Building a sect from scratch.

"Does it know anything else?"

Nietzsche asked.

Bamboo Fairy replied, "It has been forced into a deep sleep and knows only limited things, but it said that the cultivator who possessed it was named Zuo Qin."

"Zuo Qin..."

Nietzsche silently memorized the name, then looked at the seven-clump tree again, a thought suddenly occurring to him: "Senior, what...what are the plans for this seven-clump tree? By the way, does it have a name?"

Before Zhu Xian could even ask, the seven clumps of wood began to sway as if answering Nietzsche's question, appearing quite spiritual.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Xian said, "It probably doesn't have a name. Although its cultivation level is not low, it hasn't done much practice."

"How about this? We need a security guard at our mine! What do you think of this... Seven-clump Wood Cultivator... cultivator? Are you interested?"

Nietzsche got stuck several times, not knowing what to call the plant, and could only make up his own meaning.

Zhu Xian became interested and asked, "Oh? Security guard?"

Nietzsche said, "That's right, this little world isn't very safe! We keep encountering all sorts of strange beasts, and some human lives have escaped. We have to take turns finding people to help guard the mine, and we're really short-handed. If Seven Woods could help, we wouldn't have to bother guarding it!"

Hearing this, the Sea Turtle Qi Pure also got excited and chimed in, "Yeah, yeah! If any strange beasts rush in, we can just tie them up with vines! Even if we can't beat them, we can come to us players!"

Zhu Xian thought about it and felt that it was indeed a good place, so she turned to ask the seven-clump tree, "What do you think?"

The seven-leaf shrub shook its leaves vigorously again, and several vines slapped against the ground, seemingly agitated.

Then, the bamboo fairy started chatting with it: "Humans do indeed have names, you can choose one too."

"Me? My name is Bamboo Fairy. I have spiritual intelligence because I met a deity preaching in a bamboo forest, so I was given this name."

"Them? They are disciples of the Taiyin Sect, they are... well, they can be considered human cultivators."

"Seven Clumps of Wood? That's the name of a plant species like you, just like them, they are all 'human' species."

"Humans are different from us. Most of them are named by their parents or elders. We flower and tree spirits are mostly orphans. Hmm... You can wait until your cultivation deepens and you understand humans better before choosing a name for yourself..."

After chatting with Qi Congmu for a while, Zhu Xian nodded to Nietzsche and said, "It agrees, and it said that it has never seen anything it can't handle before, and it's more than capable of guarding a mine. I estimate that since this world has not been developed for long, there are not many extraordinary beasts or spirits. With its cultivation level, it is indeed hard to find an opponent."

Guantangbao chimed in, "Indeed, none of the bosses we've encountered in this little world have been particularly strong!"

In just a few words, the group returned to Wuwang City.

Before they even entered the city, they heard the turtle-type Qi Pure exclaim in surprise: "Holy crap!"

Then, he called out to Nietzsche and the others repeatedly, "Commander! Look! Look at the teleportation array!"

The Jade Emperor followed curiously, stepped inside, but nothing happened. He asked in bewilderment, "What's wrong?"

"Fuck!"

The soup dumpling that had been stepped on also cried out in surprise.

Wu Ke followed suit and tried it, saying, "It doesn't work!" Huangzhucao finally stepped on it, and after figuring out the situation, said, "It's not open yet! What are you all so excited about!"

It turns out that a grayed-out option has suddenly appeared in the destination selection of the teleportation array—Liuzhou.

However, this option is not yet available, as it comes with a twelve-hour countdown.

The turtle-like Qi Pure couldn't help but complain, "Well, this even comes with a quest! How interesting!"

Only the Jade Emperor, who had no such task, asked in bewilderment, "What? What are you talking about?"

Nietzsche asked curiously, "Huh? Your Majesty, isn't there an option for 'Liuzhou' in your teleportation array?"

The Jade Emperor scratched his head: "No! A new map has been released!?"

Guantangbao immediately guessed, "This is only available for missions, right? Anyway, we now have an extra 'Liuzhou' teleportation target, but it's still grayed out and shows a countdown of twelve hours before it opens!"

"Good heavens!" the Jade Emperor exclaimed, "Liuzhou must be quite far, right? There are so many maps being opened up all at once!"

Nietzsche was examining the map when he casually remarked, "It seems that no other maps have been opened, only the Liuzhou region, including the Arctic Liuzhou, has been opened. I even took screenshots of the teleportation array display and the large map and sent them to the group!"

The Jade Emperor quickly pulled up a third-party chat group, carefully examined the screenshots, and then suggested, "Since teleportation isn't available yet, shall we try the quest again tomorrow?"

“That’s what I was thinking too,” Nietzsche nodded. “We’ve had quite a good haul today, so let’s all go back and clean out all the corpses in that cave. As usual, we’ll put them in the warehouse and auction them off with the loot from before to split our wages… By the way, Your Majesty, you joined later, so you won’t get a share of the previous loot. But you did help out at the Seven Clumps of Wood, so you can get a share of the loot from the cave later. You understand that, right?”

The Jade Emperor quickly waved his hand and said, "I understand, I understand! I just came here to freeload and have fun! Of course, there's no pay if I don't contribute, I know that! Actually, there's no need to divide the loot in the cave, I didn't personally help out much!"

Nietzsche said solemnly, "If we're going to split it, it's all thanks to you for bringing in the NPCs to help!"

The Jade Emperor smiled somewhat sheepishly: "Well then, thank you, Commander!"

They chatted for a few more minutes before saying goodbye.

The Jade Emperor also needs to send the NPC Bamboo Fairy back to the Spirit Sugarcane Garden in Chang'an City, and the Seven Wood Spirits also need to be transplanted to the mining area near Wuwang City with the help of the players.

However, not many people needed to go. Nietzsche only took the more meticulous Guantangbao with him to help transplant the seven wood sprites, while the other players were assigned to loot the corpses.

Since the Seven-Clump Wood Sprite hadn't yet come up with a name, and everyone identified it as such, they nicknamed it "Little Seven," which pleased the Seven-Clump Wood Sprite. Even though it couldn't speak yet, it had learned to communicate with the players by swaying its vines left and right and moving up and down. The relationship between the players and this newly appointed security guard of Wuwang City was harmonious.

As Nietzsche carefully dug into the soil around Xiao Qi's roots, he muttered to himself, "Xiao Qi, regarding benefits, I've increased them several times over, referencing those in Chang'an! Our Righteous Spirit Endures Society has plenty of money! For example, your monthly salary is fifty yuan! All kinds of subsidies and holidays are fully utilized! I'll design the details later and tell you in detail! What do you think?"

Xiaoqi stretched out a vine and swayed it up and down to respond, indicating that she understood.

Nietzsche then happily added, "You're the first demon cultivator NPC in our Martial King City! They already have a whole bunch of them in Chang'an City! Little Seven! You're our Martial King City's 'city treasure'! Our mascot!"

Xiaoqi's vine, which was hanging in mid-air, swayed in confusion, as if it didn't quite understand Nietzsche's meaning.

However, Nietzsche didn't expect a plant to respond to him, and continued to talk to himself: "This is a good start! As we attract more and more demon cultivators, our Martial King City can grow bigger and stronger! Overwhelm Chang'an City! Reach the pinnacle of life... no, the pinnacle of city life!"

The dumpling-filled soldier, who was diligently digging in the dirt, overheard the whole thing and couldn't help but roll his eyes, saying, "Hey! Commander! Stop dreaming! Wake up! Get to work!"

...(End of chapter)