Chapter 26

Cheng Yang not only brought back food from Huimin Town but also managed to find some wood. It took a lot of effort to transport the wood back, all of which was carried on the shoulders of the warriors who had changed their professions.

On this day, they spent most of their energy on the wood, and even so, by nightfall, they had only managed to gather a little over forty cubic meters.

Compared to the meager income of the territory, Cheng Yang's harvest was quite substantial. His total spirit energy points had already reached 1,439. Even if he practiced at four times the speed tonight, his spirit energy points would not drop below 1,000.

At this moment, the territory's spirit energy points had already reached over 800, with more than 200 points coming from the repayment of the twenty newly changed professions. The rest of the increase came from the monsters killed by Niu Bing and others around Luofeng Village.

Now, they were still short of about 150 spirit energy points to upgrade the territory. Apart from waiting, Cheng Yang had no other options.

Cheng Yang then led his team out of the territory again. Although it was already dark, they could still go outside to kill monsters with torches. Now that they had a priest in their team, even if they were occasionally ambushed by one or two monsters, it was not a big deal.

At this time, not only Cheng Yang's team but also two other teams had left the territory. The other two teams, apart from one staying to guard the base, entered their houses to practice.

More than four hours later, Cheng Yang returned to the base and opened the territory attribute panel, only to find that the territory's spirit energy points had already exceeded 1,000. At this moment, Cheng Yang couldn't help but feel excited. Even in his previous life, he had never heard of anyone upgrading their territory to level 2 in just two days.

After all, upgrading a territory from level 1 to level 2 was not based on the number of people in the territory but on the efficiency of obtaining spirit energy points. Luofeng Village not only had a high monster respawn rate but also possessed the Blood Church dungeon. These two factors combined allowed it to meet the standard for upgrading to a level 2 village in just two days.

Without hesitation, Cheng Yang chose to upgrade the territory.

Instantly, a voice echoed in the depths of his soul:

"Congratulations, your territory Luofeng Village has successfully upgraded to a level 2 village. Please check the territory attributes for details."

Compared to the first time Cheng Yang occupied Luofeng Village, this upgrade did not come with a miraculous light curtain, as there were no new buildings automatically constructed this time.

Cheng Yang immediately opened the territory attributes through the altar.

Village Name: Luofeng Village

Level: Level 2 Village

Buildings: Warrior Statue (Level 2): A statue for warriors to change and advance professions, with a maximum capacity of 50 people.

Mage Statue (Level 2): A statue for mages to change and advance professions, with a maximum capacity of 50 people.

Archer Statue (Level 2): A statue for archers to change and advance professions, with a maximum capacity of 50 people.

Summoner Statue (Level 2): A statue for summoners to change and advance professions, with a maximum capacity of 50 people.

Priest Statue (Level 1): A statue for priests to change and advance professions, with a maximum capacity of 5 people.

Wall (Level 1): Protects the buildings and people in the territory, with a durability of 1,000 and a defense of 5. Covers an area of 1 square kilometer. Requires 100 cubic meters of wood.

Residences (Level 1) (10 units): A place for residents to rest and practice, increasing the practice efficiency of combat professions by 10%. Each unit can accommodate up to 5 people. Durability 500, defense 3. Requires 10 cubic meters of wood.

Buildable Buildings: Wall (Level 2): Protects the buildings and people in the territory, with a durability of 2,000 and a defense of 10. Covers an area of 9 square kilometers. Requires 500 cubic meters of wood.

Residences (Level 2): An upgrade from Level 1 residences, a place for residents to rest and practice, increasing the practice efficiency of combat professions by 20%. Each unit can accommodate up to 5 people. Durability 1,000, defense 5. Requires 20 cubic meters of wood.

Blacksmith (Level 1): A place to forge iron equipment and learn mining and forging skills. Also sells iron equipment, with the level of equipment sold depending on the blacksmith's level. Requires 100 cubic meters of wood.

Tailor (Level 1): A place to make leather equipment and learn skinning and sewing skills. Also sells leather equipment, with the level of equipment sold depending on the tailor's level. Requires 100 cubic meters of wood.

Carpenter (Level 1): A place to make wooden equipment and learn logging and carpentry skills. Also sells wooden equipment, with the level of equipment sold depending on the carpenter's level. Requires 100 cubic meters of wood.

Jeweler (Level 1): A place to make jewelry and learn stone mining and carving skills. Also sells jewelry, with the level of equipment sold depending on the jeweler's level. Requires 100 cubic meters of wood.

Alchemy Lab (Level 1): A place to refine potions and learn herb gathering and potion-making skills. Also sells potions, with the level of potions sold depending on the alchemy lab's level. Requires 100 cubic meters of wood.

General Store: A shop that sells various daily necessities and miscellaneous items. Requires 100 cubic meters of wood.

Territory Attribute: Swift (Level 2): Combat professions that change professions under the career statues in this territory have their movement speed increased by 15%, with the level increasing as the territory level increases.

Territory Spirit Energy Points: 38

Upgrade Conditions: 400 people must change professions, the four main career statues must be upgraded to level 3, all blacksmiths, tailors, carpenters, jewelers, and alchemy labs must be built, and 10,000 spirit energy points are required.

The attributes of the upgraded Luofeng Village became much more complex, and many more buildable buildings were added. Apart from the level 2 wall and level 2 residences, all other buildings were essential. Looking at the amount of wood required for each building, Cheng Yang felt a bit overwhelmed.

Fortunately, he could now build a carpenter's shop. Once built, residents could learn logging as a secondary profession and purchase logging tools there.

Cheng Yang was extremely excited about this upgrade, mainly because of the five new buildings. Their importance was no less than that of the career statues. Combat professions in the territory not only needed to buy equipment and potions from these shops but also needed to learn secondary professions there.

Whether in the main city or in the wild bases that could be occupied and controlled by humans, the items sold in shops were the most basic ordinary equipment. To get better items, people had to make them themselves. Secondary professions, like main professions, also had level restrictions. Once a certain level was reached, with good materials, high-quality equipment could be crafted.

In the previous life of Luofeng Village, Cheng Yang knew a Forger who could craft Apprentice-level Black Iron equipment, making him the most prominent figure in Luofeng Village. Apart from the occupier of Luofeng Village, he didn't owe anyone, and everyone treated him with respect.

Practicing secondary professions was not easy, requiring a lot of materials and effort, as well as patience. Therefore, not everyone could succeed in secondary professions.

Now that Cheng Yang had the opportunity to build these shops first, he could naturally cultivate various top-tier secondary professions earlier than others, thereby enhancing the strength of the combat professions in Luofeng Village.

Of course, the role of these shops was not so simple. Their appearance marked the beginning of a commercial model in the base. Transactions between people would flourish again. Moreover, any transaction within the territory would automatically incur a 5% spirit energy point tax, including the ordinary equipment or potions sold by the shops.

These taxes were not for the personal benefit of the lord but were converted into territory spirit energy points.

Being a lord also had its benefits. Under the lord's privileges, a new function called "Fief" had been added. Anyone familiar with ancient history would know that a fief was a way to collect taxes from the residents of a fief as personal wealth for the appointed official. However, the fief here was not so simple. On one hand, it meant that Cheng Yang could extract a portion of the daily added territory spirit energy points as personal property. On the other hand, it meant that he could appoint officials and pay them salaries.

However, since Luofeng Village was still just a village and only a level 2 village, the number of positions Cheng Yang could appoint was limited to three. These were the Martial Officer responsible for managing profession changes, named Martial Instructor, the Civil Officer responsible for managing shop operations, named Shop Manager, and the Head Guard of Cheng Yang, the lord.

These three positions could now, under Cheng Yang's authorization, manipulate the attribute panels of related buildings and receive a salary. The amount of the salary was set by Cheng Yang himself, with a maximum of 10 spirit energy points per day.

The taxes Cheng Yang collected daily were much higher than this. He could extract 5% of the daily added territory spirit energy points as personal property. Currently, this meant that Cheng Yang could gain nearly 100 spirit energy points daily. As the growth rate of spirit energy points increased, the amount he could share would also increase.

However, after this upgrade, upgrading the territory to a level 3 village would not be easy. Upgrading the four main career statues would take a long time, and the 10,000 spirit energy points required for the upgrade were not something that could be obtained in a short time.

Cheng Yang was already very satisfied with this progress. The speed of territory upgrades was not just a restriction on himself. Due to the Blood Church dungeon, he had greatly increased the speed of obtaining spirit energy points. Even if other individuals or forces occupied bases in the future, their speed would not match his current speed.

Cheng Yang then opened the fief permissions and set up the officials.

Without a doubt, Li Wanshan had to be set as the Martial Instructor. His talent was evident. He could already increase the profession change capacity of the career statues by 3%, and this advantage would become even stronger as his strength and level increased.

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