Chapter 149: Super-tier Secret Skill
System: Due to an excessive number of cultivation methods being integrated in this optimization, the host’s permissions are insufficient. Full integration optimization cannot be performed. Please upgrade system permissions.
System: The host’s current permissions are level two. All cultivation methods will be optimized by category. Please wait patiently.
“What is going on?”
“There won’t be any problem with this cultivation method fusion, right?”
Lin Qi looked at the system’s suggestion and was momentarily stunned.
He had not expected that fusing too many cultivation methods at once would actually result in insufficient system permissions, and he had no idea what it meant to optimize by category. The system did not provide any explanation.
Instead, a huge progress bar appeared, almost filling the lower part of his vision.
The progress bar remained stuck at 0%.
Only after more than a minute did Lin Qi see the system fusion progress crawl up by 1% while it was still loading. With 99% left to go before 100%, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
At least the progress was moving and it was not frozen on fusion. The fusion speed was not slow either. If it went up 1% in just over a minute, then it would take around four hours to complete the entire fusion.
“Looks like after this, when I obtain more cultivation methods, I have to do them one by one.” Lin Qi watched the progress bar rise another 1% and decided that any future cultivation methods could not be fused all at once, or it would be too terrifying.
Right now fusion would only take about four hours, but if one day he dumped in so many cultivation methods that fusion took a whole year, he would be in utter despair.
All his learning relied entirely on the players. If the cultivation methods got stuck, then his strength would also be stuck, just like now. Even though he had become a martial artist, since the players had not learned the second level of the Startling Spirit Breathing Technique, which was the martial artist stage cultivation method, he could only remain at first level Startling Spirit Breathing Technique perfection.
Although he could learn the second level of the Startling Spirit Breathing Technique himself, learning a cultivation method without good guidance easily led to all kinds of problems, and the more advanced the cultivation method, the higher the risk in learning it.
So in the high martial arts world, when people learned cultivation methods, unless someone gave detailed guidance or they had a large stock of healing potions as backup, no one dared to casually practice a cultivation method.
Cultivation methods could be said to be a challenge to the progression of life.
Like a two-dimensional lifeform becoming three-dimensional, a three-dimensional lifeform becoming four-dimensional; every step forward was filled with danger. It was not as easy as in novels, where it was just a matter of being able or unable to practice, and even if you failed, you could simply switch to another manual.
In reality, once you started cultivating, if you failed, at best you would be seriously injured, at worst you would die. There was no such thing as quitting halfway without consequence. It was like a chemical reaction: once all the elements had been poured in, you could not just shout “stop” and expect them not to react.
Martialist-level cultivation methods required the use of energy ore and were far more dangerous than apprentice-level ones. Without a type II healing potion for treating martial artists, if he accidentally killed himself, there would be nowhere to complain.
He could only rely on players who could be resurrected to slowly blaze the trail.
Once Lin Qi confirmed that the cultivation method fusion had no issues, he gathered all the players for the return trip, heading back to Crimson Moon Mountain first to safely transport the two truckloads of important A6-grade battle armor back.
At the same time, he announced that this limited-time event had fully ended. The contribution rankings for this event would be posted later on the announcement board. Players could check them there or directly through their smart watches.
After Lin Qi finished announcing the end of the event, although the players present were reluctant, and some still wanted to enter Emerald Sky again to earn more, since Lin Qi, the NPC with the highest current permissions, had spoken, they had no choice but to give up and prepare to board the vehicles back to Crimson Moon Mountain.
As for the points and contributions from the gold-grade treasure chests, Lin Qi felt their value was immense. He had obtained eight advanced martial artist level secret techniques and four secret techniques above intermediate martial artist level. These cultivation methods were top secrets of the major powers in the city proper, the very foundation of a major power; their value was self-evident.
Not to mention that a gold-grade treasure chest itself was a massive fortune. Exchanging it for a set of B5-grade battle armor likely would not be a problem.
So Lin Qi did not plan to play favorites. All gold-grade treasure chests would uniformly award fifty million points and one hundred thousand contribution.
The contribution reward Lin Qi gave left everyone dumbfounded. No one had expected the contribution reward for a gold-grade treasure chest to be so high and they felt it was too unfair.
However, Twilight of the Gods stated that such high contribution was perfectly reasonable. After all, the gold-grade treasure chests were located in places guarded by three lord-level monsters. If the NPCs had not taken them, players at this stage would have no chance of obtaining such chests.
“One hundred thousand contribution for a single one?” Lin Xinyao was ecstatic at first when she heard this, then said with some regret, “Right now those teams have generally gathered more than one hundred and fifty sets of A6-grade battle armor. Their base contributions are concentrated on one person, already over two hundred and fifty thousand. If the contribution for the gold-grade treasure chests were a bit higher, it would be better.”
Their Mythical Paradise had only obtained two gold-grade treasure chests, and if all the contribution went to one person, that would be just two hundred thousand contribution. It would be uncertain whether they could secure a spot in the pioneer server.
“No, this competition is only just beginning.” Lu Fanchen shook his head and said quietly, “The players who did not follow those teams probably still have quite a few items they have not registered yet. These people only make up about twenty percent of everyone, but they should also have obtained a lot of good things. They know they have no hope of securing a quota. We can win them over. As long as we can get their contribution, we may still have a chance at one quota. And even if the other teams woo them, it will be hard for them to secure a second quota. Our chances are good.”
“Okay, then I will go talk to them now.” Lin Xinyao’s eyes lit up, feeling that this plan was indeed feasible.
To obtain those five spots now, players needed to explore the wilderness to gain more points and contribution, which was also preparation for the future large-scale pioneering by many players.
This included detailed wilderness map information they collected, the locations of treasures, lairs of hostile forces, and the activity zones of many monsters in the wild.
Their Mythical Paradise could fully use this to negotiate with those free players. If those free players did not want to lose at the starting line, then cooperating with Mythical Paradise would be their best choice.
Lu Fanchen and the other two each boarded a transport vehicle and privately contacted those free players, intending to finalize all cooperation with them before Lin Qi carried out the final settlement.
Meanwhile, the major teams discussed in their vehicles how to maximize the use of their points and contribution, each of them extremely excited.
The points and contribution earned from this event far exceeded everyone’s expectations.
In the previous plot war, a team earning over one hundred million points was already good, and contribution was pitifully low. Because team members needed weapons and equipment, many B2-grade arrows and A6-grade weapons and armor were not sold to the black-hearted hall master.
So in reality, each person getting two to three hundred thousand points was already decent.
For a player to be promoted to martial artist, they first had to purchase the second level of the Startling Spirit Breathing Technique for two hundred thousand points, and then build their own house, so they were barely breaking even.
But this event made everyone rich. Each team had at least five hundred million points, with each person getting around twenty million points. Let alone learning cultivation methods, they could even upgrade their houses to villas.
With so many points, they could also buy shops in Crimson Moon Mountain and wait to get rich, living a laid-back life on Blue Star.
Even though the players were all daydreaming beautifully, Lin Qi had no intention of letting them lie flat so easily.
In fact, when preparing to launch this event, Lin Qi had already thought about how to harvest the players’ points and contribution. This was why he dared to be so generous.
Too many points?
Too much contribution?
Want to lie flat?
Impossible. After he returned, he would launch a version update, reorganize the currency system, and introduce higher ranks and statuses, such as core disciple above elite disciple, along with more land purchase permissions and increased height limits for houses. Who would not want a private three-story or four-story villa?
And if you bought private property, did you think you would not pay tax?
Monthly property tax was a must.
Most importantly, there was also the permission to redeem repaired A6-grade battle armor. He had acquired so many damaged A6-grade battle armors; he could not possibly shoulder all the repair costs alone.
By the time Lin Qi returned to Crimson Moon Mountain and was ready to sit in the newly built three-story office building to properly study the other two items in the Rem Titanium Storage Box, the system prompt sounded in his ears.
System: Congratulations to the host. Category optimization completed.
System: Based on category optimization of the twelve incomplete cultivation methods, a total of three super-level Bone Forging Realm martial artist secret techniques have been created. Do you wish to receive them now?
The next chapter is a two-in-one bonus chapter for the 1,000 monthly ticket milestone.
