Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 266 - 176: Winning Hearts, Frenzied Accumulation

Chapter 266: Chapter 176: Winning Hearts, Frenzied Accumulation

After closing the panel, Su Yu emerged from the Sea Suppressing Realm, greeted his grandmaster and second brother, and teleported to Mingsu Palace via the Teleportation Array.

The second brother isn’t returning for now; he mostly stays in Mingsu Palace, and rarely returns to the sect, having his own matters as well.

Back on Ten Thousand Poison Island, the guild remained unchanged.

Upon learning that he had successfully promoted to a Core Disciple of Xuankong Mountain, Chu Xinyue was delighted and made a suggestion:

"You should announce this news to the entire guild; it can boost the subordinates’ morale and cohesion."

Su Yu thought it was feasible; the more impressive he was, the more awe he inspired in his subordinates.

An hour later, a new pinned notification appeared in the guild channel—Congratulations to Vice President Su Yu on his successful promotion to a Core Disciple of Xuanzhen Immortal Sect’s Xuankong Mountain!

In less than two seconds, he received a message from Gu Zhiqiu:

"Whoa, is it for real?"

"The announcement has been made; how could it be fake?"

"Damn, your status has risen so fast; only two years since entering, and you’ve been promoted to Core Disciple. Will you become a True Inheritor within five years?"

"That’s not likely."

"Bet you can’t manage that."

"Hehe."

Su Yu laughed without saying a word.

"So now that you’re promoted to Core Disciple, you’ll have more free time, right?"

"I should have some leisure time now."

"Then come back and guide some newcomers; I’ve recruited many lately."

"No problem, I’ll come....."

"Wow, you recruited so many?"

Su Yu just noticed that the number of members in the team channel now reached 1630 people. Initially, the first squad plus Qe Dongyang’s second squad only had 510 people, over a thousand more now.

"Well, we’re a main squad; we must recruit more people."

"Currently, there are only 1600 in the squad. I’m planning to recruit at least 3000 before pausing, then establish a framework for five squads."

"Additionally, you need to find a way to acquire a main battleship. The first squad already has two Timber Godships; our second squad doesn’t have even one, making it hard to boost our reputation."

Gu Zhiqiu has now trained up as well, managing the team reasonably well and developing his own insights into team development.

Su Yu hadn’t communicated with him in a long time, so he asked both him and Qe Dongyang of the second squad to come back, and the three of them gathered to discuss team development.

After some casual chat, Su Yu took another trip to Feixing Island, spending a total of 15,000 gold to purchase a Timber Godship.

Of course, he didn’t spend his own money, but rather the team’s funds.

They withdrew 15,000 gold from the team’s and the first and second squad’s treasury; the Timber Godship was owned by the second squad headquarters.

Timber Godship (Level 6): A super-sized main battleship with unimaginable combat power, capable of deep-sea operations and war treasure equipment.

Ship size: 1000 meters long, 200 meters wide, with a speed of 800 kilometers per hour, capable of carrying 3000 people.

Ship attributes: Hull endurance 30 million points, Defense Qi Shield 100 million points, Mana pool 5 million.

Ship attributes: On-ship player damage +30%, damage reduction 30%. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Ship Equipment: Can equip 150 Fire God Crossbow Towers, 600 Thunderfire Towers, and one medium-sized Rebirth Array.

Fire God Crossbow (Level 1): War weapon capable of firing giant steel crossbow bolts.

Attributes: Damage 500, attack range 5 kilometers, armor penetration +3, penetration +3.

Single Shot: One shot every 5 seconds.

Rapid Fire: Ten shots in succession, 5-minute cooldown.

Flame Divine Thunder Tower (Level 1): Extracts earth pulse energy or mana to condense Blazing Divine Thunder to harm enemies.

Attributes: Endurance 100,000 points, damage 1000 points, attack range 10 kilometers, damage area 50 meters, energy consumption 500 points, attack frequency once every 15 seconds.

This time, Su Yu himself spent 7,500 gold to upgrade all the Fire God Crossbow Towers and Flame Divine Thunder Towers on the ship by one level.

Fire God Crossbow (Level 2): War weapon capable of firing giant steel crossbow bolts.

Attributes: Damage 2000, attack range 10 kilometers, armor penetration +4, penetration +4.

Single Shot: One shot every 5 seconds.

Flame Divine Thunder Tower (Level 2): Extracts earth pulse energy or mana to condense Blazing Divine Thunder to harm enemies.

Attributes: Endurance 500,000 points, damage 3000 points, attack range 20 kilometers, damage area 100 meters, energy consumption 1000 points, attack frequency once every 15 seconds.

With one level upgrade, the power increased threefold. If upgraded one more level, it would enhance by over three times on the current basis, reaching a power of 10,000.

However, the requirements would also rise sharply, with each Divine Thunder Tower requiring 50 gold for a level three upgrade; the total cost for upgrading 750 Fire God Crossbow Towers and Flame Divine Thunder Towers would be 37,500 gold.

It can’t be promoted now, but it will definitely have to be promoted in the future.

As the guild develops here, expanding in the future will inevitably lead to conflicts with major guilds on the Ten Thousand Poison Island. By then, when guild wars break out, there will definitely be sea battles, and it won’t do without an elite flagship.

When the Giant Wood Divine Vessel appeared at the guild’s port, it immediately attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

"Pinned Announcement: To celebrate the leader’s promotion to Core Disciple of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, a one-month leveling event is launched, and all group members can participate."

When the Giant Wood Divine Vessel slowly set sail and left the port the next day, out of the 1,610 group members, 1,524 came.

Onboard the Giant Wood Divine Vessel, Su Yu, surrounded by the senior members of the team, appeared on the fifth-floor balcony of the ship’s tower to meet with many newly joined guild members and give a speech.

Overall, it was just to have the subordinates recognize the leader, so as to avoid future misunderstandings of not recognizing the leader, which would be quite embarrassing.

One has to say, being a leader with a few thousand people calling for you and listening to your orders feels quite refreshing.

However, the other shore is a Xianxia world, where personal strength can transcend a team, whereas in a fantasy world, the guild’s power would be much stronger.

After becoming the leader and promoting a batch of subordinates, Su Yu was completely liberated.

He only needs to control the team’s funds and human resources while maintaining absolutely powerful strength, and he can firmly grasp the team in his hands, with no one daring to defy him.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

Amidst rumbling thunderous noises, the overwhelming Blazing Divine Thunder gathered and crashed into the water, the countless aquatic monsters attracted by the Demon-Attracting Incense were blown to pieces.

The upgraded Blazing Divine Thunder is immensely powerful, a dozen or so stacked together and blasted into the sea can basically instantly kill most, leaving the rest with low health easily picked off by the ship’s Fire God Crossbow.

A few days ago, Su Yu showed off his strength, then let Gu Zhiqiu and Qe Dongyang take turns hosting events, while he took Qingchan and a group of trusted subordinates and officials to have private gatherings.

Mainly it was Zhuang Zhuo, Shi Ning, Meng Chen, and a few other old brothers.

Then there were Tang An, Qiao Xuan, Gu Yao, Dai Yang, as well as several captains from Qe Dongyang’s second team, including Qe Dongyang’s daughter, who was also brought over for private gatherings.

He had a good relationship with Qe Dongyang, and since Qe Dongyang’s level had reached its peak, gaining no experience from further leveling, it was better to show favor to his daughter, which was more effective.

Yes, Qe Dongyang’s Qi Refining Heart Skill level has reached the ninety-ninth layer, just one step away from triggering a Celestial Tribulation with just ten thousand more experience, ready to ascend at any time.

He just wasn’t ready to undergo the tribulation now, and wasn’t sure about surviving the first Great Celestial Tribulation.

He has the Primordial Infinite Elixir, defense treasures, but he lacks a large amount of expendable magical treasures, and his heart isn’t ready to face it.

Su Yu had discussed this matter with him before, suggesting that at least three to five seventh-grade defense treasures, preferably eighth-grade, along with dozens of sixth-grade treasures to consume the power of the tribulation should be prepared.

If possible, it’s best to have an array or a special tool to reduce the tribulation’s power, which he hasn’t gathered yet.

This matter also reminded Su Yu to put this preparation on the agenda.

But no rush, there’ll be opportunities later. The current stage is to level up and enhance strength.

The people he brought for private gatherings were all core members of the second group, which Su Yu relies on to control the team, making it essential to win them over for future convenience as a hands-off manager.

Bringing them for private gatherings not only shows favor and strengthens relationships but also improves their strength, achieving two goals with one action.

And after Su Yu obtained the Profound Court Manual, his monster grinding efficiency exceeded his past limits in his first battle.

Mainly due to the new Heart Skill deriving the Primordial Qi of Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Thunder, with base power 42,000, Dao-enhanced to 56,000, totaling 98,000 power, capable of instant kills on level 80 experience monsters, strong in both PK and grinding.

The advanced Demon-Attracting Incense can attract monsters from within a hundred-kilometer radius, drawing both experience monsters and bosses together, then Ao Run would drive the monsters to gather in a group, a single divine thunder explodes in a 700-meter diameter range, one blast could instantly kill a thousand, with a 20-second cooldown, the efficiency is terrifying.

Repeating like this, the experience from the slaughter was exaggerated like spamming screens, even when split among ten people, it’s very generous.

The first month was mainly grinding for slaughter experience, managing to grind two to three billion slaughter experience daily, each person got seven to eight hundred million slaughter experience in a month.

The second month focused solely on Dao practice, grinding at least over two hundred Dao practice per day, four to five hundred on good days, gaining about ten thousand Dao practice in a month for each person.

After two months, the event concluded.

The regular members were delighted, having accumulated two to three billion slaughter experience and around three thousand Dao practice in two months, spending every day together greatly enhanced team cohesion, with newcomers and veterans all getting familiar.

The team elites and officials also felt comfortable, accumulating over ten billion slaughter experience and over ten thousand Dao practice in two months. For an ordinary sect disciple and non-sect loose cultivators, this was a very substantial gain, enough to greatly enhance their strength.

Su Yu didn’t lose out either, comforting his subordinates, making his hands-off manager role even more enjoyable.

So, after the team event concluded, he took Qingchan out to enjoy a world for two.

Near Ten Thousand Poison Island, diving over five thousand meters deep into the sea, he and Qingchan began to level up tirelessly.

This time, just the two of them shared the experience, and although the efficiency wasn’t much different than before, the result was that they set a new high in daily slaughter experience gains, accumulating over forty million slaughter experience daily, hitting an all-time high.

Fifty million a day, fifteen billion slaughter experience a month.

The Dao practice wasn’t plentiful, since they mainly grinded slaughter experience and didn’t specifically seek out bosses, but occasionally encountered some, gaining around three thousand Dao practice in a month.

In just three months, they accumulated 45 billion slaughter experience, combined with the previously accumulated 46.8 billion, totaling 91.8 billion slaughter experience. The Dao practice also reached 29,520 points.

"Innate Bone 50+, able to reduce experience consumption by 20%, with 80 billion slaughter experience and 10,000 Dao practice, can condense another Immortal Bone."

"It’s been five months, teacher should have earned enough for one Immortal Bone’s materials by now, right?"

Su Yu excitedly rubbed his hands and said to Qingchan:

"I need to return to the sect for a bit."