Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 786 On the way to Chechi Kingdom

The fact that Cheng Tian defeated the goldfish spirit too quickly meant he didn't have time to explore the water, which naturally reduced his chances of finding magical treasures and chests.

Interestingly, the old turtle's initiative to offer its treasure filled a gap in Cheng Tian's knowledge and also saved him a lot of trouble.

During the period when the Water Palace was continuously occupied by the Goldfish Spirit, the Goldfish Spirit ensured good weather and abundant harvests for Chen Family Village, bestowed wealth and honor upon the Chen family, and also accepted young boys and girls, as well as some rare treasures.

Without the old turtle as an opponent, and having not yet encountered Tang Sanzang and his group, the goldfish spirit, being a powerful being in the Tongtian River, had almost no use for these things. When Cheng Tian made his move, he didn't have time to use them either, and as a result, the old turtle, who had returned to the Water Palace, seamlessly took over.

When Cheng Tian asked for magical treasures as payment without any pretense, the old turtle immediately handed over the magical treasures it had plundered.

As an underwater area, the magical artifacts produced in the Tongtian River are naturally based on the element of water, which corresponds to the three items: "Water Spirit Orb", "Ice Fan" and "Mysterious Ice Axe". Due to the relationship that water generates wood, there are also some magical artifacts based on the element of wood, namely "Wood Spirit Orb", "Wind-Fixing Orb" and "Thunder and Lightning Halberd".

Cheng Tian's Holy Grail Mission, "Appreciation of Five Elements Collections," also resulted in the acquisition of a corresponding number of collections and resistance to the Five Elements.

Watching Cheng Tian and his group depart, the old turtle's smile returned to solemnity.

Because now it's time to deal with those aquatic algae and river delicacies that drift with the current.

If we can't beat the goldfish spirit, surely we can beat you stinking fish and shrimp?

He handed over a few fish scales from the goldfish spirit to the wealthy Chen family in Chenjiazhuang, which directly triggered a phase of the dungeon settlement.

【Start the copy settlement.】

[Instance Scene: Journey to the West: The Legend of the Monkey King SUPER, Tongtian River, Chen Family Village]

Dungeon Difficulty: B+~?

Main quest: "You! Go and take down the King of Inspiration!" Completed.

Side quests/Holy Grail missions: "Appreciation of Five Elements Collections" is in progress; "The Fisherman Never Goes Homeless" is completed.

Non-mission storyline summary: Kill the Sea Urchin King clan, kill the Great Water Monster clan, enter a cold relationship with Mount Putuo, and enter a respectful relationship with the Old Turtle clan.

Dungeon Achievements/Titles: None available

Task completion rate: 80%; Scene exploration rate: 30%; Dungeon settlement rating: A
Dungeon completion rewards: 15 Celestial Coins, 9 Free Attribute Points, and 4 Free Skill Points.

Your experience related to "Journey to the West: The Legend of the Monkey King" has been archived.

You have earned the right to return to the Chosen Ones Space. Alternatively, you can choose to continue exploring other areas within the remaining monthly trial period to increase your exploration progress and mission completion rate.

Although there were already some signs, Cheng Tian still clicked his tongue when he saw that the dungeon's final rating was only A.

The fact that the task completion rate is only 80% shows that if we follow the normal procedure to defeat the goldfish demon, a series of prerequisites are required.

Since the battle takes place underwater, and the target is a water-element unit, players theoretically need to find ways to collect earth-element magic items that can counter the Goldfish Demon, either underwater or nearby. Players could even try to find NPCs like Zhu Bajie, whose innate element is earth, to assist in the battle. The former can inflict significant damage on the Goldfish Demon, thus mitigating the water environment's self-healing mechanism, while the latter can utilize their home turf to enter an illusion and gain a field advantage.

These two prerequisites each account for approximately 15% of the task completion rate, while killing or subduing the goldfish spirit through the Bodhisattva accounts for 70% of the task completion rate.

The extra 10% that Cheng Tian has now is the completion rate he obtained after eliminating a sufficient amount of delicious river delicacies through the Holy Grail Mission.

With an 80% completion rate and only 30% map exploration due to the complete lack of exploration of the Tongtian River bottom, the fact that it received an A-level rating is already a testament to Cheng Tian's near-perfect solo kill of the Goldfish Demon and his team's complete annihilation of the Goldfish Demon's guards.

Actually, the hint here is quite obvious. Having loaded the Erlang Shen Zhenjun template and gained additional power background support, and with his own strength already reaching a certain level, Cheng has initially acquired comprehensive abilities that surpass the current dungeon's conventional combat power system, meaning he can only look at the demons and monsters of the lower realm, not counting the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

Cheng Tian has already made a preliminary attempt at "fishing in a pond".

Skipping over large parts of the story and exploring the map, luring the scene boss and all his cronies out of the Tongtian River and wiping them out in one fell swoop is satisfying, but it comes at the cost of missing out on a lot of map exploration and item collection.

Although there was an A-level settlement reward, compared with the previous final evaluations of S-level and SS-level, this harvest inevitably seemed very meager.

Therefore, a trip to Chechi Kingdom is a must. I absolutely have to get an S-rank in the final rankings, otherwise it wouldn't be worth it!
However, unlike those players who were planning to go there to find opportunities to trigger new main storylines, Cheng Tian was prepared to take a different approach.

……

Chechi Kingdom.

Riding on special mounts such as elephants and dragons, Cheng Tian and his group traveled eastward and arrived at the outer region of Chechi Kingdom in about half a day.

Clearly, to facilitate players' transitions between levels, the distances between different areas in the Journey to the West: The Legend of the Monkey King have been reduced.

However, contrary to his expectations, the environment here was even more harsh than Cheng Tian had imagined.

When the wind blows, it stirs up a lot of sand and dust. If you accidentally open your mouth at this time, you will most likely swallow a mouthful of sand and dirt, and it will crunch in your mouth.

Looking around, there is almost no green vegetation to be seen, with only some tenacious cacti still standing, making it a very harsh Gobi-like environment.

Along the roadside, one could see all sorts of horse-drawn carriage wreckage, now broken into pieces. Next to the wreckage, there were usually a few human skeletons that had been gnawed clean of flesh and blood. Due to the drought, the bones were so dry that not a single bit of meat could be found.

Some of the gaunt-bodied, rudimentary demon soldiers, dressed only in simple grass skirts and clutching broken sticks, were like wild dogs trying to gnaw off something from their already pale bones.

Meanwhile, above these emaciated, withered little demons, a considerable number of vultures were circling high in the sky.

These scavenging creatures were staring intently at the little demons below, their eyes gleaming.

The little demons couldn't find anything to eat, but that didn't mean the vultures couldn't. These vultures, whether animals or demons, quietly waited for the little demons to starve to death so they could feast on them.

In such a resource-scarce environment, Cheng Tian and his group, with their rosy complexions, naturally became the targets of these hungry little demons whose eyes were practically glowing green, and even the flock of vultures circling in the air.

(End of this chapter)