Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 34 Water can conduct electricity, you know what I mean?

"No, aren't you only level 14?"

The Jade Emperor found it utterly unbelievable: "Didn't they say that you need to reach level 20 to establish your foundation? The game you're playing and the game I'm playing aren't the same game at all?"

Indeed, according to the official game description, "Ten Continents Chronicles" currently only allows players to reach the maximum level of 20, with the highest level being Foundation Establishment. However, to date, no player has managed to reach level 20, let alone Foundation Establishment.

Because the leveling system and cultivation system in this game are two separate systems, the level will limit the advancement of cultivation. For example, if a player refuses to do any tasks or level up, and only focuses on cultivation all day long, his cultivation level may be extremely high, but his level will only be in the single digits. In that case, he will still be unable to induce Qi into his body. This setting is jokingly referred to by players as "cultivation stagnation".

In other words, one needs to reach level 10 to draw Qi into the body, and level 20 to establish a foundation.

The Jade Emperor even fell into a state of self-doubt: How could someone at level 14 possibly achieve Foundation Establishment? Surely the NPCs couldn't have given her a cheat code, could they?

Zhao Qing proudly boasted, "That's right, that's why Senior Sister told me to grind more quests these days to prepare for Foundation Establishment. She even gave me a double experience buff for 24 hours!"

"Why should I?!"

The Jade Emperor immediately lost his composure: "Why is it that she gave you double experience points, but still deducted 30% of my mission rewards?!"

This time, Zhao Qing looked at the Jade Emperor with pity, even a hint of concern: "Get down to business, Jade Emperor. Just now, a player regained the 3 points of favorability he lost by diligently completing daily tasks and attending classes every day! You don't grind daily tasks or attend Senior Sister's classes, so how could she possibly increase your favorability?"

"..."

Just as the Jade Emperor was about to break down, Wang Ergou had already updated the "Illustrated Compendium of the Ten Continents" with the speed of someone who had been single for many years. He asked, "Alright, I've finished editing the entries in the compendium, all that's left is the illustrations. Second Senior Sister, would you like to consider doing this hidden quest with us?"

Zhao Qing hesitated for a moment: "I still want to grind for experience and level up first, after all, this buff only lasts for 24 hours..."

Wang Ergou didn't care at all: "It's okay! You upgrade first. I don't think we can finish this in a short time. Come help us after you reach the Foundation Establishment stage!"

"Okay! By the way," Zhao Qing suddenly remembered the details about the Xi Demon and hurriedly reminded her, "The book says that the Xi Demon is a spiritual type of Nine Nether Demon born from the combination of Yin energy and resentment. Ordinary swords, spears, and halberds are useless against it. It is more afraid of pure Yang fire and various kinds of heavenly lightning and divine lightning. I guess it may be immune to physical damage. You can consider fighting it from this perspective!"

Wang Ergou immediately beamed with joy: "It has to be Second Senior Sister! Thank you, Second Senior Sister!"

After saying goodbye to Zhao Qing, the five-person pig-slaughtering group gathered together to discuss their strategy.

The Jade Emperor couldn't wait to be the first to speak: "I have an idea!"

Wang Ergou, who had never passed English, rolled his eyes: "Speak like a human!"

"Here's the thing, I scored 271 on the combined science section of the college entrance exam!"

The Jade Emperor, head held high and chest thumped, spoke proudly. Wang Ergou rolled his eyes again: "And you failed to mix gunpowder more than ten times?"

The Jade Emperor was immediately displeased. He argued vehemently, "That's different! The purity of saltpeter and sulfur, as well as the quality of the charcoal, all have an impact! And the main active ingredient in saltpeter is potassium nitrate, but—"

"Stop!" Wang Ergou pinched the Jade Emperor's incessant mouth shut and said, word by word, "Don't try to talk to this person who failed physics and chemistry. Just spit it out, understand?"

The Jade Emperor reluctantly nodded, and only then did Wang Ergou free his mouth, which had been pinched into the shape of a duck.

"Okay, what I mean is, water conducts electricity, you know what I mean?"

As he spoke, the Jade Emperor raised an eyebrow, his expression lewd.

Wang Ergou's eyes lit up, and then he stroked his chin and slowly said, "Hiss—what you said... reminds me of the fear I felt when I was dominated by an electric mage at the pool under a tower in the Kingdom of Hyrule... cough, what I mean is, where do you conduct electricity?"

"Thermal power generation, hydropower generation, wind power generation, nuclear power generation, solar power generation, tidal power generation, biomass power generation... uh," the Jade Emperor, who was getting more and more excited as he spoke, paused involuntarily after seeing his teammates looking at him like he was an idiot. He then forced a smile, enduring Wang Ergou's eager expression as if he wanted to kick him, and said, "I don't think we can use any of these. How about we try a thunder talisman?"

Wang Ergou said expressionlessly, "Although I failed math, physics, and chemistry, are thunder and lightning the same thing? Don't try to fool me!"

"Although they are not the same thing, but!" the Jade Emperor said confidently, "the generation of lightning is the discharge phenomenon after the accumulation of electric charge, so I believe that the lightning drawn by the lightning talisman is a powerful electric current! Through the conduction of water, it can also cause an area attack on that BOSS in the water!"

Two casual players standing nearby instinctively felt something was off: "This... can it really kill the boss with electricity?"

The Jade Emperor shrugged and said, "Anyway, theoretically, people can be electrocuted."

"Then... let's give it a try, okay? Let's give it a try."

Strictly speaking, there are many types of thunder talismans.

Although the players racked their brains trying to understand why a game had to be so complicated, with more than a dozen types of lightning talismans, they could only use a few of them given their current cultivation level, which was not even at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Among them, the most useful are the Five Elements Divine Thunder Talisman and the Thunder-Attracting Talisman. Although drawing the former consumes a lot of spiritual power, its power is considerable. The latter is relatively simple to draw, but its power is average, and it can only exert its maximum power on thunderstorm days.

Of course, there is another type of thunder talisman that is simpler to draw, called the Five Thunder Talisman. However, it is a talisman for warding off evil spirits, eliminating disasters, and dispelling plagues. It has nothing to do with actual thunder. There have been jokes before where players used this plague-dispelling talisman as a thunder talisman to fight monsters.

Since experiencing the "Enduring the Retirement" adventure, Thunder Talismans have become a staple item for players. The materials for drawing talismans are very cheap to buy from Taiping Town. You can buy a bunch by digging up two spirit herbs and selling them. Although the success rate of drawing talismans is not high, you will eventually succeed if you draw a lot. Regardless of the power, it is at least a psychological comfort.

This thing is really useful! It works perfectly every time you encounter a rabbit or pheasant, and after you finish using it, you can even smell the caramelized aroma of the protein after being heated at high temperatures!
Before the game updated to include the faction's public chefs who could provide food for players, the small animals near the faction's territory had been almost completely destroyed by the players. Even some carnivores had migrated to more distant places due to the scarcity of food. And this was only for a mere fifty or so players!
So, putting everything else aside, the five-person team actually managed to collect quite a few Thunder Talismans in their backpacks!

The name has been changed! I also got a lovely lady to draw the cover. It should be ready by tomorrow!
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(End of this chapter)