Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 188 Unification, Expansion, and Invasion of the Cave Heaven
Considering that we are at a critical juncture in the guild's unification of Ten Thousand Poisons Island, after some discussion, the group decided to postpone their attack on the Five Elements Sect of Cave Heaven.

Second Sister-in-law returned to Mingsu Palace and obtained several Nine Heavens Capital Seal Talismans from her father, resealing the entrance to the secret realm.

This talisman is a temporary seal, each lasting about a month. A total of three talismans can seal for three months, enough to last until the three major guilds leave.

After the seal was completed, the three teams were freed up and began to take turns persuading the numerous guilds, large and small, on the island to leave.

By the end of the first month, Su Yu directly mobilized the main force of the second group to the headquarters of a guild called the Sky Eagle Gang. This guild now has more than 20,000 members. After the three major guilds left, they thought they saw an opportunity and recruited a large number of members who were unwilling to leave the three major guilds, expanding wildly.

Su Yu showed no mercy to those who dared to stand out, transforming himself into a true dragon and summoning thunderclouds covering hundreds of kilometers. The continuous lightning directly destroyed the city's protective array, turning the entire city into ruins.

Break through the city, wipe out all the stubborn elements, and then plunder all the resources.

After this whole ordeal, the guild is basically finished.

The ringleader was wiped out in a flash, witnessed by all the major and minor factions in the vicinity, who had no choice but to leave, no matter how unwilling they were.

Two months later, Su Yu reappeared in Wan Du City, south of Wan Du Island. This was the original headquarters of the Wan Du Gang, but the one resisting was not the Wan Du Gang.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Gang had already moved away, but because the move was so sudden, they didn't send anyone to take over immediately. As a result, more than a dozen forces, totaling over 100,000 people, seized the opportunity to occupy the city, hoping to stop them from taking it over.

Su Yu naturally didn't hold back, and together with her second brother and sister-in-law, she gathered more than 20,000 men to attack.

Su Yu showed no mercy to such opportunists. After besieging the city, he transformed into a dragon and gathered thunderclouds. The city's protective array had long been dismantled by the Ten Thousand Poisons Gang, so those inside the city could only withstand his attack head-on. A massive wave of thunderous force wiped out most of them.

With just two dragon transformations, he crushed all the resistance fighters on the island, and no one on the island doubted the authenticity of his dragon transformation. Regardless of whether they were willing or not, the other forces had no choice but to withdraw.

With the withdrawal of many forces, Thousand Star Palace became the de facto owner of Ten Thousand Poison Island, which has tens of millions of players. As the only guild on the island, the speed of guild member recruitment increased significantly.

They recruited 100,000 people in the first month.

The second recruitment began in the second month, recruiting a total of 200,000 people. Combined with the previous 100,000, the total number of recruits was 300,000. All of them were young people, with the oldest not exceeding 50 years old.

This refers to ordinary members; if someone is strong enough, the requirements can be relaxed.

For example, those who have the potential to transcend tribulations can have their age limit extended to under one hundred years old.

There are a total of 300,000 players, with three main groups of 30,000 each, totaling 90,000 players.

Of the remaining 210,000 players, more than 50,000 are players who specialize in various life skills, such as craftsmen, weapon refiners, alchemists, shipbuilders, and other non-combat professions.

The actual combat personnel remaining was 16, with each battalion having a quota of 3000 people, totaling 53 battalions.

After unifying Wan Du Island, all resource sites were inventoried, revealing three large Gu Abysses, seven medium-sized Gu Abysses, sixteen small Gu Abysses, seven large mines, twenty-eight medium mines, ninety-one small mines, and a host of special resource points, including medicinal fields.

The three large Gu Abysses originally belonged to the three major guilds, with each of the three main guilds receiving one.

All remaining small and medium-sized Gu Abysses belong to the guild. All teams within the guild only have the right to use the Gu Abysses, which they can apply for at any time; they do not have ownership.

The mineral resources also belong to the guild, and the total monthly income is collected by the guild and then distributed to the various teams.

In general, the entire financial system is centralized at headquarters to prevent subordinate teams from developing unnecessary ambitions due to having political power, and to facilitate the centralization of authority.

The guild's income is also quite good, with the monthly income from poisonous insect resources reaching around 5 gold.

This mainly refers to the revenue generated by the three major guilds' business of selling poisonous insects on Flying Star Island, which they need to restart.

Many Gu Abysses can be rented out. Large Gu Abysses cost 400 gold per day, medium Gu Abysses cost 200 gold per day, and small Gu Abysses cost 100 gold per day. Half of them can be used by the player, and the other half can be rented out to ordinary players on the island.

Although the resource land belongs to them, they cannot keep it all to themselves.

After all, there are tens of millions of active players on the island. Although they have not joined any guilds, their activities on the island generate a constant stream of expenses, making them their bread and butter. So, they should still receive some of the benefits.

Half of the Gu Abyss can cost more than 2,000 gold per day, which is 60,000 gold per month.

In addition, there are hundreds of mineral deposits of varying sizes on the island, with their specific value depending on the type of mineral. There are low-grade spiritual ores such as Yuan Copper and Xuan Iron, which are not very valuable, as well as ores such as Azure Nether Iron, Radiant Crystal, and Taibai Gold Crystal, which are extremely valuable.

These mines can bring them an income of 8 gold each month.

Besides the above, there are also some special resource points on the island, such as spirit fields and medicinal fields. There aren't many of them, since the environment of Wan Du Island is not very suitable for cultivating spirit fields and medicinal fields. They can bring in about 2 in income each month.

The above is the resource income from Wan Du Island, totaling 21 per month, which accounts for only a quarter of the guild's total income.

The guild's biggest source of income is taxes. There is only one guild on the entire Poison Island, and all daily transactions on the island require taxes.

All taxes are collected uniformly across the guild's three branches, totaling approximately 44 in taxes each month.

In addition, the combined rent for shops and houses in each city is around 12 gold per month.

The guild also owns properties within the city, generating at least 30 gold in profit each month.

Combining all the above income sources, the guild's total monthly income reaches 128 million gold.

However, although the income is high, the monthly daily expenses are also high.

Maintaining a large guild of 300,000 members requires monthly operating expenses of over 300,000 gold. With additional expenses for various basic team activities, the total expenditure is around 400,000 gold.

With 88 gold remaining, and each main force receiving an extra 20 gold per month, 60 gold has been spent, leaving 28 gold.

The fifty-three brigades each received a monthly subsidy of 3000 gold coins, totaling 15.9 gold coins.

The remaining approximately 12 gold is reserved as guild treasury.

All of the above are additional subsidies, which are extra subsidies in addition to daily expenses. 3000 gold is definitely enough for a large team.

Moreover, they could find ways to earn some income themselves. Half of this extra income only needed to be handed over to the guild, and the rest could be kept for themselves. A guild of 3000 people could easily earn several thousand gold if they worked hard. After expelling the major guilds, and after some discussion, it was decided that the guild headquarters would be based in the secret realm, and a new city was built in the canyon, named Thousand Star City, with its influence covering the northern part of Ten Thousand Poison Island.

Su Yu's Second Regiment was stationed at the former headquarters of the Wan Du Gang in the south of the island. There was a large Gu Abyss, a ready-made city, and a large port. After he occupied it, he renamed it Chilong City, and its influence covered the southern part of Wan Du Island.

The second brother and sister-in-law's third regiment was located in the center of the island, formerly the headquarters of the Heavenly Gu Society, and renamed Ten Thousand Poisons City.

The original headquarters of the Poison Dragon Gang, located in the southwest of the island, was abandoned because it was too close to Red Dragon City and the port was much less deep than Red Dragon City. It was then shrunk into a small fortress to enclose the large Gu Abyss within the city and brought under the guild's control.

The three cities are located at the north, south, and central nodes of Wan Du Island, respectively, radiating across the entire island.

Thus, the three former guilds were a thing of the past, and Wan Du Island entered the era of Qian Xing Dian.

It was five months later when the guild had completely taken control of Ten Thousand Poison Island and stabilized the situation.

"It's time to deal with the Five Elements Sect within the secret realm."

Gu Zhiqi formally made this suggestion at an internal guild meeting.

Then it passed unanimously.

After the meeting, the huge guild began to mobilize, gathering more than 200,000 members in just two days, and spending a lot of money to hire seven rogue immortals.

They were all active rogue cultivators on Wandu Island, some of whom were elders or retainers of the top three guilds. They stayed behind because they did not want to leave Wandu Island with the three guilds, but they did not join Qianxing Palace.

It's not that they don't want to join, it's that they won't accept them.

Because their demands for compensation were too high—three thousand gold coins per month—Su Yu, Chu Xinyue, and the others felt it wasn't worth it.

They've worked so hard to build this empire, and they're expecting such high treatment without doing anything? They're dreaming.

It's better to train them ourselves than to recruit them. Anyway, they don't have any external crises right now, so we can take it slow.

Of course, even if the deal falls through, we can still be on good terms. Although we don't need the person, we can still recruit him if needed, after all, he's a wandering immortal.

Once all preparations are complete, the seal on the secret realm will be broken again.

As soon as the seal broke, a stream of light flew out from the secret realm, revealing Elder Jinling's figure. He looked up at the densely packed figures around him and fearlessly shouted:
"Our sect kindly wished to accept you as members, but you harbor such wolfish ambitions that you want to wipe out my entire sect. You are truly wolves and tigers. Our sect swears that we will not let this go."

Su Yu stepped forward and said loudly:

"This is sophistry; it's clear that you had ulterior motives first."

Elder Jinling said angrily:

"Stop spouting nonsense! How could our sect harbor any ill intentions?"

Su Yu chuckled softly and asked indifferently:

"Let me ask you this: if cultivators were to join your Five Elements Sect, would they listen to you or to us?"

"If most of our followers join the Five Elements Sect in the future, and you threaten to cut off their path to cultivation, you can easily turn our organization against us in an instant. Do you still think you have ulterior motives?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Our sect are righteous cultivators. How could we do such a thing?"

"Hehe, you may not do it, but the fact that you can do it and have the ability is enough."

How can a fierce tiger be allowed to sleep soundly beside a bed?

If a sect lives next to the headquarters of another sect, either they have to move out, or the Five Elements Sect has to move away.

They're unwilling to move, and the Five Elements Sect can't move them either, so let's see who's the best.

It has nothing to do with good or evil; it's merely a threat.

Without hesitation, Su Yu waved his hand and gave the order:

"Do it!"

Not far away, one of the seven scattered immortals lined up pointed, and a beam of red light pierced through Elder Jinling, only to reveal it to be a projection.

Su Yu turned around, clasped his hands in greeting to the group, and said:

"Please proceed first to clear the way. In addition to the 2000 gold fee, if you unfortunately die in battle, you will be compensated 3000 gold."

The leading old man chuckled and said:
"President Su is so generous, then this old man will go first."

As he spoke, he erected a layer of cyan protective energy and rushed into the secret realm gate.

The remaining six rogue immortals bowed to him one by one, some protecting themselves with their protective aura, others wielding their magical treasures, and transformed into streaks of light as they charged into the secret realm.

After the six experts entered first, Su Yu immediately turned around and shouted:

"The first regiment and the first battalion are in position."

A dense crowd of players gathered at the entrance to the secret realm.

"Get ready to enter!"

Then countless rays of precious light rose up, plunging into the entrance of the secret realm.

(End of this chapter)