Demon Refining Cave
In fact, for professionals without a fundamental lineage, career advancement relies entirely on simple training and practical experience, and they may not even gain any attribute bonuses after advancing three or four levels.
Even for Legendary warriors, it's difficult to reach 20 points or more in all three attributes: Strength, Constitution, and Agility, and those who can exceed 25 points are extremely rare.
Therefore, warrior-type classes that rely solely on physical attributes to fight are at the bottom of the adventurer community.
Once Profession Source Power is activated, such as the internal energy of an Eastern martial artist or the Dou Qi of a Western warrior, the professional's combat power will increase dramatically.
For spellcasting professions like Daoists, intelligence and spirit attributes can improve learning speed and spell control ability, but in actual combat, they still need to fight with spells. Therefore, the more mana they have, the longer they can sustain in battle, and the stronger they become.
Among the mainstream Soul Refining and Qi Refining cultivators, Soul Refining advance their realm faster and have the highest probability of breaking through to Legendary level, but Qi Refining cultivators are the strongest among those of the same level.
"Next, I need to integrate the 'Azure Nether Qi Drawing Method' into the 'Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter'..." Lin Xu recorded the entire cultivation method, his consciousness already immersed in Thought Overclocking.
Along with the flow of profound knowledge of the cultivation method, the "Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter" also added some methods for operating the meridians and hidden acupoints.
A wisp of green energy traveled from between the eyebrows, like spring water just beginning to rise, slowly cultivating the meridians. In addition to the sea of consciousness, the acupoints and pores in the body lit up one by one.
The Qi Aperture in the dantian throbbed and quietly opened, and the magical power flowing throughout the body was like rivers flowing into the sea, converging in the newly opened sea of energy.
Holding the Lord Authority, drawing the surrounding Spiritual Qi towards himself, Lin Xu slowly opened his eyes and refined the Spiritual Qi into pure magical power.
"Given the current situation, doubling my overall magical power is not a problem."
After processing this surprise, Lin Xu looked at the building information panel: "Demon Refining Cave..."
When upgrading a territory, there is a chance to obtain new building templates. For example, this time, he was lucky enough to get two.
The paper mill is a universal territory building that can be built in any territory, but the Demon Refining Cave is a special building that belongs exclusively to cave-type territories.
This type of architecture, with its strong Daoist style, is a special kind of Gu Cave, which uses the sacrifice of its own kind as nourishment to quickly catalyze the emergence of spirits.
"This building is very useful!" Lin Xu judged after looking at the building's description.
He glanced at the resources needed to build the Demon Refining Cave, then looked at the reserves of Source Fire: "Forget it, we'll upgrade the Fallen Demon Camp next time."
With a thought, the Source Fire was consumed, and a new cave quietly appeared on the west side of the mountain within the Azure Cloud Cave Abode, with the words "Demon Refining Cave" engraved at the entrance.
The cave was deep and dark, with obscure seal script and talismans carved on the walls, forming a complex array circuit that faintly emitted an ominous blood-red light.
Demon Refining Cave, Level 1 building (upgradeable), Area: 100 square meters. Effect: Can accommodate 9-99 of the same type of creatures to cultivate demons through a breeding-style battle. Each opening requires 5 Low-Grade Spirit Stone and lasts for 7 days. "The output efficiency is too low~" Lin Xu frowned slightly. 5 Low-Grade Spirit Stone for only one demon is indeed not cost-effective. The key is that the 7-day cycle is too long, which is a drop in the bucket for the territory.
He then saw the effect panel, and the description for "9~99 of the same type of creatures" asked, "What's the difference between the monsters produced by 9 and 99 creatures?"
Needless to say, this is a difference in both quality and quantity.
He thought for a moment, then looked down the mountain.
The mountains have their own complete ecological cycle, and the Lord Authority allows him to monitor changes in his territory whenever needed.
With a casual glance, he discovered that the wild rabbit population in his territory was growing to over a thousand, including more than three hundred adults.
With a thought, the Lord Authority was quietly activated. The 99 wild rabbits were stunned for a moment, then followed the inexplicable summons and rushed towards the Azure Cloud Cave Abode.
An invisible force protected them. The wild beasts on the mountain subconsciously ignored the rabbits running past. The Spiritual Qi quietly enveloped and maintained the rabbits' strength until they leaped into the dark entrance of the Demon Refining Cave, where their figures were instantly swallowed by the crimson light.
Inside the cave, the blood-red light intensified, and the once docile rabbits turned Bite, writhing and tearing among the array patterns. The dense Spiritual Qi surged violently, sustaining the rabbits' fierce battle and transformation.
There were dead rabbits whose flesh and blood withered within the formation, only to be transformed into pure blood energy that nourished the survivors.
Lin Xu frowned as he glanced at the bloody scene, then looked away.
The transformation from an ordinary wild beast into a demon is itself a sublimation of life, and for these dazed and confused creatures, this is already an immense opportunity.
"Lord?" Seeing that Lin Xu had finished his work, Li Yingqiu stepped forward and asked softly.
"It's a territory upgrade..." he said casually. After this experience, he realized that to upgrade a territory, one must obtain the corresponding permissions, rather than simply occupying the territory and thinking everything would be fine.
"Could you give me some advice on how the territory should develop?" He showed Li Yingqiu the building templates that came with his cave.
"Congratulations, my lord! A complete industrial chain has been established in the territory!" Li Yingqiu's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
"Oh?" Lin Xu was slightly surprised.
"Logging, papermaking, ink making, printing—we can mass-produce skill books!" Li Yingqiu explained to him. "Sir, you must have mastered a large number of master-level skills, right?"
Lin Xu nodded.
In the Spirit Realm, skills, after being digitized and recorded, can be divided into beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert, master, grandmaster, and the Legendary.
According to the rules of the Spirit Realm, professionals who have mastered expert-level or higher skills can pass on their skills to others face-to-face.
Those who have mastered skills at the master level or above can imprint their skills onto blank books, creating skill books for others to study and practice.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xu's gaze fell upon the lumberyard and paper mill on the Territory Panel: "We have paper, but where's the ink?"
"Sir, we have no shortage of raw materials for ink making—pine soot, tung oil, and gum. Ancient pines grow in forests in the mountains, and tung trees are everywhere. Gum can be extracted from deer herds and beehives in the mountains. These are all readily available in the forests," Li Yingqiu replied. "However, if we want to form an industrial chain, we still need a blueprint for an ink-making workshop—or we can simply buy finished ink from the market."
Moreover, whether it's papermaking, ink making, or printing, all require highly skilled craftsmen to oversee the process.
Lin Xu frowned slightly. "It's more than that, isn't it? Copying skill books probably requires a master-level professional, right?"
"Yes, sir, but with you here, we have already taken a significant lead over others in the initial stages. You have mastered a large number of master-level skills. As long as we train a group of professionals who have mastered advanced skills and then let them train further, soon some of them will be able to advance to the level of master and complete the mass production of skill books."
Li Yingqiu said with a serious expression, "Sir, you may not be aware of the current state of the skill book market. There is no stable supply of skill books on the market at present. After all, those professionals who have mastered master-level skills are mostly top figures in a certain field and are not short of money at all."