Chapter 1072 - 1070: Wishing Pool
While checking the status of the assembly hall, Gu Xi walked out of its bounds.
As he left the small square of the assembly hall, the first thing Gu Xi saw was a fountain facing the square.
This fountain was indeed a large pond with a diameter of over thirty meters, with a statue of a Skeleton Soldier holding a longsword at its center.
Various kinds of coins were thrown beneath the Skeleton Soldier statue.
A large amount of negative energy-infused water spouted from all around the fountain, splashing on the Skeleton Soldier, occasionally creating rainbows.
At a glance, Gu Xi recognized this fountain as the Fountain of Victory.
This magic fountain was previously built near the garrison gate.
Its effect increases the defense power of all city defense troops by +1.
Gu Xi couldn’t understand why Luna would relocate the Fountain of Victory here.
Even if the city center needed a fountain to gather popularity, she could have selected other fountain structures.
An increase of just 1 point in defense power doesn’t hold much significance.
As Gu Xi was pondering the situation, an Undead wearing simple clothing happened to pass by the water’s edge.
This Undead appeared to be in a semi-mummified status, dressed in plain cloth clothing, without holding any weapons, resembling a city resident.
Gu Xi had long been accustomed to Undead serving as the city’s population, as he had previously acquired a large number of Undead unsuitable for battle.
These Undead either possessed certain abilities, working in various buildings throughout the city in different roles.
Or they possessed no abilities whatsoever, unable even to serve as Skeleton Soldiers in battles, mostly used to bolster the city’s population.
Regardless of the type, their numbers had noticeably increased within the city.
In Yalidu City, a while back, Gu Xi often saw Undead either hanging out or wandering aimlessly.
The presence of this specific Undead was not particularly unexpected.
Gu Xi merely glanced at him and didn’t intend to interact.
But just as Gu Xi was about to leave, he suddenly noticed something strange.
The Undead threw a negative energy crystal into the fountain.
After that, he began making a wish at the fountain’s edge.
Gu Xi never expected anyone to use it like this.
This one must be an Undead with a bit of strength.
One should know that a negative energy crystal is equivalent to 1 gold coin in Yalidu City.
For a player like Gu Xi, who needed to invest resources to build the city, it might not mean much.
But for a common Undead, this could notably enhance their Yin Qi.
For a basic Skeleton Soldier, it might be critical in upgrading.
Yet this Undead casually tossed it into the fountain.
It was evident he didn’t care about such a little expense.
This situation piqued Gu Xi’s curiosity.
He paused and took another, closer look at the Undead.
Upon closer inspection, Gu Xi saw a rainbow from the fountain descend onto the Undead as he completed his wish.
The Undead clearly received an additional buff layer.
Feeling the effects on himself, the Undead nodded contentedly and then left the fountain.
This observation intrigued Gu Xi about the Fountain of Victory.
He walked towards the fountain, held up a negative energy crystal, mimicked the previous Undead, and tossed the crystal into the fountain.
As the negative energy crystal went in, a ’ding’ sounded in Gu Xi’s ear.
[Ding! You are making a wish at a wishing pool, and you can choose to enhance an attribute direction.]
Does it work like this?
Gu Xi quickly realized why the Undead was here.
His reaction was swift as he immediately said, "I want to enhance my Intelligence."
Soon, Gu Xi saw a rainbow descend towards him.
Then he felt a surge as his Intelligence temporarily increased by approximately 10 points.
If Gu Xi could spend ten hours continuously reading, learning magic, meditating, or engaging in mana or learning activities, he could retain 0.5 to 1 point of Intelligence as his own.
This augmentation and learning could be done once daily.
The same applies to wishes made for other attributes.
Anyone could come and make a wish once every day.
Then spend ten hours consolidating and digesting.
To gain attribute improvements.
Moreover, there’s no limit cap.
This was something Gu Xi had never imagined before.
At the same time, Gu Xi realized why the Fountain of Victory had been moved here.
It was simply unsuitable to place it near the garrison gate.
It was best positioned in the city center of the main district, under the gaze of the assembly hall.
And Gu Xi believed that once Luna discovered this, the Fountain of Victory must have undergone several upgrades.
After all, upgrading small buildings doesn’t require high conditions; some only need sufficient materials to upgrade, without any upgrade demands.
Such buildings could swiftly enhance the city’s Undead, so upgrading would surely be quick.
Having received the temporary boost, Gu Xi naturally adjusted his upcoming plans.
Encountering such an opportunity, Gu Xi wouldn’t let it go to waste.
He intended to visit the library for further learning.
As a core building, the library had been relocated along with the Magic Tower and Mage Tower to the Magic District.
After surveying his surroundings, Gu Xi didn’t plan to use the Holy Silver Evil Coffin to hasten there; instead, he headed to the nearby flying point.
Since the end of Yalidu City’s unification battle, the city focused on rapid transit between the districts.
After all, the more transit methods available, the better.
It shouldn’t rely solely on the original methods.
So, after the Jiaolong Blood Castle battle, Yalidu City started breeding Giant Bats as flying mounts.
Flying points were set up in the centers of seven districts, plus locations like Yalidovi Tower and Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Serving as quick transit for Undead or heroes in emergencies.
Regarding larger troop or resource transport, they have little connection to the flying points.
No matter how many Giant Bats there are, they can’t transport an entire Legion of Undead.
For Gu Xi, flying to the point was indeed an ideal choice.
Upon arriving at the flying point, Gu Xi surveyed the environment.
Although essential, the flying point occupied only a small plot.
Since Giant Bats weren’t produced in Yalidu City, there was simply no training space for them here.
Only iron rings for Giant Bat docking and feeding platforms for handling meat food to nourish them.
Beyond that, no other structures existed.