Scourge Messenger

Chapter 368 Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill

When Yan Qing woke up, she thought she had just dozed off for a while.

He was the only one in the Thieves' Hall, with a food box and a pot of wine in front of him.

The food box is a warm jade food box, a resource produced in the Liang Kingdom's second-tier secret realm, the [Water Curtain Cave]. It can almost completely isolate heat exchange, and Shang Xinlei has a whole set of warm jade utensils specifically for keeping food warm. Inside the food box is not dog poop, but a bowl of steaming hot steamed rice with shiitake mushrooms and chicken, topped with braised meat, which is chopped very finely and perfectly soaks every grain of rice.

Yan Qing had considered whether warm jade could have a greater purpose, but upon reflection, he realized that messengers could achieve Foundation Establishment and Ascension, making it seem utterly foolish to waste time researching warm jade. After Ascension, everything would be available. This world has remained in the classical era from beginning to end, perhaps because all intelligent people only pursue the greatest path?

The beer had a strong aroma, and after drinking it, Yan Qing felt refreshed. It tasted a lot like pineapple beer, with a hint of alcohol, but mostly a refreshing sweet and sour flavor that suited his taste perfectly.

Drinking pineapple wine while eating braised chicken and shiitake mushroom rice, Yan Qing felt completely awakened. After finishing the meal, he washed the chopsticks and bowls and put them back in the food box. He returned to his room, turned on his game console, and was surprised to find that it was already the next morning. He had slept very soundly.

After being away for six days, Yan Qing was a little lost, like someone who had been on a long trip and didn't know what to do. It took her a while to decide to start her day with a good mood by seeing Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi was meditating in his room, with the bunny girl on the bed directly opposite him. The moment Yan Qing logged in, a message popped up in the chat channel in the lower left corner:
"Your order on Jubaoge has been completed."

"You have obtained 1 Exorcism Bell".

The Treasure Hunt Token has a hidden mechanism: if the item is listed from the inventory, the traded item will be directly added to the inventory when the order is completed; if it is listed from your hand, the traded item will be directly added to your hand when the order is completed.

Therefore, although Yan Qing would carry the treasure hunting token with him, he would usually place orders through a secondary account, except in emergencies such as when he ran out of toilet paper.

With the Whip Mountain Moving Stone Seal and the God-Driving Bell gathered, Shang Xinlei proved that there were no more obstacles to her perfect Dao foundation. Although Yan Qing had not yet figured out how to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill for them, the three-stage Great Perfection of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends already provided the conditions for forcibly establishing a foundation.

However, reality is different from the game. In the game, if you fail to forcibly establish your foundation, you will only get a negative buff for seven days, and all your attributes will drop by one-third. After seven days, you can continue to forcibly establish your foundation. But in reality, if you fail to forcibly establish your foundation, you will most likely die on the spot!
This is why the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Central Plains is only around 20, but the number of Third-Rank Messengers is close to 200. If we look at the long-term timeline, the total number of Third-Rank Messengers in the past hundred years is probably over 500. It is simply too risky to forcibly establish a Foundation. Third-Rank Messengers are the backbone of their respective countries, possessing power, wealth, and beautiful women. Unless their lifespan is about to end and they have no other choice, who would dare to take such a step?
Even if collecting all the Heavenly and Earthly Fiends increases the probability of Foundation Establishment by 30%, this is still a probability in a game. The executor is a game character with near-human performance. The lower limit of a game character is probably the upper limit of a real person.

Yan Qing had only considered having her alt account forcibly establish a foundation; she hadn't actually included forced foundation establishment in the list of options for the thieving women.

But things are different now, because he has an "epitaph"!
This is a genuine healing supernatural power, instantly freezing the target's physical condition. Even if a forced foundation-building attempt fails, it can prevent the situation from worsening and forcefully pull the target back to health. Although Yan Qing hasn't tried it yet, he is quite certain that he can do it. The profound supernatural power grants him not only authority but also an almost intuitive and keen judgment, like an experienced old doctor who can roughly determine whether there is any hope of recovery with just a glance.

Of course, this was only a last resort out of desperation. Even if he really wanted to force the Foundation Establishment, Yan Qing would first have other people test it to make sure that everyone who had used it said it was good and that it was suitable for sensitive skin before letting the thieving women try it.

In addition, when Yan Qing opened Jiang Shi's character interface, he found that a "Divine Powers" page had appeared. The page was naturally blank, but there was a golden "+" sign at the top.

"Otherworldly Freedom: You can acquire a divine power derived from the [Epitaph]."

Your current level is: 32

"Should I spend 320 hours of game time to acquire the power of other-transformation?"

Although he knew it wouldn't be that easy, seeing the 320 hours still made Yan Qing a little nervous. He could only keep his phone on for 24 hours a day, so it would take him half a month to accumulate 320 hours.

This is just a derivative divine power for a small account, and don't forget that there are many ways Yan Qing needs to spend game time to create a small account. It's said that all real characters under the same account can obtain derivative imagery divine powers, but when you actually try to redeem them, you find there are so many hurdles. Sigh, it's just to drag out your game time, just to make you buy the monthly card, just to make you contribute to the online player data.

Therefore, both item-based monetization and time-based monetization have their drawbacks. The only way to truly enjoy the game is to add the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect to a single-player game...

Yan Qing tried creating a new account and found that he could directly activate the "Talent Inheritance" ability. It only required 10 hours of game time, which could be accumulated in half a day, and was barely acceptable.

Finally, the main attraction: the "Gathering Places" event interface!
"Do you wish to claim the event rewards? Please note that this game character is not participating in the event; this character can only claim the event rewards on behalf of other game characters."

Please select the character you wish to claim your event reward: [Yan Qing]

Seeing this notification, Yan Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, while the event page stated that each account could only claim the reward once, it didn't mention that other characters under the same account could claim the reward on behalf of the account. Yan Qing was just taking a gamble; six days ago, he considered it a pleasant outing, and even if he lost, he'd only be wandering around the Demon Gathering Land for five days. Besides, even if he couldn't claim his Foundation Establishment Pill on behalf of the account holder, 'Ye Si' could still claim his own Foundation Establishment Pill for him. This was permitted by the rules; anyone who participated in the event was entitled to the rewarded Foundation Establishment Pill.

As for why he couldn't claim 'Night Four's' reward on his behalf, it's probably because Night Four hasn't appeared yet, and Yan Qing deliberately left him inside just to be on the safe side. Now that everything has settled, Yan Qing switched to Night Four's account, left the Demon Gathering Land, and then automatically set the destination to Swallow Army Town.

Please select the character you wish to claim your event reward: [Night Four] or [Banquet Green]

"Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill - Mechanism Enhancement: Foundation Establishment success rate is 100%. During Foundation Establishment, up to three tokens can be consumed to equip oneself. The strength of the tokens increases one's own Health, Spirit, and Dexterity, and any effect can be drawn as a permanent trait. The trait slot is the Foundation Establishment level. (Night Four Reward)"

"Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill - Monster Enhancement: Foundation Establishment success rate is 100%. You will receive an additional Foundation Establishment Monster Pill with no usage restrictions. After consuming the Monster Pill, you will directly establish your foundation regardless of your level, receive all Foundation Establishment rewards as normal, and activate your Dao Foundation Divine Power without any cost. The Monster Pill lasts for 24 hours, after which you will return to your original state, but the experience gained during this period will be calculated normally. (Yan Qing's reward)"

Yan Qing was not surprised that he could obtain the legendary Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward, after all, he had fought the Three-Headed Eight Demons and killed the True Demon of Transformation. He just did not expect that Ye Si could also obtain the legendary Foundation Establishment Pill. It seems that the threshold for obtaining the legendary Foundation Establishment Pill in the Demon Gathering Land is not high.

That makes sense. The Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill can only be obtained through a few events a year, and everyone is after this reward. If you don't give it to me, I'm going to send you a rant on the forum.

I'm here to play the game, not to become a target of the game developers' anger.

Moreover, the Foundation Establishment Pill is merely a ticket; the real challenges lie in cultivating the Dao Foundation, refining supernatural abilities, seeking gold, and ascending to immortality. Setting a barrier at the Foundation Establishment Pill stage will only scare away new players. Conversely, by letting them finally obtain a Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill and achieve the fourth stage of Foundation Establishment with top-tier power, giving them a little reward will lure them into this huge pit.

Yan Qing can only choose one of these two Foundation Establishment Pills as an event reward.

The enhanced mechanism is undoubtedly more valuable. Not only does it consume three tokens to strengthen one's own attributes, but it can also draw random powers to become one's own permanent traits. As can be seen from "Martial Messenger", permanent traits are the privilege of legendary classes, and not all legendary classes have them. For example, "Killing Messenger" does not.

For example, if Yan Qing chooses to consume Bingzi Jiaolin to arm himself and happens to draw [Overturning Heaven], this is a powerful dispel skill that combines 'instant healing' and 'unshakeable', and because of the upgrade in rank, it is also applicable to Foundation Establishment!

But the monster enhancement system is also quite interesting.

Ignore level, directly establish foundation, and be able to activate foundation divine abilities infinitely!
It's practically like the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect Master activated 'infinite mana' with a tap.

Although it only lasts for 24 hours, what more could you ask for if you could run a cheat for 24 hours in an online game? Doing this in other games would get you banned.

However he chooses, his path to Foundation Establishment is already smooth sailing, with no more obstacles!

As long as he reaches level 39 and achieves the third job advancement.

Thinking of this, Yan Qing was also a little confused. All the third-level messengers in this world were at the maximum level and desperately wanted the Foundation Establishment Pill. He was probably the only one who had the Foundation Establishment Pill but had not yet reached the maximum level. However, it was not so easy for him to reach the maximum level.

How should she choose? As Yan Qing pondered this happy dilemma, she vaguely felt that she had forgotten something.

He glanced at the time on the game console and realized it was almost midnight. He immediately snapped to attention, put on his mask, and went outside.

"Awake? Lazybones," Shang Xinlei chuckled.

The pharmacist tapped her finger on the table and glanced at him as a greeting.

Ying Rushi first glanced at Shang Xinlei and Yaoshiyuan, then looked at him with a hesitant expression.

Yan Qing finally realized what he had forgotten. He sat down imposingly and said, "Before the meeting starts, I have something to announce to everyone."

"Everyone here is a member of the 'Catastrophe Organization'."

(End of this chapter)