Chapter 78

Regarding this point, Long Chen was completely in the dark. He only knew that the Lingwu Family was the most powerful force in the Yuanling County, so he had directly come to the Yuanling City and joined them.

In fact, everyone in the Yuanling City had a vague idea about this, so when Gan Lin mentioned it, only Long Chen had a look of confusion.

Gan Lin knew that Long Chen was not from the Yuanling City, so he deliberately explained in more detail.

"As everyone knows, our Lingwu Family is the city lord's residence of the Yuanling County, managing the entire Yuanling County. In the various counties and towns of the Yuanling County, we have county lord's residences and town lord's residences, all of which are subordinate forces of the Lingwu Family. For example, the Yang Family where Long Chen is from, it seems they have just become the town lord's residence of Baiyang Town, right?"

Long Chen nodded and said, "Indeed."

Gan Lin continued, "The Yuanling County is so vast that countless things happen every day, such as bandit raids and horse thief attacks. When the local town lord's residence is unable to resolve these issues, they will need to use the external forces of the Lingwu Family."

Only after Gan Lin explained this did Long Chen understand.

The Lingwu Family was like an official government, and the external forces were its enforcers, using martial power to maintain stable rule.

Gan Lin looked out the door, squinting his eyes, and said, "Our Qing Clan is responsible for the peace of a region in the Yuanling County. In the Qing Domain of the Lingwu City, there is a huge building called the 'Task Hall.' Our Lingwu Family has a powerful intelligence network, and basically, countless tasks appear in the Task Hall every day. As long as you are an external member of the Lingwu Family, you can go to the Task Hall to accept tasks, complete them, and receive rewards. Of course, the family will also actively assign tasks, designating people to complete them. You, as a fourth-level disciple, must complete at least one fourth-level task per month to avoid being expelled from the Lingwu Family! Similarly, third-level disciples must complete one third-level task every month!"

"Some tasks are mandatory and cannot be avoided, but you should not resist. Remember, in the Lingwu Family, effort equals reward. The Lingwu Family has endless resources, techniques, divine weapons, and spirit medicines, but only those who have contributed to the Lingwu Family can obtain them. Within the family, items are not priced in divine jade as they are outside; you cannot get family items with divine jade. If you want something, you must exchange it with contributions. Each time you complete a task, a dedicated person will evaluate your contributions. The most important data in the Lingwu Family is: contribution points."

"Every item is priced in contribution points. The more contribution points you have, the more items you can obtain. The Lingwu Family is rich in resources and is not much worse than the Dawnlight Merchant Alliance. Moreover, obtaining items within the Lingwu Family is much simpler and cheaper than using divine jade to exchange for them outside."

Hearing this, Long Chen's eyes lit up. While marveling at the Lingwu Family's abundant resources and strong power, he thought of the drugs for nurturing the divine soul. This vast family must have such drugs.

"Does that mean if I contribute to the family, I can get those drugs without having to struggle to raise money?"

This reward system based on contribution points was a pleasant surprise for Long Chen.

Even in the Yang Family, contributing to the family would earn rewards, but it was not systematic and depended on the old ancestor's will, leaving others with no autonomy. However, in the Lingwu Family, this vast system could motivate anyone to strive for what they wanted!

Long Chen secretly praised, "The Lingwu Family is indeed extraordinary. We outsiders, who are not very loyal and not very effective, will be driven to work hard every day with such measures."

At this moment, Gan Lin asked, "You five, do you understand what I said?"

Long Chen and the others nodded, and one of them asked, "Senior Brother Gan, how are our contribution points recorded?"

Gan Lin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Oh, I forgot to mention that."

He took out a white jade token from his spatial bag, and a wave of spiritual energy immediately washed over them. The material of this token was actually divine jade!

"This is the identity jade token that every member of the Lingwu Family must have. You can see the rune on the back, right? It records your personal identity, strength, origin, and other information. Of course, the most important part is the contribution points. When you want to accept tasks or exchange items, you just need to show your identity jade token. Normally, you can calm down, place the identity jade token in your palm, and touch it with true qi to know the information in the identity jade token."

Such a magical item made Long Chen realize that he was indeed a frog at the bottom of a well, as Ling Xi had said.

He was very interested in the identity jade token and asked, "When will we receive our identity jade tokens?"

Gan Lin smiled and said, "They are already being made and will be delivered soon. Once you have the identity jade token, you will be true members of the Lingwu Family. The general forces in the Yuanling City will not dare to confront you openly."

The Lingwu Family had a deep foundation and a clear hierarchy, almost like a country!

Long Chen and the other four were still in a state of excitement.

Seeing the pressure in their hearts, Gan Lin shook his head and said nothing for a while before continuing, "You must remember these important places. The first is the Task Hall, where you accept and complete tasks. The second is the Treasure Exchange Pavilion, where you can exchange items. You can go and familiarize yourselves with these places now. The third is the Training Ground, which you can only enter once you reach the Divine Pill Realm."

"Training Ground?"

This piqued Long Chen's interest. He quickly asked, "Senior Brother Gan, what is the Training Ground?"

Long Chen's interest showed his strong ambition.

Looking at the fiery-eyed youth, Gan Lin thought to himself, "He is only at the eighth level of the Dragon Vein Realm and can already use a middle-grade Profound Rank combat technique, which almost no one in the Qing Clan can do. The steward is also quite interested in him, and he has a strong ambition. I hope he can maintain this ambition after a year..."

So Gan Lin smiled and said, "Alright, I'll explain it to you. The Lingwu Family has its own small world, and the entrance to this world is in the Lingwu City. Each of our nine external clans has an entrance to the Training Ground, which is called the Heavenly Martial Realm!"

Seeing their confused expressions, Gan Lin smiled bitterly and said, "It seems you don't know what a small world is, right? It's like the spatial bag in your hand; the space inside does not belong to our world. A small world can be understood as a huge spatial bag, a small space attached to our continent but not part of our world. The Heavenly Martial Realm is about the size of the Yuanling City, and it is home to various kinds of demonic beasts. The reproductive ability of demonic beasts is frighteningly fast. You can probably understand that, right? Besides accepting tasks, Lingwu Clan members are usually in training. Just training is not enough to improve one's strength, so they also need to fight demonic beasts for training! The Heavenly Martial Realm is our exclusive training paradise! Oh, I forgot to mention one thing..."

Seeing their eager expressions, Gan Lin continued, "The reproductive ability of demonic beasts in the Heavenly Martial Realm is very strong, and their populations are vast, even including ninth-grade Profound Rank demonic beasts. So, based on your strength, you can kill as many demonic beasts in the Heavenly Martial Realm as you can. The demonic cores, beast souls, and corpses you obtain can be contributed to the family at the Treasure Exchange Pavilion in exchange for contribution points, which can then be used to exchange for other items! For example, a few days ago, I killed a third-grade Profound Rank demonic beast and used its demonic core and beast soul to get contribution points, which I then used to exchange for a low-grade Profound Rank spirit medicine!"

"Isn't this just the Great Wasteland Mountain in Baiyang Town?" Long Chen thought to himself.

Long Chen had never heard of a small world before, but Gan Lin's explanation helped him understand.

"Ling Xi said that the Dragon Sacrifice Continent is so vast that it's normal for a few small worlds to exist on it!"

At this moment, Ling Xi's voice came, "Hmm, a small world can exist in such a small place? That's quite rare. Long Chen, if we have the chance, let's go in and take a look?"

A woman's curiosity is something a man cannot understand, so Long Chen could only quickly agree.

"Xiaoxi, have you seen many small worlds?"

Ling Xi blinked and said, "They are everywhere where I come from."

Long Chen's confidence was immediately shaken, and he dared not ask anymore.

The Lingwu City was now a vast existence in Long Chen's eyes, with intricate forces that exceeded his imagination. Where did Ling Xi come from?

While Long Chen was lost in thought about Ling Xi's background, Gan Lin thought he was intimidated by the Heavenly Martial Realm and patted Long Chen's shoulder, smiling, "Don't worry. Once you reach the Human Pill Realm, you can obtain a new origin beast soul in the Heavenly Martial Realm! At that time, the people under Steward Liu will help you."

Beast martial artists can refine a new beast soul every time they advance to a major realm, which becomes their origin beast soul. Long Chen knew this, but he was not a beast martial artist and had never refined a beast soul. So, when he reached the Human Pill Realm, he did not know how to explain it.

But there was no need to worry about it now.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Gan. I will strive to reach the Divine Pill Realm as soon as possible!"

With the Divine Blood Fruit, he could enter the Divine Pill Realm once he reached the ninth level of the Dragon Vein Realm.

Long Chen now had two pressures: the Scarlet Blood Holy Church and the Lingwu Family. He needed enough strength to withstand the challenges from both sides.

"If the Heavenly Martial Realm is really as Gan Lin described, with endless demonic beasts, I can enter alone and use the Blood Refinement Technique to greatly enhance my strength. Moreover, the demonic cores and beast souls I obtain can be exchanged for contribution points. The Lingwu Family is indeed the most suitable place for me!"

At this moment, a man appeared at the door.