Li Chen then turned his gaze toward the newly spawned Iron Golem. An Iron Golem spawned by a Monster Spawner only possessed strength equivalent to that of a rank 64 Soul Master with both the Power Attack and Defense Systems.
It was eight ranks lower than the ones he generated himself using an Iron Golem Spawn Egg. Do not underestimate this eight-rank gap, however-the difference across a major boundary realm was as vast as the clouds and the mud.
More importantly, Iron Golems generated by Monster Spawners could not be leveled up.
Never mind. So long as the mob spawner had redstone blocks as energy, it could generate them endlessly. What more could one possibly want?
After giving the Iron Golem a patrol command, he began to study the Redstone Miniaturization Table. Once placed down, it functioned as an item similar to a Crafting Table.
Its function was very simple: it could craft redstone mechanisms that originally required a space of 16*16*16, compressing them into 1*1*1 redstone components. Furthermore, these redstone components could continue to be compressed further within the miniaturization table.
It was just a pity that in his past life he had not been much of a redstone player. The only redstone devices he knew how to build were small ones like Item Sorters, Piston Doors, Combination Lock Doors, Timers, Automatic Farms, Automatic Furnaces, and Fully Automatic Grass-and-Sheep Machines.
Additionally, he knew some basic theoretical logic such as OR gates, NOT gates, AND gates, OR NOT gates, AND NOT gates, XOR gates, and XNOR gates.
Yet he had never delved deeply into them. Everything remained at the level of mere awareness, for as an ordinary player he was certainly not building computers.
Wine Fox possessed an unknown-tier learning capacity. He could teach her these basic theories, and she might actually be able to research something out of them.
After understanding the function of the Redstone Miniaturization Table, he silently placed all these redstone components into another empty shulker box, then used dye to color this shulker box red for marking purposes.
When he returned to the house, Wine Fox was already awake. She was tidying up the room, and once she finished, she was dragged to the center of the village.
Li Chen only taught it once, without even demonstrating with materials-he merely spoke it through verbally-and Wine Fox actually learned all of it.
"Alright, you've learned the basic theories. Now, hand-craft a computer for me."
Wine Fox looked at Li Chen, then pointed at herself and said, "M... me?"
"That's right."
"Stupid Master, how is that possible?"
It was the first time Wine Fox rejected Li Chen's request. Her understanding of it didn't mean she could build a computer. This was even more absurd than telling her this is offense, this is defense, and then asking her to defeat Isshin Ashina.
"Fine, I'm just joking. There are things inside this red shulker box. Feel free to study them however you like; it doesn't matter if you can't figure it out."
Yet Wine Fox seemed truly a bit angry, refusing to even let him pet her. Seeing her begin to use the miniaturization table to study, however, he simply went to tinker with his crafting table nearby.
Relying on the materials collected by the villagers, he synthesized all the job-site blocks needed by the villagers one by one, and these transitioned villagers all obtained a Second Martial Soul.
The Armorer obtained the Chainmail Armor Martial Soul, which had the advantage of infinite durability as a martial soul. Unfortunately, it was only armor rather than a full set, but it could still be worn alongside a complete set of armor. The martial soul would perfectly fuse and stack its defensive power with the armor pieces in corresponding slots. It belonged to the Defense System, with a total of five people arranged for the transition.
The Butcher obtained the Cooked Meat Martial Soul. The cooked meat generated by the martial soul could only exist for one day. From then on, all three daily meals relied entirely on these butchers. It belonged to the Food System, with a total of three people transitioned.
The Cartographer obtained the Map Martial Soul. This martial soul received an epic enhancement: aside from being able to record all previously visited places onto a map, it could also allow unlimited teleportation through the map.
Furthermore, it allowed friendly forces to freely teleport to any loaded location on the map at will, and leaving a soul power aura on the map was enough to be judged as a friendly force.
Such a powerful martial soul also had its restrictions. First, teleportation had a ten-second chanting time; being interrupted during this period meant the chant had to be restarted, and the soul power consumed for the teleportation was not refunded.
Secondly, obtaining soul rings did not grant soul skills, making it essentially an auxiliary occupation with zero combat capability. It belonged to the Support System, and currently only Brown Robe was arranged for the transition to make mobilizing the villagers more convenient.
The Cleric obtained the Glowstone Dust Martial Soul. Being smeared with glowstone dust would continuously emit light while conferring weak healing. It belonged to the Support System, with a total of one person transitioned.
The Farmer obtained the Wheat Seeds Martial Soul, which could plant wheat directly within cultivated farmland. However, the wheat planted by the martial soul would not leave behind seeds after being harvested. It was considered part of the Logistics System, with a total of five people transitioned.
The Fletching Master obtained the Bow and Arrow Martial Soul, capable of condensing arrows through soul power. It belonged to the Agility Attack System, with a total of three people transitioned.
The Leatherworker obtained the Leather Martial Soul, one of the only two purely trash martial souls, having discovered no use for it whatsoever. A total of one person was transitioned.
The Librarian obtained the Enchanted Book Martial Soul, capable of adding temporary enchantments to weapons and armor. Once the duration ended, the enchantment effects would disappear. It belonged to the Support System, with a total of three people transitioned.
The Mason obtained the Stone Bricks Martial Soul, one of the only two purely trash martial souls, having found no use for it yet. A total of one person was transitioned.
The Shepherd obtained the Shears Martial Soul. The shears' attacks possessed the ability to sever the circulation of soul power. It belonged to the Agility Attack System, with a total of one person transitioned.
The Toolsmith obtained the Diamond Pickaxe Martial Soul, making them suitable to be assigned as miners. Yet did he really need people to go mining? A total of one person was arranged for the transition.
The Weaponsmith obtained the Iron Sword Martial Soul with no special abilities. It belonged to the Power Attack System, with a total of five people transitioned.
The Fisherman obtained the Fishing Rod Martial Soul. The fishing rod could pull hooked items and living beings toward the user. It was a Control System martial soul, with a total of one person arranged for the transition.
Moreover, villagers transitioning no longer bound one job-site block to one villager; instead, so long as the corresponding job-site block was present, unemployed villagers could be continuously transitioned.
It was worth mentioning that the fletching table was finally able to manufacture arrows, and could produce special arrows by replacing or adding other materials.
Just as he finished transitioning the villagers and slightly adjusted their work content based on their professions, the teleportation stele nearby suddenly lit up, and Feng Yi appeared beside the stele.
He was just about to report to Brown Robe when he discovered that Li Chen was also there, so he directly shifted his report to Li Chen. "Lord Creator God, this servant has discovered a high-tier Soul Master Academy on the verge of bankruptcy in Sword City and has come to seek your instructions."
"Where is Sword City?" Li Chen had no impression whatsoever of cities that had never appeared in the original work, and even the places he had visited after transmigrating were very few.
"Replying to my lord, Sword City is located at the southwest border of the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom. To its north are the Sword Mountains, and to its south it borders Spirit City and the Star Dou Great Forest right up close."
Li Chen pondered for a moment. The geographical location here was quite good. Once the Spirit Hall fell, he could seize Spirit City in one sweeping motion, occupying the central position of the mainland.
Besides, direct acquisition was far simpler than building from scratch.
"Go and communicate with them first. Within two million gold soul coins, plus some conditions regarding resources, everything is up for negotiation. It would be best to retain as many of the academy's teachers and students as possible."
Possessing the God Level ability of duplication, gold soul coins were merely numbers to him; it was nothing more than wasting a few days' opportunities to duplicate supplies.
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