The surrounding walls had already been repaired, but there should have been a carpet on the floor.
The walls were still pitted and uneven, while the gemstones embedded in them had long since lost their luster.
This was actually a meditation room.
Players could go AFK and meditate here, increasing their maximum mana. It was absolutely a treasure trove capable of breaking through the game's restrictions.
Unfortunately, the meditation room had been completely destroyed and was entirely unusable.
Chu Fu could only swallow her heartache and hope that she might be able to repair it someday.
She then climbed to the fourth floor.
The fourth floor gave Chu Fu a pleasant surprise. It was actually an alchemy workshop.
Of course, the alchemy workshops of necromancers and liches were all aligned with the dark element.
Scrolls and bombs of the dark element would be even more powerful when crafted here.
There was also a collection of recipes.
The biggest problem with alchemy was not the workspace, but the lack of recipes.
These recipes had now merged with the alchemy workshop. Anyone who came here could learn them, and the recipes were not consumed after being learned.
This was fantastic.
The Thorn Guild would soon have a whole batch of dark-element alchemy masters.
The fifth floor was a potion room.
It also contained a selection of recipes, including Night Vision Potions and Shadowmeld Potions that allowed the user to blend into the darkness. They were extremely practical.
Another source of income.
By the time she reached the sixth floor, Chu Fu was heartbroken to the point of being unable to breathe.
This was the spot where Xie Lin had struck with his sword, leaving behind a crack a full three meters long.
Most importantly, Chu Fu's poison had also seeped into this area, causing most of the things here to be corroded.
And this floor just happened to be a library!
It contained a huge number of skill books. Players could only learn one skill every five levels, which was nowhere near enough.
Skill books were snapped up the moment they appeared in the auction house. With so many books here, every single one was worth money!
Even if they were kept for the necromancers in the guild who were about to change classes, they would still represent a valuable investment.
“I'm not looking anymore, I'm not looking anymore. The more I see, the more it hurts.”
Chu Fu continued climbing.
Unexpectedly, the seventh floor turned out to be a reception room, with no special effects.
The eighth floor was even more magnificent. It was clearly the residence of a divine envoy.
There was even a large black bed on it, wreathed in black smoke.
Sleeping on it for a while would increase one's dark-element attack power.
This was useful. She would move it to the third floor later and use it for cultivation.
The ninth floor was the control center. It could activate the protective shield and release black light.
However, the core crystal had already dimmed and lost its radiance. It needed to be replenished with mana, or else she would have to wait for it to recover on its own. That would probably take a week.
The tenth and final floor was a prayer room. At a glance, it was clearly a place for worshiping the God of the Undead.
Chu Fu casually dismantled the statue of the God of the Undead.
This place was practically a rooftop, and it could receive sunlight. She could plant some things here later and turn it into a rooftop garden.
However, with such a dense aura of darkness, it would be best to grow dark-element plants.
Fortunately, there were still some leftover materials in the dark alchemy workshop and dark potion room, so Chu Fu brought them over and planted them.
She had just finished taking a hurried look around when the members of the secretarial team arrived as well.
They needed to collect the information and pass it on to Feng Huimin.
The moment they saw Chu Fu, they immediately greeted her.
Feng Huimin was their leader, while Chu Fu was the leader of their leader.
There were few opportunities to make an appearance in front of the top boss.
After all, they were merely “clerical staff.”
Feng Huimin was currently negotiating some business, and Chu Fu had just asked about the promotion of the guild's S-rank players, so the members of the secretarial team hurriedly reported the matter to her.
“President, the new S-rank players have been identified. Would you like to take a look? One of them is particularly unusual.”
“Oh?” Chu Fu's interest was instantly piqued.
The male secretary was named Chen Chen, and his ID was The Old Minister Has Arrived. It was unclear whether his name had influenced his class too much toward support, but his initial class had been Retainer.
Fortunately, after advancing again and again, he had now become a Minister of State.
He had also gained an extremely powerful ability: Contract Signing.
Any contract witnessed by him, whether in the game or in the real world, was legally binding.
He had truly taken off.
However, as a senior secretary, Chen Chen naturally could not openly take credit for his own ability.
That was why he had brought up someone else, hoping to pique Chu Fu's interest.
What he wanted was simply to make an appearance. Once Chu Fu knew about his abilities, she would be even more pleasantly surprised.
After all, aside from Contract Signing, he possessed another ability that was even more astonishing.
Below One Person (S):
Trait 1: The Old Minister Has Arrived: Designate a player as one's lord. As long as the user shouts, “The Old Minister Has Arrived,” they can instantly appear at their lord's side.
Trait 2: Protect the Lord: Protect the lord from harm. Temporarily gain 120% of the lord's base attack and defense, but also bear all damage inflicted upon the lord.
Trait 3: Defense increased by 100.
The only drawback was that choosing a lord required a binding contract.
Although Feng Huimin was very powerful, it was the top boss whom he truly wished to serve as his lord.
He had finally found his chance.
Seeing that Chu Fu was interested, Chen Chen hurriedly said, “Although not many players advanced during this battle, quite a few life-class players did.
“One of them has the ID Professional Book Printer for 20 Years. Their talent is the S-rank Perfect Imprint. If they have a skill book, they can reproduce it perfectly.
“These skills can even become universal skills. Mages can learn warriors' skills, and warriors can learn healing skills.”
Chen Chen handed the information to Chu Fu.
It listed not only Professional Book Printer for 20 Years' talent, but also their class: Engraver.
They could create original printing blocks and use them to make copies.
The documents also contained projections for potential profits.
Projection One: Have a mechanical expert create a fully automatic printing press, ushering in an industrial revolution and allowing skill books to be mass-produced.
Projection Two: Bring the ability into reality and produce skill books in the real world.
Required materials for Level One Warrior's Bash: only one rabbit hide, rabbit blood, plant fiber, and ink.
Wasn't that far too cheap?
Of course, some people might not like Bash, a warrior's skill book.
But what about Minor Heal or Magic Bullet?
The former could heal people, while the latter provided a ranged attack.
They would definitely be highly appealing.
Chu Fu thought of the skill books inside the Lich Tower.
They had now turned into piles of glittering gold coins.
However, she immediately realized that copying high-level skill books would require difficult-to-obtain materials and would be extremely labor-intensive.
Copying basic skills, on the other hand, was a completely different matter.
Suddenly, she had a bold idea.
“This ability is truly excellent. It's obviously perfect for turning over to the state!
“Of course, I'm worried that China won't be able to handle it properly, so I'll help them myself!
“Find Feng Huimin later and have her establish a Thorn Printing Factory.
“Print books with all your might!”
“Yes!”
Chu Fu looked through the information on several more people. The Thorn Guild was truly overflowing with talent now.
It had a full thousand players with S-rank talents or higher.
She wondered whether the invaders were afraid yet.
These people would all become god-tier players in the future, standing against the invasion of the game into reality.
Would the enemy tremble in fear at the thought?
At the thought of this, a smug smile appeared at the corners of Chu Fu's lips.
She was truly amazing. She had cultivated so many talented people.
With her good mood intact, she hurriedly dealt with the guild's affairs.
The team would be heading to Windpeace Town later, after all!
The scroll I bought can’t go to waste. Even an Origin-tier dungeon grants 10 points to every attribute!
