The same thing happens when locusts pass through.
All items in the Helong Palace that contained a trace of spiritual energy were moved away, leaving only these mundane objects without any spiritual energy.
Lin Xiang himself is a shining light bulb. He displays the golden light of merit on the surface of his body and begins to search the cave seriously.
He glanced at the clam monster next to him and asked, "What was your Dragon King's level of cultivation at the time? And what were the levels of General Black Snake and Prime Minister Turtle?"
The Dragon Palace is not safe. If the Black Snake General comes to kill us, we have to be careful.
"Master, I had just gained spiritual awareness back then, and didn't know much about cultivation. I only knew that the Dragon King was of the East China Sea dragon bloodline. Now, General Black Snake reigns supreme in Zhenwu Lake, where the Longxi River flows into. He should be at the Foundation Establishment stage, right?"
"Zhenwu Lake?" Lin Xiang instinctively became alert when he heard the name.
What does it have to do with Zhenwu Emperor?
And there's a black snake and a turtle prime minister, could there be a black tortoise?
Currently, he is still in the Qi Refining Stage. Even if he uses the power of the Land God, he will not be able to deal with the Demon Kings in the Foundation Establishment Stage. He can only try if he brings them into his jurisdiction.
"I'm looking around to see if there's anything I can take."
Even the Black Snake General doesn't dare to occupy this place, and Lin Xiang will not take it for himself. What if the River Dragon King returns?
After all, this is the place where the dragon once lived, and the dragon's might still remains.
The clam monster had long been accustomed to it, but the mud monster was frightened and huddled into a ball, refusing to move an inch.
There are halls, banquet halls, restaurants, alchemy rooms, weapon refining rooms, training rooms, and residences for the Dragon King, his sons and daughters.
There was no trace of fire in the alchemy room, only a pool of spiritual spring that no longer emitted water.
There are two main types of alchemy in the world of cultivation: fire refining, which Lin Xiang learned, and water refining, like this one. There's no superiority or inferiority between the two methods; the only difference is the difficulty of the ingredients and the alchemist's skill.
The flame of the alchemy furnace is relatively easier to find. If you have the conditions, you can find the earth fire or the heaven and earth fire. If you don't have the conditions, you can use spiritual wood to burn charcoal or fire spirit stones to help make a fire.
The water refining method requires spiritual springs, and the level of the spiritual springs is closely related to the quality of the resulting pills.
The shelves on the walls of the alchemy room were empty; the gourds and jade bottles that once held spiritual energy had long since vanished, and even the original spiritual spring had been dug out.
The spiritual energy in the entire Dragon Palace is only slightly better than that in Dongshan Village, and is far inferior to the gate of Qingwei Sword Sect.
"These monsters are really scraping the ground three feet."
Lin Xiang also returned empty-handed in the martial arts book room, and was only attracted by these thick silver arrow grass after entering the backyard.
The water-attributed spiritual medicines that were originally planted were either dug up or died due to neglect. Only the silver arrow grass continued to thrive in this environment. It seemed that it had survived for a hundred years at most, and at least ten years.
"Could it be that the monsters planted them here on purpose?" Lin Xiang also saw signs of harvest nearby.
The monsters cannot make talisman paper, but they can sell silver arrow grass to cultivators.
Anyway, there are no monsters to absorb the spiritual energy in the Dragon Palace, so it would be a waste to leave it there, and these silver arrow grasses would be wasted.
The more abundant the spiritual energy is, the faster the silver arrow grass grows. A hundred-year-old silver arrow grass may only take ten years to grow.
Lin Xiang didn't want to harvest them, but chose to dig up the soil here as well!
Dongshan Village was originally short of spiritual energy, but it gradually became abundant after the formation of the Universe Cave. However, this level of abundance is still far less than that of places with spiritual veins and spiritual springs, not to mention famous mountains and rivers.
If we dig up these silver arrow grasses with their roots and soil and plant them in Dongshan Village, they will not wither and die.
Lin Xiang planned to find a way to make talisman paper after returning to Qingwei Sword Sect in a few days.
The price of silver arrow grass is relatively cheap, but the price of talisman paper made from it is more than ten times higher, and the price is even higher after it is used to draw talismans.
The clam monster felt a little nostalgic for the Dragon Palace. Back then, when the Dragon King was there, it was considered a well-known force in the area. But now, it was just an empty shell, with nothing left.
Lin Xiang didn't want to stay any longer, so he dispersed the scent and footprints of his group and reappeared in the Longxi River with them.
"Come with me upstream, and I'll see what I'll arrange for you to do."
Now that we have subdued the two monsters, we must put them to good use and not keep them as useless things.
Even earthworms have to turn over and eat the soil every day, let alone these two.
At the same time, Lin Xiang also wanted to make them safer and practice faster.
The clam monsters have been subdued and are used to being anywhere, so no one cares too much.
The mud monster can leave the river, it is just born in the riverbed.
As for the clam monster, it can only stay in the river for the time being unless Lin Xiang digs a small lake for it.
Before leaving, Lin Xiang passed on the cheap Bilang skill he bought to the clam monster, letting it learn from it.
Humans and monsters have completely different bodies, so it's impossible to practice directly. This is just a reference. Monsters have thick skin and flesh, so their training tolerance is high. In any case, it's better than them directly absorbing the essence of the sun and moon with their monster pills.
…
After a busy night, Lin Xiang finally stopped to rest in the land temple when the sun broke.
The earthworm that had been practicing silently over there had the first reaction of opening its mouth wide and wanting to swallow the mud monster when it saw it. Its food was soil, including mud of course.
The mud monster that originally dared to confront the clam monster seemed to have seen its natural enemy. It curled up into a ball and stuck to the bottom of Lin Xiang's statue, refusing to leave.
There is always a way around something, and that’s not just a saying!
"Let's absorb the innate purple energy of the sunrise first."
Lin Xiang practiced the Pure Yang Technique for the last time, which slightly increased his spiritual power.
Immediately afterwards, he practiced the first level of the Taixuan Sword Sutra contained in the jade slip and began to practice the technique.
The name "Pure Yang Art" sounds very powerful, but in fact it is just a low-grade martial art.
But the "Taixuan Sword Sutra" is different, it is a top-grade martial art!
The rules of the Qingwei Sword Sect are very unique. Even a new disciple like Lin Xiang can obtain top-level skills.
Getting started is not difficult, but mastering it is difficult.
The first level of skills is provided free of charge, while the second and third levels need to be exchanged with sect contribution points, and cannot be obtained directly by improving your cultivation level.
And many people will stand on the shoulders of giants to create their own unique skills, just like the main skills of the seventy-two peaks are actually increased little by little.
If someone with exceptional qualifications creates another top-grade martial art based on the Taixuan Sword Scripture and ascends to heaven, then the Qingwei Sword Sect will become seventy-three peaks!
The requirements for the emergence of a new sword peak are very high, and the existence of an ascended ancestor is the foundation.
[Do you want to switch to Taixuan Sword Sutra? After switching, the lv.2 Pure Yang Art will be transformed into the lv.1 Taixuan Sword Sutra, with a proficiency of 100/3000!]
The upgrade gap between the best and the lower-grade techniques is so huge.
The lv.1 Pure Yang Art only needs 100 proficiency points to upgrade to lv.2, but the Taixuan Sword Sutra requires 3000 proficiency points!
No matter if they are players or cultivators, no one would refuse the opportunity to learn top-grade skills.
The larger and more stable the foundation is, the taller the house built on it will be, and it will not be affected by the foundation.
Lin Xiang chose to switch his cultivation without any hesitation, and then the way the spiritual power in his body circulated began to change, including some subtle meridians and hidden acupoints that had not been used.
The spiritual power operation diagram is much more complicated, but the time consumed has not increased.
Normally, cultivators' spirits could only cultivate special techniques like the Soul Forging Technique, which required a physical body. However, Lin Xiang had no body at all. All the meridians in his body were simulated by himself, simulating whatever meridians he needed.
The pure Yang spiritual power gradually transformed, the quantity decreased and the quality increased a lot.
The colorless Taixuan spiritual power flows in the body, carrying a sharp aura, as if it can cut the enemy's neck with one move!
[Successfully completed the first level of Taixuan Sword Sutra training, gaining 500 experience points, +200 spiritual power, and recovering 2 spiritual power points per minute.]
After just one cycle, Lin Xiang felt that his Dantian had expanded significantly, and the spiritual power it could accommodate increased by 200 points.
"There really is a reason why top-grade techniques are so difficult to practice."
After expressing his feelings for a few moments, he continued to devote himself to practicing his skills.
What surprised him greatly was that the Panlong Whip was actually very suitable for practicing the Taixuan Sword Sutra. If he practiced the technique with all his strength, it would take about 20 minutes for his spiritual power to circulate once.
If you ignore it completely and let the Panlong Whip drive the spiritual power to circulate once a week, it will take about 40 minutes.
On the surface, it seems that the efficiency is halved, but in fact it is a cheating tool!
Whether it is players or NPCs, their internal skills will not be activated automatically when they are doing other things.
Lin Xiang is now practicing 24 hours a day!
Even if he does nothing, he can still accumulate 36 points of proficiency a day, which means that even if he lies there and does nothing, he can practice the top-level skills to level 2 after 80 days.
This is extremely slow for player upgrades, but in the world of cultivation, it is already a level of unparalleled genius.
In less than three months, he has cultivated the technique to the second level where he can lay the foundation. He is definitely a good candidate for ascension!
What's more, Lin Xiang will take the initiative to practice, and the spiritual energy in Dongshan Village will become more and more abundant, and the speed of practice will be greatly improved.
"Let's see if we can find some tools or pills that can speed up our cultivation."
In the world of cultivation, there are all kinds of good things that can improve the speed of cultivation, such as cushions made of Ningxin grass, incense, elixirs, magic weapons, spirit gathering arrays, etc.
The fastest way is to take pills, such as the Red Dragon Pill in Lin Xiang’s space ring, which can directly increase proficiency.
If people in the world of cultivation take too many pills, there will be accumulation of pill poison. If players take too many pills in one day, they will develop drug resistance and need to practice exercises to eliminate the drug resistance.
For Lin Xiang, this drug resistance is like a cloud.
He was constantly practicing, so even if he developed resistance, it would disappear after a while. He didn't need to sit cross-legged and practice for hours like ordinary players!
Compared to players, he has another greater advantage - that is online time.
Players can only spend a maximum of 16 hours online, and they will automatically practice martial arts for the 8 hours after logging off, but the efficiency is very low.
Lin Xiang is in the game 24 hours a day, and he doesn't need to complete any tasks, he just needs to go exploring.
He knows he has a big advantage, but he can't be too complacent.
There are many lucky players among the players, who might find a rare treasure and suddenly improve their strength by leaps and bounds. There are also some masters who are good at playing games and quickly integrate into the game.
While he was daydreaming, he did not stop practicing his skills.
The number of Red Dragon Pills was limited, so Lin Xiang just threw one into his mouth as a test to see what effect this pill had.
[Taking the low-grade Red Dragon Pill, your cultivation speed will increase by 500% within one hour!]
Originally, he thought that this kind of elixir that increased cultivation would directly increase a few points of proficiency, but he didn't expect that it would actually give himself a buff that only increased the speed of cultivation. In fact, he still had to rely on his own practice of the skills.
The low-grade Red Dragon Pill increases the speed by 5 times, what about the mid-grade, high-grade and top-grade ones?
For this kind of buff, players need to find a quiet place and practice for two hours, otherwise the effect of the elixir will be wasted.
It used to take Lin Xiang 20 minutes to practice the Taixuan Sword Sutra, but now it only takes 4 minutes.
One hour is equal to two hours, which means that he can increase his proficiency by 30 points in one hour!
Even if he doesn't actively practice, taking a Red Dragon Pill from time to time can gain 15 points of proficiency within an hour.
3000 points of proficiency is a piece of cake!
"The next batch of pills I'll make is this Red Dragon Pill. Make more."
No wonder this type of elixir is so popular. Once you get used to practicing at five times the speed or even faster, who would still be willing to practice slowly?
Originally, there were two bottles of Red Dragon Pills in the space ring, but Lin Xiang took one to the pill shop to sell, leaving only one bottle. Now, after eating one, there are still nine left, which can be used up in two days.
Once you learn how to make pills yourself, you only need to buy the raw materials, which costs much less than buying finished pills directly.
Lin Xiang seized the opportunity to practice, and players began to re-enter the game one after another.
The villagers also began to get up, and the whole world suddenly became extremely lively.
…
All the players who died last night have been resurrected. As soon as they came online, they were kicked out of the Earth Temple and could not stay inside.
Lin Xiang has bound the birth points and resurrection points of these players to the land temple in the Universal Market, and will not allow players to enter here unless there are special circumstances.
The affairs of the Universe Cave Heaven must be kept strictly confidential.
Of course, the more you don't let players in, the more their curiosity will drive them in, and you can only keep defending.
Players who missed the release of the task bar last night are now rushing to grab the tasks.
The time-limited task of planting spiritual rice has been completed, so the task of assisting the villagers of Dongshan Village in rebuilding their homes is imperative.
Rebuilding a home means nothing more than redesigning and building a house, turning the originally dilapidated and dangerous house into a spacious and bright brick house with a small courtyard.
Cultivating spiritual fields is difficult for most players.
First, without suitable tools, it is impossible to remove weeds, trees and stones from the land.
Secondly, it takes a large area and a long time, which does not seem to be cost-effective.
However, there is currently no way to accept limited tasks, and the tasks are still in a gray state.
Master Tai Er fought hard outside yesterday until the end of the game time before logging off. Now he and other players are standing in front of the task panel in the Universal Market, feeling a lot of emotions.
"It's definitely more fun when there are more people. When there are fewer people, there are no quests, and there aren't many monsters either."
"This rubbish game is trying to force us to be nocturnal. There are no monsters outside during the day."
"No, there are only ghosts during the day. You can still go find monsters and demons."
"Reclaiming one acre of spiritual farmland only rewards 10 grains of spiritual grain. This is too unbalanced."
"They said they could use earthworms. All you have to do is go over and clean up the dirt. It's like giving them away for free."
"What's the point of giving me spiritual grain seeds? It's better to give me an acre of land."
"Please open the beta soon. I can't wait to explore the rest of the place."
"Is anyone heading into the interior of the Shiwan Mountains? Hurry up and form a team and set off, otherwise you won't be back by night."
"It's not interesting. I'll come up later and try to deal with those ghosts all night long."
"What is silver arrow grass, and why do we plant it?"
"This sacrificial spirit also wants to develop the real estate industry. After we leave the Novice Village, who will come to this market? Hahahaha."
"Some new stuff has appeared. It's a pity that I worked so hard on quests and killing monsters yesterday and only got 2 Spirit Stones."
"We're buying spirit stones and spirit stone fragments at high prices, using the game props trading platform. We're honest and trustworthy!"
"Collect game props!"
After the players showed up, the area seemed to become much more lively.
In particular, a very small number of players with money are fed up with the slow upgrades and slow growth, and plan to purchase spirit stones from others in order to buy good things.
There are not many people now, and Lin Xiang plans to introduce the concept of rankings after the number of players increases.
Of course, it needs to undergo certain localized reforms, such as creating a new pseudonym Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng, and publishing a list of heavenly, earthly, and human rankings.
With rankings, players will have the motivation to compete and play the game more seriously and diligently.
Even casual players cannot escape the fate of being competed. Lin Xiang plans to rank their auxiliary skills or cave dwellings, and he will not miss any of them.
Even if there are no conditions, we should create them to make them active instead of letting them become stagnant.
The demonized earthworms have gone out to work. Players who receive the task need to bring the earthworms with them to turn the soil. Only after turning the soil is completed can they obtain the Xiaoyunyu Jue skill for free.
This was his alternative compensation for the beta testers. While the quest to cultivate spiritual fields only offered spiritual grain seeds as a reward, it also secretly rewarded a specific skill that could be very useful if mastered.
The first batch of players can learn the Pure Yang Art for free, this batch of players can learn the Small Rain Cloud Art for free, and the players who come in after the spiritual fields are cultivated may receive another benefit.
The area under Lin Xiang's jurisdiction is limited. It is impossible for there to be land for players to cultivate indefinitely. There will be an end to it eventually.
After the eclipse, the villagers of Dongshan Village felt like they were living in a dream. They had no worries about food and drink, and there were people to help them with their work. Some even offered to help build houses for them.
Although these Yellow Turban warriors may look silly sometimes, they are really reliable!
Lin Xiang just wants them to improve their lives appropriately now, and he doesn't want the players to support them completely. After all, there is no benefit in raising a bunch of parasites.
Village chief Wang Minghai and clan elder Wang Xiuyuan came to the land temple with excitement and nervousness. They were happy about the recent changes in the village, but it was always difficult to accept that the changes were too fast.
Lin Xiang stepped out of the statue and said to the two men who had finished burning incense, "I called you here today to discuss plans for the future of Dongshan Village."
"No matter what you do, Master Ji Ling, we are willing to accept it!" Wang Minghai stated his position first.
Wang Xiuyuan then echoed, "We will do whatever Master Ji Ling says, and we will work hard to cooperate."
They are actually now hindered by Lin Xiang's strength. Knowing that they and others cannot resist, they might as well accept it calmly.
Besides, the village is indeed getting better now.
Lin Xiang said seriously, "Now the spiritual energy in our village is becoming more and more abundant, so I plan to transform these lands into spiritual fields and plant some spiritual medicines, spiritual grains, spiritual fruit trees, and most importantly, silver arrow grass."
"Silver Arrow Grass?" Wang Minghai and Wang Xiuyuan exchanged glances. "Can our village now grow these treasures that only immortals can use?"
Lin Xiang's expression didn't change, but he was a little worried in his heart.
I don't think I have ever told them about the silver arrow grass. How do they know that the silver arrow grass is something that cultivators need?
Could it be that this was guessed based on the Linggu and Linggu that he listed earlier?
However, there was no time to explore the other party's little secret now. Lin Xiang explained, "Yes, spiritual energy will become more and more abundant in the future, so the probability of children in Dongshan Village having spiritual roots will increase."
Upon hearing this, uncle and nephew Wang Xiuyuan and Wang Minghai suddenly showed expressions of ecstasy.
"Is it really possible to give birth to a child with spiritual roots?"
"Our Wang family hasn't had a member with spiritual roots for hundreds of years. Is there really a chance now?"
Both of them flushed with excitement and even started dancing.
Lin Xiang learned the little secret of Dongshan Village from these words. Perhaps some of the ancestors of the so-called Wang family were cultivators, but for various reasons, no one with spiritual roots was born among their descendants, so they have been trapped in the small mountain village.
"Dongshan Village was originally too short of spiritual energy. Now that it's abundant, even if the next generation doesn't have a chance, the next generation will still have one."
There are very few ordinary people who have spiritual roots, almost one in a million.
Usually, if both husband and wife are cultivators, the probability of their children having spiritual roots is the highest.
If one party is not, or both parties only have a certain bloodline, then the probability of passing it down from generation to generation is small enough to win the prize.
Many cultivation families decline because they lack successors, their spiritual roots becoming increasingly weaker and fewer. This is why there are so many idle family members who do not engage in productive labor and are only responsible for reproducing.
As long as you have enough children, you may have spiritual roots.
Wang Xiuyuan knelt on the ground at this time: "As long as our Wang family can give birth to another child with spiritual roots, we will do anything. We can enshrine Master Ji Ling in the family temple and keep the incense burning forever!"
"That's not necessary." Lin Xiang waved his hand. "After you grow your own spiritual grains and use them for a long time, your physical fitness will improve. Living in an environment rich in spiritual energy for a long time will definitely be beneficial to your future. Even if you don't have spiritual roots, it can prolong your life and reduce illness."
"My plan is to first improve your living environment, then have those Yellow Turban warriors help you cultivate spiritual fields and plant various spiritual medicines, spiritual grains, and silver arrow grass crops. If no one else wants them, I will purchase them at the market price."
"You can also do a variety of jobs in the Huanyu Market, such as shopkeeper, accountant, errand runner, or even shop owner, waiter, etc."
"We do!"
"Returning to the world of cultivation has always been our dream, so we named the village Dongshan Village, so that we can make a comeback!"
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