"Teacher?"

Qiao Hanlan, who was taking big bites of grilled meat, looked at Meng Wei, who had made the suggestion, with wide eyes full of surprise.

The foundation of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall indeed exceeded expectations, and its future development potential was indeed incomparable to the Iron Heart Gang. However, joining the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall seemed a bit too extreme.

"Bringing the Iron Heart Gang in." Lin Qi couldn't help but look at Meng Wei in astonishment, never expecting that a meal of monster barbecue made by players could have such a shocking effect. He then asked, "Can Deputy Gang Leader Meng Wei make decisions for the Iron Heart Gang?"

Originally, he brought Meng Wei and others over just to negotiate more benefits from the Iron Heart Gang. After all, the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was currently lacking in both money and people. The conservative estimate for the expansion of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was over ten million, and this was the simplest and slowest method. If better materials were used and vagabonds were hired for the expansion, the price could easily double.

In particular, upgrading the martial arts hall required creating a gravity room, which is not comparable to an ordinary room. At least B Level alloy is needed to build it. This means that without dozens of tons of B Level alloy, nothing can be built. The little ancient bronze ore under the martial arts hall is not enough, and a significant purchase is necessary.

If a gang like the Iron Heart Gang, which has a solid foundation in the suburbs, could join, he would suddenly have many more personnel at his disposal.

Previously, Lin Qi had thought of recruiting some skilled vagabonds to form a team specifically for managing Red Moon Mountain, the materials from Red Moon Mountain, and daily personnel transportation. This way, players can focus on transportation and hunting in the wild, maximizing the benefits of the martial arts hall.

In short, like any other virtual game, players concentrate on offense and NPCs on defense, allowing the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to develop quickly to the fullest extent.

However, the wild vagabond personnel are too complicated, and now there are too few players. If a large number of vagabonds are recruited, it's possible they could be used by other wild forces to infiltrate Red Moon Mountain, discovering the few players there, and working from the inside and the outside, it's not out of the question that Red Moon Mountain could be destroyed.

But if the Iron Heart Gang members join, it's different. They are all from the same gang, and as long as the gang's high-level members are managed properly, they won't cause much trouble.

Moreover, gang members, unlike free-spirited vagabonds, only need the rules to be explained. These gang members will follow, and those who don't follow have already been cleaned out by the gang, saving a lot of time on training.

"I can't." Meng Wei shook his head but quickly added, "But as long as you give me time, I can persuade the gang leader and several elders of the gang to join."

"What do you want?" Lin Qi wasn't surprised and asked with a smile.

In this world, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Meng Wei bringing the Iron Heart Gang to join must have an agenda. Otherwise, a suburban gang like the Iron Heart Gang could join other large suburban forces, who would surely fight to recruit them. There's simply no need to join the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

"Not much; I want elder treatment in the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and apart from that, Hall Master Lin needs to ensure that my two disciples and I have monster meat with every meal." Meng Wei was very confident and said, "As long as Hall Master Lin can guarantee this, I'm confident I can persuade the gang leader and others."

"A martial artist willing to come to our Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to be an elder is certainly welcome. As for monster meat, as long as the martial arts hall members normally pay, we ensure they have their fill in every meal." Lin Qi nodded and asked with a smile, "Just curious about how long Elder Meng Wei needs to bring the Iron Heart Gang to join?"

Monster meat might be a problem for other forces in the city, but for the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, it's not a problem at all.

If he hadn't expressly forbidden players from arbitrarily leaving the Red Moon Mountain area, leaving its defenses empty, he suspected these players would have long gone outside to hunt monsters for fun.

"Five days! No, three to four days will be enough." Meng Wei thought for a moment and gave a time frame he considered ample.

"Alright, I'll wait for Elder Meng Wei's good news." Lin Qi nodded.

In three to four days, the renovation of twenty player rest houses will also be completed. The Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall will gain two hundred more players, enough to manage the Iron Heart Gang joining Red Moon Mountain.

"There's no time to lose; I'll go back and prepare, Hall Master Lin." Meng Wei, seeing Lin Qi agree, showed a pleased expression, then paid 300 Bits and left Red Moon Mountain with his two disciples.

Once Meng Wei and the others left, Zhang Qingwei, who had been sitting beside Lin Qi and eating, was left stupefied by what he had heard.

"What's happening here?"

"Can new plots be triggered by just a meal?"

Inviting Lin Qi and others to dinner was just meant to raise Lin Qi's favorability, as Lin Qi, currently recognized by players as the highest authority NPC, had favorability that was still important.

But who would have thought that by just trying to increase favorability, they would hear such explosive plot details?

The Iron Heart Gang, this suburban gang, actually intends to merge into the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall in just three to four days, which is quite astonishing news.

Once the Iron Heart Gang merges into the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, it could mean that the activity range of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall might extend to the suburbs of Chasing Light City, becoming another new activity map in Descent of High Martial.

Exploration!

New Enemies!

New Opportunities!

For a moment, Zhang Qingwei had too many thoughts racing through his mind, and even the extra serving of barbecue he ordered no longer appealed to him.

"Hall Master, I just remembered there's an important matter I need to attend to, so I won't disturb you further during your meal." After greeting, Zhang Qingwei immediately rushed to the mine, planning to inform Luo Wushang and the others of this astonishing news.

Lin Qi didn't mind this either; turf wars among factions in the suburbs of Chasing Light City were merely a matter of time for the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

It's good for players to prepare early, after all, once players are promoted to Martial Artist, resources are not just limited to energy ores; various items to enhance Qi and blood, and assist in speeding up cultivation, are necessities for players, himself included.

After all, he just summoned players to this high martial world and granted them the power to resurrect continuously through the system. This price is one that players have to bear themselves.

However, cultivation for Martial Artists isn't like games in Blue Star novels where one levels up by fighting monsters; just defeating monsters randomly would lead to upgrades, even slaying a wild dog on the roadside earns experience points. In daily life, just by killing some stray animals, experience points accumulate continually, creating an ideal world where everyone can become powerful.

The reality is harsh; without sufficient effort and resources, most players entering the descent of high martial would only achieve Martial Artist level at most, slightly better than most residents of the high martial world. Only a very few can ascend to great heights eventually. Otherwise, the system wouldn't need to grant him the authority to select players.

After finishing his meal, Lin Qi strolled around the trading area, hoping to find something good.

The high martial world is different from his life on Blue Star; due to the emergence of monsters and myriad races, and the many fallen warriors and destroyed cities and civilizations in the wild, vagabonds could often find good stuff. Although they can't use it themselves, they can sell it at a high price to those in need.

This is also why factions in the wild want to establish transit markets outside the cities.

Normally, for these goods, vagabonds, to sell at a high price, would tirelessly go to the trading markets in major cities to sell them. The benefits would be seized by suburban factions, leaving wild factions with nothing, while the transit markets outside the city can intercept a portion.

"Hmm, what is this..."

Lin Qi looked at a player's private house not far from the mine, which was quite large, resembling a small workshop. Occasionally, the sound of metal grinding could be heard.

This piqued Lin Qi's curiosity, prompting him to walk over to see what these players were up to.

Inside the simple house built from some wooden planks, several players were busy working, including One Leaf Floating Cloud, who was polishing a weapon familiar to Lin Qi in front of a small machine tool.

A pistol!

Though crudely made, it unmistakably resembled a Desert Eagle.

"Are you crazy? Making a pistol in the high martial world?" Lin Qi watched the excited One Leaf Floating Cloud and didn't know what to say for a moment.

The manufacturing principle of a pistol is very simple; anyone interested in military engineering and with stronger hands-on ability can make it easily.

However, such hot weapons have limited effects in the high martial world, only somewhat lethal to those below Martial Artists and practically useless against common monsters, not to mention those wearing armor, with high martial world armor far surpassing bulletproof vests in defense, even rendering heavy sniper rifles ineffective.

The only effective hot weapons are the energy particle cannons in major cities, which can level a district with one shot, making it suicidal for ordinary monsters to charge in, serving as the greatest backbone for major cities.

Yet, this kind of energy particle cannon is too enormous, suitable only for defense, and only effective against normal monsters, its practicality is low.

One Leaf Floating Cloud making a pistol, mistakenly thinking this is a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is an ordinary person wielding a gun to impose authority, doesn't consider if those wearing A6 level battle armor agree.

"Hall Master, why are you here?" One Leaf Floating Cloud, upon seeing Lin Qi at the door, excitedly approached.

"It's nothing, I'm just curious about what you're doing." Lin Qi asked in a very calm manner, glancing at the rather excited One Leaf Floating Cloud, "Are you planning to make guns?"

"Yes." One Leaf Floating Cloud proudly held the freshly polished 'Desert Eagle', saying, "I got this inspiration from the Thunder Light Palm."

"Inspiration? What kind of inspiration?" Lin Qi asked in surprise.

"Earlier, I used the Thunder Light Palm to throw metal ore, and the resulting electromagnetic acceleration had incredible power, so I thought about what weapon could replicate this principle," One Leaf Floating Cloud said with pride, "Ultimately, I thought of using the Thunder Force from the Thunder Light Palm to accelerate the bullets of a pistol, retaining penetration power while consuming much less blood Qi, with improved accuracy."

"So I exchanged a large amount of weapons and armor for a set of generators and a small machine tool from a trade caravan in the wild. Although the small machine tool can only cut A-Level metal, using A6-level metal to experiment is already sufficient, so I made a few for experimentation."

"How effective is the experiment?" Lin Qi asked with some interest.

Originally, he thought One Leaf Floating Cloud was making ordinary pistols, but if it was actually crafting a super electromagnetic spear, then this was incredible. That potential could be seen from how Fang Zhen and others easily slew the Crocodile-toothed Rhinoceros; it definitely has prospects.

If One Leaf Floating Cloud could figure it out, it would surely be a qualitative boost to Red Moon Mountain's combat prowess.

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