Chapter 664: Land of Ten Thousand Lives
Lin Feng's gaze lingered on that land for a long time, until the light at the core of the territory gradually faded, and his consciousness was pulled back from the Pure Land to his physical body.
The lights in the council chamber were still on, and a cool night breeze blew in through the half-open window.
He looked down at what was in front of him. The complete Heart of the Plane had disappeared, replaced by a miniature model of the Qingyang Martial Tempering Pure Land.
Mountains, rivers, and cities are all scaled down, like an exquisite sand table, quietly floating above the core of the territory.
He reached out and pointed to the next complete dimensional heart.
More than a dozen ordinary Pure Land options popped up again, but the special Pure Lands were no longer available; only ordinary Pure Lands remained.
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow slightly.
It seems that a mid-level artifact can only build one special sanctuary, and once it's used up, it's gone.
He still has two more chances to choose a specific drop, but it's obviously unrealistic to expect all four Pure Lands to become special Pure Lands.
Moreover, ordinary Pure Lands are not necessarily inferior.
Perhaps, it can even create a synergistic effect with the Qingyang Martial Arts Tempering Pure Land, where 1+1>2.
He first clicked on Forest Pure Land.
【Forest Sanctuary】
Pure Land Types: Small Pure Land, Ordinary Pure Land
I. The Overall View of Pure Land
It is an irregular polygon with a total area of approximately nine million square kilometers.
The terrain is dominated by dense forests, swamps, and low hills. A thin layer of light green mist often shrouds the forests, resulting in extremely low visibility.
The Pure Land has two ancient giant trees with diameters exceeding one kilometer, which are the core of the entire Pure Land.
II. Environmental Effects
【Green Mist Barrier】: Visibility reduced to 50 meters. All units entering the Pure Land will have their attack damage from non-plane creatures reduced by 20%.
【Root Entanglement】: Every so often, a large number of roots will grow from the ground. If a unit that is entangled fails to make a power judgment, it will be immobilized for two seconds.
III. Guardians of Pure Land
【Woodland Treant (Lv15)】: Transformed from an ordinary tree, it usually hides in tree form, but will awaken when an enemy gets close and attack with its roots and branches.
【Swamp Poison Ivy (Lv13)】: A vine-like creature lurking in the swamp that will actively drag passing enemies into the depths of the swamp, causing suffocation and poisoning.
【Ancient Guardian (Lv35)】: A wood elemental golem formed by an ancient giant tree. They are rare but have extremely high defense and recovery capabilities.
IV. Core - Ancient Giant Tree
Inside the trunk of the ancient giant tree is a naturally formed core space, which is the core of the pure land. Destroying the core will dismantle the pure land.
V. Pure Land Enhancement
Being within the Pure Land area will grant the following bonuses.
【Woodland Shelter】: All friendly units gain increased concealment in forest environments and are reduced by 30% from ranged attacks.
【Natural Regeneration】: All friendly units recover 1% of their maximum health per second after leaving combat.
【Every bush and tree seems like an enemy】: All friendly archers within the Pure Land area have their range increased by 30%, and their arrows are slightly poisoned.
Lin Feng finished reading and remained silent for a moment.
The Green Mist Barrier is similar to the Blood Mist Erosion in the Bloodthorn Forest, but its effect is much weaker.
Blood Mist reduces maximum health, while Green Mist only reduces damage and vision; their suppression capabilities are far from sufficient.
As for the Forest Tree Spirits and Swamp Poison Ivy, these guardians of the Pure Land, their level and number are far inferior to the Bloodthorn Golem and the Five Souls Blood Puppet.
He shook his head and closed the interface of the Forest Sanctuary.
Then I clicked on several other ordinary Pure Lands: Lava Pure Land, Icefield Pure Land, Desert Pure Land, Plateau Pure Land, Swamp Pure Land...
Looking at them one by one, they either had bonuses that were too defensive, had too narrow an application range, or had too low a level of Pure Land Guardian.
None of them can achieve a synergistic effect with Qingyang Martial Arts Tempering Pure Land, where one plus one equals more than two.
Until he saw an option called "Pure Land of Ten Thousand Lifetimes".
【Pure Land of Ten Thousand Lifetimes】
Pure Land Types: Small Pure Land, Ordinary Pure Land
I. The Overall View of Pure Land
The total area of the Pure Land is approximately nine million square kilometers.
The dynasty automatically generated by the Heart of All Life radiates outward from the Tree of Life, dividing the land into nine provinces.
When the Pure Land was first established, there were no inhabitants inside, only the Tree of Life, empty imperial offices, and villages waiting to be filled.
Central Life State
The core area where the Tree of Life is located.
The dynasty's capital, "Wansheng City," was located here and served as the dynasty's administrative center.
The city wall of Wansheng City had a circumference of eighty li, and its permanent population could reach five million.
Wansheng City has a complete system of government offices, schools, clinics, granaries, and armories.
Eight States
Surrounding the central Life State, the Pure Land is divided into eight states, each named after one of the eight directions.
Dongzhou, Nanzhou, Xizhou, Beizhou, Dongnanzhou, Xinanzhou, Dongbeizhou, and Xibeizhou.
Each state has one prefecture capital, which governs several counties.
The total population of the eight states is approximately 950 million, distributed among tens of thousands of villages and towns of all sizes.
Each state has farmland, ranches, workshops, schools, and military camps, but the military presence is very small and primarily used for maintaining order rather than external defense.
Core effect:
I. Time flows on (passive voice)
Time flows twenty times faster inside the Pure Land than outside. Twenty days inside the Pure Land is equivalent to only one day outside.
𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
II. Universal Protection (Passive)
Within the Pure Land, all pregnancies are protected by the power of all life, ensuring the safety of both mother and child, painless childbirth, and no postpartum complications.
Each pregnancy is guaranteed to produce septuplets (three boys and three girls). There are no age restrictions for the parents, and they can conceive normally as long as they are still capable of having children.
The gestational period is shortened to one-third of what it used to be.
III. Dynasty Autonomy (Passive)
The Heart of All Life will automatically select a group of managers to form an administrative system resembling an ancient dynasty.
Managers are automatically selected from the relocated residents by the Pure Land's will. The criteria are not made public, but those selected usually possess basic organizational skills and a sense of responsibility.
The dynasty established a three-tiered system of government offices, prefectures and counties, and townships, responsible for the daily governance, agricultural and pastoral production, education, medical care, and distribution of sustenance within the Pure Land.
The dynasty operates without external interference, but all administrators automatically receive a core instruction upon assuming office: to pledge allegiance to the lord.
IV. Unified Indoctrination (Passive)
All residents within the Pure Land receive a unified education from birth.
The educational content is set by the will of the Pure Land, and the core courses include: language, arithmetic, agriculture and animal husbandry, crafts, the laws of the Beacon Fire Territory, and the oath of allegiance to the lord.
All residents must take an oath of allegiance upon reaching adulthood, after which they officially become citizens of the Beacon Territory.
V. Government support (voluntary)
Within the Pure Land, a system of government support is implemented. After a newborn child is born, the parents can keep one son and one daughter to raise themselves, while the government will automatically support the other four children.
VI. Lord's Authority - Adult Assignment (Proactive)
The lord has the right to send residents who are 18 years of age or older out of the Pure Land at any time and assign them to other areas or posts in the Beacon Territory.
VII. Population Cap (Passive)
The total population limit of the Pure Land is one billion. Once it reaches one billion, the Pure Land will automatically reduce the fertility intentions and fertility of all residents until the population falls below 950 million, at which point fertility will gradually recover.
8. The Curse of Mediocrity (Passive - Drawback)
All offspring born in the Pure Land have their talents locked at a "mediocre" level.
Physically healthy and of normal intelligence, they will not produce martial arts prodigies, nor outstanding craftsmen or scholars.
They are competent in basic positions such as ordinary soldiers, farmers, workers, and clerks, but they cannot become masters or senior professionals on their own.