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Chapter 233 Bonfire at the Source of Pure Land

Perhaps it's because one's spiritual level has risen that all aspects of life will change accordingly.

Liu Hen discovered that his concept of time seemed to have become blurred.

He originally felt that a year would be a long time.

But now, he doesn't feel anything at all, as if he had just taken a nap and a year had passed.

"Weng—"

An invisible wave suddenly spread out from the campfire.

Outsiders could not perceive this fluctuation, but they all sensed that something seemed to have changed here.

Some people who passed through and stayed here during the year, or traveling merchants from afar, didn't feel anything.

However, local residents have clearly felt the changes.

In their perception, some strange gas seemed to be appearing throughout the town.

This gas was mysterious and elusive, seemingly just air, but after absorbing it, they were surprised to find that their bodies were slowly becoming stronger.

Although the speed is slow, it is indeed getting stronger.

Since the campfire reached the Domain level, the townspeople have actually possessed the ability to awaken, but very few people have truly awakened.

After all, there aren't many people who are truly talented, even if it's just a physical awakening.

At this moment, although this special gas appeared in the air, they were surprised to find that as they absorbed this gas, their bodies seemed to be awakening, as if they were recovering from a deep sleep.

The most obvious signs were felt by Hong Ming, followed by Zong Ni and Hu Jinshi, and then by the other superhumans.

Finally, there are all the ordinary townspeople.

"What...what happened?"

Why does the air suddenly feel so fresh?

"This feels so good, what's going on?"

Most people looked completely bewildered.

Only Hong Ming, Zong Ni, and Hu Jinshi suddenly looked in the direction of the town mayor's mansion.

To be precise, they were looking at the campfire.

Even with walls blocking their view, those who have been granted special positions by the imperial pardon have a certain status, and it's just a matter of turning their gaze around, which is easy.

At this moment, all three of them were astonished to find that the campfire, which was originally enormous, had shrunk back to the size of one meter in diameter, as if it had returned to its original state.

However, in their minds, that fire truly became supreme, as if it had become some kind of special source.

"That guy broke through again?" Hong Ming asked, looking stunned.

He has already reached the early stage of the fifth realm, and if all goes well, he should be able to enter the middle stage within ten years.

Considering his talent, this is actually quite fast.

However, compared to Liu Hen's speed, this is nothing at all.

It's worth mentioning that Zong Ni is now at the early stage of the third realm, which is her current level. This speed far surpasses Hong Ming's speed back then.

However, she was not a superhuman herself. Her cultivation ability was acquired after being granted a pardon by Chang Xin. Even after being granted a pardon by Liu Hen, her ability to cultivate did not disappear.

In fact, Hu Jinshi also had the ability to cultivate, but that guy's talent was even worse, and he was still only at the early stage of the first realm, which was unbearable to look at.

Not only were the people in the town surprised, but even Liu Hen himself was somewhat taken aback.

At this moment, he was staring in astonishment at the campfire that had shrunk to a diameter of one meter.

[Pure Land Source Campfire Lv.1: A campfire with cooking, lighting, heating, warding off evil, temperature control, domain, world, and source effects. The campfire itself is not consumed; fuel needs to be added to maintain its burning. The light of the campfire can drive away monsters in the dark.] [Temperature Control: The temperature within a monster-repelling radius beyond six meters will be locked, fluctuating only around thirty degrees Celsius. The current monster-repelling radius is 10,000 kilometers.]

[Pure Land Domain: Within this domain, the power of campfires can be mobilized to suppress and actively attack enemies, and the power of beings below the Transcendent level can be forcibly stripped away.]

[Protective Sanctuary: Within a constant temperature range, all will be protected by the Source Campfire, which can prevent most harmful forces from invading, such as dispelling curses and calming gales.]

[Absolute Pure Land: The area within the radius of the campfire is a pure land, undisturbed by the outside world.]

[Supreme City Lord: When combined with the Pure Land construction mode, a Supreme City can be built. Within the Supreme City, the City Lord will be absolutely invincible and can authorize others to become the City Lord, but I am the City Lord with the highest authority.]

"..."

Looking at this information, Liu Hen was somewhat stunned.

'Pure Land...'

This was actually something that was expected.

But the final Supreme City Lord actually made himself absolutely invincible within the city.

The "absolute" mentioned here, although not yet tested, he had a feeling that it meant absolute invincibility, possessing absolute characteristics.

It has an absolute characteristic, just like when they drove away monsters before.

What surprised him most was that the Supreme City Lord could actually authorize others, that is, transfer authority.

Of course, this transfer is not a real transfer; it merely makes the other party an acting city lord with all the authority of a city lord. However, as long as he is inside that city, he is the true city lord.

'but……'

After thinking about it, Liu Hen decided to give up on the plan.

Because the Supreme City must be built using the Source Campfire.

Although I had previously upgraded a regular campfire to the level of a Source Campfire, after building the Supreme City, I also needed to put a huge amount of fuel into that Source Campfire.

The campfire fuel is the true energy source that sustains the Supreme City Lord's invincibility.

Even with the existence of miraculous, transcendent rules, even if the city lord neither attacks nor defends, outsiders cannot harm him within the city walls.

However, without fuel and energy, the city lord is only inherently invincible.

All of this requires the campfire to be burning; once it goes out, that invincible rule will disappear.

One pure land is enough.

Liu Hen has already made his decision.

Even if I can authorize someone else to be the city lord in the future, the real identity I give them will be that of a secretary or acting city lord, not the real city lord, to avoid causing trouble for myself.

Even if you are invincible, who knows if the information you see is only invincible in this world?

This world is clearly not a universe or star-like world; there must be even greater existences beyond it.

I'm unlikely to be truly invincible right now, so I can't afford to be too reckless.

"Black Stone, come here," Liu Hen suddenly said.

Black Stone, who was playing with several twelve or thirteen-year-old girls in the distance, quickly turned around and ran towards them.

Those girls were all sent by Zong Ni to serve Liu Hen; they were essentially maids, and all of them were exceptionally beautiful.

However, Liu Hen is not short of women now, so he did not touch those young girls, but let them be Heishi's playmates.

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

Black Stone came to the side, first glancing curiously at the shrunken campfire, then looking expectantly at Liu Hen.

(End of this chapter)