Chapter 157: Nine Revolutions Puppet Technique
Bringing one person along isn’t difficult.
He was just a little surprised: “Brother Ma, aren’t you going to First Mountain for training first?”
Ma Shaojie chuckled: “Heh, it’s rare to get such an interesting real-world experience. Fighting monsters every day isn’t as good as sightseeing. I’ll look around first.”
Han Tian pondered: “Alright, I’ll discuss it with them first. It shouldn’t be a big problem. Brother Ma, wait for my news.”
Ma Shaojie nodded: “Sure.”
Players’ tasks require them to make their Sect bigger and stronger. Apart from things they cannot disclose, almost everything else is about contributing information.
New players can also learn from Han Tian’s live broadcast that there are no pay-to-win channels in the game, but players themselves can exchange Points for real money.
to facilitate offline transaction services.
And considering the fact that the System can fully monitor but doesn’t intervene.
Many game studios have spotted the immense business opportunities within this.
Imagine, a complete Second World, if one could capture the market, just by selling Points, how much wealth could be generated?
Unfortunately, this game is impervious to account snatchers.
Studios attempting to snatch accounts have tried. Due to the facial recognition requirement, it has undoubtedly blocked most studios on the market that use external software for automatic account snatching.
Not to mention how bizarre the System’s functions are. For example, with AI being so prevalent in the market now, even highly accurate AI videos synthesized by some people cannot pass the System’s facial recognition.
None of the players who have entered so far are from studios.
They either joined individually or are from within the system.
Han Tian’s advertising fees have already reached sky-high prices. Most merchants are targeting this undeveloped market and have found some of these players.
Since they aren’t using their real faces in the game, it doesn’t matter even if they are live broadcasting.
Unfortunately, there are only five live broadcast quotas in the game currently. After Han Tian took one, the remaining four have not yet been released by Song Jiulai. Players cannot find a live broadcast channel, and even applying for one requires a sky-high amount of Points.
Merchants, on the other hand, want to spend money outside the game to buy Points from other players.
However, Points are issued by the System, and there’s only a limited amount each month.
Spirit Stones can be exchanged for Points, but currently, Fan Guozhou, who has the most Spirit Stones in the game, has many other uses for them and isn’t selling them.
Currently, selling for tens of thousands of yuan is considered a lot of Spirit Stones for players; any more is impossible.
They have money but no way to use it.
Players cannot just sell their Points. If their Strength is too low, they can’t even afford Sect cultivation techniques, can’t fight Demonic Beasts, and can’t complete tasks.
How much money can one earn by staying in Wang’an County their entire life?
This is a vicious cycle.
The immediate priority is definitely to improve Strength.
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While the players were each busy with their own affairs, Song Jiulai was also not idle.
As she was about to enter the Secret Realm, she decided to wait where she was.
While clearing her Inventory, she found a leftover item.
It was the Mustard Seed Bag left by Jin Shu, the first unlucky fellow she killed in this world.
The Mustard Seed Bag that the Qi Condensation stage Song Jiulai couldn’t open back then could now be unlocked by the Foundation Establishment stage Song Jiulai.
Now possessing a Sea of Consciousness, her Soul and consciousness were much stronger. She easily erased the traces of Jin Shu on the Mustard Seed Bag and opened it.
Jin Shu’s Mustard Seed Bag finally revealed its full contents before Song Jiulai.
As she had expected, there weren’t many good things inside.
After all, how wealthy could a Mid Qi Condensation stage disciple be?
However, it was still somewhat beyond Song Jiulai’s expectations.
“Holy crap, there are a few Mid-grade Spirit Stones! This guy was loaded!”
A Mid Qi Condensation stage Jin Shu actually had five Mid-grade Spirit Stones. When Song Jiulai took over the Longevity Sect, the Old Sect Master’s inheritance was only ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
And he was at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Besides that, Song Jiulai’s guess was correct; inside Jin Shu’s Mustard Seed Bag was a scroll of a beginner cultivation technique.
Ice Blade.
Ice Blade is relatively common on the market, only slightly more expensive than Palm Thunder.
In addition, this Mustard Seed Bag contained a pile of miscellaneous Demonic Beast Materials and other Spirit Materials.
Song Jiulai recognized most of them, but one scroll surprised her.
Nine Revolutions Puppet Technique.
This wasn’t a cultivation technique scroll, but a cultivation technique book, meaning it was a one-time use item.
A cultivation technique that directly integrates into the Sea of Consciousness.
Song Jiulai had never heard of this cultivation technique and didn’t know its cultivation requirements.
However, since Jin Shu hadn’t used it, it meant it wasn’t a cultivation technique that a Qi Condensation stage cultivator could handle.
Song Jiulai subconsciously asked the System: “What is this?”
The System was silent for a moment, then sent Song Jiulai a piece of encyclopedia information from Blue Star.
Puppet: As the name suggests, it is made by…
Song Jiulai: “…”
Song Jiulai muttered: “Can I practice this?”
System: “Sure, what are you afraid of? Having too many skills doesn’t weigh you down.”
Song Jiulai frowned: “Don’t fool me. I’ve already inquired. Cultivators on the Yunzhou Continent have many cultivation technique choices, but most people still choose to practice only a few similar techniques because the techniques conflict with each other.”
If they conflict, it’s not good for cultivation.
For example, beginner techniques like Water Manipulation and Fire Control are at most just spiritual energy conversion.
The higher the level of the cultivation technique, the less it can be practiced together.
For instance, the Xuecang Sect’s supreme cultivation technique, Heavenly Thunder Sacred Fire Art, cannot be practiced with a Water Element supreme cultivation technique.
Some rules of nature must be followed.
Puppetry doesn’t sound like a specific element. However, the technique Song Jiulai is most proficient in now is Palm Thunder, and her future cultivation technique choices will lean towards powerful offensive types like lightning, fire, and metal.
The System said: “Who said that? Yunzhou is Yunzhou, and you are you. With me, what do you have to fear?”
Song Jiulai’s heart stirred: “You mean I don’t have cultivation technique restrictions?”
System: “I am inside your body. Your energy conversion is different from ordinary cultivators.”
With the System’s words, Song Jiulai knew she had found another bug.
“You mean players can too?”
System: “Yes, but players don’t have as large an energy pool to be compatible. They can at most cultivate a few cultivation techniques to perfection.”
Song Jiulai understood the implied meaning.
It meant that as long as she had the System, she could cultivate as many cultivation techniques as she wanted without issue.
Their biggest bug is that they can even cultivate conflicting techniques.
Song Jiulai’s eyes lit up: “Holy crap! System, I underestimated you again!”
System: “It’s fine, I’m used to it. You haven’t been looking down on me for just a day or two.”
Song Jiulai: “…”
Since the System said so, Song Jiulai, who had just planned to put Ice Blade on the market to scam for money, decided to practice it herself first.
Although she didn’t know what the Nine Revolutions Puppet Technique was, it was still worth a try.
However, Song Jiulai soon understood why Jin Shu hadn’t practiced it.
Because the Nine Revolutions Puppet Technique…
—was actually an evil art.
