"You have triggered the large faction quest: 'Dominate the Greenwood'—Phase One." Quest Content: Black Wind Stronghold Master Jiang Dali possessed extraordinary strength and was no ordinary man. He had invited many heroes of the Jianghu to plot great things together, intending to unite the nearby greenwood factions. You were fortunate enough to join him and were willing to serve as his vanguard, delivering invitations to the nearby strongholds. Quest Rewards: Jiang Dali Favorability +50, Stronghold Contribution Points +20, Cultivation Points +50, Potential Points +50."
Hua Kai Jian Hong looked at the newly issued quest, his blood boiling as he gazed at Jiang Dali with admiration and respect.
He felt as though he had struck gold. Joining Black Wind Stronghold earlier had only been a temporary measure; he had never planned to stay in such a minor faction for long.
But now, it seemed that even a small faction could have great heroes and great figures.
Jiang Dali was precisely such a great hero and great figure. He harbored lofty ambitions and actually wanted to unite Huizhou's greenwood.
This kind of NPC was clearly no ordinary NPC template. Perhaps he was a growth-type protagonist NPC with tremendous potential. If he truly succeeded in unifying Huizhou's greenwood in the future, Black Wind Stronghold would naturally rise with the tide and become no ordinary faction.
He could think of this, and the other players were no fools either. They all understood the stakes and became excited and relieved.
"Hahaha, those haters on the forum must be regretting it to death right now. They all kept trashing Black Wind Stronghold, saying it was no good. So what now? I only joined on my first day, yet I already got access to such a major faction quest. Black Wind Stronghold clearly isn't some ordinary bandit faction."
"I'm already standing on the golden runway, just waiting to ride the wind and take off. Hahaha."
"Don't celebrate too early. Here's a little daily tip on how to get yourself killed. I don't think this faction quest will be so easy to complete. Do you think unifying the greenwood is that simple? We're delivering invitations, and we might very well die at the hands of bandits from other strongholds."
"What are you scared of? What are we? We're locusts—players who can never be killed off completely. I haven't even learned any martial arts yet. If I die, I die. As long as I deliver the invitation and complete the quest, dying once is still worth it. It even saves me the trouble of riding back to town."
The players were fired up. Led by their respective captains, they shouted as they headed down the mountain to complete the quest.
Jiang Dali provided each player squad with three taels of silver as travel expenses, enough for them to take carriages there and back.
Standing atop the mountain, Jiang Dali watched the five player squads split into several groups and head down the mountain. A satisfied, honest smile appeared on his face.
What an energetic bunch of youngsters!
With such energetic little leek underlings in Black Wind Stronghold, and with such a wise and mighty boss as himself leading them, unifying the Jianghu would only be a matter of time!
At this moment.
Posts about Black Wind Stronghold's large faction quest had already appeared on the Jianghu Forum.
Naturally, this caused another uproar.
Some of the haters who had previously looked down on Black Wind Stronghold's prospects and constantly insulted and belittled it felt more or less as though they had been slapped in the face.
How could Black Wind Stronghold possibly have a worrying future? It was clearly a dark horse with fierce momentum.
They had only just gone through the Dragon Gate Escort Agency incident, and before even two peaceful days had passed, the Black Wind Stronghold Master had already aimed his arrow at the surrounding strongholds, intending to unite the nearby greenwood.
This Black Wind Stronghold Master was about to become outrageously powerful!
He looked nothing like an ordinary NPC. Rather, he seemed like a potential growth-type NPC with a certain protagonist aura, perhaps someone who would influence major Jianghu events in the future.
Some sharp-sensed players had already realized that Black Wind Stronghold was anything but simple. Especially its master—he was not only powerful, but also highly ambitious, not some simple bandit chief.
Now, while Black Wind Stronghold and its master were still weak, it was the best time to get close to them.
Once Black Wind Stronghold grew stronger in the future, they might have already missed the best chance to join.
Thus, another group of players on the forum immediately clamored to form teams and head for Black Wind Stronghold.
When Jiang Dali noticed the Jianghu Forum, he also discovered this encouraging development, which further strengthened his resolve to thoroughly take down the other nearby strongholds.
"With only my Black Wind Stronghold, once large numbers of players truly come to join, a single stronghold won't be able to accommodate them all. And we won't be able to afford to feed that many people either."
Jiang Dali had excellent plans for the future.
As the players set out for the other strongholds to deliver invitations and calling cards,
he also ordered Xiong Ba to lead a group of bandit brothers to the surrounding villages, where they half-forced, half-threatened, and half-bribed two tailors and a blacksmith into returning with them.
For the stronghold to develop, it needed excellent equipment.
And such equipment required professional tailors and blacksmiths.
Jiang Dali had no intention of also cultivating such Left Path skills himself.
In the Comprehensive Martial World, equipment was certainly important, but what mattered most was one's own strength.
He only needed to ensure that his strength continued improving. There would naturally be ways to obtain good equipment.
After the two tailors and the blacksmith were brought to the stronghold, Jiang Dali personally met the three special-profession NPCs, offered some reassuring words, and laid out some benefits.
However, to his regret, both the tailors and the blacksmith were merely ordinary craftsmen. Their skills were not particularly exquisite, and they could not produce especially powerful equipment.
They had no chance at all of making a graded piece of defensive equipment with excellent protection like the Golden Silk Armor.
After ordering someone to send the skinned tiger hide to the tailors to make a large number of tiger-hide hats, Jiang Dali stopped concerning himself with the stronghold's affairs.
He disguised himself, changed into Green Robe Pavilion clothing, put on a bamboo hat, and headed straight for the nearby city's Green Robe Pavilion branch.
During this period, relying on the contributions made by the players, Jiang Dali's strength had improved considerably.
The three martial arts he had newly learned had all reached Level 2, Initial Insight, while his inner qi cultivation had reached Level 4, Effortless Mastery.
By now, he believed himself qualified to challenge for the status of Bronze Character Killer of Green Robe Pavilion.
Although Green Robe Pavilion no longer provided much help in improving his strength, and he did not care much about the meager rewards for completing assassination missions, the higher his status rose within Green Robe Pavilion, the greater the future benefits would be.
To say nothing else, many of Green Robe Pavilion's information channels were open only to killers of high status. This was something Jiang Dali had to take seriously.
Although he was a reincarnator and could foresee many events from his previous life, he only knew the broad outlines. He did not know every detail.
At a time like this, a more detailed source of intelligence was extremely important.
Jiang Dali brought up his attribute template and examined his current attributes.
"Jiang Dali, Black Wind Stronghold Master (Inner Qi Realm Great BOSS), Qi and Blood 5000/5200, Inner Qi 170/300) Realm: Inner Qi Realm (39/300) Status: Black Wind Stronghold Master / Iron Character Killer of Green Robe Pavilion Jianghu Title Reputation: Infamous (550/1000) Pet: Jianmen Pass Demon Eagle Martial Arts: Hidden Weapons: Mortal Grade Mid-Rank 'Sky Full of Flying Rain' (Level 3, Minor Accomplishment) Fist and Leg Techniques: Basic 'Four Directions Fist,' Basic 'Six Paths Leg,' Basic 'Eight Directions Palm,' Earth Grade Peerless Technique Fragment 'Great Vajra Palm' (Level 2, Initial Insight) Saber Technique: Mortal Grade Mid-Rank 'Tiger Fiend Golden Ring Saber Technique' (Level 4, Effortless Mastery) Hardening: Mortal Grade Low-Rank 'Iron Cloth Skill' (Level 5, Mastery), Human Grade High-Rank 'Golden Body Skill' (Level 2, Initial Insight) Movement Technique: Mortal Grade Low-Rank 'Eight Steps Catching Cicadas' (Level 2, Initial Insight), Human Grade Mid-Rank 'Wild Goose Skill' (Level 2, Initial Insight) Internal Cultivation Method: Basic Internal Skill (Level 4, Effortless Mastery) Cultivation Points: 200 Potential Points: 200"
Overall, his attributes did not appear to have changed much.
But his Qi and Blood had increased by 200 points because of the Tiger Slayer Hero title.
The Cultivation Points and Potential Points that had originally been completely depleted had also increased again due to hunting the fierce tiger.
Jiang Dali did not think much about it and directly spent all his Potential Points on Iron Cloth Skill, continuing to improve it.
Although Iron Cloth Skill was only a Mortal-tier skill, it was an extremely classic and foundational technique among Hardening Techniques. Once cultivated to great mastery, it would also bring special benefits.
Jiang Dali had no intention of completely abandoning Iron Cloth Skill just because he possessed Golden Body Skill.
As the Potential Points were consumed, Jiang Dali felt as though his understanding of Iron Cloth Skill had deepened considerably. Even some memories from his previous life, buried deep in his mind, seemed to have been stirred. His understanding of martial arts application became much more profound as well.
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