Chapter 182: Happy’s Ambitions

The meeting was in full swing.
“Besides cultivating more disciples with superior martial skills, Happy hopes that we can mobilize and organize those who aren’t very interested in training, gather funds to help them switch to livelihood occupations… such as merchants, apothecaries, tailors, and blacksmiths. In the future, livelihood occupations will surely become even more important. If we want to break through as a top-tier gang and truly become a renowned faction in the martial world, we must be prepared.”
“Agreed.”
Bai Lang adjusted his glasses and glanced at everyone present:
“I’ve investigated. In the martial world, the attributes of equipment and weapons can be improved through four stages of forging! Each improvement is marked, increasing attributes by 20%. After four stages, the attributes are increased by 80% compared to the original weapon. Ordinary weapons can be upgraded to famous ones, and ordinary famous ones can become top-tier… Although most blacksmiths can only improve their skills by one stage for now, I believe it will eventually become a trend.”
“If Caiyi Gate wants to advance, it should have a certain number of blacksmiths and tailors.”
“There’s no need to worry too much about that.”
Yu Cha said solemnly, “There are a few brothers in my class who spend their days in mines. They train by fighting against the ‘Green-Eyed Mice’ there while mining for money to forge weapons. They’re doing quite well.”
Soon, Nuomi mentioned that there were also some martial world enthusiasts in the female dormitory who liked sewing. She said they could be guided to this area at the right time.
“As for apothecaries, it’s more complicated because resources aren’t fixed, and dealing with Vampire Grass is tough. The higher the grade of the herb, the more Vampire Trees are around, making it dangerous.”
“No problem. Our faction rules state that all brothers and sisters should learn herb-gathering skills if possible and carry a small herb hoe. When out and about, they should collect any herbs they see. With our strength, dealing with Vampire Grass is easy. I’ll set aside a warehouse specifically to store these herbs for our apothecaries to use in leveling up.”
“No problem.”
“Agreed!”
Everyone agreed—since learning a livelihood skill wasn’t difficult, and a herb hoe didn’t take up much space, it seemed fine to gather herbs in their spare time while leveling up.
“By the way, sect leader, who exactly is Happy? Have you met her? She’s kept such a mystery around her.”
Bu Shuailang asked in a half-joking tone.
The others all turned to look at him with interest.

Since Happy volunteered this suggestion, could it be that the two of them have already had in-depth interactions?
Feng Wu Caiyi merely glared at Ji Mo San Lang irritably upon hearing this:
“Why don’t you ask them?”
The rascal fell silent, muttering to himself: Who is Ji Mo San Lang? Ruthless with men! Gentle with women! If he were to speak, it would surely be full of clichés like righteousness, morality, and etiquette—obviously, he wouldn’t bother with such nonsense.
“Happy doesn’t want to be disturbed for now. Stop digging deeper. You’ll know when he wants us to.”
At that point, Chen Fan changed the subject:
“Another matter is setting up a contribution system for the gang.”
“From now on, for any items obtained from gang activities, those with the highest contribution value will have priority in choosing them. For items contributed by gang members, those with higher contribution values will also have priority in purchasing them!”
“Also, Happy suggested creating a special line for top-tier martial arts manuals. In the future, these manuals will be purchased using the gang’s treasury funds, while gang members will have to use their contribution values to buy them…”
His words excited everyone!
“Not bad!”
“How do we get contribution values?”
“Based on the number of times one participates in gang activities. Additionally, one can voluntarily contribute gold, silver, or weapons, which are converted into contribution values at market rate—1 contribution value equals 100 taels of silver.”
“That’s a good idea! This way, if we run out of contribution values, we can just use the gang’s pawnshop, hehe…”
“Who came up with this? I think it works.”
“Mm, it’s easy to motivate the disciples and encourage their participation in gang activities.”
Feng Wu Caiyi smiled slightly: “I agree. I’ve always said it’s better to have Happy as the leader—he’s smart.”
“Not necessarily. Maybe Happy is ugly or can’t command respect in reality. Uh, I just said that casually—don’t pass it on to him.” After flattery that was too blunt, he quickly tried to make amends, realizing it might offend others.
“We have dinner sorted out.”
The chubby god patted his loose belly suggestively and said, shaking his head.
No one paid attention to the chubby man and the rascal’s banter. Bai Lang cleared his throat:

“Yesterday, Kai Xin contributed 1.5 million taels of silver to the gang as startup funds!” After a pause, under everyone’s astonished gazes, he continued, “But he has conditions—this money cannot be used casually. He asked us to try to acquire top-quality protection techniques and lightness skills manuals available on the market, while storing the rest in the gang’s warehouse…”
“What’s the point of storing them in the warehouse?”
“Kai Xin said that this period will see a surge in high-level martial arts techniques. Everyone should make the most of this time to train and explore unknown maps. If there’s a financial need, they can exchange their equipment for contribution points, which can then be used to get silver money, with the equipment remaining in the warehouse for those who need it. Over time, this will help establish a trading network within the gang.”
“Truly worthy of being the boss.”
Bu Shuai Lou Mang took some time to recover from his shock.
1.5 million taels of silver was roughly equivalent to 100,000 RMB in reality. Although this startup fund wasn’t as substantial as that of large guilds, it was extremely rare and precious for a group of students.
However, based on Feng Wu Cai Yi’s data, no one found it strange.
With over twenty high-quality martial arts manuals already obtained, the income from just that alone exceeded 4 million taels of silver. Kai Xin’s source of funds was undoubtedly secure, and he could retrieve some of it later through the contribution points earned.
Among those seated at the table, only Xu Yao remained silent throughout, listening quietly without being able to shake off her shock for a long time…
As someone with some knowledge of game guilds, Xu Yao felt that this low-key, mysterious player, “Kai Xin,” not only possessed strength and wisdom but also seemed to have a boldness that ordinary players lacked.
If such a person truly wanted to expand Cai Yi Men…
It was possible he might succeed!
Suddenly, a complex expression flashed in Xu Yao’s eyes, along with an urgent desire to find Kai Xin right away:
A person with such boldness and ability! A young person with such a long-term vision and an unrelenting drive! What was he doing at this moment? What plans did he have?!