The mine cart ride to Clockwork City would take more than ten hours, leaving him with nothing to do in the game for the time being.
There was still plenty to do in reality, though.
As the clock hands passed midnight, September 1 arrived. It also happened to be a Monday.
Mu You entered the Lock Core Space and walked over to the Knowledge Ancient Tree.
Lin Xue and Xiao Ya had already obtained the full Intelligence increase from the Knowledge Ancient Tree. Even Lin Hai had been quietly brought over yesterday to raise his Intelligence.
Now Mu You was the only one who had yet to enter. He planned to take this opportunity to finish raising his Intelligence, after which he could rent out the ancient tree and turn it into actual income.
The time needed to raise Intelligence was proportional to one's current Intelligence. Before entering, Mu You deliberately stripped off every piece of Intelligence-boosting equipment and took a Stat Reset Potion, resetting all his Free Attribute Points and leaving only his base attributes.
His Intelligence now consisted of just his base 16 points and the 2 points provided by the Wisdom Temple. Only then did Mu You enter the ancient tree and sit down to meditate.
Two hours later, when Mu You emerged from the ancient tree, he had obtained all ten Intelligence points it offered, bringing his Intelligence to 28.
After putting all his equipment back on, Mu You opened his panel, planned things out carefully, and began allocating his attributes.
He kept 3 Free Attribute Points in reserve and raised his Constitution to 30 to keep his Health from being too low. Everything else went into Strength, Agility, and Intelligence, while maintaining a 1:2:3 ratio between those three attributes.
His final attributes were: Strength 26,