"The brothers that got captured by Black Wind Village are all formidable, hahaha! The way this mountain village recruits people is quite unique, directly forcing people into becoming mountain bandits, take care all you bandit brothers."
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"Don't laugh at them; they are much luckier than us, right? I'm still struggling to earn Silver Tael, trying to join the Martial Arts gym in the county town."
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"A small force like Black Wind Village should be wiped out by us, who are destined to become young heroes, right? They even know how to recruit players for development?"
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"This isn't true, there's also a bandit lair outside our city, we encountered those bandits today, and they all got wiped out, none were recruited into the mountain village."
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"Maybe it's different by region, not all mountain bandits are from the same family, but from what it seems, Black Wind Village in Mengyin County near Hui City might be an easier force to join, allowing quicker access to Martial World forces and learning Martial Arts."
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"Just a trashy small force, even if I were to join a sect, it would be one of the famous sects, what even is Black Wind Village?"
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"The guy named San Langjian upstairs, Laozi Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng has remembered your name now, don't let me see you in the Martial World, watch out for the seams on your body."
"..."
On the Jianghu Forum, numerous players were heatedly debating about Black Wind Village.
Some felt that joining Black Wind Village was a very good early stage choice, using it as a stepping stone to amass strength and cultivation, before making another choice later.
Others, with higher aspirations, believed Black Wind Village was a trashy force, not worth joining.
At this time, personalities like Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng, who had joined Black Wind Village, certainly attracted attention and were noticed by many players still in the surrounding villages and towns of Mengyin County.
Jiang Dali, seeing this, felt very satisfied.
The name of Black Wind Village was now starting to resonate, which was the first step in his plan.
Next would be to expand influence, compete with the government forces and even the major sects of the Martial World for these fresh blood players.
Furthermore, he also needed to expand territories and develop resource points.
This required continuing to leverage the power of the players.
As it approached late at night,
Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng among other players had completed the task of familiarizing themselves with the mountain village and came to Jiang Dali's courtyard to submit the mission.
A group of curious and bold players examined Jiang Dali as he walked out of the courtyard.
Watching Jiang Dali's name which was purple indicating high danger, they all felt nervous while unrealistically fantasizing.
What if this Big Boss gets defeated, how many cultivation points and potential points would they get?
If they became strong later, they would definitely take revenge on this village chief and the like.
Jiang Dali, having been a player himself, knew exactly what they were thinking from their eyes, chuckled inwardly, but maintained a stern face outwardly.
"You rascals, you all performed quite well, now that you are familiar with the mountain village conditions, from tomorrow we will work together to develop the village and recruit more young and strong spirited people."
"Another mission?"
The players were taken aback, then delighted, each receiving a new mission prompt 'Recruit People.'
"Didn't expect our mountain village to continue recruiting people? What's this about, preparing for a rebellion?"
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"Haha, this mission came so fast and so simple, just recruiting one person nets you 10 cultivation points and potential points, and recruiting five earns you 50 contribution points."
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"Who says our Black Wind Village has no prospects? I think Black Wind Village is the strongest force in the early stage."
Watching a group of players joyfully leave after accepting the task,
Jiang Dali silently opened the Jianghu Forum.
As expected, he saw players like Zhongyuan Miao Renfeng had already posted about Black Wind Village's recruitment drive and even highlighted the advantages currently available there—task benefits.
The Mixed Martial Arts World was not like an ordinary game.
This world tended more towards reality, so all kinds of tasks needed to be discovered by the players themselves.
Actively posting tasks to guide players and help them grow stronger was almost unique at this stage.
Thus, relying on the task advantage and low entry requirements, coupled with the players' promotions, Jiang Dali was confident he could quickly attract players from the surrounding cities to expand Black Wind Village and strengthen himself.
After the players completed the tasks he posted, he would also receive a small amount of cultivation points and potential points.
Just now, as the players turned in their tasks,
Jiang Dali had already earned 12 points of cultivation points and potential points.
"There are still too few players for now, aside from issuing tasks to gain some potential points and cultivation points, I can also teach them martial arts.
When they need to advance their martial arts, they would have to spend potential points and cultivation points to me, which is another way to grow stronger."
Jiang Dali figured silently, refraining from using any potential points to enhance his martial arts for now.
Martial arts would only increase in power after breaking through levels.
Simply speeding up progress would not lead to any substantial change.
Currently, only his "Tiger Evil Golden Ring Saber" was on the verge of a breakthrough, soon to reach the fourth realm of mastery, yet it still required at least 40 potential points.
Besides consuming potential points, the improvement in martial arts could also slowly progress through daily practice or actual combat.
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Time passed swiftly.
In the blink of an eye, it reached noon the next day.
Jiang Dali was enjoying his lunch when he received good news from the players.
Several more had been successfully recruited and were now waiting in a small field outside the mountain village.
Second Master Xiong Ba perplexed, asked, "Brother, we should have enough people in our village by now, and there isn't much happening on regular days. Why are you still recruiting so many people?
These newcomers all look tender and inexperienced. Having more people means more mouths to feed. Besides eating, they don't seem to be of much use."
Jiang Dali chuckled and pointed at the food and drinks on the table, "I don't just want to consume what's on this table. You are right about one thing, we in Black Wind Village don't have to deal with big events usually. What does that imply?
It means our place is not that lucrative.
The martial world is vast, and Mengyin County is so small, not to mention Black Wind Village.
I heard that our neighboring counties' Chongfeng Mountain Village and Tuoshui Mountain Village are developing well. One has veins of ore and the other has Medicine Mountain.
I too want a piece of the meat in their bowls!"
Xiong Ba was stunned, "Brother, you, you want to take over Chongfeng Mountain Village and Tuoshui Mountain Village?
They have Ghost Saber Ji Ming in Tuoshui Mountain Village and the Martial Arts Ladies of Chongfeng Mountain Village, neither are easily provoked."
Jiang Dali smiled slyly and sipped his tea, "Do I look like someone easily provoked?"
Xiong Ba, at a loss for words, let out a dry laugh.
He had forgotten that the man before him was also a ruthless character not to be trifled with.
Jiang Dali stated calmly, "The scouts on the official road have already spotted people from Dragon Gate Escort Agency. This time we first handle Dou Dajin and establish our reputation thoroughly."
"Is Dou Dajin here already? How did it happen so fast?"
Xiong Ba tensed up, feeling uneasy, but seeing Jiang Dali's robust and imposing stature, he inexplicably felt reassured and confident.
"Never mind, seeing Brother Da Li so composed, there must be a strategy to repel the enemy..."
Jiang Dali waved his hand and ordered those around him, "Bring those newcomers here."