He finally arrived at the fourth floor of the [Scripture Pavilion].
This floor was for drawing talents.
There were no bookshelves on this floor. It seemed that once a talent was drawn, it could only be used by one person.
He was quite curious about what kind of talents he might draw, so he walked to the center, stood before the draw mirror, and reached his hand inside to begin.
When he pulled his hand out, it had turned into a beam of light. He clicked to view it.
[Talent: Strength Enhancement]
[Quality: B]
[Description: Upon use, greatly enhances one's own strength.]
"So this is what talents are like," he nodded and began to draw again.
The [Scripture Pavilion] prompted: "Congratulations on obtaining 'Agility Enhancement'."
...
"Agility Enhancement," "Vision Enhancement," "Constitution Enhancement," "Spirit Enhancement"...
The talents drawn were good, but unfortunately, their quality wasn't very high. The highest was still that B-grade one.
He used up all his remaining draws in the [Scripture Pavilion].
The [Scripture Pavilion] prompted: "Congratulations on obtaining 'Bloodline Enhancement'."
[Talent: Bloodline Enhancement]
[Quality: A]
[Description: Can enhance one's own bloodline, strengthen bloodline recovery, and reduce bleeding effects.]
"What a shame, it's only an A-grade talent. If only it were a top-tier talent."
He had obtained over twenty talents, and the highest quality was this [Bloodline Enhancement].
He only wanted the most powerful talents and didn't care for these lower-tier ones.
He planned to draw skill books first tomorrow and wasn't going to draw for talents anymore.
Good talents were not easy to obtain. Da Feng Novel Network.
After leaving the [Scripture Pavilion], he took out another building.
This was an R-grade building, given to him by Ye Bufan.
The territory prompted: "Constructing [Ziwei Palace], [Ziwei Palace] has evolved into [Hall of Heroes]."
"Hall of Heroes?"
He looked curiously at the building before him.
The building was quite imposing, with two statues at the entrance.
One holding a spear, the other a sword, stood on the left and right sides of the [Hall of Heroes].
The statues were tall, about ten meters high, and the entire building was also large.
The entrance was a pair of dark black doors, which were currently closed, making it impossible to see inside.
He clicked on the building's information to view it.
[Building: Hall of Heroes]
[Level: 1 (Requires Upgrade)]
[Quality: Unknown]
[Special Attribute One: Summon Generals]
[Description: The Hall of Heroes possesses endless heroic souls. These souls have spirits, and you can awaken them by consuming Soul Coins. Consuming one thousand Soul Coins can summon an S-grade heroic soul; five thousand Soul Coins for an SS-grade; ten thousand for an SSS-grade; one hundred thousand for an R-grade; five hundred thousand for an RR-grade; one million for an RRR-grade.]
Zhou Yan was astonished. It had evolved into a building capable of summoning heroes!
And it only required consuming a certain amount of Soul Coins to obtain heroes of corresponding quality.
"Great! This way, I can obtain all sorts of top-tier heroes!"
He was very pleased.
However, top-tier heroes cost one million Soul Coins each.
This price was definitely not affordable for ordinary people.
Even he couldn't spend all his Soul Coins on summoning top-tier heroes.
He began to upgrade the Hall of Heroes and discovered that this building didn't use Spirit Coins for upgrades but required Soul Coins.
But he had no choice; what needed to be consumed had to be consumed.
He began to upgrade the [Hall of Heroes] to see what new attributes would appear after the upgrade.
The territory prompted: "Consumed 500 Soul Coins, [Hall of Heroes] level increased to 2."
...
After level 11, the [Hall of Heroes] gained another attribute.
[Special Attribute Two: Summon Civil Officials]
"This is truly a timely arrival. My territory is just lacking such talents."
Zhou Yan was very happy. He continued to upgrade, wanting to see how high he could raise the [Hall of Heroes].
After level 30, the [Hall of Heroes] required Three-Star Soul Crystals to continue upgrading.
He definitely didn't have these, so he could only upgrade it to level 30.
He checked the remaining Soul Coins in his territory, which were just over three million.
He wasn't particularly short of generals at the moment. What he needed now was talent for governing the territory.
After the [Hall of Heroes] was upgraded, the entire building became two stories.
He pushed open the black doors of the [Hall of Heroes] and walked inside.
Inside was a training hall, with various weapons displayed around, hundreds of types in total.
In the center was a summoning altar. He was familiar with such buildings and knew it was used for summoning.
This floor was for summoning generals. He walked upstairs.
The floor above was completely different. The walls were adorned with murals of civil officials and emperors, giving it a refined and elegant atmosphere.
This floor was specifically for summoning civil officials. He walked to the center.
Then he began to summon the civil talents from the [Hall of Heroes].
He definitely wasn't going to summon low-tier talents for now; he would use the highest tier directly.
The [Hall of Heroes] prompted: "Soul Coins - One Million, summoned civil talent, Xiao He!"
"It's Xiao He!" Zhou Yan was greatly shocked.
Xiao He was a very famous figure. The Han Emperor Liu Bang's victory in conquering the world owed much to Xiao He's contributions.
There is a saying in history: "Success is due to Xiao He, failure is due to Xiao He."
This precisely refers to Xiao He.
His name would be remembered for millennia and widely circulated because of his outstanding abilities.
If Liu Bang had not met Xiao He, there would not have been the later eight hundred years of the Great Han dynasty.
This was definitely a person with extremely formidable administrative abilities. Hearing that it was him, Zhou Yan burst into laughter.
A beam of light flashed, and a young man appeared on the summoning altar.
This person was Xiao He, appearing very young with clear eyebrows and eyes. Upon seeing Zhou Yan, he bowed respectfully and said, "Your humble servant Xiao He pays respects to the Lord."
"Rise, rise. With Xiao He's assistance, I am like a tiger with wings!" Zhou Yan was overjoyed.
"The Lord overpraises me. If there is a need, Xiao He will do his utmost,"
Xiao He replied swiftly, neither subservient nor arrogant, very dignified.
He checked Xiao He's attributes. Other than that, nothing was important. The RRR-grade administrative talent satisfied him greatly.
After chatting for a while, Zhou Yan felt that Xiao He would need helpers to manage the entire territory, so he began to summon again.
The [Hall of Heroes] prompted: "Soul Coins - One Million, summoned civil talent, Fang Xuanling!"
"Fang Xuanling, known as 'Fang plans, Du decides'!" Zhou Yan became happy again.
Fang Xuanling was one of the most important figures to Emperor Taizong of Tang, and one of the twenty-four meritorious officials of the Lingyan Pavilion. His achievements and abilities were extremely formidable in his time.
Not only was his administrative ability first-class, but he was also a top-tier talent in strategizing.
Fang Xuanling followed Li Shimin in pacifying the realm, facing life and death, and enduring the hardships of establishing the empire. He never forgot the difficulty of founding an enterprise, constantly reminding himself, strongly guarding against pride and extravagance, in order to maintain the long-term peace and stability of the country.
Fang Xuanling also valued governance, believing that the problem of governance was fundamental to seeking order, and the fairness and uprightness of officials were the keys to ruling the nation.
It could be said that Fang Xuanling's contributions to the entire Tang Dynasty were immense. He could not only offer advice but also govern the country.
(Author: Nothing more today.)