Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

Of course, Lin Yu hadn't forgotten his most important gain in this game—the three loot items that dropped after slaying the Head Dragon.

Because of the urgency of the situation, he only managed to put it away hastily, but now he can finally examine it with peace of mind.

With a thought, what he took out first was not a physical object, but a strange energy flow that was enveloped in purple-gold energy, constantly wriggling, as if it had a life of its own.

When it appeared, the air in the entire apartment seemed to freeze for a moment.

Information floods my mind:

Dragon Vein

[Category: Apartment Facilities]

[Tier: Diamond]

[Durability: Shared Apartment Durability]

【Effect:

① Dragon Qi: After being implanted in the apartment, the dragon vein will continuously emit pure "dragon qi" within the apartment area.

Players in a dragon-themed environment will gain the [Dragon's Might] aura (which has a deterrent effect on lower-level creatures), their mana quality will be improved, their skill power will be increased, and creatures with dragon bloodlines will grow faster.

② Dragon Essence: The Dragon Vein can condense 3 [Platinum-grade Dragon Essence] pieces daily and 1 [Diamond-grade Dragon Essence] piece monthly.

Dragon essence contains the pure power of a true dragon, making it an excellent cultivation resource and top-tier material. It can greatly improve cultivation efficiency and has miraculous effects on dragon-like creatures.

③ Dragon's Might: The existence of the dragon vein itself will cause the area around the apartment to be filled with an invisible dragon's might, which can effectively drive away and deter beasts and low-intelligence evil spirits.

④ Bloodline Blessing: Placing non-dragon-descended creatures in the core area of ​​a dragon vein for an extended period may cause a benign mutation in their bloodline, granting them dragon blood.

⑤ True Dragon Guardian: The dragon vein is integrated with the apartment. When the apartment is attacked, the dragon vein can spontaneously draw upon dragon energy to launch a counterattack.

⑥ Bloodline Inheritance (Conditions Not Met): Sacrifice a sufficient quantity and quality of "dragon"-related items or energy to the dragon vein. Once the conditions are met, you can unlock one opportunity to inherit dragon knowledge.

[Description: The dragon vein of a nation.]

"Apartment facilities... Diamond level!" Lin Yu's heart couldn't help but race when he saw this item.

After all, this is a rare, sustainable apartment facility.

It can not only greatly improve the cultivation environment, but also produce valuable resources every day.

It also has the effect of protecting the apartment.

Without hesitation, Lin Yu installed the dragon vein in his apartment.

hum!

A deep yet majestic dragon's roar seemed to rise from the depths of the earth, echoing in every corner of the apartment.

The purple-gold energy quickly merged in and disappeared.

The next moment, the entire apartment trembled slightly, as if it had been injected with new vitality.

A faint yet real warm aura began to permeate the air. Inhaling it invigorated the spirit, and even the flow of magical energy within the body seemed to become smoother—this was dragon energy.

Although it is still very weak at present, it is foreseeable that as time goes by, the cultivation environment here will become extremely superior.

The Golden-feathered Skyhawk, lying in the corner, seemed extremely sensitive to this aura. It paused for a moment, then let out a strange, soft cry.

However, Lin Yu noticed that Jin Ling didn't seem to have any intention of absorbing the dragon energy. After sensing this, he didn't pay much attention to it and continued to preen his feathers next to the True Lord statue.

However, this is not surprising. As a divine beast under the command of the True Lord, Jinling's bloodline should be extremely extraordinary. While it may not be the most powerful, it should not be weaker than a diamond-level dragon vein.

Even so, Lin Yu was quite satisfied, and he then checked the second piece of spoils.

This is a black dragon head sculpture, shrunk countless times to the size of a fist, yet incredibly detailed.

The dragon's head has a ferocious appearance, and its material is like black jade, cold to the touch, exuding an aura of toughness and death.

【The Mysterious Dragon Head】

[Category: Materials]

[Tier: Diamond]

[Description: A special material formed from the most representative head of the slain dragon.]

Although it has lost its intelligence, it still retains some of the characteristics of the monster dragon.

It is an excellent material for forging top-tier armor, puppet cores, or casting certain special curse spells, and can also be used as a high-quality offering to dragon veins.

It was a good piece of material with many uses, so Lin Yu put it away.

The third loot was a skill card, a diamond-level one!

This is absolutely fantastic stuff!

Lin Yu checked immediately.

[Transformation into a Dragon]

Category: Skills

[Tier: Diamond]

[Effect: Consumes mana (initially 2% of maximum mana per second) to transform into a dragon.]

Once your mana is depleted, you can choose to consume life force to sustain yourself.

Alternatively, dragon essence, dragon blood, and other dragon-related items can be consumed to replace some or all of the dragon's essence (consuming dragon-related items can affect the dragon's state to some extent).

[Description: I have horns on my head!]

A diamond-level skill card.

Although the cost is terrifying, it is undoubtedly a powerful trump card in critical moments.

After taking stock of all his gains, Lin Yu was filled with excitement, but he quickly calmed down.

I've seen everything I needed to see and put everything I needed to put on the shelves. Now, let's focus on improving our strength.

Lin Yu immediately went to the entertainment area, spent game coins, and opened the Time Chamber.

To Lin Yu's surprise, after enabling level 2 permissions, the Time Cabin actually had new functions.

It's called "Synchronous Apartment," and its effect is quite simple: it allows players to use special facilities within their own apartment in the Time Hut by spending in-game currency.

For example, a Taoist study room may contain the dragon energy of a dragon vein.

This is fantastic news! The 500% bonus from the Taoist Study Room, combined with the Time Chamber, is a perfect combination.

Without saying a word, Lin Yu directly spent game coins to activate the effect. The cost was not much, only 50 game coins per apartment facility.

Of course, this is not permanent; it will need to be restarted the next time Lin Yu comes in.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yu spent 200 game coins to activate the effects of the True Monarch Statue, Pure Spiritual Spring, Dragon Vein, and Daoist Study Room.

Anyway, he doesn't lack game currency now. The accumulation in the previous few worlds has made his current game currency quite considerable.

Inside the cabin, Lin Yu used the Shadow Clone Technique, summoning two shadow clones.

One of them sat cross-legged and began to circulate the "Divine Fire Heart Sutra".

The other is to master the art of shadow clones.

With a 500% comprehension boost, his cultivation efficiency reached an astonishing level.

On the other side, Lin Yu himself was cultivating the "Molten Flame Demon Body".

The drawback of body tempering ability is this: it cannot be cultivated using shadow clones, since it requires tempering the physical body, and shadow clones cannot synchronously transfer all the improvements in the physical body back to Lin Yu.

Therefore, he could only cultivate on his own.

Within Lin Yu's body, the heart fire was no longer a gentle nourishment, but transformed into a scorching torrent, actively burning his entire body.

Intense pain struck, but with the aid of dragon energy, the speed of physical repair and strengthening accelerated significantly, and the sense of enhancement following the pain was even stronger.

In addition to these core abilities, Lin Yu will also cultivate knowledge such as the [Heavenly Eye Technique] and the [Five Thunder Orthodox Method], but he plans to teach these to his shadow clone first.

Fortunately, the shadow clones did not disappoint him, and soon Lin Yu was able to create a third and fourth shadow clone.

This is mainly due to Lin Yu's increasingly powerful physical and mental strength.

On the other side, Jinling also entered the Time Chamber with Lin Yu. Most of the time, it stayed next to the True Lord statue and slept, only waking up when Lin Yu fed it.

What really broke Lin Yu's defenses was that even so, this guy's strength was improving at an incredibly fast pace, far exceeding the efficiency of Lin Yu's diligent cultivation.

Perhaps this is just the capriciousness of mythical beasts.

Time flew by in the cabin.

While only a second passed in the outside world, Lin Yu had already spent sixty days in arduous cultivation inside the Time Chamber.

The effects of this period of cultivation have been very significant.

The Divine Fire Heart Sutra has been mastered, and the inner fire in the dantian has grown to the size of a pigeon egg, shining with golden light and possessing immense magical power.

The "Molten Flame Demon Body" has progressed rapidly, with physical strength comparable to that of a body cultivator of the same level. Its strength and constitution attributes have seen a tremendous increase in the latent value, and its resistance to negative status effects has been greatly enhanced.

In addition, Lin Yu traded a lot of upgrade cards, raising his level to 15 and unlocking the fourth skill slot.

Through cultivation, leveling up, and equipment attributes, Lin Yu's strength finally reached the Platinum level.

Proficiency in all skills has greatly increased.

After clearing customs, Lin Yu returned to his apartment.

Next, it's trading time.

Lin Yu plans to give himself a complete makeover.

Soon, his gaze fell on the newly appeared [System Trading Post] on the panel.

With a thought, a virtual interface instantly unfolds.

A dazzling array of item information appeared instantly.

【Roar of Flames - Skill Card (Platinum): Summons a devastating pillar of fire, dealing massive fire damage to the target area and having a chance to inflict burn and knockback effects.

Price: 35000 game coins or a Platinum-level defensive skill and high-quality defensive equipment.

【Star Steel (Platinum Grade Material): Contains a faint stellar power and is the core material for forging high-level weapons and armor.】

Price: 5200 game coins per unit or Dark Attribute Platinum-grade material.

【Void Stealth (Gold-tier Skill Card): Briefly merges into the shadow plane, causing slight spatial fluctuations when moving.】

Price: 7800 game coins or a high-quality attack skill of the same level.

……

Lin Yu was dazzled by the variety of items.

The quality of the items here far exceeds that of the trading channel and the previous internal trading in the Heroes' Gathering.

Gold grade is just the starting point; platinum grade is also quite common, and you can even occasionally see purchase or auction information for diamond grade items.

"This is the real high-end market..." Lin Yu's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Fortunately, he had accumulated a lot of game currency and various items through various means beforehand; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have dared to trade items here.

Lin Yu carefully examined his situation. His current equipment level was actually quite awkward. After all, he was different from those players who had accumulated experience in several games. He had only experienced five games so far.

Based on his own understanding, very few players can reach his current level of strength in such a short time.

The community is full of players who have experienced seven or eight worlds and are still at the Silver or even Bronze level.

Strangely enough, strictly speaking, not all players are like Lin Yu, who has a high difficulty level in almost every world. Most players actually enter game worlds with average difficulty and average rewards.

Lin Yu felt that the reason was probably because he could almost always complete side quests perfectly in games.

Getting back to the point, Lin Yu thought it over carefully and decided not to be too ambitious. He decided to replace all his equipment except for his accessories with gold-grade items first.

He can forget about a full platinum set; he simply can't afford it.

"In that case, I'll probably need to buy three pieces of equipment: a headgear, shoes, and pants."

Lin Yu began to examine the trading platform.

Soon, he had a target and quickly bought three different pieces of equipment.

These are [Nano Full Helmet +6], [Dragonhide Pants +5], and [Blue Fish Boots +5], all of which are gold-tier equipment.

The purchase of these equipment cost Lin Yu a total of over 3,000 game coins, as well as a piece of gold-level equipment (obtained from a raid) and a piece of gold-level material. Converted into game coins, it would amount to approximately 7,000.

It's not too expensive.

In addition, Lin Yu spent over 10,000 game coins to purchase an [Equipment Upgrade Card (Platinum)], upgrading the Symbiotic Flower Willow Vine to Platinum level.

The main reason is that this equipment is too useful, with many effects, comprehensive capabilities, and strong combat assistance. Lin Yu has gotten used to it, so he has no intention of replacing it.

After changing his equipment, Lin Yu sold off all the extra silver-grade equipment he had, keeping only a few pieces with unique uses.

For example, the Trident of Poseidon.

Just as Lin Yu was rapidly increasing his strength, Phantom suddenly sent a message.

Phantom: "Witcher, why did you suddenly leave the game world?"

"I got caught in the crossfire while watching the commotion, so I left the game without notifying you all," Lin Yu said succinctly.

This was an excuse he had already come up with, and it was a very reasonable excuse.

That strange dragon's combat power was evident to all; even as a top-tier Gold-level being, I could only run away from it.

"..." Upon seeing his reply, Phantom was slightly speechless.

However, just as Lin Yu had thought, his excuse was quite reasonable, so Phantom didn't think much of it.

Lin Yu countered, "What's the situation in the game? What happened to that Emperor Dragon?"

Phantom did not hide anything from Lin Yu and told him about the emperor's mysterious disappearance and death.

The Phantom replied with lingering fear, "That last part was terrifying; that dragon was incredibly powerful."

Lin Yu casually asked, "What are the casualties among the union members?"

Phantom: "Most of the guild members finished their missions and left ahead of schedule. Oh, by the way, there's some big news."

"What big news?"

Lin Yu browsed through the trading post to see if there were any items he needed to buy, and casually asked questions as he went.

Phantom: "A few days after the Ghost Dragon disappeared, the system suddenly issued an announcement saying that the 'Seeking Immortality' world had been changed into the 'Cultivating Immortality' world."

Upon seeing Phantom's reply, Lin Yu was suddenly taken aback, his brows furrowing slightly.

The name changed from "Seeking Immortality" to "Cultivating Immortality"?

What's going on? Is it related to that "deal" I made with the giant orb back then?

"Name changed? What's going on?"

Lin Yu inquired about the specifics.

Phantom: "I don't know either. It's just that the rules in the game world have changed drastically. Besides, most importantly, the spiritual energy isn't as strange anymore."

The strange and unusual spiritual energy transformed into the spiritual energy found in a normal cultivation world.

Therefore, many players who were previously stuck have successfully completed the mission and left the game world! Everyone is wondering what happened.

"The rules have changed?" Now it was Lin Yu's turn to be dumbfounded.

Didn't that administrator already return the polluted Heavenly Dao? How could this situation occur?

Didn't it release the polluted Heavenly Dao back into the game world?

What's the point of this deal with itself?

Is it simply a matter of taking back the polluted Heavenly Dao?

"Yes, the game world is truly full of wonders." Phantom didn't delve any deeper.

"By the way, are you still running your spring water business?"

"Spiritual Spring? Its value must have decreased considerably since leaving the world of Seeking Immortality," Lin Yu asked, scratching his head.

The Phantom immediately replied, "That's impossible. Your spiritual spring has extraordinary effects. It can not only purify polluted spiritual energy, but also purify all kinds of negative influences."

Of course, its most outrageous feature is that even platinum-level powerhouses can use it successfully without its effects being weakened by their level. This is a necessity for most players, so its value cannot be low.

At most, it won't fetch the high prices it would later command in the game "Seeking Immortals World".

Lin Yu: "...I need some time to think about it."

"Alright! If you've made up your mind, just let me know. I'll be waiting for you anytime, Boss!" Phantom said with a smile.

After ending the communication with Phantom, Xuancheng surprisingly contacted Lin Yu as well.

The call connected, and Xuan Cheng's voice came through, carrying a hint of barely perceptible fatigue: "Lin Yu? You've come out of that world?"

"Yeah, I just came out." Lin Yu's tone was normal, revealing little emotion.

"It seems you made a wise decision not to get involved in the final chaos," Xuan Cheng said, seemingly acknowledging that Lin Yu had evacuated beforehand.

"What's the situation over there? I heard things have changed a lot," Lin Yu asked casually.

Xuan Cheng paused, seemingly organizing his thoughts: "The change was sudden; it was at the level of rules."

The old rules have been suppressed or even replaced by some force. For us players, this is naturally a good thing. The strange spiritual energy has disappeared, which means that completing the main quest requires almost no effort; we can complete it easily.

"Rule replacement..."

Lin Yu chimed in, "That's truly unbelievable."

Lin Yu was completely baffled as to how things had turned out this way. Could it be a contingency plan left behind by the True Lord?

After all, judging from the situation after the True Lord descended, He must have been very disgusted by that which polluted the Heavenly Dao.

If it is said that He did something underhanded, then everything becomes understandable.

Xuan Cheng changed the subject: "By the way, the guild is having a big meetup soon, and most of the top players in our community will be participating. Are you interested?"

Upon seeing the message from Xuancheng, Lin Yu scratched his head.

In the past, Lin Yu might have considered this matter, since he needed to get to know more powerful people and find ways to deal with his spoils of war and purchase powerful equipment.

But now that he has level two access, there are so many good things in the trading market that he no longer needs to engage in this kind of useless social interaction.

"Thank you for informing me, Chairman." Lin Yu declined, "However, I have some gains to make this time and need time to process them, so I don't plan to participate in any new operations for the time being."

Xuan Cheng didn't seem surprised. Lin Yu's rapid improvement in strength and his occasional displays of independence made Xuan Cheng feel that he would eventually go down the path of working alone or in a small team.

He simply replied, "Okay, then you take a rest first, and we can cooperate again in the future."

After the exchange, Lin Yu took a moment to adjust to the changes brought about by the dragon vein.

The dragon energy in the apartment was more concentrated than when it was first implanted, making cultivation much more efficient.

Lin Yu was thinking about whether he should acquire some dragon-related items and props as soon as possible, and obtain a dragon-related spell from the dragon vein so as to maximize the use of the dragon vein.

Without hesitation, Lin Yu refocused his attention on the trading house.

He first purchased a batch of [Earthfire Crystal Cores] (gold-grade material) and a small bottle of [Lava Essence] (platinum-grade material).

Both of these items contain pure fire energy, which is of great benefit to cultivating the "Divine Fire Heart Sutra" and the "Molten Flame Demon Body".

The cultivation of the "Molten Flame Demon Body" requires tempering the body with fire, and these materials can simulate a more powerful flame environment to accelerate the tempering of the physical body.

He had bought it before entering the Time Hut, and the effect was indeed good, but it was a bit expensive.

If Lin Yu didn't have a strong financial foundation, he really wouldn't be able to afford it.

Therefore, Lin Yu has been searching the trading house for apartment facilities that can change the spiritual energy of an apartment, such as [Dragon Vein] or [Pure Spiritual Spring], or volcanoes, to assist in cultivation.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find anything suitable; either it was too bad and unnecessary, or it was too good and he couldn't afford it.

At the same time, he also kept an eye on items related to "dragons".

He was very interested in the Dragon Vein's [Bloodline Inheritance] function.

He quickly identified a small piece of [Dried Dragon Wing Membrane] (a gold-grade material) and a few drops of [Earth Dragon Heart Blood] (a gold-grade material). Although the quality was not high, it should be enough as a "catalyst" to initiate the sacrifice.

Although Lin Yu didn't know if this kind of Western lizard-like dragon vein was recognized, it should be fine in theory, since the dragon vein did not specify that only items from Eastern dragons could be used.

With the initial resource integration complete, Lin Yu prepared to attempt to activate the Dragon Vein's [Bloodline Inheritance] function.

He went to the center of the living room, sensing the surging dragon vein energy underground. Then he took out the [Dried Dragon Wing Membrane] and [Earth Dragon Heart Blood] that he had just purchased, and placed them on the ground according to the vague intentions transmitted by the dragon vein.

hum!

The dragon vein seemed to be activated by these two items containing a faint dragon aura. The ground faintly glowed with a purple-gold light. The two items dimmed and dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually turning into ashes. A trace of the dragon's essence was absorbed by the dragon vein.

[Note: Items related to "dragons" have been sacrificed to the dragon vein. Current progress of the inheritance is 2.3%.]

"Only 2.3%?" Lin Yu frowned. It seemed that this diamond-level facility had quite an appetite. To initiate an inheritance, a massive amount of high-quality dragon resources would be required.

This place is a money pit.

Suddenly, Lin Yu thought of the [mysterious dragon head].

I wonder how much progress this thing will increase after being sacrificed?

However, after careful consideration, Lin Yu decided not to sacrifice it. After all, it was a diamond-grade material and a relatively rare dragon material. He decided to keep it, just in case it came in handy later.

He has plenty of methods at hand, so he's not in a rush.