Chapter 189: Draw A Damn Dud And A New Wave Of Newbies
System: Begin fusion.
System: Fusion rate 1%… 3%… 6%…
Lin Qi watched the progress bar popping up at the bottom of his vision slowly rise, and felt somewhat uneasy.
Originally, his plan was to wait until Luo Wu Shang’s Sword Steps and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang’s Soaring Cloud Steps both reached the sixth stage level, then perform the final fusion. That way it would be basically 100% guaranteed to fuse into an Advanced Martial Artist-level Martial Skill.
Now, with two Martial Artist-level Martial Skills and one Advanced Martial Artist-level Martial Skill, the chance of success was not very good.
But there were only a few days left before going to the frontline. In the uninhabited wilderness, anything could happen. He was, after all, not a player who could resurrect infinitely; having one more life-saving method was always good.
While Lin Qi had been waiting for less than ten minutes, the system prompt sounded again.
System: Congratulations to the host for triggering the advanced hidden permissions “preach and instruct”. The number of recruited Martial Arts Hall disciples has reached three thousand. The Martial Arts Hall random Reward Roulette is now activated. The current reward levels range from One Star to Four Star. For every additional one thousand Martial Arts Hall disciples, the Martial Arts Hall Roulette can be drawn once. Remaining draws:
“What is going on?”
“Three thousand Martial Arts Hall disciples?”
Looking at the sudden system prompt, Lin Qi was a bit dumbfounded.
At present, the upper limit of player count had reached 500, but the actual number of players was only No matter how he looked at it, the system should not make such a mistake.
“Could it be that those Martial Arts Hall members recruited today can also be counted as real Martial Arts Hall disciples?”
The more Lin Qi thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the number of Martial Arts Hall disciples to reach three thousand. And the system also encouraged him to cultivate Local Residents in terms of teaching.
“But this system really is stingy. For every additional one thousand people in the Martial Arts Hall, it only gives one draw. Based on the current recruitment conditions of the Martial Arts Hall: under twenty must reach Beginner Apprentice, twenty to twenty-five must reach Intermediate Apprentice level, twenty-five to thirty must reach Advanced Apprentice, and above thirty must reach Quasi-Martial Artist level. In the entire City of Light Chasing, I’m afraid not many can reach that.”
“Should I lower the recruitment conditions a bit?”
But Lin Qi quickly shook his head and still did not plan to lower Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s recruitment requirements.
In this High Martial Arts World where strength was respected and resources were limited, it was not easy for Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to earn resources, let alone that Local Residents were of little use to the current Obsidian Martial Arts Hall before becoming Martial Artists.
And for residents of the native world to become Martial Artists, even with fairly abundant resources, it was not easy, let alone with insufficient resources.
As a faction that already controlled three street blocks in the suburbs, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s recruitment conditions were already low. If they were any lower, it would really become a charity hall.
According to the standards of the City of Light Chasing, the worst High School Students in Martial Arts Classes were still Beginner Apprentices; otherwise they were not even eligible to enter a Martial Arts Class. As for the major Martial Arts Halls in the suburbs, if one really wanted to become a Formal Disciple, High School Students who had not reached Intermediate Apprentice would find it very difficult. On his side, it was enough to reach Beginner Apprentice.
If they could not even reach this level, then it could be said they truly had no Martial Artist talent, let alone becoming Martial Artists in the future.
After confirming that he would not lower Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s recruitment conditions, Lin Qi turned his gaze to the Martial Arts Hall Reward Roulette that had appeared on the system panel.
“Even though it only gives a draw for every thousand people, it is still a free reward. No reason not to spin it.”
As he spoke, Lin Qi clicked the Martial Arts Hall Reward Roulette. Instantly, a gigantic roulette wheel that covered the sky appeared in his mind.
The entire wheel was divided into one thousand segments: One-star Rewards were white, Two-star Rewards were green, Three-star Rewards were blue, and Four-star Rewards were purple.
The white segments occupied the vast majority, a full ninety percent. The green Two-star Reward segments occupied ninety segments, and the blue Three-star and purple Four-star segments were so few that one glance was enough to count them.
Nine blue segments, one purple segment.
“Four-star Rewards only have a 1% chance, Three-star Rewards 9%, Two-star Rewards 9%. This roulette is brutal.” Looking at the huge wheel in his mind, Lin Qi suddenly felt that his three draw chances were not so appealing.
Even if Obsidian Martial Arts Hall recruited ten thousand people and obtained ten draw chances, it would only then be possible to get a Two-star Reward.
Ten thousand people!
Not to mention players. Even with Secondary Administrator Authority, it was still far off. As for the three street blocks currently controlled by Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, the total number of recruits would probably only be about that. And that was with the Hall’s low recruitment standards; if they were raised to match other suburban factions, the number might drop below three thousand.
As a city jointly built by multiple races, the Human Race made up only a small proportion of the City of Light Chasing. The other races were very wary of each other as well. This was why people of each race only joined their own race’s faction. Those who did not join their own race’s faction and instead joined other races’ forces were considered Abnormal.
Lin Qi could not help but let out a deep sigh. He felt that the newly unlocked Martial Arts Hall Reward Roulette function was somewhat tasteless. Under normal circumstances, even if he expanded his Territory to cover the entire city, he might still never pull a Four-star Reward from the roulette.
“Forget it, having it is better than not having it.” Lin Qi directly chose to spin.
Boom!
The gigantic wheel that covered the sky suddenly spun madly. Even with Lin Qi’s extraordinary dynamic vision, he could not see clearly at all.
“Stop!”
As Lin Qi shouted “stop” in his heart, the giant wheel instantly halted. The thin red pointer, unsurprisingly, stopped on a white segment.
System: Congratulations to the host for obtaining a One-star Reward: one Fragrant Pear.
“Fragrant Pear?”
Staring at the Fragrant Pear in the system storage warehouse, Lin Qi was stunned.
“Don’t tell me it is really just a fragrant pear?” He could not help but take it out.
Suddenly, a fist-sized pear appeared in Lin Qi’s hand, exuding a rich fragrance. It was completely identical to the Fragrant Pears on Blue Star.
“A thousand people in exchange for this one thing?” Lin Qi looked at the Fragrant Pear in his hand, at a loss for words.
Although he had already guessed that a One-star Reward would not be anything great, he had never expected the reward would be just a Fragrant Pear.
“Wait, why does this thing have an attribute box?”
Lin Qi was about to throw it on the table for tomorrow’s breakfast when he suddenly saw a small system attribute box appear above the Fragrant Pear.
Vitality Fragrant Pear: after consumption, mental activity is increased by 50% for two hours.
“Damn, it really is a pear with attributes.” Looking at the Vitality Fragrant Pear in his hand, Lin Qi suddenly felt that the Martial Arts Hall Reward Roulette was not entirely useless.
A 50% increase in mental activity was absolutely astonishing for anyone wanting to study or create something, akin to an explosion of inspiration.
If sold to players who created Martial Skills, it could help them develop new Martial Skills faster. If sold to natives of this world, it would make their learning ability incredibly fast.
However, one per thousand people was indeed a high price.
Lin Qi quickly spun the wheel again, and once more, unsurprisingly, received a One-star Reward.
System: Congratulations to the host for obtaining a One-star Reward: one Watermelon.
“This time it is a watermelon?” Lin Qi took out a watermelon as big as a basketball and examined it carefully.
Qi and Blood Watermelon: eating one eighth raises qi and blood limit by 30% for six hours.
“This Qi and Blood Watermelon is quite suitable for people attempting a breakthrough.”
Lin Qi looked at the 30% increase in qi and blood limit. It was undoubtedly the best item for those with insufficient qi and blood to use when breaking through.
Many times, a Martial Artist’s failure to break through was caused by insufficient qi and blood. The younger one was, the better the chance for breakthroughs. As age increased, thirty was the peak. After that, as qi and blood declined year by year, the difficulty of breaking through grew greater and greater.
Qi and Blood Watermelon could precisely compensate for these people’s deficiency in qi and blood. As long as they were not in their seventies or eighties, it should restore their qi and blood to peak.
Lin Qi put away the Qi and Blood Watermelon, planning to use it later to cultivate some Local Residents. Someone like Meng Wei, whose qi and blood had declined, was a very good candidate. But since Meng Wei had not yet made great contributions, it was not appropriate to give it to him now. Besides, one Qi and Blood Watermelon could be shared by eight people, and during this period he could continue to observe who else was suitable to cultivate.
“The last spin.”
Lin Qi directly chose to draw again.
Boom!
With a deafening roar in his mind, Lin Qi felt like his head was about to explode, buzzing continuously.
System: Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Three-star Reward: one Club.
“Is this that miracle from a single pull?”
Lin Qi stared at the system prompt in disbelief.
He had not expected his luck to be so good as to hit a 9% chance.
However, when Lin Qi looked at the Club rewarded in the system storage warehouse, he did not know whether to cry or laugh.
The system had literally rewarded him a club. It was 5 meters long, absolutely a great club. Its entire body was pitch black, made of unknown metal, and covered with spikes, looking like a flail.
If he walked out with this in hand, he would absolutely be the flashiest guy on the street; the return rate would be 100%.
And this Club truly lived up to the name of a Three-star Reward. With blue quality, it actually came with two attributes.
Attribute one: Beginner Giant Strength. Using it can greatly increase strength.
Attribute two: Beginner Force Amplification. Using internal force can be greatly enhanced.
Based on these two attributes alone, there was probably no one who could refuse it.
Lin Qi immediately took the Club from the system storage. A more-than-half-man-tall, pitch-black flail bristling with spikes appeared in his hand.
With a single-handed swing, a gust of wind swept through the Primary Training Room, blowing over the distant beginner combat puppets.
“A bit heavy, but still usable.”
Looking at the flail in his hand, Lin Qi felt that although it did not look great, it was really effective. Especially since he had given the B4-level long sword to Ye Qinglu, he was in need of a high-level weapon.
Just as Lin Qi was about to test the flail’s specific effects, the system prompt sounded again.
System: Congratulations to the host, fusion successful. You have mastered the Advanced Martial Artist-level Martial Skill Startling Swan, automatically reaching Perfect Level.
A flood of memories rushed into Lin Qi’s mind, surging for a full three minutes before finally receding, allowing him to breathe normally again.
“So strong! This perfected Startling Swan is simply too powerful!”
After receiving the complete memories and experience, Lin Qi even forgot about his lingering headache, his eyes full of surprise and shock.
The Advanced Martial Artist-level Martial Skill Startling Swan could be said to combine all the advantages of the three Martial Skills. Not only could he step on air, but his speed was as swift as Sword Steps, and it also had the variable explosive movement of Soaring Cloud Steps. In the instant of burst, his speed could double.
For him personally, it was equivalent to running 120 meters in one second, like teleportation.
But the most powerful aspect was the effect at the Perfection Realm. It was no longer just a permanent 15% speed increase and 10% body reaction speed increase buff. Instead, it formed something similar to a Skill.
Once activated, he could traverse a hundred meters in an instant. But there was also a significant side effect: after using it, he would be unable to use Startling Swan again for a short time.
Even so, such a Skill was practically a small divine skill.
Whether for sneak attacks or evading danger at critical moments, it could play a huge role.
“Let’s just call this skill ‘Blink’.” Looking at the Advanced Martial Artist-level Martial Skill Startling Swan newly added to his Attribute Panel, Lin Qi was very pleased.
This time, not only had the Martial Skill fusion succeeded, but he also had a Dual Attributes Club in his hand. His upcoming journey to the frontline would undoubtedly have much greater guarantee.
“This Beginner Giant Strength’s strength boost is at least 50%. The effect is practically heaven-defying. It seems recruitment of Martial Arts Hall disciples cannot stop. I need to find ways to recruit more.”
Lin Qi swung the Club a few more times and could clearly feel its high amplification of strength. The rewards from the Martial Arts Hall Reward Roulette could no longer be considered dispensable.
On the contrary, the Martial Arts Hall Reward Roulette was extremely important.
“But recruiting more people to become Martial Arts Hall disciples is also a problem.”
Lin Qi thought about how Obsidian Martial Arts Hall currently only controlled three Territories. If he wanted to greatly increase the number of disciples, he would have to work on reputation, and find a way to get other races besides the Human Race to join. Only then could the number of disciples increase drastically.
“Looks like I’ll have to start with the players.”
Lin Qi considered it and realized that, to increase the Martial Arts Hall’s influence, he could only have the players do promotion. That was the only convincing way.
Time passed.
At midnight, in the Underground Confinement Room of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
Suddenly, large groups of players appeared in the Confined Room, instantly filling all the cells with players.
