The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 202 Seats and Town Establishment (Two-in-One)

"Is that important person from the association looking for me?" Lin Qi was quite surprised to hear this.

The Martial Arts Association official Qin Mu mentioned had previously placed the newly established Obsidian Martial Arts Academy on the Wilderness Power Ranking. Although Qin Mu did not reveal this person's identity, as a certified genius martial artist of the association, it would be easy for him to find out.

Although the human race is not a weak race in the City of Light, it is not a strong race either, and there are quite a few experts at the Bone Forging Realm.

And the person who holds a high position in the Martial Arts Association of the City of Light, and whom Qin Mu holds in the utmost awe.

That is, Liu Tianzong, the vice president of the City of Light Martial Arts Association.

This Liu Tianzong can be said to be the pillar of the human race in the City of Light, and also the expert who is closest to that level.

“That’s right. That lord finally came back, and knowing that you are a Bone Forging Realm expert, he wanted to see you as soon as possible.” Qin Mu said with admiration in his eyes, “If you are free now, come with me. It’s not easy for that lord to come back, and since you are a Bone Forging Realm expert, you are already qualified to enter the city’s upper echelons. That lord is looking for you for this very reason.”

"Alright, let's go now." Lin Qi nodded. With such an invitation from a powerful human, there was naturally no reason not to go.

Although he appears to be living a life of unparalleled glory to outsiders, he knows very well that the pie of the City of Light is only so big, and all races are vying for it fiercely. The sudden emergence of someone like him among the human race is probably something that the Bone Forging Realm experts of all races are secretly itching to get their hands on.

At this moment, Liu Tianzong invited him to meet, which was actually a reminder to all races, letting them know that the newly advanced Bone Forging Realm warrior of the human race was not without backing.

Lin Qi then asked Meng Wei to handle the situation. More and more vagrants came to join the martial arts school. One of them followed Qin Mu into the flying car and drove towards the city.

City center, martial arts association.

The flying car slowly came to a stop on the roof of the association building, which resembled a plaza. From time to time, flying cars could be seen stopping and leaving. Judging from the blood aura emanating from the people getting out of the cars, many of them were Bone Forging Realm martial artists. This was a completely different world from the situation in the association's main hall, where not a single Bone Forging Realm martial artist could be seen.

"The top floor of the association is specifically for Bone Forging Realm martial artists. Only Bone Forging Realm martial artists are allowed to stay here. Visceral Refining Realm martial artists are not allowed to come here unless they have a special mission or arrangement." Qin Mu explained as he led the way, watching Lin Qi who had been observing the coming and going Bone Forging Realm martial artists. "Moreover, apart from the rooftop, the floors above the fiftieth floor of the association building are all places provided by the association specifically for Bone Forging Realm and above martial artists to rest and train. Normally, Visceral Refining Realm martial artists are prohibited from entering to prevent disturbing martial artists above the Bone Forging Realm."

"No wonder I didn't see a single Bone Forging Realm martial artist when I came to the association last time. The association really has made thorough preparations for Bone Forging Realm martial artists." Lin Qi secretly clicked his tongue as he looked at the various Bone Forging Realm experts from different races passing by in the building.

He originally thought the gap between ordinary people and martial artists was already large enough, but now, looking at the top floor of the Martial Artists Association, he realized that the gap between martial artists in the Organ Refining Realm and those in the Bone Forging Realm was even greater.

Not only do martial artists at the Bone Forging Realm use flying cars for transportation, but he could also feel an energy on the entire rooftop that far exceeded that of the lobby on the first floor. The concentration of energy was even more exaggerated than being in the center of a small energy mine.

It feels like here, even martial artists at the Refining Organs Realm don't need energy ore to cultivate; they can just cultivate directly, and the effect is definitely better than using energy ore.

"We've arrived." Qin Mu walked to the end of the corridor and pointed to the vice president's room. "Since the master only wants to see you, I won't go in."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Brother Qin Mu." Lin Qi nodded and then knocked on the door.

The tightly closed alloy door slowly opened, revealing a room that resembled a garden, filled with trees and flowers of unknown species. The moment one stepped inside, one felt a sense of clarity.

In the center of the room, on a floor entirely paved with energy crystals, sat an elderly man who looked to be in his sixties or seventies, with slightly graying hair, looking through messages on his smartwatch.

Even when Lin Qi walked ten meters away from the old man, although he did not see any qi or blood smoke, the moment Lin Qi stepped in, it was as if he had been lying in an ocean of qi and blood. Just because of this rich qi and blood, it was as if he was carrying a heavy weight of ten thousand pounds on his back.

"Is this the strength of a master who is about to reach that level?" Lin Qi looked at Liu Tianzong, who did not deliberately release his blood energy, and felt extremely shocked.

Now, because he cultivates all three training methods simultaneously, his blood and qi are no less than those of a true Bone Forging Realm martial artist. However, compared to Liu Tianzong in front of him, it's like a small stream compared to a long river—they are not even in the same league.

Without Liu Tianzong intentionally releasing his qi and blood, within a radius of ten meters, probably no martial artist at the Refining Organs Realm could harm him. In fact, even ordinary martial artists at the Refining Organs Realm would likely be unable to move if they entered a ten-meter radius around Liu Tianzong.

"Not bad, your Qi and blood have indeed reached the Bone Forging Realm." Liu Tianzong looked at Lin Qi sitting on the mat a meter or so in front of him and said with great satisfaction, "Xiao Meng reached the Bone Forging Realm a while ago, which was quite a surprise to me. I didn't expect that in just a few days, another martial artist like you, who is not in the Bone Forging Realm but is better than the Bone Forging Realm, would appear."

"Vice President Liu did see through it after all," Lin Qi said somewhat awkwardly. "I wanted to explain the misunderstanding, but unfortunately no one believed me."

“Young man, there’s no need to be so polite. Just call me Old Liu.” Liu Tianzong stroked his white beard and smiled. “As for other people’s misunderstandings, let them be. Such misunderstandings are fine. Even if some old guys like me see through it, there’s no need to worry. With your blood and energy, becoming a Bone Forging Realm martial artist is a piece of cake. Not to mention that you have strength comparable to a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, it’s meaningless to say that you’re not a Bone Forging Realm martial artist.”

"I wonder what brings Elder Liu to see me?" Lin Qi asked with a hint of curiosity, looking at the amiable Liu Tianzong in front of him.

“You are now a Bone Forging Realm martial artist. According to the regulations of our City of Light, anyone who becomes a Bone Forging Realm martial artist can obtain a seat on the city council. In addition to being able to exchange for thirty bottles of Type III potions every month, they can also obtain a quota for entering the inheritance grounds controlled by our City of Light.” Liu Tianzong said with a smile, “Normally, processing these procedures would take about ten days to half a month. If the people of each race drag it out, it could take up to half a year. I called you here because I intend to personally handle these procedures for you. This way, it can all be completed in half a day at most.”

"Thank you, Elder Liu." Lin Qi immediately understood that the people of each race definitely did not want the outsiders to benefit. Although they could not completely stop them, they could still buy time. Half a year would mean exchanging 180 fewer bottles of Type III potions, which should be a considerable amount of resources for a Bone Forging Realm martial artist.

“No! You don’t understand.” Liu Tianzong looked at Lin Qi, as if he could see through Lin Qi’s thoughts, and shook his head and said, “Exchanging three types of potions every month is a small matter. The inheritance land controlled by our City of Light is the most important thing. It is the foundation of our City of Light and the lifeline for the birth of martial artists at that level.”

"The foundation of the City of Light?" Lin Qi was a little confused. Although he knew that this place of inheritance should be a place for martial artists to learn and improve, he did not expect that it would be the foundation of the City of Light.

"It's normal that you don't know what the Land of Inheritance is. After all, it's a secret among the city's upper echelons. Only a very small number of people from the major powers in the city know, and only those who have entered the Genius Training Camp know," Liu Tianzong said. "The path of a martial artist is a series of leaps and bounds. The training methods and martial arts techniques created by martial artists today are actually derived from the training methods and martial arts techniques left behind in the ancient ruins unearthed after the Great Disaster. They weren't created out of thin air." "These ancient ruins have mysterious origins. Many scholars believe they were built by ancient people, while others believe they originated from extraterrestrial civilizations."

"Whether they come from ancient times or from civilizations on other planets, a considerable number of these ancient ruins contain cultivation traditions. Our City of Light controls one of them. Every councilor in the city can get twenty spots to explore each time the place of inheritance opens. All the students in the Genius Training Camp can go in. As for what they can gain, it all depends on the individual."

"The current city lord obtained a very powerful martial art in the Land of Inheritance. After learning it, he reached that level. Therefore, the sooner you get a spot in the Land of Inheritance, the better. The next Land of Inheritance will open in twenty days, which will also be the first day for new students to register at the Genius Training Camp. As for how you arrange these spots, it's all up to you. We humans don't have so many rules. Whether you use them to cultivate your own power or to nurture rising stars, it's all up to you."

"Does it contain extremely powerful martial arts techniques and training methods?" Lin Qi's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

Training methods and powerful martial arts techniques at the Bone Forging Realm are extremely rare, let alone those above it. Unless one completely joins a powerful force, one doesn't even have the right to take a look.

Now, this place of inheritance is a good place to obtain higher-level training methods and martial arts skills. If he can obtain more training methods and martial arts skills, his training methods and martial arts skills can also become better and stronger.

"This place of inheritance is good, but I must also remind you that it is also very dangerous." Liu Tianzong looked at the happy Lin Qi and said seriously, "These places of inheritance all retain some of the creator's methods. For example, every year there are no monster hordes attacking the town, but there are still Bone Forging Realm warriors who perish, and even some famous geniuses disappear. In fact, they all died in the places of inheritance. When you move in the places of inheritance, you must act according to your ability. If you see that something is impossible, you must give up and return immediately."

"I understand, thank you for reminding me, Elder Liu." Lin Qi nodded, but he didn't really care.

If he were to enter such a place of heritage, it would be a complete waste of his spot, not to mention the life-or-death danger involved. Such a thing should be left to the players; he only needs to be a ruthless harvesting robot.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing," Liu Tianzong suddenly said. "The patrol teams sent out by the city have discovered quite a few monsters that have fled from the front lines around the city. Among them are lord-level monsters that are summoning monster hordes to attack towns. Although your strength is comparable to a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, if you really encounter a lord-level monster and a horde of thousands of smaller monsters, there is still a high probability that you will perish. Before you have fully become a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, it is best not to go out."

"Have lord-level monsters and waves of smaller monsters already appeared near the city?" Lin Qi frowned slightly upon hearing this.

He wasn't confident in dealing with lord-level monsters on his own; at most, he could escape using his speed. As for facing a large number of monsters, his stamina and health were limited, so he had to rely on a large number of warriors to act together.

Red Moon Mountain is more than 100 kilometers away from the city, making it vulnerable to attack. Even with the Desert Eagles, it would be difficult to defend against attacks by relying solely on him and the current number of martial arts players, since the number of energy crystals is limited, which is equivalent to the limited number of Desert Eagle bullets.

Once the bullets are used up, a beginner-level martial artist would be lucky to even fight a mid-level monster to a draw. Ten beginner-level martial artists are nothing but ants in front of thousands of mid-level monsters.

However, Crimson Moon Mountain is currently his main source of energy ores and energy crystals, and he cannot afford to lose it.

If Crimson Moon Mountain were to be breached by monsters, upgrading the martial arts school and summoning more players would become a major problem.

After spending most of the day resolving Lin Qi's appointment as the new city councilor, Liu Tianzong was assigned a posting by the association. He no longer cared about Lin Qi and went straight there in his flying car. Lin Qi was astonished by how busy he was.

After completing all the formalities, Lin Qi didn't chat with Qin Mu much at the Martial Arts Association and returned to the Obsidian Martial Arts School immediately.

He had known for some time that the areas around major cities were no longer safe, but he hadn't expected them to be this dangerous.

Lord-level monsters are all active; if this isn't dealt with quickly, the foundation of the Obsidian Martial Arts School will be destroyed.

"Master, is there anything else you need to tell me?" Meng Wei looked at Lin Qi, who had summoned him immediately after his return, and felt very strange.

Lin Qi instructed him to recruit as many martial arts school disciples as possible. In order to recruit more disciples, he was preparing to recruit disciples while taking over the territories of the four major forces. However, he was urgently notified by Lin Qi to return to the martial arts school.

"How is the recruitment of martial arts school disciples going?" Lin Qi asked.

"Because of your status as the head of the martial arts school, the recruitment of disciples is going very smoothly. We have already recruited 5347 disciples. If we recruit a wave in the territories of the four major powers, the number should exceed 10,000 in less than three days," Meng Wei said excitedly.

"Tens of thousands of people in three days?" Lin Qi frowned. This speed was indeed fast under normal circumstances, since there were assessment standards for such recruitment. However, if the goal was to quickly develop the small energy mines in Crimson Moon Mountain, produce more energy crystals, and build a garrison capable of fighting against the small monster tide, this number of people was simply not enough.

“Master, if you want to recruit more martial arts disciples quickly, there is actually another way, and this method can recruit an extremely large number of disciples, but…” Meng Wei looked at Lin Qi, who was not very satisfied, and hesitated before speaking.

"Speak, what's the plan?" Lin Qi said directly. "Right now, I just want a large number of my own people."

“That is to build a town!” Meng Wei said through gritted teeth. “Monsters are rampant in the wild now, and most of the vagrants live in the wild. Cities can only accept a limited number of vagrants, especially since the further away the place is, the less safe it is, and cities can’t manage it all. But if there is a relatively safe town in the wild that is willing to accept these vagrants, there will definitely be a large number of vagrants going there. Even if the condition is to join the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, we can completely turn Crimson Moon Mountain into a town. The only problem is that doing so will definitely cause dissatisfaction in other cities. After all, this is equivalent to encroaching on the territory of these cities, especially Wanxing City.”

Every major city values ​​every town highly, not only because they can add to the city's resources, but also because they can bring a lot of wealth and increase the city's sphere of influence. Therefore, major cities have been secretly trying to compete for various towns. Now that a town from another city has suddenly appeared, it will definitely become a thorn in the side of other cities.

"Let them be dissatisfied. We at Obsidian Martial Arts Academy don't need anyone's permission to do things!" Lin Qi said directly. "You arrange it now and inform the vagrants in the surrounding area that a new town has been built in Crimson Moon Mountain, and all disciples of Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, along with their families, can live there for free!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Meng Wei's heart also burned with enthusiasm.

Before sunset, news of the planned town being built on Chiyue Mountain spread throughout the streets and alleys.

(End of this chapter)