prynovel Chapter 7 is the first post in the series.
Chapter 7 is the first post in the series.
"The dungeon is closed, and even the monsters are hidden?"
Lu Chao was very unhappy; he felt bad that he wasn't allowed to work so hard.
He tried to crawl into the lion's den again, but as expected, he couldn't get in; the light curtain at the entrance bounced him back.
Before long, Zhao Weike, Zhang Defa, Wang Yingluo, and Gu Xiaoxiao came out of the lion's den.
"Hey, Lu Chao, you're still here? How many lottery tickets did you use?"
"With him being so unreliable, he probably won't be able to get a single one!"
"Haha, I swiped 100 tickets, I'm exhausted!"
"Why bother with him? Let's get back to the Heavenly Fate Platform! I can't wait to draw the prize!"
"Let's go, let's go..."
The four of them were all smiling and chatting, seemingly having had a very good experience in the dungeon.
At this moment, Lu Chaoding was not carrying his axe, his Earth God Aura was off, his commoner sword was sheathed, and there was no sword shadow behind him. He was very low-key and looked ordinary.
He followed the four people expressionlessly, following the system's prompt to return to the Destiny Platform.
A tall, imposing man now stood at the Heavenly Mandate Platform.
[Niu Daren: LV10, Story NPC, current senior disciple of the Great Sword Sect, supply officer at Boiling Blood Lion Mountain.]
This "Niu Daren" was squatting on the ground tending to the campfire. As soon as Zhao Weike and the others entered, he stood up and greeted them, "Fellow junior brothers and sisters, it's getting late, you should rest quickly."
After saying that, he waved his hand, and eight small tents appeared, instantly giving the place the feel of a campsite.
"This is a safe zone. Don't wander around at night, because powerful monsters will randomly spawn outside. If you get killed, you will not only lose your level and experience, but also drop the items in your inventory."
Zhao Weike then pointed to Niu Daren and said, "He is a famous NPC on Tianxing Island. Approach him and select the dialogue option to learn about some game settings. Once everyone has arrived, he will also open the supply shop. The night is long, so you can figure it out yourselves. I'm going to draw a prize."
"Together, together!"
"I just saved up for a hundred pulls, guaranteed at least one three-star item!"
"Working with the captain is less stressful, but it's too tiring; my liver can't take it!"
"Working this hard, not many newcomers can match us..."
Zhang Defa and the others followed Lu Chaoding and went to the Heavenly Mandate Platform in a lively atmosphere.
Lu Chao thought to himself with disdain, "Trash, you only cleared Lion's Cave a hundred times? You dare call that working yourself to the bone?"
Normally, clearing the Boiling Blood Lion Head dungeon once would reward you with one gold coin, 10 cultivation points, and one lottery ticket. Lu Chao thought to himself that if he hadn't been held hostage by the occasionally unreliable system, he would have cleared it at least 200 times in the past ten hours. Even if he were in a team and things dragged on, he would still have to clear it 150 times if he were leading the team.
"Alien players are just a joke!"
Lu Chaoding shook his head. He didn't continue to the Destiny Platform with Zhao Weike and the others. Instead, he walked up to the NPC Niu Daren, and a dialogue window immediately popped up in front of him.
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Talk to your senior brother, Niu Daren, to get the information you want:
1. About Boiling Blood Lion Mountain.
2. Regarding the Great Sword Sect.
3. Regarding the Lion Rock Sword Debate.
4. About Tianxing Island.
5. On day and night
6. About the Night-Walking Beast
7. Regarding Tianquan
8. Regarding the Earth Deity
9. Regarding combat skills
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16. Regarding the punishment for death.
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There were quite a few options in the dialog window, and Lu Chaoding clicked on them one by one, gradually gaining a certain understanding of the game's settings.
According to Niu Daren, these players were all disciples of the Great Sword Sect, and the name of the newbie village was "Tianxing Island". There were three mountains on the island: Boiling Blood Lion Mountain, Blazing Fire Fang Mountain, and Great Sword Breaking Void Mountain.
Boiling Blood Lion Mountain is the initial trial ground. New players must complete the "Lion Mountain Sword Tournament" here before they can go to Fiery Fang Mountain.
The Lion Mountain Sword Tournament can be considered the first act of the main storyline in the beginner village. It is not yet available. The way to unlock it is to hand over the Blood-Red Teeth to Niu Daren. Once the eight people have handed over a total of 3000 teeth, the Lion Mountain Sword Tournament will begin.
In terms of basic settings, the Hongchen Sword Realm has a day-night cycle, with daytime starting at 6:00 AM and nighttime starting at 6:00 PM every day.
During the day, you can hunt in the wild, run dungeons, and so on. At night, dungeons will close and wild monsters will be hidden. However, some nocturnal creatures will randomly spawn in the wild. These nocturnal creatures are usually quite powerful. If a player dies during the day, they will only lose levels and have their cultivation points cleared. But if they die at night, all the items in their storage space will be lost. Therefore, it is not advisable to go out at night and it is best to stay in a safe zone.
In addition, regarding the combat settings, before level 10, players can only equip one secret skill book, one combat skill book, and one ultimate skill book. Secret skills can be used without any cost and can be used anytime, anywhere. Combat skills and ultimate skills can only be used during combat, and their use requires consuming battle spirit.
Battle Spirit can be gained by launching attacks. A normal attack usually grants one point. Using combat skills consumes one point of Battle Spirit, while using ultimate skills consumes even more.
Speaking of the equipment system, Tianquan and Dizhi are worth mentioning. In Niu Daren's description, Tianquan and Dizhi are similar to innate attributes that can affect the player's attack type and constitution. Tianquan usually refers to stars, while Dizhi can refer to wild monsters, plants, etc.
Lu Chaoding studied these settings carefully and meticulously. Suddenly, he saw a flash of light on the Heavenly Fate Platform not far away. Rays of light descended from the sky, with white light being the most numerous, followed by green light, and there was also a blue light.
"During the beginner period, there's a guaranteed pity system with gacha pulls. Ten pulls and you're guaranteed a green item, a hundred pulls and you're guaranteed a blue item. Tsk tsk, is this a hundred-pull? It's nothing..."
Lu Chaoding remained completely unmoved.
He had already examined his 220 unreliable lottery tickets. Among them, three were quite reliable: one guaranteed a three-star item, one had an 88% chance of getting a three-star item, and one guaranteed a Tianquan item. There were quite a few other tickets that were also fairly reliable. In theory, he could completely crush Zhao Weike and the others when it came to lottery draws.
"It's out! It's out! A three-star item has appeared! Let's see what it is... Holy crap..."
"What is it?"
"It's a three-star material, Blood Spirit Jade!"
"It's crooked?"
"Absolutely skewed!"
"They're only providing materials? You can tolerate this...?"
The Heavenly Mandate Platform was only twenty meters away from the temporary camp, and Lu Chaoding could clearly hear the voices of Zhao Weike and the others.
"It went astray, hehe, I'm delighted!"
When he heard that someone had drawn a wrong number in the lottery, he immediately became interested, so he put his hands in his pockets and went over to join in the fun.
Soon he saw Zhang Defa, who was hanging his head and looking dejected.
This guy was sorting through his prizes. His luck seemed to be really bad. Not only did he get the wrong three-star item, but most of the two-star items he drew were materials of unknown use, and among the one-star items, there were a lot of compressed biscuits.
"Haha, Zhang Defa has just used up a month's worth of food rations!"
"These odds in the lottery are ridiculously low. Is it possible to get high-end items only with a guaranteed minimum?"
"Don't talk about me, it'll be your turn soon. Let's see what you get..."
Zhang Defa grumbled and cursed. He finished collecting his prizes from the hundred-pull lottery, but hadn't gotten anything—weapons, secret techniques, combat skills, costumes, etc. His luck was as bad as that of an African chieftain.
Next, Zhao Weike went on stage to draw a prize.
"Gods and Buddhas, grant me the chance to strike with deadly precision!"
He shouted loudly and threw out a hundred lottery tickets. Soon, a hundred beams of light descended from the sky, including ten green beams and one blue beam.
"Are they all guaranteed minimums?"
Zhao Weike raised his eyebrows. He immediately ran to the ball of light formed by the blue light, pointed at it, and a bluish-gray stone and three large characters appeared: "Breaking Void Jade"!
"It's crooked!"
"It's also a material!"
"Haha, even the captain's gone astray!"
"This is a guaranteed trap!"
Shouts immediately rang out, and Zhao Weike pounded his chest and stamped his feet, looking extremely displeased.
Lu Chaoding's heart stirred.
Breaking the Sky Jade?
Isn't this the upgrade material for the axe back piece?