Ye Yun used the remaining fourteen building level upgrade opportunities to raise the city protection formation to level ten, and then upgraded the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion to a medium-sized building.
Ye Yun had previously left the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion untouched because it had little significance for the current defense battles. However, it wasn't a bad building, just too advanced for Fengle City at this stage.
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Heavenly Doctor Pavilion (Special Building)
Level: Medium 1
Function:
1. Peerless Medical Ethics: In-city status recovery speed for players of this faction +300%.
2. Heavenly Doctor: During defense battles, all in-city residents players' health and vital energy recover by 1% per second within the city's range.
Radius outside the city: 50km
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The Heavenly Doctor Pavilion used ten building level upgrade opportunities, but its functions did not improve significantly. The recovery speed only increased from 200% to 300%, and the per-second recovery of vital energy and health increased from 0.5% to 1%. The range also more than doubled. It seemed costly, but Ye Yun was certain that this building would be the foundation for Fengle City's standing among divine cities!
It was similar to when Ye Yun first entered Xiancheng. If Xiancheng had a high-level Heavenly Doctor Pavilion, he wouldn't have been able to act with impunity then, as his stats weren't as overpowered as they were now.
Originally, Ye Yun had also wanted to upgrade the level of his supreme saint statues in Fengle City, but he gave up after some thought. Increasing the level of saint statues would mainly benefit the players below with more attribute points, perhaps slightly improving their overall strength, but it was of little use to Ye Yun at the moment. He didn't even have time to spend the 500,000 Primordial Chaos points he earned daily, and they had accumulated to over 100 million.
Currently, apart from spending in the Myriad Things Mall, Ye Yun hadn't found any other use for Primordial Chaos points. It was different from the real world, where one could obtain Primordial Chaos Qi, which had certain effects on his Nascent Soul in his Sea of Consciousness, his true essence, and even his exotic fire.
This was why Ye Yun had asked Ksitigarbha, and even Yue Xia, to set up their saint statues within the empire's territory for the empire's citizens to admire and worship.
The expansion of the city's area and the changes to the city walls and defensive buildings above attracted the attention of tens of millions of people in the entire city.
Soon, some players discovered a building emitting purple light a few hundred meters away from the secret realm entrance.
"Holy crap, where did this building come from? It's some kind of Imperial Guard recruitment building. Is this where our Emperor recruits Imperial Guards?"
"It seems our Emperor can not only be an emperor in the real world but also in the game world. I just don't know why His Majesty would put this building here. Is His Majesty going to recruit Imperial Guards here for us to watch, so we all know how powerful His Majesty's army is?"
"Are you nuts? Does His Majesty need to show off his strength to a weakling like you? Any logistics personnel from the Dragon Palace in our empire could kill you thousands of times over, and you're talking about showing off? Pfft..."
A crowd of onlookers gathered around the building, but no one approached it. Only a level thirty City Guard commander stood quietly waiting in front of the building.
A level thirty City Guard was an existence that many current players found unattainable. Fengle City had over three thousand of these guards. They were the first batch of security forces Ye Yun had created to prevent chaos within the city, and now they had become the commanders of over two hundred and thirty million new recruits.
Despite being natives, no one dared to provoke them here because they represented the dignity of the Dragon Palace and Ye Yun's authority. Offending them was no different from rebelling.
The commotion quickly attracted the attention of a large group of players. After all, a dozens of meters tall building emitting purple light near the secret realm entrance was visible at a glance, and they all gathered there, discussing animatedly.
Roar...
A massive roar emanated from the recruitment building, drowning out all the discussions of the players present. Then, under the watchful eyes of all the players, a winged dragon, seven to eight meters tall, flew out from the roof of the recruitment building. After circling in the air, it landed beside the City Guard commander. A warrior, similar to the City Guards, leaped down from the dragon's back.
"Dragon Rider Warrior pays his respects to Commander!"
"Rise. You are now appointed as the Legion Commander of the Dragon Rider Legion. You will lead the Dragon Riders from now on. Wait here for your subordinates to emerge. I have other matters to attend to and will depart now." The commander looked at the first Dragon Rider to emerge with a slight smile, then turned to face the tens of thousands of players surrounding them, a smirk playing on his lips.
"Esteemed sirs, this commander has received orders from the City Lord to await the birth of our city's new troop type. This is the new troop type newly recruited by our City Lord, the Dragon Riders! Whether they are powerful or not, you will know for yourselves. Perhaps, you can also spend some gold coins to recruit some Imperial Guards as your own escorts."
"What? We can recruit them too? Is today really not April Fool's Day?"
"Holy cow, Dragon Riders? The Dragon Riders from Western legends? They look so damn powerful. And can we players recruit such powerful beings?"
"Wow, this Dragon Rider brother is so strapping. I wonder if flying in the sky with him would feel any different?"
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After hearing the commander's words, the players fell silent for a few seconds, then became excited. The main reason was that the Dragon Riders looked incredibly impressive, almost excessively so.
"Alright everyone, this commander has to leave now. This recruitment tower has a total of sixteen troop types. If you wish to recruit, please form orderly queues and avoid crowding."
"Also, I have some good news for everyone. Due to our city's further expansion and larger area, the time limit for players to stay in Fengle City has been lifted. You can stay here for as long as you wish." With that, the commander quickly ran off, fearing that the players would spit on him after seeing the prices in the Imperial Guard recruitment building.
Soon, the players formed orderly queues, over fifty abreast, stretching for over a kilometer and still growing.
"Sixteen troop types, just thinking about it is exciting. Hey, fellow villager in front, hurry up!" The line was long, but more players, after understanding the situation, didn't bother queuing. After all, the player residence time limit in Fengle City had been lifted, but they were more urgently concerned with leveling up.
Because the human map had shrunk by 99%, the current maps offered limited opportunities for simply grinding monsters. Fengle City had previously 'limited' them, and outside the secret realm, their levels would barely increase by one every few weeks. They couldn't endure waiting here for several hours.
This situation led to the dominance of the Dragon Palace. Currently, the names appearing on the level rankings were exclusively those of the Dragon Palace members.