Chapter 76

This time, the employment of the guards cost Cheng Yang 15,000 spirit points, reducing his total spirit points to below 100,000.

Cheng Yang handed the twenty-five guards to Chen Yun and the other four, instructing them to lead their respective teams based on their professions. The first guard hired for each profession would be the leader of that team, as they had the best talents.

After completely settling the matter of the guards, Cheng Yang came to the territory altar and opened the section for the lord's exclusive abilities, selecting the divine favor.

A strand of energy overflowed from the altar and instantly merged into Cheng Yang's body.

After a few breaths, an unprecedented sense of power spread throughout Cheng Yang's body. At this moment, he was truly a peak apprentice-level expert. Among humans on Earth, Cheng Yang was undoubtedly the top expert.

At the same time, the thirty guards of Luofeng Village all leveled up, reaching a new level. Apart from the three guards with special slots, the other twenty-seven all advanced to the late first stage, significantly boosting the defense index of Luofeng Village.

The benefits of these guards leveling up were not just a little. Cheng Yang now had full confidence to use all five daily difficult Blood Church dungeon runs. Even if the dungeon successfully upgraded, Cheng Yang still had the confidence to clear all of them daily.

With so many experts under him, he could be as capricious as he wanted!

This was not all. With his existence as a peak apprentice, plus the three equally powerful Chen Yun and others, Luofeng Village now had the strength to attempt the nightmare-level Blood Church dungeon.

Thinking about the silver-grade equipment that might drop from the nightmare-level dungeon, Cheng Yang felt his eyes heat up.

Not only that, once the Blood Church dungeon was fully developed, the spirit points Luofeng Village would harvest daily would be enormous.

Cheng Yang carefully calculated that the number of successful Blood Church dungeon runs had already reached 49. Just one more successful run would meet the upgrade conditions. At that time, the daily increase in territory spirit points would reach around 8,000.

Cheng Yang immediately had the guards enter the difficult dungeon.

Now that he had a sufficient team of experts, he no longer needed to go in alone to clear the dungeon.

During the waiting time, Cheng Yang opened the territory attribute panel. In the territory management interface, he found that in addition to territory upgrades, a new option had appeared: enabling citizen donations.

Once citizen donations were enabled, all citizens could donate spirit points or resources through their personal attribute panels. After donating, citizens would receive territory contribution points. Roughly, 1 spirit point would earn 1 contribution point.

Contribution points were very important because the lord could set certain contribution point requirements for citizens to enjoy certain benefits, such as living in a house with 1 contribution point. Of course, at this stage, Luofeng Village could offer very few special benefits, but as the territory developed and various facilities improved, contribution points would become something all citizens would strive to obtain.

In a sense, contribution points were the most important means for the lord to manage the entire territory.

Cheng Yang immediately enabled citizen donations and then, on the citizen management page, he immediately saw the contribution points of all citizens. Previously, this page could only show the territory's few officials.

At this moment, the team composed of three high-level apprentice combat guards entered the dungeon and smoothly came out in less than twenty minutes.

From the outside, the entrance to the Blood Church dungeon showed no changes. Cheng Yang knew that the dungeon needed to be cleared fifty times to upgrade, which was a conclusion drawn by data experts in his previous life.

After the dungeon upgraded, the daily maximum number of clears increased to ten. Cheng Yang arranged for five teams to enter the dungeon. As for the newly added normal difficulty dungeon, Cheng Yang did not plan to compete for it, as the five combat teams also needed this dungeon to obtain equipment.

The remaining combat guards did not enter the dungeon but had other tasks, such as killing the demonized beasts that spawned outside the territory. Additionally, although the guards did not need to practice daily, they still needed rest. After all, humans are not machines, and not resting for long periods would definitely lead to exhaustion.

After arranging these matters, Cheng Yang opened the territory upgrade panel and immediately chose to upgrade his own house.

In an instant, the only second-level house in the territory underwent a significant transformation. In a short time, the house turned into an independent small courtyard.

This small courtyard was very distinctive, with a wooden fence outside and a two-story wooden building inside. In total, there were about ten rooms. However, according to the rules set by the deity, it could effectively accommodate only five people.

Cheng Yang walked into the courtyard and chose a room for himself.

Although Cheng Yang now wanted to have his own small courtyard, it was still a bit luxurious for the current situation.

After moving into the bedroom, the environment was much better than the previous second-level house, giving a sense of a high-end hotel. There was a tea table outside, a partition, and then the bedroom inside.

After sitting on the bed, Cheng Yang opened his personal attribute panel.

Name: Cheng Yang (Lord of Luofeng Village)

Profession: Ice and Snow Mage

Rank: Peak Magic Apprentice (8.5%)

Age: 19

Lifespan: 300 years

Life Strength: 172

Magic Power: 310

Physical Attack: 8

Magic Attack: 64

Physical Defense: 12

Magic Defense: 12

Attack Speed: 8.6

Movement Speed: 11.2

Talents:

1. Every time a small rank is advanced, magic attack increases by 4%.

2. Every time a small rank is advanced, the cultivation speed of territory residents increases by 3%.

3. Natural Medicine Body (Unique): The effects of any potion or pill are increased by 100%.

Skills:

Meditation 4 (Basic skill for mages, gradually increases strength through meditation. Skill level increases with profession rank.)

Ice Armor (Exclusive skill for Ice Mages, passively increases magic defense and physical defense by 50% each.)

Ice Ball 3 (Concentrates internal ice magic to form an ice ball, attacks distant targets, causing 120% magic damage, attack range 30 meters. 30% chance to slow the target. Casting cost: 5 magic points. Proficiency: 45%)

Transplant 1 (Transfers one of your attributes to another person, reducing your other attributes by 50%, duration 1 minute, 1-level skill can transfer to five people. Duration, attribute reduction, and number of transfers change with skill level. Casting cost: 40 magic points. Proficiency: 7.1%)

Freeze 1 (Freezes opponents with attack power less than twice your own, duration 2 seconds, casting time 1 second, cooldown 1 minute. Casting cost: 8 magic points. Proficiency: 31%)

Ice Spikes 1 (Summons a large area of ice spikes from the sky, covering a 3-meter radius, causing 50% magic damage to all enemies in the area, casting interval 2 seconds. Proficiency: 12%)

Equipment: ... (No change)

Spirit Points: 99,527

After the upgrade, Cheng Yang's attribute values became even more impressive. With his current strength, he was like a human boss to ordinary combatants. Even if he stood still and let the opponent attack, he would not suffer much damage.

The doubling of his magic points gave Cheng Yang a stronger endurance. Even if he faced a thousand early first-stage demonized beasts, Cheng Yang would not be afraid. With the Ice Spikes skill and his powerful attack, he could wipe out a large number of early first-stage demonized beasts in one go.

At this moment, Cheng Yang did not rush to practice but waited slowly. He wanted to wait until his spirit points broke through 100,000 before starting to practice.

After about twenty minutes, Cheng Yang's spirit points increased by nearly 2,500 in just a few minutes. This part of the spirit points naturally came from the guards who cleared the Blood Church dungeon.

Cheng Yang immediately began his practice for the night.

With a spirit point limit of 100,000, eight times the practice speed, a third-level house, and the effect of his own talent, his practice speed reached a terrifying 9.26 times. Even so, after a night of practice, the progress of his peak magic apprentice only increased by 2.3%. This number once again confirmed that Cheng Yang's talent was a multiplier on the final value.

A night of practice consumed 1,920 spirit points, exactly depleting the remainder of Cheng Yang's spirit points. It seemed that this eight times practice efficiency was not something just anyone could activate.

Getting up and walking out of his room, Cheng Yang found that Liu Hao and others were all sitting in the courtyard. Apart from Yu Kai, who had already started his practice for the day, the other four team leaders were all in the courtyard. Not only them, but there were also four unexpected guests: Pang Shan, Liu Xiyue, Wang Lu, and Zhou Jie.

Seeing Liu Xiyue and the others, Cheng Yang remembered that he had brought them back last night without making specific arrangements. No wonder they were waiting in his courtyard so early in the morning. But why was Li Wanshan here? The campus beauty goddess Liu Xiyue shouldn't be very attractive to him, right?

"Lord, this house is nice. Do we each get a room?" Yu Kai said with a smile.

Cheng Yang replied, "Go choose for yourselves! Anyway, only five people can live here."

Niu Bing suddenly said, "Lord, do you think I can live somewhere else?"

Cheng Yang looked at him, then at Pang Shan beside him, and grinned, "Hehe, why don't you want to live here?"

Niu Bing blushed and said, "I... living with a bunch of guys is very inconvenient."

Cheng Yang and the others burst into laughter and immediately said, "You're making excuses without thinking. Forget it, I won't say anything more. If you want to live alone, that's fine, but I can't give you too much of a discount. You can buy wood with spirit points, and I'll build a house for you. The level of the house will depend on how much material you buy."