Chapter 60: Yellow Dragon Divine Decree, Mirror Attribute!

Salt mining has a very broad definition. Salt mines can be extracted from underground, originating from historical changes and crustal movements. People can harvest these salt mines and process them for consumption. It seems the villagers in Qingfeng Stronghold were using such salt deposits.

In the vast ocean, salt deposits also form on the rocks of certain islands through countless causes. Waves crash and beat against the rocks, and seawater is evaporated by the scorching sun day after day, year after year, forming salt deposits. These are also edible, though they require a certain level of technical processing.

Salt is also a vital foundational resource.

Qingfeng Stronghold possessed a medium-sized salt mine with a daily output of 2,500 units. Its population of 150,000 consumed approximately 1,800 units of salt per day. Over time, they had actually accumulated two million units of salt. Although it was crude salt, its value was immense!

Lin Mu had previously purchased some crude salt in Qingfeng Stronghold, which cost 100 copper coins per unit. Two million units, at normal market prices, would be worth 200 million copper coins! Indeed, a salt mine was nothing less than a mountain of gold!

During the relocation, all these salt supplies had already been transported back, meaning the territory would no longer need to purchase salt from the market in the future! Even if there were a shortage, there was still a salt mine here waiting to be exploited. Once the relocation work was completed, miners would be organized and dispatched here to extract it!

Lin Mu carefully examined the territory attribute information of Qingfeng Stronghold and found that, aside from the salt mine and the expert-level inscription workshop which caught his eye, everything else was quite ordinary.

Lin Mu began the operation to annex the stronghold.

"Ding!"

——System Prompt: Lord Lin Mu, do you wish to incorporate the large stronghold, Qingfeng Stronghold, as a subordinate territory?

"Yes!" Lin Mu confirmed.

"——System Prompt: Congratulations, Lord Lin Mu. You have successfully incorporated Qingfeng Stronghold as a subordinate territory. Qingfeng Stronghold has become a subordinate territory of True Dragon Village, and you have obtained ownership of Qingfeng Stronghold!"

"——System Prompt: Lord Lin Mu, since your territory is a divine-grade territory, the hidden attribute of the Yellow Dragon Divine Token allows for mirror attribute territory operations. Do you wish to proceed?"

Just as expected, just as expected! Lin Mu was ecstatic!

A few days ago, when Lin Mu was chatting casually with Chang Yin and Feng Zhong, they had discussed several hidden settings of divine-grade territories. Chang Yin had been particularly interested in the feature where a divine-grade territory had no fixed area restriction, believing it was not merely a matter of spatial size, but likely held some hidden mysteries. Later, the three of them proposed various possibilities regarding this issue, and the one they ultimately deemed most likely was this mirror attribute.

Lin Mu began his initial attempt at the configuration!

"Proceed with the mirror attribute configuration!" An excited Lin Mu pressed his hand firmly against the stele.

"Ding!"

——Since this is not the dragon vein location of Yinglong Valley, the special attribute 1 of True Dragon Village: [Earth Virtue Auspice] cannot take effect. Therefore, you may choose one attribute to retain from the original territory's attributes!

Ah, so this special attribute 1: [Earth Virtue Auspice] had no effect outside of Yinglong Valley? This came as a surprise.

Lin Mu pondered for a moment and chose to retain this territory attribute: Increase resource gathering yield within the territory by 20%.

In truth, both attributes of Qingfeng Stronghold were quite poor, offering only a 20% bonus, which was completely incomparable to his own territory's 100%. Lin Mu had nothing to hesitate over. If other players knew about this, who knows, they might spit on him in envy. Many players out there didn't even have a territory yet, and most of those who did had established them using Yellow-tier Village Building Tokens, which possessed only a pathetic single attribute, and their bonuses generally hovered around a meager 10%!

A Yellow-tier bonus was around 10%, a Mystic-tier around 20%, an Earth-tier around 40%, and a Heaven-tier around 50%. These were the figures discovered by players in his past life. Yet now, Lin Mu knew that the bonus for a divine-grade territory was a staggering 100%! It was more than double that of a Heaven-tier, making it overwhelmingly dominant!

"Ding!"

——System Prompt: Qingfeng Stronghold's territory attributes have been successfully regenerated! Please check, player!

"Ding!"

——System Prompt: Congratulations, Lord Lin Mu. You have subdued the large Qingfeng Stronghold to become your subordinate territory, becoming the first player in the world to subdue a medium-sized township. You have obtained the title of "Primary Pioneer"! The system specially rewards you with +500 reputation, a Yellow-tier [Territory Building Advancement Scroll], and a Yellow-tier [Nüwa Treasure Chest]!

As Lin Mu finished configuring the mirror attributes, the pleasant system prompt chimed once more. Hearing this, the corners of Lin Mu's mouth curled upward. It had appeared—the item he desired most in the early stages had finally appeared: the [Territory Building Advancement Scroll].

This was precisely one of the favorite advancement scrolls for lord-class players! In the market, it was always in high demand with zero supply; the moment one appeared, it would spark a frenzy of pursuit and attention, and its price was exorbitant. In his past life, Lin Mu remembered a player who sold a Mystic-tier Territory Building Advancement Scroll for 100 gold coins. After the system update and currency exchange, that amounted to one million RMB. Since the currency of the Huaxia nation was pegged on par with the US dollar, that equaled one million US dollars!

The robust RMB possessed immense purchasing power. In the new era, one million could accomplish a great deal of things! For instance, purchasing a gaming pod would allow for prolonged gaming sessions without the need to log off to replenish nutrition.

It was an artifact that allowed one to persist in gaming for a month straight! The dream of sudden wealth achieved overnight!

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The [Territory Building Advancement Scroll], [Skill Advancement Scroll], [Specialty Advancement Scroll], and [Level Advancement Scroll] were hailed as the Four Great Scrolls, most welcomed by players!

The [Skill Advancement Scroll] and [Specialty Advancement Scroll], as their names suggested, were used to advance skills and specialties. Their properties were similar to the [Territory Building Advancement Scroll], differing only in the target of enhancement. As for the [Level Advancement Scroll], it was not merely as simple as raising one's level; it possessed a hidden attribute: breaking through the shackles of talent-restricted levels and exceeding the level cap!

Take Lin Mu for example. Currently, just like other players, he possessed a manifest Tier-4 talent, meaning he could level up to a maximum of Level 49 and could not routinely advance to Level 50. If he wished to reach Level 50, he would have to go to the Nüwa Temple to undergo the [Shackle Trial]. Successfully passing the trial would allow him to continue leveling up until reaching Level 59, after which he would need to undergo the [Shackle Trial] once again, and so on in a cycle! The aboriginal residents were subject to the exact same restriction!

Now, with a [Level Advancement Scroll], when Lin Mu reached Level 49, using it would raise his level by 1 to Level 50. This effectively broke through the shackles of the talent-restricted level without having to undergo the arduous [Shackle Trial]. Thus, the [Level Advancement Scroll] had become the simplest shortcut for players to break through, even though such scrolls were not easily acquired.

Among them, the [Territory Building Advancement Scroll] could enhance territory buildings. Unless it was a very special building, using this scroll could elevate a building by one tier.

Lin Mu recalled that Yellow-tier scrolls could elevate buildings below Advanced by one tier, Mystic-tier scrolls could elevate buildings below Expert by one tier, Earth-tier scrolls could elevate buildings below Master by one tier, and Heaven-tier scrolls could elevate buildings below Grandmaster by one tier. Divine-tier scrolls had never appeared!

The moment this reward materialized, Lin Mu immediately determined its intended target: the Medium Refugee Camp! Using the Yellow-tier Building Advancement Scroll would elevate that medium refugee camp into an advanced one. In the future, both the volume and quality of the population refreshed in the territory should experience a massive boost!

When it came to refugee camps within a territory, conventional methods of expansion were ineffective. Even if the building's scale were expanded several times over, the population generated would remain identical and would not increase.

Regardless, the achievement of being the first to subjugate a township was now safely tucked into his pocket!