novelraw Chapter 326-1: Disciple Pasture, Lord Cain’s Offering Ritual (1)
Chapter 326-1: Disciple Pasture, Lord Cain’s Offering Ritual (1)
[…]
[With your continuous explanation, Kim finally realizes that you also possess parasitic skills, and that yours is an even more comprehensive Perfect Parasite.]
[It seems somewhat shaken. The ability Kim has always been proud of, you also have, and it is even stronger.]
[However, thinking of the fact that you are the official Firefly Favored Servant, it quickly lets go of the blow.]
[Kim suddenly asks you that, since you also possess parasitic skills, have you awakened any memories regarding the hidden underground nest.]
[If you can tell it the location of the underground nest, Kim will definitely repay you with all its strength!]
[Do you want to tell it the location of the Abandoned Ancient Nest?]
[You shake your head. Under Kim’s gaze full of expectation, you claim that you have not awakened any memory.]
[Missionary Kim lets out a long sigh of regret. It is not too disappointed. After all, according to what you said, your parasitic ability comes from the Primordial Firefly, rather than the girl from the underground nest. It is perfectly reasonable that you have not awakened any memory…]
Lin Xun entered the Holding Cells where the War General was imprisoned and put away the Spirit Essence that had dropped.He had cleared out the Border Prison very thoroughly. Just sweeping through that large group of prisoners netted him nearly 200,000 Spirit Essence.
Not to mention he had newly obtained a Warden shell vessel.
Kim’s strength had also improved considerably. Although the War General was a female insect-person vessel, its combat power was not to be underestimated. Its movements were agile and its speed was unbelievably fast.
When facing some mage-type classes, the War General might be able to exert even greater strength than the Warden.
However, in this chapter, Lin Xun had yet to encounter any monsters that could use spells…
After clearing out the Border Prison, he and Kim returned to the spirit temple.
[…]
[Kim sits on the long bench opposite you. It twists its body from time to time, seemingly a bit unaccustomed to its new vessel.]
[It tells you that there is still one place in Tentacle City worth exploring, which is the Crawler Tribe.]
[The Crawler Tribe is located deep underground, so deep that even luminous fungi cannot grow, making the environment extremely oppressive and dark.]
[It is extremely dangerous there. If you need it to accompany you, you can just tell it directly without being polite.]
[Of course, you can also explore alone. If you encounter any danger you cannot resolve, just use the Firefly Stone it gave you to call it.]
[It will come to help you at the first possible moment…]
Lin Xun returned to the Resting Page to reset and refresh, and, without sparing himself, swept the Border Prison back and forth twice.
With the help of the two summons, Valkyrie and Nine-Tailed Fox, when facing a prison that only had a pile of small monsters left, the sweep speed was unbelievably fast.
Unfortunately, the War Hatchery’s monster respawn cycle was once every seven days, so in the short term he could not harvest those leeks again.
[…]
[You have received an urgent letter from Apostle Amos. Please check it at the Resting Page or in the Book of Letters.]
Lin Xun was slightly stunned.
These past few days he had been staying at the residence arranged by the organization, burying himself in the game and training hard, practically shutting out all outside affairs.
During this period, his new superior Li Long had taken the time to visit him and arranged for someone to take him to Kunlun in Yun Capital City to have his file registered.
Since it was only in name and he did not need to clock in to work, Lin Xun ran off as soon as he completed the procedures, granting himself an extended vacation.
The letter he suddenly received now came from Cain’s persona. After becoming the Twelfth Disciple, Amos could no longer summon him and could only contact him by letter.
[Amos: Good news. Your pasture has already been assigned. Hurry to the Council Chamber. Vishnu and the people from the Rectification Society have also arrived.]
Lin Xun’s brows lifted with joy.
Once he had a pasture, he could fleece the commoners of their fat and oil… oh, no, that was to say, he could seize enemy resources.
For this kind of herding behavior that both weakened hostile organizations and allowed him to obtain Spirit Essence to strengthen himself, he only wanted to give it a big thumbs up.
[…]
[You stride into Council Chamber No. 12. Three black-robed figures have already been waiting in the hall for quite some time.]
[Amos: You finally came. Let me introduce you. This is the Rectification Society’s priest Yethro, who is responsible for assigning your pasture.]
[Yethro: Respected Disciple Lord, your pasture has already been allocated. The region under your jurisdiction is the Jiangnan Province and several cities around the province.]
[All the lambs belonging to this region will be assigned under your name. From now on, Jiangnan Province will be your pasture…]
Lin Xun had already inquired with Amos beforehand about the matters of herding.
Because he had eliminated most of the candidates during the Disciple selection, the pasture allocated to him was very large, encompassing the entire Jiangnan Province as well as several cities in the surrounding areas outside the province.
Normally, after promotion to Disciple, seed candidates like Amos already had quite a few pastures before the selection, and several proxy agents under them were already overseeing those pastures.
After they rose in rank, they could arrange for their existing proxy agents to be promoted along with them and continue herding on their behalf.
He belonged to Vishnu’s faction, and according to the unspoken rules in the organization, Vishnu would send some proxy agents to ‘manage’ his pasture on his behalf.
The regions that were herded on his behalf could account for one third to half of the total pasture.
Lin Xun naturally knew that this was the New World’s longstanding tradition of layered exploitation. Fortunately, Vishnu was not too excessive and only herded on his behalf according to the minimum standard of one third.
The remaining pasture would have to be handled by proxy agents he himself appointed, taking over the lambs in nearly the entire Jiangnan Province.
Hostile apostles who could make it to the level of entering the Disciple Sanctum were already mid-level figures in the organization. Even the weakest lackey had plenty of underlings under them, so it was impossible that there was not a single usable person, not to mention the apostles participating in the Disciple selection.
Lin Xun was a complete exception. He was an undercover operative and did not have a single subordinate under him.
Backed by the official organization, he could have mobilized a large group of official apostles to use this opportunity to infiltrate the New World.
However, after discussing it with Li Long, his new superior vetoed this seemingly tempting plan that was, in reality, extremely dangerous.
Lin Xun had already become the Twelfth Disciple. Even if a large number of official apostles infiltrated the New World, they could only work under him. The classified information they obtained could not possibly exceed what he himself could get.
On the contrary, letting a large number of ‘origin unknown’ apostles join the New World would attract some people’s attention, which would be disadvantageous to him.
Besides, the official organization also had infiltrators from the New World…
Therefore, Li Long only dispatched a handful of people to assist Lin Xun. These few had infiltrated the New World a long time ago but had never managed to climb into the mid or high-level ranks.
After the pasture was assigned, Lin Xun immediately rushed to Jiangnan Province to take over the lambs under him.
He had to meet with the mid-level lambs who managed numerous underlings in the Disciple Sanctum, and also meet them offline to knock them into line. In just a few days, he was so busy that his head spun and he did not even have time to log into the game.
Once he had branded all the mid-level lambs with his exclusive mark, Lin Xun was ready to start harvesting the leeks.
The offering ritual was usually held once per quarter.
Before the Disciple selection, many mid-level lambs had already been harvested once. The Spirit Essence from that had been used by the candidates to strengthen themselves.
He had only just taken the Disciple position, so strictly speaking he ought to host the offering ritual three months later, giving the leeks time to grow again. But Lin Xun could not be bothered with such things.
Since his Holy Name was Cain, he had to put on the proper air of a progenitor vampire.
If he did not drink blood properly, how could he live up to the Holy Name he had painstakingly chosen?
Moreover, becoming a Disciple might look glorious on the surface, and he held great power, but behind the scenes it was very hard.
He was an undercover agent who could be exposed at any time. If he was exposed, leaving aside the risk to his life, just the matter of harvesting leeks would definitely be out of the question.
“Harvest first and talk later. Sustainable development is something other Disciples should worry about. I only know how to drain the pond to catch the fish.”
Under the Twelfth Disciple Lord Cain’s call, the offering ritual, which had just been held not long ago, was held once again in the Council Chamber…