Chapter 55: Player Death
The Players who remained in the Sect discovered some strange new Tasks.
These Tasks involved collecting various kinds of Food, preferably pre-marinated, that only needed a short time to roast before being edible.
The Daoist Priest’s group of four found it too troublesome.
Furthermore, for the System to issue this Task, not only did it deduct a small amount of transfer Points for each Task, but the Daoist Priest and the others were also responsible for the one Point given to Players for running errands.
The Daoist Priest had tried to exploit this, requesting dozens of ingredients for a single Task, but the System rejected it.
“……”
This damned System.
The Players were bored, and anyway, someone was taking on all sorts of Tasks.
They even sent over some smoked sausages that Zhou Xiao had researched a couple of days ago.
Fan Guozhou also sent a few bottles of wine.
Players who went out for Training discovered the System’s power.
They only needed to donate Demonic Beasts to the Sect, and the Players who stayed behind could accept the Task of selling Demonic Beast Materials, immediately receiving Spirit Stones or having Pills sent to them.
Of course, the System only needed a tiny kickback of Points for this intermediary service.
The Players chose to hand in some and spend some. As long as they maintained a decent pace of foraging, they could stay on First Mountain with Song Jiulai forever.
The prerequisite was not being discovered by Cultivators from other Sects.
This was because other Sects couldn’t possibly stay on First Mountain for so long.
Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators had merely touched the threshold of cultivation; they certainly couldn’t perform teleportation through spatial rifts.
There was a Teleportation Great Formation in the deepest part of First Mountain, but that was for the Myriad Immortal Sect’s use.
It was said that using it required the Energy of High-grade Spirit Stones, a sum of Money that existed only in legends, and current Players didn’t even have a way to hear about it.
Han Tian’s Live Broadcast was going incredibly well. They had initially thought their group of high-level Players would be among the fastest at hunting Demonic Beasts.
But they never expected this.
That someone could get help from other Sect’s Big Shots and cheat.
Lu Rongyu, a Late Qi Condensation Stage cultivator, didn’t need First Order Demonic Beast Materials. While gathering herbs, he would casually hunt some and collect them to bring back for the Daoist Priest and the others, even dissecting them along the way.
He was from the Medicine Sect, so doing such things was very natural for him.
Not to mention, Lu Rongyu’s background was not simple.
After observing for two days, the Daoist Priest finally determined that this person might not be an ordinary disciple of the Peach Blossom Sect.
Firstly, Lu Rongyu’s Mustard Seed Bag could hold dozens of Demonic Beasts at once, and he had also given four Tier 2 Pills to the Daoist Priest.
The main reason was that the Daoist Priest’s flattery had pleased him immensely, coupled with the delicious food he had been eating these past few days. Lu Rongyu gave them away casually, not giving it a second thought.
This indicated that Tier 2 Pills were just ordinary things to him.
To the Daoist Priest and his group, each Tier 2 Pill was worth ten Low-grade Spirit Stones, which was an absolute game-changer!
The Demonic Beast Materials they hunted over three to four days combined might not even sell for forty Low-grade Spirit Stones; they would need to add some wild Spirit Materials.
Of course, during this time, they also had Wu Dahu pretend to stay in a safe area for a few days before returning, acquiring another Mustard Seed Bag, making it look like they had gone back for supplies, otherwise Lu Rongyu would have been suspicious.
As the Players were getting on track, Song Jiulai was also fighting fiercely in the Tier 2 Demonic Beast territory of First Mountain.
Initially, she felt her Fireball Technique was well-practiced. Comparing herself to Lin Qian and disciples from other Sects, she believed she had great Talent.
Then the System informed her that Mu Qiu’s performance after arriving at First Mountain was no worse than hers.
Mu Qiu’s specialty was the Water Control Technique, capable of dragging Demonic Beasts into muddy ground and suffocating them.
Other Players also showed significantly faster cultivation speeds compared to the native disciples of Yunzhou Continent.
It was clear that the Spiritual Roots provided by the System for opening up Inner Elixirs were treated equally.
Song Jiulai fell silent at that moment.
She felt a strong sense of crisis and had been recklessly fighting Tier 2 Demonic Beasts these past few days.
Fortunately, she had already reached the Mid Qi Condensation Stage!
Having already killed a Tier 2 Magic Horned Snake, Song Jiulai gained experience. This day, she set her sights on a group of Wasteland Ant Cranes.
Wasteland Ant Cranes were a very strange kind of Demonic Beast.
They were essentially the Body of a crane, but completely infested by a type of highly venomous ant, causing the entire crane to appear dark and black. From a distance, they looked alright.
Up close, the wriggling ants formed the shape of a crane; anyone who saw them would have nightmares.
Moreover, Wasteland Ant Cranes were gregarious Demonic Beasts.
Their abilities were relatively simple, and they were particularly afraid of fire.
They were fast and could quickly decompose into ants. If they crawled onto a Cultivator, in large numbers, they could drain the Cultivator’s Spiritual Energy and infest them in an instant.
Song Jiulai had to kill the Wasteland Ant Cranes because the area where these Wasteland Ant Cranes resided contained a patch of Tier 2 Spirit Herbs.
These were all wild.
Their growth appeared better than those cultivated within the Sect.
Things that came for free were always the best.
A few Wasteland Ant Cranes were walking leisurely. If one ignored their constantly rotating and wriggling bodies, which resembled mosquito coils, the scene was quite peaceful.
Song Jiulai confirmed from a distance that there were only five Wasteland Ant Cranes. She had already fought the more powerful Magic Horned Snake and had reached Mid Qi Condensation Stage; dealing with five Wasteland Ant Cranes wouldn’t be difficult.
Besides, her fighting style was not traditional.
Targeting the Wasteland Ant Cranes’ location, Song Jiulai immediately used her Water Control Technique to moisten the ground beneath them.
Three Wasteland Ant Cranes immediately sank into the mud.
Sensing danger, the Wasteland Ant Cranes immediately decomposed into ants, but their speed was still somewhat slowed by being stuck in the muddy water.
The other two quickly decomposed into ants and attacked towards Song Jiulai’s direction.
After decomposing, the Wasteland Ant Cranes left behind only strange, glowing crane skeletons.
These skeletons were also a type of Material that could be sold for Money, but they were common.
Seeing the Wasteland Ant Cranes attacking, Song Jiulai immediately cast her Large Fireball.
Without hesitation, she unleashed five consecutive Fireballs, burning the ants and causing them to emit fine, sharp cries like children screaming in unison.
Song Jiulai’s Fireballs seemed to be free, flying in all directions, 360 degrees, ensuring not a single ant could touch her.
One after another, she burned the ants until they were disoriented. When her Spiritual Energy was almost depleted, she unethically popped a Tier 2 Qi Replenishing Pill.
Once her Spiritual Energy was full, she resumed pelting them with Fireballs.
From this, it could be seen that Song Jiulai’s fighting style was currently lacking in strategy.
—She was purely throwing Money at the problem.
Could other Cultivators not fight this way? Of course not.
But their back-and-forth resupply was already troublesome; how could they afford Song Jiulai’s extravagant method?
Moreover, ordinary Cultivators truly lacked the power to be so reckless.
All five Wasteland Ant Cranes were completely incinerated. To ensure there were no accidents, she took another Tier 2 Qi Replenishing Pill to maintain her Spiritual Energy at a sufficient level.
“These dozen or so Tier 2 Spirit Herbs are all mine!” Song Jiulai exclaimed joyfully.
Although she had consumed two Tier 2 Qi Replenishing Pills, with the replenishment, she would still profit.
She just wouldn’t profit much.
But as long as she stayed on First Mountain, her speed of earning Spirit Stones would be something other Cultivators could only look up to.
【Ding, Player ‘Zhen Weida’ fell into a bottomless abyss, their Body was pulverized, determined dead, Account has been banned.】
Song Jiulai: “?”
Huh?!
