Chapter 11: My Own Way

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the players to log off. On the first day of internal testing, the players gained a lot.

Even though the advertising for the Immortal and Demon World is full of hype and raises players' expectations for it, when players enter the game, they will still be shocked by the realistic scenes, vivid modeling, and gorgeous magic effects.

Happy times are short. Although reluctant, most players in the three-dimensional world have work, and it is almost eight o'clock in the morning on Blue Star, so they can only say goodbye to Jian Shiyuan reluctantly.

Some players disappeared after saluting, and their bodies returned to the system space.

However, other players refused to leave and pestered Jian Shiyuan with tears and snot, begging for the opening of the all-day login mode.

"Master, I can't bear to leave you! I don't want to log off! You've been alone in this godforsaken place for over ten hours. You must be very lonely and scared. Please let me stay and keep you company!"

"It's a lonely night. Master, perhaps you need a deck of cards? I can teach you how to play Landlord and Golden Flower. Please, please, let me stay."

"Master, let me know about mahjong."

They didn't dare to hug Jian Shiyuan's thighs and cry. They just lay on the ground, holding the corner of Jian Shiyuan's robe tightly, crying while looking up, crying twice, howling three times, humming in a very rhythmic way, and some of them even hiccuped while crying.

To deal with the players who refused to leave, Jian Shiyuan smiled slightly, and then ruthlessly used his authority to kick them offline.

After seeing off all the players, the noise and clamor receded like the tide, leaving only the whistling sound of wind and snow, and Jian Shiyuan stood quietly.

The vast ice field was blowing in a cold wind. The smile on Jian Shiyuan's lips faded, and he raised his head expressionlessly.

The weather is not good tonight. Thick clouds cover the moon, and only the lighting symbols cast a little light around it.

He stood at the intersection of light and shadow, the wind wrinkling his robe and wrapping it tightly.

Jian Shiyuan, who had lost all expression, was like a star that had been stripped of its luster, with only an indelible chill surrounding him.

'Master, do you want to enter the system space?'

"I want to practice for a while, but there is no spiritual energy in the system space."

"But your golden elixir has melted, right? There's no point in practicing, is there?"

Since the day he went through the tribulation, Jian Shiyuan's golden elixir was melted by the thunder. According to the rules of worldly cultivation, his path should have stopped there.

After all, no one has ever heard that a cultivator who has melted the golden elixir can make further progress. In the world of immortal cultivation, the improvement of realm is a step-by-step process, and any step cannot be missed.

Without the golden elixir, you cannot cultivate the Nascent Soul, and without the golden elixir, you cannot continue to practice.

It’s not that there are no cultivators like Jian Shiyuan who have wasted their elixirs.

Some are lost in the crowd

Some can't bear the blow and live in a daze all day long

Some people become demons in a single thought, and their character changes drastically.

Some simply end their own lives

Some of them were once geniuses, while others had ordinary talents, but they all ended up in the same place, carrying hatred and depression in their hearts for the rest of their lives.

The system didn't understand why Jian Shiyuan was doing useless work. Without the golden elixir, it was impossible to advance, so no matter how hard he practiced, it would be a waste of effort. It didn't understand, but Jian Shiyuan didn't need it to understand.

He simply looked up at the sky. "The division and advancement of realms of cultivation were all left behind by Daoist Lord Kaiyuan. This is the cultivation method for the human race that he explored."

"But I don't believe there's only one path in this world. He has his Kaiyuan Dao method, and I have my free practice. If he hadn't paved the way for the human race, I would have ended up like this sooner or later."

"If the golden elixir doesn't melt, I might not be willing to give up the shortcut and seek a new way. If the golden elixir melts, then isn't that the right path for me?"

As his mind moved, a wave of spiritual energy burst out from Jian Shiyuan's body, stirring up wind and snow and spreading rapidly in all directions.

Thinking of something, the corners of his mouth curled up into a familiar arc again.

After being kicked offline, Okariri woke up from the game cabin, and the first thing he did was to turn sideways and play with his mobile phone.

The player forum was already very lively at this time, and the first test players opened one building after another to praise the world of immortals and demons.

[hot][Quickly lick the beautiful pictures, the new portrait of the master is online! White clothes embroidered with gold, full of sincerity]

[hot][Xianmo World pioneers a player-to-player collaborative mission release mode. Will it be a risky move or a proactive one? Let's wait and see!]

[hot][Good news for insomniacs! After getting the game console, I finally slept through the night! I've recommended this to all my fellow sufferers!]

[hot][Creative Works: My Years as the Sect Master’s Personal Disciple]

[hot][Artifact for picking up girls——Flower Petal Rain, even a grown man like me can be moved by it]

[hot][First server-wide announcement! Huge amount of information, quick analysis]

Even though screenshots and screen recordings are not allowed in the game, it does not affect the enthusiasm of players at all. Okari was browsing a bunch of hot posts when he suddenly noticed something strange [The years when I was the master's personal disciple]

Outrageous, what the hell is this? The rest of the content is more or less related to the beta test content. This is completely fan creation, pure imagination, how did it get over 20,000 layers?

Although he dislikes it, Okari's men are honest. Click in.

The content on the first floor is very eye-catching:

Jinling Xiaoxiaosheng: This is a work of my humble talent, please do not criticize me. Chapter One: Xiaoxiaosheng, a genius. Xiaoxiaosheng secured a spot in the beta test of the Immortal Demon World game. With the blessing of company executives, he opened the game. A young man in a blue robe flew towards him and said, "Little brother, I see you have a remarkable talent and a remarkable destiny. We have a master-disciple relationship. Why don't you become my disciple and I will help you cultivate?" Xiaoxiaosheng was deeply moved, but then declined. Next Chapter: Jian Shiyuan's three visits to Xiaoxiaosheng's thatched cottage finally lead to his acceptance.

Okaliri's face turned green. How could this guy be worthy of the clan leader's three visits? He thought he was Okaliri——

As expected, downstairs, there was a loud noise [XX Deputy Director of Psychiatry Department: Hello, may I have your contact information?]

Jinling Xiaoxiaosheng couldn't withstand the pressure, and the next chapter had new content.

Jinling Xiaoxiaosheng: Stop cursing, I've got a new idea. Here's a preview. Xiaoxiaosheng is a rare immortal cultivation prodigy. The spiritual energy-starved Blue Planet can't provide the spiritual power he needs. Resolutely, he travels through time and space to the immortal cultivation world, becoming Jian Shiyuan's disciple. From then on, he begins a blissful life, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

Okari:

The replies started out laughing and mocking the original poster for fantasizing about not being able to get the game console, but then suddenly turned into [Is Xiaoxiao still alive? The master likes the King of Scrolls, please change the character design of your male lead, the Immortal Cultivator is already OOC]

Back row +1

O'Karire: Wow, it turns out that more than 20,000 floors were created by Whipping the Corpse Smiley.

Very good, he comes to step on it too [Okari: Why not set your male protagonist as a labor contract in his previous life, so that it will be reasonable to roll it up]

After finishing the post, Okari, feeling satisfied, clicked on another post.

As a professional gamer who loves fighting, of course he is only interested in strategy analysis posts, so he clicked on [Beautiful Picture Quick Licking]

I have to say that even the high-definition portrait cannot show Jian Shiyuan's beauty.

The poster was very attentive and moved two portraits from the official website for comparison. One is the blue robe seen in the previous promotional video, and the other is the white robe that appeared in the internal test.

[The main beauty's aesthetic is excellent. The blue robe is plain, and Jian Shiyuan wears it like a pine or cypress, elegant and quiet. The white robe is elegant, and Jian Shiyuan wears it like jade and snow, noble but not cumbersome. If you look closely, there are gold embroidered phoenix patterns on the cuffs.]

[I don't know if the game will open a player strategy mode later. I really want to give gifts to the master. As usual, when the NPC's popularity soars, the company will definitely release a series of krypton gold packs to squeeze out the character fans.]

Okaliri agrees with the original poster's guess. No game company will leave a popular character alone without developing the IP to make money. Once the world of immortals and demons becomes an industry, they will probably let NPCs take on endorsements and develop peripheral derivatives.

He continued to post, and suddenly a reply popped up

[Porter: There probably won't be a strategy mode. (Our company uses a dual management model. Simply put, in addition to the game company executives holding actual control, the NPC Jian Shiyuan also has control. In other words, he's one of our bosses.) This is content the planner posted elsewhere. I'm just reposting it. For details, please click (First server-wide announcement! Huge amount of information, quick analysis))

What does it mean when one sentence makes a post hot? Okari clicked on the link given by the host and was so excited that his scalp tingled.

[Your planner: Your analysis is wrong. We didn't want to release the character panel. You convinced the NPCs. Jian Shiyuan promised you something, and we must complete it. Otherwise, who would be willing to work overtime every day? Do you think releasing a new feature is the same as adding data to a sticker game?]

Your planner: Our company uses a dual management model. We've also placed a central management center in the main control world—Jian Shiyuan. He has more flexible and varied permissions. The company's original intention was to restore the true world of immortal cultivation. Players will always have various needs when participating in the game. Instead of reporting these needs to the planners through the online platform and then having them make changes, it's better to report them directly to the NPCs. We will monitor Jian Shiyuan's data in real time and operate in the background to meet players' needs, so that players have a better sense of immersion and participation.

Your planners: I know what you're thinking. Getting a magical artifact right at the start is impossible! Stop dreaming! Jian Shiyuan is incredibly intelligent, and he won't agree to any outrageous requests. Furthermore, we've set up keyword triggers in his program. If your words contain certain keywords, he'll automatically ignore them. To save your hair, programmers, plug all the loopholes. Nothing comes easy.

[Your planners: You can raise normal requests. If you want to use NPCs to launch features, three things must be met: 1. The suggestion is feasible 2. Convince them 3. The update frequency is moderate. Please explore the specific methods yourself.]

Jian Shiyuan set up this reply in order to guide players to regard him as a 'planner'.

After all, there is only Jian Shiyuan in the game company. It is impossible for him to keep an eye on the official website of the forum all the time to screen the needs of players. What's more, there are a lot of cloud players on the forum, and the suggestions may not be feasible. He doesn't want to waste time.

In the "planner's" reply, Jian Shiyuan left himself a way out. If the players asked for exaggeration, he would simply ignore the speech. After all, there are "keyword triggers", and he can fool people by pretending to be stupid.

As long as the players are not stupid, they will gradually find that communicating with Jian Shiyuan is more effective than leaving messages on the official website begging the planners to launch new features.

However, to communicate with the NPC, they definitely need a schedule that can "persuade" him, so they must design the desired functions themselves, so that Jian Shiyuan can simplify some operations, and reasonable requirements can even be directly copied from the schedule.

But obviously, the players could not guess what Jian Shiyuan was thinking. Everyone, including O'Kariri, was cheering that the game company was "wise."

And Jian Shiyuan is still the gentle and graceful sect leader.