After arranging all these, Zhou Yan smiled with satisfaction and said, "It seems I need to learn some skills related to formations and runes, so I can unleash their full potential."
He wasn't afraid of death, he simply felt that in life, one should learn more useful things.
He teleported to the territory.
The first thing he did was take out that mysterious tombstone building.
[Building: ???]
[Level: ???]
[Quality: ???]
[Attributes: ???]
These were the attributes of this building. They had been dumbfounded at the time, having never seen such a building before.
Just then, the ancient scroll within his body began to stir and feel hot again.
It was like it had encountered a beautiful woman and wanted to come out to chat.
He agreed.
In an instant, the ancient scroll appeared in the air and unfolded. The building before him seemed to sense the attraction of a "mate" and was involuntarily drawn towards it.
Then, they looked at each other and hit it off.
The mysterious tombstone building thus entered the embrace of the ancient scroll and... ate it.
Zhou Yan: "???"
Just like that?
Was all his anticipation in vain?
He had expected to construct a world-shattering building, but after the building was consumed by the ancient scroll, nothing seemed to have changed.
He placed the ancient scroll in front of him and unfolded it, examining it carefully. Towards the end, he noticed that the ancient scroll had undergone significant changes over time.
Many building graphics had appeared on it. Upon closer inspection, the newly added building designs were precisely those unknown quality buildings in his territory.
Both the [Palace of Lingxiao] and the [Imperial Palace of the Heavenly Emperor] were depicted there.
Buildings of RRR quality were not even qualified to join this ancient scroll.
It seemed the ancient scroll had very high standards, choosing its "harem" with a taste as unique as his.
He saw the tombstone building, at the very end of the ancient scroll. However, he felt that this tombstone seemed to be more than just one, as this particular tombstone appeared to be encircling something.
He didn't know how many such tombstone buildings there were, but it seemed that only by collecting them all would its true purpose be revealed.
Although the final result was somewhat disappointing, he still discovered that his "Yin-Yang Creation Art" had undergone some changes and seemed to have become stronger than before.
No wonder he had noticed his abilities growing stronger recently; one or two individuals were no longer enough for him.
"Could these buildings surpassing RRR quality help me evolve my cultivation technique?"
His cultivation technique was already of the highest quality. If it were to go any higher, what quality would it be?
He was unsure.
But he knew that his abilities would only become stronger.
Therefore, in many situations, he was forced to "gather a harem."
After all, as pure-hearted as he was, what ill intentions could he possibly have?
He put away the ancient scroll and first went to [Sansheng Stone] to sign in.
After obtaining over a thousand Soul Coins, he returned to the [Mysterious Shop], only to find that the items appearing this time were all buildings.
And they were all barracks, albeit the lowest-level ones.
He purchased them and refreshed the shop again.
Five more buildings appeared. This time, the buildings were quite surprising, as they were [Altars].
"Has my luck exploded today? Ten buildings have appeared!"
He was very happy and began constructing the [Barracks].
Territory Notification: "Barracks constructed. Barracks have evolved into [Stone Warrior]."
He looked at the quality of this building; it was only an SS-quality barracks, and not particularly impressive.
He was not short of barracks now, but this barracks still had its uses; it could be used to upgrade the quality of other barracks.
He constructed the other four [Barracks] and found them to be unfamiliar types of barracks.
Thus, he consumed three SS-quality [Barracks] to upgrade the quality of the [White Robe Ghost Soldier] barracks to R-grade.
The attributes of all soldiers were improved. This saved more Soul Coins than summoning new soldier types, especially since he now only desired very specific types of soldiers.
It was just that these appearing soldier types were not what he wanted.
He could only discard them.
He kept the remaining two barracks for now and would bring them out when needed later.
He began constructing the [Altars].
Territory Notification: "Altar constructed. Altar has evolved into [Mysterious Shop]."
Oh, he had acquired another S-quality [Mysterious Shop].
He started constructing [Altars] again, eventually obtaining three S-grade [Mysterious Shops] and two SS-grade [Mysterious General Stores].
He consumed one [Mysterious Shop] building to upgrade the quality of the level 60 [Mysterious Shop] to SS-grade.
He had two [Mysterious Shops] remaining.
The items appearing in the [Mysterious Shop] were quite good. Therefore, he upgraded one [Mysterious Shop], raised its level to 60, and then used another [Mysterious Shop] to enhance its quality.
This way, he now possessed two SS-grade [Mysterious Shops].
He could only upgrade one, after all, materials like mysterious crystals were not easy to find.
He then upgraded the quality of the evolved [Mysterious Supermarket] to SSS-grade.
He approached this newly upgraded [Mysterious Shop]. Five items appeared inside: two recipe books, one skill book, and two equipment blueprints.
He purchased all of them.
The recipe books could be given to Liu Yue. One was S-quality, and the other was B-quality. He imagined she would like them.
The skill book was also quite decent; it was an S-grade [Gathering Art], much more advanced than the gathering art he had obtained previously.
He immediately learned this [Gathering Art].
[Learned "S·Gathering Art," automatically consumed "D·Gathering Art."]
The same type of skill could be consumed; this was indeed quite good.
The other two equipment blueprints were a dark gold quality shield blueprint and a diamond quality spear blueprint.
These were valuable items! He hadn't expected such good things to appear in a high-quality [Mysterious Shop].
He refreshed the shop.
Five more items appeared. This time, they were five single-use scrolls.
Unfortunately, the highest quality was A-grade, with rather small power. However, he bought them all. He didn't need them, but others always would.
Finally, he arrived at the [Scripture Pavilion]. After several days of skill draws, the skills on the shelves had increased considerably, but there were still not many skills exceeding R-grade.
He began drawing skills.
[Scripture Pavilion] Notification: "Congratulations on obtaining [Essentials of Elementary Formations]."
"Hey, does this Scripture Pavilion know I want to learn formations right now?"
He took the skill book and began learning. Many fundamental principles of formations were thus acquired by him.
Formations were profound and extensive, and this foundation was extremely important, greatly benefiting his formation setups.
Don't be fooled by the name [Essentials of Elementary Formations]; its quality was B, which showed that even the basics were very valuable.
He continued to draw skills. On the tenth draw, he obtained [Essentials of Intermediate Formations] again. This time, its quality was A-grade. He learned it again, replacing the previous formation essentials book.
Finally, on the fiftieth draw, he obtained the R-grade [Mystic Gate Formations]. Unfortunately, his formation knowledge was insufficient, and he couldn't learn it.
He didn't draw [Essentials of Advanced Formations] later, which was a pity. He could only put it aside for now.
He suddenly sensed something and went outside the territory, directly entering the [Palace of Lingxiao]. A new notification had appeared there.
[Palace of Lingxiao] Notification: "Someone is attempting to probe the precise location of the territory. Sky-Veiling Skill activated. Severe backlash damage inflicted on the intruder."
Zhou Yan saw this and chuckled. "Damn it, let's see who dares to lay a hand on me now!"
Besides being a place to sleep, the [Palace of Lingxiao] was indeed quite useful.
He liked it.
[Palace of Lingxiao]: "┭┮﹏┭┮"
(Author: That's all for today. I wish everyone a good night's sleep and sweet dreams of beautiful women.)