Tao Yuan finally came around and truly considered himself a member of Tiegu Sect.

This showed Sect Leader Jun’s brainwashing ability was still quite strong.

As for his talk of “follow this Seat to conquer the world, sweep across all eight directions”—that actually had some boasting mixed in.

Fighting wars was impossible.

After all, the main task now was developing the sect.

After Tao Yuan’s acknowledgment, the captured Huwei Army soldiers naturally also willingly joined. Tiegu Sect’s disciple membership instantly maxed out.

Quest Pavilion issued sect quests, and disciples began actively completing them.

During this time, Jun Changxiao assigned the newly joined soldiers to Wolf Cavalry Hall, appointing Tao Yuan as deputy hall master to assist Xue Rengui.

One was a five-star general, the other a rising star in military circles.

What achievements Wolf Cavalry Hall would have in the future under their joint management remained to be seen.

“Sect Leader.”

Xue Rengui said, “We don’t have enough mounts.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry.”

Jun Changxiao said calmly, “When the wolf cubs in the mountains grow up, they’ll be distributed to Wolf Cavalry Hall.”

Living in a spiritually abundant place and supplied with Fodder Pills, the Hurricane Wolf pack residing in the mountains was growing extremely fast.

Before long, Wolf Cavalry Hall’s new members would definitely each ride one.

Though Jun Changxiao had no intention of conquering the world, since Xingyun Continent had ambitious heroes, he definitely needed to prepare for rainy days.

At least when war came, he’d have the ability to contend with them!

This Tiegu Sect leader might be a bit cheeky, but he certainly wasn’t someone with nothing but handsomeness to offer.

……

After recruiting over 2,000 new disciples, contribution points also overflowed.

Jun Changxiao didn’t check the mid-tier shop but bought quite a few House-Shaping Rooms and Mid-grade Aptitude Transformation Elixirs, using them for the sect and disciples’ development.

Because Zhenyang Commandery stopped attacking, Qingyang Commandery returned to its usual calm.

Sect Leader Jun also enjoyed rare peace and quiet, and began considering who to give the Saint-grade Aptitude Transformation Elixir obtained from the hidden quest.

“Qianqian’s aptitude is very strong. Giving it to her would be useless, so let’s give it to Qingyang first.”

Li Qingyang’s efforts for the sect were visible to everyone. Giving the Aptitude Transformation Elixir to him was definitely most appropriate.

Regarding martial resource distribution, Jun Changxiao showed no favoritism. Whoever was suitable received it. If there really was no choice, then it went by first-come-first-served.

Therefore.

As long as there were more in the future, Xiao Zuiji, Ye Xingchen and the others definitely wouldn’t be left out.

When buying the AWM sniper rifle, Sect Leader Jun also bought five bottles of Ultimate-grade Aptitude Transformation Elixir. Calculating now, he’d already saved seven bottles, so he distributed them to Li Yuhua, Ling Yuanxue, Song Xuanzhou, and Zhang Wei.

……

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

In his room, when Li Qingyang consumed the transformation elixir and his aptitude rose from Ultimate-grade to Saint-grade, his fists clenched tightly, his eyes filling with blazing light.

The aptitude transformation drove his cultivation forward, allowing him to smoothly advance from seventh-rank to eighth-rank Wuzong.

At the Wuzong level, the highest cultivation was Ye Xingchen, who’d already reached ninth-rank Wuzong.

Xiao Zuiji, Su Xiaomo and the others were at seventh-rank, while Long Ziyang and other later inner sect disciples averaged around fourth or fifth rank.

After Yang Yuhua, Ling Yuanxue and the others consumed Ultimate-grade Aptitude Transformation Elixir, their spiritual roots rose to Ultimate-grade. Though very excited, they weren’t too shocked since they’d consumed it before.

However, Song Xuanzhou’s heart was filled with disbelief!

“Senior Brother Li.”

He said incredulously, “What exactly is this immortal elixir that can raise spiritual root levels after consumption!”

Li Qingyang said, “Don’t be shocked. It’s very common.”

“Very common?”

Song Xuanzhou’s mouth twitched, then he excitedly went to cultivate.

Thus far, among Tiegu Sect’s inner sect disciples, there were two Saint-grade, fourteen Ultimate-grade, and five Superior-grade. (Note: Previously stated Tiegu Sect had 22 inner sect disciples, actually 21. I miscounted!)

With so many high-level spiritual root aptitude disciples, second and third-rate sects definitely couldn’t find this many. As for first-rate sects having them or not was still hard to say!

Again, that same line.

Tiegu Sect had enormous potential—it just lacked time to grow.

……

After membership maxed out, sect quests triggered, and disciples successively accepted them.

The sect achievement point cap was 5,000 points. If everyone completed them, not only would it overflow, but it would also award 5,000 contribution points. So Jun Changxiao could only open the mid-tier shop again to spend it in advance.

Having bought the Scatter Beans into Soldiers Qiankun Bag, there was nothing good left, so he spent 100 contribution points to refresh.

“Holy crap!”

Just glancing at the newly appeared products, seeing the Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill formula, Sect Leader Jun nearly jumped up in excitement!

Natural spirit stones could indeed quickly raise cultivation, but quantities were ultimately limited. Tiegu Sect’s greatest reliance was still Qi Gathering Pills.

Low-grade Qi Gathering Pills were effective at low levels, but as realms rose, they clearly couldn’t keep up. So higher-level Qi Gathering Pills were needed!

Opening the description.

This Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill provided a 30-times spiritual energy absorption rate.

Low-grade Qi Gathering Pills provided 10-times spiritual power absorption speed, but with higher-quality medicinal ingredients, they could break through to 15 or even 20 times.

If Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills were paired with high-quality ingredients, they’d definitely exceed 30 times.

“Buy! Buy! Buy!”

Jun Changxiao unhesitatingly took down the Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill formula.

Auto-matched to the Alchemy Pavilion, clicking on the pill revealed the required medicinal ingredients were diverse in variety but not too precious—they should be purchasable or cultivable.

Continuing to browse.

Sect Leader Jun also saw a formula called ‘Antidote Pill.’ The description said consuming it could neutralize hundreds of deadly poisons.

“In the future when disciples go out to train in the wilderness, they’ll inevitably need this. Equipping them with Antidote Pills would be good.”

He spent another 1,000 contribution points to buy the formula.

During this time, Sect Leader Jun had collected quite a few medicinal ingredients. Opening the Alchemy Pavilion, he could craft several hundred pills, so he decisively used one-click production for Antidote Pills.

Continuing to browse the shop, he discovered two martial techniques.

Though only Superior-grade high-tier, they were still stronger than Explosive Fist. Sect Leader Jun decisively purchased them.

Regarding martial technique products, as long as they appeared in refreshes, regardless of level, he’d buy them to enrich the sect’s martial technique library.

After copying 5,000 copies of each martial technique, his 4,996 contribution points were spent down to just 796 remaining.

He wasn’t worried at all, because as disciples completed sect quests, contribution points would slowly max out again.

As expected.

Over the following five or six days, disciples who accepted quests gradually completed them, and the contribution and achievement points on the system panel climbed steadily!

To round it to a whole number, Sect Leader Jun found ways to spend all 796 contribution points.

Until the tenth day, all quests were completed.

Contribution points: 5000/5000, Achievement points: 7200/5000!

“Time to upgrade!”

Jun Changxiao rubbed his hands together, then clicked on sect construction.

“Ding! Sect construction upgraded to Level 6!”

“Ding! Sect membership, contribution points, and achievement points caps increased!”

“Ding! Sect Spirit Resonance Pavilion unlocked!”

After the notification sounds, the system’s main data panel immediately changed.

Sect Name: Tiegu Sect.

Sect Leader: Jun Changxiao.

Sect Level: Sixth-rate.

Sect Construction: Level 6.

Sect Functions: Alchemy Pavilion, Forging Pavilion, Talisman Pavilion, Spirit Beast Pavilion, Spirit Resonance Pavilion.

Sect Techniques: Muscle-Tendon Transformation Classic [Divine-grade low-tier], Cloud Striding Steps [Superior-grade low-tier], Sound Transmission Technique [Mid-grade high-tier]……

Sect Members: 5000/10000.

Sect Contribution Points: 5000/10000.

Sect Achievement Points: 2200/10000.

Sect Main Quest: Within 100 years……

“Finally broke ten thousand!”

Initially, the system’s various numerical caps were 100. Now reaching 10,000 points made Jun Changxiao nearly tear up.

For the sect, for becoming stronger.

Running a fever at 60 degrees Celsius and still persisting in developing the sect—do you know how hard I’ve worked?

The System poured cold water saying, “The main quest requires 100,000 disciples. Still missing 90,000. Host must get even more feverish and work even harder.”