Urban Sims

Two months later.

Zhou Ming stepped down from his position at the head of Zhenlin City and officially occupied the second line.

At this time, he had just turned 40 and had completely entered middle age.

And the brilliant career he has created in the past twenty years or so has been worshiped by countless ordinary people, which is enough to make the immortals of the sect sigh with emotion.

A mere mortal can create so many "miracles".

Whether it's business or military...this mortal is far beyond people's imagination.

It can even be said that he changed the world.

He is very successful in his career, but in terms of personal cultivation, he cannot be flattered.

The initial stage of condensation.

Zhou Ming's cultivation has been stuck at this stage for many years.

There is almost no progress at all.

And another control character in the "dual-line mode" - Ye Kong, with his outstanding talent, is now an immortal in the late stage of Gudan, and has become the teaching elder of Guanglei Mountain, and is expected to reach higher levels in his lifetime. The impact of the trance period.

In comparison, a rookie like Zhou Ming could be crushed to death by one finger in front of Ye Kong.

The main reason is that the qualification gap is too large.

But it also has something to do with the fact that Zhou Ming usually can't spare much time to practice.

Moreover, the system also has a "hang-up training" function. Whenever Zhou Ming briefly returns to reality, this function can still keep the character's body in a state of training. The advantage is that it does not delay the growth of strength, but the disadvantage is that it affects the improvement of realm.

Because Zhou Ming had so many things to do, he gradually developed a dependence on "hanging up to practice". Even when he was in a dungeon, he would often ask the system to turn on this function to save time for meditating.

Now, he is a 40-year-old middle-aged man, and his golden period of practice has passed. It is almost impossible to make a breakthrough again.

The system also suggested that if this body lives for another twenty or thirty years, it can be forced to exit to avoid wasting time.

However, Zhou Ming has his own plan.

"In this round, my career has developed very well. In terms of cultivation, one is limited by talent and the other is neglected to practice. It is basically impossible to break through from a mortal to the immortal level."

"We can only place our hope in the next game and match up with someone with higher talent."

"However, the solid foundation laid in this game is still the key to success in the next game!"

"The new model of practice for all people and research and practice for the whole academy can bring together the wisdom of hundreds of millions of people, which is equivalent to hundreds of millions of people practicing together, comprehending and summarizing together, and writing the better techniques and insights into books , put it into the library of Daxian College, and scan it into the system's database. All these valuable information can provide me with reference."

In the library of Daxian Academy, there are currently 873 exercises and more than 3,000 volumes of various notes and insights.

I believe there will be more in the future.

In addition to the "Wisdom Center" library, since last month, a huge building covering several acres and with a foundation of nearly 20 meters deep has been built in an open field on the back hill of Daxian College. Under the construction of thousands of skilled workers, , will rise within a year.

Juling Tower!

The most important functional building of Daxian College.

The business card of Future Town Lin City is a new city landmark that is taller than the city hall building.

On the design drawings, the appearance of the Juling Tower is not only eye-catching, but its various parameters and architectural requirements are also jaw-dropping.

Height: 160 meters.

Number of layers: 40 layers.

Total internal area: 10,000 square meters.

Maximum capacity: 5,000 people.

Adjustable aura concentration: 10 to 1000 times (the first layer has the lowest concentration, the fortieth layer has the highest concentration).

Finally, the cost of building this Spirit Gathering Tower is jaw-droppingly high.

The material cost alone would cost one billion spiritual coins.

Because if you want to realize the "vortex siphon" effect of the Spirit Gathering Tower on the surrounding spiritual energy, you need to use a large number of "soul stones" and draw a large number of metal-like materials on the surface of Yaojin, Red Crystal, Xuanxing Iron, etc. The complex lines and patterns promote the absorption of spiritual energy.

In addition, small pieces of "spirit coins" must be spread on the floors of each floor in the Spirit Gathering Tower, and then a futon should be covered on top of them, which is equivalent to a practitioner sitting on the "spirit coins" to practice. "Spirit coins" that can automatically absorb spiritual energy also have an obvious effect of accelerating cultivation.

And these hundreds of millions of spiritual coins spread on the floor are not included in the material cost.

Therefore, not only for Zhenlin City, but also for the world, the Juling Tower is a shocking super project.

It is also the key to Zhenlin City becoming stronger in the future.

Funding is not a problem at all. Zhou Ming just hopes that the Juling Tower can be completed and put into use as soon as possible. For this reason, he personally serves as the project team leader and directs the construction on the construction site every day.

The construction of the Spirit Gathering Tower has become his top priority!

"Shanhe, you have just stepped down from your position at the head of the city. You should have a good rest for a few days. There are people in charge of the construction site, so why do you have to come here every day? You seem to be busier than before."

A clear voice came from beside me. Gao Xiuzhen, the vice president in charge of academic affairs, also came to the busy construction site.

Zhou Ming, who was wearing a safety helmet on his head, turned to look at her and said, "The Juling Tower is of great importance. I can't do it myself unless I catch it."

"I know, but you also have to take care of your health. You have aged a lot in the past few years. I thought you would be more relaxed after retiring as the city leader, but I didn't expect you to be so busy and hardworking."

There was both distress and complaint in Gao Xiuzhen's voice. She felt distressed about his body, but she complained about the promise this man made to her to "cultivate well after retiring from office." She has not yet fulfilled it, and she is still busy as usual. cause.

"Xiuzhen, there are currently 3,000 students in Daxian Academy, and more than 3,000 have graduated. A total of 6,000 people. However, more than 200 people are stuck in the middle stage of condensation, and more than 2,000 people are stuck in the late stage of Qi refining. Many The student had every hope of making a breakthrough, but ended up being stuck for a long time, why?”

"The spiritual energy concentration is insufficient."

"It is said that for sects with large spiritual veins, the concentration of spiritual energy in the best caves is more than a thousand times that of the mortal world, and the concentration of spiritual energy in ordinary caves is more than a hundred times. The disciples from the outer sect who are not qualified to practice in the caves practice outside, and the concentration of spiritual energy is also More than twenty times.”

"This is the reason why the sect is so powerful. Their disciples practice very quickly and there is no need to worry about insufficient spiritual energy."

He shook his head: "It won't work in the mortal world. The spiritual energy in the mortal world is thin. Although the impact is not big in the early stage, in the later stage, the restrictions will become greater and it will even affect the breakthrough."

"The number of powerful monks in Zhenlin City is difficult to increase."

"It will be different with the Spirit Gathering Tower!"

"With this tower, students no longer have to worry about insufficient concentration of spiritual energy. They can also practice in an environment similar to the fairy mountain paradise. The problem that limits the speed of practice is solved, and the strength of Zhenlin City will leap forward again!"

The more Zhou Ming talked, the more excited he became: "After the Spirit Gathering Tower is put into use, I believe that it won't be long before Zhenlin City will have thousands more monks in the liquid condensation stage, and even a second 'immortal' in the solid elixir stage will appear. With the unique education system of Immortal College, the model of universal education and universal cultivation, we can train one monk for every three hundred people."

"As for the sect, one person from every 30,000 to 100,000 people will be selected and sent to the sect for training."

"In other words, the efficiency of cultivating monks at Daxian Academy is more than a hundred times that of the sect."

"If we can equal the sect in terms of average cultivation speed, in less than ten years, the strength of Zhenlin City will not be weaker than that of a thousand-year-old sect!"

"In fifty years at most, Zhenlin City will be strong enough to crush the Ten Thousand Years Sect."

"If we don't say that Chixing Mountain won't be a big concern then, this world will also enter the mortal era!"

"So I have to hurry up, build the Spirit Gathering Tower as soon as possible, and achieve those goals as soon as possible!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Ming was extremely ambitious and his eyes were full of longing.

Seeing the man's appearance, Gao Xiuzhen shook her head helplessly. She understood the man's ambition, but she also had to have a good rest, pay attention to the balance between work and rest, and did not have to do everything personally.

"Xiuzhen, after this Spirit Gathering Tower is built, I will ask you for advice. Logically speaking, your qualifications are average, but in recent years you have made faster and faster progress. A few days ago, you broke through to the solid core stage and became a mature person. You became the first local immortal in Zhenlin City... I really don’t know how you practice, I can’t keep up with you at all.”

Looking helplessly at Gao Xiuzhen, whose life span increased by 500 years after her cultivation reached the solid core stage, and she became as young as a 20-year-old girl. Zhou Ming couldn't figure it out: In just a few years, Gao Xiuzhen's cultivation Because it is growing so fast, it has been left so far behind that it is impossible to catch up no matter how hard it is pursued.

Gao Xiuzhen can cultivate to the solid elixir stage, can I do the same?

Zhou Ming also thought about it, but the system said it was impossible, because although Gao Xiuzhen's qualifications were average, he had a lot of room for improvement. He was an "acquired growth" qualification, and Zhou Ming's room for growth was logically speaking. It is also relatively large, but it seems to have been artificially destroyed, so there is not much possibility of improvement.

There is more than 99% chance that it will stay in the condensation stage for life.

Vandalism?

Can qualifications be artificially destroyed?

This surprised Zhou Ming, and he had a mystery in his heart.

Of course, although he felt a little sad, he still expressed his congratulations and gave several gifts to Gao Xiuzhen for breaking through to the solid core stage.

After Gao Xiuzhen accepted the congratulations and gifts, she felt a sense of urgency in her heart and urged Zhou Ming to step up his practice more frequently, hoping that he could break through the bottleneck and break through to the solid core stage like her.

The lifespan of monks in the Gudan stage can generally be increased by five hundred years, so they are called "immortals".

The lifespan of ordinary people in this world is generally only a hundred years or so before they return to dust.

So the purpose of Gao Xiuzhen's hard training in the past few years is this: if she becomes an immortal and Zhang Shanhe also becomes an immortal, after the death of Xia Xiaoyan, wouldn't they be a couple of gods and immortals for the remaining four hundred years?

Who else could stop them all at once?

It is with this belief that Gao Xiuzhen has made rapid progress in recent years.

Zhang Shanhe suddenly stood still. How could she not be in a hurry?

So she said to the man: "When the Spirit Gathering Tower is built, you must listen to me and practice well with me."

"no problem."

Zhou Ming winked at her and gave her an OK gesture.

The woman then smiled sweetly.