176: Harvest and Arrangement

Howard's First Kill reward gave Huang Chen 36,000 Reputation points and 34 points of bone structure.

However, these gains seemed insignificant compared to the hundreds of skill books lying in his backpack.

Huang Chen couldn't wait to return to the city, so he sat on the city wall and tallied his gains.

There were 210 skill books of various classes at Level 60, most of which were Rank A or B, which were naturally far inferior to Huang Chen's Blood Battle in Eight Directions.

But in the Star Abyss, they were still extremely rare commodities.

How difficult is it to obtain skill books above Level 60?

You only need to look at how many monsters Huang Chen has killed during this period without dropping even a handful of them to know.

Although skills can also be obtained from NPCs or dungeons, their rank tends to be less satisfactory.

Auctioning them is out of the question; that would be aiding the enemy.

Huang Chen mused, “These books would be excellent rewards for core personnel who have made contributions.”

Next, he looked at the forging-related books.

60 Diamond Goblin Holy War Set Forging Manual ×45;

70 Diamond Goblin Holy War Set Forging Manual ×26;

Huang Chen turned his head and glanced at the Goblin Guards still fighting fiercely below the city wall.

They must be wearing this set.

They are truly hideous... but the Forgemasters can use them to improve their rank, and once crafted, they can be sold to our opponents.

Aside from the equipment forging books, Huang Chen also obtained 78 copies of his target, the teleportation altar Forging Manual.

Is that a lot?

Not at all. There are countless cities to capture later, and Sakura Country alone has 30 Satellite Cities.

78 copies are barely enough for the early stages.

The rest are the notes that can be studied to raise one's skill level,

Master Forging Insights ×213;

Grandmaster Forging Insights ×126;

Great Grandmaster Forging Insights ×75;

What delighted Huang Chen the most was finding a copy of the Goblin Forging Saint's Notes.

It seems Howard offered up his entire family fortune just to send this devil away.

This trip to the Goblin Empire didn't significantly boost Huang Chen's personal strength.

But with these books, the rank of Forbidden City's Forgemasters would definitely soar.

The growth of Forgemasters represents countless high-level equipment and wealth.

In the Star Abyss, the bonuses provided by a set of high-level equipment are sometimes much higher than the total attribute bonuses of an ordinary Trial Taker.

With this equipment, the Forbidden City Legion would have the power to fight against the Group Armies of the High Martial World, even without Huang Chen in the early stages.

This is a leap that spans an entire Middle Martial World!

Putting away all the books, Huang Chen asked Tie Shengnan. Upon learning that everyone had reached Level 50, he immediately activated the Group Teleportation, sending them back to Satellite City No. 21.

Afterward, he placed all the spoils in the City Lord's Mansion warehouse, where Bai Zhaoning would arrange personnel to categorize them.

The City Lord's Mansion of No. 21 is the Forbidden City's main base, and most of the Forbidden City's temporarily unused equipment is stored here.

While others were fighting desperately for Level 50 Silver equipment, the Forbidden City had accumulated no less than ten thousand pieces of Level 75 Dark Gold equipment just from today's farming.

This leading advantage remains an insurmountable chasm, even for the currently most powerful Vermilion Bird Clan.

And all of this is simply because the Forbidden City has a person named Huang Chen.

Now that the teleportation altar forging blueprints are available, everything is ready except for the crucial final element.

Huang Chen sent a message asking Xie Chunyan and All the women to come for a meeting, then closed his eyes and rested on a lounge chair.

The high-intensity leveling and combat over the past two days had exhausted him both physically and mentally; he had even developed a tolerance to soul crystals.

Xie Chunyan and the others arrived quickly after receiving Huang Chen's message.

Although referred to as All the women, they were actually just the few core personnel handling practical matters.

"Husband, the Forbidden City's liquid capital has reached 180 million. The main sources of income are retail price differences in stores, rental of Satellite City buildings, and the dumping of iterated equipment.

Furthermore, as 200,000 personnel have leveled up to 50, the inventory of Level 50 equipment is exhausted, but the cumulative total inventory of Level 60 to Level 80 equipment has reached 250,000 pieces..."

Bai Zhaoning smiled and was the first to report on the Forbidden City's financial status.

Huang Chen kept his eyes closed, only nodding slightly to signal them to continue.

250,000 pieces of equipment seem like a lot, but if calculated as 10 pieces per set, this equipment can only outfit 25,000 people.

Moreover, the equipment levels are uneven, and it will be a long time before all this equipment can be put to use.

Relying on him to equip millions of Forbidden City personnel is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Based on his experience from the Previous Life, the only way to obtain a large quantity of high-level, high-rank equipment is to cultivate a large number of Forgemaster talents.

In this regard, the Forbidden City is already far ahead under his management.

"Accelerate the recruitment and cultivation of Forgemasters and Apothecaries. Allocate more resources to those with talent... Also, transfer 100 million gold coins to me."

After sending the people to little japanese Satellite City No. 9, he would set off to search for Fengling Plateau. Every Hundred Clans Region map has a Fengling Plateau and a Mirror Shadow Tower.

However, once the Mirror Shadow Tower on one map is conquered, the Mirror Shadow Towers on the other maps will disappear.

Although the Mirror Shadow Tower was generally only conquered after Level 90 in the Previous Life, Huang Chen still wanted to check it out first. If he could conquer it now, the boost to the Forbidden City and even Huaxia would be enormous.

Unfortunately, the entrance ticket to Fengling Plateau in his Previous Life cost three thousand gold per person, and Huang Chen never went there before he died, only remembering a general direction.

There's no choice but to search for it. Since he has teleportation, he can return anytime, so he might as well treat it as map exploration.

After Bai Zhaoning finished speaking, Xie Chunyan stepped forward to report.

"The Forbidden City Guild is currently Level 6 with a total membership of over 5 million and a maximum capacity of 10 million."

"Among them, 500,000 are in the Life Skill sequence, 800,000 are logistics personnel, 10,000 are core personnel, 100,000 are inner sect personnel, and the rest are registered combat teams in the outer sect."

Currently, a total of 110,000 core and inner sect personnel are doing quests near Central City. Fortunately, there are few people and many quests right now, so there's little competition.

The reputation of the inner sect personnel has exceeded 500, reaching the minimum standard for purchasing shops. But I instructed them to keep farming, as the shops next to the God Sealing Tower are our real target.

"The reputation of 100,000 inner sect personnel is around 70. I plan that once this group reaches 500 Reputation points, half of them will buy shops to expand our business, and the other 50,000 will continue farming... Also, the Auction House's first auction will start in three days. I plan to take out some equipment above Level 50, and also auction a small number of Blazing Winged Fire Dragon eggs... This will attract more people to participate in the auction."

"Mhm!"

Huang Chen responded calmly, "You can handle the arrangements for that."

Huang Chen truly didn't have time to participate much in the management of the Forbidden City Guild, so occasionally catching up on the situation was enough.

When it was Tie Shengnan's turn to report, she maintained her usual military style: concise and to the point.

"The Forbidden City Core personnel number 10,000. 125 people own Thunder Sub-Dragon battle pets, and 782 people own Blazing Winged Fire Dragon battle pets."

100,000 inner sect combat personnel are all currently doing quests.

4.1 million outer sect personnel are organized into groups of approximately four people, totaling 100,000 groups, 100,000 of whom have reached Level 50."

After listening to everyone's reports, Huang Chen immediately gave orders, "Chun Yan, recruit more personnel as quickly as possible! Zhao Ning, increase the cultivation efforts for Life Skill professionals. Lan Ling, assist Shengnan in the ideological and educational work for the combat personnel."

"Also, Shengnan, immediately select 1,000 combat squads with relatively higher levels, plus 900 inner sect personnel, 100 core personnel, and Zhao Ning, gather 100 Forgemaster Masters. We are going to occupy the little japanese Satellite City along with the Official Faction right away."

"Alright, that's all for now!"

After Huang Chen finished speaking, he stood up immediately. Given his current physique, his physical and mental recovery speed had reached an astonishing level.

Moreover, as the goddess record continuously upgraded, he felt his desire in that area was also growing stronger.

Then, he chuckled, looked at the ten women in front of him, and declared, "Today... I'm going to be King Zhou for a day!"

Hearing this, Tie Shengnan gave him a look of silent contempt and said, "Ten? Can you handle that? I doubt you could manage three or four!"

Huang Chen was furious. "Hmph... who are you looking down on, little girl?"

"Today, I'll first let you taste what it means to 'debate the heroes'..."