Building a sect from scratch.

With the open beta of "Ten Continents Chronicles" imminent, posts from various communities recruiting in advance are springing up everywhere on game forums. Everyone is thinking of tricking a bunch of newbies into doing manual labor when new players flood in during the open beta, unlike NPCs in the game, which you have to pay to hire.

The lottery results for game qualifications were released the night before the public beta launch. Tens of millions of people registered this time, although many were not passionate about games or genuinely interested in "Ten Continents Chronicles," but rather there for speculation—the popularity of "Ten Continents Chronicles" and its reputation for being easy to profit from had already spread far and wide, and there were even some people who had never played virtual reality games who wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Of course, most people obviously don't understand that when a highly popular group is a minority, the profits they can share are considerable. Once there are too many people, they can only watch helplessly as the clever and lucky ones get rich.

However, none of this affected the popularity of the public beta of "Ten Continents Chronicle".

The lottery for the public beta of "Ten Continents Chronicles," which had topped the trending lists on major social media platforms and media outlets for several consecutive days, finally came to a close at 6 PM.

At a little past six o'clock, Han Yi's phone suddenly rang.

He had just finished dinner at the cafeteria and was lounging in his dorm waiting for the server to open at eight o'clock when his phone rang. He thought it was Wang Ergou and the others having some urgent matter again, so he answered it without even looking at it.

"Hey--"

"Hey bro, do you play some kind of game called 'Ten Continents Chronicle'?"

The familiar voice startled Han Yi—it was his living father!

"Oh yeah, I was just playing around, wow... how did you know?"

Miss Han chuckled, her smugness barely concealed: "You forgot to block me on your WeChat Moments! Hahaha, so clumsy!"

Han Yi's younger sister is four years younger than him; her name is Han Rong.

It's said that when the parents were naming their child, they searched through dictionaries until they couldn't find a suitable character, lamenting how difficult it was to choose a name. So they chose the character "易" (Yi), a somewhat strange but not entirely illogical choice. When the younger sister was born, they initially wanted to name her "非易" (Fei Yi) or "不易" (Bu Yi), but the father argued against it and changed it to "容" (Rong). Together, the brother and sister would mean "easy," which sounds like a sibling pairing at first glance—quite far-fetched!
Han Rong just turned 16 this year and is eligible to apply for the game, but there are restrictions on minors to prevent addiction. He can only play for one hour a day, and even on holidays, it only increases to three hours.

Even so, Han Rong enthusiastically signed up for the incredibly realistic cultivation experience! Major media outlets were all endorsing it as a second life! How could anyone not want to experience it? I've even heard that a film crew is planning to shoot a fantasy web series based on the game! It's safe to say he single-handedly boosted several industries!
Han Rong's mockery startled Han Yi. He hadn't intentionally blocked anyone out; playing games wasn't anything shameful. But he hadn't expected Han Rong to be paying attention to games too. Could it be that she had actually obtained the qualification?

Thinking of this, Han Yi couldn't help but ask, "You wouldn't...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Han Rong excitedly interrupted, "Hmph! Of course! Look at the time! It's already past six! I've already given out the activation codes! Hehe! What's your game ID? I'll add you in the game!"

Han Yi took a deep breath, still unable to utter the shameful words "Han Tiaotiao," and once again regretted it so much that he beat his chest in frustration, cursing himself for not choosing a more respectable ID, even something like "Wang Ergou" or "Pig Charges Forward," at least... well, "Wang Ergou" wasn't much better, and "Pig Charges Forward" was even more bizarre; only "Jieran" was supposedly his real name...

"I...uh, I'll send it to you in a bit. Don't wander around inside. I'll come find you and bring you some basic equipment and items. There are so many newbies in this open beta that prices will probably go up, but luckily I stocked up on some..."

Han Yi kept muttering to himself, but Han Rong had long since lost patience. She casually said, "Okay, okay, see you in the game!" and then hung up. The beeping notification sound seemed to mock Han Yi's bleak future.

"Why can't I change my ID in this game?!"

He muttered to himself, then pulled out his chat app. He originally wanted to ask Wang Ergou if he had any secret manuals saved up, but unexpectedly, he was being tagged repeatedly in the "Master's Group" again.

The so-called "master's group" is actually a chat group formed by Han Yi, Zhao Qing and others when they take the martial arts and combat courses. In addition to sending out class notices, they also get to know each other with some of the prospective senior brothers and sisters who are taking the classes together.

Most of these senior brothers and sisters were "fellow disciples" who taught Han Yi and his fellow disciples martial arts. Although strictly speaking, Han Yi was not formally apprenticed under Coach Ren and Master Chen, nor did he participate in the ranking of their actual disciples, they still addressed each other as fellow disciples and even created a special communication group.

Because everyone speculated that more spots would be opened up for "Ten Continents Chronicle" in the future, the senior brothers and sisters in the sect group were actually considered as "reserve personnel" appointed by the project team.

As early as the beginning of the collaboration with Fang Xianyu, the project team analyzed some groups that might have certain advantages in the practice of cultivating immortality. Among them, those who are good at traditional martial arts are believed to have a great advantage in the "Hundred Weapons" of the Taiyin Sect. However, due to the limited number of places, no specific experiments have been conducted yet.

Furthermore, those skilled in mathematics will find their work in array formations and talismans much easier. In particular, a research luminary who understands traditional I Ching and numerology, and is also proficient in modern mathematics, has already successfully replicated numerous array formations and talismans on Earth, despite not yet having a gaming slot, based on copied materials. However, perhaps because Earth lacks "spiritual energy," those array formations and talismans haven't shown any significant effects.

"Senior Sister Yunling is so lucky!"

Congratulations, Senior Sister Yunling!

Wow! I'm so jealous!

The group chat was buzzing with excitement. Han Yi spent a long time scrolling through the chat history before he finally figured out that Coach Ren's disciple, Yun Ling, whom Han Yi and the others called Senior Sister, had also drawn an activation code!

Han Yi immediately sent a message to congratulate her: "Congratulations! I'll prepare the secret manuals and equipment for my senior sister right away!"

Yun Ling replied, "That won't be necessary. Er Gou has already beaten us to it! Besides, he's a big spender, so we can just eat from him!"

Han Yi then realized—Yun Ling was his senior sister, and naturally also Wang Ergou's senior sister! Moreover, with Wang Ergou's high emotional intelligence, he must have already prepared a complete set for Yun Ling!
Han Yi was naturally happy not to have to spend a lot of money himself. He exchanged a few more polite words with the others in the group before turning to chat with Wang Ergou privately.

"Ergou, my sister won a spot! What secret techniques do you have?"

(End of this chapter)