Data Integration, Earth Vein Spirit
The previous state of information exchange had a strong training effect on the soul, and the strength of the soul, which originally needed a period of time to settle, quietly increased.
Spiritual light shone from numerous acupoints throughout the body, and Spirit God were born, quietly driving the flow of magical power.
"After stabilizing for a while longer, I can attempt to break through to the Object Manipulation Realm ~"
When one's cultivation reaches the level of controlling objects, one can control a flying sword using only one's spiritual sense. Only at this point can a Daoist fly by controlling a sword with his divine soul, covering hundreds of miles in an instant.
The Qi Aperture nurturing a spirit through the Qi aperture is only the beginning. Lin Xu clearly felt that as he refined this Spiritual Qi, all the acupoints in his body vibrated, showing faint signs of the formation of a deity.
"This one ability alone can greatly accelerate the cultivation speed~" He was overjoyed, deeply feeling the powerful effects of the Dungeon Heart.
Previously, the Mountain Lord Authority also possessed a similar ability, capable of gathering the Spiritual Qi of the entire territory and indirectly accelerating the cultivation speed.
However, the Dungeon Heart goes a step further, using arrays to organize and purify the collected Spiritual Qi.
By the time Lin Xu extracted the Spiritual Qi from it, all impurities had been removed, making it practically melt in his mouth.
Composing himself, he opened the now-expanded Dungeon Heart panel to check its attributes.
Name: Dungeon Heart (Upgrade requirements not met)
Type: City Core; Rank: Crimson Mythic; Level: 1 (Hundred-Household Domain)
Effect: Commands the dungeon, allowing control over all buildings, units, and resources within the city. [Earth Vein Resonance] draws upon the power of the Earth Vein to nourish the territory, increasing mineral production by 30% and Earth Vein growth by 15%.
Permissions: City building/Resource allocation/Manufacturing/Troop recruitment/Military management/Defense deployment/Arcane research/Commerce/
The diplomacy introduction panel, titled "Heart of the Dungeon, Authority of the Lord, Hub of the Earth Vein," was almost identical to what he had seen before.
Resource scheduling is similar to the warehouse system of Xuanwei Monastery, both of which can fully display the existing warehouse resources.
However, unlike the independent warehouses in the Daoist temple, the resource allocation module of the underground city integrates the entire territory. Not only Xuanwei Monastery, but also the resources stored in Azure Cloud Cave Abode and the five villages are integrated.
The manufacturing module also integrates several territories, including basic resources such as spirit rice, spirit silk, wood, and Shitou, as well as finished products such as spirit pills, spirit talismans, and magic artifacts.
Lin Xu tried it out. With the help of this module, he could directly issue production orders, and then the relevant person in charge would arrange the production tasks for the producers to execute.
The commerce and diplomacy modules are all blank. In the troop recruitment module, you can find all the recruitment buildings in all territories, where you can train and recruit troops.
"This is equivalent to integrating the entire territory from all aspects~" Lin Xu couldn't help but smile as he clicked on the troop recruitment building, only to find a solitary item, "Goblin Nest".
These short men, only 1.5 meters tall, had basic combat capabilities that were inferior to human militiamen. Lin Xu simply glanced at them and decisively gave up.
Level 1 dungeons only have the quota for building one recruitment building; goblins, being such lowly troops, are completely worthless.
He then opened the city construction panel, where only three icons were displayed as bright and ready for construction.
Chicken farm, training ground and rest area.
"Dungeon buildings must be constructed on magical floor tiles."
Lin Xu checked the building requirements; all three types were the simplest spirit-patterned buildings, powered by Spiritual Qi energy.
Magic tiles are the basic building templates that come with the dungeon. They are made by combining a small amount of spiritual materials with soil or rock and contain basic array patterns. When a large number of tiles are combined, they form a more complex large-scale composite array.
Of course, after aligning its thoughts with his consciousness, the Dungeon Heart is gradually transforming its original magic system into a celestial Daoist system. Even the magic floor tiles have been modified, being converted into spirit-patterned floor tiles and wall tiles without changing the basic raw materials.
With a thought, a vortex opened in front of him—a portal in the form of Daoist magic.
As a lord, he can use this to quickly reach any location in his territory, but each activation requires a large amount of Spiritual Qi reserves and only lasts for a few seconds, allowing him to teleport only a small number of troops in emergencies.
Stepping through the portal, Lin Xu appeared in an underground cave.
On the dome, which is as white as mutton fat jade, the light of the seal script shines like a sky full of stars.
The lamps lit on the patterned brick walls emitted a soft glow, dispelling the darkness of the cave and giving it a faint sheen on the jade-like walls.
"The first step in building the dungeon: summoning imps!"
A piece of information flashed through Lin Xu's mind: the imps are the basic production units of the dungeon, essentially special energy puppets formed by the Earth Vein Spirit through the Lord Authority.
His gaze shifted, and he selected his target.
The Earth Vein Spirit may seem mysterious, but they are actually spirits nurtured by the Spirit Vein. They may not even have self-awareness, but rather exist in a spiritual state, able to naturally gather Spiritual Qi.
Most of the Earth Vein Spirit are born silently, and then one day they quietly disintegrate and die, unnoticed from beginning to end, just like roadside weeds.
Powerful Earth Vein Spirit may attach themselves to rocks, vegetation, or even unintelligent animals, which is the origin of some spirits.
With a thought, one of the Earth Vein Spirit was chosen.
It looked like a wisp of free-floating Spiritual Qi, emitting a faint glow. It had no intelligence, or even any independent consciousness, and seemed as if it would dissipate with a gust of wind.
With the fluctuations of magical power, complex seal script talismans emerged from this small, delicate ball of Spiritual Qi, forming a stable spiritual structure.
The next moment, countless streams of Spiritual Qi converged on this point, and the cluster of Spiritual Qi expanded rapidly, forming a being similar to a spirit.
A moment later, the fluctuations in Spiritual Qi subsided, and a humanoid, semi-transparent spirit appeared in mid-air, with the surrounding air subtly shifting.
Lin Xu frowned as he examined its attributes. This Daoist-style imp was an earth-attribute being, and it existed entirely dependent on the Dungeon Heart.
Its base attributes are very low; except for agility, they are mostly below 5, making it completely useless in combat.
"Too weak~" He shook his head. No wonder the goblins in the dungeon were designed to run away at the sight of enemies. No matter how many of these weaklings there were, they would just be easy prey.
Seemingly sensing his dissatisfaction, a message quietly surfaced in her mind.
"Can the Earth Vein Spirit combine with an unawakened human or spirit?" Lin Xu's heart stirred.
Possession and body-snatching are also characteristics of the immortal path.
Compared to energy spirits like Earth Vein Spirit, which have flesh and blood to rely on, they are undoubtedly much better, at least for labor units like little devils.
"They're still refining a rabbit demon in the Demon Refining Cave on Azure Cloud Mountain. I wonder if it's fully formed yet? Perhaps it could serve as a fusion form for the little devil..."