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Chapter 833: Gathering Resources
🕑 Added 2024-07-05 07:31:57 +0000 UTCImmortal Path Space : Table of Content/Chapter List
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One month after Wang Hong emerged from seclusion, Chen Xiaofeng approached him again. "Your Majesty, Subordinate has compiled the resource requirements for assembling the Puppet Legion. I would like you to review them."
Wang Hong took a Jade Scroll and scanned its contents with his Divine Sense, quickly grasping the information.
"Approximately 100,000 Puppets are estimated to be refined, with 40,000 of them possessing Nascent Soul stage strength. The remaining 60,000 Puppets will all be at the Golden Core Stage.
Among the 40,000 Nascent Soul stage Puppets, they can be roughly divided into two types. One type is the melee Puppets, responsible for charging into the enemy ranks and engaging in close combat. There are approximately 30,000 of these Puppets.
The other type of Nascent Soul stage Puppets will be responsible for the defense of the entire Puppet Legion, totaling around 10,000.
The remaining 60,000 Golden Core Puppets will be divided into medium-range and long-range attack types."
Even though Wang Hong had long been prepared for this, he couldn't help but admire Chen Xiaofeng's audacious idea.
It should be noted that after many years of development, the Great Chu Immortal Nation now practically encompasses the entire Fengwu Continent. However, the military has only managed to gather around 40,000 Nascent Soul Cultivators.
Yet, Chen Xiaofeng intended to create 40,000 Nascent Soul stage Puppets in one go. This scale was truly remarkable.
Although Puppet combat capabilities might be slightly inferior to those of living beings at the same level, refining a Puppet is much easier than cultivating a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
Furthermore, Puppets do not fear death, making them a cost-effective resource even if it means trading one life for another.
However, such a large-scale endeavor required an enormous amount of spiritual materials. After introducing the Puppet Legion units, a list of required materials was presented.
"50,000 logs of Rising Sun Wood aged five thousand years or above, 10,000 clumps of Twin Bamboo aged six thousand years or above, 100,000 saplings of Golden Ironwood aged one thousand years or above, 200,000 jin of Extreme Yin Stone, 50,000 jin of Miron..."
Even though Wang Hong currently possessed a whole continent and the support of Space, he was still taken aback by the lengthy list of materials.
Wang Hong tucked the Jade Scroll away in his embrace. "Proceed with this plan. As for the materials, go and consult Xu Lun first. Allocate the existing materials from the treasury to you for immediate use. I will instruct others to collect the remaining materials with utmost effort."
Upon receiving Wang Hong's approval, Chen Xiaofeng left with great satisfaction. As a technical expert, he was not responsible for material matters, leaving Wang Hong alone to worry about them.
With the current financial resources of the Great Chu Immortal Nation, it is actually quite difficult to support the smooth implementation of this plan. However, once this plan succeeds, the effects will be immediate.
With this 100,000 Puppet Legion, the fighting power of the Great Chu Immortal Nation's army can almost double.
Therefore, even though there are some difficulties at the moment, Wang Hong has decided to fully support the implementation of this plan.
He still has a large number of high-tier Spiritual Objects stored in his Space. Each of these Spiritual Objects is extremely valuable, and he himself cannot use so many. It is not convenient to sell them, so they can only gather dust in his Space.
Many of the spirit wood materials in this list have been cultivated in his Space, but the quantity may not be enough. There are also many materials such as Ore that cannot be cultivated in his Space.
Now that it is a development requirement, if necessary, he will have to part with some treasures.
Wang Hong made two copies of the material list in the Jade Scroll, summoned Liu Changsheng and Xu Lun, and instructed them to mobilize their subordinates' channels to collect the above materials to the best of their ability.
"Your Majesty, although the Great Chu Immortal Nation has earned a considerable amount of resources through trade in recent years, the consumption has been equally significant. For example, the academy and the army are both major spenders, and the treasury does not have many resources left.
Even if we can find these materials, we do not have enough resources to purchase so many of them. If we use all the resources to buy these materials, it will inevitably affect the operation of other domestic affairs."
Xu Lun glanced at the list, initially shocked by the enormous numbers, and then hesitated a bit before speaking.
"In any case, the two of you ensure the normal operation of the country and make every effort to collect these materials. I have some treasures here that you can take and auction off to obtain some resources."
Wang Hong also understood the current financial situation of the Great Chu Immortal Nation and knew that Xu Lun was not speaking without basis.
He had already prepared some treasures, which he now took out and handed over to Xu Lun for him to sell.
Xu Lun received the storage artifact thrown by Wang Hong and probed inside with his Divine Sense, immediately taking a deep breath.
Inside, there were a large number of high-tier magic weapons, Spirit Treasures, pills, Ten Thousand-Year Spiritual Herbs, fourth and fifth-tier spirit fruits, and most notably, there were even immortal fruits.
Some of the treasures that Wang Hong presented were obtained by looting corpses in secret realms. Most of the people who died in those secret realms were Soul Transformation experts.
Among the strong cultivators in this realm, not a single person is poor; they are all extremely wealthy. Wang Hong has gained a substantial harvest from searching through so many corpses.
Another portion of treasures comes from the plants he cultivated in his space. During his seclusion, his space has undergone forty thousand years, resulting in the growth of numerous high-tier spiritual herbs.
After Xu Lun took these treasures and left, he immediately began to make urgent arrangements for these matters.
A month later, news spread throughout the Cultivation World that the Great Chu Immortal Nation would host a grand auction in the Fengwu Continent.
Information about some of the treasures to be auctioned was also released.
The news of these precious treasures in the auction had already aroused the desires of countless cultivators.
Regardless of whether they had spirit stones or not, everyone wanted to go to Fengwu Continent to witness the event. Even if they couldn't make a purchase, it would still be worthwhile to gain some experience or take advantage of any opportunities.
For a while, the four directions were in motion, and cultivators from all paths began to converge on Fengwu Continent.
The arrival of cultivators from various factions not only brought wealth to the Great Chu Immortal Nation but also brought chaos, keeping the local armies responsible for maintaining security busy.
Especially in Sleeping Dragon City, where the auction was held, it became overcrowded. With more people, disputes naturally increased as well.
It was only after Jia Liang and his men severely punished several cultivators who were fighting in the city that Sleeping Dragon City gradually calmed down.
The auction was held as scheduled, and Xu Lun even brought out Wang Hong, a high-ranked expert at the Void Refining stage, causing all the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation experts participating in the auction to behave obediently like quails.
In addition to the treasures presented by Wang Hong, the auction also included many items from the Great Chu Immortal Nation's treasury.
The auction lasted for half a month, and it concluded successfully with no unsold items. At the same time, through this auction, a considerable number of spiritual materials were collected from cultivators from various paths.
With the abundant resources obtained this time, Wang Hong instructed Xu Lun and Liu Changsheng to take separate teams and disperse to various locations to gather materials.
Meanwhile, Wang Hong had no intention of idling. He planned to personally engage in trade to acquire some resources. The items he intended to trade were rare materials, as his subordinates lacked the strength to ensure their own safety if they were to handle such transactions.
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