After the internet was disconnected, I connected to the magic world.

Messages pop up in WeChat groups very quickly.

Zhao Hao's statement, "It really is possible in reality," was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, instantly creating ripples.

[Zhang Lei]: Really? I just sat there breathing exercises for almost two hours, and I didn't feel anything in my stomach except for bloating. I thought I was just too stupid.

[Zhou Ming]: I only felt a very faint warmth, which was far less than in my dream.

In dreams, one's Qi and blood flow smoothly like water, but in reality, it's like pushing a cart through mud—severely sluggish.

[Xuanqing]: The old Taoist priest also tried it.

The physical body in reality is mortal, with stagnant blood and qi, far less flexible and easily guided than the body in the Nine Provinces world.

Currently, I can only feel a trace of Qi swirling in my dantian. At this rate, it will take at least ten days to condense true internal energy.

[Shi Mingyuan]: This humble monk is the same. Cultivating oneself in dreams is like sailing with the current, while in reality it is like going against the current, the difference is more than tenfold.

Of the five, Xuanqing and Shimingyuan had the strongest foundation. Their decades of practice in breathing exercises and meditation were not for nothing, so it was expected that they would be the first to sense the Qi.

Zhao Hao was young and quick-witted, and he was the second to get the hang of it. This was purely due to his deep-seated adolescent obsession and high level of concentration.

Zhang Lei and Zhou Ming were a little slower, but they both caught that faint warmth; it wasn't an illusion.

[Zhao Hao]: Ten days is fine! It's better than nothing! Once I develop internal strength in real life, I'll never be afraid of school bullying again!

[Zhang Lei]: You should shut up and stop showing off everywhere. This is too weird. We should just keep it to ourselves.

If someone arrests you and takes you in for research as if you were mentally ill, you won't even have time to cry.

[Zhou Ming]: Agreed. The sample size is too small to be sure of any side effects; let's observe discreetly for a while.

The group chatted for over half an hour, and finally agreed to discuss the situation again in their dreams that night before gradually dispersing.

No one knows anything about their conversations, their progress in spiritual practice in reality, or even the fluctuations in their thoughts.

They all transformed into tiny fragments of spiritual energy, drifting into the demiplane through the connection of the Nine Provinces Coordinated Order, where they were automatically refined by the Divine Absorption Array.

In the study on the second floor of the Qingzhuyuan Villa, Lin Ze leaned back in his chair, his fingertips lightly tapping the table.

Zero's voice reported in a straightforward manner within the sea of ​​consciousness:

"The original body, the first five beta testers, had a real-world cultivation conversion rate of about 12% compared to the dream world."

Based on current trends, once they fully master the Azure Cloud Technique and can cultivate it independently in reality, the duration of their dream state is expected to decrease by 40%-60%.

Lin Ze frowned slightly.

This was exactly the bug he was most worried about.

The Kyushu world is essentially his dream demiplane; what enters is only the human spirit.

No matter how powerful you become in your dreams, it's just a spiritual understanding. Without tempering your physical body with true qi, it's like having theory but no practical application.

Everyone is so excited right now, they look forward to going to sleep every day.

But once they've mastered the realm and discovered that they can achieve it through practice in real life, who would still want to stay up all night dreaming?

When the number of people entering his dreams decreases and the amount of spiritual energy dissipates drastically, his source of magic power will be cut off.

Demiplane expansion, rune research, and personal cultivation—none of these can be done without a massive amount of magic power.

"We can't let them leave Kyushu," Lin Ze muttered to himself. "We have to tie them to our interests."

Novelty in cultivation techniques alone won't retain people; we must offer something unattainable in reality to make them inseparable from Kyushu.

He opened the Magic Network Voice Forum and typed a line of text in the search box: Materialization of Dream Demiplane.

He had a vague impression when he read about the Borrowing Domain Technique and Demiplane General Knowledge that high-level dream realms were not entirely illusory.

The search results showed a top post by a Saintly Mage discussing advanced applications of demiplanes.

It is clearly written inside: the dream world may seem illusory, but it is actually a real dimension where spiritual power and magic intertwine.

A Saint-level mage can use their own magic to permanently solidify objects within a demiplane and drag them to the prime material plane.

They can even move their physical bodies into a demiplane to live in for a long time, just like in reality.

The post also mentioned at the end: "Spiritual practitioners are most skilled in this, often using dreams as traps."

Trapping the enemy in a dream and condemning them to eternal damnation means that the injuries sustained in the dream will be reflected back into the real body, and dying in a dream is the same as dying in reality.

"As expected." Lin Ze's eyes lit up.

It's not an illusion, it's just that the energy level is insufficient.

He is currently only at the Foundation Establishment stage and cannot achieve the permanent solidification and physical relocation of the Saint Realm. However, he should be able to materialize small-volume pills and materials into reality in a short period of time by smashing magic power piles.

With a direction in mind, the next step is to implement it.

The first step is to solve the currency problem.

The world of Kyushu cannot remain a primitive form of barter; it must have a unified, general equivalent.

Lin Ze pulled out a magic power condensation method he had previously saved, a basic technique he had found in the alchemy section.

It can compress scattered magic into stable crystals, making it easy to store and carry; alchemists call it magic crystal.

"In Kyushu, let's call it Spirit Stone."

Lin Ze casually changed his name to fit the context of Eastern cultivation.

With a thought, the magic power stored in the core of the demiplane was drawn out and condensed into a pale purple ball of light in the air.

Seventy-two basic runes automatically appeared, rapidly rotating and compressing around the ball of light, round and round.

It was compressed thirty-six times before the light cluster shrank to the size of a pigeon egg, forming a prismatic crystal.

It is light blue, warm and translucent, and slightly cool to the touch, containing pure and gentle energy.

[Spirit Stones: Containing pure spiritual energy, they can be absorbed for cultivation and used as a medium for exchange.]

Lin Ze weighed it in his hand; a low-grade spirit stone was roughly equivalent to the total amount of magic power he had accumulated in a day.

"The cost isn't low." He frowned, then relaxed.

"They're meant for circulation anyway. The spirit stones you spend will eventually flow back through various channels; it's just a matter of moving from one hand to the other."

The real cost is the magic consumed in bringing an object to life.

He experimented by transforming a second-tier herb from the half-mask into his real palm, which consumed approximately three spirit stones of magic power.

The heavier and more complex the item, the greater the consumption.

For small pills like these, one spirit stone is usually enough.

"That's enough."

Lin Ze had a plan in mind.

The rules are simple:

Spirit stones are the only circulating currency in Kyushu. They can only be obtained within Kyushu through quests, trades, and other means; they cannot be created in reality.

Those who possess spirit stones can use them to exchange non-living items from the Nine Provinces for real-world items.

The exchange rate is set by him from behind the scenes. In the early stages, it will be 1:1, with pills and low-level materials exchanged for one spirit stone each.

Therefore, if one wants to cultivate quickly in reality, a large number of elixirs are needed.

To obtain elixirs, one must have spirit stones.

To obtain spirit stones, one must enter the Nine Provinces daily to complete tasks and accumulate contribution points.

A perfect closed loop.

This not only solves the problem of user stickiness, but also stimulates them to be more active in Kyushu, generate more spiritual energy, and form a positive cycle.

"Zero," Lin Ze said.

"exist."

"Distribute a batch of low-grade spirit stones to the treasure vaults and warehouses of all sects and villages. The quantity does not need to be large."

Seven or eight pieces from each location are sufficient; they should be labeled as relics of ancient immortals and gods, and their internal energy cannot be perceived by those below the innate level.

"In addition, the Kyushu Tongke Order function has been optimized."

In reality, the holder only needs to mentally touch the token to bring up their personal panel, open up inventory storage space, and support item exchange functions.

"Yes, the true form."

As Zero's voice faded, subtle changes began to occur throughout the demiplane.

In a corner of the Qingyun Sect's treasure pavilion, there was an antique jade box containing eight light blue spirit stones arranged neatly.

In the ancestral halls of the two beginner villages, one in the north and one in the south, old wooden boxes containing spirit stones were also found, which were locked up by the village chiefs as ancestral treasures.

All the tokens worn by the holders had an extra layer of extremely faint spatial runes, which were not noticeable unless you looked closely.