Chapter 172: HighPrice
To upgrade an Army to the Standard-Grade level required the members to learn all four Military Formations. Training its use to a useable level only took a dozen hours, but the cost to purchase each skill was enormous; each one costs a thousand Experience Fragments.
It wasnt an individually high price, but every ten soldiers would need four thousand Experience Fragments in total. The cost was covered by deducting ten percent of the soldiers ie, so it took ten days to buy a single Military Formation.
Even if the amount deducted were doubled, it would take twenty days for an Army to level up.
Take your time. Theres no need to rush this. So far, were the only people to have Armies at all, so dont worry. Cheng Yang said, Just remember to n ahead and avoid wasting resources.
Our current n is to let a tenth of our Armies level up since a Standa-rd-Grade Army can control nine Low-Grade ones. Liu Hau exined, Then a tenth of those will level up and so on until one of our Armies reaches Pinnacle-Grade. At that point, we can incorporate everyone into a single unit.
Cheng Yang nodded in agreement. Although it was necessary to learn all four basic formations before leveling up, you didnt need to level up after learning them.
Military Formation bonuses were cumtive, which meant the buffs from the various Army level formations would stack. Considering that, an Armys effectiveness was directly proportional to the number of ranks.
On the other hand, without a solid foundation, it wouldnt matter. A Low-Grade Army with Pinnacle-Grade formations would be stronger than a Standard-Grade Army with Low-Grade formations.
That sounds like a good n. Cheng Yang said.
They continued to chat until the soldiers finished cleaning the battlefield. Then, Cheng Yang returned to Phoenix Vige with the battalions he brought.
When he got back, Cheng Yang took Chu Qiang and his daughter hunting. Before they left, he visited the Quest Hall to pick up some tasks toplete along the way.
He only chose auto-generated fetch quests since the ones produced by people didnt involve killing monsters.
After bing an E-Rank Adventurer, there were more quests avable for him, allowing Cheng Yang toplete a few every day. Although this allowed him to obtain thirty to forty Advancement Tokens a day, he was still far from upgrading his rank.
Cheng Yang spent the rest of the day killing monsters and practicing his Sacrificial Blood Cloud skill.
It was a useful skill, but it was hard to train since his ns usually needed him at full strength or acting independently. It didnt help that it could only be used once every fight. As a result, it was still at the Low-Grade level even though his Icicle st skill had reached the Pinnacle-Grade level.
The area where Cheng Yang was hunting was fifteen kilometers away from the vige since the Phoenix Vige soldiers already cleared the monsters closer than that.
Those serving as Adventurers were incredibly active even though no one was pushing them to hunt monsters, which contributed to the growing operational area. They didnt have the power to killrge hordes, so they hunted down newly spawned monsters with a fanatical passion. This drove the official soldiers further out to find good hunting grounds.
Although these people still feared death, the area around Phoenix Vige was perfect for beginners. The density of monsters was low, and if they were in danger, as long as they could reach the boundaries of the territory, an Imperial Guard member would save them. Phoenix Vige was starting to seem like a tutorial vige from an MMO.
Thanks to the appearance of Adventuring groups, the vige had be more lively with civilians peddling their services and soldiers selling off potion and equipment stockpiles.
It was a shame there were so few Professionals in the vige. Having a few thousand people cover hundreds of square kilometers ofnd was too pitiful.
However, Cheng Yang wasnt worried. There would be an influx of new Adventurers soon.
This morning, Cheng Yang put forty potions up for auction for three thousand Experience Fragments a piece, and when he got back, all of them had been purchased.
Their sale brought Cheng Yangs daily Auction House profits up to three hundred thousandpared to when he only sold Stones of Return. They were also more stable aspared to the fluctuating price of the Stones of Return.
The stable high returns made Cheng Yang passionate about brewing Magic Amplification Potions. So, when Cheng Yang returned to the vige in the evening, he started refining potions.
Thankfully, focusing more on the Magic Amplification potions wasnt negatively affecting his growth as an Alchemist. Although his sess rate was much lower than the Recovery Potions, the Magic Amplification potion being of a higher level allowed Cheng Yang to obtain roughly the same amount of experience.
The night passed quickly, and after a few tasks the next morning, Cheng Yang visited the Tavern. Today was a day that left a sour taste in the mouths of hundreds of people. Thats because an outstanding item was sold on the rock bottom prices. In this life, Cheng Yang nned to snatch it up.
Once he arrived, Cheng Yang ordered a te of Hellpig Ribs and started to peruse the Auction House listings. There were thousands, but it was rare to find something useful at an affordable price.
Suddenly, Cheng Yang noticed a Mage Statue Lifting Stone that had been put up for auction. It required a starting bid of three hundred thousand Experience Fragments or a one-time price of two million.
Cheng Yang almost bought it that instant by instinct. However, he only had one million on him, and the rest of his worth was invested into the Bank, so it would be hard to retrieve it.
Although he already had five, it would be hard to find Statue Lifting Stones on the Auction House in the future, and if there were one, it would cost six million at least. They were an item that was rtivelymon since they dropped from instance dungeons regrly, but no one would be willing to sell them.