So Poor He Had Nothing Left but Money
Almost at the same time that the Dungeon Heart unfolded, Lin Xu's consciousness pierced through the earth's layers and merged with it.
In a state of mental resonance, the Dungeon Heart establishes a wondrous connection with his soul.
Without needing any explanation, Lin Xu felt a strong connection between himself and this land, even in the face of physical death.
Even if one's soul and consciousness are annihilated, they can be resurrected by this pulsating Dungeon Heart.
From this moment on, this pulsating heart became his backup body.
Countless pieces of information flowed through his consciousness. At this moment, Lin Xu was surprised to find that his thoughts were interacting with his pulsating heart. The Dungeon Heart seemed to have become a supercomputer, and the speed of his thoughts increased exponentially.
One time, two times—it quickly soared to more than ten times.
In the past, such a massive flow of information would have been overwhelming, even for someone in a state of Thought Overclocking, but now he can handle it with ease.
The vast amount of information stored in consciousness is absorbed by the Dungeon Heart, processed in the blink of an eye, and interacts with the magical knowledge contained within the Dungeon Heart.
Lin Xu was surprised to find that the inheritance system, which was originally centered on magical runes, was undergoing a fundamental change as he interacted with the information.
Magic runes were gradually replaced by newly emerging seal script talismans, and magical inheritance was also compiled in a completely new way, cleverly transformed into immortal inheritance.
As time passed, the massive flow of information gradually slowed down, and Lin Xu's thinking gradually returned to normal.
He tried it briefly, and now, entering the Thought Overclocking state no longer required any additional mana to maintain.
Even the burden on his soul from maintaining the state of Thought Overclocking was borne by the Dungeon Heart, which meant that he could maintain this state almost routinely within his territory.
But all of that was secondary. When he came back to his senses from this wondrous state of mental resonance, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his consciousness had merged with the Xuanwei Monastery Observatory.
Just as he had completely controlled Azure Cloud Mountain through his Mountain Lord Authority, he could now perceive the entire territory in the blink of an eye.
Not only on the ground, but his light can even extend 300 feet underground, revealing deep underground mineral veins, natural caves, underground rivers, and so on.
"From this moment forward, no one can take the Xuanwei Monastery from my hands—"
Lin Xu was overjoyed, for merely occupying a piece of the Spirit Realm territory did not make him Spirit Realm Lord.
Instead, one must gain the recognition of the will of the territory—yes, the land and even space in the Spirit Realm are imbued with spirits—one must condense and integrate the Territory Authority, transforming it into one's own earthly divine kingdom; only then can one become a true Spirit Realm Lord!
After adjusting to the new situation, Lin Xu's gaze pierced through the thick rock layers, "looking" at the nascent underground city deep beneath the earth.
A massive cave, over a kilometer in diameter, appears in the solid rock layer, like an inverted bowl.
At the very center of this cave, a heart formed from rune matrices and semi-solid lava pulsates—this is the newly born Dungeon Heart.
The moment Lin Xu saw it, he felt a strange connection with it, and he could clearly feel the powerful surge of energy emanating from its pulsating heart.
The spiritual senses extended along the Earth Vein, and the entire land became a net, with surging earth energy rising and falling like an underground river buried deep underground.
As the crimson light of the Dungeon Heart gradually spread, the dark cave was gradually illuminated, and the solid rocks seemed to come alive, slowly writhing and shaping, forming columns, domes and steps.
The mysterious seal script talismans flow silently on the rock face, embedding themselves into the newly formed stone texture like blood vessels, forming a complex layered structure, and creating a more stable load-bearing framework and energy circuit.
On the floor of the underground cave, the originally uneven rock surface was being smoothed by an invisible force, and then jade-colored floor tiles emerged, warm and smooth as cream, with a faint glow of Spiritual Qi flowing between the patterns.
"As expected of a divine artifact, it can even autonomously generate Earth Vein formation system that matches the characteristics of the Spirit Vein based on my knowledge..."
Lin Xu glanced at it and saw that the Dungeon Heart was made from local materials. The rock strata in this cave had been nourished by Spiritual Qi for millions of years and had long since turned into chalcedony rock that nurtured the Spirit Vein. Its texture was neither like fat nor like jade.
Using this natural substrate, the Dungeon Heart directly formed jade-like spiritual energy floor tiles and wall tiles, completely restraining the spiritual energy that originally roamed in the air and dissipated underground.
The spiritual mist that had solidified in the cave slowly sank under the influence of the formation, turning into glistening dewdrops that quietly seeped into the Earth Vein along the gaps in the jade bricks, and then, after being purified by the formation, gathered in the Dungeon Heart.
He did a quick calculation and found that each of the spirit-patterned floor tiles in the cave could be converted into about 10 Dharma Coin. The entire cave was about 2.3 million square meters, so it could generate about 23 million Dharma Coin every day, which was equivalent to 23,000 Heaven Silver or 2,300 taels of Spirit Gold.
Looking at it this way, the treasure chests he painstakingly salvaged from the ruins of the underground city were only equivalent to the output of this cave for one or two months.
"I'm so poor now that all I have left is money~" Lin Xu laughed immediately after getting this number.
Based on the market value of Dharma Coin, even if he sits still, he can earn over a billion every day!
"What exquisite spiritual energy!" Coming back to his senses from the overwhelming wealth, Lin Xu's gaze fell on the slowly pulsating City Heart. Following some inexplicable connection, he drew a wisp of Spiritual Qi into his spiritual platform with a thought.
Like a clear spring rinsing jade, boundless spiritual energy filled the sea of consciousness, which was refined into clear spiritual light by the projection of the spiritual lamp, expanding the boundaries of the sea of consciousness while tempering the soul and nourishing the body.
"Buzz~"
The acupoints and orifices throughout his body trembled slightly, and the spirits of the gods in the womb trembled as well, seemingly accelerating their formation process after receiving nourishment from this wisp of magical power containing the spiritual energy of the Earth Vein.
"Click~"
A faint cracking sound seemed to come from within, and Lin Xu's mind trembled slightly. Upon looking inward, he saw a deity being conceived within his dantian.
Its shape resembles the rising sun, with a crimson-gold divine pattern slowly lighting up between its brows, and the Earth Vein's spiritual energy surrounding it automatically condensing into a mysterious Daoist robe.
The moment the god took shape, the flow of magical power within his body suddenly accelerated, and the efficiency of refining magical power and nourishing his physical body more than doubled.
Even more noticeable was the soul. As the god took shape, the effect of the magic power nourishing the soul was even better. After a little experimentation, he noticed that the recovery speed of his soul was 10% faster than before.
This means that from now on, the recovery time after Soul Refining will only be 90% of what it used to be.
The spirits nurtured in the acupoints throughout the body in the "Lamp Kindling Spirit Transformation Chapter" are more conceptual, similar to computer programs without self-awareness, capable of enhancing certain aspects of the human body's performance.
"Huh? My profession has broken through to level 6?" Lin Xu sensed his own status, opened the profession panel, and his profession level had quietly increased.