Chapter 25 Manor System

After Xia Shan learned that the first industrial revolution was impossible, she still changed her career to become an Alchemy Engineer...

She's the type of player who belongs to the construction category, not very interested in leveling up, only liking to create various things in the game.

The Holy Spirit's super-strong physical engine brought her a huge surprise, but MP restrictions caused Xia Shan's first industrial revolution to be instantly annihilated under her mere ten points of intelligence.

But she did not give up...

Jiang Qiao watched the girl walk out of the professional guild and then turned back into ghost mode, flying out together with Hai Lan.

Next, Xia Shan's actions made Jiang Qiao feel more assured. She picked up many small stones from the streets of Lionheart City, piling them up on the roadside.

Jiang Qiao knew what Xia Shan was testing—it was whether players could build things inside Lionheart City.

The answer, of course, was no. If players randomly piled up things inside Lionheart City, wouldn't the entire city turn into illegal constructions?

Ten seconds after Xia Shan had piled up the small stones, a cluster of tiny sparkling lights swallowed the stones she stacked.

She also received a system prompt.

"City cleaning pixies have cleaned up the trash you threw."

"As expected, it doesn't work." Xia Shan had anticipated this, showing no signs of discouragement. She ran to the outskirts of Lionheart City, to the newbie monster spawn area, Slime Forest, with a large pile of small stones.

She piled a large heap of small stones on the grass in Slime Forest, but soon another prompt popped up.

"Forest cleaning pixies have cleaned up the trash you threw."

"Not even in the wild?" Xia Shan appeared very frustrated.

Watching from the side, Jiang Qiao couldn't bear seeing it anymore. He logged into his Elemental Summoner account not far away, pretending to be a passerby walking past the girl.

"Friend, are you building a human pyramid?" Jiang Qiao asked, looking at the little pile of stones Xia Shan had stacked again.

"Not a human pyramid, I'm testing if I can build something in the wild," Xia Shan replied without turning her head.

"If you could build a house in the wild, this game would turn into a tower defense game, but I know a place where you can build houses," Jiang Qiao added.

"Where? Oh... hi."

Only then did Xia Shan realize a player was talking to her. She turned around and was stunned by Jiang Qiao's gorgeous equipment, especially the Fire Spirit's Prayer in his hand.

Jiang Qiao's current level was twenty-eight. While walking around Lionheart City, she only saw players at level one or two, so Jiang Qiao belonged to the big-shot category.

"Excuse me, can I ask where the place for building houses is?"

Xia Shan, a light-hearted casual player, was very polite while chatting. This was a habit she cultivated from her workplace. Perhaps she only felt relaxed about building houses when lacking materials.

"A manor," Jiang Qiao mentioned another important system for lifestyle players, "The manors in Lionheart City are now open. That place is meant for player construction. If you're interested, I can take you there."

"It's a bit troublesome for you. You can just give me the coordinates; I can go myself," Xia Shan reacted cautiously to Jiang Qiao's enthusiasm.

"My friends for the instance haven't logged on yet, and I need to buy some potions from Lionheart City anyway. Besides, you can't possibly get kidnapped in the game." Jiang Qiao started an awkward conversation.

"It's not an issue, I have a one-click alarm button," Xia Shan thoughtfully responded.

The one-click alarm system is not an in-game function of the Holy Spirit but a built-in game tool of the Heaven Palace gaming platform. These tools include chat software, live broadcast recording systems, screenshot tools, and more...

After logging into the Heaven Palace gaming platform, Jiang Qiao naturally included this external comprehensive tool for promoting the Holy Spirit among players.

"Shall I lead the way?" Jiang Qiao asked again.

"Thank you!"

Xia Shan quickly followed Jiang Qiao back to Lionheart City. The entrance to the player manors in Lionheart City was on the busiest commercial street.

This place could be said to be the most frequented by players, as all the commonly used NPC supply shops were here. At the end of the commercial street was the professional guild, and at the entrance to the commercial street was the player manor system entrance.

The manor system, as the name suggests, is players' own 'house.' This house can be understood as an area, a customizable area.

"Here it is." Jiang Qiao pointed to the empty land at the entrance to the commercial street.

"But there's nothing here. Wait, I see a prompt."

As Xia Shan stood in front of the empty land, an NPC wearing formal attire suddenly approached her. The NPC was a shrewd-looking merchant with a top hat and monocle.

"This is definitely the best location in Lionheart City. Do you need anything, great Holy Spirit?" the NPC asked.

A window also popped up in front of Xia Shan, with only two options: The first was 'Manor System Explanation' and the second was 'Manor Purchase.'

Soon, Xia Shan clicked into the manor system explanation.

'The manor is a special independent space existing in Lionheart City. After purchasing the manor, you will receive a manor key item. Arrive at this location and use the manor key to open the portal to the manor.'

"Isn't it just building a house right here on this lot?" Xia Shan had hoped to buy this piece of land and build a big house for passing players to admire.

"Your residence certainly exists on this land, but it's a special land with multiple independent spaces. It can accommodate countless Holy Spirits building their manors on this land. However, don't worry. As long as your manor is outstanding, this land will display your manor to millions of people. You can also choose to only see your own manor, but other Holy Spirits won't be able to see it," the NPC explained.

This basically meant that the land could be purchased by all players. Those who bought it would enter an independent space, with the space size determined by the manor level.

Yet, passersby would only see the most excellently constructed manors on this land, and players could set it to only see their own manor.

Half of the twenty-two square kilometers of Plane Fragment Hai Lan swallowed was put into this manor system by Jiang Qiao.

"I like this setup!" Xia Shan's construction spirit ignited again upon hearing that she could compete with other players.

The detailed attributes of the manor further excited Xia Shan. In the manor, players could fully customize their residence, even to the point of moving bricks to build houses themselves.

Meanwhile, depending on the manor's different construction attributes, recovery effects were also provided. The MP recovery bonus was what Xia Shan valued the most!

Perhaps she couldn't start her first industrial revolution elsewhere in the Holy Spirit, but in her own manor, she could!

"Do you want to buy it?" the NPC asked again.

"Of course I want to buy it! How much?" Xia Shan was fully immersed in her dream of owning a big house.

"For just one hundred gold coins, you can buy a twenty-square-meter plot."

With this one sentence, the NPC shattered Xia Shan's beautiful dream into fragments.

She opened her inventory and glanced at her money tab.

Ten copper coins.

Newbies start with only ten copper coins. One hundred copper coins for one silver coin, and one hundred silver coins for one gold coin.

Currently, selling equipment from the twenty-five-level instance would only give Jiang Qiao an income of over ten silver coins.

Xia Shan turned her gaze to Jiang Qiao.

"I only have saved up twenty gold coins myself," Jiang Qiao indicated that as a player, he wasn't that rich either.

"Twenty-eight levels and already saved twenty gold... should have a hundred gold by level forty!" Xia Shan wasn't discouraged, her spirit reigniting once more.

A spirit named saving up enough dowry to buy a house!

"Aren't you going to try collecting gold coins?"

Jiang Qiao pointed to the streets of the commercial district. On the very first day the Holy Spirit went public, players buying gold coins had already appeared...