Chapter 34: Mobilizing the Players
【System: The Sect Master has issued a task, please go to the spawn point immediately to check.】
【The Sect Master has issued a task to sell materials, please go to the spawn point immediately to check.】
【The Sect Master has issued a task to purchase medicine, please go to the spawn point immediately to check.】
【The Sect Master has issued a…】
Several consecutive notification sounds startled the players who were busy.
Tasks are issued randomly, and the System does not provide notifications. Generally, players have to go to the stone slab at the spawn point themselves to see if any tasks have been refreshed.
The System’s sudden notification this time made the players feel something unusual.
“Why are there so many tasks suddenly?”
“Didn’t the System not notify us before?”
Precisely because there were no notifications, players would occasionally go to the spawn point to check for refreshed tasks.
After all, free Points are always welcome.
Upon hearing the broadcast, the players rushed to the stone slab at the spawn point. A dense string of tasks refreshed, leaving the players stunned.
“Holy crap, so much Demonic Beast Material?”
“How much can this sell for? Did the Sect Master go out to farm?”
“… Damn it!!!”
A player quickly accepted a task to sell a Demonic Beast Corpse, but this time Song Jiulai didn’t have time to dissect them one by one and teleported the entire corpses over.
In an instant, the entire Sect was filled with wails and retching sounds.
Having stayed on the mountain all this time, they had only seen harmless Demonic Beasts. Even after reading the Demonic Beast Compendium, the text and images were nowhere near as stimulating as the reality.
Different Demonic Beasts were disgusting in different ways. Some who couldn’t stand it immediately retched and declared they were giving up the task.
There were also brave ones, whose tolerance was high due to it being a game, and knowing that in a Cultivation game, they would eventually face these things. They were figuring out how to extract materials and sell them.
Zhou Xiao, who specialized in Gourmet Food, had butchered many chickens, ducks, and geese. However, this still challenged her physical limits. She suppressed her discomfort and discussed with Han Tian, who had just logged in, “This task was issued so urgently, is something wrong with the Sect Master?”
Han Tian nodded, “I suspect so.”
He examined the Demonic Beast Corpse in front of him, also enduring his stomach’s discomfort, “It’s a good opportunity to record the information on these Demonic Beasts and put it on the website.”
With so much Demonic Beast Material, it would be enough for him to record for quite some time.
Since the Sect Master issued the tasks so urgently, Zhou Xiao immediately mobilized others to sell some Spirit Herb and Spirit Wood materials first.
These miscellaneous things were all First Order materials.
Zhou Xiao took a deep breath, “These Demonic Beast Corpses are too large for us to carry down. I’ll pick out the materials and let other players take them down to sell.”
Han Tian gave Zhou Xiao a thumbs-up, “Warrior!”
A true warrior dares to face disgusting Demonic Beasts.
Han Tian certainly couldn’t.
Later, another person joined to help Zhou Xiao.
This person was Mu Qiu.
The player with the second-highest Talent.
Mu Qiu looked very calm and directly told Zhou Xiao, “I’ll help you.”
Zhou Xiao looked at her composed demeanor, “Sister, what do you do in reality? You’re so amazing?”
Mu Qiu shook her head, “I’m just an ordinary office worker. I’m not afraid of these things because I’ve loved watching zombie and ghost movies since I was young, treating them like casual viewing. These are fine. Besides, it’s just a game, right?”
Zhou Xiao also gave her a thumbs-up, “The toughest of the tough women!”
While the players in the Sect were enthusiastically accepting tasks and getting busy, Song Jiulai was still being chased by a Magic Horned Snake.
“Damn it! This thing is too disgusting!!”
The Magic Horned Snake was not slow. Even if she gained some distance, it could quickly catch up to Song Jiulai.
Song Jiulai could only retreat into the forest, using Spiritual Energy to control and cut down a Big Tree to fall, occasionally attacking with a Large Fireball, to slow down the Magic Horned Snake’s pursuit.
The Spiritual Energy consumed to control objects is based on volume. The larger the object, the more Spiritual Energy is required to control it.
Furthermore, the object cannot be moving. For example, controlling living creatures consumes more Spiritual Energy.
Unless there is an absolute level suppression.
Therefore, it is impossible to directly control Demonic Beasts.
Even so, with her current Spiritual Energy consumption, she couldn’t hold on for long.
The pus spat out by the Magic Horned Snake also corroded the ground, instantly turning the surroundings into a pitted mess. Small snakes grew from the pus and crawled into the nearby forest, truly a disgusting sight.
The only thing Song Jiulai could comfort herself with was quickly picking up the Earth Lingzhi and putting it into her Mustard Seed Bag.
Even in this situation, she couldn’t possibly treat herself poorly.
This was her first time fighting a Tier 2 Demonic Beast, and it was a peak Tier 2 Demonic Beast at that.
It was indeed not comparable to a First Order Demonic Beast.
Even after several Large Fireballs from Song Jiulai, it acted as if it were unharmed, only hissing. It even managed to let out a sharp roar, clearly angered.
“Boom—”
As the Magic Horned Snake continuously crashed into and felled Big Trees, Song Jiulai’s Spiritual Energy was also constantly draining.
The System also advised, “Why bother? You’ve already picked up the Earth Lingzhi.”
Song Jiulai: “I absolutely will not take this loss!”
Even if it meant being reckless, she wanted to engrave that scoundrel into her bones.
Song Jiulai: “If he were at the Foundation Establishment Stage, I would tolerate it for now. But he’s just at the Qi Refining Stage and dares to trick your Grandma! Your Grandma will show you a demonstration of defeating someone above her level today!”
System: “…Alright, ambitious! So what do you plan to do about this Magic Horned Snake now?”
“…”
Song Jiulai had no time to answer.
“Swish!”
The Magic Horned Snake suddenly accelerated. Its massive head was inches away, its mouth wide open, almost biting Song Jiulai’s head.
A foul, nauseating smell almost brushed past Song Jiulai’s scalp.
Song Jiulai’s scalp tingled.
She reflexively threw two Large Fireballs at the last moment.
Simultaneously, a large portion of the Spiritual Energy within her Body was instantly drained. Her Body swayed, and her head suddenly felt dizzy.
A very bad premonition.
“Hiss!”
The Magic Horned Snake was hit. This time, the fireballs caused scorched injuries to its flesh.
This meant it was finally starting to be damaged.
But it also further enraged it.
“Hiss-hiss-hiss-hiss-hiss-hiss—”
The Magic Horned Snake’s attack this time was sonic. The piercing noise was extremely uncomfortable in Song Jiulai’s ears.
She endured the discomfort and immediately consumed the Tier 2 Qi Replenishing Pill that Lin Qian had given her, which was still warm.
The moment her Spiritual Energy recovered, she let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Spiritual Energy gradually transforms a Cultivator’s Body, making a Mortal’s physique suitable for Spiritual Energy circulation, gradually making it resistant to injury, and requiring constant absorption of Spiritual Energy.
Therefore, once a Cultivator pushes themselves to their limit and their Spiritual Energy is temporarily depleted, their Body, which has already surpassed the ordinary human range, cannot receive timely Spiritual Energy replenishment, leading to extreme discomfort.
Symptoms like fainting and pain can occur, and in severe cases, they might even pass out.
This is extremely disadvantageous in combat.
Items like Qi Replenishing Pills are therefore extremely important.
