Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 667 - 657: Spirit Root Upgrade Blueprint! (Part 2)
Beside each raised piece of gold is a thumbnail image of a mining pickaxe, indicating that it can be mined with the pickaxe, which is quite tempting.
Jiang Yuan's thoughts shifted, and the bottle of water he was drinking sank a little, allowing his right hand to touch the cold spring water.
Indeed, very cool!
[Encountered cold spring water invasion, willpower above 200+ prevented actual damage]
"Hey! Need to find time to increase willpower with the little fox, it's really useful!" He continued to plunge his entire arm into the water, but still no actual damage.
It was only after this attempt that he realized that the clear water made the gold at the bottom seem closer than it actually was.
First, return to build the brewing workshop and finish the task that's been on his mind all day.
Next time he visits, he can try to retrieve the gold from the spring bottom and forge weapons with it; then he'll also need to find a way to return the Jade Throne Golden Buddha to the temple; and perhaps probe for the Zhao family's lair to boost his lifespan balance.
While thinking about it, Jiang Yuan had just stored the filled water bottle into the storage bag when he heard a commotion nearby.
Looking up, he saw cultivators jumping into the cold pool to attempt to mine underwater treasures.
"Impressive! Diving and swimming down has already beaten most of our peers!"
"Sure enough, though it's all cold spring water, this deep pool, with its treasures at the bottom and strong currents, is a place few can withstand the biting cold."
"Oh no! He can't take it anymore!"
...
The chaotic shouting drew Jiang Yuan's attention, and he jumped onto a nearby stone to look over, seeing a mighty cultivator with the form of a bear demon floundering in the water, likely due to insufficient willpower leading to being trapped in an illusion realm.
His two companions hurriedly activated a rope treasure to haul him ashore.
From nearby conversations, Jiang Yuan learned that although the cold pool belonged to the Cold Spring Temple, the Buddhist cultivators there did not monopolize it, allowing anyone to try mining. Those who can extract treasures can sell them based on their abilities; if they fail and fall victim to the cold poison, they shouldn't blame others.
Where the bear demon had jumped in, a faint green appeared underwater, drawing Jiang Yuan closer for a better view.
[Cold Jade: A unique product of the deep cold spring pool, an excellent material for artifact refining. It can be used to upgrade the Dragon Roar Sword, Chaotic Heaven Bell, and other items. Note: The Cold Jade is located slightly deeper than the gold at the spring bottom, with each inch deeper underwater increasingly dangerous; please exercise caution when mining]
"This cold pool is great, able to gather two outstanding materials to upgrade the Chaotic Heaven Bell at once; I'll try mining some later!" He didn't linger and opened a teleportation scroll to return to his small courtyard.
Activating construction editing mode, the entire courtyard was displayed as a thumbnail before him.
Jiang Yuan pondered that once the vast void area is unlocked, he could consider moving the workshops there; now building the brewing workshop didn't need layout considerations, as the courtyard communicator can directly control it, and placing it in a corner wouldn't affect access.
He chose the small vacant space next to the alchemy room to drag over the brewing workshop and clicked to confirm.
A familiar gray mist floated over, jingling and clinking as the progress bar completed in about ten seconds, a simple and rustic brewing workshop was accomplished!
[Main Task: Build a Seventh Level Home. Reward: Void Detector blueprint]
[Task 3: Construction of brewing workshop completed. Reward: Random special-grade blueprint +1 issued]
[Task 4: Brew and collect ten types of Spiritual Wine illustrations. Reward: Random one-time specific acceleration tool +1]
[Random one-time specific acceleration tool: After clicking to claim, a random acceleration tool is obtained, accelerating various items like crops, workshops, public service orders refresh, etc., with specific acceleration time effects according to different items; please stay tuned]
"System's items are so endless, why isn't there a collection illustration achievement?" After reviewing, Jiang Yuan found the new tool quite useful; if lucky enough to draw a crop acceleration tool...
He imagined a bountiful harvest scene, chuckled, exited editing mode, and stepped into the brewing workshop.
It retained an extremely simple style, with a total of three counters. Clicking to view details revealed the current level one brewing workshop could produce — Fruit Wine: Made primarily from three types of ordinary fruits.
The finished product boasts a rich fruity aroma, rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Moderate consumption promotes blood circulation and inhibits fat accumulation, caring for the heart, regulating mood and supplementing nutrition. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Different fruit brews offer varied flavors, suitable as post-meal drinks paired with meals for added flavor. Alcohol allergy sufferers should drink cautiously, diabetics should avoid high-sugar fruit wines...
Jiang Yuan glanced at the options for adding fruits — cherry, mulberry, strawberry, grape, plum, peach, lemon, and even the seasonal farm specialty watermelon.
Other fruit wines he somewhat knew of, but he had never heard of brewing wine from watermelon?
Full of curiosity, he directly added ten portions of watermelon, then chose to add twenty portions of cherry and thirty portions of strawberry, eager to find out how the finished product tasted.
Level one brewing workshops can only produce one type of fruit wine, using common ingredients, thus the finished fruit wine is not spiritual wine. Based on previous experiences, things lacking spiritual energy and existing in reality can be brought out, so Jiang Yuan considered sharing the tasty product with family and friends.
Next is collecting materials for upgrading the brewing workshop; level two and above can craft materials with spiritual energy from wilderness products, brewing spiritual wine. But to collect ten types of spiritual wine illustrations requires at least reaching level five.
He randomly dragged several abundant fruits from the warehouse to brew fruit wine, and upon exiting the brewing workshop, he casually opened the storage bag to look at the reward from the main task just completed.
[Would you like to click to claim the random special-grade blueprint?]
[Successfully claimed — Special-grade: Spirit Root Upgrade Blueprint, please click to use at the melting workshop]
"What the heck?!" He widened his eyes, "Did I see it wrong?! Is it what I thought?!"
The surprised voice was slightly loud, causing Leng Yutang, who was busy modifying puppet dolls, to look up baffled, asking, "Mr. Jiang, did something happen?"
"Ahem! No, no, you continue with your work." Jiang Yuan coughed twice, not having time to walk to the melting workshop, instead directly opened it via the courtyard communicator and clicked to use the blueprint.
[Select same-category spirit root upgrade, with a chance of grade ascension; different-category spirit root, with a chance of producing twin spirit roots or random spirit root grade ascension, failure results in a 50% chance of complete disappearance, please choose upgrades wisely]
Upon using the blueprint, the melting workshop typically used for refining various metal ingots now boasted a new function — diligent spirit root upgrading!
From the description, without a guaranteed symbol or success-increasing tools, recklessly upgrading might likely result in nothing gained. Jiang Yuan, having smashed equipment in online games before, trusted the system would be fairer than online; however, he didn't trust his luck.
Hey? Good luck?
Didn't I get a lucky gift pack?
Tempted to try, he glanced at the not-so-many acceleration cards, instantly calming down.
Better wait, as the acceleration card ripens the spirit root, focusing on tasks; once more spirit roots mature and are less constrained, attempting an upgrade with lucky symbols wouldn't be too late.
Suppressing impulsive thoughts, Jiang Yuan reopened the teleportation scroll to return to the side of the cold spring pool.
Not much time passed since he left, still many demon cultivators gathered at the poolside watching others mining, clearly more failures than rare triumphant ones.
One demon cultivator seriously searched with a magical treasure, pinpointing the closest gold to the water surface, diving in to successfully extract a thumb-sized piece, garnering cheers and envy, with numerous demon cultivators bidding for heavy purchases and re-selling.
"Master Zhiming is reputed for benevolence as a Buddhist cultivator, allowing treasures in the cold spring pool for loose cultivators to freely utilize; such magnanimity is admirable to us." Zhao Gui, seeing someone extract gold from the pool, couldn't help but covetously envy.
He knew that within the temple, Buddhist cultivators specializing in Copper Body Technique didn't fear the cold pool water, able to procure spring bottom gold and cold jade; Cold Spring Temple's wealth likely partly stemmed from this. Harboring greed without ability, he merely looked towards the gold with longing.
Master Zhiming faintly smiled, "With less desire, non-action leads to bodily and mental freedom."
He stopped there, never saying more.
In truth, given Zhao Gui's conduct, Zhiming wasn't particularly fond.
Yet the temple's treasure showing no anomaly indicated the other was indeed a righteous cultivator, just lacking magnanimity. If using Zen words to inspire enlightenment were a merit, he wouldn't refuse Zhao Gui's idle chats.
Today, Zhao Gui visited, speaking frequently of fame, benefits, and strife; Zhiming led him to view the temple's cold pool, intending to enlighten him. To his surprise, Zhao Gui seemed obsessed with money, his words increasingly greedy.
