Novel Full Chapter 72 - 54: Breathing Method
Chapter 72: Chapter 54: Breathing Method
Three days later, with four days remaining in the month.
After finishing breakfast alone, Lin Yu leisurely strolled to the pavilion in the World Tree’s canopy. He projected his consciousness into the system’s world channel to watch people tear each other apart.
The closer it got to the end of the month, the fiercer the battle between Yun Qihao and Qian Duoduo became. Their respective underlings were also flaming each other in the chat.
The two of them had topped the leaderboards for two consecutive periods, attracting a sizable following.
Yun Qihao spent several days trying to coax people in his private chat groups, but no one was willing to become his Close Guard. In the end, he found two powerful individuals among his own fans and recruited them.
The Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom and War, through some special channel, gave each of his Close Guards a golden Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom and War blueprint, a purple War Sanctuary blueprint, and a purple Wisdom Sanctuary blueprint.
All three blueprints could be used to recruit troops of their corresponding quality.
These two boasted in the chat channel for a good while, which actually did help Yun Qihao win over many people to the side of the Goddess of Wisdom and War.
However, as he recruited more people, the quality of his followers became a mixed bag. Led by certain individuals, they began to verbally abuse Qian Duoduo in the chat channel.
Qian Duoduo couldn’t win the flame war alone. In a fit of anger, he unleashed his "superpower"—money—and also recruited a batch of followers, paying them for every insult they hurled.
And just like that, the two sides started raising hell in the world chat channel, turning it completely upside down.
Any messages from other people were instantly buried. Left with no choice, everyone else stopped talking and just watched the monkey show. Some even fanned the flames anonymously.
Lin Yu had gotten a lot of entertainment out of it over the past few days and even learned some classic lines.
"My Lord, My Lord!"
Just as Lin Yu was immersed in the profound and extensive nature of language, Lin Chenxi suddenly ran up, looking delighted.
For the past few days, she had been searching the library for materials related to Spiritual Energy and runes. She’d been eating and sleeping there and hadn’t come to the Lord’s Mansion in days.
"Did you unlock ’Basic Rune Theory’ and ’Basic Application of Runes’?" Lin Yu guessed excitedly, seeing how happy Lin Chenxi was.
Lin Yu knew what Lin Chenxi had been up to. For her to suddenly emerge from the library looking this happy, it had to be good news.
"Ah... no..."
Lin Yu asked, puzzled, "Hm? Then what are you so happy about?"
"My Lord, we found some materials related to runes, but they were either high-level books or useless novels and biographies. We didn’t find any materials related to those two basic projects."
"However, My Lord, we made an unexpected discovery."
"We found ’A Study on the Essence of the Sun and Moon,’ ’On How to Absorb the Essence of the Sun and Moon,’ ’The Miraculous Breathing Method,’ ’The Conversion of the Essence of the Sun and Moon into Spiritual Energy’..."
"And then, the Technology Tree unlocked a new project: the Sun and Moon Breathing Technique."
"The Sun and Moon Breathing Technique?"
Lin Yu repeated the name in his mind, his eyes lighting up.
There were now demons in his territory, but none of them had a proper Cultivation Technique. The Demon Race usually just absorbed the Spiritual Energy in the territory based on their own understanding.
Fortunately, the Spiritual Energy in the territory was abundant, so even with their crude absorption methods, they could still take in a fair amount to strengthen themselves.
This "Sun and Moon Breathing Technique" thing sounded just like a Cultivation Technique. If the Demon Race could use it, their growth would accelerate, and the territory’s combat power would increase even faster.
Lin Yu projected his consciousness onto the Technology Tree and, sure enough, saw a new researchable project. Presumably because they had already found the associated books, it had no prerequisites and could be researched immediately.
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[Name]: Sun and Moon Breathing Technique
[Category]: Spiritual Energy Application
[Description]: A breathing method that enhances the efficiency of Spiritual Energy absorption. When in a region without Spiritual Energy, it allows one to absorb the essence of the sun and moon and convert it into Spiritual Energy, which can then be used to strengthen the body, increase potential, refine bloodlines, etc.
In regions with Spiritual Energy, using this breathing method to absorb the essence of the sun and moon will also absorb ambient Spiritual Energy, drastically increasing the efficiency of Spiritual Energy absorption and conversion.
Applicable Races: All breathing species.
[Special Note]: As the current territory contains the special "Demon" race, using the Sun and Moon Breathing Technique to absorb Spiritual Energy will increase the probability of non-humanoid creatures undergoing Demon Transformation.
[Prerequisites]: None
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Seeing that the Sun and Moon Breathing Technique was applicable to all breathing species, Lin Yu was overjoyed. This meant that all the inhabitants of his territory could now grow rapidly.
Moreover, it could also increase the chances of the territory’s animal inhabitants undergoing Demon Transformation. Although he didn’t know how high the chance was, it was still incredibly useful.
"Good! Excellent work!"
"Chenxi, you’ve performed another great service for the territory!"
"Immediately arrange for..." Lin Yu suddenly remembered that all the free personnel in the research institute were currently searching for materials.
"Recruit a group from the Demon Race to come to the research institute. Let them research the relevant aspects of the Sun and Moon Breathing Technique."
"As for you..."
"My Lord, I will continue searching the Wisdom Library for materials related to runes. I will unlock ’Basic Rune Theory’ and ’Basic Application of Runes’ as soon as possible."
With that, Lin Chenxi turned to leave.
"Wait. Have you eaten?" Lin Yu asked, his heart aching a little as he looked at Lin Chenxi’s somewhat dry hair.
"I... I’ve eaten." Lin Chenxi had slept at the research institute last night. Upon waking up and learning about the "Sun and Moon Breathing Technique," she had rushed to inform Lin Yu, grabbing some fruit to eat along the way.
According to her old dietary habits, that would have counted as breakfast.
But these days, Lin Yu had introduced new cooking methods and new dietary habits. By the territory’s current standards, eating only fruit for breakfast didn’t count.
Lin Chenxi quietly put her hands behind her back, fiddling with her fingers.
Lin Yu heard the hesitation in her voice and saw her small gesture, immediately understanding.
He took Lin Chenxi by the hand and had her sit down, then instructed a Guardian (a Druid Guard) to fetch some breakfast from the cafeteria.
"Chenxi, there’s no need to be in such a hurry!"
"But, My Lord, if we don’t unlock ’Basic Rune Theory’ and ’Basic Application of Runes,’ we can’t develop Spiritual Weapons, and the territory’s power development will be slowed down."
"Don’t rush, don’t rush!" Lin Yu quickly reassured her. He knew that failing to trigger the research for these two projects meant they were either looking in the wrong direction or the corresponding materials were extremely rare.
Whatever the reason, it meant they could either unlock it in the next moment or have to wait until the end of time.
Lin Yu decided not to gamble on luck anymore. After all, the Wisdom Library was enormous; no one knew where the materials for ’Basic Rune Theory’ and ’Basic Application of Runes’ were located.
He opened the Points Mall in the system and clicked on its technology branch.
This was a new category of purchasable items that had unlocked in the Points Mall after the Wisdom Library was built. Lin Yu had only discovered it recently when he was idly browsing the mall out of boredom.
It sold various kinds of knowledge (materials) used to unlock research projects. However, it only sold basic and elementary knowledge, and it was quite expensive. Even ordinary basic-level knowledge (like Basic Mathematics, etc.) cost 500 points.
If it hadn’t been so difficult to find the relevant materials in the Wisdom Library and unlock the corresponding project this time, he wouldn’t have even considered resorting to this.