Since entering the Qingwei Sword Sect, Lin Xiang has been practicing the Taixuan Sword Sutra to avoid being recognized by others.
This sect is like a university without courses and counselors. It is extremely loose and no one is in charge. It all depends on self-discipline.
If you are willing to practice hard, then practice hard. If you are willing to make friends and live a life of luxury, that is also possible.
After Lin Xiang went to Taixuan Sword Peak, he didn't make any friends with his fellow disciples. He was just like a lone wolf.
It is certainly a good thing to protect your pseudonym, but being too eccentric will attract attention.
At this time, Lin Xiang urged the Golden Spirit Sword Pill out from his Dantian, and let it begin to hover around his body on guard. Once there was murderous intent, it would automatically attack.
The first few floors of the Demon-Suppressing Tower are basically just there to serve as food, and no disciples will take them seriously at all.
Many people choose to kill instantly, rushing all the way, and climbing to more than ten floors in one breath before slowing down.
But Lin Xiang is different from the other disciples. He regards the Demon-Suppressing Tower as a good place to gain experience and is determined not to let go of any demon beast!
Whether it is experience points or skill proficiency, he urgently needs to improve.
Level 5 fire foxes appeared in groups near Lin Xiang. These small monsters had bad tempers, sharp claws and teeth, and could also spit fire.
Even if a large monster is surrounded by fire foxes, it will not escape death.
I don’t know where the Qingwei Sword Sect found this litter of foxes. Obviously, they separated them from the fox leader, otherwise it would be impossible for all the foxes in a fox group to be only level 5.
Taixuan swordsmanship emphasizes sword energy. There are eighteen moves in total, and each move is extremely powerful.
Lin Xiang now put his knowledge into practice and used his first move, Wind Sweeping All That Was There.
This move required speed. The Golden Spirit Sword Pill created a trail of afterimages near his body, like a gust of wind sweeping past. He used it repeatedly, piercing the foreheads of the foxes whose eyes were emitting sparks!
[Kill the lv.5 Firefox and gain 5 experience points.]
[Taixuan Sword Skill Proficiency +1]
Prompt sounds appeared continuously on the game panel, and all the foxes were killed with just one move.
The corpses of the fire foxes fell in a pool of blood, while the Golden Spirit Sword Ball was flying nimbly in the air, following Lin Xiang's spiritual command.
"So powerful! It's worthy of being the most valuable inheritance of Taixuan Sword Peak."
The first level of Taixuan Sword Manual has significant effects. The complete version of Taixuan Sword Manual has eighteen moves. After learning the first level, you can only perform three of them, which is quite intriguing.
Without the support of the Taixuan Sword Sutra, it would be impossible to activate the Taixuan Sword Technique using the remaining spiritual power.
Lin Xiang bent down and collected the corpses of fifty fire foxes and placed them in the game package. Although he didn't know what to do with the corpses of these low-level monsters, he didn't want to miss out on free stuff.
He didn't dare to use his hidden powers, as he always felt that this demon-suppressing tower was not safe.
Even though he had killed all the monsters on the first floor, Lin Xiang still did not leave. He was reviewing the battle in his mind.
He failed to unleash the full power of the sword ball, and the foxes suffered varying degrees of damage, and he failed to get the right balance.
At this time, outside the Demon-Suppressing Tower, the disciples who had not yet climbed the tower and those who had finished climbing the tower were chatting about recent events.
Someone suddenly said, "Hey, who's stuck on the first floor?"
As long as there is a disciple on a certain floor of the Demon-Suppressing Tower, the outside will light up.
Normally, the light on the first layer will flicker and will not stay on all the time.
The others also turned their eyes to the Demon-Suppressing Tower, and sure enough, the first floor was still lit.
"No way, there are still disciples in our sect who can't get through the first level?"
"Shouldn't the first level be passed directly? What are you doing?"
"What is he doing on the first floor?"
"If only we knew who's in there."
"I wonder which sword peak this disciple is from, but he is so useless."
There is no time limit for climbing the tower, you can take as long as you want, but many sword cultivators pay attention to efficiency and always clear out these monsters quickly.
Lin Xiang entered the second level only after carefully reviewing the game.
The fellow disciples outside finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the first layer of light disappear, but they discovered that the second layer had been paused for a long time.
"The Xuantian sword technique is indeed very powerful, but it consumes too much spiritual power." Lin Xiang took a Qingxin Pill to restore his spiritual energy. He had just used up 20% of his spiritual power when he performed his first move, Feng Juan Can Yun. It was really not cost-effective.
The first move is a group attack sword technique, while the second move, Meteor Chasing the Moon, is a standard single-target attack sword technique.
The Golden Spirit Sword Ball shone with a sharp and fierce sword energy, and it was like a meteor from the sky, directly piercing through the extremely defensive level 6 armored turtle in front of it!
The Demon-Suppressing Tower itself was established to train the disciples of the Qingwei Sword Sect, not to compete for who can climb the tower faster or who can climb more floors.
The number of fire foxes on the first level is large and they move fast, but their attack power is relatively low, so the disciples need to use their body movements and attack in groups.
The Iron-clad Turtle on this level is slow but has high defense.
If the sword technique is not sharp enough and the penetrating power is not strong enough, it will not be possible to kill with one blow.
When Lin Xiang used the Wind Sweeping Canyun, it only left white marks on the Iron-Armored Turtle and made a ding-ding-ding sound.
It is important to be flexible and choose appropriate sword moves according to the characteristics of the opposing monster.
Lin Xiang knew that Taixuan Sword Technique consumed a huge amount of spiritual energy, but for the sake of skill proficiency he could only perform it one by one.
The attack power of "Chasing Stars and the Moon" is all concentrated at the top of the sword energy. No matter how hard the Iron-Armored Turtle's shell is, it cannot withstand the power of this sword!
The sword energy crisscrossed, and Lin Xiang became more and more proficient, like a fish in water, and even made the long sword transformed from the Golden Spirit Sword Pill burst out with the roar of a dragon and a tiger.
In addition to the Taixuan sword technique, his proficiency in the other two sword techniques also increased rapidly.
Under his sword, the Nine Pure Yang Swords actually had the power of the bright sun and pure Yang in the sky. The White Tiger Demon Subduing Sword Technique was equally powerful. The Western White Tiger in the sword technique became more and more solid, bringing a powerful power to subdue demons.
Fortunately, he left himself enough Qingxin Pills, otherwise his spiritual power would definitely run out if he continued to fight.
Unlike other cultivators, the Taixuan Sword Sutra in his body is constantly running, continuously absorbing external spiritual energy into his body to replenish himself.
Under normal circumstances, if the monks do not practice martial arts, the spiritual power they consume will recover very slowly.
Lin Xiang practiced while fighting, and his endurance almost reached the top.
An unknown amount of time had passed, but the level of the monsters he faced had risen from lv.6 to lv.15, becoming increasingly difficult to deal with.
This is when his ability is truly tested.
There are many kinds of monsters, each with different abilities. It is difficult for Lin Xiang to find their fatal weaknesses at the beginning.
The detection skill provided by the game panel can only detect their names and level information, but cannot detect their shortcomings.
This made him stop looking down on others.
If you are not careful, it is easy to capsize in the ditch.
"Looks like I need to buy a monster encyclopedia. I need to know what kind of monster or beast I'm dealing with."
Keep fighting, and each level will bring a lot of experience points and skill proficiency.
While Lin Xiang was immersed in it, reminders on the game panel sounded one after another.
[Nine Pure Yang Swords upgraded to level 2!]
[Character level increased to lv.13! ]
[White Tiger Demon Subduing Sword Skill upgraded to level 2!]
[Character level increased to lv.14!]
The benefit of increasing the skill level is that the power increases a lot, while the consumption of spiritual energy is reduced.
When Lin Xiang reached the 20th floor, the monster levels generally reached lv.18.
It took a lot of effort to kill one Swift Bird, and there was no way to kill all the Swift Birds. At the same time, all the Qingxin Pills in the package had been eaten up, and the spiritual power recovery could not keep up with the consumption.
Ordinary skills are useless against the Swift Bird. He must constantly use the Meteor Chasing the Moon skill to kill the cunning Swift Bird.
What he wants to improve is not only his level, but also his body movements and targeted swordsmanship.
While others were trying to attack the 40th and 50th floors, Lin Xiang put the corpses of the Swift Birds that he had finally killed into a space bag, and then chose to exit the Demon Suppression Tower.
The spiritual power is exhausted and the package is full. If the fight continues, he may have to use all the secrets in his sleeves to hold so many things.
"Next time I'll try to climb a few more floors."
Lin Xiang said to himself.
Those senior brothers and sisters were probably at this level when they climbed the tower for the first time. After improving their strength in all aspects and perfecting the combat system, they can gradually improve and even fight against higher levels.
His current combat system is very fragmented, and it is not easy for him to deal with monsters that are much higher in level than himself.
Perfecting this system will not happen overnight and will cost financial resources and time.
When he returned to Taixuan Sword Peak on a paper crane, he saw many of his fellow sword practitioners flying on their swords and entering and leaving the Qingming Realm. He was extremely envious.
"Once my spiritual power is more abundant, I will be able to be like them. It seems that day is not too far away."
Today is the last day of the month, so it’s a good time to explore the way. This way, it will be easier to climb the tower next month and you will know how to deal with different types of monsters.
Before that, Lin Xiang decided to go back and deal with the things in the package first, as the space ring was not big enough to hold them.
"Those brothers and sisters who climbed to the 50th floor, don't they need these things?"
Lin Xiang really didn't believe that other people's space equipment would be stronger than his.
Unless they made a choice and only chose the most valuable parts of the monster and did not take away all of them.
After returning to the courtyard where he lived, he activated the restriction and could not wait to send his soul back to Dongshan Village, because he found that the level-up task he had set had been completed!
…
"Finally reached level 10. It wasn't easy."
An upgraded light appeared on Han Mu's body, and his consumed health and spiritual power were restored to normal.
He didn't expect that leveling up in the game would be so difficult. Even with the help of his good brother Xie Longtao, the two of them explored the interior of the Ten Thousand Mountains together and killed many monsters.
Xie Longtao's experience points are now 47% of level 9, and he is still halfway to the upgrade.
"Boss Han, which player are you that leveled up? Can you get the level-up reward?"
Han Mu looked at the lightning raccoon over there and replied with a smile: "The first one!"
He actually knew that this level sprint mission was actually a competition between the first five internal test players of the game. After all, the later players came a few days later, and everyone's adventures were different.
Xie Longtao and I have always worked together to complete tasks, so the difference in experience is not that big.
Yu Xiaoqi got a lightning hammer that needs to be rotated, Bingxuepiaopiao had the help of clam monsters and earthworms to cultivate the spiritual fields, and Tai Er Zhenren formed a small gang, and everyone's progress was on par.
Without the system prompt, no one knows who will get the reward for the level sprint task!
"Have the rewards been distributed?" Xie Longtao rubbed his hands excitedly: "Let me see the magic weapon you got."
Han Mu replied: "Not yet, I have to go back to ask Master Jiling for it."
"So that's how it is. I thought we could go deeper."
Xie Longtao looked at the lush forest around him and sighed, "Why does it feel like there are so many monsters in the Shiwan Mountains? If we go further in, will there be even more powerful monsters waiting for us?"
According to the game map, they had only entered the Shiwan Mountains within a radius of less than ten kilometers and were still on the periphery.
Even so, there are endless monsters to encounter.
These monsters have very sensitive senses of smell and hearing. Just like the Lightning Raccoon just now, it was lurking nearby and attacked the two people, but was killed by them at the cost of being seriously injured.
Han Mu thought for a moment and replied, "It's not recommended to go any deeper. It's already past four in the afternoon and it will be dark soon. Let's take this opportunity to go back to the market to rest and improve ourselves, then log off and wait for night to fall."
"Yes, at night, the monsters and evil spirits will automatically come to us. There's no need to run so far to fight."
Xie Longtao pondered this matter seriously. "I'll go back and give the materials I got to the spirit sacrificer to see if he can help me refine a better weapon. My sword is good enough to deal with wild beasts, but it can't even break through the fur or scales of demonic beasts."
"I have good news for you. After you reach level ten, you can learn a free spell from the sacrificial spirit." Han Mu was very happy. Including the spell as a reward for the mission, he would be able to obtain two new skills soon.
"This won't do. I don't want to be a casual cultivator." Xie Longtao was a little dissatisfied. "I'm sure I can reach level 10 by tonight. Then we can go to Master Ji Ling and ask if there are any immortal cultivation sects nearby."
"It's time to plan carefully about becoming a disciple. Although I can get some resources and support here, it's definitely not as complete as the sects in the game, even if it's just a small sect."
Before playing the game, they had all read novels about cultivation and knew how difficult it was for independent cultivators to survive in the world of cultivation!
Just like them now, the skills and spells they practice are completely haphazard and do not form a system at all.
Moreover, resources are relatively scarce, and there are not even any magical tools.
After accumulating enough strength in Dongshan Village, it is time to go out and see the wider world.
On the wasteland, spiritual fields are connected into one piece, acre by acre.
Bingxue Piaopiao expended his spiritual energy to perform the Small Cloud and Rain Technique which had reached level 3. The drizzle of rain fell on the ground, moistening the newly renovated land and transforming it into a spiritual field.
[Congratulations to the player for successfully opening up one acre of spiritual farmland and gaining 500 experience points.]
After the game system prompted her to complete the task, a light flashed on her body, and she finally filled the lv.9 experience bar and successfully upgraded to lv.10.
"Strange, has anyone reached level 10? There's no quest completion notification."
The players who upgraded around the same time as her included Yu Xiaoqi and Tai Er Zhenren, and their upgrade speeds were almost the same!
After reaching lv. 10, everyone made the same decision, which was to return to Dongshan Village to improve themselves. After all, they had made great progress.
…
In the Universal Market, inside the Land God Temple, several beta test players unexpectedly gathered together.
Master Tai Er looked at the others and asked curiously, "Are you all level 10 yet? Who arrived first?"
Bingxue Piaopiao sat quietly beside him, spread out her hands and said, "Anyway, it's not me. I don't have any task prompts from the game system."
She looked at the pond that had already taken shape, but it was empty, without even water, let alone fish.
Xie Longtao smiled and said nothing.
"It should be you, Han Mu." Yu Xiaoqi guessed.
"Yes, it's me. Luckily, I was a little faster than you guys. I'm going to find Master Jiling to get the mission reward."
Han Mu's expression was calm. The task was there, and whoever was fastest would complete it first, and he would not owe the others anything.
Yu Xiaoqi slapped his head, feeling extremely annoyed. "I shouldn't have gone to Xishan Village last night. I thought I could kill more monsters. But after the battle between Ji Ling and the ghost ape, the monsters nearby didn't dare to approach. And I was tasked with guarding Xishan Village. If I strayed even a mile from the area, the mission would be a failure. I wasted an entire night for nothing."
Seeing the other party so disappointed, Han Mu didn't know how to comfort him.
But Yu Xiaoqi quickly cheered up and said to himself, "Forget it, I'm only level ten. There will be many opportunities in the future. I hope I can choose the spells freely this time."
Han Mu's mind shifted slightly at this moment. After finally gathering these people, he asked, "I have a little idea. Do you think the speed of becoming stronger is a bit slow now? Lao Xie and I are planning to seek out a disciple and look for a nearby immortal cultivation sect. Do you want to join us?"
"Become my disciple?" Yu Xiaoqi's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly, "Sure. I also think it's time to step out of the Novice Village."
Master Tai Er joined the discussion. "Yes, yes, do you have any relevant information? Are there any immortal cultivation sects nearby?"
"Piaopiao, what about you?" Yu Xiaoqi did not forget her friend who loved farming, and asked with concern. She didn't want Bingxue Piaopiao to feel forgotten.
Bingxue Piaopiao analyzed the situation carefully and said, "Actually, I'm a little confused right now. Originally, I was planning to follow the path of immortality, becoming a sacrificial spirit somewhere in Dagan, and becoming a god through merit. But now the sacrificial spirits seem very dangerous, and Dagan is under attack. I'm not sure this is a good choice."
She was not stupid at all. The sacrificial spirit of the neighboring Xishan Village was killed, and more than 20 villages under the jurisdiction of Qifeng Town alone were all attacked. Moreover, the Dagan Dynasty seemed to be a broken ship with leaks everywhere.
If he were tied to Da Gan at this time, he might be directly taken to the bottom of the sea.
Han Mu and the others have always known that Bingxuepiaopiao doesn't like fighting, but they also understand that the current situation is very unclear. If they bind themselves with Dagan without authorization, they might suffer a great loss.
"Sister Piaopiao, now is really not a good time. Even if you like farming and raising spirit beasts, you can still do these things in many immortal cultivation sects."
"Yes, come with us, we can take care of each other on the way."
"Okay! I will use the Xiaoyunyu Jue on the Linggu seedlings early tomorrow morning and then set off with you." Bingxuepiaopiao made the decision very readily. She was going to contact Jiuge later.
If I can't come back after leaving tomorrow, ask him to help me water the Linggu seedlings.
Linggu seedlings need to absorb the Xiaoyunyu Jue three times a day. Less than one time may cause a reduction in yield.
Bingxuepiaopiao didn't know how long she would be away, so she had to resolve her worries first.
Yu Xiaoqi clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Great, tomorrow we'll embark on a new journey together!"
"Then let's gather early tomorrow morning to discuss where to go and what life-saving items we need to carry on the way." Han Mu said seriously, "If all else fails, we can first follow the official road to Qifeng Town, and then go to the county seat. I think it's easier to gather news and intelligence in a big city, as we won't get any useful information in a small mountain village."
"Boss Han, please hurry up and collect your reward. I want to see what your young dean looks like." Xie Longtao urged. He had been coveting this yard for a long time but had never been able to get it.
Everyone thinks that the courtyard in the Huanyu Market is of little value, but why should we despise something that doesn’t cost money!
Han Mu was also tempted. He already had many ideas about how to use the courtyard in his mind, so he went directly to Ji Ling to choose to receive the reward.
In fact, Lin Xiang had been quietly listening to the players' conversations.
From the conversation, it can be clearly heard that after players reach lv.10, they do not directly obtain the Ascension Order like himself, but need to go outside to find a sect to become a disciple. They are more like the legendary strong men who walked out of the mountain village.
This made him extremely happy. At least the players would not be scattered all over the place, but would stay in the area near Dongshan Village.
Unless they have a fortuitous encounter and are spotted by a passing big shot and taken directly to the place of the encounter, they will definitely be centered in Dongshan Village and gradually radiate to the surrounding areas.
In this case, his advantage comes.
There is only one super sect in the entire Dagan territory, the Yueying Palace. With the advantage of the Qingwei Sword Sect, it can exchange resources between the two sides and help players access the resources of the super sect.
So when Han Mu chose to redeem the task reward, he appeared from the statue, as if he had just been there.
Players never consider the existence of NPCs when chatting. In these people's impressions, NPCs are robots that will only be stimulated by specific words or actions.
This impression has not yet been reversed.
"Congratulations to all the young heroes for your great increase in strength. Young hero Mint Cola, you still need to work harder." Lin Xiang said, deliberately calling Xie Longtao's nickname to highlight his NPC characteristics.
Xie Longtao nodded quickly: "I'm working hard and I can upgrade tonight."
After hearing this, Lin Xiang ignored the man and asked Han Mu, "Young Master Han, your strength is improving very quickly. I have something for you. First, this house certificate. You can use it to open the No. 1 Courtyard and leave your mark on the restrictions inside so that no one else can break in."
What he handed over was actually a wooden token carved from willow demon wood, which was equivalent to a key.
Each courtyard has its own way of opening the door, and the restrictions are directly connected to the Five Elements Wu Earth Formation. Attacking a courtyard is equivalent to attacking the entire formation.
If the master does not trust this restriction, he can set up the formation himself to avoid suspicion of leaving a backdoor.
The five beta testers all set their eyes on the wooden sign, and they were all extremely envious.
Even if it is a property in the Novice Village, it means that you have a real place to stay in the game world. You can decorate the house as you like and don’t have to spend the night in the land temple.
"Thank you, Lord Ji Ling!" Han Mu immediately accepted the wooden sign.
Then Lin Xiang took out a bunch of magic weapons that he had bought in the Qingwei Sword Sect market with 100 low-grade spirit stones, and laid them out in front of Han Mu and other beta test players.
The light flowed, and the magical instruments of various shapes complemented each other, looking extremely powerful.
The other four people who didn't have the chance to choose a magic weapon for free were all dazzled by the light!
“So many magical instruments!”
"Twelve magical instruments! This sacrificial spirit really has some good stuff in his hands."
“I wish I could buy one.”
"I've got my eye on that sword."
"I suddenly regret why I didn't upgrade quickly."
Lin Xiang deliberately displayed these magical weapons in front of every player in order to make them jealous.
Even Bingxuepiaopiao, who likes farming, was attracted by two of the magic weapons. One was a hairpin with a blue phoenix pattern, and the other was a pure white ribbon, both of which looked fairy-like.
Among these twelve magic weapons, there was only a low-grade long sword. Lin Xiang searched for it in the market for a long time before he found it.
A sect that uses swords cannot even buy a long sword magic weapon.
Because sword cultivators have such a huge demand for metals and minerals, the magic-grade long swords they obtain are usually kept for decomposition and then used to strengthen their own natal flying swords.
Once they choose their natal flying sword, they will not change it anymore, and they need to gradually add various materials to improve the level of their natal flying sword.
After looking at a circle of magical weapons of different shapes, including long swords, gourds, red tassel spears, boxing gloves, shields, etc., Han Mu decisively chose the only flying sword.
Because he learned the Pure Yang Art and the Nine Pure Yang Swords, he can unleash his full strength using the flying sword.
"Master Ji Ling, I would like to choose this Qingguang Sword, is that okay?"
The other four people couldn't help but sigh at this time. They also took a fancy to this sword.
Lin Xiang took out the Qingguang Sword and handed it to Han Mu, and replied: "Of course, this flying sword belongs to you now."
[Green Light Sword: Low-grade magical weapon, attack power 12-38, split light and shadow, has a certain chance of causing blinding effect when attacking.]
Han Mu immediately grasped the Qingguang Sword in his hand, excitedly made a sword flower, and looked very comfortable.
With this weapon, it will be much easier to deal with monsters and demons!
"Master Ji Ling, we have a request, I hope you will agree to it." The other four players gathered around, their expressions nervous, hoping to get relevant information from Ji Ling.
Lin Xiang slowly put away the magic weapons and nodded to signal them to speak out.
Han Mu chose to speak as a representative: "We feel that our strength has reached a bottleneck and the improvement rate is a bit slow. War is coming, and if we don't have enough strength, we won't be able to help Dongshan Village resist the invasion. So we want to find a nearby immortal cultivation sect to see if we can join one."
"If we can successfully join those sects, not only can we improve our strength faster, but we can also provide a certain degree of protection for Dongshan Village."
"Of course." Lin Xiang had no reason to refuse. He also needed to connect with different sects of cultivation through players, otherwise how could this Universal Market be opened!
"Before you go, maybe you need to know the attributes of your own spiritual roots." Lin Xiang suddenly took out a spirit-testing ball. He wanted to see how the players' spiritual roots differed from his own.
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