Master Changsheng

Chapter 134, Section 131: Exorcising Demons and Imbuing Spirits [Please Subscribe and Vote]

A virtuous family.

A new message emerged, mobilizing the enthusiasm of many residents in the city.

One after another, the residents of the House of Goodness emerged from the outer and inner city and arrived at a newly built five-story building called "Exorcism Tower" located at the entrance to the House of Goodness.

This is the resource collection method that Ankai and others came up with together.

The five-story "Demon Extermination Tower" has only one function: to help residents exchange monster hides and monster cores for gold coins or "points".

Ankai was the one who could provide the gold coins; he lacked everything except gold coins.

The value of gold coins exchanged for monsters varies depending on their rank.

Of course, Ankai deducts taxes in advance when making the exchange. First, it deducts taxes from the Demon Extermination Tower, and then it collects taxes from the gold coins in the exchanger's hands.

Furthermore, the tax is levied on the full value of the exchanged goods, not on the gold coins received by the city's residents.

However, Wayne had previously discussed this with caravans from the Seven Kingdoms, and even with taxes collected from both sides, Ankai's gold coins wouldn't last long.

The residents of Good House have a total of over 100 million gold coins, of which less than 20 are in circulation.

Following Ankai's method, it won't be long before Ankai's treasury is completely depleted by residents who have no source of gold coins.

So, in order to preserve Ankai's secret stash for a longer period of time, Wayne offered a new suggestion.

In the inner city, near the castle, a five-story underground and five-story above-ground building called "Empowerment Tower" was built in the Good House.

Many first- to fourth-tier professionals did not understand why it was called "Spirit-Giving Tower".

However, one thing they were very clear about was that within the "Spirit Enhancement Tower," they could use the "Demon Extermination Points" accumulated in the "Demon Extermination Tower" to exchange for things closely related to their strength and life, such as "High-Level Professional Guidance," "Inner City Residence Rights," "Skill Analysis," and "Profession Understanding."

At the same time, the things provided in the "Spiritual Pavilion" are also things they have been looking for but have not been able to find.

With the [contract] and the promises made by Ankai and Milton, fifth-tier professionals will exceed Ankai's expectations without needing to give them many instructions.

It was only because Milton, the first Spirit-Enchanting professional in the desert, spread the news that the master was in the process of breaking through the success rate of the [Spirit-Enchanting Secret Realm]. In the future, once the success rate really drops to "nine out of ten lives and one in ten deaths", they can enter first based on their individual points.

Not only do they have priority access to the [Spirit Empowerment Realm], but their points can also be used to exchange for guidance from Milton, the top Spirit Empowerment professional in the desert, or Widow Wang.

Similarly, apart from Milton, Malken, and Widow Wang, the remaining eight fifth-tier professionals were also candidates for "high-level professional mentors" within the "Spiritual Enchanting Pavilion," whose points were lower than those of fifth-tier professionals.

Further down the hierarchy, only fourth-tier professionals are qualified to mentor others, but they need the guarantee of a fifth-tier professional to qualify.

Furthermore, Ankai established strict rules, recommending that fourth-tier fifth-tier professionals bear joint responsibility.

If a fourth-tier professional makes a mistake, a fifth-tier professional will be the first to be punished.

This means that all fourth-tier professionals with "guidance qualifications" are confidants of fifth-tier professionals who have signed a "contract" with Ankai.

After all, they knew that the so-called collateral punishment could range from severe, incurable injuries to death.

Does that mean fifth-tier individuals don't have any special privileges?

Don't be ridiculous. In the City of Goodness, let alone the fifth rank, even Milton, who is imbued with spirit, doesn't have any special privileges!

It doesn't even have as many privileges as a Tier 1 Wayne...

There's no way around it; for Ankai, the effect of the first-tier... no, now second-tier, Crown Prince Wayne of the Shak Kingdom is indeed higher than that of the fifth-tier, the Spirit-Empowered [Heavy Armor Warrior] Milton.

In a very short time, the "Exorcism Tower" and the "Spirit-Giving Tower" became another distinctive feature of the Good House, in addition to the "madness of its residents".

As a result, the inner and outer city of the House of Goodness underwent a major reshuffle.

Within the inner city, priority will be given to fourth and fifth-tier individuals, their relatives, or trusted confidants to use "demon-slaying points" on credit for early residency.

Then comes the first tier and above, and below the fifth tier, where different points are used to exchange for residency rights depending on strength.

As for the first order?

Sorry, I'll just stay in the outer city and pray I don't die in an accident...

The Good House of today is different from the Chaos City of the past.

Chris, the former lord of Chaos City, truly isolated the inner and outer cities, and even controlled the transmission of information from the inner city to the outer city.

This causes many first-tier professionals to take countless detours before succeeding in their attempt to break through to the second tier.

It was a matter of feeling our way across the river, with no prior experience to draw upon.

However, the current Good Household is different. The simple matter of advancing from the first rank to the second rank does not require going to the "Spirit Empowerment Tower". You only need to accumulate enough points to exchange for detailed information on advancing from the first rank to the second rank of various positions in the "Demon Extermination Tower".

In this situation, if one still cannot advance to the second tier, it's either because one is dull-witted or because one is lazy and unwilling to put in too much effort to hunt monsters and exchange points.

These two types of people were the ones Wayne and his group recommended abandoning after careful consideration. This is a desert, not a charity. If it weren't for the existence of the Good Family, these two types of people would have long since become withered bones in the desert.

Within the Demon Extermination Tower, even the innate profession of [Scholar] has methods to advance to the second tier.

It was Wayne who helped Ankai formulate the detailed rules for the "Demon Extermination Tower" and the "Spirit Empowerment Tower," after which Wayne successfully advanced to the second tier.

Therefore, advancing to the second tier is no longer a difficult task, and unlike the outer city of Chaos City in the past, one no longer needs to go through countless hardships to advance to the second tier...

Of course, whether it's the Demon Extermination Tower or the Spirit Empowerment Tower, their rules are based on the premise that they are formulated to better provide resources for Ankai.

Or, to put it another way, do the most with the least amount of money.

It's like "points," which are "privileges" that you can see but can't touch, and they're converted into real resources.

Whether it's a fifth-tier or fourth-tier individual, they are all people that Ankai can command at will without having to spend resources or money.

All Ankai has to do is make empty promises.

Of course, if there is an opportunity in the future to increase the probability of obtaining the [Spirit Empowerment Instance Certificate] from "nine deaths and one life" to "nine lives and one death" without much effort, An Kai would not mind.

And indeed, in accordance with the established rules, opportunities to enter the [Spirit Empowerment Secret Realm] will be provided based on the number of points earned, since it is also a good thing for An Kai to improve the strength of his subordinates.

Hopefully, they will continue to pray to Lady Luck, hoping that Ankai will encounter such good fortune soon.

The reason why the "Demon Extermination Tower" and the "Spirit Imbuing Tower" were able to proceed so easily and smoothly is closely related to An Kai's position and the power he controls.

Although it may seem like just adding two buildings, the manpower and resources required are enormous.

The Demon Extermination Tower is staffed daily by two Tier 5 professionals, rotating every three days. The rotation consists of eight Tier 5 professionals, excluding Malken, Milton, and Widow Wang.

On the surface, the host is Reed, a first-tier professional; the deputy host is Polpi, and there is also the leader of the Seven Kingdoms Caravan, a fourth-tier merchant.

On a daily basis, there are 10 fourth-tier professionals and 50 third-tier professionals maintaining order.

In addition, 20 people were selected from the caravans of the seven nations to be responsible for the exchange.

Of course, the 10 fourth-tier and 50 third-tier professionals were provided by the nine fifth-tier professionals under the [contract] signed by Ankai, including Milton, the Spirit-Enchanting professional, who also provided some candidates.

The 20 members of the Seven Nations Caravan were chosen after being drugged by Malken and controlled by the caravan leader through various means.

As for the leader of the Seven Kingdoms caravan, he should be very honored, because he was the only professional with a fourth-tier strength when he signed the [Contract] with Ankai.

This is just the routine setup of the Demon Extermination Tower. It's no exaggeration to say that even the strength of a duchy is inferior to that of the Demon Extermination Tower.

In terms of the strength of the Principality of Buklin before the turmoil, only the King of Buklin was a fifth-tier professional.

Compared to the Demon Extermination Tower, the Principality of Bucklin is no match.

The Bounty Tower once claimed to be able to control the election of a king in a principality, which was mostly an exaggeration. However, the current "Demon Extermination Tower" truly possesses such power.

The configuration of the Spirit Tower is even more extravagant, with Wayne officially serving as the tower master and Hanks as the honorary tower master.

The reason Hanks was chosen as the honorary host was entirely because of Widow Wang. Ankai had thoughtfully prepared a new place for the two of them to live on the top floor of the Spirit Pavilion.

Ankai's excuses to the Hanks were: living here offers a better view, better air quality, and is beneficial for longevity and pregnancy, etc.

In reality, it was to have the formidable Widow Wang, who could go toe-to-toe with Chris, guard this place...

Meanwhile, Milton, the first spirit-enchanting professional in the desert, secretly guards the "Spirit-Enchanting Tower".

Meanwhile, An Kai also moved the "Good Household Dharma Association," which he had personally established and which served him, to the Fuling Tower.

It's not just used for daily guarding; it's also where Ankai studies the spells he possesses.

The purpose is to one day help Ankai improve the quality of his spells again.

Every night, they would enter the "Mage Sanctuary" through the association's "secret passage" to study the spells they had, such as basic spells like "Fireball" and "Meditation".

In the "Holy Land of Mages", they could clearly feel that the efficiency of spell research had increased several times over!

This "Mage Sanctuary" is none other than the first floor of [Lazell's Mage Tower], where Ankai's top-tier equipment is located!

The reason why efficiency is doubled inside the Mage Tower is precisely because of the third function of [Lazell's Mage Tower]: research!

Inside the "Spirit Pavilion," three of the strongest guards from the Good Family—Widow Wang, Milton, and Ankai—are stationed.

Below it are some fourth-level or leisure fifth-level professionals such as the "Good Household Dharma Association" and "Instructors," who guard this place on a daily basis.

This strength would be more than enough to easily control a "kingdom" like the Kingdom of Shak, which had several fifth-tier professionals before the war.

One is "exorcising demons," and the other is "imbuing spirits." Since its establishment, they have immediately become the core of the Good House.

The "Demon Extermination Points" system is the finishing touch.

This was also thanks to Ankai remembering his past life experiences. After telling Wayne and the others his thoughts, he broke down the various uses of the ideas.

Because the desert is closed off, the Good House's gold coins cannot circulate with the outside world, and under this self-sustaining system, the economy will soon collapse.

With "Demon Extermination Points," things are different. Gold coins and "Demon Extermination Points" are exchanged one to one, which greatly reduces the usage rate of gold coins.

Improving their strength is always the most important thing for the people of the desert.

Therefore, if you want to become stronger through the "Spirit Enhancement Tower," you need to exchange your gold coins for "Demon Extermination Points"...

Wayne calculated that this situation could be maintained stably for 20 years.

This amount of time is enough for Ankai.

This was the second method that Ankai once considered "time-consuming and laborious".

I thought that Milton would be the best first choice if he could break through the "Cage of the Dead".

After all, just thinking about the second option gave An Kai a headache.

He never expected that Wayne, as a [Scholar], would possess such an ability.

He simply explained his idea, and Wayne, with the Ankai token and the assistance of Malken, formed a "problem-solving" team.

In just one day, they developed two buildings, and Ankai only needed to provide some ideas and concepts.

This result was unexpected for An Kai. He had thought it would take months or even years of trial and error to find the most suitable solution for himself.

With just a simple calculation, Wayne made it clear to Ankai that countless resources were pouring towards him from the "Demon Exorcism Tower" and the "Spirit Enhancement Tower"...

At this point, Ankai finally learned the correct way to use his position as the mastermind behind the scenes who controlled a city.

At the slightest cost, he gained 95% of the city's residents who were willing to collect resources for him.

This is much faster than struggling to collect resources all by yourself!

The good house, outside the city.

An Kai used the [Disguiser Mask] to manifest a generic face, walked through the streets, followed the flow of people, and headed towards the Demon Extermination Tower outside the city.

He also wore a white nameplate on his chest with two pieces of information on it.

[Tier 1]

Demon-slaying points: 0

This is an identity badge exclusively for residents of the outer city, and it was made by the detector merchant Andorn.

Although that fat man wasn't very strong, he was definitely the best in the city when it came to these strange and unusual research methods.

On the streets, most residents wear white name tags, but occasionally you can see people wearing name tags of other colors.

Those came from the inner city.

Within the inner city, the nameplates are different colors according to the strength of the inhabitants.

The second tier is black, the third tier is yellow, the fourth tier is green, and the fifth tier is red. As for Milton, a spirit-enchanting professional, he also has his own nameplate, which is a "purple nameplate".

Of course, after the major reshuffle, there are very few Tier 2 professionals in the inner city now, and not many Tier 3 professionals either. Although there are only about 100 Tier 4 professionals wearing "green nameplates", they are the mainstream in the inner city.

Those appearing in the outer city were mostly fourth-tier professionals from the inner city, wearing "green nameplates".

Many residents of the outer city would make way for them upon seeing them, their eyes filled with envy as they watched these fourth-tier professionals openly sitting in their carriages and slowly walking down the middle of the street.

This was also Ankai's arrangement.

Class status was more clearly defined.

Although there are drawbacks to doing this, for Ankai, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks if used by a virtuous family.

Clear class divisions, strict hierarchies, and the privileges enjoyed by each class all motivate the weak to climb the social ladder.

Only in this way will they work even harder, venturing into the desert to fight monsters for better "privileges".

Provide Ankai with more resources.

As for whether doing so would be too exploitative of the city's residents, Ankai hadn't considered that.

Located in the desert, the way to deal with these desert people is to exploit them ruthlessly, otherwise all they'll be thinking about every day is internal strife.

In fact, Ankai's actions were tantamount to helping them; he was simply bringing the rules of the desert into the open.

So, Ankai saw all that he had brought with him in the streets, watching the city's residents, full of energy for various reasons, their eyes fierce...

For a fleeting moment, he had the illusion that he was a "great philanthropist"...

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Before Yu Yuan was reborn and became a deity, he became a disciple of the Golden Spirit Mother of the Jie Sect and Wen Zhong's senior brother.

With the impending calamity looming, the disciples of the Jie Sect were still recklessly courting death, basking in the glory of being a "saintly sect." Yu Yuan slowly exhaled a smoke ring: "This rotten, cowardly Jie Sect is no longer fit for us..."

Zhunti: "The Jie Sect is indeed utterly rotten and unworthy of someone like you, young friend. I wonder if you would be willing to come to my Western Paradise?"

Yu Yuan slapped him across the face. "Only I can curse the Jie Sect! Try cursing again!"

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(End of this chapter)