Chapter 78 (1/2)
Chapter 78 – Little Cosmos DimensionTranslated by:Edited by:TLCed by: OMA
Regarding this matter, Long Chen was rather confused. He only knew that the Lingwu Family was the supreme power in Yuanling City. Hence, he went straight to Yuanling City and directly joined it.
In reality, even within Yuanling City, people were only vaguely aware of this fact. That was why when Gan Lin brought it up; Long Chen’s mind drew blank.
Gan Lin knew that Long Chen wasn’t from Yuanling City, so he explained everything in greater detail.
“Everyone knows that our Lingwu Family is the governor of the Yuanling County. We have established town halls and village halls around the Yuanling County’s towns and villages. These are all forces belonging to the subordinates of the Lingwu Family. It’s just like the Yang Family, where you came from. I believe they just established themselves as Poplar Town’s town hall masters right?”
Long Chen nodded his head: “It is indeed as you said.”
Gan Lin continued: “Yuanling Country is ma.s.sive, many things happen every single day. Robbers commit murders, horse thieves pillage and so on. When the local county governor can’t deal with it, they will need the strength of our Lingwu Family’s outer faction”
When Lin Gan explained it, Long Chen finally understood.
The Lingwu Family is like a government body while its outer faction is like its henchmen. Helping it maintain their stable ruling through force.
Gan Lin looked out through the door, narrowed his eyes and said: “Our Green Faction is responsible for the peace and wellbeing of Yuanling City area. Within the green district of Lingwu city, there is a huge building. It’s called the Hall of Achievements. Our Lingwu Family has a powerful intelligence network, meaning that we have numerous a.s.signments posted in the Hall of Achievements every day. As long as you are a member of the Lingwu Family outer faction, you will be able to receive a.s.signments from our Hall of Achievements, complete a.s.signments and you can exchange for rewards. Naturally, the family might also issue a.s.signments for you and order the completion of them. You Fourth-Grade Disciples, in order to not get expelled from the Lingwu Family, must, at least, complete a fourth-grade a.s.signment every month! In similar fashion, a Third-Grade Disciple must complete a third-grade a.s.signment every month!”
“Some tasks will be mandatory and are unavoidable. However, you shouldn’t hold any resentment. One must know that in Lingwu Family, you will be rewarded for your services and contributions. Our Lingwu Family has innumerable resources, cultivation techniques, divine weapons, and elixirs. But only people who have done great services for the Lingwu Family can acquire these. For people belonging to the Lingwu Family, the values of these goods aren’t measured in deity jades, like outsiders do. One cannot acquire Lingwu Family goods with deity jades. If you want anything, you will have to exchange them with your contributions. Every time you complete an a.s.signment, there will be a specialist who will conduct evaluations and a.s.sess your contributions. The most important currency inside Lingwu Family are the resulting contribution points.”
“Every item can be exchanged for contribution points, the more contribution points you have, the more resources you can exchange for. Our Lingwu Family is rich in resources and comparable to even the Daybreak Merchants Union. However, the resources you can exchange inside Lingwu Family are much easier to access and cheaper than what you can get by using deity jades as an outsider.”
Hearing this, Long Chen’s eyes shone. While Long Chen was deeply moved by the vast amount of resources and might of the Lingwu Family, he also thought of medicines with spirit healing properties. An enormous faction like this will definitely own some of it.
“Is it true that as long as I contribute to the family, I can get these medicines? There won’t be a need to risk my life to earn money?”
This system of contribution points made Long Chen feel pleasantly surprised.
In reality, even in the Yang Family, if you have contributed to the clan you would also receive rewards. But there was no system to it. It was all based on the whims of the ancestor. No one else had the power to intervene. But this was different inside the Lingwu Family. Such a large organization made each and every one work for what they desired the most!
Long Chen secretly praised: “This Lingwu Family really is extraordinary. Originally, people who just joined the outer faction wouldn’t be loyal enough and wouldn’t work their hardest. But by applying this method, won’t every one of us put our lives on the line to accomplish missions?”
After saying this, Gan Lin asked: “The five of you, did you understand the things I’ve said?”
Long Chen and the rest all nodded. Then one amongst them asked: “Senior Brother Gan, in what form, do we receive our contribution points?”
Gan Lin was startled, then laughed shortly thereafter: “Oh, I actually forgot to tell you.”
He took out a badge made of white jade from his cosmos pouch. Suddenly, a surge of Qi radiated. This badge was actually made from deity jade!
“This is the ident.i.ty badge that every member of our Lingwu Family must have. Do you see the marks on its back? These record your personal ident.i.ty, strength, origin and other information. But of course, the most important information it records is your contribution points. That’s why when you receive a.s.signments or want to exchange for resources, you will have to produce your own ident.i.ty badge. Usually, as long as you calm yourselves, place the ident.i.ty badge on your palm and infuse it with some Qi, then the information will be retrieved from within the ident.i.ty badge.”
Something this amazing forced Long Chen into admitting that Lingxi was right about him being a frog at the bottom of a well.
TL Note: (井底之蛙) Frog at the bottom of a well means a frog observing the world through the opening of a well, not knowing what was going outside.
He was very interested in this ident.i.ty badge, so he asked: “When will we receive this ident.i.ty badge?”
Gan Lin smiled and said: “There are already people at work making them. They will arrive shortly and as soon as you receive that ident.i.ty badge you will officially be a member of the Lingwu Family. Normal factions within Poplar Town will not dare to challenge you openly.”