headless men, Fang Xianyu immediately issued a special "land deed" to Nietzsche's Righteous Spirit Society.

This special "land deed" is made of jade and is engraved with the patterns of the Taiyin Sect. The front is decorated with large golden characters: Taiyin Huangjie Cave Heaven Small World Sect Deed, while the back reads "The Righteous Spirit Endures and Belongs to the Community".

As the name suggests, the appearance of this special land deed means that the entire cave world will belong to the Righteous Spirit Eternal Community!
This is the first mini-world in the entire server that can belong to a player! It is also the first "Mini-World Clan Contract" in the entire server!
With this, Nietzsche, as the president, can set many things about this grotto-world, such as whether to open it to other players or NPCs, or change its name.

It was because of this that all the members of Haoqi Changcun discussed it for several days and made a very strange but somewhat understandable decision—to build a city in this small world and use it as the "base" of the community!
This small world is of a low level, and the space inside is not very large. But even so, it is still much larger than the area occupied by an ordinary sect, so it is more than enough to build a city.

Building Sheyi within the cave world is an ingenious idea!
After clearing out the headless men, the contributions and prestige gained from the Righteous Alliance were enough to exchange for a city-building token. So, in just a few days, a city named "Martial King City" was established in this small world. And this small world was renamed "Righteous Alliance".

Anyone who's played JX13 (Swordman Online 13) would probably shout out loud upon hearing "Wu Wang City" and "Hao Qi Alliance"—these are place names and faction names from the game JX13! Of course, the names were decided by Nietzsche and a few other friends. In fact, more than half the people in the Hao Qi Chang Cun community have played JX13, since even the name "Hao Qi Chang Cun" comes from that game.

Even the design of Wu Wang City was planned by Nietzsche and his colleagues to be like the Wu Wang City in the game "Swordsman 13"—a city with tall and majestic walls and an incomparably magnificent atmosphere!

This isn't just for aesthetics; it's due to an objective need—this little world isn't safe!

Don't underestimate this small cave world. It's just a Yellow-rank cave world, but it has been circulating and operating for thousands of years, or even longer. In addition to the headless people and pseudo-Yinglong monsters that have been killed by the players, in the past few days, everyone has also discovered a lot of strange beasts that live in various underground spirit mine environments.

These beasts are not very high level and their strength is limited, but they may indeed cause some harm or impact to mortals. Players even encountered a strange "beast tide" once!
The so-called "beast tide" refers to a gathering of many different types and races of strange beasts for unknown reasons, engaging in migration or large-scale collective activities. During this process, cultivators who oppose them are regarded as enemies and are attacked and harmed.

Therefore, the "beast tide" can be considered a common "natural disaster" in the Ruins of Return.

The beast tide that time came suddenly and strangely. Even players who were not afraid of death and generally cultivated Qi died a lot, let alone mortals.

Therefore, a walled city became a necessity for King Wu's city.

So, in just a few days, Nietzsche and the members of the community worked themselves to the bone, and with the help of many NPCs, they barely managed to build a section of the city wall. Now, a few days later, it is already showing some scale!

Meanwhile, Nietzsche and her companions, who had already contacted the Fulu Shou Merchant Guild to "buy" some people, were eagerly waiting at Longshan Port for the merchant ships and airships that had been notified and were ready to dock at any time, hoping to snatch up NPCs they could hire as miners. After all, she had heard about the spectacular NPC population surge last time!
As for the conversation that Azhi overheard, the two buyers, the "Wandering Witches," were none other than Nietzsche and Renxin Huadao, whose righteous spirit endures forever in the community! The two of them, carrying more than a dozen population resources "refreshed by the system," excitedly teleported directly to Wuwang City through the teleportation array.

The city of Wuwang is still barren. The city is located on the battlefield where it once stood, and you can even see the scattered piles of bones that were used to build the pseudo-Yinglong in the distance.

But amidst the desolation, a number of tents have suddenly sprung up. These are temporary dwellings for miners, specially set up by the players after they decided to "buy" some people to work as miners.

Nietzsche said somewhat embarrassedly to Azhi and the others, "You can sleep here for now. The conditions are a bit basic, but make do. Once Wuwang City is built, you'll have houses to live in!"

Since Wu Wang City is located in the underground world and there is no open river, in order to solve the water problem, Nietzsche even spent money to hire several NPC cultivators from Chang'an City to set up an array to draw out a "moat" from underground so that it could perfectly surround the planned "Wu Wang City".

"This place... isn't really suitable for ordinary people without cultivation to live in!"

The NPC cultivator who helped set up the water-drawing formation had solemnly warned Nietzsche and the others: "Although there is a spirit stone mine here, as well as many other minerals, most of which are open-pit rich mines, many of them are 'evil mines.' Cultivators can manage by expelling the evil energy from these 'evil mines' that have invaded their bodies through daily cultivation. However, if mortals are exposed to them for a long time, they will fall ill or even die!"

According to the NPC cultivator, there is a solution, and it is quite simple: just give the mortal a Five Thunder Talisman.

Therefore, when Nietzsche arranged for these NPCs, who were specially bought to serve as "miners," he also gave each of them a Five Thunder Talisman and instructed them: "The environment here is harsh, so you must always keep this Five Thunder Talisman close to your body. If you lose it, come back to me for it, otherwise you will easily get sick and die!"

Ah Zhi clutched the Five Thunder Talisman tightly, looking somewhat bewildered.

Isn't it normal for slaves to get sick and die?
Before I could think any further, Nietzsche added, "And what about mining?"

Mining?

Ah Zhi shook his head in increasing bewilderment, and the other slaves seemed equally clueless. For a moment, everyone was at a loss—including Nietzsche.

Nobody told her that hiring NPCs to mine meant she had to teach them how to do it herself!
(End of this chapter)