Chapter 112 - 92: Bountiful Harvest
Chapter 112: Chapter 92: Bountiful Harvest
Having finally defeated a mirror image, Lin Yu was in a great mood. He took Lin Chenxi to a good restaurant on the first floor, ordered a table full of food, and prepared to celebrate.
"Congratulations, My Lord, on successfully defeating the mirror image."
"Hahaha, it was a fluke! A total fluke! That mirror image wasn’t very smart."
"I would say your strategy was simply superior, My Lord!"
Lin Yu was delighted. He laughed heartily, picked up his wine cup, and took a drink.
’Now I can finally enter the second floor and try out its competitions.’
Lin Yu reflected on his progress, feeling quite satisfied.
Of the thousands of heroes in his territory, fewer than ten had managed to qualify for the second floor’s competitions by clearing the Tower of Slaughter or defeating a mirror image. This, at the very least, proved his combat talent was decent.
Thinking of this, Lin Yu asked, "By the way, I noticed there seem to be quite a few Elf Fruits and Demon Spirit Fruits on the World Tree. How are the elves and demon spirits doing now?"
"My Lord, the situation is currently very stable. Every day, about 100 sprites pass through the Spring of Life and form into Elf Fruits or Demon Spirit Fruits."
"About eighty of them hatch from the fruits each day."
"This is mainly because the Spiritual Energy in the territory is more abundant now, and the efficacy of the Spring of Life has improved significantly. As a result, more and more Elf Fruits and Demon Spirit Fruits have longer gestation periods."
"That’s a good thing! A longer gestation period means higher potential, and a higher tier after hatching," Lin Yu said, his eyes shining.
The Spring of Life now contained not only the essence of the World Tree but also a great deal of Life Energy converted from the Vein of Life, making it much more effective.
A thin mist now often swirled above the Spring of Life—the diffusion of the dense Spiritual Energy and Life Energy from within.
"And for the Demon Race, it seems like quite a few more have passed their Transformation Tribulation recently, right?"
"Yes, My Lord. Ever since the Sun and Moon Breathing Technique and the Star Technique were popularized in the territory, everyone’s potential has increased significantly."
The Sun and Moon Breathing Technique was suitable for all residents. It allowed them to absorb the Spiritual Energy within the territory without engaging in combat, improving their constitution, enhancing their potential, and strengthening their physical attributes (increasing experience).
Once their physical attributes reached their limit (the cap for low-tier levels), they could drink water from the Spring of Life to break through that limit (raising their tier or converting to a Hero Template).
After breaking through, most residents would gain skills, the ability to store and manipulate Spiritual Energy, and could then use the Star Technique to absorb Spiritual Energy and strengthen their physical attributes.
"Chenxi, do you think the territory will one day be filled entirely with Extraordinary Life forms (heroes)?"
"My Lord, I think it’s very likely."
"If that really happens, wouldn’t anyone who comes to attack me be scared to death?"
Imagining the potential scene, Lin Yu couldn’t help but laugh again.
"Right, Chenxi, when we get back, help me find some Horizontal Cultivation Techniques. I feel like the Phantom Streaming Light Step and Seven-Star Sword I’ve learned aren’t quite enough. My physical defense needs to keep up."
"Of course!"
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And just like that, the month of May passed peacefully.
The heroes of every territory were immersed in the Cosmic Arena, fighting to their hearts’ content and improving their combat skills. This was especially true for the heroes of Lin Yu’s Divine Wood Territory.
However, victories on the first floor, accessed via the Cosmic Arena Teleportation Array, didn’t grant reward chests. They only gave arena points, which could be used to redeem prizes.
Lin Yu first went to the second floor of the arena and redeemed all the available Cultivation Manuals, placing them all in the Library Pavilion. This brought the Pavilion’s collection to over ten thousand volumes.
Then, he redeemed a large number of Attribute Fruits and used them to catalyze 1,000 Divine Fruit Trees under the World Tree. From now on, he could harvest Divine Fruits every year.
(PS: Since the World Tree was involved in the catalysis of the Divine Fruits, their growth speed was already boosted by the territory’s bonus and could not be further accelerated by other means.)
In addition, he also obtained 9 gold arena chests.
Following tradition (Lin Yu’s habit), on the last day of May, Lin Yu opened these chests in the Lord’s Mansion.
’What a shame. If I had just one more, I could’ve done a ten-pull.’
Amidst Lin Yu’s regretful sighs, Lin Chenxi opened the gold arena chests one by one.
The final haul was: 1x Legendary Hero Inheritance Book (Gold), 4x Epic Hero Inheritance Book (Purple), and 4x Outstanding Hero Inheritance Book (Blue).
3x Talent Awakening Crystals, 6x Bloodline Awakening Crystals.
9x Random Reassignment Books.
64x Level-Up Scrolls (1 Level), 22x Level-Up Scrolls (2 Levels), 4x Level-Up Scrolls (5 Levels).
3x Hero Tier Enhancement Crystals (Epic), 6x Hero Tier Enhancement Crystals (Outstanding).
2x Free Hero Altar Uses, 3x Super Recharging Crystals, 2x Refresher Orbs, 1x Ring of Reboot, 1x Special Resource—Space Stone Vein.
Among these, Lin Yu had obtained Hero Inheritance Books before. Including this new batch, he now had a total of 1 Legendary, 15 Epic, and 38 Outstanding Hero Inheritance Books. (He had already used 2 Epic and 10 Outstanding ones.)
Lin Yu had originally wanted to choose a Legendary-tier soldier and promote them to a hero. However, he realized that with so many Legendary-tier unit types in his territory, it would be too difficult to single out one soldier who could command the respect of all the others, so he gave up on the idea.
Not wanting to show favoritism, Lin Yu placed the Legendary Hero Inheritance Book, along with the others, into the territory’s military merit resource warehouse. He set their redemption prices and let the soldiers exchange for them on their own. It would all come down to who was fastest and who had saved up more military merit.
Lin Yu carefully inspected the Talent Awakening Crystals and Bloodline Awakening Crystals. Their effect descriptions were the same as the ones available for redemption on the second floor of the arena, so he put them in the military merit resource warehouse as well.
Before putting them away, however, he took one of each crystal and used them on himself.
Then, nothing happened, which made Lin Yu so angry he started cursing.
**Random Reassignment Book**: Can be used by a hero without a class. Randomly assigns one class.
The probabilities are: 77% for a basic class (Green), 15% for an intermediate class (Blue), 6.5% for an advanced class (Purple), 1.4999% for a master class (Gold), and 0.0001% for a grandmaster class (Red).
Special Note: If you already have a class, please upgrade it to Master-tier before using this item. You may then gain a second class!
’Looks like I’ll have to at least become a Legendary-tier Druid before I can use this thing!’
Lin Yu pursed his lips and glanced at Lin Chenxi beside him. He decided not to let her use this rather dubious reassignment book. The probability of getting a high-tier class was too low, and the risk was too high. It would be a disaster if he ended up ruining the territory’s number one Mage.
**Level-Up Scroll**: Upon use, directly increases a hero’s level. Each hero can only use one per year.
’This is a pretty good item. High-tier heroes need a huge amount of experience to level up, so this can save them a lot of time.’
Lin Yu thought for a moment and decided not to give them directly to Lin Chenxi. Instead, he would put these Level-Up Scrolls in the military merit resource warehouse.
The territory was gradually getting on the right track, and he had more and more trusted subordinates. To prevent any resentment from forming among them, Lin Yu decided to let his heroes redeem the items themselves.
"Chenxi, these Level-Up Scrolls are very helpful for improving a hero’s strength. If you want one, I can lend you some military merit. You can just pay me back later."
Lin Chenxi stared unblinkingly at the "Level-Up Scroll (5 Levels)," unable to stop herself from swallowing.
However, her expression remained calm. "My Lord, I’ve been saving my military merit. I can redeem it myself."
Lin Yu gave her a thumbs-up, then, under her covetous gaze, he placed the Level-Up Scrolls into the military merit resource warehouse via the World Tree.
The Hero Tier Enhancement Crystals received the same treatment. They were all put into the military merit resource warehouse for the territory’s heroes to redeem on their own. With items like these available, they would surely work like mad to earn military merit.
Next, Lin Yu looked at the "Free Hero Altar Uses." This was easy to handle. Tomorrow, he could just pick two Death Devourers and turn them into heroes. It was a shame about their Epic tier, though; after being converted by the Hero Altar, their tier would drop by one, to Legendary.
Still, even if a Death Devourer’s tier dropped by one when it became a hero, its strength should still be considerable.
**[Special Resource—Space Stone Vein]**: Upon use, can form a Space Stone Vein in a random or designated location within the territory.
**[Space Stone]**: A special ore formed from condensed Spatial Energy. It is the only ore that can naturally store Spatial Energy.
The item was an ethereal image. After reading the description, Lin Yu used it immediately. He chose an empty plot of land outside the residential area, near the mining district, to place the vein.
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**[Name]**: Super Recharging Crystal
**[Type]**: Special Treasure
**[Description]**: A universal recharging tool. Can be used on any rechargeable tool/building/item/skill/talent to add one use or completely fill its required energy.
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**[Name]**: Refresher Orb
**[Type]**: Special Treasure
**[Description]**: A universal refresh tool. Can be used on any refreshable tool/building/item/skill/talent, allowing it to be used again.
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**[Name]**: Ring of Reboot
**[Type]**: Special Treasure
**[Description]**: A universal reboot tool. Can be used on any rebootable tool/building/item/skill/talent, instantly returning it to its initial state.
**Requirement**: The target must be a complete entity, though it can be in an unusable state.
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For these three powerful items, the system had even thoughtfully provided demonstration videos.
The Super Recharging Crystal’s video showed the energy core of a Floating City. A single Super Recharging Crystal was enough to fill it completely.
The Refresher Orb’s video featured a star-destroying cannon. It fired once, annihilating a planet, which caused the entire cannon to shut down for maintenance. Then, a person in the video used the Refresher Orb on it. All of the cannon’s overheating and other negative statuses vanished, and it immediately fired again, destroying another planet.
The demonstration video for the Ring of Reboot showed a wrecked spaceship, surrounded by its scattered fragments. A person in the video used the Ring of Reboot, and all the fragments flew back to the ship as if time were reversing. In the blink of an eye, the ship was restored to pristine condition.
Lin Yu clicked his tongue in amazement. The effects of all three items were ridiculously exaggerated. They must operate on the level of fundamental principles, which was why they were classified as "Treasures" and not just "Items."