The vast majority of Chinese people have no religious beliefs, but they like to burn incense and worship Buddha and gods, especially when they travel, they will worship in every temple they come across.
Xie Longtao performed the movements in one go, with extreme skill, as if he had done it countless times.
"There's no reaction. How about we take these cushions apart and see?" He knelt on the ground and tapped the blue brick floor lightly with his knuckles, trying to see if there was anything hidden under the tiles.
"Let's split up and let me know if we have any results."
Han Mu did not stop his brother from doing this. He began to look at the murals on the walls of the temple to find a solution.
Bingxue Piaopiao turned her head to look at the words on the red pillars of the main hall and said in surprise, "Come and look at the words on these pillars. Is there anything special about them?"
At first they all thought that there were couplets on the pillars. After all, there are such words in every temple and Taoist temple.
Now, after being reminded by Bingxuepiaopiao, they gathered together and carefully examined the contents on these pillars.
"All things are born from the invisible, and yin and yang begin to separate the chaos;"
"The three treasures of the sun, moon, and stars, created by heaven and earth to nurture all living things..."
In order to fit in with the surrounding atmosphere, Lin Xiang deliberately wrote it in traditional Chinese characters, otherwise the simplified Chinese characters would directly expose the biggest secret that he was a time traveler.
I thought players would find it quickly with such an obvious clue, but it actually took a full hour.
Maybe this is just a blind spot, and the most dangerous place is actually the safest.
Yu Xiaoqi and five other beta testers read out the words on the pillar in full, and then a new prompt appeared on their game panel.
[Congratulations to the player for successfully deciphering the secrets of the Earth God Temple and obtaining the first level of the "Pure Yang Art" technique. Would you like to practice it?]
Ascend, ascend, how can you ascend without practicing a main technique?
Of course, the players would not refuse this prompt. They were worried about not being able to find a way to become stronger, so they all chose yes.
As a result, the originally noisy scene in the land temple became quiet.
The players sat on the cushions one after another, concentrating their minds and absorbing the spiritual power surging through their meridians.
After all, these are clay figures made by Lin Xiang using incense points. The meridians in each player's body are unobstructed and they have spiritual roots.
As for the specific attributes of the spiritual roots, players need to open the blind boxes themselves to experience it.
With the right spiritual roots and the right skills, your practice will improve by leaps and bounds.
As a popular martial art, Chun Yang Jue is not picky about spiritual roots. It is moderate and peaceful, making it very suitable for laying the foundation.
It seems like there is a small black hole in every player's body, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy into their body and driving the circulation of spiritual power.
The spiritual energy in the land temple was originally quite abundant, enough for Lin Xiang to practice alone.
Now there are suddenly five more people trying to grab food rations, and the landlord has no surplus food.
Lin Xiang had to activate the power of the land god to gather all the spiritual energy in the nearby area, which was a bit like air circulation.
The reason why cultivators are rare in the secular world is because the spiritual energy is thin.
These cultivators who haven't even started yet need so much spiritual energy, not to mention the higher-level cultivators. The amount of spiritual veins they need is simply astronomical.
Only spiritual veins can support monks, and spiritual veins also limit the number and level of monks, just like how many cows an acre of land can support, there is a specific number.
Once you exceed that number, no one can improve.
"There are only five players here. What will we do if there are more players after the public beta?" Lin Xiang maintained the circulation of his spiritual power while thinking of a response strategy in his mind.
Whether buying or finding wild, ownerless spirit veins, it would not quench their thirst. The only thing they could do now was to expand their jurisdiction and control a larger area of land. Perhaps a spirit vein would be hidden after the area expanded.
At this time, Lin Xiang had clearly felt that the area of his jurisdiction was about 1.6 times the original size, which meant that the area increased by 0.1 times with every level up.
This increase, at least for now, looks pretty good, enough to reap the benefits.
…
The air is filled with spiritual energy, and every breath makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Han Mu sat cross-legged on the cushion, feeling the circulation of the spiritual power in his body. After the first week of successful operation, he successfully opened a spiritual power column on his personal panel.
"This game is so realistic, I feel like I'm really practicing!" He didn't know what a real cultivator was like, but he felt very good about himself and sincerely felt that he had improved in all aspects.
Almost within a split second, the other four players opened their eyes at the same time, and were all extremely surprised.
They originally thought that practicing the skills only required a single click, but they didn't expect that they actually had to sit down and slowly practice the skills. It was not as simple as traditional online games, and the sense of participation was very strong!
The entire game setting and gameplay tend to be realistic. It will definitely be troublesome for impatient players, but if you can be patient, you can experience another real world.
"I feel like I'm dreaming." Xie Longtao pinched his face. He never thought that he would become a cultivator one day.
Yu Xiaoqi stood up from the mat and began to use the pure Yang spiritual power to perform a set of family boxing techniques, and the whole hall was filled with a powerful wind.
"This is the inner strength and spiritual power we have always dreamed of!"
Bing Xue Piaopiao beside her also smiled: "I can actually learn martial arts in this way. I'm beginning to look forward to farming in this magical world."
"According to online novels, there will definitely be many secondary or auxiliary professions. Why don't we each choose one when the time comes?" Tai Er Zhenren suggested, "I've created a small group. You can join this group chat and let each other know any news."
Unless it is a unique task or benefit, you can share it so that everyone can make progress together.
"Okay, leave me your contact information when the game is released."
"No one else would have guessed we could be this good at the game. I can't wait to show off my skills."
"Hurry up and get some light, I want to go fight some monsters!"
Just as they were talking, the incantations of the exercises on the pillars of the land temple quietly disappeared without a trace.
This is a benefit that Lin Xiang gives to the internal beta test players, and he doesn't want them to share it with other public beta test players.
As for the villagers of Dongshan Village, if they don’t have spiritual roots, they won’t be able to learn it even if they see it.
There is no threshold for game players to get started, just start learning.
After a sleepless night, neither Lin Xiang, who was temporarily possessed by the statue, nor the players wasted any time and continued to practice their skills.
It should have been boring, but everyone could feel themselves getting stronger, and could see their spiritual power and experience points increasing, which was very motivating.
Even when the sun rose, they were reluctant to wake up from their trance.
[Ding, the Dongshan Village Sacrifice Spirit's favorability towards you increases by 15 points.]
In fact, Lin Xiang never thought that the players who were always lively and couldn't stand loneliness could persist in practicing for a whole night. This was almost impossible.
He was even mentally prepared for the possibility that some players might sneak out of the land temple or overturn his statue.
Fortunately, the five people selected are reliable, and there is no such traitorous idiot.
However, he was more calm than cheerful.
Tai Er Zhenren, who originally had a full-blown middle school vibe, was made inactive by the other four people, so Lin Xiang considered whether to add a few more places for the internal test.
Players will feel hungry and sleepy in the game and need to eat and sleep.
After completing the last round of exercises facing the rising sun, they looked at the village chief Wang Minghai who appeared at the door with great interest.
"My dear strong men, please follow me now. I will introduce you to the rest of the villagers."
It was too late yesterday, so players were so refreshed that they could finally start the quest!
The villagers who were eating breakfast with their bowls were very curious and wary of the five newcomers. They didn't know what was going on and just looked at them with inquiring eyes.
Wang Minghai shouted in a loud voice: "Everyone come and meet these five young men. They will be helping out in the village from now on. You can ask them for help if you need anything. This is Young Man Mint Cola, this is Young Man Han Mu, the one in the middle is Young Man Tai Er Zhenren, and the two on the side are Yu Xiaoqi and Female Hero Ice and Snow Piaopiao..."
The village chief introduced it seriously, but four of the five players were so embarrassed that they wanted to dig the ground with their feet to dig out a Forbidden City.
Lin Xiang specifically instructed Wang Minghai not to reveal the "real identities" of these players' Yellow Turban Warriors, so they could only use "young heroes" instead.
The NPC didn't react in any special way to the players' names, as if they were just normal names, no different from anyone else's.
But it has a different reaction in the ears of players!
When he used to play games, he'd mostly addressed people through text, which wasn't as real as this. Now, Xie Longtao felt a surge of shame. Being called "Mint Coke Boy" in a highly virtual gaming world was too much to bear.
Among this group of people, only Han Mu came in using his real name, so there was no sense of incongruity.
But the rest of the people were already thinking about how to change their names.
"How much is a name change card? Worst case scenario, I can just pay to change my nickname!"
"I want to change my name too. If I become famous, everyone in the martial arts world will call me Female Hero Yu Xiaoqi. It sounds like playing house."
"Where is the recharge entrance? How can I find the place to recharge?"
"Old Han, why didn't you remind me of my terrible name?"
"Actually, I think Tai Er Zhenren sounds pretty nice, but I'm afraid of being hunted all over the map by Tai Yi Zhenren's disciples. The consequences seem a bit serious."
In the small group of five people, everyone was complaining crazily, but it looked very normal from the outside.
The villagers were somewhat skeptical about the origins of these five young men, and their skin looked fair and delicate, not like they could work, so no one spoke at all, and everyone tacitly lowered their heads and continued to eat breakfast.
Lin Xiang had actually been watching this side silently, and he couldn't help laughing when he was addressed as the village chief.
Having played the game for a long time, I was already used to the various nicknames given by other players. Actually, the nicknames given to Xie Longtao and the others were relatively normal, and the silly players hadn't really shown off yet.
"Looks like I'll have to give them some tips when creating characters in the future. Try to use Chinese names instead of making them use outrageous names like 'Hundred Family Surnames'."
But Lin Xiang underestimated the players' creativity and the power of puns. In the future, player nicknames such as Meichuan Neiku, Zhang Yu Xiaowanzi, Wanneng, Router, etc. will be launched one by one!
The author has something to say:
The content of "Pure Yang Jue" in the novel is actually the Taoist "Dan Gong Nei Yang Ge Jue", which is not original to the author. This is hereby declared.
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