Chapter 1168: Upgrading Luoyang City
Chapter 1168: Upgrading Luoyang City
The aftermath of Lu Hailing's completion of the instance in the Abandoned Dragon Locking Palace finally concluded after NiuNiu's advancement.
Speaking of NiuNiu's advancement, the scene was quite grand. The tribulation clouds almost covered half of Beifeng City, and when the thick dark clouds pressed down, it gave people the illusion of the end of the world.
Although the spectacle was impressive, NiuNiu, being Lu Hailing's daughter, was an astonishingly powerful individual herself. Her bloodline awakening made the usually life-threatening Dragon Serpent Tribulation a breeze for her. If it weren't for her later reckless actions, she would have emerged unscathed.
The only slight inconvenience was that NiuNiu's advancement attracted many uninvited guests, which was rather annoying.
Fortunately, the powerful figures summoned this time, stronger than Yu Ji, were all stopped by someone aiding Lu Hailing. Only Yu Ji managed to reach Beifeng City without hindrance. However, he was the only one who met his demise in this incident, failing to understand Lu Hailing's formidable nature and losing his life after being defeated.
Of course, although only Yu Ji died, Lu Hailing's side still suffered significant losses.
The damage to buildings and property during NiuNiu's advancement and the battle with Yu Ji amounted to at least a hundred million in gold. After all, this was near the City Lord's Mansion, where the architecture was of high quality, and any destruction resulted in immeasurable financial losses.
Lu Hailing wasn't concerned about this, but Wang Jun was the unlucky one.
When the unexpected event occurred, Lu Hailing only needed to give an order, and someone would help him evacuate the crowd. After the evacuation and Yu Ji's defeat, the matter was concluded for Lu Hailing. However, Wang Jun's troubles were just beginning.
He had to systematically bring back the evacuated people, organize the cleanup of the battle's wreckage, rebuild the affected structures, and compensate the citizens for their losses.
It should be noted that at least one-tenth of Beifeng City's buildings were affected, and the extensive damage made the cleanup extremely troublesome. Wang Jun had to handle all these tasks himself, while Lu Hailing, after the battle, spent three rare days with Princess San in Beifeng City before heading directly to Luoyang, leaving Wang Jun to deal with the mess.
After the battle, when Wang Jun saw the reports on the damaged buildings and the compensation to be paid to the citizens, his face turned dark. If he hadn't known that Lu Hailing did this for NiuNiu's advancement, he would have confronted Lu Hailing with the reports much earlier.
Despite Wang Jun's frustration, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and clean up the mess left by Lu Hailing, all because of the master he served.
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Upon returning to Luoyang, Lu Hailing's first action was to upgrade the construction of Luoyang City from a county-level city to a commandery-level city.
With the completion of the Abandoned Dragon Locking Palace task, Luoyang City's promotion went smoothly, and it was effortlessly elevated.
Lu Hailing also received a reward for Luoyang City's promotion to the commandery level: he could replicate three buildings from his three system cities and place them in the newly constructed Luoyang City. Additionally, he could enhance one building to the legendary level.
Lu Hailing, being an experienced player, didn't hesitate. He immediately replicated the Shrine of Heroes, the Medicine Garden, and the Refugee Camp. As for the building to be upgraded to the legendary level, Lu Hailing chose the city wall of Luoyang City.
Having emerged from the battlefield, Lu Hailing valued the security of his future capital city. Thus, he directly enhanced Luoyang City's walls to the legendary level.
This was the first legendary-ranked city wall among Lu HaiKong's several system cities, and its attributes did not disappoint him in the slightest.
Luoyang City Wall
Building Classification: Defense
Building Rank: Legendary
Building Traits: Enhanced Defense, Air Restriction Field, Self-Repair
Enhanced Defense: A passive defense trait that passively enhances the wall's defensive capabilities. Without specialized siege equipment, breaching the wall would be extremely challenging.
Air Restriction Field: A passive defense trait that increases gravity within the wall's coverage, preventing both allies and enemies from bypassing the wall through jumping or flying without special tools.
Self-Repair: A passive defense trait that enables the wall to self-repair to some extent. During peacetime, investing money can significantly accelerate the self-repair process.
These attributes were already impressive, but Lu HaiKong, being a bit greedy, wondered if he should wait until Luoyang City advanced to a Royal City before giving it another boost.
Regardless of whether he decides to enhance it or not, for Luoyang City to advance to a Royal City, even with Lu HaiKong's formidable resources, it would take at least half a year. After returning to Luoyang and upgrading the city to a Commandery City, Lu HaiKong would have some free time on his hands. This was the perfect opportunity to take stock of his gains from this battle!
The battle, which began at the Abandoned Dragon Locking Palace and ended with the slaying of Yu Ji, lasted only half a day, yet the rewards were astonishing.
In a 6-9-1-9-1-8-7 version, there was no mistake!
Lu HaiKong obtained a Mythical Treasure Chest and a special quest reward from the Abandoned Dragon Locking Palace. These were his rewards for conquering the palace.
Of course, compared to the rewards, the difficulty of this dungeon seemed minimal. Except for the accidental triggering of NiuNiu's advancement, which attracted Yu Ji, the dungeon seemed to exist solely to bestow gifts upon Lu HaiKong.
The Malevolent Ghosts provided Lu HaiKong with spiritual power, boosting his politics and strategy to level 80 and pushing him into a state of enlightenment. As a result, his cultivation in the 'Purple Qi Dragon Ascension Technique' directly advanced to the Mythic Rank, and his martial prowess increased to 99.
The soul of the Divine Dragon was truly a treasure-bestowing child, offering Lu HaiKong a Dragon Orb and a Cosmic Bag (fake). It even wanted to radiate the remaining heat of its own soul.
Half of the soul was dispersed by Lu HaiKong and absorbed into his own, slowly being devoured by Lu HaiKong's soul. As of now, it hasn't shown any extraordinary signs. The other half was consumed by NiuNiu, and this portion quickly displayed its power, causing NiuNiu to advance and become a Divine Dragon.
It could be said that if not for Yu Ji's interference, this battle would have been a pure reward for Lu HaiKong.
However, Yu Ji's interference didn't result in any significant losses for Lu HaiKong. Alright, the destroyed buildings in Beifeng City were ignored, and aside from those collapsed structures, Lu HaiKong didn't suffer any real losses. On the other hand, Yu Ji, one of the few high-level Daoists in the Three Kingdoms, perished under Lu HaiKong's axe, leaving behind a Mythic Rank treasure chest and all his possessions.
Upon tallying everything, Lu HaiKong acquired two Mythic Rank treasure chests, a special quest reward, a Cosmic Bag (fake), a Dragon Orb, and all of Yu Ji's assets. These gains were truly astonishing.
With time on his hands, Lu HaiKong decided to sort through and utilize these rewards.
(End of Chapter)
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