Preparing for War, Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold

Completing an assassination mission as a Green Robe Pavilion killer was merely a minor detour on Jiang Dali's path to unifying the Greenwood.

When he returned to Black Wind Stronghold, two days had passed since the players were dispatched to deliver invitations and calling cards.

These two days had passed.

Two of the three groups of players who had set out had already returned.

These two groups had naturally been killed, revived, and returned to the nearby City God Temple before taking a carriage back to the stronghold.

The other team, led by Hua Kai Jian Hong and Li Jianfeng, had not been sent back for free. Jiang Dali had learned through carrier pigeon that they had achieved satisfactory interim results, and these two groups of players would be back by tomorrow at the latest.

"So, the Great Mountain Lords of Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold and Chongfeng Mountain Stronghold are both refusing to show my stronghold any respect."

In the council hall, Jiang Dali sat at the head of the table, his gaze indifferent as he looked at the two groups of players reporting to him.

"That's right, Sect Leader, we died so miserably! I think the dwarf Great Mountain Lord of Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold doesn't take you seriously at all. You must seek justice for us!"

"Those bastards from Chongfeng Mountain Stronghold are also blind. Even a dog you hit has to consider its owner, let alone us. We aren't dogs, we are your beloved subordinates. Sect Leader, if we are killed, it reflects poorly on you."

A group of players chattered about Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold and Chongfeng Mountain Stronghold, hoping Jiang Dali would step in.

The other native bandits on the side looked at these drama queens and exchanged glances.

What do you mean by dying?

You didn't die at all.

It seems that for these death-seeking missions in the future, we'll have to let these newly joined brothers take on more of the burden.

Initially, the native bandits had many complaints about the Sect Leader teaching martial arts to these new brothers and giving them special treatment.

But now, they had no more reservations. Instead, they were very grateful that Jiang Dali was wise and mighty, having recruited such a group of fearless new and old brothers to join the stronghold.

In the future, if there were any high-risk, death-defying missions, with these brothers taking the lead, their own danger would be greatly reduced.

Since that was the case, what benefits couldn't be shared?

Everyone was good brothers, living in harmony.

"Alright, no need to say more."

Jiang Dali raised his hand to interrupt the players' nonsense.

He knew very well the nature of these guys who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic enough.

These guys had completed their mission once they delivered the invitations and calling cards. Even if they died, there was no significant loss at this stage.

The reason they were clamoring here now was that they couldn't wait for him to issue new missions and proactively attack the other two strongholds.

In this way, not to mention anything else, the players would have new missions to profit from, which was better than having nothing to do.

As for whether Black Wind Stronghold was a match for the other two strongholds, the players maintained a very blind confidence.

After all, in their eyes, Jiang Dali was a growing NPC.

He had also proactively issued the mission to unify the Greenwood. If he didn't have the capability, he wouldn't have taken on such a task.

Upon hearing Jiang Dali speak, all the players quieted down like quails.

Then, they were pleasantly surprised to hear the signal for a new mission issued by Jiang Dali.

"Since Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold and Chongfeng Mountain Stronghold do not put my Black Wind Stronghold in their eyes and do not wish to be friends with us, then not becoming friends means they are enemies. Tomorrow, I will personally lead the team to launch a long-range attack, first taking down Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold and developing it into a branch of our Black Wind Stronghold."

As soon as he said this, the players' expressions were filled with surprise and eagerness to try.

The native bandits, however, all changed color.

Second Boss Xiong Ba's eyes widened in shock.

What's going on? Are we really going to war?

We're just a bunch of mountain bandits.

Isn't it good to guard our own territory and make a little money?

Reaching into someone else's territory like this, isn't that too reckless? Great Mountain Lord, are you planning to raise the banner of rebellion and crown yourself king?

For a moment, the native bandits were in a panic. Second Boss Xiong Ba also wanted to speak but hesitated.

If it weren't for the series of major events that had happened during this period, which had elevated Jiang Dali's prestige to a high level and made the stronghold's cohesion stronger than ever before, some of the native bandits would have stepped forward to question him on the spot.

Compared to the native bandits, the players were extremely excited, but they had not yet received any new mission prompts.

At this moment, Jiang Dali looked at all the bandits sternly and said, "When two strongholds go to war, the strength of our brothers is crucial. If you have any martial arts questions that you need me to clarify and teach, come and ask me later, so that we can increase our strength for the great battle tomorrow."

The native bandits looked a bit bewildered upon hearing this.

Learning martial arts was a painstaking process for them.

It might not even yield results in eight or ten years.

Moreover, many of them had not learned any powerful martial arts. Even if they sought guidance from Jiang Dali now, it would be meaningless to cram at the last minute.

However, the players were overjoyed at this moment, as two prompts had already appeared in their panels.

"Black Wind Stronghold Leader Jiang Dali intends to teach you martial arts. You can seek his guidance later!"

"You have triggered the faction war quest 'Dominate the Greenwood - Stage Two'.

Quest Content: Black Wind Stronghold will launch a faction war attack on Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold tomorrow. As a member of Black Wind Stronghold, you will participate in this faction war and contribute to the destruction of Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold.

Quest Rewards: Defeating an ordinary Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold bandit grants 10 Stronghold Contribution Points. Defeating a Tuoshui Mountain Stronghold bandit captain grants 50 Stronghold Contribution Points.

Completing the faction war will reward you with 50 Cultivation Points, 50 Potential Points, 50 Stronghold Contribution, and 20 copper coins."

"Awesome! Top-notch! So satisfying!"

"This is great, hahaha! Now I can learn martial arts and take on new faction quests."

"This is such a rip-off. The ancient texts provided by the official clearly stated that Wudang, Mount Hua, and Shaolin are prestigious orthodox sects and very powerful, while bandit factions are the lowest of the low. Why is it the other way around now? Did I join the wrong sect?"

"Anyone who says Black Wind Stronghold has no future, I'll fight them! Are those guys still waiting outside Mount Hua, Wudang, and Shaolin having as much fun as we are?"

"Exactly. I heard that to join Mount Hua, you first have to chop wood for a year. To join Wudang, you have to study Taoist scriptures first. To join Shaolin, not only can you not be near women, but you also have to start with menial tasks. How can being a bandit be more promising than that?"

All the players were grinning from ear to ear, filled with excitement.

They had just completed the task of delivering invitations and calling cards, accumulating a sum of Potential Points and Cultivation Points, which were just enough to learn martial arts. At this moment, they were all extremely eager.

This also perfectly suited Jiang Dali's intentions.

He issued quests, and the players completed them to gain Potential Points and Cultivation Points.

Finally, the players would hand over their Potential Points and Cultivation Points to him by learning martial arts, thus forming a perfect cycle.

Even though, in this process, the players might also retain quite a few Cultivation Points to improve their realms.

But if their realms improved, they could complete better and more excellent quests and continue to contribute to him, which was not contradictory.

After the meeting.

A group of players enthusiastically crowded around Jiang Dali, choosing to learn martial arts.

Jiang Dali had currently only opened up Mortal Tier martial arts to these players.

For Human Tier martial arts, he had only revealed the Golden Body Skill and the Wild Goose Skill, and had set very high learning conditions. The Shaolin ultimate skills were not revealed at all.

However, even so, it made a group of players drool with desire, wishing they could learn them all.

But at this stage, the players were all short on funds, and their Potential Points and Cultivation Points were not many. Most of them had only learned one or two martial arts.

Even so, after the thirty-two players who came this time finished learning martial arts, Jiang Dali directly harvested over 1600 Potential Points and Cultivation Points.

Thanks to the brothers who tipped yesterday, give me some recommendation tickets to boost my courage!