After allocating his attributes, Lin Mu began to survey his surroundings.
As the shimmering light faded, a rustic and simple courtyard emerged, seemingly enveloped by countless tiny inscriptions and runes.
Lin Mu was currently standing in the center of the courtyard, which was an empty, very basic space. In front of him were three rooms. The middle one was the main hall, where the Divine Village Creation Token was placed. The two rooms beside it were likely resting areas or places for conducting official business.
To the right of the courtyard were also three rooms, which served as the village's two warehouses and kitchen. After establishing a village, the system would provide some simple farm tools, rice seeds, common vegetable seeds, and some artisan tools, among other things.
To the left of the courtyard was a crudely built stable, large enough for a few horses.
Currently, there wasn't even a single horse, so the stable was temporarily useless.
Lin Mu walked forward, eager to check the attributes of the village established by the Divine Village Creation Token in the main hall. He moved swiftly, practically flying, and quickly opened the main door.
Upon opening the door, the first thing Lin Mu noticed was not the furnishings in the hall, but the two people inside.
That's right, two people. Lin Mu had originally expected only one, because in his previous life, when he established a village, the system would automatically provide a low-level NPC civil official to help the lord manage the territory. But now there were two. Could this be an additional benefit of the Divine Village Creation Token?
Seeing Lin Mu, the two immediately stood up and bowed, "Welcome, Lord! Congratulations on successfully establishing the village and providing us with a place to live in peace."
"Haha, congratulations to all. With the assistance of you two, the village will only get better and better," Lin Mu said, not surprised, as the intelligence of NPCs was no different from that of ordinary people.
"Your subordinate Chang Yin, courtesy name Yuan Jian," introduced the NPC standing on the left.
"Your subordinate Feng Zhong, courtesy name Feng Jin," introduced the NPC standing on the right.
Chang Yin was a middle-aged scholar, fair-faced and beardless, dressed in a neat scholar's robe with a high cap and wide sash, appearing calm, benevolent, and very refined.
Feng Zhong was also a middle-aged man, but his build was robust, with a broad back and powerful shoulders, a square face, a stern expression, dark skin, and thick, muscular arms, indicating he was likely a fierce general.
Hearing their introductions, Lin Mu also introduced himself, "My name is Lin Mu. I don't have a courtesy name yet."
A courtesy name, or 'zi', was a very important setting in 'Mythical Three Kingdoms'. Having a courtesy name meant that the person had activated their talent, and courtesy names were unique.
Lin Mu not having a courtesy name meant that his talent had not yet been activated.
"We greet our Lord! May our Lord be well!" the two said in unison.
Lin Mu didn't bother with pleasantries, eager to check the attributes of his territory.
"You can accompany me to the back hall to check the territory's attributes," Lin Mu invited.
"Thank you for the invitation, Lord," Feng Zhong and Chang Yin didn't refuse, following Lin Mu into the back hall.
The back hall was the most important place in the territory. When upgraded to a city, it would be the City Heart; for now, it was the Village Center.
The back hall was currently empty of furnishings, with only a glowing token floating in mid-air.
Golden dragon-shaped energy coiled and drifted around it, and the token's surface was covered with countless mysterious inscriptions. Lin Mu didn't know their meaning and didn't delve into them.
Upon seeing the token, Chang Yin and Feng Zhong showed expressions of longing, bowing slightly as if in great reverence. Lin Mu, however, did not notice the expressions of the two behind him as they saw the token.
Now, Lin Mu could check the token's attributes:
【True Dragon Village】 (Second Village in the World: A somewhat renowned village, increasing the attraction of special vagrants. However, since the village is built in a secluded area, the effect is not optimal.)
Level: Junior Village
Village Attributes:
Special Attribute 1: 【Auspicious Earth Virtue】 (Activated): The Yellow Dragon belongs to earth, symbolizing auspiciousness. It thrives by dragon veins and is born from dragon veins. A land with dragon veins, blessed with abundant spiritual energy, can become a Junior Spiritual Land. Requires the occupied territory to have a dragon vein. Dragon vein already occupied — Yinglong Valley. This valley is a Junior Spiritual Land.
Special Attribute 2: 【Humanistic Glory】 (Activated): Bestowing grace from heaven, cultivating virtue as one, acting with benevolence, bringing peace to the world. Overall work efficiency and training efficiency of the territory increased by 100%.
Special Attribute 3: 【Humanity's Blessing】 (Activated): Benefiting all beings, everyone becomes like a dragon. The aptitude of registered villagers increases by one tier.
Special Attribute 4: 【Nüwa's Compassion】 (Activated): The great goddess Nüwa hopes for humanity to transform into Nine Heavens Dragons, traversing the world and gathering the qi of heaven and earth. The overall attributes of resources occupied by the territory are increased by 100%.
Current Residents: 3 / 100
Public Sentiment: 85
Public Order: 35
Tax Rate: 10% (This tax rate only applies to resources obtained by players within the territory, with 10% of total gains being submitted. The system automatically calculates and submits for players. This tax rate is not fixed.)
Current Resources: Grain 500 units, Stone 500 units, Wood 500 units, Copper Coins 1500 (1 unit of grain is 1 jin, 1 unit of stone or wood is 1 cubic meter)
Current Buildings:
Village Council Hall: Place for managing the village, can post village announcements and register residents.
Junior Residential House: Quantity 1, provides housing for villagers, accommodates 5 people, slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Stone 10 units, Wood 10 units, Junior Architect 1.
Junior Mine: Quantity 1, place for researching, refining, and excavating ore veins. Building requirements: Stone 50 units, Wood 50 units, 500 Copper Coins, Junior Architect 1.
【Dragon Temple】: Special building, not activated.
Junior Vagrant Camp: Special building, cannot be upgraded by consuming materials, requires special means for upgrading, explore on your own.
Buildable Buildings:
Junior Tailor Shop: Makes clothing and some equipment, slightly increases crafting attributes and efficiency, slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Junior Tailor, Stone 20 units, Wood 15 units, 150 Copper Coins, Junior Architect 1.
Junior Blacksmith Shop: Forging and selling weapons, equipment, and farm tools, slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Junior Blacksmith, Stone 30 units, Wood 20 units, 200 Copper Coins, Junior Architect 1.
Junior General Store: Slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Junior Merchant, Stone 20 units, Wood 15 units, 150 Copper Coins, Junior Architect 1.
Junior Medical Hall: Researches and sells elixirs, treats the sick, slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Junior Physician, Stone 20 units, Wood 25 units, 300 Copper Coins, Junior Architect 1.
Junior Market: A platform for villagers or players to trade resources with each other, and can also trade across villages. A junior market can trade within the county. Slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Stone 25 units, Wood 35 units, 500 Copper Coins, Junior Architects 5.
Junior Lumber Mill: Produces wood tools and timber, slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Junior Lumberjack, Stone 20 units, Wood 15 units, 100 Copper Coins, Junior Architect 1.
Junior Shipyard: Researches and builds ships, Junior Shipwright, slightly increases public sentiment. Building requirements: Stone 20 units, Wood 15 units, 100 Copper Coins, Junior Architects 3.
Junior Barracks: Recruits and trains soldiers. Soldiers meeting conditions can be promoted to generals here. Slightly increases public order. Building requirements: Stone 50 units, Wood 50 units, 500 Copper Coins, Junior Architects 5.
Junior Fishery: Place for cultivating, raising, and managing the territory's fishery. Building requirements: Stone 50 units, Wood 50 units, 500 Copper Coins, Junior Architects 3.
Village Area: 1 square kilometer (1000X1000)
Territory Area: Unlimited (Conventional territories for villages are 10 square kilometers. This village, established by a Divine Village Creation Token, has no territory limits).
Divine City Heart: Durability: 100w / 100w, each attack is forcibly 1 point.
Resources required to upgrade village to Intermediate: Grain 5000 units, Stone 5000 units, Wood 5000 units, Copper Coins 100000, 8 basic building types, villager count must reach or exceed 100.
It was different from what Lin Mu had imagined, but even more powerful than his expectations. Divine was indeed divine.
Lin Mu's expectations were greatly satisfied; he hadn't expected it to be even more powerful than anticipated. What were Heaven-tier and Earth-tier tokens compared to this? With this foundation, the future was truly a smooth road. Lin Mu suddenly felt very grand and exalted, as if he had subtly succeeded in showing off. No, no, he needed to be low-key, low-key. Sneak into the village, no shooting!
Village Creation Tokens, from highest to lowest, were divided into Divine, Heaven-tier, Earth-tier, Profound-tier, and Yellow-tier.
Among them, Yellow-tier Village Creation Tokens would offer four territory attributes for players to choose from after establishing a village, but the attributes weren't very good, rarely featuring top-tier ones, and only one territory attribute could be chosen.
Profound-tier Village Creation Tokens would offer five territory attributes for players to choose from after establishing a village. The attributes were significantly better than Yellow-tier, but there were no rare territory attributes, and two territory attributes could be chosen.
Earth-tier Village Creation Tokens were considered high-tier. After establishing a village, they would offer six territory attributes for players to choose from, and there was a high chance of rare territory attributes appearing, such as those Lin Mu knew: 'Increase overall territory production efficiency by 30%', or 'Territory gains special product: Profound Mechanism Ballista', and so on. The one Lin Mu envied the most was 'Territory gains special product: Profound Mechanism Ballista'. It actually had an attribute for producing a special product. Lin Mu remembered it caused a huge sensation at the time. The player who used that Earth-tier Village Creation Token was eventually forced to sell the territory, but the wealth gained made him comfortable for the rest of his life.
Lin Mu didn't know what happened to that player in the end, but that village became very famous. Many player factions came there to buy expensive Profound Mechanism Ballistas to strengthen their armies.
For Earth-tier territories, three attributes could be chosen to keep.
As for the last type of Village Creation Token, Heaven-tier, Lin Mu had never seen its specific territory attributes. This was because such tokens were monopolized by major factions, and no player had leaked concrete information. Only some players on the battle network forums occasionally expressed their feelings, giving Lin Mu a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg, but it was still very powerful.
Lin Mu didn't know the full extent of the Heaven-tier Village Creation Token's power, but he knew the attributes of the Divine-tier one, and he figured it wouldn't be much more powerful than his own.
Lin Mu's Divine Village Creation Token, however, didn't offer a choice of territory attributes; they were all fixed. Junior Spiritual Land – Lin Mu knew its secrets. He hadn't possessed one in his previous life, but it should be similar to the Ten Great Caves and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands. Lin Mu was somewhat looking forward to the effect of this attribute.
【Humanity's Blessing】, this attribute was truly amazing. Lin Mu felt this attribute was the best and most helpful for the territory's development, because it increased the aptitude of the territory's residents by one tier, which meant their potential increased by a whole tier. It was indeed terrifying.
As for the other two attributes, needless to say, their subsequent effects would ensure the territory's rapid development, and Lin Mu's territory would have no worries about resources, soldier training, general breakthroughs, or food.
