"Continue!"
Half an hour later, having consumed a total of 330,000 cultivation points and 10 Dao energy, the Fire Element True Understanding was elevated to the tenth level.
Originally intended to increase fire-based spell power by 10% and casting distance by 50%, with the golden finger bonus, it turned into a 20% fire-based spell power increase and a 100% casting distance increase.
Additionally, several fire-based spells were derived.
Level one derived Fireball.
Level three derived Firewall.
Level five derived Fire Shield.
Level ten derived Fire Rain.
Extending his right hand, he spread his five fingers, where bits of flickering flames coalesced into a cluster of fire, suspended in his palm.
This was not any particular spell but rather a flame merely condensed using mana, based on the theoretical experiences gained from the tenth level of Fire Element True Understanding.
It didn't have much power, at most used to ignite a fire.
He observed for a moment, then reached out to extinguish the fireball.
The location wasn't right; experimenting with spells wasn't suitable inside the battleship, he could only wait for tomorrow.
As for now, he exited the cabin to see the sun slanting westward, the battleship heading back.
The stretch of water they were currently situated on seemed boundless, but it was not the ocean; instead, it was the Yuanjiang River, one of the three major rivers on Blue Mountain Island where he was currently located.
Originating from the west of Blue Mountain Island, Yuanjiang River meanders over eighty million kilometers through the island center, with over 4,000 tributaries, flowing eastward into the sea.
The narrowest part of Yuanjiang River is at the upstream Dragon Road Gorge, where the river extends more than 500 kilometers wide.
The widest part is at the downstream estuary, with the river reaching tens of thousands of kilometers wide.
The headquarters of Thousand Feather Guild is situated at the mid-lower reaches of Yuanjiang River, where the river is nearly 3,000 kilometers wide, resembling the sea, with winds creating layers of waves lapping towards the shore.
Through the clear river water, dark shadows swimming across the clear riverbed can occasionally be seen—various fish spirits, crab spirits, shrimp creatures, and other aquatic spirits and creatures.
Influenced by the Heavenly Dao Laws of the Other Shore Realm, everywhere across the shore are various spirits and creatures, endless in their numbers, constantly refreshed.
Players with awakened Data Law bodies can gain killing experience from slaying these spirits and creatures, and if they manage to kill the elite among them, namely BOSSes, they can receive Dao energy and loot—the endless spirits becoming a renewable resource.
Some densely populated monster spawning points or places that can refresh BOSSes have become contested resource points for many guilds and teams.
The battleship sailed downstream, occasionally seeing small teams of players engaged in defeating aquatic creatures along the river, not far from the shore.
Most were flying in the sky, some well-capitalized ones riding exquisite flying ships or mounts hovering tens meters above the river, wielding flying swords and various magical treasures to eradicate the spirits within the water and accumulate killing experience.
After about half an hour of sailing, the massive ship rounded a small hill protruding the riverbank, revealing a wide view in front.
On the other side of the hill was a tributary of Yuanjiang, named Chensha River, merging here into Yuanjiang. Opposite the 300-kilometer wide mouth of Chensha River sat a massive city occupying over 100 square kilometers, encircled by high stone walls and dotted with Thunderfire Towers, and centrally was an unimaginably thick beam of light thrusting skyward.
This was Thousand Feather City, the headquarters of Thousand Feather Guild, located eastwards at the confluence of Chensha River and Yuanjiang, with Taihu Mountain Range's branch to the north.
The city is bordered southwest and surrounded by water, northeast by mountains, with access only by water route or from above.
The city's waterside sides each had a large dock, with a civilian dock near Chensha River side for privately owned ships of guild members or active small player groups of Thousand Feather City, while the other, near Yuanjiang side, was a military dock for all the large military battleships owned by the guild.
The enormous divine wood ship slowly docked ashore, as many newcomers or cultivators ascended using various flying artifacts, heading into the city.
Su Yu also took out a delicate paper crane, blowing out a breath of spiritual energy, quickly expanding it into a paper-made celestial crane with a wingspan of about three meters.
He leaped onto the crane, sitting at the saddle, and with a thought, the paper crane slowly ascended into the air.
Paper Crane (Level 1): A paper-made crane capable of soaring through the air.
Size: Wingspan 3 meters, can carry 1 person.
Attributes: Durability 200.
Attributes: Flight altitude 100 meters, flying speed: 50 kilometers/hour.
As one of the lowest-grade flying artifacts, the paper crane costs 500 wen, cheap and practical, perfect for newcomers like Su Yu with ordinary backgrounds.
The paper crane gradually rose into the sky, where sizable sword light magic treasures flashed quickly through the air, occasionally witnessing ample flying ships approaching from afar or emerging from the city, with Su Yu's paper crane leisurely crawling among them like a tortoise.
Slowly crossing the hundred-meter high city walls, entering the city, a colossal city blending modern and ancient styles came into view.
The city had a standard cross-shaped layout, with two main roads intersecting at the center of the town, a huge central square, flanked by street-side shops, littered with advertisement signs, merchants' cries filling the air, its commercial atmosphere rivaling that of a modern bustling city's commercial district.
People came and went, everywhere in clothing such as robed brocades and various strange old costumes of cultivators, yet most prefer to be called players.
They might fly past from above aboard flying ships, or steering various curious flying magical treasures, riding exotic mounts and animals, or even without anything at all, gliding through the air with fluttering sleeves.
"Fengyu Tower studio is recruiting newcomers, requirements: Root and Perception above 15 points, contract guarantees offer of 5 million cultivation points and 50 Dao energy, providing one intermediate Qi Refining Heart Skill, selection of one True Understanding of Five Elements Skill, salary 2 gold per month with room and board for the first three months, then 5 gold monthly, with commissions."
"Level-up team recruiting 3 temporary teammates, requirement: Basic Qi Refining Skill above level twenty, magical treasure above level three, internal auction of the loot."
"Newbie guided training, entire journey by vehicle, 1 gold for 100,000 experience, or 1 gold for 10 Dao energy."
"Cloud Sea Pavilion offers customization of fine flying swords below level five; interested bosses please private message."
"Thousand Feather Pavilion announcement: Due to unforeseen circumstances, our monthly auction at the end of each month is temporarily rescheduled to next month's first day at 2 PM, welcoming new and old customers."
The regional channel was bustling, with Su Yu leisurely flying on his paper crane, while observing the rapidly scrolling information in the channel like a flood.
Thousand Feather Guild is considered a seasoned guild, having been established for over 180 years, officially reporting around 45,800 members, with over 300,000 affiliated members, and nearly a million individual and team player forces flourishing in the nearby area using Thousand Feather City as a supply base.
With such a scale, it is considered a medium force in the Blue Mountain Archipelago.
The vast population fosters a prosperous economy, where nearly all cultivation-related resources can be purchased.
The paper crane entered the city, leisurely flying towards the north, in a zone filled with dense high-rise buildings, each floor featuring many spacious balconies capable of accommodating small flying ships.
The paper crane flew through the floors, stopping at a balcony in one building's middle.
This was the guild member residential area; as a formal guild member, he was assigned a flat of over 300 square meters.
Thousand Feather City covers a hundred square kilometers, with guild members numbering less than fifty thousand, more than adequate living space.
The house was empty, the floor smooth as a mirror, beneath was an intricate spiritual pattern, as Su Yu lay on the sofa, the floor mildly glowing, with faint spiritual mist rising from the floor converging towards him.
He closed his eyes to relax, paying no mind to the spiritual energy slowly surging into his body.
Below the guild headquarters lies an oversized array covering over a hundred square kilometers; it can extract earth vein energy as the City Defense Array's power, and during peacetime, any surplus energy is dispersed to guild members as a basic benefit.
Staying here doing nothing still provides a steady influx of cultivation points.
Approximately an hour yields over a hundred points.
Though not much, it thrives as additional income.
Su Yu meditated for about a quarter of an hour, then opened his eyes and accessed the regional channel again.
First, he looked for a merchant to order a river delicacies meal, costing only 20 wen.
In the Other Shore World, currency is gold, silver, and copper, but these aren't ordinary gold, silver, and copper—copper coins are refined from copper, silver star iron replaces sycee silver, and golden essence substitutes for gold, essential materials in refining flying swords and magical treasures, usable as currency.
1 tael of gold is equivalent to 100 taels of sycee silver.
1 tael of sycee silver is equivalent to 1,000 copper, that is, a thousand wen.