Night fell, and the door of the shop in front was finally closed. Lu Heng looked at the level four magic crystals he had put into his spatial storage, and a slight smile curved his lips.
This was only the sales for one day, not even counting those who had signed agreements.
Danyang Sect had also gained considerably today. Wu Chenzi felt that if Danyang Sect continued to recruit disciples in this manner, it would soon grow into an academy with the most disciples.
Moreover, these hired disciples signed five-year contracts. Wu Chenzi planned to adjust the learning progress of these disciples. In the early stages, he would cancel their academy point acquisition mode, allowing them to focus on leveling up and learning various theoretical knowledge. Once they reached the first level of enlightenment and possessed combat capabilities, they would be sent directly to the low-level monster forest to train and complete missions.
This way, during their contract period, a large portion of their time could be spent acquiring more monsters for the academy.
The monster meat and magic crystals from these low-level monsters could be sold to increase Danyang Sect's income, allowing them to procure more resources to expand the academy's infrastructure.
This was the beginning of a virtuous cycle. Wu Chenzi felt he needed to seize this opportunity. Therefore, in the afternoon, he scouted a manor outside the city and purchased it at a high price. He then brought Du Feng along and urged him to transform it into a branch of Danyang Sect, to serve as a place for those who signed contracts to live and study.
Returning to the small courtyard where they rested, only Lu Heng and Lu Da Niu resided there. They each returned to their own rooms to rest, while the Danyang Sect disciples who came to help went to an inn in the city.
Lu Heng closed his room door and took out one level four magic crystal of each attribute, placing them in a hidden compartment within the room. The types of magic crystals collected today were not complete, only fire, wind, and wood attributes. As for other attributes, no one had brought them for exchange yet.
Afterward, he extended his consciousness into his spatial storage and indeed retrieved many more magic crystals.
Perhaps the city lord and other important figures had higher-level magic crystals or other treasures in their storage accessories, but since they kept their important items in those accessories, Lu Heng could not directly investigate or obtain them from within his spatial storage.
Looking at the many level four magic crystals in his hand, Lu Heng first swallowed the fire-attribute ones one by one. Soon, as the energy within the magic crystals was absorbed by him, Lu Heng directly raised his fire attribute to the eighth level of enlightenment. With the increase in his enlightenment level, Lu Heng's mind also prompted him that he had reached the twelfth level of abilities in the apocalypse.
He had originally thought that reaching the tenth level of abilities in the apocalypse was the limit, but he did not expect that by absorbing these magic crystals, he could directly reach the twelfth level.
However, only his fire attribute directly reached the twelfth level of abilities. After trying to consume a few more level four fire-attribute magic crystals, Lu Heng felt that the energy contained within these magic crystals could no longer improve his fire attribute. It seemed that to improve further, he would need higher-level magic crystals.
Subsequently, Lu Heng also raised his wind and wood attributes to the eighth level of enlightenment. Each time an attribute's level was raised, his body's bones, muscles, and flesh were re-tempered, and his internal power was strengthened accordingly.
When his level was raised again, perhaps because the absorbed substance was magic crystals, the headache he used to experience after leveling up in the apocalypse did not occur.
It seemed that when he exchanged for magic crystals again, he needed to set some conditions. It would be best to obtain one magic crystal of each attribute as soon as possible.
"Master, Master, Lin Yu is looking for you."
Just as Lu Heng was considering how to modify the conditions for exchanging crystals, the director's voice echoed in his mind.
Lu Heng quickly flashed back into his spatial storage. He had previously told them that if Lin Yu encountered any unsolvable matters, he could have the director call him.
The apocalypse was not as safe as this world. Although there were creatures that could threaten human lives, injuries sustained from monsters here did not cause infection and mutation. Minor injuries could generally heal with some rest.
However, in the apocalypse, once bitten or scratched by a zombie, one would become infected and transform into a zombie-like existence.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
After flashing out of his spatial storage again, Lu Heng appeared in the small building within the Fallen City in the apocalypse.
The director looked at Lu Heng, who had suddenly appeared, and walked over to rub against his clothes. "Why did you come back dressed so strangely? Aren't you going to change your clothes?"
It seemed that nothing major had happened. Lu Heng looked at the director, who had grown a bit taller, and said, "I thought it was an urgent matter. I'll go back to my spatial storage to change."
When he flashed out of his spatial storage again, Lu Heng had resumed his apocalyptic attire. He pushed open his room door and asked, "Where is Lin Yu? I don't sense him in the building."
"He went to patrol the city wall. Recently, he's also started taking shifts with Fatty Hu and the others."
"Mm, on which section of the city wall is he?"
"By the main gate."
Exiting the small building, Lu Heng moved rapidly with a few flashes, and soon he arrived at the main gate's city wall.
Lu Heng first observed the situation outside the city wall. It was still the same as before. Outside the city wall, only a few scattered zombies were wandering.
Lu Heng had previously instructed Lin Yu and the others that when these zombies were few in number, they did not need to pay attention to them, as long as they monitored whether the daily number of zombies increased abnormally.
These zombies remaining outside the city could also prevent some survivors from attacking the city, thus serving as a check and balance.
Lu Heng quickly spotted Lin Yu in one direction. At this moment, Lu Heng could sense that Lin Yu's level had also increased, reaching the second level of abilities.
Not bad, this child was quite steady and did not blindly focus on leveling up. In fact, the crystals he had left for Lin Yu could have allowed him to reach the fourth level.
But Lin Yu had strictly remembered Lu Heng's instruction to first improve his physical fitness, as he had been too frail before.
"Brother Lu, you're back." Lin Yu also saw Lu Heng and walked a few steps quickly to his side, speaking softly.
"Mm, let's talk downstairs."
Returning to the small building, Lu Heng sat on the sofa and looked at Lin Yu again.
"Brother Lu, some military personnel came looking for you during the day. They said they were from the base where you used to live, but I didn't let them in. I told them to come back tomorrow."
"Did they say what it was about?"
Lin Yu shook his head. "They didn't say. Upon hearing that they should come back tomorrow, those people didn't say anything else and drove away."
"If they come back tomorrow, you should still have the director call me."
"Brother Lu, are you leaving again?" Lin Yu did not know what Lu Heng had been doing, nor had he personally seen Lu Heng leave Fallen City, but for many consecutive days, he had not seen Lu Heng within the city. Fortunately, these mutated animals were present every day, and the director could occasionally communicate with him.