Chapter 208: Two Obedient Disciples
“Indeed, especially for us common Spirit Tamers, the cost-performance ratio is too high!”
“The key is that the Yin Soldiers and Ghost Soldiers’ combat power is not weak at all.”
“One person can form an army, so why need other Scroll Paintings?”
“The only pity is that ten Fragments can only exchange for the lowest-level Yin Soldier; to get higher-level Yin Soldiers requires more Yin Soldier Fragments to synthesize.”
“I’ve already sold all my other Scroll Paintings in hand, preparing to go all-in on Yin Soldiers.”
And while the vast Yin Commander fans and users were celebrating everywhere, the Ghost King fans next door were already crying from envy.
After all, they currently have no way to obtain Yin Soldiers and Ghost Soldiers.
Specially pulling Gacha for Yin Soldiers isn’t very cost-effective either.
Thus, many people posted pleas, wanting Xue Lingling’s Ghost King Series to also join the Gacha System.
This way, they could upgrade their Ghost King Scroll Painting and incidentally get some Yin Soldiers.
Xue Lingling, who was still feeling depressed at the moment, naturally saw the fans’ strong requests and was amused yet exasperated.
“You, you, what are you going to do now?” Xue Lingling glared at Wu Xian irritably.
The key is that Yin Soldiers and Ghost Soldiers are the club’s common property, all results of the Club Members’ hard work in capturing and modifying ghosts. Now Wu Xian sold so much military force at once—shouldn’t there be some feedback?
Otherwise, the club’s subsequent operations would definitely have problems.
Fortunately, Wu Xian had already thought of a countermeasure. “Don’t worry, part of the Gacha System’s revenue has already been diverted to the operations account. In the future, Members can directly exchange captured and submitted Yin Soldiers for Contribution Points.
It’s a pretty perfect cycle, and with Outpost Tickets, there will be more and more fan groups joining in the future.”
“Is that so?” Xue Lingling looked at the operations account in surprise.
Then she was stunned by the terrifying amount still continuously growing in the operations account.
“This, this, this… so much money?”
Wu Xian smiled without speaking. This was nothing; the bulk was in his account, hehe.
“No way~ How can there be so much money?” Xue Lingling couldn’t understand.
“I can only say you know nothing about the allure of Gold Scrolls or the money-making power of indirect gambling.”
Xue Lingling studied it with a strange expression for a while and finally figured something out.
Compared to normal sales methods, the Gacha System provides fun while being equivalent to full pre-purchase.
With just a single “empty check,” it can gather a large amount of funds in advance.
In contrast, normal sales methods only require a deposit to place an Order, and the final payment is received only after delivery.
Therefore, Wu Xian now had essentially collected the money for a large batch of Orders in advance.
Though a large half of the funds in the account were future Scroll Painting costs, this real gold and silver liquidity was solid.
If he donated the money and ran away, tsk tsk, unthinkable~!
Of course, they definitely wouldn’t run away.
“How about adding Teacher’s Ghost King Series too?” Xue Lingling got interested.
“No,” Wu Xian hurriedly waved his hand. “Mixing them would make accounting messy. If you’re really interested, you can have the Network Department develop an independent Card Pool for you.”
Joking aside, the Gacha System’s fierce money-sucking power was mainly due to the allure of his own Gold Scrolls and the enthusiasm of his fan group.
If Master Sister joined in, wouldn’t that be purely riding on his popularity?
And future revenue sharing would be tricky too.
As the saying goes, settle accounts clearly even with close brothers—or close master-disciple.
“Seems like that’s the reasoning.”
Xue Lingling pondered and nodded, then headed straight to the Network Department.
Soon after, she started releasing hiring info for the Network Department, preparing to expand its team.
Wu Xian then went to the studio specially opened for Tang Beng.
After exchanging some thoughts on the Autobots Scroll Painting with Tang Beng, he went to check on his two good disciples.
Both were high school seniors, one male and one female—the male named Chen Xu, the female Yao Xue’er, both from ordinary families, so they especially valued this chance to change their destiny.
“Teacher, you’re here.”
Among them, Chen Xu was the meticulous, diligent type who could make up for lack of talent with hard work.
While Yao Xue’er was the type with some Scroll Painting Talent.
Both had Spiritual Power Cultivation ability and would become his Followers in the future.
“Mm,” Wu Xian nodded with a smile. “How’s the progress on the Ten Great Yin Marshals?”
“We can barely make them now, but the success rate isn’t quite up to par yet.” Chen Xu replied obediently.
Yao Xue’er beside him looked a bit embarrassed. “Sorry, Teacher, I… I’m still a bit short.”
“No rush, take it slow,” Wu Xian smiled kindly. “Also, you’re only at Level 1 Spiritual Power. Spend more time in the Cultivation Pod when you can to quickly improve your Spiritual Power Cultivation.”
“Okay, Teacher.”
Wu Xian chuckled lightly and picked up a sketch beside Yao Xue’er—clearly not of the Ten Great Yin Marshals.
Seeing this, Yao Xue’er lowered her head nervously, as if she’d made a mistake.
“No harm~ It’s normal to have your own thoughts and ideas,” Wu Xian said nonchalantly. “As Scroll Painter apprentices, you’ll eventually have to forge your own paths.”
Hearing this, Yao Xue’er breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Teacher.”
“Speaking of which, the concept for this sketch came from inspiration from the Ten Great Yin Marshals, right?” Wu Xian looked at the sketch in his hand with interest, clearly seeing some flavors of the Ten Great Yin Marshals and the Underworld.
But it wasn’t a Yin Soul concept; there was faintly a hint of Yaksa flavor too.
With proper guidance and nurturing later, it might really perfect and enrich the special Yaksa group.
In comparison, Chen Xu beside him was a bit mediocre.
But often, mediocrity isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
“Little Chen, do you have any ideas of your own?” Wu Xian smiled as he turned to Chen Xu.
Chen Xu thought for a moment and said thoughtfully, “Lately, I’ve had some ideas, but they’re not quite mature yet.”
Wu Xian smiled happily and gave them more guidance before leaving.
Yesterday he received a Match notice from an Alliance—there was a Match tonight, his debut in the Gold Tier League.
He wondered what opponent he’d face.
While patiently waiting for the Match, he also watched some Gold Tier League videos from Tianfeng Province, gaining deep insights.
As Xue Zhengying said, veteran Players had Match experience and Main Scroll Painting proficiency that rookies couldn’t match.
Fortunately, the Alliance’s format considered this—veteran Players rarely joined Individual Ranking Matches now; their main battlefield was generally over at 【Hero Tower】.
In Individual Ranking Matches, it was mostly rookies within three years, plus some mediocre “veteran” Players.
But that didn’t mean you wouldn’t encounter those powerful veterans in the League.
On one hand, veterans occasionally did Points Matches to keep their Points from dropping levels.
On the other hand, the Gold Tier League wasn’t just Individual Ranking Matches in personal competition; there was also the extremely important Otherworld Expedition system.
Simply put, it released Otherworld Expedition Tasks for new and old Players to compete together.
Players from different Clubs could take the same Task.
Whoever completed the Task goal first got the rewards and Points revenue, so competition was inevitable.
To promote a Club to Gold Medal Club later, it also required accumulating enough Expedition Points.
Wu Xian logged into the Alliance Competition official site and checked—the Expedition Tasks were varied, each showing real-time numbers of people on the Task.
Task difficulties were divided into elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels—the higher the difficulty, the higher the rewards and Points revenue, and the fiercer the competition.
It was said there was also a Special Grade Task each month, for top-tier Clubs to compete together.
