Having secured the resources, Lan Qingyou certainly wasn't going to be polite.
She poured every last bit of them into the upgrade.
After clicking confirm, she immediately and rapidly scanned the Level 6 facilities displayed on the screen.
The Ancient Tree Nest, Large Constant Temperature Herb Warehouse, Large Ore Warehouse, Large General Warehouse, Large Herb Field, Large Alchemy Workshop... every facility she had wanted was right there on the list.
However, being limited to choosing only three for the upgrade was a bit painful.
Lan Qingyou scratched her head.
To be honest, it was a difficult choice.
As an adult, she naturally wanted them all.
But the problem was that the shelter wouldn't allow it, and neither would the world consciousness.
The Large Constant Temperature Herb Warehouse was definitely the top priority; that went without saying. Herbs required a temperature-controlled environment for proper storage.
The Large Herb Field was also a must. Otherwise, she wouldn't have a good way to manage all the sludge she had already spread out.
The general warehouse and the ore warehouse could wait.
One was for storing ingots and the other for golems; neither had an 'expiration date.'
That left her torn between the final two.
She naturally wanted the Ancient Tree Nest as well. It allowed for the taming of flying creatures. Even if it wasn't particularly useful to her right now, they were tamable monsters; they might come in handy later.
As for the Large Alchemy Workshop, that was the simple factory building she had assembled earlier.
She had set up several different metal alchemy circles inside, and now that the system had recognized them, it had categorized the facility as a Large Alchemy Workshop.
It made sense.
When it came down to it... Lan Qingyou ultimately chose the alchemy workshop.
The Ancient Tree Nest could probably grow on its own over time, but she was about to start mass-producing golems immediately.
Whether it was brewing potions or farming the land, she would need the golems to lend a hand.
Otherwise, how could she achieve mass production?
Having made her choices, Lan Qingyou clicked confirm. The Level 6 upgrade began.
【Ding! Congratulations to individual 'Lan Qingyou' of the Abandoned Forest, District 666, for being the first to upgrade to a Level 6 shelter. You have received one optional reward. Please keep up the good work.】
"It’s been a long time since we've seen that."
"It hasn't been that long, has it? The Witch was just on the global announcement recently."
"I'm talking about the shelter. It’s been two months since the last person hit Level 5, hasn't it?"
"I guess it just gets harder and harder to upgrade the further you go?"
"Harder? That's an understatement. Do you have any idea how many materials Level 6 requires?"
"What, are you trying to sound smart?"
"Huh?"
"You think I don't know how many materials it takes? You think I need you blabbering about it?"
"Screw you, I was just trying to be helpful and you're cursing at me?"
"Stop acting so high and mighty. Who do you think you are?"
"Fine, fine. You're a good dog, you sure know how to bark. I wonder if you'll bark this loudly if we meet in person."
"Bring it on. I'm right here at the Great Rock Reef waiting for you."
This district was always like this; people were at each other's throats within seconds of starting a conversation.
However, this didn't affect Lan Qingyou's mood as she picked her reward.
She skipped over the skills and tools entirely and looked at the books. After all, one couldn't expect her to be interested in a list full of D-grade items.
Ultimately, Lan Qingyou chose a miscellaneous book titled 《Continental Monster Anatomy Illustrated Guide》.
This thing seemed decent enough. Reading it would likely increase her Monsterology knowledge level.
While it wasn't as good as performing a dissection herself, it would allow her to get a general understanding first.
After finishing her selection, Lan Qingyou went down to check on the situation.
Due to the upgrade, everything in the shelter that had been damaged previously was now fully repaired. After a quick patrol, Lan Qingyou took a bath and went to bed.
This recent string of non-stop activity had finally come to a close.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with taking a good rest.
Though she called it resting, she was actually just lying in bed reading a book.
For Lan Qingyou, this was the only kind of 'leisure' she really had, but she thoroughly enjoyed it.
The next day, Lan Qingyou began moving, shifting her things from the fifth floor to the sixth. She also took the opportunity to organize the bookshelves on the fourth floor.
Afterward, she went outside to see exactly what had changed with the Level 6 upgrade.
In reality, there wasn't much to see.
The herb field had become a proper agricultural field, and the previously simple wooden factory building was now fully integrated with the adjacent giant tree.
The warehouses were still warehouses, whether they stored herbs or ingots. Each one was as large as the shelter's footprint and also occupied the sixth floor.
It might have been an illusion.
But she felt like the shelter's giant tree was slightly taller than the other four trees.
Then again, the shelter's tree was already situated on a gentle slope.
Perhaps it had always been a bit taller.
Lan Qingyou, who had never scrutinized this detail before, attributed it to the terrain.
This was likely her newly acquired geographical knowledge at work.
However, if there was one major change visible at a glance, it was that the scattered rocks at the base of the shelter tree had now turned into a stone wall.
It was rough, but it was definitely a stone wall.
Not only was it four stories high, but even the interior walls of the fourth and fifth floors—which had been wooden—were now stone. Even the height of the first-floor exit seemed to have lowered slightly.
It seemed the original tree hollow shelter was truly transforming into a towering stone tower.
That seemed quite fitting, actually.
After all, she was the Witch of the High Tower.
She finished her patrol and spent the rest of the morning categorizing the materials provided by the Supreme Council into the warehouses. By the time she was done, it was nearly noon.
While waiting for lunch, Lan Qingyou took out three glass bottles containing the Knowledge, War, and Gale Saps.
Although she had used the Knowledge Sap before, it had been mixed into a potion during brewing, so it didn't count as direct consumption.
Everyone at the villa had probably taken theirs; she shouldn't fall behind.
With that thought, Lan Qingyou used a dropper to place a single drop of Knowledge Sap into her mouth.
It was a bit bitter.
But it was tree sap, after all—raw and without any additives. A bitter taste was only natural.
About thirty seconds later, as Lan Qingyou was still savoring the taste, a surge of knowledge that didn't belong to her filled her mind.
It was geographical information about the Kalim continent.
She couldn't say it was useless, but it was barely better than nothing.
Still, these things were like a lottery—exciting, yet potentially disappointing.
After cleaning the dropper, Lan Qingyou moved on to the War Sap, which she had even lower expectations for.
As she had said before, close-combat skills were truly of no use to her.
After taking a drop, she opened her personal profile to check. She found a new skill called Black Witch Smoke.
【Black Witch Smoke (S)】
【Effect: Consumes 100 mana points to manifest a cloud of smoke as brilliant as starlight around the user. It possesses high defensive power. Maintaining the smoke requires 1 mana point per second.】
【Description: An exclusive witch skill. It effectively blocks all threatening gazes directed at you.】
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