Chapter 81: The Eighty-First Day of Game Development by the Unparalleled Lucky Player Hongyun. ...
The blazing spirit pearl streaked across the sky in a red line and collided with the snow-white dragon's body, leaving a fiery red mark on its scales.
Yuan Yi's drowsiness was completely dispelled, and he quickly separated the two dragons with conflicting attributes from the treasure. The fiery red bead was indeed very hot, and Yuan Yi frowned slightly.
She used the life force she had accumulated to heal the little dragon's wounds. However, the fire from the spirit pearl was truly domineering, and it still left a fiery red scar on the snow-white dragon's body.
Yuan Yi looked at the little dragon that had blocked the attack for her with heartache: "Which class are you in? I must give you a good praise."
The little white dragon looked up happily: "I am Ao Bing, a disciple of Senior Brother Kong Xuan. No need for praise. I am happy to be able to help Lord Yuan Yi."
Wait, Ao Bing?
"Young friend Yuanyi, was that spirit pearl I just retrieved flying this way?"
Spirit Pearl? Yuan Yi subconsciously glanced at the red pearl in his other hand; its intense heat indeed reminded him of an old friend.
Yuan Yi spread her hands wider. She never expected that this ill-fated relationship would happen at Wuzhuang Temple, and one of them was a child carefully raised by Wuzhuang Temple.
This time, Yuan Yi was completely unlike her previous kind and gentle self. She glanced at Ao Bing's injuries with a look of disappointment and frustration. How could he have gotten a mark from just one bump? His body was far too fragile.
No, Ao Bing needs to train even harder in the future. He doesn't need to defeat the Spirit Pearl on the other side, but at least he needs to be able to keep his own life.
Yuan Yi's critical gaze sent a chill down Ao Binglong's spine. The next second, he said, "At such a young age, you must learn to protect yourself. You can't just shield others from harm so easily. Tomorrow, you will train properly with Kong Xuan. No, today, let Kong Xuan personally guide you in your cultivation."
Ao Bing's smile froze. He was already considered exceptionally gifted to be able to keep up with Senior Brother Kong Xuan's teachings. Now, with Senior Brother Kong Xuan personally instructing him, could he even keep his dragon scales?
Yuan Yi naturally wouldn't care too much about Ao Bing's inner struggle, and even if he knew, he certainly wouldn't change his decision. After all, only by enduring the hardships of studying now could he escape the fate of being skinned alive and having his tendons pulled out in the future.
Even now, the spirit pearl, a precious treasure, can damage your dragon scales. Imagine what it would be like if you were to transform into human form, acquire the treasure, and become a disciple of the Taiyi Zhenren. Wouldn't a gentle poke from him be enough to kill you?
Therefore, Yuan Yi simply made the stiff little dragon plate in his hand into the shape of a mosquito coil and sent a message to Kong Xuan to take Ao Bing away.
Meanwhile, Nuwa and Fuxi, having finished studying the Demon-Summoning Banner, finally realized that their spirit orbs had caused trouble. They had just exchanged their spirit orbs for ten draws and obtained the Demon-Summoning Banner, so why did the spirit orbs they had used to exchange for those draws fall out on the last draw?
They already felt guilty for almost hitting Yuan Yi with the treasure, and now, rounding up, it was practically like they got ten free draws and a demon-summoning banner. Faced with Yuan Yi's unfriendly expression, they couldn't help but feel guilty for a moment.
In reality, he was just thinking about how to protect his little dragon's essence during the Investiture of the Gods. When he saw Nuwa chasing after him, he casually returned the spirit pearl.
Nuwa dared not accept it: "This treasure has already been exchanged ten times. Although I don't know why we drew this spirit pearl in the last draw, since we drew it, it belongs to you, fellow Daoist." She looked like she couldn't accept it, and the heat of the spirit pearl in Yuan Yi's hand had decreased a lot.
Others may not know, but surely Yuan Yi knows? This newly created magic treasure pool is different from the previous virtual pools; it is the treasure-sharing cliff that she truly obtained from Zixiao Palace.
This Treasure Cliff can absorb and nurture treasures. Yuan Yi thought it would be a waste to leave it unused, so he transformed it into the treasure extraction pool for this update, setting the original Primordial Purple Qi to be shared between the two pools.
Not only can it facilitate the circulation of magical treasures that cultivators don't usually need, but it can also nurture these treasures with the Primordial Purple Qi, enhancing the utilization rate of world treasures and thus accelerating the development of the prehistoric world.
But no matter how much she planned, she never expected that Nuwa would throw the Spirit Pearl into the Treasure Sharing Cliff in exchange for a lottery. This Spirit Pearl had already begun to gain sentience and had its eyes on Nuwa. Even after entering the pool, it didn't settle down and flew out again following Nuwa's lead.
This clearly violated the rule that the magic weapon exchange could not be drawn by the user, which Yuan Yi had initially set. However, the spirit pearl would become very important in the future, and due to a slip-up, it actually flew out and bumped into Ao Bing ahead of time. It can only be said that it was truly a tragic fate.
I also added a patch, so I could only throw the magic items that I wasn't meant to have into the pool to get more draws. Otherwise, given the connection between Nuwa and the Spirit Pearl, I don't know how many more ten-draws and magic items I could get for free, and Ao Bing who happened to be passing by might have gotten a head full of bumps from all that.
Yuan Yi glanced at the demon-summoning banner in Nuwa's hand and decided to let bygones be bygones regarding what happened before the patch was installed.
She forcefully shoved the spirit pearl into Nuwa's hand: "I already have enough little dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns in my Wuzhuang Temple. Your treasure has already developed sentience and is quite unruly. If you really keep it in the Wuzhuang Temple, it might cause a huge uproar."
"Besides, he can't bear to part with you." Yuan Yi shoved the spirit pearl back into the house. They already had Ao Bing; raising a future Nezha would only create chaos and unrest.
Therefore, it's best for Nuwa to keep this spirit pearl.
“After all…” Nuwa was interrupted by Yuan Yi before she could finish speaking.
"The new event [Battle Between Tao and Demon] and the limited-time rate-up pool have been updated. The pity system is shared across all servers, so it's first come, first served."
The formalized explanation of the formula interrupted Nuwa's original thoughts.
The limited-time events of beating up Rahu and drawing Hongjun's treasure are extremely attractive to all cultivators whose previous events were forced to be interrupted.
At this time, the simple and honest cultivators of the prehistoric world did not understand the sinister intentions behind the so-called server-wide guarantee; they only felt that it was truly a great act of conscience that one of them would definitely appear.
Nuwa instantly entered the game, and Fuxi smiled at Ao Bing before also entering the game with the Spirit Pearl in his hand.
Yuan Yi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly grabbed Ao Bing and slipped away. She couldn't wait any longer; once everyone had failed in their battle and their vehicles had collapsed, it would be too late for her to escape.
Upon entering the game, Nuwa experienced a long-lost feeling of being scammed. After finally completing the storyline, just as she was about to unleash her full power against the Demon Ancestor Rahu, a message suddenly popped up: "[The number of players entering the dungeon is overloaded. Please queue to enter. You are currently number 367378.]"
"No, I've already wagged my tail, and you're telling me I have to wait in line to fight?" Nuwa stormed out of the game, intending to demand an explanation from her friend Yuanyi.
Unexpectedly, just as the game was halfway through, they saw purple clouds rising from the east, golden lotuses covering the ground, and Hongjun's phantom floating in mid-air, making it impossible to tell whether they were inside or outside the game.
Nuwa stopped in her tracks: "Master?" Since their parting at Zixiao Palace, she had never heard her master's teachings again. How come she saw her master floating in mid-air now?
In the blink of an eye, the game successfully exited. The sky was still purple, but Hongjun was no longer there. Only a formulaic voice echoed in his ears: "Congratulations, Immortal Hongyun, for drawing [Dao Ancestor Hongjun]."
Nuwa was shocked. The game had just started, and she hadn't even entered the gacha pool yet. The only guaranteed pull in the entire server had already been taken.
This wasn't just something she could hear alone; it was a server-wide announcement. Now, aside from the players still beating up Rahu in the dungeon, everyone else flocked to the forums.
[It must be a conspiracy, a conspiracy! I hadn't even entered the pool yet, how could the Dao Ancestor have been pulled out?]
[Oh Dao Ancestor, my great Dao Ancestor, why do you not favor me and instead send me to Hongyun's hands!]
I heard that Hongyun is also at Wuzhuang Temple...
Crying, cursing, jealous, and those stirring up trouble by claiming there was something fishy going on—now it was Yuan Yi's turn to be overwhelmed after the update.
In order to frame Dapeng, Luo Hou even brought up the future calamities of the Journey to the West. Such a revelation of heavenly secrets and the Heavenly Way would naturally not let him off easily.
With the double burden of revenge for harming his disciple and the sin of revealing heavenly secrets, Yuan Yi actively colluded with the Heavenly Dao to devise a strategy to punish Luo Hou.
This gacha pool was a game perk she and Tiandao had agreed upon, designed to increase player engagement in this version and, most importantly, to motivate players to punish Luo Hou and acquire gacha materials. They wanted to teach Luo Hou a lesson about what it meant to suffer a fate worse than death.
But who would have thought that at the very beginning, with only a few thousand people reaching the Rahu instance, the only Saint-level card in the world, [Dao Ancestor Hongjun], was drawn in such a spectacular way.
Others had at most two or three fragments, but Brother Hongyun possessed a complete card and even had the opportunity to personally receive individual instruction from the Dao Ancestor. This was a privilege unique to Tongtian Geniuses back then.
While feeling proud of Hongyun, Yuan Yi quickly tried to smooth things over regarding the recent public relations crisis. Although she did sometimes use underhanded tactics to boost the game's popularity and gameplay, she absolutely denied ever engaging in any shady dealings.
To verify this, Yuan Yi first checked the gacha records. He was stunned. Hongyun hadn't used a single gacha pull since the server opened, except for the ten pulls during the tutorial. However, he had maximized the daily recharge limits for all the events, accumulating over ten thousand pulls in the past few months.
What's even more astonishing is that all 10,000+ draws were poured into the gacha pool the moment it opened. Aside from Hongjun, who was announced server-wide, even the only item that other players could randomly obtain, Hongmeng Purple Qi, was pulled out in those 10,000 draws.
These two treasures, which entice players to enter the game's pool, both ended up in the hands of the same person on the very first day of the update.
Even Yuan Yi, the planner, found it unbelievable, but after checking the procedures repeatedly, there really wasn't a single problem. Now it was Yuan Yi's turn to admire Hong Yun's figure. Was this the legendary lucky one?
Hongyun was overjoyed to have drawn the card she wanted, and upon hearing the server-wide announcement, she was even more ecstatic. At that moment, she transformed into her original form and floated above Wuzhuang Temple. However, the purple primordial aura beside Hongyun and the golden card above the cloud were both drawing attention.
Fortunately, the formation of Wuzhuang Temple had been carefully reinforced not long ago, ensuring that no one outside could see inside. Otherwise, it would be inevitable that some people would be jealous if they were so openly holding two precious treasures.
However, there have been quite a few guests at Wuzhuang Temple recently. Fortunately, most of them are disciples of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and have also acquired the Primordial Qi, so they are not envious of Hongyun.
Yuan Yi was understandably distressed after losing two of his most prized items from the gacha pool. It seemed he needed to adjust his game promotion strategy, and he considered contacting Tian Dao again.
At that moment, a splash of red appeared before her eyes. He reached out and grasped her hand, and a wisp of purple aura emanated from it: "This is rightfully yours."
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