Chapter 32 A New Attempt: The Thirty-Second Day of Creating a Gacha Game...
The lingering effects of a major battle were dispelled by such a lighthearted remark.
It was as if this was not a duel involving life and death, but just an ordinary game.
However, this duel was not as life-or-death as Hongjun had imagined, after all, he had never fought such a costly battle before.
Not only could he use magical artifacts at will and manipulate earth veins at will, but Yuan Yi had also explained Luo Hou's moves in advance, helping him to devise a countermeasure.
A smile flashed across Hongjun's face, and with a wave of his hands, all the magical treasures he had acquired in the game over the past few days were laid out.
"I have had an epiphany today, and I will no longer need these worldly possessions. I will return them to my young friend."
All around, there were countless innate spiritual treasures, such as the Immortal Binding Rope, the Golden Phoenix Hairpin, and the Shadowless Needle, scattered across a radius of ten miles. When the rewards were given out, all the unclaimed magical treasures and essences from the West were given away in one go. Now, seeing that there were so many, Luo Hou's defeat was not unjust.
Yuan Yi picked up the God-Slaying Spear in the middle, summoned a clear spring to wash away the blood and fertilizer on it, and then smiled at Hongjun: "This is enough for me. As for the others, since they come from the West, let the Western ley lines nourish them."
With a wave of his hands, he put these prematurely created treasures back in their original places, and even specially placed the treasures damaged during the great battle in a good place to nurture them.
Only a few dozen spiritual treasures, whose auras were in harmony with Hongjun's and which remained unharmed, retreated along the same route.
Seeing that Yuan Yi did not accept them, Hongjun did not force him to take back these magical treasures. Instead, he presented Luo Hou's twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus: "This item is destined for you, and it will still be useful in the future."
It would be impolite to refuse at this point, so Yuan Yi smiled and bowed, saying, "Thank you, senior."
Hongjun then turned his gaze to Tongtian: "You and I are already master and disciple. Would you be willing to become my disciple?"
Tongtian had long been impressed by Senior Hongjun's strength, not to mention that the senior's guidance to him in the game had already established a master-disciple relationship.
He stepped forward: "Disciple greets Master."
With a thunderous roar, the karmic bond between the two, master and disciple, was established.
"Good." Hongjun used his magic to help Tongtian up, and then took out the four fierce swords that he had taken from Luo Hou. "This Zhuxian Sword Formation is very compatible with your cultivation path, but the killing energy is too heavy. In the future, you should stabilize your Dao heart and do more good deeds when using it."
After these words were spoken, the four malevolent swords chose their new masters, and the cause and effect of Hongjun's existence on the prehistoric continent became clear.
The Great Dao was watching over this place from the depths of the universe. As soon as Hongjun stood here, his aura continued to rise. In the blink of an eye, it was impossible to distinguish him from the Dao.
Auspicious purple clouds drifted three thousand miles eastward, and all that could be seen was utter silence. The sounds of wind and birds could no longer be heard, and only traces of the Dao's presence remained between heaven and earth.
Tongtian, without bothering to put away his sword, sat down to meditate, surrounded by four fierce swords protecting him.
Yuan Yi was completely bewildered. There were three thousand great paths before her, seemingly within reach, but her cultivation was simply too weak. At this moment, she was like a primary school student looking at advanced mathematics, feeling that it was very profound but she couldn't understand it at all.
Although she couldn't understand it, she could record it. Yuan Yi took out the array again and recorded the breath and pulse of this world, the wind, rain, clouds, and dew, recording all changes.
At the same time, he took out two future disciples from his bosom, placed the two eggs between Tongtian and Hongjun, and quietly instructed them: "This is a grand scene of the Dao Ancestor merging with the Dao. You two should learn from this. This is a prenatal education that your master has managed to give you."
The two eggs seemed to sense the master's earnest expectations, remaining motionless after being placed down, while the life force within their shells grew stronger.
Seeing that his apprentice had not let him down, Yuan Yi was satisfied and put the video aside.
She wasn't idle either, starting to create a new round of games. She remembered that after the Dao Ancestor became a saint, he would preach at Zixiao Palace.
This is a fantastic promotional opportunity, and the game must be perfected beforehand. She's not an expert in enlightenment, so she won't force herself on it, but she absolutely cannot miss such a golden promotional opportunity as the Purple Cloud Palace.
Several years passed in the blink of an eye. It wasn't until Yuan Yi's feet took root and the surrounding spiritual plants flourished, covering the sword hilt, that Hongjun opened his eyes.
The Great Dao has been completed, and the primordial land is no longer a place where he can stay for long.
Hongjun's aura grew increasingly distant and in accordance with the Great Dao, but at this moment he still couldn't help but look back at this land that he would never be able to set foot on again.
Suddenly he felt his sleeve being tugged. Looking down, he saw Yuan Yi holding two eggs in his hands, asking as usual, "Senior, may I have the opportunity to receive some prenatal education sometime in the future?"
To be honest, this statement is really strange at this moment.
Even Hongjun, a man devoid of human sentiment, found it somewhat strange. Just as he was about to attain the Great Dao and reside eternally outside the Nine Heavens, a young friend beside him came seeking guidance on prenatal education, holding two unhatched eggs.
It was as if he would become neighbors with Yuan Yi in the future, and be able to visit each other and teach the children.
Hongjun still wore that aloof expression, but his eyes softened slightly: "I reside outside the Nine Heavens, and you cannot visit me often, so I'm afraid it's not possible."
However, since he was his young friend's apprentice, it wasn't enough for Hongjun to grant these two eggs any special opportunity. With a flick of his finger, he decided to imbue the two eggs with spiritual energy before leaving.
Since we may never see each other again, let this sentiment be fulfilled.
But Yuan Yi interrupted Hongjun's thoughts: "Is the signal of the Nine Heavens' Pulse so bad that it can't even handle video chat in games?"
She doesn't know anything, but she's hoping to get some help from the experts who teach her two apprentices in the future.
Hongjun paused for a moment. The Nine Heavens were where the Great Dao resided, and all things in the primordial world could be seen from there. Therefore, even if he lived outside the Nine Heavens for a long time, he could still play games and chat with Tongtian Yuanyi.
"I was hoping to team up with you and Tongtian for a closed beta test sometime in the future." Yuan Yi said with a regretful expression, after all, Hongjun and Tongtian were her favorite types of players, who were both hard-working and money-intensive.
In just a few months of playing the Western version of Farm Battle, she not only cleared out the Western land veins, but also sorted out all the difficult and complicated "qi" in other places. Her limbs had never been so relaxed and coordinated.
Hongjun withdrew his hand, still exuding an otherworldly air, but his expression softened considerably, as if he had returned to the time when he played games with Tongtian.
“Sure, we can play together online in the future.” He had never lived in the Nine Heavens for long before. Although he expected the ley lines there to be strong, he was also worried that the signal would be bad.
Since he would be residing there for a long time, Hongjun had already thought of planting the innate Ren water peach tree that he had collected many years ago in front of his cave to strengthen the connection of the earth veins and make it easier to chat online with his friends.
Seeing Hongjun nod, knowing that even after becoming a saint, Senior Hongjun was willing to play with fellow Daoists, Yuan Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the premise was established, Yuan Yi seized the opportunity to state his true purpose: "I have already completed a brand new prototype for the new game, with the main gameplay defined as gacha mechanics..."
"What? Card draw!" Tongtian, who was originally in the process of comprehending the Dao, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard this keyword, and all four fierce swords were directly plunged into the ground.
Hongjun, who was standing to the side, also looked at Yuan Yi seriously, which made Yuan Yi feel uneasy.
Yuan Yi controlled his breathing, trying to calm the goosebumps running down his back. Didn't they seem to be having a lot of fun when they tested the gacha system with Dao patterns? Why are they reacting so strongly now?
If Tongtian and Hongjun knew what Yuan Yi was thinking, they would surely complain bitterly. There are countless cultivators in the West, and tens of thousands of them have Dao patterns, but only a handful can be regarded as Golden Legends.
They painstakingly cleared the ley lines, hoping to get a legendary golden rune in a single ten-pull to strengthen their farm and increase efficiency. However, sometimes they would only get a duplicate rune after thousands of pulls, while other times they would get golden runes in a hundred pulls in a row.
It's entirely a matter of probability, and it really tests your mentality. By the end, Tongtian and Hongjun were so frustrated by the gacha system that they just kept drawing cards whenever they could. If all else failed, they would save up until they reached the pity system and then draw as many cards as they could.
Yuan Yi felt uneasy under their gazes and, for the first time, doubted her test results. She tentatively whispered, "How about we change the game format?"
It's not that she absolutely has to draw cards; she just wants to give her apprentice a free access to the world's top-tier education system, and drawing cards is just more suitable.
It's a bit too radical to propose gacha mechanics, which is the epitome of pay-to-win, when the game has only been around for a few years. She can take a more gradual approach in the future.
"No, let's draw cards!" Tongtian grabbed Yuanyi's hand. Drawing cards was wonderful, it made players scream with excitement. Although his own card-drawing failure was certainly unpleasant, the thought that the entire prehistoric world would suffer the same fate as his card-drawing failure made him feel that the future was promising.
Tongtian looked at Hongjun, and with their tacit understanding from playing games over the past few days and their master-disciple relationship, the two quickly united their forces.
So Hongjun nodded and said, "Whatever you think is fine."
Seeing that Daozu had nodded, Yuan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but still carefully pulled down the soundproof array, deciding to share his game creation with the two of them.
Yuan Yi first started recording his video, which included not only game promotional videos, but also quotes from Hongjun on the Dao of Enlightenment, the battle between Hongjun and Luo Hou, and other videos related to enlightenment.
"My original intention in creating this game was to accumulate merit in the primordial world and to provide instructional videos for my disciples." Yuan Yi frankly stated his desires, using his spiritual power to make the two eggs float in the air.
"After all, I have no cultivation and do not understand the Dao, so I certainly cannot teach my disciple myself. But since we have a master-disciple relationship, I must give my disciple the best educational resources."
Yuan Yi spoke earnestly and earnestly, taking on the responsibility of being a teacher.
The gaze of the other master present couldn't help but wander a little. It seemed that he hadn't taught Tongtian much, only giving him some magic treasures to give together with Tongtian during future large-scale sermons.
Tongtian was naturally unaware of his master's thoughts. In his view, he had already learned a great deal from Hongjun and had long recognized Senior Hongjun as his master. He never expected that his master would secretly make comparisons.
Yuan Yi continued, "Moreover, in the future, the senior will surely impart the Three Thousand Great Daos." At this point, Yuan Yi couldn't help but steal a glance at Hongjun's reaction.
However, the two people present, Hongjun and Tongtian, had already seen that Yuanyi was a variable, and Tongtian also firmly believed in the mysterious source of Yuanyi's information. Therefore, they both reacted indifferently and regarded it as an ordinary matter.
Seeing the reactions of those present, Yuan Yi raised his voice even higher: "This new game I released is designed to meet the needs of seniors in imparting knowledge and skills."
"As long as you draw a card, you will have a chance to obtain rare insights into the Dao, so that the Three Thousand Great Daos can soon spread throughout the entire prehistoric world!"
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Author's Note: Tongtian and Hongjun: Card draws are a great thing; we should make them available to the entire prehistoric world! [doge]
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