Chapter 26 - Level up for No Reason

Ding!

"Master, are you sure you want to use your available resources to upgrade the village? This upgrade includes the village's territory, facilities, and various defense formations."

"Yes!" Su Mo didn't hesitate.

Following Su Mo's confirmation, various materials in the system's dimension disappeared. At the same time, tens of thousands of spirit rocks also disappeared.

Su Mo couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart when he saw this. These were all things that he had looted from other villages. It was just an upgrade to the village, yet he had used up all of his materials.

When Su Mo saw only a few spirit tools and a few spirit rocks left in the system's dimension, he could not help but fall into a daze.

"Master, please don't feel sad about these things. The system will ensure that the upgrades are worth it." The system seemed to have noticed Su Mo's mood, comforting him.

"I hope so," Su Mo looked at the system and said.

"What about my Golden Dragon Fate?" Su Mo quickly asked.

"It's not just people who need fate. If a clan intends on developing, it also needs fate. This can reduce the probability of the inner disciples suffering from Qi deprivation. Instead, it will increase the probability of breakthroughs. At the same time, it can subtly improve the disciple's luck levels," the system replied.

"So you used the Golden Dragon Fate too?" Su Mo asked with a pained expression.

He had initially planned to use the Golden Dragon Fate on himself to improve his luck.

"Yes, but I haven't used it yet. Do you want me to cancel the action?" The system asked coldly.

"Forget it. The development of the village is more important than my own needs," Su Mo said helplessly.

'I have less use for it anyway. It won't be a problem for me to improve my luck on my own,' Su Mo thought to himself.

It just so happened that Su Mo also intended to see what effects the Cultivation Accelerator had.

Thinking of this, Su Mo entered a meditative state.

Su Mo immediately felt the difference in his cultivation speed. He would only feel the effects of his cultivation in the past after ten cycles, but now, he could feel the effects in just one cycle.

"Damn, this is cheating!" Su Mo exclaimed in admiration.

Moreover, this mental cultivation method matched Su Mo's current realm. The higher the realm, the faster the circulation would be, and the conversion rate would also be higher.

Su Mo gradually entered a meditative state during his rapid cultivation, blocking the outside world's perception.

At this moment, all the people living in the Crimson Heart Village were awakened. Except for Su Mo and Lin Ping.

Su Mo was immersed in deep cultivation, while Lin Ping was also attempting to approach the self cultivator's threshold according to the book's contents.

After comforting the disciples in the herb garden, Zhou Ping came to the grand library and asked, "Master Shi, do you know what's going on?"

"Yes, Master Shi. Do you know where Clan Master Su is? You should look for him!" Shi Heshuo, who had rushed over from the demonic beast pen, also asked.

"I don't know either, but this strange atmosphere should be related to Clan Master Su. Otherwise, he would have already shown himself," Shi Yunshan replied.

"That's good," Zhou Ping and Shi Heshuo heaved a sigh of relief.

"Go back to your workstations! No matter what happens, don't panic. With Clan Master Su and I around, you shouldn't need to worry," Shi Yunshan said.

"Yes, sir!" The two of them quickly took their leave.

It was not their fault for panicking, but the change in the village's atmosphere was too significant.

The original Crimson Heart Mountain was very tall, and Crimson Heart Village was at the top of the mountain, but under the influence of some unknown force, the mountain began to decline.

It was not a simple decline but more like the mountain had been compressed. The soil and internal structure had become more firm and solid.

Then, the Crimson Heart Village's buildings began to move independently, slowly expanding in all directions, becoming more magnificent. Materials were constantly being added, and the buildings began to rise and expand.

Even the floor tiles and the jade stone steps that went up the mountain seemed to have become more solid. For a time, the entire Crimson Heart Village began to transform.

After the buildings had finished transforming, one defense formation after another appeared.

First, the Protective Barrier Formation appeared, followed by the High-grade Spirit Gathering Formation, the Heavenly Spirit Formation, and the Clan Master's Hall Protective Formation.

After that, spirit gems flowed into these formations like a stream. Materials that blotted out the sky and covered the sun began to add to the defense formations.

Another three stars lit up within the Thirty-six Heavenly Cycles Formation with these resources.

However, the other formations didn't change much, except that the spiritual Qi in the village's air was even denser. The cultivation technique would automatically circulate after one breath, achieving a cultivation effect.

The last Golden Dragon Fate appeared, and it flew across the sky, letting out an angry roar, then it exploded weirdly. The gold dust that filled the sky began to sprinkle onto the ground.

"Is this tangible fate?!" Shi Yunshan said in fear.

As the rain of tangible fate fell, the people in the village received some benefits as a result.

For example, Shi Heshuo, who was comforting the demonic beasts that had become agitated due to the changes in the village, suddenly felt a closer bond with the demonic beasts.

Lin Ping, feeling the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth and cultivating his sense of Qi, suddenly had a trace of mana appear in his body.

The others also seemed to have gained the ability to achieve what they wished for instantly.

However, most of the Golden Dragon Fate's effects improved the level of luck in the clan members.

"What is this?"

Everyone except Shi Yunshan looked at the sky and the rain of gold dust. Even Lin Ping looked upward after awakening from his cultivation.

"This is clearly the ability of a god!" Lin Ping said as he looked at the significantly upgraded village.

At the same time, he was secretly happy. He felt fortunate to have come across such a magical place, and he would definitely become a mighty god in the future!

At this moment, the loyalty of the few people who had yet to be satisfied with Su Mo instantly increased by nearly ten points.

It was already late at night when these changes finally ended. When everyone felt that they could finally rest, a considerable change began.

However, this time, it wasn't just the Crimson Heart Village that changed. Almost the entire floating island noticed this transformation.

A massive amount of spiritual energy began to gather in the Crimson Heart Village.

All the cultivating people felt that the spiritual energy around them had been sucked away by someone, disappearing instantly.

The spiritual energy gathered in the Crimson Heart Village's main hall. Now, the spiritual energy had turned into a stream and was continuously flowing into Su Mo's body.

"What are you doing, Clan Master Su? Are you refining your spiritual stream?" Shi Heshuo said innocently.

"Stop asking such questions! Hurry up and start cultivating!" Shi Yunshan appeared behind Shi Heshuo and said.

"Ah, Master Shi, this..."

"Hurry up and cultivate now. You'll understand what is happening once you're done cultivating," Shi Yunshan berated.

It was rare to see such a phenomenon of gathering spiritual energy. It was also a good time for those who were close to ascending.

"This is truly extraordinary! Clan Master Su is finally ascending into the Golden Core Realm. What effect will this have in the future?" Shi Yunshan looked at this scene and sighed.

At this time, Su Mo had already entered the most critical moment of cultivation. He was only one step away from becoming a true Golden Core Realm Cultivator!