Troop Training

Lin Xu clicked the recruitment button, and newly appeared spearmen and archers immediately stepped forward.

After thinking for a moment, he clicked on the building upgrade.

As the hills trembled, the already towering sentry post seemed to sprout from the ground like bamboo shoots, rising even higher towards the sky.

A dozen seconds later, the guard post was upgraded. It was cylindrical in shape, 15 meters high, and covered an area of 150 square meters.

"The number of recruits has doubled, a growth rate much faster than that of the Fallen Demon— "

Lin Xu checked the upgrade requirements: basic wood and Shitou, plus 100 units of Source Fire.

He thought about it and realized that the outpost was located between Azure Cloud Mountain and Peach Tree Village, almost in the center of this newly emerged territory, making its geographical location quite important.

"Upgrade!" He no longer hesitated. With the deduction of resources and Source Fire, the outpost shook and expanded once again.

The vibration stopped after about two minutes.

At this point, the sentry post was nearly 20 meters high and covered an area of about 350 square meters, resembling a sturdy fortress.

This outpost can only be upgraded to level 3 at most. Once upgraded to level 3, it will have a cavalry barracks inside, where scout cavalry can be recruited.

In the blink of an eye, all the unrecruited soldiers were recruited, bringing the small outpost to over 70 people.

Name: Scout Cavalry Race: Human Level: 3

Strength: 11

Agility: 13

Physical fitness: 10

Spirit: 7

Intelligence: 6

Life: 120

Skill: Reconnaissance - White (Basic) Increases vision range by 20%.

Tracking - White (Beginner)

Riding Skill - White (Beginner): Riding speed +10%

Evaluation: "Riding like the wind and fleeting shadows, speeding like lightning through the forest"—they are all ordinary soldiers without any extraordinary professions. Lin Xu's gaze swept over the neatly arranged soldiers, but he felt little regret.

This is the true reality for ordinary people in the Spirit Realm. Most of them, including adventurers in the real world, are ordinary people who have never been involved in anything extraordinary.

But even for this group of ordinary people trained in combat skills, with this sturdy fortress as their protection, most of the monsters in this wilderness cannot pose a threat.

With the assistance of several Daoist priests, it would be even more impregnable.

Without sparing Source Fire, Lin Xu constructed all the military buildings that could be built in the newly established outpost.

Quietly, relying on the sentry fortress, many auxiliary facilities quietly appeared on the hill. A stone city wall about ten feet high quietly rose up, enclosing the entire hill, leaving only two city gates for entry and exit.

Lin Xu stood on the top of the wall and looked down. Inside the city wall, various auxiliary buildings were neatly arranged, and simple weapon racks were placed around the flat ground. Training targets were also hanging on the wall.

On the rock-built city walls, towering stone and logs stand guard, and braziers burn brightly. These serve as both lighting tools and powerful defensive weapons for the fortress.

A moat, three meters wide and five meters deep, stretched around the city wall, with long spears thrust upside down at the bottom, their sharp tips pointing straight to the sky.

A bridge was built across the trench by rafts of timber hoisted by thick iron chains. Outside the fortress, in the open space below the hills, a lush meadow stretched out.

This is the racecourse, the food source for the warhorses in the fortress's horse stables.

Once all the attached military buildings were completed, the outpost had been transformed into a formidable fortress.

Lin Xu opened the building panel, revealing the fully formed fortress, whose function had changed once again.

Name: Outpost Barracks Level: Level 3 Camp (Cannot be upgraded)

Affiliation: Xuanwei Monastery Range: 1500 square meters Effect: Health Regeneration +100%, Health +1 every 3 minutes

Completed: Barracks, Watchtowers, Armory, Training Ground, Horse Ranch, City Wall, Moat. Available Recruitment: 24 Pikemen, 12 Archers, 2 Scout Cavalry.

Unit training: Pikemen, Archers, Scout Cavalry (100 men/month)

Introduction: The Wasteland Guardian, a loyal defender of the territory, is a top-tier outpost fortress. The biggest change is the addition of the ability to train troops.

Now Lin Xu can send the militia from his territory directly to this outpost for relevant vocational training.

A batch of 100 people is trained each month.

Simply by taking over this outpost, the basic military strength of the entire territory could undergo a qualitative change within just a few months.

"Hold the post, reinforcements will be here soon." Lin Xu gave a brief instruction and then traveled through the portal back to the Daoist temple.

Lin Xu instructed Zhao Dan to clear the path to the outpost and to set up new patrol points centered on the outpost fortress. Only after the new territory was included in the patrol range did Lin Xu have some free time.

"Coo coo~"

Upon seeing its owner arrive, Think Thrice barked happily. Its body, now larger, rose from the pool, and its three heads crowded towards Lin Xu.

"Good, good, all good!" Lin Xu smiled as he stroked the heads of the Dragon Lizard one by one.

In just one night, Think Thrice went through its first hibernation in its dragon life, and its body length increased by nearly half a meter.

Soon, two servants came over carrying wooden buckets and poured the steamed rice into the trough.

At this point, Think Thrice no longer cared about playing with its owner and quickly went to the food trough to eat.

Lin Xu looked at the spirit rice in the trough and shook his head slightly. In just one meal, the Dragon Lizard had already eaten 20 catties of spirit rice.

Dragon Lizard eat five meals a day, which is hundreds of kilograms of spirit rice, equivalent to the yield of one crop per mu (unit of land area), about 2,000 Dharma Coin, or tens of thousands of yuan.

This is because Think Thrice is still in its fledgling stage. As it continues to grow, its appetite will only become larger and larger.

If it weren't for having a territory to support it, no one could afford to keep such a behemoth!

Fortunately, with a sufficient supply of spiritual food, the Dragon Lizard's growth rate can be accelerated, so it doesn't really have to wait hundreds or thousands of years to reach adulthood.

As he felt the pure Lamp Kindling Magic Power flowing and growing stronger within the Dragon Lizard's body, a faint joy rose in his heart.

At this rate of growth, the Dragon Lizard may only need a few months to begin to mature.

Compared to its kind, Think Thrice is undoubtedly much luckier. With ample spiritual food accelerating its growth, the careful nurturing of its master, and the talent and potential of a dragon descendant, no one dares to predict how far it will ultimately grow.

The future is promising.

"It's just that this pool is too small. Let's move it out in a few days after the fledgling dragons have passed their initial stage."

He glanced at the Dragon Lizard that was still wolfing down its food, then turned and went back to the main hall.

"The most important thing to do now is to increase the population."

Looking at his expanded territory, Lin Xu pondered his next development strategy, "Farmland is still too little, and basic resources are relatively scarce—"

With the personnel in place and with the support of the lord, the five villages under the Daoist temple's jurisdiction completed the first round of land reclamation. In particular, the second round of land reclamation in Peach Tree Village has been completed, and the total amount of farmland in the village has exceeded 1,000 mu. Furthermore, the third round of land reclamation of 3,000 mu of wasteland is underway.