Volume 1 Above the Silver Mist, Sitting Alone and Looking Down Section 4 The County is empty
According to the "sacredness" that the soldiers believed in during their lifetimes, the Taiyi Sect received the sacrifice of 750 soldiers who died in battle, the Four Seasons Sect received the sacrifice of 270 soldiers who died in battle, and the Heavenly Court Sect received the sacrifice of 76 soldiers who died in battle. Taiyi and the four o'clock death rituals are unified, and the Heavenly Court Sect needs to distribute them.
"Tianqing Hengsongtang" is the level of "Guanyuan" of Tianting Sect, the general sect is naturally "Tianguan", and the branches of each major city are "Qingguan", and again it is "Hengguan, Songguan and Tangguan", and what words are added in the middle are arbitrary.
The branch of Weicheng Heavenly Court Sect is called "Qingyuguan", the main year of the view is about forty years old, the fat face is thick and the bridge of the nose is collapsed, but the Taoist robe of the Cloud Palace does not look dirty when worn on its fat body, but has the demeanor of a dignified elder. At this time, he revealed the authority of the "elders", and asked the rest of the Weicheng Xiaoguan to start, and the main sacrifice was carried out by the "Qingyuguan".
Hu Shandiao knew that he did not have any qualifications to object, but he was not willing to give up the opportunity to "sing the name of the guest", if he could complete the death sacrifice of 76 war dead, the melting progress of the "Dao Tong" medicine ladder would inevitably reach 100%. But how can you get the opportunity to enjoy the exclusive name of "呤"?
There are many mountains inside the Heavenly Court Sect, and you only need to look at the "death sacrifice" ceremony to distinguish which mountain each view belongs to, the Songfeng view is the death sacrifice of "singing the guest name", and the Qingyu view is the "peach wood requiem".
"The peach is just a curtain to hope, and An Lai will pass away with the soul in the previous life", this sentence is the key to the "sacrifice" of the peach wood requiem, which contains rituals, sacrifices, dead words, and so on. Compared with the "plug and play" style of Songfeng Guan, "Peach Wood Requiem" is much larger and more complex, and the preparation time is naturally longer, but it is also more shabby than Taiyi Sect and Four Seasons Sect.
Wardkilbon blinked, making sure that his nominal senior brother Hu Shandiao was gone in a flash, "Isn't this guy slipping away?" Brother Ji muttered to himself.
The place of sacrifice is in the southwest of the East Chu Water Division station called "Qintan", where the terrain is flat and near the "Wei River", the Wei River divides a tributary around the "Qin Tan", and this tributary is called "Qin River". It is said to be a "stream", its width is also several meters, the depth of the water is more than ten meters, before the death sacrifice is held, the corpses of the dead soldiers are parked on the side of the "Qin Creek".
Hu Shandiao found a gap and returned to the "Silver Mist" to obtain the "Swimming" item and a skill book, the title of the book is "Swimming", even if the swimmer did not learn the "Swimming" skill in the game, it is still a landlubber. It doesn't matter if you swim to level 0, you can swim with this skill.
Put on a pig's nose gas bag and put on the water back, while the people around him were preparing for the death ceremony, Hu Shandiao sneaked into the "Qinxi". After diving to the mortuary, he took out the "Tiger Squat Shield" on his back, and there were two buttons at the handle of the shield, the left button made the shield fully open, and the right button made the shield shrink towards the middle.
When the tiger squat shield is fully unfolded, it is two meters high and one and a half meters wide, quietly moving the corpse closest to the "Qinxi" to the "shield", and then holding the "shield" to swim to the opposite bank of the "Qinxi". The other side is a quagmire, there has been no rain recently, the quagmire is still solidified, the tiger squat shield containing the corpse is pushed up, Hu Shandiao began to "sing the name of the guest" by the noisy sound on the other side.
The ritual of singing the name of the guest is quite simple, simple means that it does not take long, and the Taiyi Sect and the Four Seasons Sect also need at least half an hour (1 hour) to prepare, and the Qingyuguan also needs a quarter of an hour (30 minutes). Hu Shandiao only needs one stick of incense (5 minutes) to go back and forth and sing the guest name, and two sticks of incense are normally needed, Hu Shandiao obviously cut corners.
Although the ritual of singing the name of the guest is simple, there is an indispensable step that is the "name", fortunately, there are "wooden signs" on the corpses, so that Hu Shandiao's plan to "steal the name of the corpse" can be successful. He first stole the corpses assigned to Qingyuguan, and then stole the corpses assigned to the Taiyi Sect and the Four Seasons Sect, so as to reduce the chance of being discovered.
The quality cannot be made up by quantity, and cutting corners has greatly reduced the progress of the integration of the medicine ladder, but due to the large number, when some soldiers found the abnormality, the progress of Hu Shandiao's medicine ladder was already "100%".
Xuanjing: Unknown.
Number of ladders: nine.
Occupation: Dao Tong.
Temporary place of work: Songfeng view.
Occupation Achievement Condition: Drink 100 guest names.
Achievement Progress: 100%.
Hint: You are officially employed as a "Dao Tong".
Hint: You gain 50 stat points, 10 skill points, and 3 spell points.
Hu Shandiao first went offline and returned to the "silver mist", put the items on the "line" after placing them, and then found an excuse to leave the Dongchu Water Division station. His departure was not troubled or noticed, and the Eastern Chu Naval Division sent a Wupeng boat to send Hu Shandiao ashore.
After the official inauguration, Songfeng Guan couldn't go back, because the "Heavenly Court Sect Daotong Recommendation Letter" was forged, which also showed that once the player's medicine ladder melted, there was a "time" limit, but there was no hint of time. This is also the reason why Hu Shandiao is in a hurry to complete the progress, after all, the completion time of each Xuanjing's career progress is different, even if it is the same "Daotong" profession, the time limit is not the same.
At the same time, the sooner you complete your career progression, the more rewards you will receive when you officially take up your job. 50 attribute points, 10 skill points and 3 spell points are the highest rewards for the completion of the "Ladder Number Nine" profession, and the boss lady "Ming Yu Yanran" didn't know this at the beginning, so she changed her profession once.
In the dantian, a figure dressed as a Taoist but unable to see the clothes and facial features clearly stood in front of the stairs shrouded in purple, Hu Shandiao was a little afraid to "climb the ladder", and there would be two results if he climbed the ladder, one was to obtain the "Heavenly Dao Method", and the other was to open the spell bar. Heavenly Dao can clarify the name of "Xuanjing", and to open the spell bar, you need to obtain the "Spell Book" by yourself.
Hu Shandiao rubbed his face, and he decided to go offline.
The silver mist is vast and endless, and the majestic peaks loom under it, the peaks are as steep as the tip of a pen, and there is no way to climb up or down. The summit is narrow and uneven, and the only flat place stands a statue, this statue wears a silver robe embroidered with the Yin and Yang Taiji diagram, with a cloak and a stick, and a right hand holding a cane.
"If there is really a connection between my crossing and Taishang Laojun, then, as the place where my soul and body/body are stored above the silver mist, there should be some abnormalities when I ascend the ladder here."
With his feet hanging outside the cliff, staring at the rich silver mist, Hu Shandiao took a deep breath and closed his eyes, and the "vitality" scattered throughout his body suddenly poured into the "dantian" and condensed into "Xuanren"; Xuanren sat cross-legged after climbing the ninth ladder with his legs dashing, and the purple color that shrouded the ladder suddenly rolled and boiled.
Hu Shandiao, who closed his eyes, did not see a beam of colorless light that penetrated the silver mist from nowhere, and the mighty silver mist suddenly let out a silent roar, and one after another "words" seemed to be slow but actually condensed at a very fast speed, "Lin, soldiers, fights, people, all, arrays, columns, fronts, lines".
Nine silver shining words surrounded the colorless light, advance and retreat, both offensive and defensive, killing the colorless light is defeated and retreating, the colorless light is not willing to retreat, the scattered light rises up and gathers bravely, and slowly forms a word. But when condensing to the last horizontal of the "word", the nine characters of silver mist burst into the statue at the peak.
This statue is the flesh/body of Hu Shan's carving, the flesh/body without a soul, the eyes are empty and cold, the long staff in his left hand is raised high and falls heavily, and boom, it is almost a horizontal to form the colorless light of the word "saint" to disintegrate. As the colorless light disintegrated, a thick silver mist erupted from the statue, enveloping the remaining colorless light.
Just when the silver mist enveloped the colorless light, the "Xuanren" sitting cross-legged in the Hushan carving dantian stood up suddenly, and a beam of colorless light the size of a needle was poured into it, and when all the colorless light was poured in, the "Xuanren" disappeared. Earthworm-like characters slowly appeared on the surface of the purple shrouded staircase, and the name of this text was "Xuan Seal", which is also a spell word.
The battle between the colorless light and the silver mist and the absorption of the lightless light by the Taoists is only a breath of time from the time it happens to the end. Although he got a lot of information about "climbing the ladder" from Ming Yu Yanran, this information can only be used as a reference rather than a standard, so Hu Shandiao does not know that his "climbing the ladder" is extremely complicated.
What made Hu Shandiao wonder was the change of the Xuan Ladder in his dantian, and the ninth step was engraved with a spell seal, which was known; But I didn't hear that after the ninth ladder is completed, the eighth ladder will open on its own. At this time, the Xuan Ladder in the Hushan carved dantian, the ninth ladder was shrouded in purple, the surface was covered with seals, and the eighth ladder was blank, but according to the known information, the eighth ladder should represent the black that was not opened.
Hu Shandiao knew that "above the silver mist" would isolate everything, that is, the system prompted that if you want to solve your doubts, you need to "go online".
Hint: You get Spell: Pro.
Spell Name: Pro, Level: 0. Dharma: immovable, unconfused, unyielding. Note: The level has not yet reached level 1, and the data cannot be fully displayed.
Hint: Your class with the number eight of the Ladder is Soldier.
Path Name: Unknown.
Number of ladders: eight.
Class: Soldier.
Place of employment: Weicheng.
Medicine ladder recipe: War Beast Bone, Eagle Wolf Eye, Golden Grass, Hot River Leaf.
Career achievement conditions: 10 meritorious service, 1 commendation, 10 love.
Current progress: 0%.
Taishang Laojun's ninth-tier occupation "Daotong", Hu Shandiao is understandable, but if the eighth-tier profession "soldier", Hu Shandiao is confused. The boss "Ming Yu Yanran" is a game power, and there seems to be no information she doesn't know, and Hu Shandiao, who follows her to eat, naturally benefits a lot and knows a lot of information.
Each path has its own story background, so if you want to know the Nine Ladders of the Path, you have to explore the story behind your own path. Of course, although the game "Where is Sacred" uses well-known mythological characters as the mysteries, it is not based on the story of the original book, but has been adapted, which makes it impossible to speculate with the original book.
For example, the Monkey King Xuanjing, the Monkey King should have jumped out of the stone first, but the ninth echelon of this Xuanjing is a Taoist child, and the eighth ladder is a stone monkey. Therefore, Hu Shandiao, who doesn't know anything about the story of Taishang Laojun's Xuanjing, is very worried about whether he has taken the wrong route.
Hu Shandiao decided to postpone the ladder promotion, during the period of suspension of the ladder, he had several things to do, one is to digest the ninth ladder reward first, one is to control the spell "Pro" proficiently, one is to explore the clues of Taishang Laojun, and the other is to make money.
50 attribute points, 10 skill points, and 3 spell points.
3 spell points can raise the spell "Pro" to level 2.
Spell Name: Pro. Level: 2. Magic Effect 1: Immobile, active, increases defense to self or others, base defense increases: 20, can consume additional vitality amplification, and increases defense by 1 point for every 1 point of Yuan power consumed.
Spell 2: Don't be confused, take the initiative, and expel a weakened spell effect for yourself or others, Note: This spell effect is suppressed by the spell level.
Law Effect 3: Unyielding, passive, when one's own life is in danger, it will enter a state of suspended animation, Note 1: This state will be recognized by those who have more than two levels of professions. Note 2: When the self's Yuan Power is not enough to consume, this passive skill cannot be activated.
Active mana cost: 100 yuan force. Passive mana cost: 150 energy.
Spell Mastery Conditions: Strength: 30, Intelligence: 30.
Hu Shan Carving Original Attributes: Strength 16, Wisdom 3, Agility 0, Reaction 0, Blood 190, Qi 190. Strength +14, Intelligence +27, Qi +9.
Attributes after assigning 50 attribute points: Strength 30, Wisdom 30, Agility 0, Reaction 0, Health 190, Qi 280.
It should be noted that strength, intelligence, agility, and reflexes, these four attributes will not increase the attack and defense speed, but will be converted into character qualifications. For example, strength 30, can lift 300 pounds of stones, carry 300 pounds of heavy objects, etc., while wisdom can enhance the character's ability to understand, remember, etc.
Just like when Hu Shandiao was inaugurated as a Taoist child, if he was highly intelligent, he only needed to read the "guest list" once to turn it into "information", and whether the information was detailed or not was closely related to the level of wisdom. In the same way, agility will make the game character move more vigorously, run faster, etc., and reaction is a perception of crisis and opportunity. For example, if someone assassinates Hu Shandiao, if Hu Shandiao has a high reaction attribute, he can sense it in advance.
Each level of knighthood will gain 1 attribute point and 10 blood and energy, while the three attributes of attack, defense, and speed can only be increased by spells, equipment, accessories, etc. Attribute points, skill points, and spell points can be obtained through quests, adventures, and so on.
Name: Hu Shandiao.
Origin: Weicheng, Chu State. Age: 23. Religion: None. Family Relations: Orphans.
Knight: Level 19.
Xuanjing: Unknown. Number of ladders: nine. Xuan Xiu Occupation: Dao Tong.
Attributes: Strength 30, Wisdom 30, Agility 0, Reaction 0, Blood 190, Qi 280.
Skill: Shield Level 3.
Skills: Felling Level 2, Swimming Crossing Level 2, Quyi Level 2.
Spell: Pro, level 2.
Equipment: Chivalry Order (Accessories, +19 Attack), Tiger Squat Shield (Weapon, +30 Attack, +100 Defense).
Trace: 49 Attack, 100 Defense, 190 Blood, 280 Qi.
Points Remaining: Skill Point 4.
Wealth: 12 Yuan Crystal, 2 Skill Book, 11 Materials.
NPC Diagram: None yet.
Power Relationship Chart: Not yet.
Player Relationship Diagram: Friend 1.
In the stronghold of "Guiniao Street" in the west of Weicheng, Ming Yuyanran did not leave a message, which shows that she does not need Hu Shandiao as a "shield" recently. If Hu Shandiao can really go offline, he can call Ming Yu Yanran, but he can't really go offline, so he can only rely on the means of communication in the game to contact.
Hu Shandiao dared to assassinate two Taoist boys in the vegetable market, which shows that he is not a person who follows the rules, and he did not dare to make mistakes before, because he still does not understand his own situation, and he is afraid that he will fly away and die if he is not careful. After following Ming Yu Yanran for three months, I knew a lot of information, and I also tested a lot of my own conjectures, saying that it was okay for the wings to grow stiff at this time, so Hu Shandiao decided to fly solo.
As the saying goes, "all the ways to make money quickly are all in the criminal law", and the old saying "people are not rich without windfalls, and horses are not fat without night grass", and Hu Shandiao's first action after flying solo was "stealing". Having a "Silver Mist" plug-in, not to "steal" is really sorry for its power.
As long as Hu Shandiao holds the item in his hand and does not trigger the "event", it only takes a breath to return to the "silver mist" offline. Hu Shandiao doesn't know how many plug-in functions there are on top of the silver mist, but the function of only taking a breath offline has been repeatedly tested by him.
The family defense of the poor or ordinary people is bound to be weak, but there is very little cash and no valuables, and the theft of 1 yuan crystal and 2 yuan crystal is too slow, and they will frequently get hints such as "If you lose this money, this family will sell your children and daughters", or "If you lose this money, this family will starve to death".
The assassination of two Taoist children in the vegetable market was because it was necessary, but the money of poor families was not necessary, so Hu Shandiao no longer targeted these poor families, but instead targeted those rich families. Naturally, wealthy families can't invite a metaphysical cultivator to be a nurse, but it is still okay to ask one or two knights to take care of the home, so the danger system is also higher.
For Weicheng, Hu Shandiao is still quite familiar, he was born in Weicheng, the main activity area is also in Weicheng, coupled with the extensive news channels of "Ming Yu Yanran", although he can't say everything about Weicheng, but he also knows some details of the rich.
There is no curfew in Weicheng, but except for the bright lights of "Liuying Street" in the north of the city, the rest of the city is only a little light. Wearing a black night suit and carrying a tiger squatting shield, Hu Shandiao walked through the streets and alleys to reach the "Chen Di Street" in the east of Weicheng, "Chen Di" was the champion of the Chu State, although he died for decades, he left a street legacy for future generations.
Chen Di's descendants live in the center of the street, with contiguous courtyards occupying nearly half of the street, and some street-facing courtyards being developed into storefronts. If you want to climb over a wall three or four meters high, you must use climbing tools, such as eagle claws, rope ladders, steel wires, etc., which are necessary for "gentlemen on the beam".
After landing, the soles of the feet are slightly sunken, obviously falling into a piece of mud, and there is no "stepping point" in advance, so you must be prepared to settle down on the "pit". Fortunately, the luck is not so bad, the foothold is the "garden" in the northwest of the "Chen's" high courtyard, it is dark, the vision is limited, you can only feel the garden, you don't know if it's beautiful or not.
Stepping on the wet soil and quietly moving forward, before he walked out of this unknown damp bamboo forest, he heard the conversation, and Hu Shandiao squatted down with a tiger squatting shield. Although the conversation was not loud, the content was still transmitted to Hu Shandiao's ears in such a quiet environment, and Hu Shandiao secretly snorted after listening to it for a while.
The dampness of the bamboo forest had an answer, and one of the two talkers cast the "Rain Spell", and through eavesdropping, he knew that the person who could "Rain Spell" was called "Chen Lie", and the person who talked to him was called "Fang Sheng". Both of them are Xuan Xiu with the number of "eight", and what their profession is is not revealed, and the two have a dispute after talking for a while.
Chen Lie had just completed the profession of the Eight Ladders, and he had not yet climbed the ladder, so Fang Sheng persuaded him not to climb the ladder, because the professionals who controlled the spell would be "suspended in the air" once they failed to ascend the ladder.
It should be noted that climbing the ladder can only be carried out after the success of the job and not the failure of the job. There are generally two situations of failure to take office, one is to transform into a war beast, and the other is to die.
Failing to climb the ladder is similar to "going mad", if you haven't mastered the spell, there will be no consequences if you fail to climb the ladder; However, if the spell is controlled, hanging in the air will cause the spell to get out of control, and the consequences are unknown, so it is safest for the number nine profession to climb the ladder.
Of course, once you master one or more spells, success in climbing the ladder will naturally pay you a lot.
During the spell out of control, the professional is in a state of "confinement", and if you want to get out of the confinement state, you can only rely on external forces and cannot save yourself, so you need to find a few friends to support you when you climb the ladder.
Chen Lie asked Fang Sheng to protect the Dharma for him, but Fang Sheng didn't know why he didn't agree to Chen Lie "climbing the ladder" at this time, and after persuasion was fruitless, Fang Sheng brushed his sleeves and left. Chen Lie shouted a few times and couldn't get back, so he calmed down and sat alone in the pavilion in the garden, not knowing what he was thinking.
Hu Shandiao, who reacted to 0, realized it later, and when he personally sensed the turbulence of the "vitality" in the air, he knew that Chen Lie began to "climb the ladder".
Hu Shandiao was shocked, and when he was about to retreat, he found that the surrounding environment had changed.