Building a sect from scratch.

Everyone could see that the owner of the wooden piece was probably not a good person, or rather, the monks of that era or environment all had a kind of simple cruelty.

For example, the word "human sacrifice" mentioned in the wooden tablet is enough to send chills down your spine.

However, people exist in three dimensions.

His struggles and helplessness, his tragedy, and his cruelty are all real.

The sea turtle Qi Pure was the first to speak, "What kind of sect is this 'Sword Sect'? It sounds pretty impressive?"

"Let's ask in the group, maybe some plot enthusiasts know."

As Guantangbao spoke, he quickly sent screenshots and questions to the large group chat that Wang Ergou had created.

Huangzhucao, standing to the side, analyzed and speculated: "The 'human sacrifice' mentioned above must be those headless people? And the vine from before must be the person who wrote this diary? My God! So, it was actually a person! And then it turned into a plant?"

"It's possession... he calls it possession."

Nietzsche casually corrected him, then fell silent, seemingly lost in thought.

"Hey! There really is a big shot who knows!"

Guantangbao exclaimed with delight, "A big shot in the group said he found this sect mentioned in an old version of the 'Top Sects and Powers Ranking of the Ten Continents and Three Islands' that his neighbor, a disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect, gave him!"

The sea turtle looked bewildered: "Ten Continents and Three Islands... what the heck is that!?"

Nietzsche's eyes lit up: "How so?"

Guantangbao replied, "Yes, the boss said that there are many sects with the words 'Sword Sect' in their names, but there is only one sect in the Arctic Flow Continent that has existed since ancient times and is simply called 'Sword Sect'!"

The turtle-like Qi Pure, who never cared about game backgrounds or plots, looked even more bewildered: "Arctic Liuzhou? Ancient times?"

Nietzsche rolled his eyes at the sea turtle Qi Chun and said to the soup dumpling, "Go on, does this Sword Sect of Arctic Flow Continent still exist?"

Guantangbao scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Well, the big boss said it might exist, but no one can actually visit it!"

The king bamboo grass also became interested and urged, "Want to unfold it and tell us more?"

The soup dumpling stamped its foot in frustration: "Hey, look at the group chat! I can't explain it clearly! Because even the big boss can't explain it clearly!"

The group then realized what was happening and pulled up their third-party chat software to look at the large group chat that always had 999+ chat records.

It turns out that the Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the ten continents, or more accurately, the smallest "half a continent".

The Arctic Liuzhou was originally called Liuzhou. It is located in the far north of Zhongzhou. Its area used to be quite large. Although it could not compare with large continents such as Zhongzhou and Wankuzhou, it was still much larger than Changzhou and Wuzhizhou.

However, a thousand years ago, due to a strange earthquake, Liuzhou was split in two. A small part in the north was separated by a ring-shaped rift valley, so the part of Liuzhou that was separated was called "Arctic Liuzhou", which means "the northernmost part of Liuzhou".

The so-called Sword Sect happened to be located in the Arctic Flowing Continent. Logically, a mere rift valley shouldn't be a barrier for cultivators. However, that rift valley was no ordinary rift valley; it was a forbidden area known as the "Soul-Devouring Rift Valley"!

The so-called "soul devouring" means that any cultivator who sets foot on the rift valley will have their soul sucked away by something and disappear without a trace!
High-level cultivators can possess another body after their physical body dies, but if their soul disappears, then it is truly a complete and utter death!

Therefore, this rift valley has become one of the two great forbidden zones, alongside the Weak Water, and no one can cross it.

The once glorious Sword Sect has also disappeared from the history of the Ten Continents and Three Islands. However, everyone believes that the Sword Sect is powerful enough that even if it is trapped, it should not be destroyed, but it will just be unable to communicate with the outside world. All means of communication are inaccessible, which has been a topic of conversation among many cultivators for a long time.

After roughly understanding the situation, the sea turtle Qi Chun had a new question: "But, the Arctic Flow Continent should be very far from our Central Continent, right? It sounds very far!"

"It's not very far, it's extremely far!"

The soup dumpling emphasized, "It's over ten thousand miles from Central Continent to the Arctic Continent! It's a real ten thousand miles!"

The sea turtle's pure Qi subconsciously began to do the conversion: "Good heavens! Ten thousand li? That's... five thousand kilometers?"

Guantangbao shrugged: "Who knows if the 'li' in this game is the same as the 'li' in real life! Besides, there's no concept of 'kilometers' in this game! It's just extremely far!"

Huang Zhucao understood what Hai Gui Qi Chun meant and said, "That's right! If it's from so far away, how could the things the Sword Sect did appear in the Central Continent? It seems very strange."

Sea Turtle Qi Pure clapped his hands excitedly: "Yes, yes, yes! That's exactly what I mean! They've come all this way to cause trouble, what's their motive?"

The elephant grass tentatively offered an answer: "Nobody recognizes the picture?"

"Why don't we just ignore it? Maybe it's just a regular game background design, an Easter egg! Anyway, we've been messing around with this for so long, and we don't even have a mission..."

As the sea turtle spoke with pure righteousness, a familiar system notification sound suddenly rang out:
"Ding--"

[The Secret of the Sword Sect]: [While exploring the Yinglong Ruins, the group discovered some long-buried secrets, seemingly related to the once-powerful ancient sect, the Sword Sect? After hearing about this, the Senior Sister wants you to go to the Arctic Flowing Continent to investigate its secrets… (Rewards: 10000 Exp, 500 Sect Contribution Points, 500 Sect Prestige Points, Golden Core (essential item for advancing to the Golden Core stage) (with probability), limited-edition mysterious items, etc.)]

"Good heavens! Speak of the devil, and he appears!"

The soup dumpling was stunned by the blessed mouth of the sea turtle Qi Chun, and after seeing the details of the mission, it was so excited that it almost jumped up.

Golden elixir!

This is the first time we've ever seen such an item in the entire server!

Since the news of the upcoming open beta of "Ten Continents Chronicles" was released, everyone has been constantly bothering the game's official forums, wanting to know when they can advance to the Golden Core stage. Although there are few players at the Foundation Establishment stage, dozens have gradually made it up, and although most of them are veteran players who joined in the previous tests, they have given everyone hope.

However, the "Golden Core Stage" seems to be an insurmountable chasm. Even the Second Senior Sister, who is the strongest and most powerful player in the entire server and is recognized as having the highest cultivation level, is still far from reaching the Golden Core Stage. Players have repeatedly cursed the game planners' family tree on the forums—"A cultivation game that blocks cultivation stages? Are you kidding me?!" Look at what realm the NPCs are at, and then look at the players. It's so pathetic it's laughable!

Therefore, the most eye-catching reward in this mission is the [Golden Core], which is noted in small print as an "essential item for advancing to the Golden Core stage"! (End of Chapter)