Chapter 367: Spirit Awakening Hall

Even so, whether they were semi-digitized or fully digitized players, most people would usually take up only one or two secondary professions rather than trying to learn everything.

The first reason was that secondary profession manuals were not cheap. The second was a much more practical problem.

For fully digitized players, improving a secondary profession required spending experience points to level it up. However, the experience points they gained from improving their primary profession were already insufficient for their needs. How could they possibly bear to invest too much of it in secondary professions?

For semi-digitized players, improving a secondary profession did not consume much experience, but it did consume time and energy.

It was much like learning a trade from a master in the real world. A certain amount of effort and investment was necessary before they could truly learn the skills.

For this reason, when choosing secondary professions, everyone would prioritize those with better prospects. Low-value professions such as lumberjacking and butchery were generally not even considered.

Someone like Kang Taewoo, who had chosen to take up multiple secondary professions, was basically someone who had already given up on the path to becoming stronger and decided to settle down and work for a living instead.

There was nothing particularly surprising about this. Not only NPCs, but also quite a few players would eventually choose this path.

Not everyone wanted to spend every day hovering between life and death. They also wanted to live a stable and peaceful life.

Seeing that Kang Taewoo had already gotten into the rhythm of its work, Joo Joowon did not disturb it. Instead, he picked up his axe and headed down the mountain to chop trees himself.

Almost every building required basic wood during construction. Since he could currently use the axe for free, he naturally wanted to go out and gather as much wood as possible.

Especially after completing the Lord’s quest, he would not simply stop building other structures. He would need basic materials no matter what.

He had already decided which blueprints he wanted to purchase separately from those required for the quest.

[ Apocalypse Blueprint: Spirit Awakening Hall (Elite) ]

[ Description: A blessing-type building with the functions of awakening spirits and increasing potential. It does not require an intelligent unit to reside inside. The target of spirit awakening must not exceed Level 10. The effect is influenced by the target’s innate potential and can increase its spirituality and intelligence to a certain degree. This building can be upgraded. ]

[ Method of Use: The target requiring spirit awakening must enter the Spirit Awakening Hall. Each awakening consumes at least one Energy Crystal of rare quality or higher. No more than one hundred targets can undergo spirit awakening at a time. ]

[ Required Materials: Basic Stone / Basic Wood 0/10,000; Spirit Awakening Stone 0/1; Memory Stone 0/? ]

This was the most expensive of the building blueprints Joo Joowon had his eye on. The blueprint alone cost one hundred gold coins.

If the building’s function had not been relatively specialized, it would have been even more expensive.

The prices of blueprints were highly flexible and changed according to current market demand.

Generally speaking, the cheapest ordinary common-quality blueprints cost only a few silver coins, while even the most expensive ones would not exceed a few hundred silver coins. Only special buildings such as city walls were exceptions.

Rare-quality blueprints were more expensive, starting at several hundred silver coins. Elite-quality blueprints were even more costly.

Blueprints at this stage usually came with special functions.

For example, the Spirit Awakening Hall could improve comprehension. Even if Joo Joowon entered it himself, he would still receive some improvement, although the effect would be much weaker compared with the effect on the targets the building was originally designed for.

Therefore, it was hardly surprising that the blueprint was so expensive.

However, there was a good reason for its high price. Its primary function was to help creatures like Byeol and the others, who possessed life but had limited intelligence, become more intelligent.

Sometimes, once a creature’s intelligence improved, it became much easier for it to step into the transcendent realm. This was far more reliable than depending on the creature itself to swallow natural treasures and hope for a lucky breakthrough.

It was entirely possible that, after undergoing spirit awakening, a creature might naturally comprehend how to absorb aether energy and immediately enter the transcendent realm.

From this perspective, the blueprint’s price really was not that expensive.

The fact that it had not been purchased immediately after being listed on the market also showed that it had some significant drawbacks.

The main problem lay in the materials required.

Spirit Awakening Stones were extremely precious materials, and their uses were not limited to spirit awakening.

They could only be found near special beings such as World Trees and Life Trees.

Not only were they exceedingly rare, but they also seldom appeared on the market. Whenever one did show up, it would inevitably trigger a fierce scramble among buyers.

The reason was simple. Spirit Awakening Stones could be swallowed directly or refined into pills before being consumed.

Their effect was also straightforward: they increased comprehension. Moreover, the improvement was not minor. It could raise a person’s comprehension by a significant amount, such as increasing it from 1 point to 10 points.

Even the lowest-grade Spirit Awakening Stones were at least blue quality. Their rarity and value were obvious.

To put it bluntly, the gold bar Joo Joowon possessed would, at most, be enough to qualify him to participate in an auction for one.

For semi-digitized players, the value of treasures that could improve their aptitude and comprehension went without saying.

Therefore, even if Joo Joowon could afford the blueprint, he would still be unable to obtain the materials needed to construct the building.

The last time a Spirit Awakening Stone had appeared on the forum was five years ago. It had sold for a price hundreds of times greater than the wealth Joo Joowon currently possessed.