Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 49 - 23: Five Pages of the Nameless Daoist Scripture, Frostfire Guild
After they rested, it was already about twenty minutes later, and another formation of over two hundred demon soldiers emerged from the demon camp, once again composed of Wolf Demons, Mouse Spirits, and Ox Demons, though the numbers varied slightly — this time, there were forty to fifty Mouse Spirits and only two Ox Demons.
"Let’s go again."
Having gained experience from before, He Shoucheng didn’t need to participate in the fight and focused on defense.
He simply used the Palm Leaf Fan repeatedly to conjure wind walls to block the fire arrows shot by the Mouse Spirits and layer by layer intercepted the Wolf Demons, as they were slain from behind.
Fighting and retreating, they killed a large number of demon soldiers while on the move.
They retreated two to three kilometers, having taken down more than half, and could then finish them off entirely.
This process was repeated continuously, killing another group roughly every twenty minutes, earning approximately six thousand killing experience points each time, with a talent bonus yielding twelve thousand killing experience points.
They would tackle about ten groups in one go, then rest for half an hour before continuing.
They continued this until nightfall when everyone felt a bit exhausted and decided to pack up and return.
"This efficiency isn’t great, huh."
They managed to tackle 34 groups in one day, accumulating a total of 400,000 killing experience points, which was much more than the approximately 250,000 at Poisonous Mist Swamp in a single day before.
At this rate, even with continuous effort over a month, it would only yield 12 million, and 36 million over three months, just enough to...
"...raise Qi Refining Heart Skill to the fiftieth level."
"If it were the Taibai Sword Scripture, I couldn’t even reach the fiftieth level."
Of course, this wasn’t actually slow; he was still earning double experience points.
But Su Yu wasn’t satisfied, thinking the pace was still too sluggish.
"Oh, right."
Suddenly remembering something, he turned to He Shoucheng, who was cozying up with his girlfriend in front, and asked:
"Your Qi Refining Heart Skill is at such a high level, where did you get so many cultivation points?"
Without turning his head, He Shoucheng replied:
"By riding on the ships, of course; earning double experience points with one Cultivation Advancement Jade Talisman a day, then boarding the guild’s high-level fleet into the level 60–70 monster areas, collecting one to two million cultivation points in a day."
"Continuing this for three months, I accumulated over 1.4 billion cultivation points, only then increasing Qi Refining Heart Skill to the fifty-eighth level."
"Damn it!"
Someone became speechless.
Returning to Chensha Town, they sold off the unused spoils of war, earning 11 taels of silver in total, which they divided among the five, each getting 2 taels and 250 wen.
In total, there were 26 first-tier weapons and six second-tier weapons, which were temporarily kept by Su Yu to be distributed once a sufficient number was accumulated.
Besides these, there were some useful items, including a page of the Nameless Daoist Scripture No. 2, which Su Yu managed to obtain.
They ate a bit together at the night market in town before going their separate ways.
Some went back to sleep, while others continued to browse the night market.
Unable to sleep, Su Yu walked with his hands behind his back to the square at the South Gate.
At this time, the lights had just been lit, marking the beginning of the busiest time at the night market, with players taking a break after a busy day.
A rack and a table were set on the ground, with goods displayed on them; using mana to cast a common magic—Display Skill, making the items gleam, capturing the attention of onlookers, revealing their attributes automatically when gazed upon.
In the flea market, there was no tax levied by the guild for selling items, but renting a stall required a fee.
Su Yu strolled leisurely through the market with hands behind his back, occasionally glancing at the items displayed on the stalls on either side.
The flea market offered a wide variety of items, from Flying Swords and Magical Treasures to all kinds of materials, products refined by players, Spiritual Medicines and ores needed for Alchemy and Artifact Refining, and numerous miscellaneous items.
He had only walked a few steps when something on the stone table to his right caught his attention and made him stop and look on in surprise.
Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 1): One page of the Nameless Daoist Scripture; collecting ten pages can combine into a complete scripture.
There were five sheets available.
Along with four sheets of Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 2), two sheets of Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 3), two sheets of Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 6), and one sheet of Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 7).
"Boss, how much for these Nameless Daoist Scriptures?"
"Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 1) is 1 silver, Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 2) is 3 silver, Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 3) is 5 silver, Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 6) is 50 silver, and Nameless Daoist Scripture (Part 7) is 1 gold."
"I’ll take one each of 1, 3, and 6."
"56 silver."
"Here you go!"
After completing the transaction, Su Yu had collected one, two, three, six, and seven, totaling five sheets of the Nameless Daoist Scriptures.
"Boss, is it difficult to gather the Nameless Daoist Scriptures?"
The boss laughed and replied:
"It’s definitely difficult to gather them by oneself, but if you have the money, it’s easy; just stroll the market, you can collect the first eight pages, only the ninth and tenth pages are rare, you’d have to make a trip to Thousand Feather City, where you might find the last two pages."
"What would be the typical price for the last two pages?"
"Page nine usually goes for 3 gold, while page ten costs 5 gold."
"Oh, thanks."
"You’re welcome."
Giving a courteous gesture, Su Yu felt somewhat tempted.
The price wasn’t steep and seemed worth giving a try.
Though it had to wait for a while, as there was no time to head to Thousand Feather City soon.
Setting aside those thoughts, he continued to browse leisurely.
Unknowingly, he wandered to a stall with quite a crowd gathered, casting a curious glance inside, he was rather surprised.
The stall was selling pet eggs, with a large setup divided into two sections; one side had a stone table with many Demon Beast Eggs, and the other side had a five-tiered rack with cages, housing some newly hatched young beasts.
Bloodthirsty Grey Wolf.
Mangcang Gu Niu.
Cloud Roc.
Vortex Turtle.
Profound Snake.
Three-legged Fire Crow.
Cloud Roc, and others.
From those that soar the skies to those that swim the waters, there were dozens of species.
The quality was decent, mostly of elite templates, with two terror templates; if trained properly, they could be great allies.
However, the emphasis was on whether they could be trained.
These tiny little creatures, no matter how powerful their bloodlines were, they wouldn’t be strong until they matured. At the start, an ordinary monster could easily defeat them; unlike players, they couldn’t revive by consuming life; if they died, that would be the end.
Moreover, leveling them up wasn’t easy; stronger templates required more experience to level up.
Regular templates were akin to players, while elite templates required double the experience, terror templates triple, and unparalleled templates five times the experience. If it was a legendary template, it demanded ten times the experience.
Of course, if you did come across an unparalleled or legendary template, the investment would be worth it, but alas, those pets were exceedingly rare.
Overall, low-level ones weren’t worth it, and high-level ones were hard to find.
Not to mention that as a newcomer, he was busy advancing himself, with no spare experience to train a pet.
"Let’s consider it in the future."
Su Yu shook his head, turned around, and headed to a neighboring shop.
"Clang!"
Just as he stood still, a deafening sound came from the skies, catching the attention of everyone at the flea market looking up towards the horizon.
"Clang!"
Another resonant crash sounded, and a sun suddenly rose in the outer void of the town, illuminating everything with boundless light, turning the entire Chensha Town into daylight, and revealing two Taiyi Cyan Spirit Ships moored in the void outside the town.
Su Yu, with sharp eyes, immediately noticed the emblem representing the Frostfire Guild on the flying ship.
"Is the Frostfire Guild attacking?"
However, seeing that no one around was panicking, instead appearing eager to watch a good show.
And looking towards the center of the town, the Thousand Feather Guild stronghold appeared collected, taking quite some time before several groups flew out to confront the Frostfire Guild in the sky outside the town.
"What’s going on?"
Standing next to him, a man also watching turned to him and said with a smile:
"Are you new here?"
He immediately cupped his hands in respect:
"Indeed I’m new around here, sorry for troubling you for an explanation."
"It’s quite simple, the Frostfire Guild is here to provoke; they come once or twice a month."
"Will they fight?"
"Hard to say, sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t."
"Won’t it affect the town?"
"No way, with the River God Temple of Chensha River here, unless the Frostfire Guild doesn’t want to mix in Chensha River anymore, they absolutely wouldn’t dare attack Chensha Town directly."
"Oh!"
Since that was the case, there was nothing to worry about, and he watched eagerly.
After some back and forth outside, both sides soon clearly got ready to fight.
It seemed like there was an agreement, and each side brought out their experts for a showdown.
Since the battle wasn’t extending to themselves, everyone at the flea market stopped browsing and swarmed to the edge of the town to spectate.
After a short while, a handsome young man from the Frostfire Guild, dressed in a green robe with a slight smile, walked out and raised a brass bell, giving it a gentle shake. With a booming ’clang,’ the air twisted palpably, rippling outwards.
The sound was just a muffled bell in their ears, but like a destroyer, it shattered hundreds of vengeful spirits summoned by the Thousand Soul Banner, distorting the protective Treasure Light intensely and swiftly lowering the defense.
In almost a crushing manner, he defeated one, taking less than fifteen seconds.
