Chapter 235: Wuming
Players have this filial piety—
No, with this sincerity, Song Jiulai naturally couldn’t pretend nothing happened.
This magic treasure must have significance once made. If Thunder Stone could be used in all magic treasures, it would be a world-ending weapon comparable to gunpowder appearing in ancient times.
Donated for free, and the first one at that.
The point reward doesn’t seem to be enough.
Song Jiulai pondered for a moment, then flipped through her Mustard Seed Bag and Sect Warehouse.
Upon looking, she actually found something suitable as a reward.
Diamond Silk.
She had bought it from someone else back then, originally planning to refine a Tier 2 Mustard Seed Bag herself.
Now that she had the Sect Warehouse, Mustard Seed Bags or Cosmic Bags weren’t as crucial to her.
This Diamond Silk had been unused, so she might as well reward it.
With that thought, Song Jiulai said, “Give him the Diamond Silk? The first Thunder Stone magic treasure is also significant. According to the previous rewards for players, give him an additional 500 points.”
System: “So generous, not like you. One should maintain their original stingy nature!”
Song Jiulai: “…”
Song Jiulai gave the Diamond Silk to Liang Xueyao.
Liang Xueyao was not surprised by the Sect Master’s reciprocation.
The price of Diamond Silk might not match the price of researching a Thunder Stone magic treasure, but Diamond Silk can be used to make a Tier 2 Mustard Seed Bag, and it’s quite hard to buy on the market.
The Sect Master’s gift was truly generous.
Indeed, as the players said, the stingy one is finally giving something up.
Of course, Liang Xueyao wouldn’t dare to say that sentence out loud.
As the Diamond Silk appeared in his hand, Liang Xueyao slightly curved his lips: “Thank the Sect Master for me.”
System: “I’ll reply on her behalf, you’re welcome.”
The Thunder Stone magic treasure was indeed different in significance, so it wasn’t publicized within the sect this time.
Currently, only Liang Xueyao can refine it, but with many new players joining, there should be many promising talents in artifact refining.
Besides, Liuyun Sect is also an artifact refining sect.
Song Jiulai studied the Thunder Stone magic treasure on the way, and the more she studied it, the more she felt how terrifying this magic treasure truly was.
At the current stage, its level is still low. If players could find a large supply of Tier 3 or higher Thunder Stone Ore, Guanhai Sect would definitely not dare to think about it for the time being.
But annexing other sects wouldn’t be difficult.
It’s not exactly annexation.
Ever since the main quest was for her to strengthen Longevity Sect, she and other sects were bound to be in opposition.
It’s just that this opposition doesn’t necessarily have to escalate into war.
A powerful sect can naturally make smaller sects dependent, but Longevity Sect’s development model requires more resources and land.
The rules of the Cultivation World are that the big fish eat the small fish, but she needs people.
Therefore, sending players into other sects to slowly influence them is the most stable method.
Because she can lead other sects to become prosperous and powerful together, which is the opposite of the cultivation methods of many sects on the Yunzhou Continent.
Of course, whether some sects are willing to accept it is their problem.
In the early stages, lying low is the best strategy. Song Jiulai doesn’t have the ability to confront major sects.
Doing things under others’ noses naturally requires discretion.
She specifically focused on the few powerful talents who had joined this batch.
During the early morning hours, Qing Guo and Wuming logged in just before the deadline.
One was in Tai Xue Sect, and the other was in Guanhai Sect.
Qing Guo in Tai Xue Sect wasn’t in a hurry to go to other sects. After cultivating her cultivation method and basic incantations in place, she found a seemingly safe spot within Tai Xue Sect’s territory to lie low first.
Tai Xue Sect is different from Guanhai Sect; there are Demonic Beasts between the sects.
Tai Xue Sect seemed to have dealt with all the nearby Demonic Beasts. The path to smaller sects was safe.
But there was a problem: there were no resources to acquire.
Even Spirit Herbs were scarce.
However, Qing Guo wasn’t in a hurry.
Outside the core Sect City of Tai Xue Sect, the concentration of Spiritual Energy wasn’t as high.
Sect Cities always have a way to lock the most concentrated Spiritual Energy within their boundaries, preventing outside cultivators from benefiting for free.
But it was still much better than Longevity Sect, which was practically on the border.
If she didn’t encounter any trouble these few days, her speed in reaching Mid Qi Condensation Stage should be quite fast.
However, Liu Bo had already scouted ahead, indicating that there were Demonic Cultivators within Tai Xue Sect’s territory, and it couldn’t be guaranteed that all Demonic Cultivators would still be as foolish-looking as A Xi.
Upholding her appreciation for talented individuals, the System kindly reminded Qing Guo:
“There are Demonic Cultivators within Tai Xue Sect’s territory. You’d best find a place to settle down.”
Qing Guo’s current location was surrounded by swamps, desolate and uninhabited.
She couldn’t see any Demonic Beasts, but there would always be other unexpected events.
It was full of unknown challenges.
She didn’t know which direction led to Tai Xue Sect; everything depended on fate.
Even worse, newly initiated cultivators still needed to eat to survive.
Qing Guo had nothing on her now. To eat, she would have to rely on sect aid.
She had no points and needed to find a way to get some first.
Qing Guo raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: “There are Demonic Cultivators within the territory of a Major Sect?”
The System said: “Demonic Cultivators can fully transform into human form, so they can also infiltrate other sects’ territories.”
Qing Guo pondered.
The danger in Tai Xue Sect lay in the unknown.
The System couldn’t provide map information either.
When she entered the game, there was no information provided. However, she roughly knew that an insider had entered the game before her and was reportedly doing quite well.
Of course, their missions were different, and Qing Guo wouldn’t try to find out who that person was.
Everyone who entered this game now had different missions, which were no different from classified information.
Qing Guo nodded: “I’ll try my best.”
She could remember all the routes using only her own mind. While memorizing these, she had to figure out how to get points first.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Guanhai Sect, Wuming’s spawn location was rather peculiar.
Because the System now had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the route from Longevity Sect to Guanhai Sect, after a brief look, it found that this person’s login location should be in the opposite direction of Guanhai Sect from Longevity Sect.
It was approximately near several sects, including Falling Plum Sect.
Furthermore, his Spiritual Root had been activated, but just as he was looking for a safe place to cultivate his cultivation method, he encountered trouble.
A Tier 1 Eight-Clawed Frog had set its sights on him.
As the name suggests, the Eight-Clawed Frog has eight claws and is often found in environments with many ponds.
This type of Demonic Beast is rarely seen in the Longevity Sect area.
However, the benefit of Han Tian creating guides was that he basically put all available information on Yunzhou onto the website. Wuming, who had memorized the information thoroughly before entering the game, recognized the Demonic Beast at a glance.
Eight-Clawed Frog: fast speed, its mouth can spew mucus, and that mucus can corrode the physical body, so it must not touch the skin.
Wuming’s eyes flickered. He had just activated his Spiritual Root, and the Eight-Clawed Frog in front of him was eyeing him menacingly. He didn’t know if his real-world abilities could be fully brought into the game…
And as he was confronting it, a cultivator saw him.
They didn’t come out but merely let out a soft “Oh?” upon seeing Wuming.
There will be four more chapters later. Please read them tomorrow morning. The main reason is that I got stuck a bit today.
