Career Legacies and the Night Watchers' Trade Channels

Through generations of exploration, basic professional skills were passed down, and the state promoted related knowledge and meditation methods.

Skills such as physical combat reduced the mortality rate.

"What if I want to exchange for more profession inheritances? Is there any way to do that?" he asked.

"Of course, this is also my job." Xia Jingyi smiled immediately, looking at his radiant self as if she had spotted a fat sheep. "If it's a basic profession that doesn't involve extraordinary power, all I need is one hundred tons of cyan-grade spirit rice."

This number made him frown.

The basic profession requires 100 tons of spirit rice. Calculated at a yield of 100 jin per mu, this is equivalent to the output of 2,000 mu of spirit fields in one season!

"Too high." Lin Xu shook his head.

"Sir, you should know how difficult it is to acquire professional skills, especially to have those skills written into corresponding skill books. At the very least, one must be a master-level professional." Xia Jingyi smiled and moved a spirit-patterned computer from the table. "I dare say that even if you travel all over the country, only the state can provide the most complete basic professional system."

Lin Xu looked at the computer, a product of the combination of a weapon refiner and a spirit pattern engineer, and also the last glimmer of the information age in this world.

The screen's dim light reflected a densely packed job tree diagram. Under the swordsman branch, skill trees such as "Heavy Shield Block" and "Iron Bulwark" were marked, while the archer branch was labeled with words like "Armor-Piercing Arrow" and "Chain Arrows".

Lin Xu scrolled down the job tree, and more jobs slowly unfolded: "Light Cavalry," "Mounted Archer," "Scout," and "Saving Engineer."

The icons for different military branches, such as "Medic," lit up in turn.

Besides combat professions, there are also life professions such as "tailor", "blacksmith", "carpenter", "bricklayer" and "traditional Chinese medicine practitioner". Seeing this, Lin Xu had an idea and continued to scroll down the menu, quickly finding icons for "paper maker", "printer" and "ink maker".

"How do you sell the inheritance of these livelihood-related professions?" he asked.

"Sir, do you want the professional skill inheritance, or the corresponding NPC craftsman?" Xia Jingyi asked him in return.

"Profession inheritance? NPC craftsman?" Lin Xu frowned slightly.

"Profession inheritance is a complete set of skill books. After purchasing them, you can select talented NPCs to train. There's a high probability they'll break through to the master level. Over time, your territory will be able to cultivate the relevant talent on its own," Xia Jingyi explained. "NPC artisans are talents specially trained by the state. Their talent is relatively poor, but they still possess the relevant professional skills, which can support the operation of related functional buildings."

Lin Xu nodded. This kind of large-scale, mass-training model of NPCs with a full range of professions is probably only feasible for a country of this size.

"If it's an NPC craftsman, how is the price calculated?" He looked at the densely packed job names on the spirit-patterned computer screen, his scalp tingling slightly.

"Five tons of green spirit rice, equivalent to one-tenth of the professional inheritance!" Xia Jingyi smiled.

Lin Xu remained silent.

For a territory to establish a closed-loop economic system, it needs at least a dozen professions to work together. The country makes a fortune just by selling related NPC artisans and profession inheritance.

"My lord, at the beginning of the territory's development, I suggest you choose a suitable professional trainer." Xia Jingyi looked at his expression. "As you know, when a craftsman raises his main skills to the expert level, he can train corresponding apprentices."

Although it is time-consuming and the results are not guaranteed, multiple apprentices can be trained at once, which can also help build a complete professional succession for the territory.

Lin Xu frowned as he looked at her. "How much does a professional trainer cost?"

"That's equivalent to half of a professional legacy!" Xia Jingyi replied.

Lin Xu pondered for a moment, "Besides professional inheritance, what else do you have here?"

"Except for the extremely rare, you can find everything here," she explained with a smile. "The Night Watchers manage the Spirit Realm adventurers across the land and control all the Spirit Realm trade markets in the entire country. Being close to the source, adventurers always sell their spoils at the Spirit Realm market first."

Lin Xu looked at the interface on the computer screen. It was a dazzling array of items, from basic resources such as food, wood, and Shitou, to building blueprints, rare spiritual materials, legendary equipment blueprints, and even various NPCs with and without talents.

"NPC population is considered a resource?" He looked at the data displayed on the interface.

"Please don't be prejudiced, sir. According to our research, before they receive redemption from the Source Fire, these NPCs are essentially just living pieces of flesh, without emotions or self-awareness, like bio-mechanical robots implanted with operating programs."

Xia Jingyi explained with a smile, "Only after being recruited and transformed by the Source Fire will they gradually develop sentience and acquire their own personality. Only then can they be considered true humans."

Lin Xu frowned slightly as he looked at the numerous resources on the computer. "Why are there points restrictions for purchasing these resources besides paying money?"

He noticed the data displayed on the screen, marked with his own profile picture, indicating that he had clearly opened a dedicated account.

Upon opening it, a data panel similar to the Spirit Realm interface appeared.

Name: Lin Xu Race: Human Identity: Pioneer Lord Level: 1 Points: 100

"Spirit Realm resources are important to all lords, and everyone is wealthy. To prevent hoarding and speculation, the state has established a points system according to the 'Lord Covenant,'" Xia Jingyi explained to him. "Level 1 Pioneer Lord receive 100 points per month, which can be accumulated."

Lin Xu checked the uses of the points. For example, to buy a regular human NPC, one person requires one point and 500 Dharma Coin.

Not only does it cost far more than the territory's recruitment price, but it also requires additional Source Fire to convert after purchase.

Even a slightly useful craftsman, or the most basic farmer, requires 3 points to recruit, so the recruitment price is not an issue.

"It seems this channel can only be used to purchase the most urgently needed resources." Lin Xu checked for a moment, then put down the mouse. "It would be best to acquire them through the local Spirit Realm world trade market."

"You're right, this system is designed for emergencies and online shopping." Xia Jingyi nodded in agreement. "Meng City is your territory. You can acquire the necessary resources through the market. As long as they're not too rare, you can trade them directly on the market."

Lin Xu nodded. "I looked through the lord's powers and obligations last night. We need to pay taxes to the Central State Government according to the actual population size of our territory?"

"After all, the country spent a lot of time and resources building this city. As an autonomous territory assigned to the lord, the lord should show some appreciation. Moreover, to be precise, this is an exchange of resources," Xia Jingyi explained with a smile. "Every year, the lord needs to sell Spirit Realm resources to the country in the form of tax revenue. In return, the country will return this money to the autonomous territory through tax refunds or other means. It's a win-win situation."