Chapter 240: Transcendent Life-form
“Big sis, you mastered it?”
Yi Ye Fu Yun, upon hearing this, could not help showing joy on his face.
During these two days, whether veteran players or the constant stream of newcomers, everyone was desperately cultivating this energy secret technique.
One expert player after another, for the sake of the new map, stayed logged on twenty-four hours a day. They did no tasks at all, just crazily grinding the energy secret technique.
Even he had stayed online for more than forty-eight consecutive hours. He had never worked this hard even when preparing for college entrance exams, but the energy secret technique was truly unimaginably hard to practice, almost like you die as soon as you start.
Either, when drawing in the massive external energy into the body, the external energy burst the meridian pathways, causing blood to spray from the whole body and death on the spot; or, after finally managing to safely draw in this unimaginably vast external energy and store it in cells throughout the body, the cells exploded and caused death because they contained too much energy. The required precision of energy control was simply harder than hitting the eye of a needle from a hundred meters away with a javelin.
If the introduced energy was a bit less, there would be no effect; if it was a bit more, you would burst to death. It was simply maddening.
In contrast, the final step of energy burning was the easiest to learn. You did not even need to do the energy introduction and energy storage steps. You could directly burn your own life force, like setting a fire inside a gasoline tank. You needed to control the scale of the flame and be able to extinguish it at any time. If you could not extinguish it in time, it would soon burn you to death, since the life force as fuel was too little and would burn out in an instant.
However, this degree of control could be quickly achieved by anyone whose mental secret technique had reached a proficient level, whereas the truly difficult parts were the first two steps. Up to now, he was still stuck on the first step.
He felt this new secret technique was basically a trap set by the game manufacturer, or rather a goal that players fundamentally could not complete, drawn as a pie for new players, making later newcomers feel there was a possibility to soar into the sky in one leap, so that the game would be more attractive for newcomers to enter.
After all, the official side of High Martial Arts Descend had also stated that this was a non-wipe experience test, and the earlier you joined, the more advantageous it would be. Many newcomers interested in the game might not want to join because their progress would lag too far behind. But this new mechanism gave newcomers a chance to quickly catch up to veteran players, which naturally would make many new players choose to wait and then join. It was just that this pie could be seen but not eaten.
Over these two days, even the originally fanatical newcomers, many had now given up. They felt this was just the game manufacturer trying to make them spend more money, so they came up with this damned secret technique and even went to the official forum to advise newcomers not to be fooled, saying that focusing on mining and leveling up was the king’s way.
But now that Ye Qinglu had mastered it, it proved that this pie drawn by the game manufacturer was not inedible, only that the requirements were a bit high.
Just as Yi Ye Fu Yun looked excited, Ye Qinglu shook her head.
“I can’t say I’ve mastered it.” Ye Qinglu unceremoniously poured a bucket of cold water on Yi Ye Fu Yun. “What the hall master meant by the new secret technique should be the complete set. I am only at the entry-level of the energy secret technique. According to the energy secret technique, only when the three are integrated into one can it be considered that the Star Energy Construct Secret Method has been mastered.”
“That’s still pretty much the same for you, big sis,” Yi Ye Fu Yun said with a smile. “With your talent, you’ll probably be able to integrate the three very soon. When that time comes, our team will be counting on you to quickly break through to the Bone Forging Realm.”
Ever since Ye Qinglu and the others broke through to advanced martial artist, they had previously sneaked into the depths of the wilderness area and obtained some blood from that two-horned leopard, only to find that the cultivation effect had weakened significantly.
And the time required to draw the fresh blood from that two-horned leopard was too long. In practice, it was not as fast as using two or three bottles of Type 2 Energy Potion a day for cultivation. However, the hall’s Type 2 Energy Potions were limited in purchase, so they could not speed up even if they wanted to.
If they could obtain trade and commerce rights with other regions, they would be able to trade with NPCs in other cities for unlimited Type 2 Energy Potions.
Not to mention that on the official forum there was also some introduction about Smiling Skull, currently one of the largest factions in the game. With such a massive faction, how could their stronghold not have good things? If they could capture that stronghold, the profits would absolutely be even more shocking than from the White Feather Gang’s stronghold. They might even be able to drink Type II Potions to their fill.
Looking at the idle Yi Ye Fu Yun, Ye Qinglu instructed, “Go get me some energy ore. Next, I am going to officially integrate these three secret techniques into one. You shouldn’t be idle either. If there is anything you don’t understand about the energy secret technique, you can ask me directly.”
“Okay, I’ll get it right away.” Seeing that Ye Qinglu was willing to spend time teaching him, Yi Ye Fu Yun could not help but be overjoyed. He hurried off to fetch energy ore, convinced that now, the two of them as siblings would definitely be the first to step into the new map.
Meanwhile, in another lounge.
The floor of this lounge was entirely made of energy ore. A group of people whose strength had reached advanced martial artist were sitting cross-legged in the room cultivating, occasionally discussing with one another. The cultivation atmosphere was as if they were holding a meeting to study something.
“Captain Chen, did your simulation over there produce any results?” Fang Zhen looked at Chen Ya, who had just woken from sleep, full of expectation as he asked.
At this moment, not only was Fang Zhen looking at the newly logged-on Chen Ya, but Li Ranxing, who was cultivating nearby, also stopped and looked at her.
During this period of cultivating the energy secret technique, they had found that this secret technique was truly extraordinarily difficult. Only after he and Chen Ya had died dozens of times did they barely reach entry-level for the energy secret technique.
And after reaching entry-level, they realized the difficulty of the entire set of secret techniques had only just begun.
Previously, when they were only cultivating the energy secret technique, the energy they introduced was merely the free-floating external energy. To master the complete set, they had to absorb a large amount of energy ore; otherwise the energy stored in the body would never reach the qualitative change described in the secret technique.
But the energy within energy ore was excessively violent. Even though they tried many times to modify their cell structure to adapt to storing this violent energy, they still failed.
In response, Fang Zhen’s first thought was to use the quantum supercomputer in reality to run simulations. This would not only save them a huge amount of time, but also significantly increase the probability of success.
As for using a supercomputer for simulations, this was actually quite common in major clubs, usually for simulating team battles in competitions and various tactics.
Everyone had been a bit dumbfounded when they first heard it, feeling it was way too over the top.
It was just playing a game, yet they wanted to use a supercomputer to simulate it. If word got out, others would probably curse them for being extravagantly wasteful and not doing serious work.
Because a quantum supercomputer was not something ordinary financial power could obtain. The electricity needed just for computation required a power plant to support it, and the expense could be easily imagined.
It could be said that every time it was started, the cost for a day would be at least hundreds of millions.
If the teams of major clubs were not absolutely confident of securing a good ranking, they would not dare rent a quantum supercomputer to simulate tactical deductions.
Now they were just playing a game yet planned to use a quantum supercomputer for deduction. This was beyond a matter of luxury; if the club found out, they would definitely think they had gone crazy.
However, Chen Ya agreed immediately back then. No one knew what she said to the Blue Enchantress Club, but they actually rented a quantum supercomputer for nearly half a day of simulation. Even a super rich player would not be this extravagant.
“The general structure of the cells has been deduced. In addition, we abandon energy ore and instead use Type 2 Energy Potion as a substitute. After more than a trillion simulated results, the success rate can reach over 65%,” Chen Ya said with a smile. “I have already sent you the cellular structure information. You will understand when you look at it. Next, we only need to secure enough Type 2 Energy Potions.”
“Switching to Type 2 Energy Potion?” Fang Zhen frowned slightly at this, looking at Chen Ya and Li Ranxing. “Right now the Type 2 Energy Potions we have on hand are probably only enough for one person to use once. Do we gamble?”
Although a success rate of more than 65% was indeed encouraging, Type 2 Energy Potions were hard to acquire. Unless a new advanced dungeon appeared, it would be very difficult to obtain enough Type 2 Energy Potions at once.
If they gambled and succeeded, they would be the first to enter the new map and would definitely be able to secure many good things. But if they failed, they would likely be stuck in place for a long time. Otherwise, they could only continue to search for that two-horned leopard, which was hiding deeper and deeper, to improve.
“Let’s gamble,” Li Ranxing said with firm certainty, his eyes even carrying a trace of expectation. “And I suggest we let Captain Chen attempt it. After all, she should be more familiar than us with the newly deduced cell structure. As long as she succeeds, our team should have a chance to be the first to charge toward the Bone Forging Realm in this game.”
“Then, Captain Chen, we will entrust all of these Type 2 Energy Potions to you,” Fang Zhen said, taking out all the Type 2 Energy Potions the team had and handing them to Chen Ya.
“Alright, but don’t get your hopes up too high. After all, that is only a deduced result, and there will still be discrepancies compared with reality.” Chen Ya accepted the Type 2 Energy Potions without hesitation and began attempting the Star Energy Construct Secret Method. There was some expectation in her eyes as well, to see whether the results deduced using the quantum supercomputer would prove useful.
If they did, then there would be many more things she could do in High Martial Arts Descend in the future.
Outside the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, at the training ground.
While players were frantically cultivating the three secret techniques inside the hall, the children of the great families who had been recruited into the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall were currently lined up on the training ground to undergo inspection tests, which puzzled many disciples who had only recently joined the hall.
“Doesn’t our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall only require passing the test assessment? What are they testing now?”
“I heard this is a new test made by the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall Guard Corps. Only disciples who pass can enter the Obsidian Guard. It’s no longer like before, where anyone who passed the talent test could casually join.”
“I’ve heard it too. The Obsidian Guard is currently only recruiting five hundred people for full cultivation. But now too many talented people want to join the Obsidian Guard, so they created another round of testing. And I also heard that recently the matter of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has been promoted in various towns, so many people from those towns will probably come to join. The competition will be even more intense then.”
“I really didn’t expect that, after being abandoned by my family and coming here, I would still have to compete with so many people. As expected, the life of a martial artist is never easy. It would have been better to be an ordinary person living in the city.”
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Many family disciples in training looked at the long line for testing outside the hall lobby, all feeling quite emotional.
After being abandoned by their families and sent here just to ride on connections, they found upon entering the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall that even trying to ride on connections here was not easy. It felt almost as difficult as applying for the Genius Training Camp.
Inside the hall, Meng Wei, very respectful, came to the repaired intermediate training room with a list in his hands.
At this moment, Lin Qi was sparring with an intermediate combat puppet. Neither side was using much strength, and their fastest speed was only at the normal level of an advanced martial artist, yet their exchanges were so fast that even Meng Wei felt he could not keep up with the reactions. It was clearly visible to the eye, but the body could not follow. It was simply unbelievable.
“Is this the high microscopic level realm the hall master mentioned?” Meng Wei thought of the three microscopic ranks Lin Qi had spoken of earlier. He had never heard of such a theory before; he only knew about microscopic. He had not expected there to be disparities within microscopic as well.
Lin Qi had even set microscopic as the new goal for members of the Obsidian Guard. In the future, only those who reached the initial microscopic stage could officially become members of the Obsidian Guard; those at the middle microscopic stage could be vice captains; and those at the high microscopic level would be captains. This put great pressure on him.
Fortunately, the resources provided by the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall were beyond imagination, especially for him as the first-generation leader. He had more resources and more cultivation time in the beginner meditation room than others.
Relying on his many years of accumulated combat experience, he had now reached the initial microscopic stage. It was not impossible for him to step into the middle microscopic stage in the future. Maintaining a position as one of the vice captains of the Guard should not be a big problem.
Seeing Meng Wei walk in, Lin Qi stopped his movements and asked, “How did it turn out?”
After obtaining the White Feather Gang’s research results, he had instructed Meng Wei to produce a batch of reagents to select disciples who could learn the energy secret technique.
He did not expect these disciples to master the complete Star Energy Construct Secret Method. It would be enough if they could learn the genuine energy secret technique. With that, in combination with the mental secret technique and the body strengthening secret technique, plus their own talent, the possibility of mastery would be high. In this way, their potential could be improved in the short term without consuming their lifespan. In terms of growth potential, they would be several levels stronger than the defective products cultivated by the White Feather Gang, and could quickly become Bone Forging Realm experts and a great help to him in all aspects.
“Hall master, according to your request, we have tested over a thousand people so far, and there are nineteen people whose energy tolerance passed,” Meng Wei said, hurriedly handing the list to Lin Qi and explaining the conditions of all nineteen in detail.
“Only nineteen?” Lin Qi frowned. This was far fewer than he had expected. Then, glancing at the list, he could not help being a bit surprised. “Estina? How did she end up joining our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?”
“I was also surprised when I saw this name at the time. I didn’t expect the Boran Family to be so willing to part with her, and that she was willing as well,” Meng Wei nodded, feeling quite emotional.
The number one genius of the Boran Great Family.
She had a high possibility of being among the top ten graduates of the Genius Training Camp in the future, yet she had now given up the Genius Training Camp to join the Obsidian Guard. No one would believe it if they heard.
If he were the family head of the Boran Family, he would never have let her go.
Of course, that was assuming he did not know the true situation of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
“Alright, then have them all join the Guard’s training,” Lin Qi said after reading the list, instructing Meng Wei to make arrangements for these disciples who had passed the test. As for what intentions the Boran Family might have, he did not care at all. Having geniuses willing to join the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could only be beneficial, not harmful.
Especially since more than a dozen advanced martial artists had already appeared among the players. There were six who had cultivated the cultivation method to over 80% proficiency. As long as one of these six was promoted to the Bone Forging Realm, he would reach a new level himself. By then he would even dare confront experts at the level of the city lord head-on.
Shortly after Meng Wei left, a system notification suddenly sounded in Lin Qi’s ears.
System: Congratulations to the host, a player has become a supernatural lifeform. Reward: high-level martial arts hall roulette wheel activation permission.
