Chapter 186: Treating Dian Wei? Expanding Production! Omens of Ultimate Darkness!
Leaving the Calamity Army behind—
Hang Yu returned to Luoshui Main City.
The territory currently possessed approximately fifteen million Essence in reserve.
He planned to divide this Essence into three portions for use.
The first portion would naturally continue being used to distribute rewards to the Tier-Two players who had leveled up over the past two days.
The second portion would be used to cultivate the Azure Dragon Guard.
After expanding the Azure Dragon Guard—
Some members were still too weak.
Now that Essence was relatively abundant—
Naturally, they needed to be nurtured as quickly as possible.
The third portion would be used to improve his own strength.
Through integrating and upgrading skills, Talents, and equipment—
Hang Yu still possessed tremendous room for growth.
Once every enhancement and amplification was maximized—
He estimated he could reach the combat power of a first-rate Overlord-class unit.
It would probably require spending several million Essence!
Although that was not a small investment—
It also was not outrageously large.
With the territory’s current income level—
It was entirely manageable.
Just as Hang Yu was preparing to carefully plan everything—
Zhang Zhongjing brought him some good news.
“What did you say?”
Hang Yu asked in shock.
“The new medicine formula has already been successfully deciphered this quickly?!”
Zhang Zhongjing stroked his long beard and replied indifferently:
“These are merely two Tier-One pills. Their ingredients and refining methods are not particularly complicated.”
Hang Yu had purchased two types of pills from the market.
Among them were:
Ten Azure Flood Dragon Origin-Nurturing Pills.
Ten Azure Flood Dragon Spirit-Stabilizing Pills.
In total—
They cost roughly fifteen hundred Magic Crystals.
Hang Yu had not purchased these two attribute pills for consumption.
Rather—
He hoped to use Zhang Zhongjing’s “Sage of Medicine” Talent to reverse engineer them.
Zhang Zhongjing’s capabilities exceeded expectations.
He had prepared twenty pills total—
Yet less than half were consumed before the formula deciphering was completed!
This was simply too incredible!
How could Hang Yu not feel pleasantly surprised?
The attribute effects of these two pills were as follows:
【Azure Flood Dragon Origin-Nurturing Pill】Tier-One Rare Consumable, Green Superior Quality. After consumption, permanently increases maximum Mana by 50 points. Each valid individual may only benefit once.
【Azure Flood Dragon Spirit-Stabilizing Pill】Tier-One Rare Consumable, Green Superior Quality. After consumption, permanently increases Intelligence by 15 points. Each valid individual may only benefit once.
Both attribute pills were extremely valuable.
Especially the Azure Flood Dragon Origin-Nurturing Pill!
Whenever the Calamity Army went out—
The ratio of purchased HP recovery pills to Mana recovery pills was usually 3:7 or even 2:8.
Because the Calamity Army preferred aggressive risk-taking.
Blood-Replenishing Pills restored health too slowly.
Rather than relying on medicine to recover Health—
It was better to use healing spells while repeatedly dying to wear down opponents.
Under such circumstances—
Naturally, they required far more Qi-Replenishing Pills.
For the Calamity Army—
Mana was even more important.
A one-time increase of 50 Mana—
Was tremendously useful for players of every class.
The market value of Azure Flood Dragon Origin-Nurturing Pills was also extremely high.
Even under acquisition pricing—
Each pill still cost over seventy Magic Crystals.
The territory already had several thousand Calamity Army members.
If every player were provided with one—
The budget required would be absurdly high.
The territory’s finances simply could not bear it.
Thus, self-production was the best path.
In this way—
Not only the Azure Dragon Guard and Calamity Army would have medicine available—
All soldiers, experts, and meritorious figures under Hang Yu’s rule could also obtain such benefits through Contribution Points.
Whether Azure Flood Dragon Origin-Nurturing Pills or Dragon Pattern Blood Essence Pills—
The materials required for such pills were not high-grade.
However, they simply did not exist within the Abyssal Three Kingdoms Plane.
Hang Yu effectively held an exclusive monopoly.
Other factions had no way to imitate them.
As for why he specifically chose the Origin-Nurturing Pill and Spirit-Stabilizing Pill for reverse engineering—
One had to know—
Although attribute pills on the market were not plentiful—
There were still several other varieties available.
The reason was because these two pills were likewise refined using Dragon Blood Grass and Dragon Bone Grass.
Their greatest difference from Dragon Pattern Blood Essence Pills and Dragon Pattern Bone-Strengthening Pills—
Was that their supplementary ingredient was no longer Dragon Pattern Spirit Ginseng—
But rather a material called Azure Flood Dragon Ganoderma.
Azure Flood Dragon Ganoderma and Dragon Pattern Ginseng were both relatively common Tier-One Green materials.
They could be combined with large quantities of primary ingredients to refine various medicines with different effects.
The territory could cultivate Dragon Blood Grass and Dragon Bone Grass seeds.
Thus, primary ingredients were basically unlimited.
What they lacked were supplementary ingredients.
This was not difficult to solve either.
They could cultivate them themselves—
Or purchase them directly.
If the territory’s Spirit Fields became too limited—
Or cultivation proved inefficient and insufficient—
Hang Yu was more inclined to directly purchase finished materials from the market.
With the territory’s current production scale—
Its demand for ingredients was not especially high.
The several Lord suppliers within the Trading Hall were sufficient to satisfy current needs.
Hang Yu sighed emotionally:
“Divine Physician Zhang truly possesses extraordinary methods. With your assistance developing the territory’s alchemy industry, it seems neither the Calamity Army nor the territory’s citizens will lack medicine in the future.”
Zhang Zhongjing humbly replied:
“This old man merely performed his duties. It is not worth mentioning. Being able to contribute to the Lord and the territory is already an immeasurably virtuous matter for this old man.”
Hang Yu smiled.
“No matter what, merit must be rewarded. This is what Divine Physician Zhang deserves.”
As he spoke—
He activated the reserved Essence.
A glowing mass of Essence appeared in his hand.
Hang Yu directly infused the Essence into Zhang Zhongjing’s body.
Recently, the Lord had become extremely wealthy and extravagant.
With a casual gesture—
He charged Zhang Zhongjing with 100,000 Essence.
He also rewarded him with one million Contribution Points—
So he could conveniently direct players to assist him in the future.
Zhang Zhongjing was a Level 24 character.
Advancing to Level 25 required 240,000 Essence.
Zhang Zhongjing had already cultivated a considerable amount of Essence himself.
Now that another hundred thousand was suddenly infused into him—
He felt that breakthrough was already extremely close.
Under normal circumstances—
Reaching this stage would have required three to five years at minimum!
“This……”
Although he already understood the Lord’s abilities—
Such unfathomable divine methods still shocked Zhang Zhongjing.
This existence possessed such miraculous capabilities—
The future potential of this territory was immeasurable……
He had heard that the Lord had already led troops to capture Xinye City.
That was one of the most dangerous forbidden zones in the Wan region!
With such a Lord—
And an immortal Calamity Army—
This world truly could be purified and saved!
Zhang Zhongjing once again felt excited and grateful for choosing to join Luoshui City and follow the Lord.
However—
This old body of his could not simply enjoy blessings.
He needed to contribute even more.
Thinking this—
Zhang Zhongjing immediately said:
“Lord, I have observed that among the various medicines currently produced by the Alchemy Workshop, there is still a lack of more powerful healing and recovery medicines. Next, we might as well begin development in this direction.”
Healing and recovery?
Zhang Zhongjing was referring to red potions and blue potions.
Currently—
The territory’s most-produced medicines were Blood-Replenishing Pills refined directly from Crimson Moon Grass—
And Qi-Replenishing Pills refined from Blue Moon Grass.
These two pills were certainly practical.
However—
Their recovery speed was slow, and their total recovery amount was limited.
If there existed medicines with greater recovery amounts and faster restoration speed—
The territory’s overall strength and the Calamity Army’s combat effectiveness would undoubtedly improve greatly.
Precisely because of this—
Zhang Zhongjing wanted to develop one or two stronger and more effective medicines.
Hang Yu said:
“This Lord knows of a kind called ‘Greater Qi-Replenishing Pill’ and ‘Greater Blood-Replenishing Pill.’ Both use Blue Moon Grass and Crimson Moon Grass as primary ingredients, supplemented by Dragon Pattern Ginseng or Azure Flood Dragon Ganoderma. However, the territory’s alchemists have not yet mastered the refining methods.”
These were both Tier-Two Green-quality recovery medicines!
Their medicinal effects were several times stronger than ordinary Qi-Replenishing Pills and Blood-Replenishing Pills—
And they could achieve rapid recovery effects!
The formulas for these two pills were extremely rare and precious.
Bai Mu had long wanted to learn them—
But simply could not find the formulas.
Upon hearing this—
Zhang Zhongjing became greatly interested.
As a physician devoted to healing the world—
He naturally loved collecting various medical arts and formulas.
Learning of new formulas naturally excited him.
As long as he could obtain sample pills—
He could reverse engineer and comprehend the refining methods.
Even without samples—
As long as the materials were known—
He could still research and develop corresponding medicines through ingredient analysis.
Once such standard recovery medicines entered mass production—
With the support of Zhang Zhongjing’s Saint of Medicine Providence Skill—
The medicines produced within the territory would possess a fairly good chance of quality enhancement.
There was even a tiny probability of quality breakthrough.
This would make medicines produced within this territory superior to those from other territories!
Whether for internal use—
Or for making money—
They both possessed considerable value and competitive advantage.
Hang Yu once again felt fortunate for recruiting Zhang Zhongjing.
Without a top-tier talent like him—
The territory’s attempts to develop entirely new product lines would be extremely costly and difficult.
He accepted Zhang Zhongjing’s suggestion.
And purchased new medicines from the trading market.
They were precisely batches of Greater Blood-Replenishing Pills and Greater Qi-Replenishing Pills.
After obtaining new medicine and a new task—
Zhang Zhongjing immediately enthusiastically went off to conduct research.
However—
Before leaving—
There was one more matter.
Zhang Zhongjing asked:
“Lord, may I ask where materials such as Extreme Abyss Blood Lotus may be found?”
This Divine Physician clearly had not abandoned the idea of saving and healing others.
He still hoped to develop methods capable of reversing corruption as soon as possible.
Currently—
The only approach he could think of was using divine-source materials to offset the influence of Abyssal Will.
However—
A single Tier-Three divine material was insufficient.
At minimum—
Two more would be required!
Hang Yu replied:
“Although materials containing Divine Source Essence are difficult to encounter, among the countless spaces of the Abyssal Plane, there are always divine ruins to be found eventually. It merely requires time and patience. Such items are matters of fate rather than pursuit.”
Zhang Zhongjing sighed.
“May we find them soon.”
Hang Yu asked:
“The work of governing Abyssal corruption can never be completed overnight. Why is Divine Physician Zhang so anxious? Could it be that there is someone you absolutely must save immediately?”
Zhang Zhongjing nodded.
“To be honest with the Lord, before joining the territory, I tirelessly searched for methods to reverse corruption solely to solve the Abyssal disaster in the Wan region at its source!”
Solve the Abyssal disaster at its root?
Hang Yu froze momentarily before asking:
“Could Divine Physician Zhang’s target possibly be Dian Wei?”
Dian Wei was the core corruption source of the Wan region.
If one wanted to solve the region’s danger at its root—
The only option was to begin directly with Dian Wei himself……
But the difficulty level was simply far too high!
After all—
Dian Wei was no ordinary corrupted being!
He was a core corruption source!
Zhang Zhongjing replied:
“This old man also knows the chance of success is slim and the danger immense, with death almost certain. Yet in order to completely suppress the Abyss’s ravaging of this land, one can only risk everything and attempt such desperate measures.”
So that was it!
Zhang Zhongjing’s courage and determination were admirable.
Hang Yu himself was not optimistic about success.
Reversing ordinary corruption was already harder than ascending to heaven.
If the target was a core corruption source like Dian Wei—
It was practically an impossible hell-level mission.
However—
Hearing Zhang Zhongjing say this—
Hang Yu still felt somewhat tempted.
Even if there were only a one-in-ten-thousand chance of reversing and awakening Dian Wei—
Wouldn’t the territory then gain a super combat force?
The temptation was enormous!
However—
If he truly wanted to attempt it—
It would require even greater effort and luck.
Certain plans already prepared would also need to be modified and adjusted.
For a moment—
Hang Yu could not decide.
He chose to first survive this Day of Ultimate Darkness—
And after directly encountering Dian Wei—
He would make the final decision based on the actual circumstances.
Zhang Zhongjing had already departed.
Hang Yu fell into thought.
He wanted to further expand the alchemy industry.
Having a top-tier talent like Zhang Zhongjing and failing to fully utilize him would simply be too wasteful.
For ordinary territories—
Creating an entirely new alchemy product line each time was extremely difficult.
Not only did the process require enormous costs and long periods of time—
The territory also needed excellent resource conditions and sufficiently capable, reliable alchemist employees.
Hang Yu was different.
As long as Zhang Zhongjing remained present—
The territory could theoretically develop countless medicines.
Currently—
What restricted the development of the alchemy industry—
Was the limit of production capacity.
For example—
The number of Spirit Fields.
Or the number of alchemists.
These were not things that could be changed in a day or two.
Hang Yu could only continue purchasing Spirit Field blueprints while simultaneously expanding workshop scale and recruiting more employees.
Spirit Field construction required time and long-term investment!
As for how to recruit more employees—
That was easy enough to solve!
Hang Yu had long since become a Tier-Three Lord.
Yet the territory possessed almost no Tier-Three buildings.
One had to know—
Territories themselves also possessed levels!
Every building likewise had tier classifications!
The maximum tier of both territory and buildings depended upon the Lord’s tier!
Theoretically—
Hang Yu could upgrade every building in the territory to Tier Three.
Among them—
If the Abyss Barracks were upgraded further—
The Legion size could instantly increase several-fold!
Why had Hang Yu not upgraded them yet?
Because the prerequisite conditions for upgrading Abyss Barracks were excessively harsh.
Additionally—
Whether constructing or upgrading Tier-Three buildings—
The Magic Crystal and material costs were enormous.
This was why Hang Yu previously had not focused on this aspect.
However—
Through his recent continuous efforts and personal participation in battle—
The territory’s finances had greatly improved.
Therefore—
A new wave of building upgrades needed to officially enter the schedule.
The plan was to first upgrade the Dining Hall, Equipment Forging Workshop, and Alchemy Workshop.
The prerequisite conditions for these three facilities were relatively simple.
They were also prerequisite conditions for upgrading the Skill Tower, Abyss Barracks, and Main Hall facilities.
High-tier workshops enhanced the production of high-tier items.
Certain low-tier craftsmen could perform work exceeding their own rank when using high-tier facilities.
For example—
Repairing equipment or refining medicinal ingredients.
This could effectively increase efficiency.
Currently—
The territory possessed three Dining Halls, three Forging Workshops, and three Alchemy Workshops.
One each in the Main City, Shansang City, and White Tiger City.
Tier-One facilities could recruit up to three employees.
Tier-Two facilities could recruit up to six employees.
Tier-Three facilities could recruit up to ten employees.
If all were upgraded—
Based solely on current facility scale—
The territory could possess thirty chefs, thirty blacksmiths, and thirty alchemists.
This would greatly increase productivity.
As the territory continued conquering and expanding in the future—
The maximum number of buildings would continue increasing.
Under such circumstances—
Employee scale would further expand.
The upgrade cost for a Tier-Three Dining Hall was 10,000 Magic Crystals plus 3,000 portions of Tier-Three Material Essence.
The upgrade cost for a Tier-Three Forging Workshop was 15,000 Magic Crystals plus 5,000 portions of Tier-Three Material Essence.
The upgrade cost for a Tier-Three Alchemy Workshop was likewise 15,000 Magic Crystals plus 5,000 portions of Tier-Three Material Essence.
If all three categories of buildings were upgraded—
A total of 120,000 Magic Crystals and 13,000 portions of Tier-Three Material Essence would be required.
Even for the current territory—
That was no small number.
As for Magic Crystals—
He currently possessed slightly over one hundred thousand.
Once he collected the portion held by players—
Or sold another batch of medicine—
Funding one round of upgrades would be more than manageable.
Tier-Three materials definitely were insufficient.
However—
They could substitute with ten times the amount of Tier-Two Material Essence—
Or one hundred times the amount of Tier-One Material Essence.
After finishing his planning—
Hang Yu officially began upgrading the buildings.
At this moment—
Within the Wan City region—
Near Xinye City—
After conducting carpet-style searches—
The Calamity Army had already located and collected most of the dropped spoils.
During the process—
They also cleaned up remaining stray monsters nearby.
This generated considerable income—
Leaving everyone extremely satisfied.
Right then—
The sky gradually darkened.
One player asked:
“What’s happening?”
Black-Eyed Rui Ge’s expression turned grave.
“This should be the omen signaling the beginning of the Day of Ultimate Darkness!”
Because they had already experienced one Day of Ultimate Darkness campaign—
The first-test players were no strangers to this phenomenon.
A new wave of Ultimate Darkness was about to begin!
Although the Day of Ultimate Darkness had not fully erupted yet—
As the core corruption source—
Dian Wei was already beginning to awaken!
……