Building a sect from scratch.

The public beta has been running for more than half a month, and the second batch of slots has been released.

【一徍夜猫】 is one of the lucky winners in the second batch of public beta lottery draws.

As a long-time cloud gaming "veteran," [A Night Owl] created his character's face, entered the game, and immediately opened the map to determine his location after landing.

New accounts in "Ten Continents Chronicles" now all land randomly, but most of them are not too far from various towns. If you run around the map, it only takes a few minutes. If you are unlucky, you can just commit suicide. Anyway, the resurrection cooldown is only ten minutes. You can watch some videos or chat in the group for a while and you will arrive.

【A Night Owl】 was quite lucky, landing right next to the entrance of the "Haoqi Alliance" cave world.

Normally, ordinary people cannot use the entrances and exits of these small worlds, but players naturally have a "mana bar," so they can use them by inputting spiritual power into the teleportation array.

If the teleportation array is too far away, a small and weak novice player like [A Night Owl] simply doesn't have enough spiritual power to support his teleportation. But this kind of entrance to a small, hidden world doesn't have this problem.

He quickly followed the strategies he had seen in various live streams and game videos, and stood on a platform emitting a light golden glow. Sure enough, a dialog box with teleportation options popped up in his field of vision. However, at this moment, only two options were available: [Enter Wuwang City] and [Exit Teleportation].

Without a second thought, [A Night Owl] decisively chose to [Enter King Wu's City].

Within just one week, Wu Wang City suddenly became famous throughout the Central Continent, including among players. The reason was that a week ago, Nietzsche, the city lord of Wu Wang City, along with several players who had accepted a "secret mission," brought a large number of NPCs to the city, and they all settled in Wu Wang City!

Even more outrageous is that although these NPCs all look pale and malnourished, they all know some basic breathing techniques and simple spells. Most of them are also extremely skilled in forging, especially sword forging!
As Chinese players, which one doesn't dream of having a flashy, custom-designed greatsword? The items produced by the sect system all seem to be cut from the same mold. Even if they have special effects, they don't look cool enough. How can they compare to finding the image yourself or designing it yourself?

Therefore, blacksmith shops and smelting shops of all sizes sprang up everywhere in Wuwang City, like mushrooms after rain. According to an unknown player on the forum who called himself "the all-knowing expert of the Ten Continents Chronicles", there were already more than twenty shops! Some of them even had their shops set up with felt tents, banners, and signs because the buildings meant for them hadn't been completed yet. They were doing very well!
As soon as [A Night Owl] stepped out of the teleportation array, the streets directly in front of him were bustling with noise. The sudden commotion made him feel like he was about to go deaf. This scene was no less crowded than when he went to a popular tourist destination during the National Day holiday!
"This, this, this is dragon bone that I acquired at great expense! Can it be made into a dragon bone sword?"

"Dragon bone... it is indeed a fine dragon bone, but it cannot be forged. A sword made from it would be very brittle and its hardness would probably be average. This gentleman is probably not suitable..."

"Huh!? How could this be!? Aren't dragon bones supposed to be pretty sturdy!?"

"That depends on what you're comparing it to. Compared to ordinary iron and weapons, it's certainly excellent. But if you're comparing it to something like Kunwu ore, it falls short. Moreover, dragon bones are quite effective against various attacks, such as those using lightning and water elements. If properly nurtured, they would be more suitable for crafting blunt weapons, armor, or other magical artifacts..."

"Oh, no problem, no problem! Strength is only temporary! But coolness lasts a lifetime! At worst, I won't use it to fight those metal-wielding cultivators! Just tell me if you can make it or not!"

"I can, but..." "As long as it can be made! Um, I want the wide kind! And preferably with gold trim! It has to be big! It has to be cool! It has to be blindingly bright!"

"..."

Listening to the conversation between a player and an NPC, [A Night Owl] looked at the uniquely styled stone house not far away with a rather complicated expression.

The stone house was made entirely of red stones, but it had no eaves, hanging fish or other decorations, and no doors or windows. Even the wall where the door was supposed to be was only half-built, like a bar counter in a modern bar, only waist-high, revealing a messy scene inside where ores and various unidentifiable spiritual materials were piled up everywhere.

On one half of the wall of this stone house, there was a huge wooden board with the shop's name written on it in various languages—it was probably a name, because it even included the simplified Chinese characters for "Qingning Nabahai Forging Shop".

Looking back from this stone house, many banners and signs bear the name "Nabahai," while others contain words like "Elechun" or "Qitamu," whose meanings are completely unclear but are repeated very frequently.

"Excuse me, where do I pick up the beginner quests in Martial King City?"

After hesitating for a while, [A Night Owl] decided to ask around nearby. After all, the player who came to customize the Dragon Bone Greatsword seemed to be a well-off veteran player who should know a lot... right?

He imitated the way he had seen countless live streams and videos explaining things, and performed an awkward bow. "Excuse me, sir, I'm a newbie who just entered the game and I'm a bit lost!"

"Oh? Another newbie!"

The player who ordered the custom dragon bone greatsword's eyes lit up, then turned and saw [A Lump of Night Owls]'s actions, and immediately burst out laughing: "Hahaha, good bro, no need to go that far! We're players, not doing a main quest, no need for this! It's too childish!"

'You have the nerve to call this chuunibyou! Isn't your own Dragon Bone Greatsword chuunibyou too?!'

[A Night Owl] secretly complained to himself, but didn't show it on his face at all. He just chuckled and said, "I don't really understand it! I've seen a lot of streamers and big bloggers emphasizing this thing, and I thought it was very important!"

"It's alright. If it's for a story quest, then it's indeed quite important, affecting your personal quest score and the hidden favorability of NPCs! But since we're already settled in the NPC settlements in various towns under the Taiyin Sect, and there's also the interaction between players, we don't care about this! It's already troublesome enough!"

The veteran player kindly explained, then suddenly clapped his hands as if remembering something, adding, "Right, you asked where to get newbie quests! Well, you've come to the right place! The NPCs from various ethnic groups in Liuzhou just moved here to Martial King City. The houses and infrastructure haven't been built yet, so just pick any shop and ask if they have any quests—they're guaranteed to have some! They're also very generous with their money! Even if you don't pay, they can offer you all sorts of rare ores, each one more valuable than the last! It's a guaranteed profit!" (End of Chapter)