The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 264 The Embryo of the Holy Land and the Bone Forging Realm of the New Era?

Red Moon Mountain, the morning sun rises.

With Lin Qi's return, the entire Crimson Moon Mountain has undergone earth-shattering changes. The mountain peaks that should have been towering into the clouds are now covered by steel buildings. One of the towers stands atop the mountain, and every now and then, flying transport vehicles can be seen passing by the tower and landing on the nearby steel buildings.

The only land route to Chiyue Town, the steel bridge, was already packed with transport vehicles of all sizes, from small to medium to large, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Even the guards accompanying them were all martial artists, but these powerful caravans did not take advantage of their strength to cut in line or drive away the vagrants entering Red Moon Town. Instead, they all lined up obediently.

"Is this Crimson Moon Town?"

At this moment, Xia Ling and Estina, who were following Lin Qi, looked at Crimson Moon Mountain in front of them and wondered if they had come to the wrong place.

Both of them had been to Chiyue Mountain before, and had even witnessed a major battle there, so they knew very well what Chiyue Mountain was like.

Not to mention the poor basic environment, its level of development is probably even worse than that of an abandoned area; it's just that it has a large number of homeless people.

But in such a short time, Crimson Moon Mountain was no longer Crimson Moon Mountain at all; it had become a veritable city, almost as prosperous as the city center, with flying transport vehicles coming and going everywhere and martial artists roaming the streets.

In fact, it wasn't just Xia Ling and Estina who were surprised; even Lin Qi, who hadn't been here for a while, was quite astonished by the current state of Crimson Moon Town.

He was well aware of the rapid construction speed of Red Moon Town. After all, more than 100,000 martial arts disciples had been building here for a long time, and these disciples were all at least intermediate-level apprentices. With the addition of various equipment, their infrastructure capabilities were simply unmatched by ordinary people.

However, what surprised Lin Qi was the number of people who came to Chiyue Town.

If in the past, Red Moon Town had hundreds of thousands of vagrants coming to do business every day, now it's definitely over a million, not to mention that quite a few caravans are also coming to Red Moon Town, which is really strange.

Although Crimson Moon Town is close to City of Light and City of Ten Thousand Stars, its only local specialty is probably monster meat.

With the surge in wild monsters, monster meat is no longer uncommon in major cities, and its price has even dropped significantly. Red Moon Town's competitiveness has declined considerably, making it hard to imagine that so many caravans from other towns would still be coming here.

Just as Lin Qi was feeling surprised, a group of people walked onto the steel bridge.

The group was small, only about twenty people, but each one was a martial artist rarely seen in the wild. When the various merchant caravans in line saw this group, they couldn't help but feel awe and respect, as if they had seen some great figures.

Especially when they saw a young winged race member in the crowd, the warriors and leaders of the various caravans looked on with undisguised envy.

This young man from the Feather Clan was none other than Flo, the former deputy leader of the Azure Sparrow Gang. However, he was now one of the managers of Crimson Moon Town, and caravans that came to Crimson Moon Town to rent shops could not avoid Flo.

Just as the various caravans and vagrants were wondering why this important figure from Red Moon Town had suddenly arrived, Flo immediately ran to Lin Qi and the others.

"Master, everything you arranged has been completed. The systems and personnel of the Cultivation Tower are all in place, and they can be on duty at any time after you give the order," Flo reported respectfully and cautiously. "In addition, the town's population has reached 415458, and the houses built can accommodate one million people. The surrounding lakes and roads have been opened up, and we can expand in all directions at any time. Master, give me another week, and I am confident that I can increase the habitable population to two million."

“Okay, take us there to have a look.” Lin Qi nodded.

His task for Flo was to build houses and expand the town's area. After all, he wanted to improve his administrative authority, and the first thing he needed was a million martial arts disciples. It would be difficult to recruit so many qualified disciples from just the City of Light, but recruiting from the entire Fog Mountain region would be a different story.

In the City of Light, he couldn't accommodate so many people who came to register for the exam, nor could he settle so many martial arts disciples. After all, the City of Light wasn't his. Even though he was the deputy city lord and had a piece of land in the city center, he still needed his own town to consider future development.

So he had Flo expand the town as much as possible, while also recruiting disciples from the vagrants.

In retrospect, the results are quite good.

"Yes."

Flo then led Lin Qi and dozens of other martial arts school guards directly into Red Moon Town.

As Flo led Lin Qi and the others into Red Moon Town, the caravans and vagrants queuing on the bridge were all astonished.

"Who exactly are those people? Why would Lord Flo personally escort them?"

"I just heard Lord Flo mention the Master. Could that young human be the Master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy?"

"My goodness! Is the master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy so young? I heard that the war between the City of Light and the City of Star Tower was caused by the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy severely damaging the City of Star Tower, which led the City of Star Tower to abandon the City of Light. Now the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is recognized as the number one power under the city. And the master is so young. It's unbelievable."

"Who says otherwise? I've heard that this martial arts master is destined to become a city lord. As the headquarters of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, Crimson Moon Town might become another city in the future. Now is the best time to invest. Once the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy finds a large energy vein and moves it here, there might not be a chance to invest in Crimson Moon Town."

As the crowd discussed, they quickly discovered Lin Qi's identity. When they talked about Lin Qi, their eyes were filled with both envy and admiration. This was especially true for the many young people who had just become martial artists and the many apprentices who were preparing to apply to the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. They were all very excited as they watched Lin Qi's disappearing figure.

Lin Qi, the current owner of Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, has become a legend.

From an unknown figure in the City of Light, he has gradually developed into someone who is now on par with the city lord, and even the entire Obsidian Martial Arts School can fight against an entire city.

This is no longer a legend; it would be an understatement to call it a myth.

It was precisely because everyone witnessed the power of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy that various towns in the surrounding area, and even many forces in Wanxing City, planned to move into Chiyue Town, waiting for it to become another city in the future.

However, one of the frustrating things about Red Moon Town is that it only rents out properties and doesn't sell them, which leaves the various factions quite helpless.

Crimson Moon Mountain, atop its summit.

"Is this the Tower of Cultivation?"

Xia Ling gazed at the towering spire reaching into the clouds, puzzled as to why Lin Qi would build such a thing on Red Moon Mountain.

A square tower built entirely of energy ore is not only wasteful but also quite impractical. If you really want to create a training ground for martial artists, you can simply build rooms inside the martial arts hall. Building a training tower like this, where people who don't enter the tower can still mooch energy from the vicinity, is really not worthwhile.

Furthermore, the training ground is made of energy ore. As the energy ore is absorbed, the energy ore is depleted. Once the energy ore is completely absorbed, the entire square tower will become useless. It would be better to build individual rooms in the martial arts hall, which would make reconstruction easier.

Building such a tall square tower, and rebuilding it every time it's used up, is a huge undertaking.

In fact, it wasn't just Xia Ling, the former manager of the Phosphorus Fire Gang, who was puzzled; even Flo, who was in charge of the construction, was baffled by Lin Qi's extravagant behavior.

It's important to know that tens of thousands of laborers, including many martial artists, were used to quickly build the cultivation tower.

Spending so much manpower and resources is unnecessary if it's just for show, since the strength of a town depends entirely on the power it controls.

Obsidian Martial Arts School can now severely damage the army of Star Tower City. No matter how Crimson Moon Town develops, it will always be the number one town in the surrounding thousands of kilometers, and no one can question that.

"Very good." Lin Qi looked at the cultivation tower that gleamed in the sunlight and was very satisfied.

Although he hasn't officially activated the cultivation tower yet, the energy naturally emanating from it has already increased the energy concentration in the surrounding area to a level comparable to that of a small energy mine. If it were to be officially activated, the effects would be even better.

If the energy concentration within a five-kilometer radius could reach this level, it would definitely greatly increase the number of martial arts disciples at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, and even benefit those at the Bone Forging Realm.

After all, this energy concentration is almost comparable to the city center, which is a land that all races in the city are madly fighting for.

Lin Qi offered no explanation and entered the cultivation tower alone, leaving everyone to wait outside.

As Lin Qi stepped into the cultivation tower, a system notification sounded in his mind.

System: Entering the Cultivation Tower, would you like to activate it now? (Note: Activating energy circulation requires consuming three energy crystals daily; current energy crystal reserves are 0.)
"Activate and store these three hundred energy crystals in my hand into the cultivation tower."

Without hesitation, Lin Qi opened the metal briefcase he had been carrying. Inside were a small portion of the 100,000 energy crystals that City Lord Diroya had given him.

Suddenly, the three hundred energy crystals in the metal briefcase were devoured by the cultivation tower, and many golden runes appeared on the walls of the cultivation tower.

These runes flashed by, as if they had breathed life into the entire cultivation tower, allowing Lin Qi inside to feel the pulse of life.

Immediately following, the cultivation tower, like a giant whale awakening, began to frantically devour the surrounding energy, causing the energy within hundreds of kilometers to involuntarily converge towards the cultivation tower, making the energy inside the cultivation tower increasingly concentrated.

In just a few breaths, the energy concentration inside the tower more than doubled. Even Xia Ling and the others outside could feel the energy becoming increasingly concentrated. When the energy in the air finally stabilized, the energy concentration seemed to be even higher than that in the city center.

"What's going on?" Estina stared in shock at the training tower before her.

She could clearly sense that something must have happened inside the tower, or that something had been activated, as the surrounding energy began to surge wildly.

The energy concentration is now almost the same as in her main family's cultivation room.

You should know that the main family's cultivation room was built at great expense in the city center. The energy outside the cultivation tower is now comparable to that of the main family's cultivation room. And the main family's cultivation room is not for everyone to use. Apart from the Bone Forging Realm members of the family, only a handful of geniuses are qualified.

Now, she only needs to stand outside the cultivation tower to achieve the same cultivation effect, which is simply unbelievable.

However, Estina was unaware that the area outside the Training Tower was completely different from the actual training rooms inside.

"awesome!"

After experiencing the three-story training room, Lin Qi was filled with nothing but amazement.

It must be said that anything produced by the system is bound to be of high quality.

The energy concentration in the first-level training room alone is twice that of the outside world. The second level doubles it again, and the third level doubles it again on top of the second level. In other words, the energy concentration in the third-level training room is eight times that of the outside world.

Although there is only one training room on the third floor, the energy concentration is eight times higher, making the effect of staying inside almost the same as drinking a type-three energy potion.

Moreover, unlike drinking type three energy potions, where energy is poured into the body once consumed and could be dangerous if not used up, in the third-level cultivation room, this energy can be absorbed at will. It will not cause side effects such as indigestion due to the large amount of energy poured in at once.

This means that even apprentices can drink the Type 3 energy potion; it's safe and has no side effects.

Cultivating in this environment is of great help, whether it's for training or breaking through to a higher realm. It even made Lin Qi want to try breaking through to the Bone Forging Realm for a while.

However, Lin Qi quickly suppressed this impulse.

The impact of breaking through to the Bone Forging Realm is extraordinary. Although he now has medicine to heal the injuries caused by breaking through to the Bone Forging Realm, every failure is still a risk. While the medicine can heal, the self-healing ability of cells is not unlimited. The safest approach is to minimize failures. After all, he is not a player. Players can change bodies at will, but he cannot.

While Lin Qi was thinking about how to arrange the cultivation tower and set a price for its use by martial arts school disciples, on the other side, in the beginner meditation room of the Obsidian Martial Arts School in the City of Light.

This beginner meditation room was specially modified by Lin Qi for players to better create martial arts techniques. It has no partitions, one room per person, and the rental fee for one hour is as high as five million points and five thousand contribution points, which can be regarded as a kind of recycling of players' points and contribution points.

At this moment, Luo Wushang, who was in the beginner meditation room, was enveloped in energy. Her hair and clothes moved without wind. But the instant she opened her eyes, she suddenly burst into blood, and blood gushed from her mouth as if it were free.

After a few seconds, the extraordinary state seemed to dissipate due to the inability to sustain it, and Luo Wushang collapsed to the ground, seemingly unable to survive. However, a rare smile appeared on her blood-red face.

"Now I've finally gotten the hang of it!"

(End of this chapter)