Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 247 - 157: Founding the Guild, Su Yu Rises to Power
Once we confirmed the location for the base, things became much easier.
Chu Xinyue called over another flying ship that was stationed outside the island, and over a hundred members of the association came over to start cleaning the area.
Gu Zhiqiu and Zhuang Zhuo, along with others, disembarked from the flying ship. Casually reaching out, he grabbed an unknown poisonous insect from the ground and held it in his hand, his face full of excitement:
"Wow, this place is amazing! Look at how thick the poisonous mist is, and how lively the poisonous insects are. Compared to this, the Poisonous Mist Swamp is nothing."
"Didn’t I tell you?"
"Yeah, I love this place."
Su Yu smiled faintly and waved his hand, saying:
"Let’s go, let’s explore the island and scout out the surroundings."
"Let’s go."
The flying ship soared into the sky and dived into the poisonous mist.
Looking down from high above, beneath the poisonous mist were all kinds of poisonous insects, ranging from level few poisonous ants and bugs to dozens of levels of flying Gu and poisonous centipedes. From time to time, there were even massive poisonous creatures that made Gu Zhiqiu drool.
"Whoa, so many swarms of flying Gu!"
He reached out as if to grab something, and a large, colorful capturing hand flew downwards, picking up a huge swarm of flying Gu and putting them into his Gu Bag.
"This is paradise!"
Gu Zhiqiu exclaimed:
"In the Poisonous Mist Swamp, there are very few flying Gu, so you have to make them yourself, which is too time-consuming."
"With this, I could even make my own Golden Silkworm Gu."
Su Yu was intrigued and asked:
"You can make Golden Silkworm Gu?"
"Yeah, I spent over eight hundred gold to buy the method to brew it."
"What about the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu?"
Gu Zhiqiu shook his head and said:
"I’ve never seen that, though even if I did, I couldn’t afford it. I’ve heard it costs about five to six thousand gold."
"Save up then, and when you have enough money, I’ll take you to Feixing Island. There are powerful super-associations there, surely they have the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu."
"That sounds great."
While chatting and strolling around, Gu Zhiqiu and the others were busy flying around, madly capturing various poisonous creatures and Gu insects. The numerous methods derived from the Subtle Level Ten Thousand Gu Spirit Gathering Scripture were extremely effective against Gu insects, catching groups of ordinary Gu insects at a time with ease.
Su Yu didn’t have professional techniques, and his efficiency was too low, so he didn’t bother catching them and focused on scouting, drawing maps of the surrounding terrain.
The area they chose was quite remote, and it was a while before anyone passed by, but no one paid attention to them.
After a while of capturing, Su Yu received a message from Luo Qingchan:
"I’ve arrived."
"Where are you? I’ll come get you."
Qingchan sent over some coordinates. He immediately stood up:
"I’ll be right there."
Ending the communication, he told Gu Zhiqiu and the others who were busy capturing poisonous creatures:
"You guys carry on, I’m going to pick someone up."
Gu Zhiqiu gave an OK gesture, then casually asked:
"Picking up who? Is it sister-in-law?"
"Yes!"
"Huh?"
Everyone immediately perked up, stopped what they were doing, and flew over.
"Really?"
"Why would I lie to you?"
"Let’s go, all together."
Everyone excitedly flocked around him, flying towards the northern part of Ten Thousand Poison Island. Soon, they saw a familiar flying ship gliding across the sky. He waved his hand, and the flying ship turned, flew over, and stopped. It was the Jade Sinking Ship, with Luo Qingchan standing gracefully on top.
Before the flying ship even stopped completely, she had already jumped down, and Su Yu reached out to embrace her tightly.
"Wow!"
Gu Zhiqiu and the others, who followed along, were dumbfounded and unanimously exclaimed:
"Sister-in-law is so beautiful!"
Su Yu, holding Qingchan in his arms, introduced her to them:
"This is Luo Qingchan, my girlfriend."
"These are Gu Zhiqiu, Zhuang Zhuo, Shi Ning, and Meng Chen, my good brothers."
Luo Qingchan’s face flushed slightly as she said in a clear voice:
"Hello everyone, my name is Luo Qingchan, and I’m Su Yu’s girlfriend."
The group was utterly amazed, unanimously shouting:
"Hello, sister-in-law!"
"Sister-in-law is truly beautiful."
The group showered her with praise, making her a bit embarrassed.
It was Su Yu who interrupted them, and they returned to the Jade Sinking Ship, flying towards the base.
Back at the base, the high-level Flying Ship quickly attracted everyone’s attention, and even more so did the stunning beauty in Su Yu’s arms.
Chu Xinyue and Xiao Qingli flew over, a hint of amazement flashing through their eyes. The two compared themselves internally, having to admit that in terms of looks or temperament, they were a bit inferior to the girl before them.
"Who is this?"
Having been informed by Su Yu about their identities through transmission, Qingchan took the initiative to step forward and extended her hand:
"Hello, Mr. Chu and Sword Immortal Xiao, I’m Su Yu’s girlfriend, Luo Qingchan!"
She smiled at the two women, her posture much higher than usual. Su Yu felt she was declaring her sovereignty.
"Welcome, Miss Luo!"
The three stunning beauties shook hands, a scene that was a picturesque view to Su Yu.
Before coming to Ten Thousand Poison Island, Su Yu had contacted Qingchan, who was leveling up outside, to come over just to let them get acquainted, with the added bonus of having Qingchan join the team.
They were a couple, and as his girlfriend, she should naturally join the team, representing him in managing the team during his absence.
Su Yu wouldn’t stay here for too long; he had to return to the sect to prepare for the sect’s legacy trial after the guild established itself here.
He would only return after completing the trial.
In the moment he was lost in thought, the three women were already chatting away happily, getting along far better than he had anticipated, which was quite comforting.
Three days later, a fleet belonging to the Canglan Association’s main force second group docked at the port, bringing over a thousand craftsmen, a large amount of basic construction materials, and a set of City Defense Array.
This was all sponsored in the name of the association by his second sister-in-law, totaling at least twenty thousand gold.
The Array Masters first took action, clarifying the Spirit Vein, embedding one base after another into the earth, harnessing the underground spirit vein to create an artificial spirit vein.
Then, a large number of craftsmen went to work, constructing a city on the artificial spirit vein, with sections of city walls visibly erected.
The most crucial part was the City Defense Array, laying down the September Linked Array, which required the refining of nine array bases linked together. Any attack on one position would be jointly borne by all nine, boasting extremely high defense.
Once completed, a single ring of defense reached 10 million, and the cumulative defense of the nine rings was as high as 90 million. The array’s energy pool had an upper limit of 3 million mana.
Additionally, Su Yu took out his four Tier Seven Thunder God Pillars and laid them on the foundation of the September Linked Array as the Four Symbols Thunder God Pillar.
This was a pure offensive array, which, when activated, could summon four Thunder Gods with a terrifying level 160 template to fight, with an energy pool of 1.2 million mana.
The players defending the array could inject mana into the array to maintain its defense, while the Thunder Gods could also draw mana from the pool to perform powerful magic.
These two arrays, one for attack and one for defense, once the main force arrived, would have enough manpower to maintain the arrays, then not even the three major guilds of Ten Thousand Poison Island could do anything to them.
Su Yu stayed there for almost half a month, witnessing the completion of the two arrays, and the guild also getting on track.
Indeed, after much deliberation with Chu Xinyue, they ultimately decided to affiliate under the name of the Canglan Pavilion, establishing an independent guild called Thousand Star Hall, also known as the Thousand Stars Association.
The guild’s name either had to be pleasant sounding, commanding, or unique—Thousand Star Hall was both catchy and imposing.
The team upgraded to a guild, and positions were adjusted accordingly.
Chu Xinyue became the president, with Chu Xiaoyu and Su Yu as vice presidents.
Xiao Qingli and two Loose Immortal friends on the road were affiliated with the guild as elders, similar to Guest Ministers.
The original five major teams were also adjusted. After seeking the opinions of the team leaders and based on internal conditions, the newly established Thousand Stars Association temporarily had only two main force groups.
Group One was led by Chu Xinyue, with Chu Xiaoyu as vice leader. The former First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Teams all belonged to Group One, totaling about 1,400 people.
Group Two was led by Su Yu, with Luo Qingchan as vice leader, comprising the original Third Team of 307 people.
Su Yu was able to become one of the only two main force group leaders of the new guild not because of his few hundred subordinates, but largely due to the considerable investment from his brother and sister-in-law, the over a thousand craftsmen, and more than twenty thousand gold investments, as well as the Four Symbols Thunder God Array he himself set up with four Tier Seven Treasures, coupled with the protection of the Canglan Association.
With all these factors combined, he was able to surpass other senior team leaders to become a vice president and second main force group leader.
It was essentially a resource exchange.
The other team leaders in the guild were all convinced, showing no discontent.
Thus, the era of the old Thousand Feather Association was officially over, ushering in the era of the Thousand Stars Association.
As soon as the guild was officially established, Su Yu immediately withdrew valuable items from his inventory and deposited them into the team warehouse for his subordinates to exchange.
Eight Sixth-Grade Essence Orbs—four from him and four from Qingchan—a piece of Sixth-Grade Fire Demon Magical Robe, seven Sixth-Tier Treasures, all contributed by Qingchan, 18 pieces of Millennium Red Fruit, and 50 portions of Earth Vein Spirit Fish that could increase one thousand points of physique and strength.
The Millennium Red Fruit and Earth Vein Spirit Fish would be available each year, with the exchange quantity increasing as production rises.
Especially the Earth Vein Spirit Fish, it was his trump card for winning people over.
Consuming it once fully could enhance one thousand points of physique and strength. A batch could be refined each year, used up to ten times, granting a maximum boost of ten thousand points of physique and strength over ten years—a benefit ordinary players simply couldn’t resist.
Not to mention, casually boosting physique by two to three thousand points would mean not needing magical treasures for leveling up. Relying solely on one’s body could easily block attacks from experience monsters below level 70, greatly increasing survival rates.
A batch could be provided each year, sufficient to hugely motivate subordinates’ enthusiasm for earning and accumulating guild contributions, as well as attracting more elite players to join the team.
This item, over ten years—it could ensure that recruited subordinates wouldn’t easily be poached.
With a decade of careful management, even if they didn’t become die-hard supporters, they’d certainly be staunch allies willing to overcome challenges for you.
A main force group could theoretically accommodate up to 5,000 people; raising several thousand staunch supporters who’d risk their lives for you within ten years...
This was an incredibly formidable force. Proper utilization could enable them to defeat even super bosses over level 200.
Additionally, a fully-staffed main force group could bring substantial benefits.
When powerful enough, a main force group could easily accumulate tens of thousands of gold, and with proper development, even hundreds of thousands, though the money wasn’t his, the leader had the right to temporarily borrow these funds.
Of course, all of this was the plan; most of the guild’s subordinates were still on their way, with no knowing when they’d arrive.
PS: The transition Chapter has ended.
Though this segment was plain, it was necessary, for subsequent secret realm battles, battles for immortal abodes, etc., would involve the guild, and even future conflicts with other civilizations would involve the guild.
