Chapter 120: Warrior Association
Outside Crimson Moon Mountain.
A flying transport vehicle rose slowly into the sky, drawing envious looks from the vagrants watching nearby.
“The young lady of the Boran Great Family has left.” Fischer watched the departing flying transport vehicle and could not help asking curiously toward Flo, who was standing on the hill beside her, “Flo, do you think Hall Master Lin will join the Boran Great Family?”
“I don’t know.” Flo shook his head, his face full of indescribable joy, as if he had won the City of Light Chasing lottery. “Whether Hall Master Lin joins or not doesn’t affect us. Now we just need to cling tightly to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. With a wilderness faction led by a martial artist, Crimson Moon Mountain is secure.”
Previously, Flo had still been worried whether the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could hold the wilderness transit market, even with the Phosphor Fire Gang standing behind it.
But after the battle of Crimson Moon Mountain, Flo no longer had such worries.
Not to mention that the background of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was definitely not simple, since it could make Miss Xia Ling of the Phosphor Fire Gang personally come over; now Hall Master Lin had even slain the top tier beginner martial artist Watu. Any wilderness gang that heard this news probably would not dare cause trouble again.
As for the major suburban gangs, they should not come looking for trouble at Crimson Moon Mountain either. After all, with Lin Qi, a martial artist, seated in town, any suburban gang that provoked him would pay a price that ordinary suburban gangs simply could not bear.
On the flying transport vehicle.
“Miss, this Hall Master Lin is really giving you no face at all.” A sweet-looking three-eyed woman said indignantly, “Does he really think the Boran Great Family lets any random martial artist qualify to become an elder? If not for your invitation, other intermediate martial artists wanting to become family elders would have to go through serious assessment. He merely killed a grassroots beginner martial artist with no faction background, he is nothing in the suburbs.”
The City of Light Chasing had a population of tens of millions and was run by ten top clans. For a beginner martial artist, obtaining decent improvement resources was extremely difficult. Even martial artist level factions in the suburbs had to go to great lengths to obtain resources for martial artists.
So in the City of Light Chasing, anyone who became a martial artist, unless they already belonged to a martial artist-level faction, would want to join a major power of the city to make their future path smoother.
And the Boran Great Family counted as a major power in the city proper that could rank on the board. Every year, countless people who advanced to martial artist in the city proper wanted to join the Boran Great Family, but the Boran Great Family would not give them a chance.
Lin Qi, however, directly refused.
“For those who achieve martial artist level in the wilderness, it is normal to be proud and arrogant. After all, the difficulty of becoming a martial artist outside the city proper is too great. Out of several hundred quasi-martial artists, barely one can advance to martial artist, and more die on the path of impact. Unlike you all: as long as you train step by step, among hundreds of quasi-martial artists, there will be someone who becomes a martial artist, and even if the impact fails, there are drugs to guarantee life, allowing a second attempt.” Estina, however, did not mind. “For him to achieve martial artist level so young in the wilderness and kill an expert like Watu, a beginner martial artist of that level, he is indeed a talent. I have already given him the opportunity. Once he hits a few walls and realizes martial artist resources are not so easy to obtain, he will soon come looking for me.”
When it came to those who became martial artists in the wilderness, Estina understood them too well, or rather, she had interacted with them too many times.
Each of these people was a local overlord in the wilderness, commanding hundreds or thousands of underlings. Within their gangs, their word was law. Naturally, they felt that after becoming martial artists, they could still rely on themselves to obtain sufficient martial artist resources, unaware of how precious those resources were and how intense the competition for them was.
Watu had been the same at first. He chose to refuse the first time, but after a few months, he still came knocking on her door, choosing to cooperate with her in secret, specializing in capturing monsters in the wilderness in exchange for martial artist training resources.
Now Lin Qi was just another Watu.
After Estina left, Xia Ling also led the old butler alone into the two-story building.
“Miss Xia, thank you for coming to help today. Otherwise things would not have gone so smoothly.” Lin Qi looked at Xia Ling, sincerely grateful.
“Hall Master Lin flatters me. Even without me, you could have easily wiped out the Great Ape Gang.” Xia Ling shook her head and spoke bluntly. “As for Estina, she would not have made a move. After all, your potential is greater than Watu’s. That woman Estina may be a lunatic, but she is always calm in her actions. She would never act casually over a single collaborator.”
“But Miss Xia did indeed help me a lot.” Lin Qi said with a smile. “Please, Miss Xia, if there is anything I can do, as long as it is within my power, I will definitely help.”
Although Xia Ling had not helped much this time, she had helped a great deal in the initial establishment of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Now that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall finally had a certain scale and strength, as long as it was not a matter of life and death for the hall, he was very willing to help. After all, the Phosphor Fire Trading Market could conduct a lot of cooperation with the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
Such as B-series battle armor.
A6-grade battle armor was not suitable for martial artists. Only B-series battle armor was the true equipment for martial artists.
But B-series battle armor was very difficult to obtain. At least from what Lin Qi had learned from Qin Mu, to obtain B-series battle armor one had to make great contribution to the City of Light Chasing before being allowed to purchase it.
As for the purchase price, a basic B1-grade set of battle armor cost fifty million bit, and B2-grade battle armor cost one hundred million bit. Prices for higher grades would double again.
For him, the price was manageable, but without contribution to the City of Light Chasing, he simply could not purchase it. Not to mention that once players became martial artists, they also needed B-series battle armor to truly possess formal martial artist-level combat power, or in other words, to reach the combat power standard of officially ranked martial artists in the major cities.
Otherwise, they would just be a rabble of scattered soldiers, never able to step onto the proper stage, let alone build a player town and carve out territory with a king seal.
Although the Phosphor Fire Gang did not have a martial artist in residence, according to Estina, the Phosphor Fire Gang definitely had channels to purchase B-series battle armor. And since Xia Ling needed to cooperate with him, he could also buy from Xia Ling, forming a win-win situation.
“Since Hall Master Lin has put it that way, I will speak directly.” Xia Ling knew Lin Qi was always straightforward, so she did not hesitate. “I plan to participate in the Five Cities Competition organized by the Martial Artist Association, but to participate I need a recommendation from a martial artist. My instructor’s quota has gone to another student, so I would like to ask Hall Master Lin for a recommendation. Afterwards, I can provide you with a B4-grade long sword.”
“A B4-grade weapon?” Lin Qi was quite tempted when he heard this.
In the suburban weapon shops, the highest B-series weapons they could sell were only up to B3-grade, while B4-grade and above were extremely rare.
The main reason was the lack of ore to manufacture alloys for B4-grade and above. So each B4-grade weapon cost over ten million bit. The price was outrageously high and they might not even be available.
“No problem. What do I need to do to give the recommendation?” Lin Qi nodded, deciding to agree to this matter.
“According to the rules, for a martial artist to recommend someone, they must first become a registered martial artist at the Martial Artist Association. After passing the official test of the Martial Artist Association and confirming their martial artist status, they can make a recommendation.” Xia Ling was immediately overjoyed and said directly, “Hall Master Lin probably has not gone to register officially since becoming a martial artist. If it is convenient, I can send someone tomorrow to escort you to the Martial Artist Association. We are very familiar with the process and can complete all procedures within one day.”
“Go to the Martial Artist Association to register officially?” Lin Qi thought for a moment. Qin Mu had also previously suggested that after he became a martial artist, he should register. The Martial Artist Association was not inferior to any faction and was not even a faction of the City of Light Chasing. It was a department specialized in serving martial artists. Joining it had only benefits and no drawbacks. However, not everyone who became a martial artist was qualified to join; they had to pass the martial artist assessment. “All right, have someone come tomorrow.”
“Then I won’t disturb Hall Master Lin any further. I will go arrange the Martial Artist Association matters right away.” Seeing Lin Qi agree so readily, Xia Ling could not help feeling a bit impatient herself. The date of the Five Cities Competition was not far off, and the registration deadline was in a few days, so the sooner she registered, the better.
Xia Ling then led her people away from Crimson Moon Mountain, leaving the entire two-story building quiet, with only Lin Qi remaining.
“I can finally start bringing in a new batch of players.” Lin Qi checked his system. The five houses of the martial arts hall had been remodeled, then he looked at the pile of loot in the room warehouse. “Recently these veteran players have had nothing to do. With newcomers, I can put the shop system online, give the veteran players things to do, and also let the newcomers improve quickly.”
Lin Qi then opened the official forum of Blue Star and posted the latest system update details and the new gameplay of the shop system.
After posting the announcement, Lin Qi closed the system and quietly began sorting through this round of loot, completely ignoring the storm outside caused by his single update.
