PNB Chapter 3: Players Can't Live Without Grinding
Chapter 3: Players Can't Live Without Grinding
One day later, outside Lianyunfang Market.
Zhou Yi looked at the bustling and prosperous street, but did not walk in that direction.
He was going to buy the most basic supplies, such as food and water.
The Lianyun Market was built by the Zhou, Lin, and Liu families, and it is a prime location where every inch of land is extremely valuable. The main goods traded there are cultivation resources or magical artifacts. Ordinary goods are not sold in the market.
As for why they don't buy players some beginner sets for cultivating immortality?
Sorry, Zhouyi hired them to work, not to play.
If he gives you all the money, what will he use it for?
With a thought, Zhou Yi headed east, and soon a dilapidated shantytown appeared before him.
This shantytown was built by many independent cultivators who couldn't afford to live in the market, but wanted to benefit from the spiritual energy of the market to aid their cultivation. They built their own houses here using various scrap materials.
As for why we didn't build a proper house out of wood, the reason is quite simple—
Taking advantage of someone's spiritual energy and wanting to live in a nice house? There's no such thing as a free lunch.
As Zhou Yi passed through the shantytown, the view suddenly opened up – Liuye Town had arrived.
The town was small, with wooden houses and bamboo buildings scattered among the trees, and faded cloth banners hanging from the eaves. There were few pedestrians on the bluestone road, mostly rogue cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, who hurried along and did not give each other a second glance.
He followed his memory and turned into two alleys, and the familiar grocery store appeared before him.
The shop has a low facade, and the shelves are filled with ordinary items.
Zhou Yi found the shopkeeper, spent a spirit stone to purchase nearly a month's worth of living supplies, and then turned and left without lingering for a moment.
Liuye Town is a gathering place for independent cultivators, and cultivation resources or magical artifacts often circulate here.
However, all magical artifacts are secondhand; all resources are stained with blood.
Many cultivators have been hiding in this town, disguised as ordinary rogue cultivators, specifically targeting those who have flaunted their wealth.
But he didn't want to be that sheep.
On his way back to the sect, Zhou Yi quickened his pace and arrived successfully in less than half a day.
The player is about to arrive, and he must get ready quickly.
Zhou Yi opened the system and first planned to divide the luck value acquired by the players.
That's right, players can also enhance their strength through Luck Points, and the way Luck Points are obtained is allocated by the I Ching.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi had a sudden thought: "System, can I allocate players' luck points according to the interference mode?"
It's normal for him to have this idea.
The ways to obtain Luck Points are far too diverse. The existence of disturbances is understandable, as they can be explained by AFK cultivation. However, some other strange methods of disturbance are somewhat hard to explain.
Yes, the host can adjust it themselves.
The system's mechanical voice rang in Zhou Yi's mind. He breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, the panel in front of him displayed the fortune value adjustment mode.
Zhou Yi looked at the different distributions of fortune values and pondered for a while.
The next moment, as if remembering something, he asked the system, "By the way, can I allocate luck to players independently?"
【can】
The system's mechanical sound was very crisp and clean.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi's mind stirred slightly, and he immediately made a decision to adjust all of the player's luck values, except for those affected by combat disturbances, to 0.
As for the share of the battle disruptions, Zhou Yi also took 30%.
Players should stick to grinding monsters honestly. If they knew they could level up by AFK (away from keyboard), what would happen?
In the eyes of the I Ching, a player can play games without talent or spending money.
But you absolutely cannot live without a liver!
If you guys don't grind, how will the Sect Master advance to Foundation Establishment and achieve immortality?
As for the issue of improving player strength, Zhou Yi is not worried.
If all else fails, he'll issue quests to give experience points. He's familiar with this tactic; it's how it was done in the games he played in his previous life.
With the system at his disposal, luck points were just a matter of him moving his fingers.
and many more.
Experience points?
Zhou Yi suddenly realized a problem.
Players need a currency for trading, right? While spirit stones, commonly used in the cultivation world, could serve this purpose, the problem is—
He looked down at his storage bag.
Inside lay nineteen spirit stones, all of which were his entire fortune.
With such limited resources, what are they going to give to the players?
We can't expect those people to work hard all day only to receive nothing in return.
Therefore, designing a new monetary system becomes imperative.
Zhou Yi paced back and forth on the ruins, pondering repeatedly: "What kind of currency would be good? Sect, sect... that's it, contribution points could be used."
Contribution points are a currency that circulates only within the sect.
In this way, Zhou Yi wouldn't have to face the awkwardness of directly receiving spirit stones, nor would he be unable to distribute even the most basic rewards.
As for what the contribution points are used for, Zhou Yi will find some cultivation techniques and magical artifacts to list in the shop for sale.
"I really am a genius."
Zhou Yi thought to himself with a sense of satisfaction, and then began to consider the next steps.
Once you enter the initial stage of Qi Refining, one point of Luck can only help the player revive once.
We have to leave a death penalty to let them calm down, otherwise Zhou Yi is worried that the players will all die before he even gets started.
"Then let's give them a 24-hour cooling-off period for resurrection."
"Phew, it's finally resolved."
Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief, deciding that the sect's design would remain as it was for now.
Whether the code has bugs or not can only be found after running it.
Anyway, we can fix it slowly.
The forum notes indicated that it was in closed beta testing, so it's normal for there to be bugs and updates needed.
"By the way, I still have 5 luck points left. Let's see if I can deduce my own cultivation technique first."
Thinking this, Zhou Yi opened the fortune prediction panel.
[Deduction section requirements: Must be a complete cultivation technique]
[Optional Qi Refining Stage Techniques: Five Elements Technique, Flowing Cloud Sword Technique]
[Deduction Cost: 5 Luck Points]
as predicted.
Under this requirement, Zhou Yi could not deduce the incomplete versions of the martial arts he had learned, such as the Fire Control Technique and the Swift Wind Step.
As for the other two books, he has no plans to analyze them yet.
If he doesn't use his remaining 5 points of luck to revive players, the risk would be too great.
Zhou Yi slowly withdrew his thoughts.
Everything is ready now, except for the players.
Half a day later, the forum completely exploded.
Instantly activating "Sage Mode": "Holy crap, I admit I have a bit of a twisted sense of humor, but this is just too outrageous!"
A few taels of loose silver: "Dude, what did you do?"
Instantly activated "immortal mode": "I didn't do anything special, I just filled in the address 3 centimeters underground in front of my house, and when I went to dig today, I actually saw the game helmet."
Hidden Dragon in the Abyss: "Holy crap... you really activated Immortal Mode instantly?"
Crouching Tiger Hidden in the Forest: "Hahaha, brother, I thought that in terms of abstraction, astronomical galaxies were already invincible, but I didn't expect you to be even more valiant than him."
When a constellation of stars shines: "I can get shot even when I'm lying down, do you know how hard it is for me?"
A Few Pieces of Silver: "Speaking of which, I just checked and I can already log into the game. How about we get ready to log in and start exploring?"
Instantly activating "Immortal Mode": "Yes, yes, let's log in quickly. I want to personally expose this game's false advertising."