The other six Human Race followers were very evenly matched in strength, all between the Sixth Layer and Ninth Layer of the Awakening Tier.
Heroic Knights, the Carmen Three Brothers.
Astrologer Girls, Xing Ling and Xing Yue, sisters.
Tang Yu wasn't sure if the system had timed his mass summoning this way on purpose, sending him twins and triplets all at once. It was impressive; anyway, he couldn't tell the Xing sisters and the Carmen brothers apart.
"Is this some kind of package deal? I wonder if there are any combo combat skills? Not even a discount for the services!"
Tang Yu shook his head and arranged rooms for Xiaoli and Tylon… Tylon couldn't stay in the castle; it would likely need renovations within a few days if he tried squeezing in. Considering his wallet, Tang Yu specially had a villa built to accommodate Tylon's height.
Spacious and comfortable, with a delicious quarry nearby, Tylon was grinning ear to ear.
"Currently, the territory has a total of fifteen followers. Except for the research-oriented Kevin, the rest are all experts, including Xiaoli who looks like she'd burst into tears with just a flick on the forehead…"
He planned to set off for the Luoxia Sanctuary tomorrow or the day after.
He would lead some followers there, leaving a small number to guard the territory. Now that he had enough personnel, he wouldn't have to leave all the heavy responsibilities on Luo Zhe's shoulders every time he went out.
Most of the essential supplies were also fully prepared.
Tents for resting in the wilderness, tools for escaping and scouting, maps, and so on.
The most critical were the Floating Chariots.
The materials currently on hand were enough to create several chariots. The most scarce were the Transcendent Metals from inside the gold-swallowing beast.
The gold-swallowing beast had been bred in the newly established Beast Taming Arena. Every day it was fed a large amount of high-quality metal ore, and with special methods, the Metal Nodules were extracted from within it without pain or surgery.
Tang Yu had taken a look—the plump gold-swallowing beast seemed not to resist at all.
Indeed, a food lover is easy to entice.
"With the speed of the Floating Chariot, if everything goes well, it should only take three to five days to reach Luoxia."
The biggest advantage of this small chariot is its MAX mobility. There's no need to panic if you can't defeat the enemy; as long as you can escape, it's fine.
At full power, a Floating Chariot could easily outrun even the Demonized Beasts of the Awakening Tier Perfection that could fly.
Back to the tavern again.
Tang Yu didn't stop on the first floor; he trudged up the brown wooden stairs to the second floor.
The layout of the second floor was roughly the same as the first, with several simple wooden tables neatly placed, and the circular wood grain on the table surfaces visible to the naked eye.
Instead of the bar and storage racks on the first floor, there was a stage for performances.
There was nothing on the stage usually, as the tavern was usually quiet, but now, five majestic statues stood side by side on it.
A warrior with the blade of his sword planted in the ground, hands tightly gripping the hilt, with a resolute face and wearing heavy armor.
A Mage with one hand on their chest, the other holding a Magic Wand, their hair draped over a forehead adorned with a headband intricately carved.
An assassin enveloped in a black robe, face indiscernible, gender unclear, with only the cold light of a dagger peeking out from the wrist.
A musketeer with both hands clutching Muskets, fingers on the triggers, head bowed, and a stern expression.
And a Clergy holding up a Holy Hammer, as if their soul was screaming.
These were the statues that could grant professional inheritance.
He had now learned basic Combat Skills like Heavy Slash, Multiple Slash, Blood Slash, and had some combat experience. In layman's terms, he was already a qualified warrior.
However, the five professions were just the basics. Each profession has countless branches, the so-called advanced professions.
The newly unlocked inheritance function randomly came with three types of advanced professional inheritances.
Demon Swordsmen, Frost Mages, Punishment Knights.
The inheritance crystals of other advanced professions, according to the system, had a chance of appearing in the level four market. If a professional had a very deep understanding of their profession, they could also create an inheritance crystal carrying the professional information.
"Speaking of which, the followers I summoned this time, like Heroic Knights, Astrologers, Illusionists, Snipers, etc., although they said they received incomplete inheritances, they're still advanced professions. They should be more advanced than the basic ones. This must be a hidden benefit of the level four tavern."
Tang Yu activated the inheritance function.
First, he walked up to his favorite Mage... mage statue. The Mage profession statue instantly lit up with a white glow, like several white threads spreading from the base and converging at the top.
The faint white light lasted only for a brief moment before quickly extinguishing. The entire Mage Statue remained still, devoid of any further movement.
This was the manifestation of a zero fitting degree! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!
He understood that vocational inheritance had its limits. The higher the fitting degree, the more inheritance message one could receive, and the greater the benefits. Naturally, a fitting degree of zero meant failing to meet even the most basic requirements.
If he couldn't even receive the Mage's inheritance, then there was no point in talking about advancing to a Frost Mage.
Tang Yu wasn't discouraged, not in the slightest.
Life is full of disappointments, and acceptance made it better.
After all, it was something he had expected!
After several attempts, he met the requirements for the vocational inheritance of a warrior, assassin, and Musketeer, but he did not receive the transfer of inheritance.
In reality, there were no restrictions on a single profession; a Mage could also enter the battlefield wielding fists. However, accepting inheritance transfusion exerted pressure on the soul, and Tang Yu's goal wasn't these basic inheritances.
Not to mention, each inheritance transfer would consume a large amount of shiny Source Crystals.
He returned to the Warrior profession statue.
From the base, strands of pearly white light converged towards the top. The brilliance on the surface of the statue grew brighter, and behind it, a phantom of a warrior wielding a Longsword appeared.
On that Longsword, raging red flames burned intensely.
This was the Demon Swordsmen's inheritance, and he had met the criteria.
The Warrior statue erupted with a dazzling white light that made it hard for anyone to keep their eyes open.
The sky was like a blazing inferno of bright red, with meteors dragging their tails, violently crashing down.
The ground trembled, filled with screams and the sounds of battle.
As far as the eye could see, there was a dense mass of ferocious-looking monsters swarming forward like a tide.
A warrior clad in blood-and-fire-drenched armor wielded a Longsword that seemed to be crafted from crystal. Upon the blade, fierce flames roared.
With the crystal Longsword wrapped in flames, he struck out.
In an instant, a wildfire spread.
Columns of fire shot up into the sky, as though they were about to pierce through the vault of heaven.
Tang Yu snapped back to reality, staring blankly at the now dim profession statue before him.
For that brief instant, he felt as if he had transformed into an invincible Demon Swordsman, alone with his sword, turning the tide-like horde of monsters to ashes.
"So, this is what it's like to be a Demon Swordsman..."
A flicker of flame emerged from his palm, trailing into a line and gathering into form.
Tang Yu held in his hand a Longsword made entirely of condensed flame.
Combat Skills・Blazing Fire Sword.
He forcibly resisted the urge to swing the flaming Longsword. The Blazing Fire Sword dispersed, with little sparks fading into the air.
At this moment, somewhere in the wilderness.
Underground Research Institute.
Dr. Zheng, with his round spectacles, gazed at the shapely body before him, his face filled with excitement, laughing wildly.
His most successful experiment.