When the late-night food delivery man rang the doorbell, Ren Suo was finally about to complete his first mission.
To be honest, the combat in this game is actually not difficult - not only is Ren Woxing's sword-wielding skills almost as good as a sniper rifle in a wide area, but even Ren Changsheng's fire magic is basically like throwing a fragmentation grenade to blow up a large area.
Ren Feifan was invincible in close combat. He could sweep a large area, pick a line with his gun, and break into the enemy camp to create a storm of blood and flesh.
In general, the three brothers have their own strengths and weaknesses: the eldest brother Ren Woxing's sword-controlling technique has a large attack range, but can only attack single targets; the second brother Ren Changsheng's fire technique has a small attack range, and can attack group targets; the third brother Ren Feifan has a small attack range, but can attack group targets, has a high attack frequency, and is almost invincible in close combat.
Therefore, Ren Suo also knew how to train them. Ren Woxing naturally had to focus on attack and movement, for long-range output; his second brother Ren Changsheng often stayed at home, so he had to learn healing and management; Ren Feifan had to practice both attack and defense because he could easily get caught in the enemy's formation.
The strange thing is that the attack spells they learn are fixed at the beginning and will not change. For example, Ren Suo let Ren Woxing practice three times, and his attack column still shows "Sword Controlling Technique".
The game time is already the winter of 191. In the Ren family, in addition to the three brothers, there are 28 "villagers". These villagers include Zhuo Yu and his servant, Xiao Cui, and some ordinary people who were rescued by the three brothers when they went to war.
These villagers are very important, even more important than spirit crystals, gold and silver. The most obvious change is that when the three brothers of the Ren family practiced, the bonus changed from +1 to +1.1, +1.2, and each person had a slightly different bonus. The additional bonus basically increased with the increase in the number of villagers.
Ren Feifan is the most powerful. Since Xiao Cui came, his cultivation speed has directly started from +2. Now in terms of combat power, Ren Feifan is the strongest in the Ren family.
When Ren Suo queries the data of "Villagers", he will get a prompt: "As the number of villagers increases, more farmland will be available for cultivation, and special professions such as doctors, tailors, blacksmiths, hunters, and miners may appear. At the same time, most monks do not like loneliness. They need the cheers of mortals to prove that their practice is absolutely correct."
Simply put, cultivators more or less like to show off in front of mortals. The more mortals there are, the greater their motivation to practice. And Ren Feifan is the most obvious example - he probably wants to show off in front of Xiao Cui.
At the same time, Ren Suo discovered that among the six attributes of a monk, the "management" attribute was the most special, because it was linked to the number of villagers. The more villagers there were, the higher the management attribute was, and the more gold, silver and food received each quarter, and even special rewards would appear.
For example, in the summer of 191, a villager found a spirit crystal in the mountains and decided to give it to the Ren family. After the event was over, the system specially prompted: "Ren Changsheng's management attributes meet the conditions, triggering the event of donating spirit crystals."
Moreover, wild spirit crystals are extremely large. Ordinary ghost soldiers can only drop 1 spirit crystal, and ghost generals usually have 5 to 10 spirit crystals. However, this picked up spirit crystal is worth 100 pieces!
You have to know that the Ren brothers fought with the demons at Hulao Pass and only got this much in a quarter! But now they can just pick it up!
If the number of villagers increases in the future and professions such as miners and hunters appear, the probability and frequency of obtaining spirit crystals should also increase significantly, which can be said to be a sure win.
In addition to spiritual crystals, some villagers also have some special skills. For example, Zhuo Yu has the "friendly" characteristic, which can reduce the chance of villagers leaving.
In the past three quarters, Ren Suo let the three brothers practice for a quarter, and then divided them into two groups to fight at Hulao Pass. During one of the battles, Ren Woxing and Ren Feifan formed a team and encountered a powerful big ghost general with a defense power of 3 points. Ren Woxing and Ren Feifan could not defeat him in one round, and then the big ghost general touched Ren Feifan with 3 points of attack power.
Ren Suo thought that there would finally be casualties, but Ren Feifan was only seriously injured and unable to fight. After returning home, Ren Changsheng quickly healed Ren Feifan.
However, Ren Feifan's character card shows that his maximum lifespan is reduced to 22 years old, and his hair seems to be a little grayer.
The player Ren Suo can view the information of all villagers and Ren family members. Most villagers have a maximum lifespan of over 50 years old, while the three brothers of the Ren family are all 23 years old. Now Ren Feifan has been reduced to 22 years old, apparently because of a defeat in battle.
Ren Changsheng also said: "Master, according to the inherited knowledge, we who have the blood of champions are born with a spell called Heart Strengthening. When we suffer a fatal blow, we can use the Heart Strengthening Spell to temporarily save our lives, and after a period of time, we can recover and move. However, when the Heart Strengthening Spell is automatically activated, it will directly reduce our lifespan."
Fighting is dangerous, but in order to reproduce, the Ren family must obtain spirit crystals by killing demons. If they can obtain spirit crystals through multiple channels by developing villagers, then the frequency of fighting of the Ren family cultivators can be greatly reduced.
Therefore, Ren Suo knew the business strategy of this game: there must be one with high management skills and one with strong combat power. Only if there are these two characters in the family can they start over again.
When Qiu Qiu returned from the expedition, the total number of spirit crystals exceeded 300, and Ren Changsheng said, "These spirit crystals have satisfied the needs of the Taibai original land spirit! Patriarch, please give them for the sake of the family's reproduction!"
Ren Woxing: "We brothers have worked hard to get these spirit crystals...are we just going to give them away like this?"
Ren Changsheng smiled: "Brother, these spiritual crystals are treasures that assist cultivators in their practice, but we are of champion bloodline and are born with the ability to master spiritual energy. As we grow older, our cultivation level will continue to rise. The only thing that limits our cultivation level is time."
"We don't need to use spiritual crystals to assist in our cultivation. Wouldn't it be great if we could use the things we don't need to exchange for the things we do need?"
On the left side of the game interface, above "Go Out", a new option "Exchange of Spirits" appears.
Select "Exchange Spirits" and a list will appear, but there is only one item in the list: "Taibai Original Earth Spirit, 300 Spirit Crystals, Characteristics: Earth."
“Why do I feel like I’m buying prostitution…” Ren Suo complained, and chose Taibai Original Land Spirit. Then he had to choose a member of the Ren family to have spiritual communication with Taibai Original Land Spirit.
Select 'Ren Feifan', and Ren Feifan's avatar suddenly made a voice: "Hey, hey, hey, big brother, I don't want to be so early..."
Choose 'Ren Changsheng', Ren Changsheng: "Master, we are now the first generation of cultivators in the Ren family. As the direct bloodline and the oldest of the second generation, we should be the master's lineage."
All right, Ren Suo chose to "walk on my own" and communicate with Taibai's spirit on the spot.
Taibaiyuan: "...As you wish, I hope that when the local spirit awakens, it can still see the bloodline between you and me."
“Here it comes!” Ren Suo opened his eyes wide, looking forward to the scene of the monk and the elf communicating with each other.
Suddenly, the screen burst into blinding light!
"Fuck, it blinded my eyes!" Ren Suo closed his eyes due to the glare, and the next scene was actually back in the family hall.
Ren Changsheng: "It will take the head of the family a quarter of a year to have sex with the earth spirits to conceive a child. Now I will be in charge of the family affairs."
"Nothing to watch?" Ren Suo felt a little regretful. He quickly finished dealing with the affairs of the winter of 191 and it was spring of 192.
"Wow, wow..." The child's cry rang out in the family hall, and Ren Woxing, holding the child, appeared on the screen.
Ren Feifan: "Wow, this kid looks like you, brother! Why do you look so pale? Are you sick?"
Ren Changsheng: "Welcome back, our Ren family finally has the next generation. Big brother, have you named the baby yet?"
Ren Woxing: "This child is a baby girl born from the intercourse between me and Taibai Yuanshen... I have already thought of a name for her. As for me... ahem, after we have intercourse with the spirits, our essence will also be consumed. It seems that I can only recuperate for the next quarter."
Ren Suo sighed. There was no input box popping up. It seemed that Ren Suo could not name the child. Ren Suo was planning to name Ren Woxing's child 'Ren Wo Ke'...
"This child was born in winter, so she is called—" Ren Woxing said lewdly, "Ren Xiaobai!"
Ren Suo, who was eating spicy hot pot for midnight snack, almost spit out the gluten in his mouth.
What does winter have to do with Xiaobai?
The naming talent of this game's AI is comparable to his own!
At this time, the taskbar information on the right side of the interface is also updated, and a new icon appears: Family Tree.
In the family tree, the first column is naturally the three brothers, and below Ren Woxing's avatar and name, a line extends to a baby avatar in the second column. The baby's name is 'Ren Xiaobai'.
"Defeat the evil demons, obtain the spirit crystals, and continue the Ren family bloodline. By 266 AD, there was at least one direct descendant of the Ren family."