Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 798 Arriving in Lieyang, Leading the Main Quest

Although they are called new players, they are actually human players who came to Chechi Kingdom one after another after Cheng Tian fought with the three immortals.

Because they arrived too late, these people did not personally experience the two rounds of combat.

However, the new notice posted at the city gate directly pointed them all to a new path—

That means joining the glorious and sacred Sun Legion!
The notice seeking a duel between the three immortals has disappeared, replaced by new laws governing monks and recruitment information for legions targeting only those with extraordinary abilities.

The most attractive item is undoubtedly the one that says "Join the team to trigger a new main storyline."

What are these players who have come all the way from Chenjiazhuang hoping for? Isn't it to trigger new main storylines so they don't leave the instance empty-handed?
Cheng Tian was also well aware of this, so his notice was completely straightforward, clearly stating in bold that he had already triggered the new main storyline and that joining would allow him to share the prerequisite tasks.

As mentioned before, there are two routes in Chechi Kingdom: the obvious route involving the Three Immortals and the hidden route involving the Monk. Although different actions may lead to different outcomes, these two routes are essentially in opposition to each other.

It will passively divide these players from Chenjiazhuang, and the probability of the two sides eventually coming to blows is extremely high.

Cheng Tian's actions were aimed at bringing as many people as possible into the Three Immortals' camp... no, given his current relationship with the Three Immortals, it should be said that he was now in the Blazing Sun Legion's camp.

As long as players join and participate in and complete any one of the following tasks during the event—"delaying the transport vehicle," "gambling on the outcome," or "eliminating Taoism and promoting Buddhism"—the main storyline can be considered complete.

This is not a lie, but a statement of fact, because the trio who fought the three immortals before Cheng Tian had already joined the Blazing Sun Legion.

Although they paid for their own membership and currently only have the gray, dilapidated title of "Sun Legion Reserve," they are already quite satisfied with being able to access the new main storyline and completely avoid being hostile to Cheng Tian.

Following the example of the trio, all the players who arrived in Chechi Kingdom within 12 hours joined the Lieyang Legion and became reserves.

They weren't entirely without the idea of ​​"standing on the opposite side, completing the task, and improving the final settlement evaluation," but now that Cheng Tian was powerful, he had created a siphon effect, and even those with such ideas would restrain themselves.

Why risk your life if you can complete the main storyline safely?
Returning to the three immortals, having received permission from Cheng Tian and the original body, the three brothers have essentially succeeded in getting ashore.

Afterwards, they received a comment from Cheng Tian: "The Five Thunder Techniques are true, but the rest are unorthodox and difficult to attain immortality." They then decisively abandoned the idea of ​​acquiring new skills from other sorcerers to dilute their own magical cultivation.

Since Cheng Tian has been equipped with the template of Erlang Shen from the Black Mythology, he naturally also possesses some abilities to impart knowledge, teach skills, and resolve doubts, and can provide some guidance to the three immortals.

Help Yangli improve the Five Thunder Method and provided the Mimicry Lightning Halberd as a counterpart for imitation research.

Help Lu Li improve his flying sword technique by having him repeatedly observe the flying dragon of the Sword Sweeping Mountains and Rivers.

Help Tiger Power improve its ability to summon gales and share its wind control capabilities, which it has developed from dealing with storms.

These three abilities are actually what Cheng Tian has gained over the past six months. He has a deep understanding and insight into them, and they are not simply following a template.

He was willing to teach, and the three immortals were willing to learn, so the three immortals progressed quite quickly in becoming stronger.

With the announcement of the Three Immortals' duel no longer posted, players naturally lost a way to directly contact them. In this situation, the probability of players being forced to take covert routes, i.e., joining the opposing camp, was quite high. However, Cheng Tian, ​​relying on the fact that the Grand Preceptor was a local deity, pulled off another drastic measure at the national level.

Without even putting on an act, they used conversion as a bargaining chip to lure some monks into abandoning their faith, shifting the conflict directly to the five hundred monks themselves, and then giving all of them a very rare vacation.

This also happened to be the time when the pilgrimage team arrived.

Whether it was a case of Stockholm syndrome or not, after being informed that they could have a holiday, these monks, who had been enslaved for so long, subconsciously showed expressions of gratitude. Even some of the monks who had remained steadfast in their beliefs were swayed.

The long period of suffering meant that when they were given only a little rest that was rightfully theirs, they instinctively took it as a blessing and felt grateful.

Faced with the questions from the Great Sage and the Tang Dynasty monks who, though weary from their journey, possessed an extraordinary air, these bald Taoist priests and monks, who had been given leave, poured out their past experiences and recent misfortunes in detail.

As the Great Sage and his companions observed, the monks, who had previously worked as laborers, had no time to return to the temple to rest. They ate coarse rice three times a day and slept on the ground at night while they worked. Over time, the temple was practically abandoned.

Having been relieved of hard labor not long ago and having paid homage to the statues of the Three Pure Ones, they were given the opportunity to return to the temple.

So the question is, why didn't these monks flee this place?
Because the administrative decree of Chechi Kingdom has not yet been issued to the surrounding towns and villages, wherever there are people in Chechi Kingdom, there will be "portraits of all the monks", all of which are personally inscribed by the emperor.

Those with official positions could be promoted three ranks by capturing a runaway monk, while ordinary people without official positions could also receive 50 taels of silver. With such a generous reward, not to mention real monks, in recent years we have seen many greedy people directly using ordinary people who were already bald or had sparse hair to impersonate monks.

If I stay here, I can still survive. But if I run away and get caught again, it will be worse than death.

But at this point, a bald Taoist priest changed the subject.

"I heard that a great master has emerged here. It is because of the new laws promoted by this great master that we have the opportunity to escape from suffering."

The bald Taoist priest, having already converted, had no way back, so he spoke less veiledly, his tone filled with reverence for the Grand Master.

Yeah, it's like having some Stockholm syndrome symptoms.

His remarks also drew attention from the monks who remained true to their original intentions.

"Oh? Who is this Imperial Preceptor? And who is the Grand Preceptor?!"

Unlike Tang Sanzang, who was devoted to Buddhism, Sun Wukong, who became a monk halfway through his life, was clearly not annoyed by the monks in front of him who had converted to Buddhism in order to survive.

However, upon hearing the description of the Grand Preceptor mentioning an object called the "Three-Pointed Double-Edged Sword" and its various manifestations, the Great Sage could no longer maintain his composure—

Who on earth has such audacity? To actually impersonate the Jade Emperor's nephew?!

(End of this chapter)