Duo Lai's Development Training

"Prompt: Your troop 'Archer (Common ★★)' has undergone a transformation bathed in the light of miracles and has been promoted to 'Strong Shooter (Rare ★)'."

"Prompt: Your troop Strong Shooter has learned the skills 'Charge Arrow' and 'Triple Shot'."

Similar to when the Sentry evolved, the promoted Strong Shooter also possesses two skills. This is likely the standard for Rare Grade troops in his Territories.

However, the Strong Shooter's two skills are relatively common.

On the forums, the standard skills for Strong Shooters are often one of these two.

After upgrading, the Strong Shooter wears leather boots and light armor that is tightly wrapped, leaving no gaps, making it almost impossible to tell if they are male or female. They also wear a gray helmet and carry a War bow over a meter long, with a short knife tucked at their waist. Although their equipment is not as luxurious as the Imperial Guard's, it still appears expensive. If ordered from other Lords, a set of such equipment would cost an unknown amount of Soul Sand.

"Good, very good."

Mu Yuan was quite satisfied, and he believed Undead Bone was also very satisfied. The Undead Bone General liked this kind of long-range Yin coin profession the most.

"However, the Strong Shooter's level is still very low. To truly be of great use, their level must be raised."

"Let them cultivate slowly."

According to the Territories' custom, Mu Yuan prepared to give the first Imperial Guard and the first Strong Shooter a code name to increase their recognition.

He began to burn his brain cells.

Suddenly, the Imperial Guard spoke, their voice very low, like a murmur.

"Lu... Liu..."

"What did you say?"

"Number... Lu... Liu..."

Mu Yuan initially thought the Imperial Guard also had the Appearance of an Emperor and had awakened self-awareness with one evolution, but they hadn't. The Imperial Guard was just repeating, murmuring the same words.

Beside them, the newly evolved Strong Shooter was also muttering, "Shi... Qi... Shi Qi..."

They might have gained a little intelligence, but they were still far from truly awakening self-awareness. The only words they could say were these few, the rest were unclear.

"But what do Lu Liu and Shi Qi mean? Are they some kind of number?"

"Could it be that troops have mysteries from a past life?"

Although he couldn't figure it out, Mu Yuan didn't dwell on it. He was still a Newbie who had been playing for less than eight days. He didn't have the ability or the desire to explore the mysteries of the world.

Once he became stronger, all the mysterious veils would naturally be lifted.

However, since they kept muttering these two numbers, then the Imperial Guard would be called Lu Liu, and the Strong Shooter would be called Shi Qi.

Undead Bone, Duo Lai, A Falcon, Lu Liu, Shi Qi.

His team was growing stronger and stronger.

That night, Mu Yuan worked until three or four in the morning, but the next day he was still full of energy, feeling that staying up all night for a few days wouldn't be a problem.

This was the charm of the Nine Profound Nurturing Fluid!

Mu Yuan was even tempted to keep exchanging for more. This nurturing fluid's effect only starts to diminish after using three consecutive doses.

True top-tier second-generation individuals probably chugged several doses long ago.

Unfortunately, he couldn't afford it. The remaining Contribution Points were needed everywhere.

The next day, Mu Yuan started using his Soul Crystal Coins to buy Remnant Souls on the forum, mainly acquiring Falcon, Little Skeleton, and Slime Remnant Souls. As for Sentry and Archer Remnant Souls? The price was too high and not yet on his procurement list.

His acquisition speed wasn't fast, and he occasionally retailed some Remnant Souls and materials.

He also sold the Shaman's Inheritance Stone for 1.8 Soul Crystals, which was significantly lower than Remnant Souls of the same class. Who could blame him? Shamans just didn't look as good.

Even with income, Mu Yuan couldn't acquire too many Remnant Souls. His Soul Crystal Coins also had to be used for ordering Standard Equipment.

He found a reputable transcendent group to place an order for Skeleton Soldier armor, throwable Bone Spears, as well as War Bows, shields, and so on.

He was stingy with his orders, with only a dozen or two sets of various equipment combined. Only consumables like Bone Spears and feathered arrows were ordered in slightly larger quantities. And this alone cost him over two Soul Crystal Coins, not including the cross-world fee to send them into the Eternal World.

"It's really burning money!"

"No wonder they say the path of a Personal Lord is difficult. Managing Territories does make money, but Lords who take the personal route are often crushed by various expenses before they even reach the stage of making big money."

Mu Yuan had to exchange some Contribution Points for Soul Crystal Coins again, because he still had expenses coming up.

He had some plans.

For this, he needed to change his residence. In his current old house, he couldn't fully utilize his abilities; he didn't even dare to summon Undead Bone.

For the entire day, Mu Yuan didn't manage his game Territory much, leaving everything to Undead Bone for management, exploration, and combat.

He himself was busy with moving and purchasing supplies.

He sold some Soul Sand in exchange for Xuan Country Coins and rented a detached villa specifically for players from the Association, which included facilities like an Underground Training Ground and offered high privacy.

Soon, Mu Yuan simply packed his computer, phone, clothes, and other items and quickly completed the move-in within a day.

"Renting is fine, but buying is unnecessary."

After all, once Lord players reach a certain stage, they can personally enter the Eternal World, which is also beneficial for their subsequent self-improvement. He heard that truly advanced players spend most of the year in the Eternal World.

Having a house there is far more important than having one in reality.

He heard that housing prices in some large cities had already risen significantly.

After moving, Mu Yuan ordered another batch of supplies, wiped his sweat, and sat down in front of the computer.

At this time, in the Eternal World, Undead Bone was still leading the team outside exploring, working hard to earn money and support the family.

Under his instructions, Duo Lai was diligently training the skill 'Liquid Shaping' that he awakened yesterday.

Duo Lai had two skills. Leap Strike was relatively simple; even with proficiency and mastery, it was just faster jumping and more accurate plunging attacks.

Liquid Shaping was different. Like Undead Rebirth next door, it was an Advanced Skill with multiple applications and great potential waiting to be explored and developed.

Yesterday, Duo Lai learned to shape arms using Liquid Shaping to fight enemies.

However, Mu Yuan felt that the fundamental reason Duo Lai instantly learned to shape arms was that it needed a pair of hands to pick things up.

"Shaping can mold arms, armor, or even allow Duo Lai itself to expand or contract, freely changing its form."

It was like a piece of clay that could be kneaded and changed according to its own will.

One day, perhaps it could be shaped into Duo Lai armor for him to wear, or form wings through liquid shaping.

However, Duo Lai couldn't perform these fine-tuned operations yet.

Yet, during the training process, Mu Yuan also discovered some flaws in liquid shaping. It could indeed mold into any shape, but limited by Duo Lai's own body, no matter how it was shaped, it remained soft.

Even if it molded into the appearance of rock armor, it couldn't change its core.

Most of Duo Lai's lethality came from the impact of its massive body.

It had no problem dealing with squishy targets like Common Grade Goblins and Goblin Spearmen; a direct slap of its large hand could crush them like flies, one at a time.

But if it faced a Great Goblin with tough skin and thick flesh, Duo Lai's attacks would be difficult to be effective. Of course, the Great Goblin's punches hitting Duo Lai's body would at most only cause ripples.

If the two were to fight a great battle, they might fight for three hundred rounds until the stars were extinguished and still not determine a winner.

"Duo Lai's flaw is that it's too soft, but if, if Duo Lai could be both soft and hard, it could use its shaping skill to mold itself a hard armor, easily resisting sword damage, and even harden its palms when attacking to increase slap damage."

"Furthermore, it could even shape spike-like liquid and, at the moment of contact with the enemy, harden the spike liquid to form a truly sharp weapon, piercing the target in one fell swoop."

The idea was perfect, only lacking the ability to make Duo Lai hard.

And how to become hard?

"If Duo Lai were to devour enough steel, could it become as hard as steel when shaping?"

Mu Yuan felt this was worth a try.