Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Reputation and Economic Surge
[You went into seclusion for two years and gained 2400 reputation points]
...
[Doorway Affairs: Investigate and resolve the source of the pollution in Wu River’s water supply, task completed]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 200, System Mall Free Refresh ×1]
...
[Hidden Task: Successfully eliminated the Water Ghost Group in Yu Yang Town, task completed]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 410, Water Element Shield ×1]
...
[Hidden Task: Assisted the people in eliminating the locust plague in Pingyuan County, task completed]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 312, One-Star - United Strength ×1]
...
[The breeding of Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish succeeded, producing 165 mature Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish, expected future income of 660 Spirit Stones/year]
...
[The Spirit Field matured, achieving the second and third bumper harvest of Tier Two Jade Crystal Rice, yielding approximately 15018 jin of rice over two years, with stable future production capacity and expected future income of 4200 Spirit Stones/year]
...
[Successful planting of Cyan Jade Bamboo, achieving the first mature cultivation, yielding Cyan Jade Bamboo Shoots ×16, and Cyan Jade Bamboo ×9, expected future income of 1990 Spirit Stones/year, while also allowing the sect to produce Cyan Bamboo Swords internally]
...
[Added a new shop, Cyan Cloud Pavilion, in Qinghe Market]
...
There are quite a few system notification messages, but these are the most noteworthy.
Additionally, there are notifications about the sect’s planting of Zixu Grass and Wind Spirit Grass.
However, due to the uncertainty of whether She Qingqing can take good care of them and enable them to reach maturity smoothly, the system has not yet calculated the annual income these two spirit medicines might bring.
Lu Ping needs to carefully review all the information.
Unlike the first time he emerged from seclusion, this time Lu Ping was not confused and quickly became clear-headed, feeling as if he had had a good rest without any sense of discomfort.
Two years might seem long, but not very long.
The gain in reputation points from two years of seclusion, it goes without saying.
reputation points, not insignificant at all.
What most captured Lu Ping’s attention were naturally the two hidden tasks and one doorway task.
After two years of seclusion, all three tasks were successfully completed, bringing substantial rewards.
To view the sect’s status more intuitively, Lu Ping directly pulled up the main system interface.
[Sect Simulator]
[Host: Lu Ping]
[Sect: Cyan Mountain Sect]
[Identity: Cyan Mountain Sect Ancestor]
[Level: Qi Cultivation Sect]
[Reputation: 3342]
[Fame: Reputation rises, beginning to venture into the Righteous Dao]
[Members: 32]
[Buildings: Sect Hall, Library Pavilion, Alchemy Room, Artifact Refining Room, others omitted]
[Resources: Cyan Lotus Mountain Spirit Vein (Tier Two), Small Mist Concealment Sword Array (Tier Two), Medicine Field Eight Mu (Tier One), Spirit Field Twenty-five Mu (Tier Two), Two Marketplace Shop, Spiritual Peach Tree (Tier One), Cyan-tailed Spirit Fish (Tier One), Cyan Jade Bamboo (Tier One)]
[Income: 6720 Spirit Stones/year]
[Expenditure: 990 Spirit Stones/year]
[Net Income: 5730 Spirit Stones/year]
[Savings: 9099 Spirit Stones]
[Map: Lushan County (52%)]
[Message: In the vast martial world, demons devour the heavens. Your coming may seem insignificant to all beings, like an ordinary part of the ensemble, but even small figures can achieve great deeds]
[Goal: Cyan Mountain Sect has shown some improvement but is still one step away from becoming a Foundation Establishment Sect. Please strive to cultivate a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to promote Cyan Mountain Sect to a Foundation Establishment Sect]
...
After two years of development, there are still several notable changes on the system panel for Cyan Mountain Sect.
Just the increase in reputation points is rapid, reaching 964 points, enough for Lu Ping to exchange for the long-desired items in the Mall.
This is quite comforting.
Additionally, the sect’s fame section has changed from [Reputation rises, neither righteous nor evil] two years ago, to [Reputation rises, beginning to venture into the Righteous Dao] now.
This proves that Cyan Mountain Sect’s development trend over the past two years is leaning towards the alignment with the line of the Profound Sects and Orthodox Daoist.
The most straightforward behavior was helping the residents of Zhurong County and other places to eliminate the locust plague and maintaining peace in one area.
Alternatively, it was the elimination of the Water Ghost Group in Yu Yang Town or Xuu Yi capturing the infamous flower thief Ying Biehe in Jiyang City.
These actions indeed boosted the fame of Cyan Mountain Sect, leaving some people with the impression of a sect of the Profound and Orthodox Daoist.
"In the future, the development direction of Cyan Mountain Sect should continue towards the righteous path."
Not paying further attention to the sect’s fame section, Lu Ping’s gaze continued downward.
In the sect resources section, the changes were not significant, one being the addition of two mu to the Medicine Field, reaching eight mu, for planting Zixu Grass and Wind Spirit Grass.
The other was the addition of another shop in the marketplace.
Lu Ping wasn’t very interested in the marketplace shop affair nor adept at business, preferring to leave such business acumen to Lu Yuanshan.
Then, there was the sect’s economic situation.
The changes here cannot be understated.
Lu Ping has a good memory.
He remembers the sect’s economy two years ago, with an annual Spirit Stone income close to 3000.
The annual expenditure was 870.
The net income of the sect per year was 2120.
Savings in Spirit Stones stood at 2790.
And now?
The annual income has grown to 6720 Spirit Stones a year!
Setting aside the annual sect expenditure of 990 Spirit Stones, the net income reached 5730 Spirit Stones a year!
Savings in Spirit Stones have also skyrocketed to 9099!
Seeing this numeric growth, Lu Ping was very pleased.
The efforts of these years have not been in vain.
As per the agreement made with the disciples three years ago, to pause the stipend for three years, now the term has ended, and Cyan Mountain Sect is entirely capable of fulfilling the owed stipends for the disciples for those three years.
They can also offer an annual stipend as a reward, still leaving plenty of Spirit Stones remaining.
With the sect economy thriving, future development becomes much easier.
The sect is getting better and better, which is truly something to rejoice over.
Finally, there were two more changes that caught Lu Ping’s attention.
One was in the map section, showing [Lushan County (52%)].
Previously, the system displayed [Lushan County (49%)].
There’s been a subtle increase, indicating the expansion of the system map range, allowing a larger area for exploring doorway affairs, giving Cyan Mountain Sect a slightly better grasp of Lushan County.
When the control over Lushan County reaches 100%, at least two Foundation Establishment Cultivators must be stationed at Cyan Mountain Sect.
After all, as long as Hengyue Sect stands within Lushan County, half of the territory remains under their control.
To dominate the entire Lushan County, Hengyue Sect must first be toppled.
Lu Ping believes this can be accomplished soon.
As for the final change, it was in the goal section.
[Cyan Mountain Sect is beset by internal and external troubles, with a myriad of tasks ahead, as the sect’s founding ancestor, please strive to revitalize your sect].
This was the previous system goal statement.
Now it has changed to [Cyan Mountain Sect has shown some improvement but is still one step away from becoming a Foundation Establishment Sect. Please strive to cultivate a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to promote Cyan Mountain Sect to a Foundation Establishment Sect].
Hmm...
This goal is quite specific.
Even if the system hadn’t noted this, Lu Ping was already planning to send disciples to Hidden Nether Mountain to eliminate the Black Water Profound Snake and obtain the Celestial Cyan Divine Wood.
Once the Celestial Cyan Divine Wood is in hand, the sect can cultivate a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Soon, Lu Ping would call Lu Yuanshan and his siblings over to assess how much their strength has grown, and if the Taiyi Celestial Ruins Sword has been refined yet.
Even if they had been lazy over the past two years and haven’t refined their Lifebound Flying Swords, the battle at Hidden Nether Mountain cannot be delayed any longer.
The Black Water Profound Snake is about to consume the Celestial Cyan Divine Wood to advance—it cannot wait any longer.