Chapter 245: Top Ten Reward: Body Replacement
Song Jiulai had truly witnessed the wickedness of human hearts.
How could she have forgotten that, although they were cultivators, everyone was still human.
As long as they were human—there would be scammers!
Song Jiulai didn’t chase after the female cultivator, only saying indignantly, “Good thing I didn’t fall for it!”
She had almost been tempted just now!
It was her first time in the Longshuang Great Marsh, and she thought obtaining a map would surely not be easy. She hadn’t expected them to be given away for free here!
Song Jiulai then followed the two cultivators from earlier and quickly arrived at the map distribution point in Xuanwu City.
Quite a few people had gathered here.
A characteristic of houses in the cultivation world is that no matter how small they appear from the outside, they are always a world apart inside.
A little spatial magic, it seems necessary for players to cultivate it in the future.
This Xuanwu City office indeed offered a free map.
The map was carved from stone into the shape of a Black Tortoise. Holding it in one’s palm and channeling spiritual energy would cause the current location to appear before one’s eyes.
Furthermore, there were dashed lines of different colors spreading out, indicating places with large mines and abundant spirit materials.
Naturally, there were also territories of demonic beasts.
The places accessible to Qi Condensation cultivators were limited, as important areas nearby would be cleared, leaving only low-level demonic beasts.
Anywhere else that appeared would have higher-tier demonic beasts.
Qi Condensation cultivators naturally couldn’t just wander around carelessly.
Song Jiulai discovered that the closest one was a natural mine tens of miles away.
The ores in this world also required manual excavation.
Some could be mined with magic treasures, while others could be mined with beast taming.
Those without either had to dig with their bare hands.
These mines were rich in various ores for artifact refining. Because of the abundance of mineral types, higher-tier ores could sometimes be unearthed.
This was a great boon for cultivators.
However, Song Jiulai keenly noticed something.
There was a protective force within the mine. What about outside the mine?
There were scammers within Xuanwu City, so along the way in the Longshuang Great Marsh—there would surely be many robbers.
However, the map only provided information within a few hundred miles of Xuanwu City.
Further out was a blank.
Song Jiulai, at the Foundation Establishment Stage, couldn’t use anything further out anyway. Tier 5 demonic beasts roamed everywhere; she wouldn’t dare go.
The Guanhai Sect teleported to Xuanwu City because more than half of the spirit materials they needed this year were ores from that mine.
Moreover, not all spirit materials contained Dragon Breath Spirit. It was said that improper handling could damage the Dragon Breath.
Ores containing Dragon Breath Spirit were even rarer.
What a precious thing!
Materials containing Dragon Breath Spirit could not be transported via teleportation arrays. They had to be reported to the Guanhai Sect, and after the Guanhai Sect recorded them, they would be brought back by the Guanhai Sect.
Only then could they be used by oneself.
Furthermore, Song Jiulai remained doubtful whether enough materials for artifact refining could truly be retained.
Of course, besides this, the Longshuang Great Marsh also had many strange places, and people often went missing.
Song Jiulai’s first stop was to check the situation at the mine, as she couldn’t return for a while.
After arranging these matters, she remembered the event she needed to organize.
She needed to motivate the players!
After some thought, Song Jiulai decided to launch a points event similar to the last one.
But this time, there was a bigger carrot.
She previously had five live broadcast quotas for the game. She had given one each to Han Tian and Lin Yuyu.
That was because they both had their own specializations.
If the remaining three were to be competed for with points, it would seem unfair for her, as the Sect Master.
Additionally, Han Tian was requesting the System to give one to Mu Qiu.
Song Jiulai thought about it and decided not to give out live broadcast quotas, but instead to address a long-standing issue that players were concerned about.
Puppet bodies.
Players had long tacitly understood the matter of puppets.
After entering the game, anyone familiar with artifact refining who saw that the Flying Sparrow Sect specialized in puppets would know how players’ bodies were obtained.
However, ordinary puppets were made of pure medicinal powder, with common materials and no real value.
Song Jiulai had also made them look ugly.
Puppets weren’t invented for no reason. In later stages, better materials could be used to create better puppet bodies.
Some puppet bodies could even naturally defend against certain things.
Cultivators used puppets as substitutes. The better the materials used, the more likely special puppets would appear.
For example, puppets with poison resistance, or those that could resist magic attacks, and even puppets that could resist the control techniques of some high-level cultivators.
For instance, those that controlled consciousness.
However, cultivators made them to increase their own safety when walking outside, but if they were destroyed, they were gone.
But for players, it was a tangible guarantee.
At the current stage, Song Jiulai couldn’t obtain very good puppet materials, but she could try to create better ones, such as waterproof or fireproof puppets.
With this in mind, Song Jiulai decided what to do.
She then had the System directly issue an announcement.
【Ding! To celebrate the entry of new players and the upcoming Lunar New Year, the Sect will be holding a welcoming event】
【Starting today, player points will be converted at double the rate for half a month. New players enjoying point bonuses will also enjoy stacked double points】
【After half a month, the point rankings will be settled. The top three will receive special puppet replacement rewards, and the bottom seven players can choose to replace their puppet once.】
What is meant by replacement, for players who need it, is simply changing the face of a puppet.
By saying this, Song Jiulai had essentially revealed a secret.
The Sect Channel immediately became lively.
【Gu Yunxi: So it really is puppets…】
【Wu Dahu: Great! I can finally change my face!】
【Daoist Priest: Upstairs, have you considered if you can even get into the top ten in points?】
【Su Daqiang: Sigh, I’ve gotten quite familiar with other Sects now, so changing my face isn’t very appropriate. You guys can take this reward.】
【Ma Xiaoniao: If Daqiang doesn’t take it, we won’t either.】
【Ma Xiaoben: If you guys don’t take it, I won’t either.】
【Ye Xuan: If you guys don’t take it, I won’t either.】
【Zhou Nüzi: If you guys don’t get into Tsinghua, I won’t either.】
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Of course, some people keenly sensed that there were loopholes to exploit.
Jiang Tianya then asked the System, “Can the replaced puppet body count as an extra life for us?”
The rule that this game doesn’t have resurrection is ironclad.
The System was quite straightforward: “It’s useless. Replacing a body and an extra life are two different matters.”
As long as players don’t suffer instant fatal damage, they can still be saved by moving to another location using the energy system.
However, if there aren’t enough points, the System won’t forcibly engage in charity.
Because the players’ physical bodies are not here, the System merely establishes a link.
Replacing a body requires energy to transfer the player’s soul and consciousness completely, which is not something that can be done instantly.
Fatal injuries will directly cause the player’s soul to leave this world, and it will be too late to replace the puppet.
Having more puppet bodies is useless.
This is also why Song Jiulai can freely shape puppet bodies for players to switch to, but cannot treat them as a second life.
This game is destined not to provide a safety net for players, otherwise the System’s energy would not be enough to support such a large consumption.
If players could revive at will, even Mighty Cultivators couldn’t do anything about them, and the System wouldn’t need Song Jiulai to find players.
Although there was some regret, changing faces was indeed a significant matter.
Jiang Tianya touched his own face.
It was indeed time for a change.
