15: The huge changes in Qingxuan Mansion!

Lu Hao pushed open the door, and what greeted his eyes was a haggard Junior Brother Song, completely lacking his usual energetic aura.

Seeing Junior Brother Song in such a state, Lu Hao quickly asked:

"Junior Brother Song, what's wrong with you?"

Junior Brother Song said aggrievedly:

"Senior Apprentice Brother Lu, to be honest, the Hall of Points has too much work! All the staff in our hall can't take it anymore."

"We've been working continuously for a whole week! We really can't hold on any longer."

"Ah??"

Lu Hao extended his Divine Sense and saw the long queue of thousands of people.

He fell silent. To be honest, acting as a hands-off manager, he felt a little embarrassed.

"System, is there any better way to count points faster?"

"Hello, Host, have you forgotten about the pile of mechanical puppets in your warehouse?"

"That's right! How could I not think of that, so stupid!"

Lu Hao slapped his forehead, then took out a pile of puppets.

As soon as the puppets landed, they transformed into the appearance of Cultivators.

They looked ordinary, without any cultivation.

All the puppets knelt on one knee and said to Lu Hao:

"Greetings, Master."

Lu Hao looked at the dozens of Cultivators transformed from puppets in front of him and incidentally checked their cultivation.

Goodness, System-produced items are indeed treasures!

The lowest cultivation was Jie Dan Stage, and the highest actually reached Soul Transformation!

One must know that Jie Dan Stage combat power is already considered high-level combat power within a Sect, like Qingxuan Sect.

Except for the Master, all the other Prefecture Lords are only at the Jie Dan Stage!

If one reaches Soul Transformation, they can already go to some large Sects in the Northern Wasteland Continent to be a Grand Elder!

"Good, from today onwards, you will follow Junior Brother Song's arrangements."

Lu Hao pointed at Song Zhen.

"Yes, Master!"

A group of Cultivators said in unison.

"But I should also give you names, what should I call you?"

"Hmm... let's call you Lu Yi, Lu Er, and so on, in order of cultivation level."

"Thank you for bestowing names, Master!"

"Alright, Lu Yi, you take them. Remember to follow Junior Brother Song's arrangements, and without my command, you are not to act!"

"Yes!"

After Lu Hao finished arranging, he then said to Song Zhen:

"These are mechanical puppets. You can arrange for them to manage the Hall of Points' work. This should make things much less troublesome."

"Okay, thank you, Senior Apprentice Brother Lu."

Song Zhen happily agreed and rushed to the Hall of Points with the group, completely unaware of what level of puppets he was bringing.

A year passed in a flash.

Lu Hao still stayed in his small courtyard, planting vegetables, raising chickens and ducks, and occasionally drinking with his Master.

Since the establishment of the Hall of Points, basically no one came to find him.

Song Zhen, however, often came to Lu Hao in his spare time, mostly to report on the situation of the Hall of Points.

Lu Hao was also happy to be idle.

But Qing Xuan Prefecture was different; in just one year, earth-shattering changes had occurred within the Prefecture!

First was the change in cultivation. Most of the Disciples who were stuck near a Breakthrough completed their Breakthrough within a month.

Some Disciples with better talent and more Cultivation resources even completed two or three Breakthroughs.

The number of newly added Foundation Establishment Cultivators reached over seven hundred!

This was something they dared not even imagine before!

Now, even without considering Lu Hao's factor, the other six Prefectures combined would not be able to defeat Qing Xuan Prefecture alone!

Secondly, there was a change in the Disciples' mental outlook.

Before, there were many people with mediocre talent who would never be able to Breakthrough Foundation Establishment in their lifetime.

People in this world already had a certain consensus: the cost for someone with poor talent to Breakthrough a Bottleneck could be terrifyingly high.

Someone once made a comparison: the cost for an ordinary Cultivator to Breakthrough was ten times that for a talented person to Breakthrough!

How many Cultivators are there in this world! The least lacking are talented people.

Therefore, almost all Sects would selectively provide resources to Disciples; the more outstanding the talent, the more resources they could obtain.

Ordinary Cultivators could only quietly do their duty in the Sect, with no hope of Breakthrough.

But now!

This unwritten rule was broken!

The appearance of the Qi Breakthrough Pill and the Foundation Establishment Breakthrough Pill completely ignited the fighting spirit in everyone's hearts!

The future of ordinary Cultivators was no longer a bleak darkness! They also had a chance! They also had a glorious tomorrow!

As long as they worked hard enough, one day, they would have enough points to exchange for Lu Hao's Medicinal Pills!

As long as people have hope, they will have infinite motivation.

Therefore, in this one year, everyone in Qing Xuan Prefecture became busy.

Looking around, it was a scene of bustling activity.

Some law-abiding people chose the safest way to obtain points: building the Sect.

The area designated by Qing Xuan Prefecture included mountains within a hundred-mile radius, but before, only the main peak had been fully developed.

With the implementation of the points policy, the surrounding mountains were also being gradually developed.

Tens of thousands of Cultivators were building Qing Xuan Prefecture, and in one year, the territory within the Prefecture directly doubled!

Even so, the progress of development was only one or two-tenths.

And even some previously inaccessible cliffs and precipices were developed and utilized.

The changes were so great that even Lu Hao was astonished when he saw them!

There were also some Cultivators who felt that building the Sect to exchange for points was too slow, so they went alone or in teams to adventure deep into the Qingxuan Mountain Range.

They hoped to obtain some Advanced Heaven And Earth Treasure to exchange for high amounts of points.

But at the same time, there are many Spirit Beasts and wild beasts in the depths, and one might lose their life if not careful!

In short, all the Cultivators of Qing Xuan Prefecture erupted with a very powerful force to strive!

Now, what everyone usually talks about is no longer gossip or everyday chatter.

It's all the same:

"Hey, how many points did you earn today?"

"Where did you get so many points?"

"Brother, my cultivation has reached a Bottleneck, could you lend me some points? Don't worry, I'll earn points to pay you back as soon as I Breakthrough!"

"Senior Brother, I'm sorry, we're not a good match, you'll only slow down my speed of earning points."

"Relationships will only affect my progress in earning points!"

...

Later, the Hall of Points made a small adjustment: everyone's points could not only be exchanged for Medicinal Pills but also for treasures.

Points had clearly become the hard currency in Qing Xuan Prefecture, even more popular than Spirit Stones!

While Qing Xuan Prefecture was actively striving and making progress, the Prefecture Lords of the other six Prefectures, including the Sect Master, couldn't sit still.

In the Sect Master's grand hall.

Seven Cultivators gathered here, none other than the Sect Master and the other six Prefecture Lords!

All of them had worried expressions on their faces.

Recently, the discontent in their Prefectures had become increasingly severe; everyone saw Qing Xuan Prefecture's Disciples continuously Breaking Through.

The morale of the people was almost uncontrollable!

If it weren't for Qing Xuan Prefecture's Disciples already being saturated and no longer accepting new Disciples, it's likely that everyone would have sided with Qing Xuan Prefecture.

"Sect Master."

The Yuqi House Lord spoke first.

"That Lu Hao took out such rare Medicinal Pills and distributed them to his Prefecture's Disciples, and also set up something called the Hall of Points, which greatly promoted the development within his Prefecture."

"Now, it's clearly a situation where his Qing Xuan Prefecture dominates!"

"Sect Master, we must think of a solution, otherwise our other six Prefectures will soon disband! We would be letting down our ancestors' foundation!"

Jin Guang Prefecture Lord Lu Hongzhe pondered for a moment, then cupped his fists and said to the Sect Master:

"Yes, Sect Master, his Qing Xuan Prefecture is still part of our Qingxuan Sect, how can he discriminate like this! In my opinion, the Sect Master should pressure that Lu Hao to hand over the Pill Formula. Such a treasure should rightfully be kept by the Sect."

Medicine Red Dust listened, then spoke to object:

"This matter is inappropriate. This Pill Formula is said to have been researched by Lu Hao himself. If the Sect demands it, that Lu Hao probably won't give it."

Lu Hongzhe snorted coldly.

"Hmph! This Lu Hao is still a member of the Sect. With the Sect Master's command, how could he not obey?"

"There is no rule in the Sect that acquired treasures must be handed over!"

"Then this is a special situation. If he doesn't hand over the Pill Formula, are we supposed to watch the other six Prefectures perish?"

Hearing Lu Hongzhe becoming increasingly arrogant, Medicine Red Dust was too lazy to argue with him and said softly:

"Prefecture Lord Lu seems to have forgotten the fate of the previous Prefecture Lord."