Chapter 224 Finally Foundation Establishment_2
Low cost?
What concept?
Here, they are excitedly hatching eggs, keeping two pairs of chickens in such high regard that they never leave their sight.
But they don't know these two pairs of egg-laying chickens were chosen by Small Knife and have one hundred percent loyalty to Xiu'Er, so there's no worry of betrayal.
Thus, they naturally can't recognize anyone else as their master.
This means, within a certain range, just one command from Xiu'Er ensures absolute loyalty, even ordering them to starve to death isn't a problem.
Over here, even if the Sect Leader is intrigued, the combined restrictions of other Elders prevent him from obtaining ownership of this exotic beast, making it impossible to try to make it acknowledge him as its master.
Because these two pairs of ancient exotic beasts are shared, no one should expect to keep them for themselves exclusively.
However, it will be different when they hatch their offspring.
Recently, all the upper echelons of the Water Element Sect have been revolving around these two egg-laying chickens, pampering them even more than their ancestors.
As for Small Knife, he naturally returned smoothly to Little Knife Island.
Even before getting close, he saw several merchant ships gliding over the sea surface.
These are sacrificial artifacts, capable of unleashing an attack power equivalent to the Qi Cultivation Level, allowing them to roam freely within the range of the Celestial Net.
Because as soon as a demon beast enters the Celestial Net, a notification is received immediately.
Even for hunting fierce beasts, one only needs to pay a certain cost to receive real-time intelligence from the Celestial Net.
Of course, this is permitted by Small Knife, the authority dog, but there are also some protective policies; it's not an endless massacre.
Now, centered on Little Knife Island, merchant ships travel back and forth to some surrounding islands.
There is usually at least one trip per day.
Making trade and communication extremely convenient for the players.
Small Knife even uses the Celestial Net directly, without restrictions on them, allowing players to sell their harvests and make purchases through the network.
A rudimentary logistics system has emerged, and business is booming.
And these surrounding islands have also been rented out and developed by many players.
Everywhere there's large-scale development, planting, and breeding; with the Celestial Net System support, it's almost guaranteed profit without loss.
The land lease is also not expensive.
Indeed, everything here belongs to Small Knife; if one wants to plant or breed, they can only rent land, and the price isn't high.
Buy it outright?
Haha, Small Knife doesn't offer that service.
As for selling with a set term? What's the difference with renting, Small Knife has no interest in that.
The strong players among the gamers, such as Young Master Dai, Nine Heavens, and Four Seas, take on more lucrative missions.
Right now, Young Master Dai and his group are stationed on an undeveloped deserted island.
This area is already beyond the Celestial Net.
However, with their stationing here, an Earth God Statue was naturally erected.
Creating a network that links to the main island's Celestial Net.
Unfortunately, there's no Spirit Vein here, so they need to remain stationed for a long time to ensure safety.
Also because it's on the fringes of the Celestial Net, there isn't enough response time when a demon beast breaks in, which is why they need to hold the fort.
Despite these various shortcomings, a great deal of resources are still being funneled to this area, expanding the Celestial Net's scope.
Similarly, on the Northern Witch's side, because Small Knife obtained permissions, they also started using the Totem Pole to expand and encroach on the surrounding domain.
Encircling from the edges to the center, every moment the players' strength is growing, and more new players are arriving.
The players' strength is experiencing an unprecedented rapid enhancement phase.
That's why Small Knife is in no rush to conquer this world ultimately.
Strange flying machines occasionally pass above the Witch Residence.
Operated by the Head-Changing Cultivators, they're practicing maneuvers.
Those are all their Magical Artifacts.
After returning, although eager to focus on breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Small Knife still devoted some time to head transplants for his subordinates.
The number is quite substantial.
Because many of them were Immortal Master captives purchased from other player factions, the number of detentions already amounted to several hundred.
These are Immortal Masters, not mere chickens or dogs.
So this is quite an exaggeration.
For example, partner guilds like the Holy Sanctuary Guild and even the Undying Guild have sold quite a few to acquire what they need.
Especially Spirit Water.
The Undying Guild needs it greatly as well.
However, what they need is mostly Entry Level Spirit Water, which is a thousand times the price of Heavenly Level Spirit Water, and using Spirit Stones to buy is too expensive, so it's much more cost-effective to exchange for it with Immortal Master captives.
They deduced that this side must have some way of utilizing Immortal Master captives, and while it's displeasing, they have no choice but to trade.
Currently, the external Immortal Masters are in panic, as reportedly many cultivation sects are issuing missions to investigate, and Small Knife can be said to be the main culprit.
As soon as he returned, Small Knife began working tirelessly, busying himself for quite some time replacing heads for his npc minions and even for a few of the highest contributing players.
These players were quite the daredevils, believing that this is the Second World and not their real-life bodies, thus willing to accept body switching.
In this regard, Small Knife had dissuaded them, but there are always those with a stubborn head.
As long as the contribution is high enough, Small Knife won't refuse.
Among them are Nine Heavens, Four Seas, and wealthy players from the Holy Sanctuary and Undying Guilds.
For this, they have naturally paid a hefty price, but gaining a Spirit Root and breaking through the Hundred Level bottleneck is enormously enticing to them.
Because the mainstream in this world is Spirit Root cultivation after all.
As the orthodox, it receives the blessing of the World Power, making the progress of other cultivation paths inherently faster and easier to achieve success.
Therefore, there is a great yearning for Spirit Root.
After busying himself for quite some time, not all replacements were done yet.
Small Knife even offered slots to outsiders.
All of it is worth it, as Demon Crystals, Spirit Stones, Secret Manual Techniques, and even Magical Artifacts are continuously brought in.
Because Small Knife's asking price is high enough.
Such top-tier methods, if other forces have them, no matter how high the price, wouldn't be disclosed at all; therefore, for Small Knife's sky-high prices.
They show strong dissatisfaction, hoping to negotiate, but do not reject it; they are even secretly delighted.
After a few days of hard work, he rested for two days.
He took a walk on the island.
Transportation is still somewhat inconvenient; surprisingly, besides dog-pulled carts, they even have chicken-pulled carts?
This opened Small Knife's eyes.
However, these poultry have high levels and are not weak, even if not good at combat, they are capable in transportation.
This extinguished his idea of disguising some trucks for transportation.
Afterward, after inspecting, Small Knife began to close down for seclusion and breakthrough to Foundation Establishment at the Spirit Vein, beside the Earth God Statue, in the depths below ground.
Under the highest authority of the Celestial Net, his body was meticulously scanned, with statuses monitored and prompts given at any time.
This includes body status, emotional fluctuations, and other statuses.
Thus, it directly suggested to Small Knife that he needed to recuperate, not just physically but also mentally.
It's not the optimal time for a breakthrough yet.
As time went by.
With system prompts, Small Knife reached an optimal state, so he took the Foundation Establishment Pill and began cultivation.
Simultaneously, the experience began burning, turning into a warm current pouring through his body as assistance.
Although the Water Spirit Formulas and Earth Spirit Sense had not achieved Great Success, which can improve success rates, with the consumption of experience and system assistance, three Foundation Establishment Pills, the success rate was estimated to be ninety-three percent.
So Small Knife was quite confident.
Indeed, it was so; completely under the system's comprehensive monitoring and guidance, building the foundation was achieved smoothly.
The whole process was without any danger because, with the Foundation Establishment experiences collected from the Water Element Sect, every step was analyzed by the system, and with the extensive consumption of experience assistance, always maintaining the best state.
His own experience was insufficient, so he had to consume Spirit Stones, and the amount expended even pained Small Knife somewhat.
Still, there were benefits; once Foundation Establishment was completed, it stabilized immediately, fully capable of exerting the Foundation Establishment combat power.
And directly reached the Peak of Early-stage Foundation Establishment.
During the Qi Cultivation Stage, the spiritual power in the body was like a gas; now, it seemed compressed into a liquid, with a concentration over tenfold high.
Under this effect, it's equivalent to undergoing a qualitative change; no longer on the same level, capable of completely overwhelming the Peak of Qi Cultivation.
Most importantly, during Foundation Establishment, a Dao Foundation was forged using the Spirit Root as the core within the body, thereby stimulating the awakening of Divine Sense.
No longer needing eyes, scanning directly with Divine Sense.
Thus, not only is the precision greatly increased, but there are no dead angles; it will be hard to launch a surprise attack in the future.
This is akin to a scanning effect, making ordinary Invisibility Talismans and Illusion Techniques basically ineffective.
He can even observe to the target's soul, providing traceable means against the Undying methods of the Undying Guild.