Chapter 44: Choosing Development
“I…”
Liang Xueyao’s lips trembled, and he subconsciously wiped his tears. “No, I’m just too excited.”
He had forgotten how long it had been since he had felt his feet completely on the ground.
He was once a proud Heaven’s Chosen, full of spirit, with grand ideals and noble goals.
But after an accident, everything collapsed.
He never regretted saving someone at the time.
But after losing his legs, everything he pursued became empty talk. The change in his life state was not something an ordinary person could bear.
He once thought he would never be able to stand up again in his life.
“Is this… is this a game?”
He mumbled, still not daring to believe what he saw.
It was just because he put on a VR device.
“It’s a game.” Zhou Xiao blinked. The puppet was no different from a real person. The Zhou Xiao in front of him was a lively girl. “My name is Zhou Nüzi, what’s your ID?”
Liang Xueyao replied dully, “Xue Yao…”
He looked around, appearing shocked, dazed, and wondering if he was hallucinating due to excessive stress.
He pinched his thigh.
Good, there was no pain.
It felt fake.
But the touch was real.
He could still smell the fragrance of plants and flowers around him.
“Oh, don’t worry, you’re in the game now. There’s no pain, but other sensations are still there, and you can even eat. By the way, I’ll be your Senior Sister from now on.”
Zhou Xiao was very pleased.
In reality, she didn’t have many siblings, and she never expected to be someone’s Senior Sister one day.
“I entered the game first and accepted the Sect Master’s task to lead you newcomers in pioneering tasks below the mountain.”
Zhou Xiao patted Liang Xueyao’s shoulder. “Call me Senior Sister, I’m ranked fourth in the Sect!”
Although A Wu said so, few players paid attention.
A bunch of disloyal people!
Liang Xueyao was new, a novice in the game, and obediently called out, “Senior Sister.”
“Oh my goodness!”
Zhou Xiao was overjoyed. “Good, good, good! Senior Sister will definitely help you soar from now on! Oh, right, I’ll take you to familiarize yourself with the environment first. Although this is a branch of the Sect, our Sect’s headquarters is on the mountain. We arranged for you below the mountain mainly because we ran out of space.”
“Once all 20 of you newcomers arrive, the Sect Master will come to open your Spiritual Roots and impart Cultivation Methods. I’ll take you to familiarize yourself with the environment and daily tasks first.”
Liang Xueyao nodded blankly.
He was still immersed in shock and followed Zhou Xiao around.
The location chosen below the mountain this time was next to a forest. The houses were built against the mountain wall. If unlucky, wild First Order Demonic Beasts might appear on the mountain, the harmful kind that Song Jiulai killed.
This was for the players to practice on.
If a First Order Demonic Beast appeared, even if all 20-odd players were in the Qi Condensation stage, one Fireball each would be enough to kill it several times over.
Sometimes, an overly comfortable environment could make them lose their vigilance.
At least they needed to know that this was indeed a Cultivation Continent, and danger lurked everywhere.
This mountain was not as high as Fei Que Mountain, just an ordinary small mountain peak. A few Spiritual Fields could be cultivated on the mountain peak.
It was mainly below the mountain.
Twenty wooden houses were neatly arranged in a row. Because they were temporarily built with wood, they looked very old-fashioned.
“This is it for now. If you want a better-looking house, you can modify it yourself. Anyway, there’s Spiritual Energy, and demolishing houses takes only a moment.”
“Our daily tasks include cultivating Spiritual Fields. If you think this has no future, there are currently two paths: one is to follow me or Fan Guozhou to do some small businesses, and the other is to go out and train by killing Demonic Beasts or gathering materials yourself.”
“This is commonly known as ‘jungling’. There are many materials in the wild. Although they are all First Order Spirit Herbs or wood, there are at least many of them. If you are diligent, you can earn one Mid-grade Spirit Stone a month.”
This was Zhou Xiao’s own estimation.
“Of course, if you’re bolder, you can go out and kill Demonic Beasts for training. But think carefully, this game has no resurrection mechanism. If you die, your Account will be banned, which is equivalent to the Account being discarded. You’ll have to wait until later to snatch the Account back yourself.”
“Once you earn money, you can start considering whether to pursue Alchemy, Artifact Refining, or Beast Taming. These are the main development directions for Cultivators. Alchemy, meaning refining medicine, is very profitable but also very costly and difficult. Artifact Refining has a similar difficulty to Alchemy. Artifact Refining encompasses various items used by Cultivators in Yunzhou Continent for daily purposes.”
“For example, weapons and Magic Treasures for Cultivators, as well as Mustard Seed Bags for storing things, and various other miscellaneous uses.”
“Beast Taming is simpler, which is to catch Demonic Beasts or raise Spirit Beasts yourself. Spirit Beasts are hard to buy and are basically not for sale. Most people catch Demonic Beasts to tame them.”
“If you don’t want to do any of that, it’s even simpler: just slack off and cultivate, or be a Life Player. It’s a game anyway, the choice is yours.”
Zhou Xiao explained clearly, and Liang Xueyao basically understood.
This game was so magical.
Every plant and tree here had its own principles; they were definitely not repetitive pasted props in a game.
No wonder his cousin was so excited.
No wonder his cousin said this game would change him.
Standing here, it was no different from the ground in reality.
He felt as if he had come back to life…
Liang Xueyao took a deep breath. “I understand, thank you, Senior Sister.”
As for what to do specifically, he planned to wait for his cousin to come up.
He was quite curious and excited about opening Spiritual Roots. “When will the Sect Master come?”
The Sect Master of this game was the only person promoted on the official page, but her appearance was still unknown.
“She’ll come when everyone is here. If you need anything, don’t look for the Sect Master, just ask the System. She usually doesn’t come out.”
Just like in the past half a month, players had basically not seen Song Jiulai since the first day.
They also didn’t know that the Sect Master had been working hard outside for half a month, even killing a Cultivator, and was now a noble Mid Qi Condensation stage Cultivator.
She was no longer the Early Qi Condensation stage Sect Master she was before.
However, there was another matter pressing on Song Jiulai’s mind, which was the matter of the Myriad Immortal Sect collecting taxes.
According to the time of the Myriad Immortal Sect’s Immortal Worship Ceremony, they had at most one game month left to pay taxes.
Coupled with the requirement for ten players to reach the Mid Qi Condensation stage, the path ahead was uncertain.
Song Jiulai, who had originally planned to stall for time, decided to push the players after remembering this.
With a carrot dangling, she didn’t believe they wouldn’t work hard.
