Volume One, Chapter Two: The Hall of Heroes

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[Bronze Recruitment Order]: Can recruit generals or strategists rated from one to three stars.
As the recruitment order information appeared before his eyes, Lin Xuan had already grasped the distinctions between generals and strategists.
Generals and strategists were classified by aptitude from lowest to highest as one-star, two-star, three-star, four-star, five-star, divine level, and peerless level.
One-star: Martial or intelligence value (for generals or strategists respectively) between 61 and 70.
Two-star: 71 to 80
Three-star: 81 to 90
Four-star: 91 to 95
Five-star: 96 to 100
Divine level: 101 to 105
Peerless level: 106 to 110
As for the lord’s attributes, they would only activate once the Village Chief’s Hall reached level one.
“I wonder if it will be a general or a strategist.”
With that thought, Lin Xuan immediately used the recruitment order in his hand.
The order transformed into a radiant light that then coalesced into a humanoid figure before Lin Xuan. When the light dissipated, a man appeared before him.
Upon seeing Lin Xuan, the man bowed deeply.
“Jiang Feishang, pays respects to Lord Village Chief!”
As Jiang Feishang appeared, a new virtual panel floated before Lin Xuan’s eyes.
[Jiang Feishang]: 25 years old
[Territory]: Nameless Village (Lin Xuan)
[Loyalty]: 88
[Aptitude]: Three-star
[Occupation]: General
[Martial]: 90
[Command]: 81
[Politics]: 65
[Weapon]: None
[Mount]: None
This was all the information about Jiang Feishang.
“Rise,” Lin Xuan said.
“Thank you, Lord Village Chief,” Jiang Feishang replied, standing up.
“Do you know where you came from?” Lin Xuan asked, looking at him.
Jiang Feishang answered, “Feishang does not know. Feishang only knows that the Heavenly Dao summoned him to serve under Lord Village Chief.”

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Lin Xuan asked again, “Do you remember anything about your past life?”
He wanted to see if the summoned generals or strategists retained any previous memories.
Jiang Feishang shook his head and replied, “Reporting to Lord Village Chief, Feishang no longer remembers any past experiences.”
Hearing this, Lin Xuan thought it was not necessarily bad news.
Such a person was more reliable to use!
After a brief silence, Lin Xuan said, “Is that so? Very well, Feishang, go out and familiarize yourself with the surroundings.”
“As you command!” Jiang Feishang said, then turned and left the village.
Lin Xuan then turned his attention to the last item from the newbie gift pack.
But this time, he did not use it immediately; instead, he returned to the Village Chief’s Hall.
Before using the random building blueprint, Lin Xuan wanted to see how much his “luck” talent truly affected things, so he opened the regional chat channel again.
The conversation was still lively.
“Has anyone recruited a two-star or three-star general or strategist? I got one with 68 martial power!”
“68? That’s so high! Mine only had 62 martial power.”
“Mine was just 61!”
“68 isn’t that impressive. I recruited a strategist with intelligence 76.”
“Whoa! 76!? Why did you get 76 intelligence as a strategist while mine is only 67!?”
“Hehe… I even recruited a girl!”
“Damn! What luck! How come I can’t recruit a girl?”
“Jealous? I’m jealous too! Mine’s a big guy with biceps bigger than mine.”
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Lin Xuan shook his head and closed the chat channel.
From what everyone said, Jiang Feishang’s stats were indeed quite good.
He wasn’t the only one who recruited a three-star general or strategist, but certainly not many, and Lin Xuan hadn’t seen anyone with stats stronger than Jiang Feishang’s.
That was a good start.
But as always, it couldn’t be ruled out that some quiet players, like Lin Xuan himself, might be silently thriving.
In any case, steady progress and strengthening oneself was the true path.
Composing himself, Lin Xuan focused on the random building blueprint.
[System Notification: Congratulations! You have drawn the unique special building "Soul Hall."]
A unique building! Incredible luck!
Before even reading the detailed information of the “Soul Hall” blueprint, Lin Xuan was almost jumping with excitement!
[Soul Hall Blueprint]: Costs 100 gold to build. The Soul Hall can bind with generals or strategists within your territory. If a bound general or strategist dies in battle, they can be resurrected unconditionally once.
Amazing! Truly amazing! Unconditional resurrection!!
Lin Xuan casually reopened the chat channel to check others’ luck.

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“No... Why not give me something better? Instead, I got a Villager’s Residence blueprint! Isn’t that supposed to be provided free by the system?”
“I got a brothel blueprint, woohoo, taking off!”
“Good! Good! Good! One guy got a girl, another got a brothel! When will my turn for such wealth come?”
“I got an Arrow Tower.”
“I got a Blacksmith’s Shop blueprint.”
“Starting with a High-Level Barracks blueprint!”
“That’s impressive! Already got a High-Level Barracks!”
“Awesome, I envy your strength.”
“Envy my ass! Damn, it costs fifty gold to build! What use is that?”
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After watching for a while, Lin Xuan closed the chat.
Before exiting, he glanced at the number of users in the chat channel.
In just over ten minutes, the number had dropped from 99,999 to 99,858.
That meant 141 people had met with disaster in just minutes!
“This world… really isn’t safe!”
“By the way, Jiang Feishang is still outside.”
“Don’t let him die!”
It would be a shame if the first recruited general, with such good stats, perished.
Lin Xuan left the Village Chief’s Hall and scanned the vicinity but saw no sign of Jiang Feishang near the village, causing him to worry.
But then he reminded himself that Jiang Feishang was a three-star general with 90 martial power—he shouldn’t die so easily!
Yet as time passed and the sun was about to set, Jiang Feishang still had not returned. Lin Xuan paced nervously by the village gate.
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