9 About the Castle of Black Iron (A chapter but trivial)
Yaoshen faintly felt that the surrounding environment had suddenly changed as if he instantly exited a tunnel while on a train. At the same time, Yaoshen also felt warmer. He could smell a much fresher air, a smell akin to the park after it rained. Yaoshen couldn't help but open his eyes. When he did, he was really shocked with his mouth opened widely.
What was presented in front of Yaoshen was a square, broad, and empty land. Standing in the middle of the piece of land, Yaoshen noticed that this land was several times larger than the Seventh National Male Middle School. He roughly measured the length and width of the land with his eyes and found that they were both at least 700m. It felt extremely open; there were only a few things left on the land. It seemed like a barren land with only one bulge at the center of the land. There was also a small tree as tall as a person not far away from Yaoshen.
Yaoshen went to the tree and checked it out. It was growing well with its spreading branches and luxuriant foliage. Each leaf seemed as if it was flowing with a special brilliance, which made the tree very conspicuous. What amazed Yaoshen was that the leaves were in various shapes and colors, making each leaf distinct from one another. How weird! However, Yaoshen also felt strangely harmonious with the leaves of varying shapes hanging on the tree. The tree was neither made of gold nor wood; it was a material that nobody knew of.
Colorful fog swirled above the tree in ever-changing shapes. Staring at the tree for a while, Yaoshen naturally felt a sense of tranquility and peace.
'The tree feels familiar to me. Is this because of the blood bonding I done with it earlier?'
Yaoshen decided to further explore the land. As the soil was fine and smooth with a proper temperature and contained no impurities, Yaoshen felt like he was standing on soft and wet sand, so he began to run in his bare feet. Although the area only covered slightly more than 0.5 km2 and was limited in space, it was still enough for Yaoshen to make a dash. He explored the surrounding environment and the edge of this space. He could see the rolling colorful fog from far away. There was a strange elasticity that pulled Yaoshen back from the barrier; therefore, he was never able to break through it. More than 300m away from the small tree, Yaoshen found a black deep mire that was larger than 200m2. The mire was as black as ink, and it was still bubbling; however, there was no smell, which gave Yaoshen goosebumps. After looking around, Yaoshen found no other living being within this space beside himself, not even a single ant.
Yaoshen went back to the small tree. Circling the tree for a while, he felt increasingly intimate with it. Yaoshen couldn't help but touch the small tree that had splendid leaves. Touching it, Yaoshen abruptly saw a semi-transparent pale blue dialog box that had a line in it and was startled.
——Manjusaka Karma Fruit Tree
——The tree feels that small amount of energy is leaking from your body. With the leaking energy, you can produce Leakless Fruit. Do you want to produce it?
——Yes … No
Yaoshen was surprised and thought 'energy is still leaking from my body? What is going on'
[Host bloodline has not been released from its suppression yet so your body is not yet a leakless body. It is still leaking little amount of energy]
'I see'
Yaoshen then pressed the button "Yes" because he wants to taste the fruit before releasing his bloodline.
——Leakless Fruit in production, 168 hours away from maturation!
——Space management system template of Manjusaka Karma Fruit Tree is established!
——Please name It. Attention, the name is permanent!
——Space name:———————— （followed by a line of sparkling spots）
As a momento, I shall use the name "Castle of Black Iron"
After That, the four words appeared on the sparkling light spots.
——Name of space: Castle of Black Iron!
——Enter … Back
Yaoshen pressed the "Enter" button. Then, the old dialog box disappeared and a new one appeared.
——What do you want the system to call you?
——Your Name:————————（followed by a line of sparkling light spots）
Yaoshen thought for a while and said "Just call me Castle Lord" and he pressed "Yes" With this he can differ whether the system or the Castle of Black Ironhad call upon him.
——Castle of Black Iron and the Lord of Castle of Black Iron confirmed!
——Preliminary management system template of Castle of Black Iron has been established!
When the dialog box disappeared, Yaoshen's eyes turned bright once again. A semi-transparent pale blue icon, marked with a small tree in the center and "Castle of Black Iron" below the small tree, appeared in the upper left corner of Yaoshen's vision and started to sparkle. Yaoshen touched the icon with his hand, and as a result, the icon instantly expanded in front of Yaoshen while several lines of words appeared on the branch of the tree and became a tree-like menu.
There were four options inside:
——Basic Attributes of the Castle of Black Iron
——Space and Topographic Creation
——Living Beings and Species Management
——Produce Special Seeds and Fruits of Manjusaka Karma Fruit Tree
Yaoshen touched the first item, "Basic Attributes of the Castle of Black Iron", which was between the root and the branch of the functional tree. All of a sudden, a new data window opened.
Castle of Black Iron
——Length: 1 Krosa (a length unit in ancient India)
——Width: 1 Krosa
——Aura Value: 0
——Merit Value: 0
——Basic Energy Storage:0
——Special Output: Void
Yaoshen continued to touch another button — "Space and Topography Creation". Unexpectedly, the following words appeared in front of Yaoshen:
——As the three storage values of Castle of Black Iron are 0, the Space and Topographic Creation Function is not available!
Touching another option, "Living Beings and Species Management", a new window opened.
——Carbon Based Living Beings and Species Management
——Silicon Based Living Beings and Species Management
——Sulfur Based Living Beings and Species Management
——Other Living Beings and Species Management
This time, besides the first option, "Carbon Based Living Beings and Species Management" was available, while the other options were all gray. When Yaoshen pressed the first button, a dialog box containing two messages jumped out.
——Input systematic resources into a biological population or an organism. You can help this living being mutate and evolve in an unprecedented way.
——The system has detected carbon based microorganisms on you, the Castle Lord. When you entered the Castle of Black Iron, the Microorganisms System of the Castle of Black Iron started.
After the dialog box disappeared automatically, three new options appeared.
Among the three sub-options of animals, plants, and microorganisms, only the option "microorganisms" was activated and available.
Therefore, Yaoshen touched the option of microorganisms.
Yaoshen then saw the microorganisms that he "carried" into the Castle of Black Iron under the option of "Microorganism". They were bacteria and microzyme. Everybody, more or less, carried bacteria. Some were good, while some were bad. The microzyme might have come from the rice brew at home. He remembered having drunk three bowls of rice brews downstairs just now. Some of the rice brew might have spilled onto his clothes and followed him into the Castle of Black Iron.
He touched the option "Microzyme", which enlarged and looked like a drop before another new picture appeared.
To the left of the icon of "Microzyme" was a red cross. Under the icon, the system showed three sliders that were similar to schedule bars and respectively corresponded to the three basic attributes: aura value, merit value, and basic energy.
As it did not seem that complex, Yaoshen simply glanced at it and understood their uses. The three sliders seemed to represent that you agree to input systematic resources into these living beings. Once you have decided to do that, the selected living beings or species would mutate and evolve to a certain degree.
Yaoshen looks at the red cross and know that its use was to 'delete' the organism.
It seemed very interesting. Closing this window, Yaoshen tried again and found the function "Produce Special Seeds and Fruits of Manjusaka Karma Fruit Tree" was not available yet.
"Oh yeah didn't I have the True Pinnacle All Encompassing Lifewater. I already decided to give it to the small tree when I saw the effects."
