Chapter 20

After today's battle, he had an intuitive understanding of his territory's combat power.

Since that was the case, he would continue to put in more effort.

Although due to the limitation of the territory level, there were no professional buildings for the time being.

But he possessed so much knowledge that he could completely compile a textbook himself.

Anyway, as long as the logic is self-consistent, he would let Milan take a look at it later.

Soldiers could study the textbooks in advance.

With the Heaven Rewards Diligence talent, maybe they could carry out professional upgrades or job transfers in advance.

24: The first batch of Level 2 professionals

Milan led the guard to the Lizardman territory.

Not long after, Chen Ping received a territory notification.

【Your territory has occupied plot 07-01, obtained one Lizardman nest, Lizardman slaves x54】

【Subterranean Lizardman Nest LV1: Produces Lizardmen x10 every week, 1% probability of producing Lizardman warriors】

"Not bad, it'll do."

It was only in the initial stage, and Chen Ping didn't expect this Lizardman nest to be very high-level.

Instead, occupying the Lizardmen's territory expanded the territory by five square kilometers.

The three conditions for promoting to a Level 4 territory had been completed.

Chen Ping immediately clicked to upgrade.

【Congratulations on completing all requirements for a Level 4 territory】

【Chaos Sea Territory No. 07 officially promoted to Level 4 territory】

【You are the 4th Lord to promote to a Level 1 territory】

【Those who enter the top ten list will receive certain rewards based on their ranking】

Another series of happy notifications.

A pile of treasure chests appeared again in the open space next to the Lord's Hall.

After opening them, he found that they were basically resource-type materials.

The only special thing was that his golden token was strengthened once more, becoming an effect of Energy +5.

The ranking for promoting to a Level 4 territory was one place higher than before.

Chen Ping was very satisfied with his progress.

With his level improvement and the growth of the territory, the speed would only get faster and faster.

If anyone thought he relied on early opportunities to achieve explosive growth, then they would despair of him in the later stages.

【Level 5 territory requirement 1: Population 500, ore, wood, grain, meat reserves 5000 standard units】

【Level 5 territory requirement 2: Lord's Hall upgraded to Level 5, Lord determines the main development direction】

【Level 5 territory requirement 3: Territory characteristics average above 300 points】

【Level 5 territory requirement 4: Possess ten Level 2 professional residents】

The requirements for a Level 5 territory appeared in Chen Ping's mind.

Just as he learned in school, there was no difference.

For Chen Ping, it was simply a matter of course, even simpler than a Level 4 territory.

After all, there were no newly emerged forces that needed to be conquered, or waiting for some special event to happen.

The only thing that could be called a problem was the ten Level 2 professional residents.

So-called professionals are humans who possess professional tags.

Like Mai Er, his profession is Mage Apprentice.

This profession starts at Level 2.

And like those laborers, even if they were upgraded to farmers because of labor, they were only Level 1 professionals.

A normal territory can only rely on the Population Hall to recruit Level 2 professionals in the early stages.

But Chen Ping's place is different; under Heaven Rewards Diligence, his residents possess great subjective initiative.

As long as they constantly learn or work, they can upgrade their corresponding professional abilities.

So he didn't need to count on the Population Hall at all; as long as he specifically cultivated those with special talents, he could complete the goal.

He called Milan over and circled the residents with talent he had observed in the territory.

He let Milan focus on cultivating these people.

Chen Ping believed that in less than three days, he would be able to obtain ten Level 2 professionals.

And as for storing materials, he hadn't forgotten that he had a black card with Mai Er.

A 40% discount was enough for him to exchange for many materials.

Coupled with the top ten reward supplement, this hurdle was not a problem either.

Everything went very smoothly, so smoothly that Chen Ping was a bit dazed.

He had also experienced several simulated trials when he was at the Sacred Academy.

The fastest time he had promoted to a Level 5 territory took him two months.

But after possessing the Heaven Rewards Diligence talent, from the beginning of the trial until now, it hadn't even been a month...

The destruction of the Lizardman territory brought sufficient sense of security to the residents.

Everyone's enthusiasm had risen, and work efficiency had also improved a lot in disguise.

The next day was Sunday, and Mai Er arrived as scheduled.

This time Chen Ping did not conduct any special transactions with Mai Er.

Mai Er also did not propose further cooperation, seemingly because of some taboos he could not touch for the time being.

Chen Ping directly traded with Mai Er at a 40% discount, using part of the territory's output and Lizardman slaves.

Satisfying the requirements for upgrading to a Level 5 territory.

As for the small tasks provided by Mai Er, Chen Ping took a look and had no interest at all.

In the early stages, Mai Er couldn't provide any useful tasks either.

They were basically things like processing or cultivation, which were time-consuming things in exchange for results.

Happily ending the transaction, Chen Ping continued to fuse knowledge in the Lord's Hall.

The fusion of knowledge is the fastest path to improve territory characteristics.

And two days later, he had ten Level 2 professional residents.

Among them, Li Xu, who used the large sword, was on the list; Milan promoted him to captain of the guard, replacing Milan to maintain the daily work of the guard.

And Mai Er also happily left the Mage Apprentice and upgraded to an Alchemist.

Besides that, three farmers upgraded to become agricultural and forestry staff, and one farmer upgraded to become a breeder.

Four farmers upgraded to become builders.

This was thanks to Chen Ping's territory wall project; those four farmers originally had the passive talent of construction proficiency.

After building walls day and night, they all upgraded to become Level 2 builder professionals.

The evolution of these ten people directly gave the other residents in the territory a shot in the arm.

Currently, everyone in the territory was shouting and working.

25: Equilibrium, Great Power, Order, Sacred!

The appearance of Level 2 professionals in turn drove the upgrade of territory characteristics.

One day later, Chen Ping completed the requirements for the six major territory characteristics.

He decisively upgraded the Lord's Hall, and only heard a loud boom.

The Lord's Hall expanded on the spot, becoming three stories high, covering an area of five hundred square meters.

Finally, it had a bit of momentum to speak of.

The office area where he was located became a hall, surrounded by colonnades, and mysterious patterns appeared on the dome.

【Congratulations on upgrading to Level 5 Lord's Hall】

【Please choose the development direction】

Equilibrium: All things in equilibrium, harmonious and natural.

Great Power: All power is concentrated on the Lord himself, one is all, all is one.