Indestructible Body Of Vajra Of The Village Leader
Chapter 40 - 042: Preparing for battle, Tuoshui Mountain Village

Chapter 40: 042: Preparing for battle, Tuoshui Mountain Village

Becoming an assassin for Qingyi Building to complete an assassination mission was just a minor episode on Jiang Dali’s journey to unify the Green Forest Road.

When he returned to Black Wind Village, two days had already passed since they had sent players out with invitations.

Over these two days,

two groups of players had already returned prematurely.

These groups had, of course, been killed outright and respawned at the nearby City God Temple, from where they took a carriage back to the village.

Another team, led by Huakai Jianhong and Li Jianfeng, hadn’t been sent back for free; through messages delivered by carrier pigeon, Jiang Dali learned that they had achieved decent interim results and these two teams of players would also return by tomorrow at the latest.

"So it seems the Great Masters of Tuoshui Mountain Village and Chongfeng Mountain Village don’t respect this village chief at all."

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

"That’s right, village chief, we died miserably. I think that short Great Master of Tuoshui Mountain Village didn’t take you seriously at all. You have to stand up for us!"

"Those bastards from Chongfeng Mountain Village are also blind fools, hitting a dog but overlooking its master; and we’re not dogs, we’re your beloved subordinates. Chief, it’s a disgrace to you that we were killed."

A bunch of players were complaining about Tuoshui Mountain Village and Chongfeng Mountain Village, hoping Jiang Dali would step in.

The other native mountain bandits watched this group of drama kings with bemusement,

talking about dying and such—

you guys didn’t even die at all.

It looks like these suicidal missions in the future should be handled more by these newly joined brothers.

Initially, the native mountain bandits had some complaints about the special treatment and martial arts training the village chief provided to these new brothers,

but now they had no objections, and were in fact very thankful that Jiang Dali was wise and valiant enough to recruit such fearless new brothers into the village.

In the future, with these daring fellows taking the brunt of high-risk suicide missions, their own danger would be greatly reduced.

With matters such as these, what profit was there to not share?

Everyone’s good brothers, enjoying harmony together.

"Alright, enough talk."

Jiang Dali raised his hand to cut off the players’ nonsense.

He knew the nature of these troublemakers who feared not a chaotic world.

These guys had completed their mission by delivering the invitations and even if they died at this stage, it didn’t amount to a big loss.

Currently clamoring here, they were hoping he would issue new missions to proactively attack the other two mountain villages.

Doing so, not to mention anything else, would mean new missions and opportunities for profit for the players, always better than having nothing significant to do.

As for whether Black Wind Village could match the other two villages, the group of players maintained extremely blind confidence.

After all, in their eyes, Jiang Dali was a NPC capable of growth.

And he had already taken upon himself the mission to unify the Green Forest; he wouldn’t take on such a fragile task without the necessary toughness.

Hearing Jiang Dali speak, all players quietly settled down certainly.

Then they listened, surprised and excited, to the new mission Jiang Dali announced.

"Since Tuoshui Mountain Village and Chongfeng Mountain Village don’t regard Black Wind Village highly and don’t wish to be our friends, then not being friends makes them our enemies. Tomorrow, I will personally lead the team for a long battle, starting by taking down Tuoshui Mountain Village and developing it into a sub-branch of our Black Wind Village."

As soon as these words were spoken, the players all showed surprise and eagerness to try.

The native mountain bandits, on the other hand, turned pale.

Second Master Xiong Ba even widened his eyes, somewhat astounded.

What the hell?

Declaring war just like that?

We’re just a bunch of mountain bandits, aren’t we?

Is it not good enough to make a small fortune by guarding our own little plot of land?

Is it not too reckless to extend our hands to someone else’s territory, Great Master? Are you planning to start a rebellion and proclaim yourself King?

For a moment, the native mountain bandits were panic-stricken, and even Xiong Ba, the Second Master, hesitated to speak.

Had not the recent significant events raised Jiang Dali’s prestige to a new level and enhanced the unity of the village like never before, some of the native mountain bandits would likely have jumped out to challenge him.

Compared to the native mountain bandits, the Players were extremely excited, yet they awaited the new task notification in vain.

At that moment, Jiang Dali looked at all the mountain bandits and solemnly said, "With the two villages at war, our brothers’ strength is key. If any of you have questions about Martial Arts that need clarification or teaching, come and ask me later so that you may enhance your strength for the major battle tomorrow."

The native mountain bandits listened, looking somewhat bewildered.

For them, learning martial arts was a matter of slow grinding.

It wouldn’t show effects unless after a decade or two.

Moreover, many of them didn’t even learn any formidable Martial Arts, so even if they reached out to Jiang Dali for advice at this moment, rushing it wouldn’t make much sense.

However, Players were elated, as two notifications had already appeared on their panels.

"Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali wishes to teach you Martial Arts; you can seek his guidance later!"

"You have triggered the power struggle task ’Dominate Green Forest—Phase Two’.

Task details: Tomorrow, Black Wind Village will launch an attack on Tuoshui Mountain Village in a power struggle. As a member of Black Wind Village, you will partake in this struggle and contribute to the downfall of Tuoshui Mountain Village.

Task rewards: Killing a regular Tuoshui Mountain Village bandit yields 10 village contribution points; killing a Tuoshui Mountain Village bandit captain yields 50 village contribution points.

Completing the power struggle will grant 50 Cultivation Points, 50 Potential Points, 50 Mountain Village Contribution, and 20 coins."

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"Awesome! Top-notch! Absolutely delightful!"

"It’s perfect, haha, now we can learn Martial Arts and also have new power struggle tasks to complete."

"It’s too tricky; the official ancient texts expressly state that Wudang, Hua Mountain, and Shaolin are respected sects and powerful, with mountain bandit power being the least significant. Why is it reversed now? Did I join the wrong sect?"

"Anyone who says Black Wind Village has no future, I’ll get mad at them. Those guys still lingering outside Hua Mountain, Wudang, Shaolin Sects, do they have as much fun as we do?"

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"Exactly, I heard that joining Hua Mountain first requires chopping wood for a year, joining Wudang first requires learning Taoist Scriptures, and joining Shaolin not only forbids nearing women but also starting from menial tasks. How can that compare to the prospects we have as mountain bandits?"

Players were all grinning ear to ear, overflowing with enthusiasm.

They had just completed the task of delivering invitations, accumulating a sum of Potential and Cultivation Points, and were now very eager to learn Martial Arts.

This was exactly what Jiang Dali had in mind.

He issued tasks and then Players completed them to earn Potential Points and Cultivation Points.

Then, by learning Martial Arts, Players contributed their accumulated Potential and Cultivation Points back to him, forming a perfect cycle.

Although, in this process, the Players might also keep some Cultivation Points for themselves to enhance their Realms.

But once their Realm was elevated, they could take on better and more challenging tasks, continuing to work for him, and this was not contradictory.

After the meeting,

a group of Players enthusiastically gathered around Jiang Dali, choosing to learn Martial Arts.

For now, Jiang Dali only opened Mortal Martial Arts to these Players.

Human Rank Martial Arts, revealing only Golden Body Skill and Wild Goose Formation with high learning prerequisites; Shaolin Ultimate Skill was not disclosed yet.

Even so, the Players were drooling, eager to learn everything.

But at this stage, the Players were rather strapped for cash, with not many Potential Points and Cultivation Points, and most could only afford to learn one or two Martial Arts.

Even so, after the thirty-two Players returned from learning Martial Arts, Jiang Dali directly harvested over 1600 Potential and Cultivation Points...