Chapter 27

The remaining positions for the master craftsmen and the head of the guards were not easy to determine. One of his three brothers would have to be temporarily idle.

After some thought, Cheng Yang decided to appoint Liu Hao as the head of the guards and Yu Kai as the master craftsman. Relatively speaking, the authority of the head of the guards was not very significant, limited to controlling the opening and closing of the gate. However, this authority was undoubtedly the most important. If this person was unreliable, it could lead to endless troubles.

Next, Cheng Yang set the authority for the positions of master craftsman and martial arts instructor. Although they could manage the corresponding buildings, if the authority was too great, it would make Cheng Yang uneasy. Especially with Li Wanshan, after only a few days of contact, he did not know him very well.

Cheng Yang set these two positions to only allow job changes or skill learning, but not to remove people from the corresponding buildings. He also retained the blacklist authority, so anyone he set on the blacklist could not change jobs under the occupation statue in Luofeng Village and could not learn secondary skills in the shops.

Now there was only one thing left to do, which was to claim his other privilege: Divine Favor.

After selecting Divine Favor, a pure energy once again overflowed from the altar, quickly rushing into Cheng Yang's body, cleansing every cell. He felt his body gradually becoming stronger, and his consciousness became clearer.

Ten seconds later, the effect of Divine Favor ended, and Cheng Yang eagerly opened his personal attribute panel.

Name: Cheng Yang (Lord of Luofeng Village)

Occupation: Mage, Rank: Advanced Magic Apprentice (2.7%)

Age: 19, Lifespan: 200 years

Health: 84, Magic Power: 144

Physical Attack: 4, Magic Attack: 23

Physical Defense: 4, Magic Defense: 4

Attack Speed: 4.2, Movement Speed: 4.8

Talent: 1. Increase magic attack by 3% for each minor rank advancement.

2. Increase the cultivation effect of the residents in the territory by 3% for each minor rank advancement.

Skills: Meditation Level 3 (Basic skill for mages, gradually increases strength through meditation. Skill level increases with occupation rank.)

Magic Missile Level 2 (Condense internal magic power to attack distant targets, causing 110% magic damage, attack range 30 meters. No special effects. Casting consumes 5 magic points. Proficiency 2.1%.)

Equipment: Withered Wood Staff: Ordinary one-handed weapon, increases magic attack by 1, can be equipped by mages of apprentice rank or higher. Durability: 42/50.

Magic Robe: Black Iron-grade armor, increases magic defense by 1 point, increases magic power by 10 points, can be equipped by magic attack-type occupations of apprentice rank or higher. Durability: 56/60.

Leather Hat: Ordinary armor, increases magic power by 8 points, can be equipped by mages of apprentice rank or higher. Durability: 45/50.

At this moment, Cheng Yang's character attributes were no longer as simple as before. His attack power was even enough to instantly kill other initial-rank mages. Even if he encountered a dozen initial-rank magic beasts, he could easily defeat them without any damage. If he had enough magic potions, he would be invincible against initial-rank monsters.

Cheng Yang was still very critical of his character attributes because, except for attack speed and movement speed, all other attributes were rounded to whole numbers. According to precise calculations, Cheng Yang's current magic attack should be 23.8, but it was still 23 points.

Another thing that troubled Cheng Yang was his skills.

In theory, now that he had reached the level of an advanced magic apprentice, he could learn new mage skills. However, he had nowhere to learn them.

From what Cheng Yang knew in his previous life, there were two ways for combatants to learn skills: one was to obtain a skill book, and the other was to learn under the occupation statue. For most people, skill books were rare and hard to come by, and the skills recorded in them were usually very scarce. Therefore, the most mainstream way was to learn the corresponding skills under the occupation statue.

However, the occupation statues in the wild did not have skills from the beginning. They only appeared when their level reached a certain point. In this regard, the main city had a significant advantage because it had the most basic skills of all levels from the beginning.

Of course, the wild territories also had their advantages. One was that learning skills in the wild consumed less spirit energy, and the other was that the occupation statues in the wild could be assigned new skills. However, achieving the second point was not easy, as any item that could assign new skills to an occupation statue was invaluable.

Currently, the occupation statue in Luofeng Village was only level 2. Cheng Yang would have to wait for it to upgrade to level 3 to learn the new skills of an advanced magic apprentice.

What made Cheng Yang feel fortunate was that after gaining the privilege of Divine Favor and advancing a minor rank, his previous cultivation progress was still retained. However, due to the increased difficulty, his original 5.4% cultivation progress was halved to 2.7%.

Cheng Yang then closed his personal attribute panel and began his cultivation for the night. Although the upgrade of the territory could bring rapid strength improvement, this was not the mainstream way of upgrading. Currently, the territory's upgrade speed seemed fast, but Cheng Yang knew that when the territory's level increased to a certain point, upgrading to the next level would be much harder than personal cultivation.

Although Cheng Yang now had Level 3 Meditation, which quadrupled his cultivation speed and increased his own and the residents' cultivation speed by 19%, he only improved by 2.3% in the advanced magic apprentice rank in one night. Without the quadrupled cultivation speed, the efficiency would be much lower, probably around 0.5%, and it would take nearly 200 days to break through to the peak magic apprentice.

Such a powerful effect also consumed a terrifying amount of spirit energy. If Level 3 Meditation was activated with quadrupled cultivation speed, it would consume 160 spirit energy points per hour, totaling 480 points in four hours, which was not something an ordinary person could bear.

The next morning, Cheng Yang opened his eyes and saw that the four people in the same room, including Yu Kai, had also woken up. The reason Cheng Yang had them share a house with him was not only because of the shortage of houses but also to facilitate discussions.

"Yangzi, you are a lord, after all. Shouldn't you at least have your own room?" Yu Kai urged.

Cheng Yang smiled faintly and said, "Who doesn't know what you're thinking? You're used to sleeping in a big bed at home, and now suddenly sharing a room with others is uncomfortable, right?"

Yu Kai said with a bitter face, "You know me well, Yangzi, but... let's forget it for now. Others are still sleeping outside! Damn the apocalypse!"

Cheng Yang didn't continue to argue about this issue and said, "The wood we brought back yesterday is only enough to build four houses, so today's task is still heavy. We'll go and change the jobs of more people later. We aim to have 40 combatants in each team, so we can tackle larger groups of monsters."

Yu Kai and the others were immediately delighted. Having more subordinates was naturally a good thing. Especially in the apocalypse, more combatants meant more safety and a longer life.

Liu Hao then said, "Yangzi, we still have too few priests, only one in each team. Small battles are fine, but if we really go after large groups of monsters, it might be a bit insufficient."

Cheng Yang said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Priests are a semi-special occupation, and it's already good that we have them early. To have more priests, we need to upgrade the statue as soon as possible. There's no point in rushing; we can only wait. Later, select four people from each team to go into the dungeon with you. I've already told you what to be careful about, so be cautious, and there won't be any problems."

Liu Hao and the others nodded in agreement.

After leaving the house, Liu Hao, Yu Kai, and Niu Bing each selected four people from their teams and entered the Blood Church dungeon. Li Wanshan and Cheng Yang then selected people for job changes.

Actually, these people didn't need Cheng Yang or Li Wanshan to be present for job changes. However, to avoid anything beyond his control, Cheng Yang had disabled the automatic job change function. Every person who wanted to change jobs had to get Cheng Yang's approval. Of course, Li Wanshan now had this authority as well.

The job change process went very smoothly. After all the slots in the occupation statues were filled, Luofeng Village had 209 combatants. Each team, excluding the team leader, had at least 40 members, significantly increasing their strength. The extra four slots were due to Li Wanshan's talent, which increased the job change slots of the four main occupation statues to 51.

However, the talents of the people who changed jobs this time gradually weakened. Among the 100 new additions, none had S-level talent. However, most were A-level or B-level, which was still a good result. If everything went well, these 205 people would become the backbone of Luofeng Village in the future.

At this moment, Cheng Yang appointed Zhao Chuan as the deputy leader of his team, instructing him to lead the entire team outside to kill monsters. This would earn spirit energy and also train the new members.

Unlike before, now that Luofeng Village had upgraded to level 2, the territory covered an area of 9 square kilometers, equivalent to the area enclosed by the wall. This meant that the land within one kilometer outside the wall was now part of the territory, and no magic beasts would spawn in this area. This was a rule of the world.

Currently, the area one kilometer outside Luofeng Village's territory was three times larger than before, and the monsters there, which had not been eliminated in time, were now mostly in groups. The smallest group had over a dozen monsters, and the largest had over a hundred, which was a significant scale.

Although Zhao Chuan's team did not have the ability to tackle large groups of monsters, they could easily handle groups of a dozen or so.

Watching Zhao Chuan and his team leave the base, the other four teams soon organized their own groups and left the base. The entire base, except for a dozen combatants left to maintain order, went out.

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