Inside the city lord’s manor of Green Light City.
Looking at the 1,352 cultivators willing to join his ranks and become members of the new city’s guard corps, Ye Qingxuan spoke slowly:
“You will absolutely never regret the decision you made today.”
“From this day forward, you are the guard corps of East Mystic City, the city I have just established.”
“Yes, City Lord!”
As soon as Ye Qingxuan finished speaking, everyone in the hall answered in unison.
Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly, then began explaining the divisions and benefits of the East Mystic City guard corps:
The East Mystic City guard corps was divided into members, squad leaders, platoon leaders, battalion leaders, commanders, chief commanders, and grand commanders.
Squad leaders had to reach the late stage of the Qi Refining realm. The threshold for platoon leaders was the Foundation Establishment realm, for battalion leaders the Purple Mansion realm, for commanders the Golden Core realm, and so on.
A squad leader could recruit ten members, a platoon leader could form three squads, a battalion leader could form three platoons, and a commander could form three battalions.
Since East Mystic City was newly established, aside from this first batch of guard corps members present, positions could be granted directly.
Cultivators who joined the East Mystic City guard corps in the future would need to complete the city’s strength assessment and mission assessment before they could obtain a position or be promoted.
Ye Qingxuan’s East Mystic City was intended to follow an elite path in the future.
Apart from other departments and personnel in charge of business, the guard corps would focus mainly on cultivation and combat strength.
Those whose combat strength was not formidable would not be able to obtain a position at the same level in the East Mystic City guard corps in the future, even if their cultivation level met the requirement.
Realm was only the minimum threshold, not the highest threshold. It was entirely normal for a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator to remain at the position of squad leader.
Otherwise, the guard corps structure Ye Qingxuan had currently set up would definitely not be able to be perfected in the future.
And right now, the East Mystic City guard corps was facing exactly this situation.
Because there were currently insufficient low-level cultivators, a complete structure could not be formed.
For the time being, the strongest could only be given priority in choosing first.
Others whose cultivation met the requirement could retain their positions for now and enjoy the most basic benefits corresponding to those positions, waiting until later to gradually fill out the structure under their command.
The basic benefits of positions in the East Mystic City guard corps:
Members and squad leaders could reside in first-tier courtyards built on first-tier spiritual lands, but squad leaders could obtain the right to cultivate in a first-tier cave dwelling.
Platoon leaders could reside in single rooms in second-tier spiritual land dormitories and obtain the right to cultivate in second-tier cultivation cave dwellings.
Battalion leaders could reside in third-tier spiritual land cave dwellings.
Commanders could reside in fourth-tier spiritual land cave dwellings.
Although the spiritual energy concentration in most regions of the Earth Mystic Realm could reach the first-tier spiritual energy standard.
In spiritual lands containing first-tier spiritual veins, the spiritual energy was relatively denser and purer.
So cultivating in a spiritual land with a first-tier spiritual vein was slightly faster than in ordinary regions.
In addition to that.
Guard corps members could receive 120 contribution points per year, squad leaders 160 contribution points per year, platoon leaders 380 contribution points, and battalion leaders 1,000 contribution points.
After hearing the basic benefits of the guard corps, most cultivators in the hall beamed with joy.
For independent cultivators, these contribution points were already a considerable unexpected gain.
Not to mention the free use of spiritual land cave dwellings.
“Alright, these are only the basic benefits. In the future, when you complete daily tasks, you will also receive corresponding contribution points.”
At the end, Ye Qingxuan even put on a mysterious air:
“Moreover, the role of contribution points will be greater than you can imagine.”
Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s words, the four Purple Mansion realm cultivators in the city stirred slightly, and a trace of anticipation could not help but rise in their hearts.
For most independent cultivators or small factions, sometimes even having spirit stones did not guarantee they could smoothly purchase what they wanted.
Ye Qingxuan was a Nascent Soul realm ancestor, so his channels for obtaining resources were naturally far greater than theirs.
That was why, because of Ye Qingxuan’s words, they had begun to feel anticipation toward contribution points.
Based on cultivation level, there were currently only these four Purple Mansion realm battalion leaders in the hall.
They were Xue Yu, the former commander of the Green Light City guard corps.
And the Green Light City retainers: Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng.
Green Light City’s retainers had a cooperative relationship with Zhou Qingguang.
Normally, they did not need Zhou Qingguang to provide spirit stones, but if their services were required, each time they acted, they required a considerable amount of high-grade cultivation resources.
These three—Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng—had decided to take a gamble and join the East Mystic City guard corps under Ye Qingxuan precisely because they saw his Nascent Soul realm cultivation.
They would then look for opportunities to obtain some high-grade cultivation resources.
After communicating briefly with the four Purple Mansion realm battalion leaders, Ye Qingxuan spoke again:
“Xue Yu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, Liu Feifeng, you will be the first to form and complete the structure of your respective battalions. Lead your battalions to assist at the four teleportation arrays respectively and maintain order for the teleportation of Green Light City’s residents.”
“Yes, City Lord!”
Regarding Ye Qingxuan’s orders, the four who had just joined the guard corps naturally had no objections.
After accepting Ye Qingxuan’s orders, the four began selecting platoon leaders, squad leaders, and members for their respective battalions.
Xue Yu was no stranger to the cultivators present, so she was the first to finish choosing her team.
Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng had previously devoted themselves to secluded cultivation and were not familiar with these cultivators, so for the time being they could only judge based on cultivation aura.
After spending some time, they too quickly formed their own battalions.
Ye Qingxuan looked at the remaining cultivators and pondered for a moment.
He decided to temporarily assign these cultivators under the four battalions to maintain order during the migration of Green Light City’s ordinary residents.
After the migration was over, they could separate from the four battalions and form their own squads or platoons.
Those whose strength was insufficient and who could not recruit subordinates as squad leaders or platoon leaders would have to temporarily form a team of their own and wait for an opportunity.
Finally, with a single order from Ye Qingxuan.
Green Light City finally began its mighty journey of relocation.
Some members of the East Mystic City guard corps were the first to enter East Mystic City through the teleportation arrays.
After entering East Mystic City and learning of its size, the guard corps members were all shocked and full of amazement.
“East Mystic City is actually this big? 10,800 city districts? Nine million square kilometers?”
The unease they had felt upon joining the East Mystic City guard corps and entering Ye Qingxuan’s ranks completely settled at this moment.
In Starfall State, where humans and demon beasts were evenly matched and various factions warred against one another.
It was extremely difficult to occupy a vast territory containing multiple spiritual veins.
The larger the area, the stronger the city-protecting formation needed, and the more formation base materials were required.
Without any strength or foundation, just the city-protecting formation alone would be impossible to complete.
In Starfall State or the entire Eastern Pole Region, a city without a city-protecting formation could not be considered a proper city at all.
Although they did not know what level the city-protecting formation Ye Qingxuan had set up was.
A city-protecting formation capable of covering such a massive area could not possibly be weak.
A city like this was a symbol of safety.
Even a fifth-tier demon beast would absolutely not be able to shake such a city in the slightest.
With their hearts set at ease, these East Mystic City guard corps cultivators worked even more diligently, full of motivation.
