Chapter 508: Establishing a System!

As for Xu Yao, this troublesome woman and a spy planted by Yipin Hall in the Mu Family, Kai Xin had yet to find a proper way to deal with her. No one knew her connection to Xue Yi, nor did they realize the disgraceful role she played within the Mu Family.
Although Kai Xin was eager to get rid of her so she wouldn’t be a nuisance, she couldn’t come up with a valid reason—after all, she couldn’t just tell others she had returned three years later!
So!
When Lei Zhan told Kai Xin that he intended to train Fei Long and Xu Yao, she immediately came up with a plan to force Xu Yao to expose herself.
Though she couldn’t reveal her own rebirth to anyone, she could subtly convey her views on Xu Yao to Lei Zhan.
Unlike the alumni of Nanhua University, Lei Zhan had no preconceived notions about Xu Yao. After hearing some of Kai Xin’s insights, he became more vigilant and agreed with her idea of giving Xu Yao a budget of ten million silver coins—if she betrayed them for money, they could simply find faults and get rid of her.
The Mu Family was after all a top gang that generated nearly ten billion taels of silver in profits daily, not to mention additional earnings from alchemy, blacksmithing, trading, and other activities. Such a small loss was nothing at all!
“Don’t worry. I’ll keep an eye on her for you.”
“Then I’m counting on you. Also, as the Mu Family grows, I plan to draft a comprehensive system. I hope more capable people will join, and more strong newcomers will emerge. Brother Lei, I have some suggestions…” After all, coming from three years in the future, Kai Xin had heard of some successful gang practices. Though her suggestions were modest, Lei Zhan quickly realized their effectiveness in cultivating top talents for the Mu Family.
“For each branch hall, create a ranking list. Allocate a portion of the resources from each branch to reward the top 100 experts with 200,000 taels each, and the top 10 with 500,000 taels each… I bet those guys in the branch halls will go crazy. At the current exchange rate, making it into the top 100 is equivalent to an monthly salary of 8,000, not to mention their profits from the game—quite substantial!”
“For those strong enough, this amount isn’t much, but ranking in the top 100 of a Mu Family branch hall means they’re among the elite; ranking in the top 100 of the main hall’s list means they’re top experts! Their salary doubles! It’s both fame and profit.”

“Well, you really think ahead. Although 3 billion in contributions are needed each month, that’s not even half a day’s income for the Mu Family… But this move will surely greatly stimulate the brothers’ enthusiasm for training! It will also boost their support and loyalty to the Mu Family.” Lei Zhan quickly saw the advantages: “It can also change the current situation where some branches have vastly different strengths. You really have many ideas! I believe that once this system is implemented, it won’t take long for our over eighty branches to have more than eight thousand highly skilled fighters… Catching up with the First-Class Hall is just around the corner!”
Lei Zhan seemed to already envision the Mu Family not only catching up with the First-Class Hall in terms of top fighters but even in overall strength.
Of course, he didn’t know.
In his past life, it was the First-Class Hall that implemented this system. However, they introduced it only after a year of operating the game, and even then, it was under pressure.
By then, the First-Class Hall had grown to an unknown extent. Just the “Life and Death Dream Pills” were said to number over a hundred in their gang’s warehouse.
It was precisely because of being targeted by the Blood-Clothed Gang and betrayed by his beloved woman, losing three years of hard work, that Kuai Xin, under immense pressure… chose to delete his account.
But today…
Kuai Xin knew the time for revenge had come.
The survival and growth of the Heroic Gate, the consolidation of the Lingxiao Palace, and the rise of the Mu Family had reduced the territory of the First-Class Hall from its past life by two-thirds. The chance for the First-Class Hall to grow again was gone.
Kuai Xin knew.
Since the First-Class Hall had agreed to withdraw from the Western Regions and Hubei, they would unlikely have the plans or intentions to provoke the Mu Family or the Heroic Gate in the near future, at least not in the next half year. The following half year would be a period of stable development.
The Mu Family must seize this opportunity!
Kuai Xin also believed…
With the motivation of this system, the Mu Family might become the fastest-growing among the four top gangs!
…
Sure enough!
After the Mu Family introduced this system, it was first implemented at the main hall in Baokang City.
During a half-day competition, the Baokang main hall identified the top hundred skilled fighters in the city through branch-based contests, establishing a ranking list for Baokang City. Among these, the top ten fighters could receive 500,000 taels of silver in contributions each month, while the eleventh to hundredth ranked fighters could receive 300,000 taels of silver each month.
Soon after, Lei Zhan issued orders.
From then on, each branch would hold similar competitions regularly, on a fixed day each month, to determine its top hundred fighters, with the same rewards.

As soon as the news spread, all members of the Mu Family who envied Baokang’s top 100 experts became excited. Various branches set dates for holding competitions! However, many were worried that distributing billions in contributions at once might strain the gang’s treasury. Just as everyone was concerned, Lei Zhan promptly allocated 10 billion from the “Gang Treasury” to it. His decisive approach made nearly 40,000 Mu Family members realize that this reward was not a spur-of-the-moment decision or a temporary initiative. It seemed… it might actually continue. The Mu Family became an instant sensation, with a surge in training enthusiasm across the land as people competed for spots among the top 100 in each branch—although the rewards weren’t large, the prestige was significant. The Mu Family’s campaign lasted a week, during which each branch identified its top 100 experts. Only then did rumors gradually spread, confirming that the Mu Family had indeed accomplished something remarkable. Although some rumors had existed before, many gangs dismissed them as unreliable. After all, with over 80 branches, consistent distribution would require an astonishing amount of silver annually—a feat no student could plan or dare undertake! Unfortunately, they failed to understand the Mu Family’s base of professional players or its daily income from monopolizing high-level resources. When experts from all branches benefited without exception, the outside world was shocked! Billions were allocated each month to cultivate experts. 500,000… 200,000! The amounts weren’t huge, but they were attractive to skilled individuals who were struggling. A month later… the Mu Family’s membership surged from over 40,000 to more than 70,000! Most branches, aside from a few in special locations, had a balanced number of members, and their strength had improved significantly. The second branch competition grew increasingly fierce! Even some moderately famous experts from the martial world appeared on the main ranking list. The Yipin Hall and Lingxiao Palace grew restless. Faced with internal unrest, they were forced to introduce similar measures, releasing resources. Even Lin Xiao from the Xiyi Gate had to seek advice from the Mu Family.