Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 5: Moving bricks is impossible.

However, the person who spoke had barely finished speaking when he vanished.

The group stared at each other, bewildered, at the empty grassy ground with only a pair of shoe prints remaining.

Where is that person?

"That's unethical!"

"bug?"

After only a few seconds of confusion, the player who had just tried to take off his clothes reappeared in the same spot, angrily explaining, "Damn it! I was just locked in the dark room. The system warned me that I couldn't engage in unhealthy behavior. How is taking off my clothes unhealthy! In the game JX13 next door, you can even poop and take a bath in your home! What a crappy BabyBus game!"

"So...where's the game panel?"

A female player with the ID "Pig Charges Forward" asked timidly.

"Found it! It's on the arms! Look at the icon on your wrists, press it and the game panel will appear!"

"Holy crap, it really is!"

"What a piece of trash game! They didn't even make a tutorial!"

"It's a closed beta test, so please understand!"

The dozen or so people discussed it animatedly and soon began to explore the game's features and the surrounding environment.

Han Yi also opened the game panel and found that the interface design was very simple. Apart from personal information and four-dimensional values, there was an empty backpack interface and the custom settings that are common in major RPG games, plus a quest bar.

He skillfully turned off the pain sensor, switched to the vision color-changing warning, and maxed out the hunger sensor—otherwise, it would be easy to starve to death because he forgot to eat.

After setting the details, he opened the taskbar.

There is only one task:
[Paying Respects to the Sect Leader]: [As someone invited to study in this other world, you must first find Fang Xianyu, the sect leader in charge of your studies. (Rewards: 200 Exp, random beginner cultivation technique, unlocked functions [Appraisal], [Sect], and [Cultivation])]

Han Yi has played quite a few MMORPG games. They're called role-playing games, but they're really just endless quests and monster-slaying to level up.

However, the mission description is quite interesting. It seems that the players enter this world as "interdimensional exchange students"?
That's a very creative design.

With that thought in mind, Han Yi opened the map, found the only small golden dot on it, and set off, facing the right direction.

Of course, not all players will obediently complete the tasks, especially in such a realistic virtual reality game that feels like stepping into another world.

Some players, unwilling to give up, began to wreak havoc on the surrounding flowers, trees, and shrubs, trying to find identical leaves and plants to prove that the so-called AI-generated evolution was a false gimmick.

Han Yi didn't participate in this boring bug-hunting activity. He jogged and quickly arrived at the mission point, which was a natural platform located halfway up the mountain. The rocks were as if cut by a knife, exposing a large area of ​​flat mountainside.

The quest NPC, Fang Xianyu, stood quietly not far away; he was none other than the Taiyin Golden Immortal who had appeared in the game's promotional video.

She wore a long, light blue dress, looking as beautiful as a goddess. A gentle breeze made her ribbons flutter, and the mountain mists swirled around her, making her appear even more ethereal, like a deity descended to earth, untouchable.

Han Yi held his breath while watching.

If it weren't for the three huge characters "Fang Xianyu" above her head, Han Yi would have really thought he had met a deity!
"So you're the disciple who was sent to this world to learn from me?"

Fang Xianyu asked with a smile.

Although it was a smile, it somehow gave Han Yi an indescribable sense of majesty, making him feel awe.

"Ah! I, uh, that..."

Han Yi's tongue was practically tied in knots. It took him several seconds to regain his sense of language: "That's right, that's right, well, I'm an international student from another world!" "I see. So, what's your name?"

"Han Tiaotiao..."

Han Yi read out his ID with shame, deeply regretting that he had chosen such a name.

"So you are cultivator [Han Tiaotiao]. Since you have joined the Taiyin Sect, then this set of 'Heavenly Origin Qi Guiding Technique' will be given to you. I hope you will cultivate it diligently, establish your foundation as soon as possible, and contribute to the Taiyin Sect!"

Before Fang Xianyu could finish speaking, a message box suddenly appeared in front of Han Yi, flashing two lines of text:
Complete the quest "Paying Respects to the Sect Leader" to receive 200 Exp and the "Heavenly Origin Qi Guiding Technique". The "Appraisal", "Sect", and "Cultivation" functions are now available.

After closing the message box, the taskbar started flashing wildly again.

[A Place to Stay]: [I have paid my respects to the sect leader, but I still have no place to stay. I should ask the sect leader! (Reward: 50 Exp, [Fragment of a Spell Manual (Gray)])]

The familiar game panel kept appearing, and Han Yi finally started to feel like he was playing a game. This time, he silently repeated "This is just an NPC" to himself a few times before he finally spoke fluently: "Sect Leader, what should we do about this place to stay?"

As a pure and innocent college student who spends most of his time playing games in a gaming pod, Han Yi is quite familiar with virtual reality games. These tasks, which cannot be submitted directly on the game panel, simply require talking to NPCs and triggering keywords.

"A place to settle down" is clearly the key word for this task.

"Go find your senior sister; she will tell you what will happen next."

After saying this, the NPC disappeared. Then, on the minimap in the upper right corner, a small golden dot flashed again not far from him.

After walking a few steps, Han Yi found the NPC senior sister, Baili Shuang, near a pile of miscellaneous items marked on the map as the [Taiyin Sect Temporary Camp].

This NPC, who did not appear in the CG trailer, wore a light green dress similar to that of the sect leader Fang Xianyu, and looked elegant and gentle.

After hearing Han Yi's words, Baili Shuang nodded gently and said, "I understand, Junior Brother Han Tiaotiao. Our sect has just decided to settle here and hasn't prepared anything yet. So, I'll have to trouble you junior brothers and sisters to help me build the sect buildings. Right now, resources such as wood, stone, and river mud are in short supply. If you're willing, why don't you help me collect some resources?"

Complete the quest "A Place to Settle Down" to receive 50 Exp and a "Fragment of a Spellbook (Gray)".

After casually agreeing to the task, Han Yi began to study the newly added features.

The "Appraisal" function is very common in various games. It involves using the appraisal skill on an item to obtain certain information. In "Ten Continents Chronicles", its function is no exception.

The "Sect" section is a new addition to the game panel, displaying basic information about his sect, the "Taiyin Sect." Simultaneously, a gray, book-like item appeared in his inventory: "Fragment of a Spellbook (Gray)."

After taking the fragment of the spell manual out of his backpack, Han Yi discovered that it could be appraised, so he quickly appraised it and obtained his first skill, [Divine Speed].

【Swiftness (LV1)】: Briefly increases speed, allowing you to run like the wind.

Han Yi stared speechlessly at this skill. Was it meant to make him go back to manual labor even faster?!
Sure enough, when I flipped to the task list, this task was a perfect match for his new skill—he could move it twice while others could only do it once, right?

[Building a Sect]: [Select suitable tools, gather resources, and submit materials such as wood, stone, and river mud to Baili Shuang. (Repeatable) (Rewards: ?Exp, ?Copper Coins) (Task Reward Explanation: The amount of experience points and copper coins varies depending on the quantity and quality of the submitted materials.)]

Okay, okay, it's just laying bricks!

Han Yi rolled up his sleeves and headed towards the tool camp marked on the map.

……

However, there are always players whose curiosity killed the cat and who are unwilling to just grind for gold.

As a moderately well-known game streamer, after unlocking the new skill "Moving" which is more suitable for "gold farming," Wang Ergou did not go to collect resources. Instead, he randomly chose a direction and planned to explore the map.

(End of this chapter)