Chapter 220 - 145: The Building Atlas Has Lit Five Max Level Buildings
"Domain Lord, you’re here."
"Mm."
Chen Fan stepped down from the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage and, accompanied by Qi Chong, gazed out at the vast expanse of Farmland. "What Level is our Farmland currently at?"
"Er..." Qi Chong was momentarily speechless. ’Didn’t you build all this Farmland in Xiyang City yourself, boss? How could you not know?’
But of course, he didn’t say that out loud. Instead, he answered hastily.
"They are mostly Level 2 Farmland. Five plots are Level 5. Shao Qiu brought back a batch of Poisonous Mulberry Leaves from the Wind and Rain Tower. These Poisonous Mulberry Leaves can only be planted in Level 5 Farmland, and we are currently trying to transplant them."
"Oh, right—"
Hearing Qi Chong mention this, Chen Fan suddenly remembered. "I recall the Wind and Rain Tower had an Exotic Beast, didn’t they? A Gu Insect-type Exotic Beast that needed to eat Poisonous Mulberry Leaves to survive?"
"Did Shao Qiu bring that Exotic Beast back?"
He only knew that Shao Qiu had destroyed the Wind and Rain Tower and brought back a lot of things, but he had been so busy these past few days that he hadn’t had a chance to see what they were.
"Domain Lord, didn’t Pavilion Master Qiu report to you?"
Qi Chong was a little baffled. ’What’s with Shao Qiu? Destroying the Wind and Rain Tower isn’t the real achievement; reporting it is. Working without reporting is the same as not working at all.’
’How did this person ever get by before?’
"It wasn’t brought back. Pavilion Master Qiu said that after the tower’s master died, the Exotic Beast died too. These Gu Insect-type Exotic Beasts are often nurtured with their master’s own lifeblood, so they are deeply bonded. When the master dies, they die with them."
"The corpse was brought back, though. It should be in the Warehouse by now."
"Mm."
Chen Fan nodded and said no more. "Take me to the Level 5 Farmland."
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「Xiyang City.」
This was a city built for large-scale planting and breeding, subordinate to the Mortal Realm. It was already beginning to take shape. As far as the eye could see, one could spot many kinds of plants.
To be honest, Chen Fan himself wasn’t entirely sure what was being grown here.
Many of the plants were Ghost Plants that Qi Chong had requested from Wang Kui and then planted here. Chen Fan didn’t pay much attention to this place. If not for the need to upgrade the Farmland, he wouldn’t have come to Xiyang City anytime soon.
With Qi Chong leading the way, he soon arrived before a plot of Farmland. The soil was an extreme black, already tilled and planted with some mulberry leaves and other Ghost Plants.
"Back then, we brought back a lot of Medicinal Mud from the Pill Sect and buried it in these few plots of Level 5 Farmland. So even though they’re all Level 5, these plots are much more effective than the others," Qi Chong explained from the side.
’Upgrade!’
’Enough with the chatter. He only knew one word: Upgrade!’
After spending 10,000 Ghost Stones, he upgraded the Level 5 Farmland before him to Level 6 in one go.
That’s right...
He’d raised it by a whole Level in one go.
After reaching Level 6, a material requirement appeared when he tried to upgrade to Level 7.
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[PS: To upgrade to Level 7, 1,000 Ghost Stones and one Exotic Beast corpse are required.]
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"Hmm..."
Chen Fan’s expression turned a little strange. ’Other requirements might be hard for me to fulfill on short notice, but this one...’ He took a Sound Transmission Talisman from his robes. "Wang Kui, when Shao Qiu came back from the Wind and Rain Tower, did they bring back the corpse of a Gu Insect Exotic Beast?"
"They did, right? It’s already in the Warehouse?"
"Go back and get it now. Bring it to me in Xiyang City immediately. I’ll be waiting here."
Currently, in the entire Mortal Realm, only Wang Kui’s Identity Token granted access to the Warehouse.
Wang Kui was supposed to be guarding the Warehouse, but since they hadn’t found a suitable person for the bookkeeper position, he was temporarily serving as the bookkeeper in Mortal City.
「A short time later.」
A carriage rushed into Xiyang City. Wang Kui leaped from it, clutching a Copper Jar, and trotted breathlessly over to Chen Fan. "Domain Lord, the corpse of the Gu Insect Exotic Beast is in here."
"Good. Thank you for your hard work."
"It was no trouble, no trouble at all."
...
Chen Fan frowned as he tipped the Exotic Beast corpse from the jar onto the plot of Farmland. The creature was truly ugly. It looked more or less like an insect, but you should never look at any insect magnified.
Once you enlarge one—for instance, if a cockroach were the size of a person...
To be honest, it would be no different from a horror story. The very thought is chilling.
This Gu Insect was about the size of a fist and covered all over with mouthparts. He had no idea what the use of so many mouthparts was.
Soon—
The Gu Insect’s corpse gradually melted into the Farmland. After spending another 1,000 Ghost Stones, the plot of Farmland before him was upgraded to Level 7, and then to Level 8, with no further material requirements.
It was smooth sailing from there.
After spending 5,000 Ghost Stones, he had his first plot of Level 10 Farmland.
It was also the fifth Max Level Building in the Mortal Realm.
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[Farmland has been upgraded to Level 10.]
[Max Level reached. Cannot be upgraded further.]
[Acquired Max Level Effect ’Myriad Growth, Vibrant Life’: Any plant grown in this Farmland will have its maturation time drastically reduced to one-tenth of the original.]
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"Fucking vibrant life, indeed."
Chen Fan couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath. A Ghost Plant like the Meat Ghost Mother-Child Fruit, which used to take seven days to mature, would now ripen in less than a day if planted in this Level 10 Farmland.
This is fucking...
For a faction, this was a tremendous boost!
He was starting to realize.
The Max Level Effect of any Max Level Building would never be too shabby.
This was the final form of a building, after all.
"Qi Chong."
"This plot of Farmland has been upgraded to Level 10. The maturation time for any plant grown here will be reduced to one-tenth. You’re in charge of it now. Just plant anything with a long maturation time here."