Give experience?

It's impossible!

Lin Xiang just wanted to teach these players a lesson.

Let them stop thinking about killing NPCs and getting items all day long. The most important thing is to improve themselves.

After beating the five players with one whip each, Lin Xiang felt much better. He did not feel guilty about bullying the weak, but instead watched the reactions of the five people with a sense of evil.

The soul re-entered the body, and Tai Er Zhenren covered the big bump on his forehead and almost shed tears.

Is this NPC that serious?

In order to avoid giving any benefits to himself and his friends, he actually used such a powerful move.

Before I could even see how he moved, his soul was knocked out of his body. Isn't this just being at the mercy of others?

Yu Xiaoqi was a little unconvinced. She calmed herself down, came up to Lin Xiang, and asked, "Excuse me, God of the Land, can we still accept this mission?"

She really couldn't let go of those good things, any one of them would do, even if it was just experience points.

Lin Xiang shook his head: "When I become stronger, I will come to test you."

It's fine if I was abused once, but I actually want to be abused again.

Han Mu originally thought that he and others could use some small tricks to make up for the gap between themselves and the sacrificial spirit, but it turned out that the other party subdued them all with just one move, and they didn't even know how to defend themselves!

The soul has been knocked out of the body, what can be used to defend against this?

Bingxuepiaopiao felt that she was extremely innocent. She was originally worried about the land god and thought that the other four players could threaten him.

Who would have thought that this NPC was so strong that he got beaten up as well.

Xie Longtao and the others actually didn't have any complicated emotions at all. Since they couldn't beat them, they might as well cling to the other party, maybe they could get some benefits.

The hidden store that was originally open was closed because the favorability dropped by 10 points. Now everyone wants to quickly raise the favorability, otherwise the good things in it will have nothing to do with them.

"Sir Lin Xiang, the bandits are ferocious and numerous. We are not strong enough to wipe them out. Is there any way to quickly improve our combat effectiveness? That way, we can successfully complete the mission you entrusted us with."

Since he had been defeated anyway, Xie Longtao simply chose to lie down and firmly stand on the side of the NPC.

It’s so normal to cling to NPCs!

After being beaten by reality, the players became a little more normal. Han Mu also complained: "Yes, Master Ji Ling, you are so powerful. Can you help us improve our strength as soon as possible so that we can help when the village is threatened?"

If force doesn't work, then use gentleness.

Each player is adaptable and as long as they can become stronger, it is not difficult to play the role of a weak person.

What's more, they are weak to begin with and don't need to act at all.

"Master Ji Ling, please help us. We also want to contribute to this world and give the people a peaceful and prosperous life!"

"Yes, once we have the strength, we can help the village drive away those monsters and ghosts."

If Lin Xiang was a real NPC, he would really be moved by the players' impassioned speeches and ambitions.

However, since the other party had said so, he went along with it and said, "Indeed, you are the children of destiny!"

"The whole world has fallen into darkness and turmoil. I hope you can maintain humanity and save the people!"

Since you guys want to act, I'll stick with you till the end and see who is the real best actor.

After Lin Xiang finished speaking, he added, "Tomorrow, another group of Yellow Turban warriors will arrive, but Dongshan Village can no longer accommodate so many people. Tomorrow morning, you will guide these new warriors to build residences and spiritual fields outside the village..."

[Novice Guidance Mission: Guide new players into the game and build a house. Mission Reward: 50% off house purchase coupon, 500 experience points, and one of the five elements spells.]

After a blow, you have to give a sweet reward, otherwise it will be a waste of time to bully the players.

After physically beating the first batch of beta test players, Lin Xiang gave them some benefits, otherwise the players would develop a rebellious mentality if they were constantly abused.

If I really want to kill them, I will have to help reshape my body.

Of course, the wool comes from the sheep, and the consumption of resurrection needs to be provided by the players themselves. Therefore, the experience points of players will be lost after death in the game. That's it.

In addition to losing experience, the death penalty in "Ascension" also includes random item drops, including but not limited to equipment, elixirs, and spirit stones.

If a player in the red name state is killed, the death penalty is even more severe, almost like a huge explosion. If you are unlucky, you will be back to the pre-liberation era and everything will be dropped.

Even if a player is determined to develop into an evil person, he dare not be too arrogant. In case of death, all his accumulation will be lost, and he may even be locked in a small dark room to wash his red name when he is resurrected.

Bingxuepiaopiao and others were extremely excited. This novice guidance task was just giving away experience, and the beating was not in vain.

However, as a new batch of beta test players entered the game, their lead was not that big, and they simply had no ability to maintain their leading position.

If you still try to do some fancy moves, you will definitely waste time and be caught up.

Han Mu and others immediately took on the task and decided to restore their favorability. At the same time, they were also planning what kind of secondary job they could do to make money.

Cultivation only consumes resources, not creates them.

In the absence of in-game money, you must make money on your own, whether it is learning a lucrative profession or spending money to complete tasks. You cannot live off your savings.

They were attracted by the benefits of this mission and of course accepted all of it.

"No problem, we will definitely help these new young heroes get familiar with this world."

“Does it require advance planning when building a house outside the village?”

"I have a friend who's a planner. How about asking him to help?"

Just as they were discussing heatedly, the game time was about to end and they had to sit cross-legged on the mat to exit the game.

This is exactly why Lin Xiang wants to build a house outside the village.

The Earth God Temple wasn't particularly large, so while it could barely accommodate five players, it would be difficult to accommodate a hundred, let alone a quest. The Cave Seed in the temple's backyard also had to be hidden, and no one else could enter, lest the news leak.

Lin Xiang had to separate them from Dongshan Village so as not to affect the normal lives of the villagers.

With so many players, the re-planning of Dongshan Village has to be put on the agenda to help the villagers have better living conditions.

Once construction begins, players’ tasks will begin!

Lin Xiang just wanted to know whether the experience pool he could give out would increase. If the experience pool did not increase, he would have to look for a lot of rewards.

Fortunately, he now has an introductory copy of the "Nine Elixir Immortal Scripture" in his hand, which is enough to refine ordinary elixirs.

Not every kind of martial arts or alchemy technique can be called a classic. It must be sufficiently authoritative and exemplary, and it must become more relevant with the passage of time and never become outdated.

It is precisely because of the existence of this alchemy book that Lin Xiang dared to be sure that the place of adventure found by the original owner of the space ring was very likely the cave of the alchemy master.

Now that he had learned the contents of the "Nine Elixir Liquid Immortal Scripture", he activated the earth fire furnace and began to practice.

Qingxin Pills are ordinary-grade elixirs, and the medicinal materials have been found by players, and a total of ten doses can be refined.

Lin Xiang knew very well how to refine it, and the recipe provided by the game system contained a detailed description of the technique.

He knew very well how to process herbs, how to combine them, how to condense and collect pills.

Everyone knows that it is difficult to turn theoretical knowledge into practical operations.

Just by not controlling the temperature properly when processing the herbs in the first step, a century-old elixir was turned into charcoal!

He was not impatient and his hands moved steadily.

Unlike other alchemists who control the fire in the alchemy furnace, he, as the land god, directly controls the earth fire, which is much simpler to operate.

After repeated attempts and repeated failures, he finally succeeded in refining the first batch of Qingxin Pills after wasting three furnaces of raw materials.

That is to say, in the game, in the world of cultivation, anyone who succeeds in refining the elixir after failing three times on the first try is definitely a potential master of alchemy!

Lin Xiang put the 11 Qingxin Pills into a bottle. Their quality was not very good. They were all low-grade pills with only basic effects.

As for the four waste pills that were produced at the same time, he did not waste them. Instead, he threw them directly to the earthworms that were curled up in a ball not far away and let them eat them.

The bodies of monsters are much stronger than those of humans. The erysipelas that humans cannot digest and absorb are nothing to them, especially the big eater earthworms, which can eat and digest everything.

Earthworm feces is one of the best organic fertilizers, not to mention the feces produced by this monster-level earthworm, which will definitely accelerate the growth of crops.

It not only saves materials but also allows you to harvest fertilizer and speed up the upgrading and strengthening of earthworms. It is a win-win situation.

After this successful experience, Lin Xiang's speed in refining pills increased a lot, and his success rate and quality rate also increased a lot.

He succeeded five out of the next six attempts at refining, and unexpectedly, he even refined seven mid-grade Qingxin Pills, which were much better than the low-grade Qingxin Pills.

"Oops! We didn't prepare enough jade bottles!"

In the world of cultivation, elixirs are basically sold by the piece, pill or bottle, and a bottle of elixirs usually contains ten pills.

Because elixirs are rich in spiritual energy, storing them in ordinary containers will cause the spiritual energy to gradually dissipate, so special jade bottles are needed to contain the medicinal power. These jade bottles are not only made of excellent materials, but can also be engraved with small formations to ensure that the elixirs maintain their effectiveness.

Some special jade bottles can even enhance the efficacy of medicines. The longer they are kept, the better the efficacy!

There are no jade mines in the area under Lin Xiang's jurisdiction. Even if he wants to dig, there is nothing to be found. He can only put it in the game package first.

Fortunately, his main sales targets and rewards are players, all of whom have game packages, so placing pills in them will at least not lose their efficacy.

Ten portions of materials were used to refine a total of 7 medium-grade and 65 low-grade Qingxin Pills.

The skill of alchemy also appears in the game panel, but he is still in the primary stage of alchemy. The current progress bar is only 6/100, and he has to successfully refine 94 batches of pills.

The proficiency of alchemy is calculated based on a furnace of pills, regardless of how many pills are actually refined in it.

Therefore, at this stage, Lin Xiang can use the most common elixirs to improve his proficiency first, and then look at the restrictions when he reaches the intermediate level of alchemy.

As for whether refining high-level and high-difficulty elixirs will increase proficiency by 10 or 8 points at once, it is not clear.

One is that there is no suitable recipe, and the other is that it is difficult to find so many medicinal materials.

…

"The second batch of internal testers has been released, go check and see if your name is on it!"

"There are over a million applicants, and only 100 are chosen. This is truly one in a million."

"That's a bit exaggerated. Are there really so many players applying?"

"Anyway, there's no need to fill in identity information, just click it."

"I won! I can enter the game too! Hahahahahahahaha"

"Is this lottery a shady deal? All of our men's dormitories made reservations, but not a single one got a chance."

"I'm a koi fish, come and share my good luck. A friend and I both won the prize. After we get in, I'll show you my cultivation skills."

"You are all shills, right?"

"There's no hope for the closed beta, but what about the public beta? Let's find out when it's going to be released!"

The forum of the official website of the game "Ascension" is about to be flattened by angry netizens. These 100 places are not enough at all, and it is completely to arouse their curiosity.

Everyone is curious about this mysterious gaming company. Its official website address and phone number have long been cancelled, yet it can still produce virtual helmets.

When something you imagined suddenly appears, who wouldn’t want to try it?

Everyone is very enthusiastic about entering the game, and many people even come with the intention of making money by playing games.

The five beta testers who initially entered the game have all become internet celebrities, and each edited video has been clicked on by netizens and pushed to the top of the popular rankings.

Just like the original live broadcast data of Tai Er Zhenren was actually relatively average, now after he quit the game, his data is close to that of first-tier Internet celebrities.

Even if you don't want to be an internet celebrity, entering the game one step ahead and waiting for the bosses and rich people to come in, helping them upgrade and selling game props are huge business opportunities.

Whether they are here to play games or to make money, they are all looking forward to the game.

There are quite a lot of people complaining about the list. In fact, they knew a long time ago that they were not that lucky, and if they really wanted to be selected, they would have to buy a lottery ticket.

More netizens are curious about what Xie Junfeng and Tai Er Zhenren had said in the forum about killing the NPC in the Novice Village.

"Does anyone know if these beta testers actually killed the NPC? I was planning on flattering the NPC after I got in."

"Yeah, if they kill the NPC, will we still be able to take on the novice missions when we go in?"

"Will a hundred beta testers enter the same Novice Village?"

"I have all the theoretical knowledge ready, I am just waiting for the helmet to be delivered."

"This should be the first time a player kills an NPC, right? Someone, please give me some spoilers."

Xie Longtao hadn't originally planned to speak out, but as inquiries about this issue piled up, he replied in one of the threads, "We failed to kill the Dongshan Village land god. He's incredibly powerful, and when he tested our strength, he knocked all five of us out of our bodies with a single blow. It's best if you don't attempt this mission. Your hard-earned favorability will plummet, and you'll be looked down upon for your inadequacy."

After seeing his reply, netizens couldn't help but laugh and comfort him.

Nan He: "I'm dying of laughter. You've only been playing the game for a few days, and you're actually thinking about killing NPCs. You're really overestimating yourself!"

Lollipop is not candy: "After all, he is a god. Where do you get the confidence that you can kill him?"

Sanjiang Woduzui: "As expected, you still have to be taught a lesson by an NPC before you know how powerful you are, hahahahahaha."

Send Me to Heaven: "Are you guys here to make fun of me? You should at least find out your strength beforehand."

Night is seductive: "Don't mess with the NPCs in the Novice Village. They might be hidden characters in a future main storyline. If it were me, I would definitely go and lick their ass and max out my favorability!"

Big Hammer: "You must be going there to make people laugh."

What netizens like most is to watch others get humiliated.

Anyway, as long as I don’t suffer any loss, it’s fine.

Everyone is actually very curious about what tricks this NPC has used.

Master Tai Er has been silent for so long and has not appeared in public. He has been editing videos from his own perspective.

There were so many scenes in the game today that I originally wanted to cut it into a short video, but found that it turned into a long video.

Whether it was the sword cultivator's fierce battle with the golden toad, or the land god whipping out the soul with a whip, they both successfully ignited the Internet and brought the game "Ascension" into the public eye again.

The users of T station were all stunned.

Although some of the things that players filmed previously were considered special effects, the Sword Immortal is the most common vision people have for the world of cultivation!

With a single, effortless strike of the sword, a toad bigger than an elephant fell to the ground.

Even the flying sword when leaving seemed so extraordinary!

"I take back the hype. Is this really a game?"

"So cool! This is the world of cultivation in my mind, Brother Master!"

"Why don't you hold on to Brother Master's thigh? His swordsmanship is so powerful, you will be sword immortals in the future."

"Where's the game? I want to play!"

"Damn, this guy is even more handsome than the land god."

Netizens have a filter for NPCs who use long swords. Everyone thinks that sword cultivators and sword immortals are the real immortal cultivators.

The popularity of "Ascension" continues to rise, and the one hundred players who have obtained places in the internal test have started to form groups outside the game, intending to form a good group once they enter the game.

…

"The space of the cave has increased again. The speed is quite fast."

Lin Xiang took out the spirit stone placed in the Universe Cave. The cave did not absorb the spiritual energy in the spirit stone, but complemented the spiritual medicines and plants planted in it.

The space for growth is now large enough for an average adult to fit in without having to worry about squeezing out surrounding space or spiritual medicines.

Anyway, he had no spiritual herbs or seeds to plant, so he went into the cave of the universe, sat cross-legged, and practiced the Pure Yang Art.

The abundant spiritual energy in the cave was sucked into Lin Xiang's dantian like a whale as soon as it was born!

These innate spiritual energies were absorbed by the Panlong Whip and then fed back to every part of the body.

The circulation speed of the pure Yang spiritual energy in Lin Xiang's body has been greatly improved, and the effect of practicing for one week is equivalent to several days.

The spiritual power gradually became abundant, filling the meridians, and unknowingly advanced to the second level.

Lin Xiang felt the spiritual power in his body growing, and he enlarged the map of Dongshan Village on the game map and made the most basic plan.

One hundred beta test players are a lot, and we need to provide them with accommodation and food.

The village itself cannot even pay the taxes, so how can it have enough food to give to these people? They can only let them be self-sufficient.

"Some will repair the house, some will go hunting, some will help the villagers harvest food, and some will go looking for medicinal herbs."

The overall task is divided into several large parts, allowing players to take on tasks themselves instead of forcibly assigning them.

In order to fit in with the overall style of the game, Lin Xiang decided to build several different buildings outside the village.

One type is of course a building used for living, including single-family courtyards and quadrangle courtyards.

The other type is commercial buildings, which may require restaurants, inns, teahouses, pharmacies, markets, etc. in the future.

The last type is of course public buildings and facilities, such as private schools, bookstores, government offices, post stations, etc.

As for buildings such as watchtowers, city walls, and moats, there are no plans to build them.

In the world of cultivation, building city walls is basically useless. The cultivators can fly and hide underground, so the city walls are just for show.

Lin Xiang knew that he was just a novice in urban planning and could only deal with it temporarily. If the village could grow and develop, he would find a professional player to redesign it.

Once the plans of other cities are completed, the only way to start over is to overturn them.

However, in the Dongshan Village area, Lin Xiang can use the power of incense to reshape the landscape, achieving tremendous changes.

For example, if the street is narrowed, the buildings on both sides and the land underneath can be moved to the side. That’s all.

It can be said that Lin Xiang’s ability is what every urban planner wants most!

Single-family courtyards are reserved for advanced players, with a fee based on the level of spiritual energy. Ordinary players who can't afford a single-family house can buy a portion of a courtyard.

If you are really poor, you can only stay in an inn.

Although the players regard Dongshan Village as an ordinary novice village, Lin Xiang does not want it to become depressed after losing a large number of players in the middle stage of the game. He must develop it into a holy place in the world of cultivation!

As long as you can continue to produce items and skills that are useful to the players and can continue to bring them benefits, the other party will not abandon this land even after level 100.

Lin Xiang had never thought of building a sect from scratch. He just wanted to build a market where all kinds of players, cultivators, and spirits could trade with peace of mind.

In this case, one must have high martial arts skills and a wide network of contacts.

Even if he is the god of this land, he cannot be invincible.

A cultivator with high enough cultivation level can still defeat him, or destroy or steal things on the land.

Lin Xiang couldn't stay in Dongshan Village all the time. He also wanted to use his disguise to experience the world of cultivation. So setting up a powerful formation was urgent!

With the formation, the village's safety is guaranteed even if I'm not there.

I got the spirit stone from the space ring before, and opened the array formation unlocking tool through the upgrade kit, so I can set up some basic array formations.

Now the formation in Dongshan Village can only eliminate first-level ghosts and is powerless against high-level monsters.

Lin Xiang wanted to choose a formation with particularly strong defense and at the same time a certain warning function.

Of course, with so many players around, any monster that wants to invade Dongshan Village will definitely be torn to pieces by the players' concentrated fire!

"Should we use the Five Elements Formation or the Four Symbols Formation?"

Lin Xiang thought carefully, each different formation has its own characteristics.

He found several formations that met his needs in the General Explanation of Formations, namely the Five Elements Wu (wù) Earth Formation and the Four Symbols Black Tortoise Formation. The former was related to the Five Elements, and the latter was related to the Four Symbols and the constellations.

After careful consideration, Lin Xiang decided to set up the Five Elements Wu Earth Formation, because this formation can connect with the earth, and when combined with his own divine power, it can greatly enhance the effect of the formation.

If he is a star official, the Four Symbols Formation would definitely be more suitable.

"This small village should have been built a long time ago, but we've only now found the resources and the ability. I'll go and tell the villagers in their dreams later."

Before, he was powerless because he had no spirit stones and no knowledge of formations.

It’s not too late now, there are 105 free laborers who can be squeezed and exploited!

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