Chapter 1213: Legendary Building - Talented Scholar Tower
Chapter 1213: Legendary Building - Talented Scholar Tower
October 31st, 2017
Within the Capital Military Camp's training grounds in Luoyang City, Lu Hai Kong had finished opening all the treasure chests and inventorying the items dropped by the four Blood Demon Generals. Now, he turned his attention to the special rewards and the items dropped by Yuwen Chengdu.
This slightly obsessive guy insisted on saving the best for last, so after a momentary hesitation, Lu Hai Kong focused on the special mission rewards.
With practiced ease, he opened the attribute panel and brought up the special mission reward.
This particular special reward was obtained from breaking through the Mysterious Gateway, which Huang Zhong and his team had swiftly destroyed. At the time, the gateway was likely on its last legs, and the intensity of the special mission reward obtained under such circumstances was uncertain.
With a slight worry in mind, Lu Hai Kong clicked to receive the special mission reward.
System Notification: You have chosen to receive the special mission reward. Special mission reward acquisition successful. You have obtained the special building, Talented Scholar Tower!
This system notification caught Lu Hai Kong off guard. "Huh? It's not a choice of rewards but a direct distribution. Am I mistaken? I was all prepared for a difficult three-option decision."
As he grumbled, he checked the attributes of the Talented Scholar Tower he had received.
Talented Scholar Tower
Building Grade: Legendary
Legendary Building Trait: Capable of enhancing the talent level or characteristic talent level of residents.
High probability of increasing one talent level, smaller chance of improving a talent's general trait or scholarly talent level, and an extremely small chance of enhancing two talent levels and one general trait or scholarly talent level.
Single-Use Capacity: 500 people
Residence period: One month, can be opened once a year (Single Use: 50,000,000,000 gold coins)!
Upon seeing the attributes of this building, Lu Hai Kong was stunned, and he began to reflect on his entire life.
He racked his brain, wondering if he had done something good in his life or unknowingly helped the System Lord without realizing it.
If he hadn't done such a thing, why would the System Lord show such deep affection for him? Could it be that he was truly the System Lord's secret son?
Well, it was evident that the Talented Scholar Tower was a heaven-defying building; otherwise, Lu Hai Kong wouldn't be this ecstatic.
Lu Hai Kong's rapid rise to power was undoubtedly due to, well, it seems he is the System's favorite son. Aside from that, there's also Lu Hai Kong's terrifying talent.
Since he began his martial arts training, aside from the troubles he created for himself and his self-imposed limit on his strength, he had encountered almost no bottlenecks. Even now, breaking through the 100-point barrier in a true sense would be relatively easy for him.
However, not everyone had Lu Hai Kong's talent. Whether NPCs or foreigners, many had their talents fixed from the start.
With low-level talents, one might not even surpass 60 points. Only intermediate talents could reach attribute levels above 70, and advanced talents were required to surpass 80. But even these advanced talents would stop at 89, rarely breaking into the 90s.
Of course, if one were to throw vast resources at the problem, it would be a different story. However, aside from a few wealthy individuals, not many could afford such an endeavor, and even fewer would be willing to do so.
Even without investing resources, having attributes below 90 would still make one a decent talent in the Three Kingdoms era, but when facing foreign demons from beyond the realm, it would be a different story. Sometimes, it truly felt like anyone below 90 was nothing but an ant in their presence.
When encountering formidable opponents like Pei Yuanqing or Yuwen Chengdu, it wasn't just those with strength values around 90 who would be no match for them; even those like Guan Yu and Ma Teng, with strength values above 95, would not be able to withstand two blows from them.
Facing such top-tier opponents, Lu Hai Kong couldn't help but feel discouraged, realizing that many of his once-powerful armies seemed to have lost their effectiveness.
In this situation, Lu Hai Kong had no choice but to further refine his elite troop path.
To cultivate troops capable of countering foreign demons, top-tier talent was essential, which had been a headache for Lu Hai Kong. After all, finding top-tier talent was not as easy as picking vegetables from the ground.
What Lu Hai Kong didn't expect was that just as he was worrying about this issue, the system eagerly offered its assistance, directly providing him with the Talented Scholar Tower, a facility capable of enhancing talent.
It's worth mentioning that Lu Hai Kong now controlled the Jing Ou Two Provinces, with millions of civilians under his rule and over a million troops at his command.
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With such a vast territory and a large population, coupled with the Scholarly Talent of the Pet Keeper, finding high-level talent was not a problem, even if top-tier talent was hard to come by.
With a large number of high-level talents and the Talented Scholar Tower, Lu Hai Kong could cultivate at least 500 top-tier talents annually if everything went well. In five years, if all went smoothly, he would have 2,500 talents with attributes above 90, and the thought of this made Lu Hai Kong's blood boil with excitement.
Of course, there were two significant prerequisites for this bright future.
First, the Talented Scholar Tower must be able to elevate talents to the top tier, and second, Lu Hai Kong needed to prepare the funds to utilize the tower.
The long string of zeros could be summed up in one word: billion. In other words, even if Lu Hai Kong could use the Talented Scholar Tower, he would still need to invest 5 billion gold annually.
Five billion a year was no small amount, and if the Talented Scholar Tower was indeed usable, Wang Jun's financial situation would become even more dire.
At this point, Lu Hai Kong didn't care about the financial implications. Seeing such a valuable asset, he immediately ordered the construction of the Talented Scholar Tower in Huaxia City and instructed Xu Shu to relay his commands to the new Northern Defense Tower. He requested the Pet Keeper, Zhao Lun, who was in charge of the Fire Regiment, and Chen Ping, who oversaw the Art Department, to prepare the talents he required.
Lu Hai Kong also informed Wang Jun that he needed funds, and from Wang Jun's anxious and hasty demeanor, it was clear that he was eager to test the practical effects of the Talented Scholar Tower.
Preparing the talents would take some time, so Lu Hai Kong decided to take the opportunity to enjoy the feast left behind by Yuwen Chengdu...
(End of Chapter)
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