The Birth of Sword God-Chapter 332 - 294: I Have Been Waiting for You
Ten hawks continued to fly swiftly in the sky.
Nangong Yue began to float in mid-air, distributing the competition tokens for this East and West Continent Competition to each Daoist disciple.
When receiving inspections later, this competition token would essentially serve as a temporary visa for the Mirror Country people coming to the Moon Country...
When Chu Huaixu’s right hand touched the competition token, he heard a system notification in his ear.
"[Ding! You have triggered the main quest — East and West Continent Competition.]"
Listening to this notification, he started to feel joyful inside.
"I was wondering why this quest was taking so long to trigger."
"Turns out I hadn’t obtained the item."
Previously, the competition was hosted by the Daoist Sect, so there was no need for such formality.
He quietly opened the quest interface to check the quest rewards.
"Wow! Not bad!"
"Winning the preliminary round grants a reward of 60,000 experience points?"
This is much higher than the competition of the First Realm.
"Winning the second round grants a reward of 100,000 experience points."
"The third round offers 100,000 experience points plus a Yellow Level Technique Upgrade Coupon."
Currently, the main quest has only opened the first stage, which is to fight all the way from the preliminaries to the top 128.
The top 128 to the top 32 is the second stage.
The last is the third stage.
"As expected of a main quest, it’s generous right from the start."
For a preliminary match like this, which feels like child’s play, the reward is already quite generous.
What surprised him most was that in the bottom right corner of his quest interface, the quest rewards were displayed as—[Claimable].
This was precisely what Chu Huaixu was most concerned about before.
The reason is simple, as mentioned earlier, he holds the identity of the Profound Yellow Leader, directly advancing to the top 16 of this competition.
The dead fox earlier thought it was a bit of a pity.
Directly advancing to top 16 seems effortless and a great honor, but he needs to complete quests.
Moreover, for him, each duel opponent is like a "red-named wild monster," winning would naturally earn "experience points for defeating a monster."
His bigger worry was whether the system would deny him the quest rewards for the earlier rounds.
"Thankfully, from the looks of it, at least the quest rewards can be claimed now."
"Direct advancement means I’ve already completed these quests early."
It instantly eased his mind significantly.
He’s currently in a situation dire for experience points, unable to function without resources.
If he couldn’t claim the quest rewards, he’d be really frustrated.
He’d rather relinquish his Profound Yellow Leader status and start fighting from the preliminaries.
After all, if this trip goes smoothly, his First Realm Profound Yellow Leader status will be superseded by the Third Realm Profound Yellow Leader title.
At this moment, as he looked at the quest interface, he thought: "So, it means I can actually claim all the rewards for the first and second stages all at once."
"Even progressing from top 32 to top 16 in the third stage, I can directly claim the rewards."
"It’s just a pity that only the first stage is currently open for quests."
However, Chu Huaixu didn’t really mind either way.
After all, he can claim these rewards sooner or later, it’s just a matter of time.
He had nothing else to do upon arriving at the Imperial Capital anyway, with the itinerary only involving a visit to Emperor’s Pool.
"Just taking a bath, that’s all."
Emperor’s Divine Thought is something he can take or leave.
Plus, he’s unsure whether this thing entering the Sea of Consciousness could coexist peacefully with his Heart Sword.
If the Heart Sword doesn’t take to it, it might very well be annihilated.
Chu Huaixu doesn’t think this thing is particularly advanced.
After all, during the struggle for the Leader of the East and West Continent, Qin Xuexiao summoned the Founding Emperor’s Divine Thought, which the Heart Sword directly repelled with one slash.
"What Emperor’s Divine Thought, it sounds so formidable, but in reality, it’s just a defeated adversary of my Heart Sword." He began to boast.
It’s undeniable that Cheng Yuyan is indeed skilled at manipulating people’s hearts.
After hearing his words, Chu Huaixu couldn’t help but feel a bit hesitant, indeed developing some resistance towards the Divine Thought.
But he is someone with strong self-awareness and would decide based on the situation after entering the Emperor’s Pool.
At this moment, he simply went ahead and claimed the first stage quest rewards.
After claiming everything in one go, Chu Huaixu received a total of 1.2 million experience points!
"Now, isn’t this rich!"
Besides that, he also earned two Yellow Level Treasure Chests and six Yellow Level Technique Upgrade Coupons.
"Yellow Level Treasure Chests aren’t bad. While the grade of things that pop out isn’t high, the variety can be quite useful."
"For me now, Yellow Level Technique Upgrade Coupons are really kind of useless."
"No, it shouldn’t even be termed ’useless’, just pure trash!"
Chu Huaixu has now read through three thousand scrolls of Sword Dao.
His skill bar is fully loaded; even viewing the skill details can make him dizzy from morning until night.
Under such circumstances, how could he even consider learning any Yellow Level skills?
"However, they can be merged, after all."
"In games typically, they do consider some items may become outdated."
"In such cases, you can generally just merge them."
"Ten Yellow Level Technique Upgrade Coupons can merge into a Profound Level Technique Upgrade Coupon."
"Likewise, ten Profound Level can merge into an Earth Level."
Actually, the purpose of these upgrade coupons is to substitute experience points to upgrade skills.
From an experience point conversion perspective, needing ten to merge into one isn’t exactly a good deal.
But some stuff is outdated and nothing more than trash paper, it can’t be calculated this way.
"Besides, games do have a bit of a gambling nature."
"Players can also choose not to fuse with 10 coupons."
"Fusing with nine is possible too, but the success rate is only 90%, and so forth."
"However, at least five coupons are needed as a minimum for fusion."
Chu Huaixu glanced at his [Backpack].
Earlier, with a mix of random quest rewards, he still had 8 Yellow Level Technique Upgrade Coupons!
"Let’s fuse them all," he thought.
"Just do it twice, with seven coupons each time."
"Whatever the result, I don’t care!"
With this mindset, he began to fuse, and surprisingly, both attempts were successful.
Immediately, Chu Huaixu opened both Yellow Level treasure chests.
"[Ding! You have obtained Clearing God Coupon *2.]"
His lips twitched, feeling like he got trash from the box again.
The so-called Clearing God Coupon can eliminate negative effects on the Divine Sense level once.
Moreover, this thing is just Yellow Level, its efficacy is limited.
For stronger negative effects, it simply can’t eradicate them.
Chu Huaixu has the Heart Sword in his Sea of Consciousness, and Nan Liujing in the palm of his left hand, both more useful than this thing.
He took another look at his [Backpack], feeling it contained quite a lot of system reward junk.
"Profound Level Technique Upgrade Coupons, well, I’ve got six of those now."
He suddenly felt a bit itchy-handed.
What player hasn’t felt the urge to gamble a bit?
Everyone hopes to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
Even many wealthy players don’t always play by the rules.
Many choose to collect a bunch of Technique Upgrade Coupons and then fuse six or seven of them.
Relying on large quantities, the basic principle is sometimes failing doesn’t matter, just seeking an exciting thrill.
If the final result is worthwhile, naturally, it’s a great feeling.
If the final result isn’t worthwhile, then just blame it on itchy hands.
Chu Huaixu had previously done work as a game companion, helping lady bosses with this stuff.
It’s somewhat like a companion seated at a gambling table, helping the boss open cards.
"Forget it, let’s play a round."
He had a gut feeling that his luck should be good today.
Chu Huaixu placed six Profound Level Technique Upgrade Coupons into the [Fusion Furnace].
The furnace began spinning quickly and then opened slowly.
"Success!" he thought joyfully.
He hadn’t anticipated having the luck of a European emperor today, actually achieving one Earth Level Technique Upgrade Coupon with a success rate of sixty percent.
Without hesitation, Chu Huaixu used it directly.
As for the upgrade target, naturally it’s the already Great Success level [Six Out of Seven]!
This technique is highly compatible with him.
The most unsettling part is his little dishwashing junior, Xiaoxu, has already honed it to Great Perfection with his extraordinary talent.
"If I remain only at Great Success level, wouldn’t it be embarrassing when Xiaoxu sees it?"
With this thought, he glanced at Xu Ziqing, who had placed a massive sword box beside him.
As for the Six Out of Seven upgraded to Great Perfection, its lethality is extremely terrifying.
Of course, the backlash will also gradually increase.
"Once physical strength can’t keep up, the skill’s compatibility will decline."
"With my attack level, I can’t fathom what these Moon Country cultivators will use to defeat me?"
— Simply don’t know how to lose!
At this moment, the eagle flew forward again for some distance.
Soon, it stopped.
Two Great Cultivators from the Moon Country stood in air, blocking the path, starting routine inspections before entry.
The Daoist Sect, being one of the Four Great Sects, receives VIP treatment in the Moon Country, so this is merely a formality.
Upon passing inspections, the eagle flew forward for another day and night, finally reaching the Moon Country Capital.
Before entering the capital, a second inspection awaits.
Two Peak Sixth Realm Great Cultivators are in charge of this.
In the distance, another figure donned in a gray robe stood mid-air above the capital.
He was just within the capital’s airspace, while Jiang Zhi and others were just outside.
Looking at this person, Jiang Zhi’s face instantly turned a bit somber.
This individual’s skin was shriveled, his build thin, and his eyes lifeless and empty.
— The Old State Preceptor of the Moon Country, Ming Xuanji!
Ming Xuanji slightly cupped a hand towards Jiang Zhi’s direction and spoke:
"Daoist Jiang, it’s been many years."
"I have been waiting here for a long time."
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