Two Worlds: The Demon Cultivator Mistakenly Enters the Lord's World

Chapter 99 The Heart of the City, the Territory of Xuan Yin Temple
The Daoist Canon states: Anyone with seven orifices can cultivate themselves.

In the world of cultivation, besides the methods of human cultivation, there are also methods of cultivation for demons and spirits.

Lu Feng's Xuan Yin Temple is confined to one place and has had little contact with the cultivation world, so it has not yet collected any cultivation methods that can be used by tree people.

With the addition of three tree people equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage, Lu Feng has completely transformed his abilities, and he is even less afraid of the cultivators behind the Blood God Child.

With the Tree Man present, even if he cannot defeat the Blood Path cultivator, his life will be spared.

The two-star Treants are all kind and docile, and after joining the territory, they all receive the territory's "Flourishing" trait.

It was visibly that the auras of the three tree people had become more robust.

"Joining Blackrock Territory was definitely the right decision! The territory's unique characteristics are very helpful for our growth! The lord is promising and has potential, and will also provide us with valuable knowledge for our cultivation."

The three tree-people chatted and quickly adapted to life as citizens of Blackrock Territory.

Here, there is an inexhaustible supply of water from the Moon Well and sweet dew to nourish the land, and one can also learn new knowledge. Even their former lord could not provide Blackrock Village with such conditions.

They all agreed that joining Blackrock Village was a promising venture.

The future is limitless.

Having successfully brought the three treants into his territory, Lu Feng finally had time to examine the changes brought about by upgrading his territory to 1-star gold.

Undoubtedly, this territory upgrade has brought another territory feature to Blackrock Village.

[Soul Soothing]: Territory trait, soothes the soul and nourishes the body, increases the territory's attractiveness to undead creatures.

"This trait actually affects the souls and spirits of the people in the territory, and can also increase the territory's attractiveness to undead creatures!"

Lu Feng observed the characteristics of "Soul Soothing" and carefully considered them.

He discovered that whenever he was in the Blackrock Territory, a faint, cool power would act on his mind, nourishing his soul and spirit.

It is very subtle, but it does exist.

Lu Feng also asked the other people in the territory. Apart from Ghost Grey and the three tree people who could sense the subtle changes, the others said they didn't feel much.

But since the territory was upgraded, everyone has said that they sleep better at night and have more energy during the day.

The investigation revealed that the "Soul Soothing" trait was not as pronounced as the "Growth" trait, but it did have a real impact on all the inhabitants of the territory.

Spiritual and spiritual growth is subtle and may not show obvious changes in a short period of time, but it has a profound impact and benefits on the future.

Whether it's spellcaster training in the Lord's World or melee warrior training, a strong spirit always allows you to learn all knowledge and skills faster.

In the cultivation world, strong spiritual power is essential for operating techniques and casting spells.

After his territory was upgraded, with no orc tribes lurking nearby, Lu Feng's days became leisurely again.

After entrusting the tasks of clearing out wild monsters in his territory and expanding his territory to the heroes Ironwall and Gray, Lu Feng spent most of his time cultivating every day.

Practicing four blood cultivation techniques simultaneously, reaching the late stage of Qi Refining, requires considerable time and resources to open each acupoint.

Together with Evelyn, they refined the Yellow Sprout Pill.

With the aid of war experience, the Huangyadan pills were consumed exceptionally quickly.

Practicing all four methods simultaneously consumes an exceptionally large amount of the monster's essence and blood.

Ironwall and Gray each had a blood essence bottle. Every day, when they encountered monsters while cleaning their territory, their blood essence would be drained and stored in the bottle to bring to Lu Feng.

If it weren't for the battle with the orc tribes, which resulted in the slaughter of a large number of orcs, Lu Feng's Blood Shadow Banner would have accumulated some of the orcs' blood essence.

The monster blood essence that Iron Wall and Gray collect on a daily basis is really not enough for Lu Feng's daily needs.

As for the blood of the dragon-transformed demon lizard collected in Bloodfang Territory, Lu Feng did not use this 2-star quality monster blood again after all four of his cultivation techniques had broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

He planned to save it for when he reached the Foundation Establishment stage; for his current ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, he could simply use the monster's blood.

In between daily practice.

After Akalya had pacified the occupied orcish territories, he invited Lu Feng to attend the celebration party in Golden Eagle Territory.

With the orcish enemy gone, things will be much easier for Golden Eagle Territory from now on.

At Akalia's invitation, Lu Feng simply brought Gray along as scheduled.

Just in case, he carried three Treemen and Corrupted Abominations in his waist pouch as bodyguards.

The core area of ​​Golden Eagle Territory has been transformed into a small town, bustling with many pedestrians.

Lu Feng was slightly surprised by Golden Eagle Territory when he first arrived.

However, this place has a strong lordly world style, and it still falls short compared to Dongping County in the cultivation world.

The pedestrians were all units recruited by the human race buildings. The units were very distinctive, but the atmosphere of daily life was lacking.

Lu Feng's Black Stone Territory is pretty much the same; it's a typical feature of the lord's world, so there's not much to say about it.

Upon entering the lord's mansion in Golden Eagle Territory, Akalia had prepared a great deal for today's victory celebration banquet, with fine wines and delicious food readily available in the banquet hall.

Lu Feng savored the fine wine of Golden Eagle Territory, enjoyed the victory celebration banquet, and immersed himself in the joyful atmosphere.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

As Lu Feng and Akaleya chatted, the conversation inevitably turned to the development of their territory.

"After conquering a piece of the orc tribe's territory this time, your territory should be able to advance to level 2!"

Lu Feng asked curiously, as he didn't know much about the territory's advancement.

Lu Feng was still somewhat confused about how Blackstone Territory had developed to this point.

Akalia possesses the family heritage of the Golden Eagle Clan and has a clear understanding of the future, while Lu Feng can only rely on himself to slowly acquire information and find his own way out.

The difference is huge.

Upon hearing this, Akalia smiled and patiently explained to Lu Feng:
"It's still a long way off. Establishing a 2-star territory is no easy task. Not only do you need a large enough territory, but you also need to clear out the wild monsters that spawn every week and transform the territory into a safe place where normal people can live!"

"Moreover, this is only one of the conditions. You also need to obtain the Heart of the City and establish a city within your territory!"

Along the way, Lu Feng saw that the towns outside the lord's mansion were where Akalaya was making preliminary preparations for building a city in the Golden Eagle Territory.

"How do I obtain the Heart of the City?"

Lu Feng's territory is already at 1-star gold, and he plans to develop it to 2-star in the future. So he asked a very crucial question.

Akalia smiled at Lu Feng, held up two fingers, and said:

"There are two ways to obtain the Heart of a City. One way is to conquer a city and seize the Heart of the City inside."

This method is somewhat difficult, as the territories where you build cities are basically all 2-star cities.

Lu Feng and Akaleya's territories are only 1-star gold, and they don't have many powerful troops to attack 2-star territories' cities; they're basically just free kills.

Of course, Akalia is different from Lu Feng. She may be able to rely on the Golden Eagle family behind her to obtain a City Heart to build her own 2-star territory.

However, Akaleya clearly wouldn't use that method; she preferred to use another approach.

"Another way is to manage the territory well, expand the population, build your own city, and then nurture the core of the territory with the hearts of the people, slowly upgrading it into the heart of the city, and creating your own 2-star territory!"

This method is safe and only requires time and population.

The larger the population, the faster and easier it is to unite the hearts of the people in the city.

Akalya's construction of farmland and recruitment of large numbers of soldiers for his territory were all preparations for this purpose.

This method requires a high level of skill in managing the lord's territory.

If mismanaged, it is easy for problems to arise, leading to insufficient income and eventual bankruptcy of the territory.

The people in the territory are starving and living poorly. Their hearts are not united, and naturally, they cannot cultivate the spirit of a city.

Lu Feng understood upon hearing this.

This second method is also suitable for him in Blackrock Territory.

Although there are not many humans in Blackrock Territory, there are quite a few undead. The undead souls are dull and have little power to unite the people's hearts, but as long as their numbers increase, they can slowly cultivate the heart of the city.

Moreover, with the Xuan Yin Temple as a powerful backer for his territory, Lu Feng's people live a life of plenty, making it easier to win over the hearts and minds of the people.

Lu Feng even felt that if he expanded the territory of Xuan Yin Temple and created a core territory for the cultivation world, he might be able to turn Xuan Yin Temple into a 2-star city.

The population of Dongping County, where Xuan Yin Temple is located, is much larger than that of Black Stone Territory. It enjoys popular support. The only weakness is that there are too many ordinary people and too few cultivators in Xuan Yin Temple's territory, so its overall strength and life level are not as good as those in Black Stone Territory.

If Lu Feng were to expand the territory of Xuan Yin Temple and cultivate more cultivators with the help of the resources of the Lord's World, the territory of Xuan Yin Temple might develop even faster than that of Black Stone Territory.

The establishment of structures like the Moon Well and the cemetery in Dongping County, and the benefits they brought to the cultivators of Xuan Yin Temple, are the best examples of this.

Based on the information described by Akalia, Lu Feng fell into deep thought, pondering how to manage his Blackstone Territory and Xuan Yin Temple.

"If a city could be built, it would bring many benefits. Not only would it reliably attract wild monsters wandering outside the territory to join, but it would also allow for independent research into territory buildings, enabling the construction of the territory according to needs."

Speaking of 2-star territories, Akalia also longed for them, after all, 1-star lords were as numerous as hairs on a cow in the Golden Eagle family.

A 2-star lord owns his own city and occupies a territory, which is already considered a minor achievement for a member of the Golden Eagle family.

The greater the achievement, the more support one can receive from the family, allowing them to accumulate wealth and grow stronger with each success.

For Lu Feng, establishing his own city also had many advantages. If he could independently construct troop buildings, he even wanted to turn the cultivators of Xuan Yin Temple into troops. According to the classification of the Lord's World, cultivators could be melee professionals or valuable spellcasters.

Taming monsters, raising ghosts, creating zombies, and various Taoist soldiers can all be used to build military structures.

In the future, the formation of these cultivation world troops within Lu Feng's territory will only make Lu Feng's future better.

After attending the victory celebration banquet in Golden Eagle Territory, Lu Feng saw the future development direction of the territory and returned to the territory with satisfaction.

After inspecting the various developments in the territory, Lu Feng also checked the core of Blackstone Village.

The stone tablet that was originally half a person's height in the brick house has become a stone tablet that is more than a person's height after these several territorial upgrades.

The stone tablet has the three large characters "Black Stone Territory" written on the front, and a golden star floats next to the three characters.

On the reverse side of the stone tablet was a very simple map, roughly outlining the territory of Blackstone Territory, which was not as detailed as the magic map in Lu Feng's hand.

Reaching out to touch the stone tablet at the heart of the territory, Lu Feng felt a connection between himself and the entire territory.

At the same time, Lu Feng also saw a long river of starlight, like the Milky Way, in the stone tablet.

Each faint starlight representing a citizen forms the long river of the people's hearts in this territory.

Most of them were dim and silent, representing the dull and lifeless thoughts of the undead creatures in the territory. Some were exceptionally active and bright, representing human or other race units in the territory.

The power of the people's hearts gathers and refines the core of the territory, much like cultivating Qi, allowing the Black Stone Territory to slowly evolve into the heart of the city.

"Progress 0.3%!"

Lu Feng's territory has only just been upgraded to 1-star gold, while Blackstone Village's territory core still has a long way to go before it can be upgraded to the Heart of the City.

After checking on the situation in Blackstone Territory, Lu Feng returned to Xuan Yin Temple with a territory core from Bloodfang Territory.

Bloodfang Territory was razed to the ground by Lu Feng in the last battle, so he doesn't really need to recruit lizardmen. He has already demolished the Dragon Vein Altar, so demolishing another territory core won't make much difference.

The core of Bloodfang Territory is something that resembles a blood-red scale or a blood-red fang.

Back at the Xuan Yin Temple, Lu Feng planted the object in the soil of the meditation room he used for daily cultivation.

Once it landed, it seemed to come alive and connect with the earth, becoming the core of the land beneath Lu Feng's feet.

"Xuanyin Temple!"

Lu Feng did not choose the name Dongping County, but instead named the territory he was in Xuanyin Temple.

His original 1-star blank status as the Lord of Dongping County was changed to the 1-star blank status as the Abbot of Xuanyin Temple after the territory core was established.

This is merely a change of identity and name; it does not affect the characteristics brought by the Lord of Dongping.

The advantage brought by the characteristic of "popular support" still exists and remains unchanged.

The territory enclosed by the Moon Well and the cemetery is also presented on the back of the core of the territory, echoing the three large characters of Xuan Yin Temple on the front.

Compared to the territory of Blackstone Territory, the current territory of Xuan Yin Temple has enough population, but too few buildings and not enough land for the territory to advance.

"The next step is to rapidly expand the Moon Well, the cemetery, and the Five Ghosts Altar to broaden the territory of the Xuan Yin Temple!"

Lu Feng pondered the matter of expanding his territory. After discussing it with the Daoist disciples Qinghe and Bihan, they offered some good suggestions.

“Xuanyin Temple has developed to the point that it has established branch temples in the county seat and rural villages of Dongping County. It is entirely possible to build moon wells and five ghost altars in these branch temples.”

"The water from the Moon Well can provide cultivation resources for the cultivators in the branch temple, and the Yin soldiers in the Five Ghosts Altar can also guard the branch temple and enhance the prestige of the Xuan Yin Temple!"

"The establishment of branch temples will further divert the increasing number of Daoist disciples and cultivators from the Xuan Yin Temple, allowing them to have their own territory and develop independently."

This method makes full use of the existing resources of Xuan Yin Temple and can also expand the territory of Xuan Yin Temple on a large scale.

In the world of cultivation, there are no outdoor buildings like in the world of lords. If Lu Feng wants to expand his territory with buildings, he can only build them himself.

When the new order was issued, the young Taoist disciples and cultivators in Xuan Yin Temple cheered.

In the Xuan Yin Temple, they were all insignificant nobodys.

If they could go out and establish branch temples, they would also become high-ranking cultivators within their own small territory.

Of course, this view is held by only a portion of the population.

Some aspiring Daoist disciples, eager to learn the Dao, wished to listen to the abbot's teachings at the Xuan Yin Temple and diligently study and practice.

They hoped that one day they could sense the heavens and earth, cultivate true qi, and embark on the path of immortality.

These are not matters for Lu Feng to concern himself with; the Daoist disciples Qinghe and Bihan have extensive experience and will arrange everything properly.

Lu Feng merely brought back some materials from the Lord's World to help them build Moon Wells in the Xuan Yin Temple branch.

Upon receiving Lu Feng's new orders, the Xuan Yin Temple began to operate rapidly like a massive machine, quickly selecting candidates from within the temple to establish a branch temple.

Since the addition of the Moon Well to Xuanyin Temple, the water in the Moon Well has become freely available.

In recent days, many aspiring Daoist disciples in the temple, who were just one step away from mastering the Daoist arts, have successfully sensed the heavens and earth, refined their true qi, opened their acupoints, and mastered the Xuan Yin Gong by using the power of the moonlight in the water of the Moon Well.

Although they were only beginners in the early stages of Qi Refining with only one or two acupoints, they were still proper cultivators, already different from ordinary people.

If he were to go out and take charge of the Xuan Yin Temple branch, he would definitely be able to suppress all villains.

They moved into the Xuan Yin Temple branch in Dongping County one by one. Lu Feng also took a few farmers there and built a Moon Well and a Five Ghosts Altar in the branch.

To ensure the safety of the Xuan Yin Temple branch, Lu Feng also left five 1-star, blank-level ghosts from the Lord World to reside in the Five Ghosts Altar of the branch.

The cultivators and Taoists who are stationed in the temple can use the Five Ghosts Spell to communicate with and summon the spirits in the altar to assist in battle.

Lu Feng's knowledge of ghostly arts was still somewhat weak. He had previously heard that some powerful Taoist temples kept several battalions of ghostly soldiers and spirits within their temples.

When any disciple needs something, they only need a talisman to summon the ghostly soldiers and spirits enshrined in the sect to fight.

For example, the famous Taoist sect of Longhu Mountain in Liang Kingdom can summon divine generals and patriarchs with a single talisman to fight against enemies.

Time passed, and more than half a month went by.

With the establishment of moon wells and Five Ghosts Altars within the Xuan Yin Temple territory, the territory gradually expanded.

Soon, on Lu Feng's magic map, the territory of Xuan Yin Temple covered the entire Dongping County.

Ding!
【Xuanyin Temple (1-star Silver)】

The county, plus the Moon Wells in the thirty-six branch temples of Xuan Yin Temple, the Five Ghosts Altar, and the several cemeteries established by Wang Yong.

Lu Feng also achieved his goal of reaching the 1-star silver level in the cultivation world.

"In the world of Lords, each territory upgrade grants it a new characteristic. I wonder what kind of surprise this Xuan Yin Temple territory upgrade will bring me?"

Lu Feng looked expectantly at the new features of the Xuan Yin Temple territory.

【Favorable Weather】: Territory characteristic, the climate within the territory is favorable and suitable for crop growth.

"This is another great talent for farming. Dongping County is already close to Honghu Lake and has abundant rainfall. Now that it has this characteristic, it can definitely become the granary of Xuanyin Temple."

Lu Feng said with great satisfaction.

This trait may seem weak at first glance, but as his territory expands and its influence extends to a wider area, this trait will definitely make the territory abundant in resources.

Even if we continue to supply Blackrock Territory with food resources, we will have no worries whatsoever.

Under Lu Feng's leadership and by leveraging the unique characteristics of his territory, Dongping County has developed rapidly.

People from neighboring counties who see the development of Dongping County are envious and drool over it.

Some bolder ordinary people even moved their entire families to Dongping County, transforming themselves into residents of Dongping County.

The magistrate of Dongping County doesn't care about such matters at all. As long as you come to Dongping County, register, and don't break the law, you are a citizen of Dongping County.

As soon as the first person to try it appeared, people began to flee from several nearby counties.

In some impoverished mountain villages, the entire village has been relocated in an extreme case.

As more and more people fled, the magistrates of nearby counties began to have second thoughts.

They wrote a letter to the magistrate of Dongping County, asking him to return the escaped people, but the letter disappeared without a trace.

They wrote to their superiors in the county seat to complain about the magistrate of Dongping County, but to little avail; they were even extorted by their superiors.

He said: If they don't pay, they should be punished for dereliction of duty.

Several county magistrates gathered together, sharing their troubles. When they spoke of their sorrows and anger, tears welled up in their eyes.

"I've heard that the changes in Dongping County are all thanks to the Xuanyin Temple in Dongping County!"

"Yes, I heard from my brother-in-law that a master has emerged from the Xuan Yin Temple in Dongping County. He is a famous cultivator in Dongping County, skilled in slaying demons and exorcising ghosts, and he also knows the art of governing the country and bringing peace to the people."

"The magistrate of Dongping County set his sights on the Xuanyin Temple and offended its abbot. From then on, he became a mascot magistrate whose orders couldn't even leave his own house. Everything in the county was taken over by the Xuanyin Temple. From then on, the people of Dongping County only knew about the Xuanyin Temple and didn't know who the real ruler of Liang Kingdom was!"

Several county magistrates also conducted a detailed investigation into the reasons for all the changes that occurred in Dongping County.

However, the troubles in Dongping County were greater than they had imagined.

Several county magistrates looked at the intelligence report from Dongping County from left to right, and they managed to discern two words between the lines that made them frown deeply.

"rebel"!
The county magistrates exchanged glances, all of them so frightened that their legs went weak and their backs felt cold.

(End of this chapter)