Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 93 A real man should have strong muscles

"Next, next!"

Having successfully "signed" three demon cultivators in a row, Wang Ergou was so excited that he rubbed his hands together.

This time, however, no players responded enthusiastically to the call.

After all, most players come to play the game, not to be played by the game. Unless you're a whale (high-spending player), who would bother to grind for money in a game just to hire an NPC as a servant? You'd be a servant yourself, so it's pointless!

"Since there aren't any left, it's my turn to speak!"

Wang Ergou cleared his throat, pulled out a small piece of paper from somewhere, and read aloud as if reading from a prepared script: "Due to development needs, Chang'an Society is now openly recruiting a group of outstanding demon talents to join our team. We look forward to the participation of ambitious demons, working together to create a better future! Ahem! Currently, our society is sincerely recruiting various permanent NPCs, mainly for positions such as tax collectors, granary officials, constables, and post station messengers. The basic salary is fifteen spirit stones per week, and different positions have different benefits, which can be discussed in detail when signing the contract..."

"Where did you get this article? Didn't we decide to hold this job fair on the spur of the moment?"

As Zhao Qing spoke, she leaned over in confusion, only to find that the piece of paper in Wang Ergou's hand was a ruined talisman with no text at all!
Zhao Qing retorted speechlessly, "I don't know what to say. After all, admitting that I know you at this time feels like an insult to my intelligence."

Bai Chenxue also saw the "manuscript" and immediately burst into laughter: "I'm dying of laughter, Brother Gou is quite the actor, hahaha!"

Standing to the side, Zhen Junzi expressed his doubts about this extravagant act of spending "fifteen spirit stones every week": "Brother Gou, was our community really this rich before?"

"What do you think? We've rented a large plot of land from Shenyou Village and started greenhouse cultivation. We're growing the spiritual herbs and plants that Guangcheng Sect offers the highest prices for. We've also prepared growth-enhancing potions, so we can harvest a batch in as little as ten days. Last time, just the pilot batch sold to Guangcheng Sect, we made several thousand spirit stones! Not to mention the next batch will be even bigger!"

Wang Ergou said smugly, "There's a big shot who's researching fast-growing chicken farming. Once he succeeds, we can not only be self-sufficient, but also export and earn foreign exchange!"

Jia Xiaoren also questioned, "Wait a minute, that doesn't make sense. With our current level of technology, how could we possibly do greenhouse farming? Where would we get the plastic?"

Wang Ergou chuckled: "How stupid! You're cultivating immortality and you're still thinking about plastic greenhouses? Just build a constant temperature array!"

Everyone: "..."

That seems to make sense?

While everyone was still in shock, Jin Li asked about something he was more concerned about: "What is this 'contract signing'? Could it be a spirit contract?"

A spiritual contract is a contract handled by a deity. Signing a spiritual contract means that both parties are subject to the supervision of a deity regarding the performance of the contract, and any violation will have extremely serious consequences.

However, most civilizations in the Guixu Realm are still in a state of wild rule, which means that most spirit contracts are unequal, especially beast contracts and body contracts. The former even have their lives controlled by the contract master, not to mention the others.

Therefore, demon cultivators generally feel very averse to the mention of spirit contracts.

“We could sign a spirit contract, but I don’t think it’s necessary?” Wang Ergou thought for a moment and explained, “A contract is a contract, but it’s not some kind of indenture. Both parties to the contract are completely equal. For example, if Ya Ya hires A-Lian, the contract should specify what kind of work A-Lian will do, how many spirit stones Ya Ya will give, and all the benefits. If there is any violation, our Chang’an Sheyi will compensate and handle it.”

Because many words were untranslatable and spoken directly, they were completely unfamiliar to Jin Li, leaving him only partially understanding. Fortunately, he roughly understood that Wang Ergou meant there was no need to sign a spirit contract, only a common contract used in ordinary towns, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "If it's just a common contract, that's fine too." "Let's start with the tax collectors. We're actually hiring tax officers, mainly responsible for calculating and collecting taxes. Then there's the warehouse manager, whose real name is warehouse administrator, or warehouse manager for short, mainly responsible for managing the entry and exit of public property and goods in the community. The constables are security administrators, responsible for maintaining order in Chang'an City. The courier is the logistics administrator, responsible for delivering express mail and letters..."

After a long and passionate speech, Wang Ergou finally succeeded in "harvesting" two rabbit demons, one crow demon, one raccoon demon, and one butterfly demon, and returned home with a full load.

……

The Jade Emperor teleported out of the [Frozen Pool Cave] dungeon, said goodbye to his temporary teammates who had been playing all afternoon, stretched, and started posting a new recruitment ad: [Teammates who can kite and draw aggro in the Frozen Pool Cave dungeon to farm reputation, loot will be sold and split equally, hurry up!]

These past few days, he's been either in class or grinding through dungeons—he can't help it, the school uniform's stats are just too tempting, and it even has special effects. He's incredibly envious. When he was building the community with Wang Ergou, he used up most of his contribution points and prestige points. If he doesn't work hard, he doesn't know when he'll be able to accumulate enough!
There's no way to get contribution points in the short term, there are only so many ways to get them, and there's nowhere to work hard for them. But prestige points are easier to get, just keep running dungeons!
Soon, the Jade Emperor received a private message from someone named [Wu Ke], who seemed ordinary and unremarkable.

"Bro, I'm a tank. I'm not fast, but I can reliably hold aggro on rogues, okay?"

Flesh T-shirt?

To stir up trouble and stabilize the situation?
The Jade Emperor was somewhat skeptical.

Although *Ten Continents Chronicles* appears to be a game, it is actually a real world. Therefore, even the seemingly stupid monsters and beasts possess intelligence. Furthermore, the Nine Nether Demons are merely cruel and instinctively bloodthirsty; that doesn't mean they behave like real game data, rigidly adhering to the established rules. Even paramecia exhibit biological stress response and avoid salt; which monster in *Ten Continents Chronicles* isn't more advanced than a paramecium?

more importantly--

"This game has tanks!?"

The Jade Emperor raised a question about the soul.

The other person confidently replied, "Dude, I chose physical training! A real man needs strong muscles, a great body, and a strong spirit!"

After reaching level 10 and gaining Qi into the body, players can unlock over a dozen sects to choose from! The most popular choice is Hundred Weapons, which is not only highly practical but also incredibly visually appealing—who wouldn't want to show off their skills like Wang Ergou with a "sword"? In addition, Wang Ergou's beginner's guide also details the benefits of cultivating Hundred Weapons, so almost seven or eight out of ten players choose Hundred Weapons, resulting in a very large sect base.

Secondly, there are talismans and healers. The former has become recognized as the most lucrative profession, while the latter is highly regarded because it is obviously a healing profession.

In addition, many players choose weapon crafting and the Five Elements, but I haven't seen many players focusing on body tempering. After all, everyone is either playing with lightning and fire or using swords. If you're a body cultivator standing there shirtless, you might have some imposing presence, but it doesn't sound very sophisticated—everyone else is cultivating immortality, and you're still training your biceps, triceps, and pectoral muscles? It just doesn't sound right!
Of course, out of curiosity, the Jade Emperor still chose to let the other party join the team.

"Let's give it a try first. If it doesn't work, we'll see. I've never actually worked with a body cultivator before, so I don't know how effective it will be."

The Jade Emperor phrased it tactfully, but the other party swore confidently: "Don't worry! I'm incredibly tough! I'll kowtow to you if you don't get a chance!"

"Well, it's not that bad..."

(End of this chapter)