Beside the square stood a huge building—the administrative building. Inside was the Steward's Room.
The Steward's Room had grown unbelievably enormous through repeated reforms.
Ning Zheng sat in a chair, looking at the various blacksmith leaders around the oval council table. Their faces showed all kinds of expressions.
The first batch of blacksmiths from the closed beta included Jiu Cai Rong, Dao Jiujiu, Oumi Jiang, Su Yu Niang, Medical Fairy Maiden, Food God, and Shao Chai Kun. Each managed their own area and was basically in charge.
The blacksmiths who had risen during the middle of the closed beta included Ye Kuang Xiu, Immortal Auntie, and Yan Shuang Ying.
Among this batch, Ye Kuang Xiu had risen from behind to overtake the others, even crushing the players from the first beta test.
At the end of the closed beta, only three people had risen: Human God's Fury, Labi Xiaoxin, and Nine Years Old No Bedwetting.
After the open beta began, most of the blacksmiths could not rise to prominence within these few short days. However, there were also three exceptions who had shown enough potential to become deputies to the heads of certain areas.
Those three were the three physical-education students from Bride Town Lord's group.
Ning Zheng looked at those young, passionate, and high-spirited faces. Looking at the core management team he had painstakingly built up, he revealed a satisfied expression:
"Everyone looks full of spirit!"
"Any faction, sect, or dynasty must have a group of outstanding leaders with ability and aptitude to drive the development of a large force."
"This is an era of individual might. There's no mistake about that!"
"But it's also an era of groups. No matter how powerful an individual may be, there must inevitably be a sect behind them serving as a logistics