Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 177 Winning Hearts and Minds, Accumulating Wealth

After closing the panel, Su Yu emerged from the Zhenhai Realm, greeted her grandmaster and second brother, and then teleported to Mingsu Palace via the teleportation array.

Second Brother won't be returning for the time being. He spends most of his time in Mingsu Palace, and it's rare for him to return to the clan. He also has his own things to do.

Returning to Ten Thousand Poisons Island, the guild remains the same.

Upon learning of his successful promotion to a core disciple of the Suspended Mountain, Chu Xinyue was overjoyed and made a suggestion:
"You should inform the entire assembly of this news; it will enhance the cohesion and unity of your subordinates."

Su Yu thought it was feasible; the more capable he was, the more respect his subordinates would have for him.

An hour later, a new pinned notification appeared in the guild channel—Congratulations to Vice Guild Leader Su Yu for successfully becoming a core disciple of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect's Suspended Mountain!
In less than two seconds, he received a message from Gu Zhi Qiu:

"Holy crap, is this for real?"

"The announcement has already been issued, how could it be faked?"

"Damn, your status has risen way too fast! You've only been a disciple for two years and you've already become a core disciple. Are you planning to become a true disciple within five years?"

"That's not the case."

"I don't think you have that ability."

"hey-hey."

Su Yu smiled without saying a word.

"Now that you've been promoted to a core disciple, you shouldn't be so busy anymore, right?"

"I should have some free time now."

"Then come back and mentor the new recruits. I've taken on a lot of new talent recently."

"No problem, I'll handle it."

"Holy crap, you received so much?"

Su Yu then noticed that the number of people in the second team in the team channel was 1630. Originally, the first brigade plus Qi Dongyang's second brigade only had 510 people, so there were more than 1,100 more people.

"We're a main force unit, after all. How can we not recruit more people?"

"There are only 1,600 people in the regiment now. I plan to recruit at least 3,000 before I stop. Then I'll set up the framework for the five brigades."

"In addition, you need to find a way to get a main warship. The First Regiment has two giant wooden ships, but our Second Regiment doesn't have a single one. We can't even hold our heads up when we go out."

Gu Zhi Qiu has now honed her skills and is doing quite well in team management, and she also has her own insights into team development.

Su Yu hadn't communicated with him for a long time, so upon hearing this, she simply called him and Qi Dongyang from the Second Brigade back, and the three of them gathered together to talk about team development.

After some casual conversation, Su Yu made another trip to Flying Star Island and spent a full 15000 gold coins to buy a giant wooden divine boat.

Of course, it wasn't his own money he spent; it was the team's money.

15000 gold coins were taken from the team's and the First and Second Battalions' treasuries, and the Giant Wooden Ship was given to the Second Regiment's headquarters.

Giant Wood Divine Ship (Tier 6): A super-large main warship with unimaginable combat power, capable of deep-sea combat and equipped with war artifacts.

Warship dimensions: 1000 meters long, 200 meters wide, speed of 800 kilometers per hour, capacity of 3000 people.

Warship Attributes: Hull Durability 3000 million points, Defense Shield 10000 million points, Mana Pool 500 million.

Warship attributes: Players on board receive +30% damage and 30% damage reduction.

Warship Equipment: Can be equipped with 150 Vulcan crossbow towers, 600 lightning and fire towers, and one medium-sized regeneration magic circle.

Vulcan Crossbow (Tier 1): A weapon of war that can fire crossbow bolts as thick as a thumb.

Attributes: Damage 500, Attack range 5 kilometers, Armor penetration +3, Penetration +3.

Single shot: one shot every 5 seconds.

Rapid Fire: Fires ten arrows in quick succession, with a 5-minute cooldown.

Blazing Thunder Tower (Tier 1): Draws upon the earth's ley line energy or mana to condense into blazing thunder to injure enemies.

Attributes: Durability 10 points, Damage 1000 points, Attack range 10 kilometers, Kill radius 50 meters, Energy consumption 500 points, Attack frequency once every 15 seconds.

This time, Su Yu paid out of his own pocket, spending 7500 gold to upgrade both the Vulcan Crossbow Tower and the Blazing Thunder Tower on the ship by one level.

Vulcan Crossbow (Tier 2): A weapon of war that can fire crossbow bolts as thick as a thumb.

Attributes: Damage 2000, Attack range 10 kilometers, Armor penetration +4, Penetration +4.

Single shot: one shot every 5 seconds.

Blazing Thunder Tower (Tier 2): Draws upon the earth's ley line energy or mana to condense into blazing thunder to injure enemies.

Attributes: Durability 50 points, Damage 3000 points, Attack range 20 kilometers, Kill radius 100 meters, Energy consumption 1000 points, Attack frequency once every 15 seconds.

The power increases threefold with each upgrade, and if it is upgraded another time, it will increase more than threefold on the existing level, reaching a power of 10000.

However, the upgrade requirements will also increase accordingly. Upgrading each Thunder Tower to level three costs as much as 50 gold, and the 750 Fire God Ballista Towers and Thunder Towers together will cost 37500 gold.

I definitely can't get promoted now, but I'll definitely get promoted in the future.

The guild's development here and subsequent expansion will inevitably lead to conflicts with the major guilds on Wan Du Island. When guild wars break out, naval battles are a must, and an elite main warship is indispensable. When the Giant Wooden Ship appeared at the guild's port, it immediately attracted a large crowd.

"Pinned Announcement: To celebrate the guild leader's promotion to a core disciple of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, a one-month leveling event will be launched, which all guild members can participate in."

When the giant wooden ship slowly set sail and left the port the next day, 1524 of the 1610 members of the group arrived.

On the giant wooden ship, Su Yu appeared on the fifth-floor balcony of the ship's deck, surrounded by the team's senior members, to meet with many of the newly joined guild members and to give a speech.

In general, the point is to let the subordinates get to know their boss, so that they don't run into misunderstandings if they don't recognize him in the future, which would be embarrassing.

I have to say, being a battalion commander, with thousands of people following your lead and obeying your orders, feels pretty great.

The other side is a world of immortals and heroes, where individual strength can surpass that of a team. If it were a fantasy world, the power of guilds would be even greater.

After becoming the regimental commander and promoting a group of subordinates, Su Yu was completely freed up.

He only needs to control the team's finances and personnel, and maintain absolute strength, to keep the team firmly in his grasp, and no one will dare to disobey him.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

With a series of deafening roars, a deluge of blazing divine lightning converged and crashed into the water, tearing apart the countless aquatic creatures that had been drawn there by the demon-attracting incense.

The upgraded Flaming Thunder is incredibly powerful. A dozen or so of them stacked together can blast into the sea and basically wipe out most of the enemy. The remaining enemies, with their remaining health low, are easily picked off by the ship's Vulcan crossbows.

Su Yu had just shown off his abilities a few days ago, and then he had Gu Zhi Qiu and Qi Dong Yang take turns hosting the event, while he and Qing Chan led a group of trusted subordinates and officials to have private training sessions.

It mainly consists of a few old buddies like Zhuang Zhuo, Shi Ning, and Meng Chen.

Then came Tang An, Qiao Xuan, Gu Yao, Dai Yang, and several squad leaders from Qi Dongyang's side of the Second Brigade, including Qi Dongyang's daughter, who were also brought over for extra tutoring.

He already had a good relationship with Qi Dongyang, and since Qi Dongyang's level was already at its maximum and wouldn't level up further, it would be better to do him a favor to his daughter; that would be more effective.

Yes, Qi Dongyang's Qi Refining Technique has now reached level 99, and he is only 10,000 experience points away from triggering the Heavenly Tribulation at level 100. He can upgrade to trigger the Heavenly Tribulation at any time if he wants.

However, he is not yet ready to undergo the tribulation, nor is he confident that he can survive the first great heavenly tribulation.

He has the Primordial Limitless Pill and defensive magic treasures, but he is still lacking a large number of cannon fodder magic treasures, and he is not mentally prepared to deal with the situation.

Su Yu had discussed this matter with him before. In his words, at least three to five seventh-tier defensive magic treasures should be prepared, with eighth-tier being the best, as well as dozens of sixth-tier magic treasures to serve as cannon fodder to consume the power of the heavenly tribulation.

Ideally, there would be formations or special items that could reduce the power of the heavenly tribulation, but he hadn't gathered any of them.

This incident also served as a reminder to Su Yu that preparations in this regard needed to be put on the agenda.

But no rush, we can talk about it later when there's another opportunity. For now, let's focus on leveling up and improving our strength.

The people he brought over this time were all core members of the Second Regiment. Su Yu needed them to control the team, and in order to make it easier for him to be a hands-off manager in the future, he had to win them over properly.

Giving them special training is a win-win situation: it not only shows favor and builds closer relationships, but also improves their skills.

In his first battle after obtaining the Xuan Ting Treasure Manual, Su Yu's monster-killing efficiency once again exceeded his previous limits.

The main power comes from the new cultivation method, which is the Hunyuan Yiqi Wanhua Divine Thunder. Its base power is 42000, and the Taoist power bonus is 56000, bringing the total power to 98000. It can basically kill monsters below level 80 instantly, making it very strong in both PvP and PvE.

The advanced demon-attracting incense can lure monsters from a radius of hundreds of kilometers, including both experience monsters and bosses. Ao Run then drives the monsters together, and a single divine thunderbolt bombards a 700-meter diameter area, capable of killing thousands of monsters in one shot. With one shot every twenty seconds, the efficiency is frighteningly high.

This back-and-forth continues, and the killing experience is exaggeratedly high, like being spammed on a screen. Even if it's shared among a dozen or so people, the rewards are still very generous.

The main focus for the first month is on gaining kill experience. You can gain 20 to 30 million kill experience points every day, and each person can get around 700 to 800 million kill experience points over the course of a month.

In the second month, everyone focused on increasing their cultivation level. They could accumulate at least 200 cultivation points a day, and sometimes as many as 400 or 500. After a month, each person could accumulate about 10,000 cultivation points.

Two months later, the event ended.

The ordinary members of the team were very happy. In two months, they had accumulated two to three hundred million killing experience and about three thousand cultivation points. With thousands of people staying together every day, the team's cohesion had greatly improved, and the newcomers and veterans had all become familiar with each other.

The team's elites and officials also enjoyed a comfortable life, accumulating over a billion killing experience points and tens of thousands of cultivation points in two months. This was a very substantial income for ordinary sect disciples and independent cultivators, enough to significantly boost their strength.

Su Yu didn't suffer any losses either; she appeased her subordinates and became an even more comfortable hands-off manager.

So after the team activity ended, he took Qingchan away for some alone time.

Near Wan Du Island, we dived more than 5,000 meters into the deep sea and began leveling up like crazy with Qing Chan.

This time, only two people shared the experience, and the monster-killing efficiency was not much different from before. As a result, their daily kill experience reached a new high, accumulating more than 40 million kill experience per day, the highest ever.

5000 million kills a day, 15 billion kills a month.

They don't have much cultivation level, so they mainly focus on gaining experience through killing. They don't specifically seek out bosses, but they occasionally encounter them, and they can still gain around three thousand cultivation level points in a month.

In just three months, he accumulated 45 billion killing experience points, which, combined with the 46.8 billion killing experience points he had accumulated before, brought his total killing experience points to 91.8 billion, and his cultivation level reached 29520 points.

"With an innate bone strength of 50+, experience consumption can be reduced by 20%. 80 billion killing experience plus 1 cultivation points are enough to condense another immortal bone."

"It's been five months, Master should have earned enough money for the materials to make one immortal bone by now, right?"

Su Yu rubbed her hands together excitedly and said to Qing Chan:

"I need to go back to my clan."

(End of this chapter)