Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 4: Black Iron Bell and Sanyang Fan

Su Yu instantly realized that this wave had destroyed 1320 points of the magic weapon's defense, and on average each water arrow dealt over 100 points of damage.

"You can't just block it."

As soon as he thought of it, his magic power flowed through his body. He rose into the air with incredible lightness and flew backwards. He clasped his hands together and quickly made hand gestures, muttering something. The magic power in his body quickly disappeared and turned into wisps of flames that gathered in his palms to form a pillar of fire that shot up into the sky. A hundred meters above the fish school, it gathered into a burning fire cloud with a diameter of about thirty meters.

About five or six seconds later, fist-sized fireballs flew out from the fire cloud and fell into the group of carp spirits that happened to be rushing over. Immediately, they jumped up one by one with huge damage.

Rain of Fire: Summon three waves of fire rain, each wave deals 50 damage + 10% spell damage bonus, the killing range is 10 meters + 1 meter per layer, the casting distance is 200 meters per layer + 20 meters per layer, every ten layers + 1 wave of fire rain, and the mana consumption is 600 points.

With the bonus of the golden finger, each wave of damage is 100+20% magic damage bonus, and the killing range is 20 meters + 2 meters per layer, for a total of four waves.

The normal damage of fire rain is 50+5+10, 65 fire damage per wave.

经过金手指加成变成100+20+20，直径40米范围内每波140的火焰伤害。

A wave of fire rain fell, boiling steam rose up, and the fish spirit jumped wildly.

When the second wave of fire rain fell, many fish monsters floated up with their bellies turned upside down.

"Hint: Kill a level 12 carp spirit and gain 12 kill experience points."

"Hint: Due to unknown factors, you will gain an additional 12 kill experience points. You will actually gain 24 kill experience points."

There are nearly thirty carp spirits in this group. After three waves, you can instantly gain 720 killing experience, and the price you pay is only 600 mana.

Su Yu fell from the air and with a wave of his hand, he captured the two flashing light balls among the group of carp he had killed. This was the trophy.

However, he did not care about the spoils. He opened it casually and saw that it was just some materials as expected.

In a ball of trophy light, there were more than a dozen pieces of first-grade thick fish scales, which could be used to make first-grade fish scale armor, adding more than a dozen points of defense, but he never thought of buying it.

The purchase price on the market is very cheap, 1 copper per set of 100 pieces.

But even a little bit counts, and my personal space is empty now. This thing only takes up one grid and can be stacked infinitely, so I'll put it away for now.

In the other shore, wild monsters will drop loot just like in the game. Theoretically, anything can drop, such as flying swords, magic weapons, and even Taoist books, but the drop rate is very, very low.

Only BOSS can drop good stuff. The probability of ordinary monsters dropping flying swords and magic weapons is pitifully small. Generally, they will only drop some basic materials, and the price will not be expensive. Don't think about getting rich by doing this.

After collecting the spoils, he took out a top-grade Huiyuan Pill and swallowed it to restore 600 mana, then injected the mana into the black iron bell to restore the defense that had just been destroyed by the fire of the fish swarm.

The Black Iron Bell has a defense of 2500 and a mana conversion rate of 10, which means that every point of mana it injects can restore 10 points of defense.

During battle, you can also inject mana to continuously restore the magic weapon's defense. Generally, you can inject up to 1% of your own mana per second, so the higher the mana, the faster the magic weapon's defense will recover.

In addition, generally speaking, a magic weapon can withstand as much damage as its defense power. Before the magic weapon's defense is broken, it is absolutely safe in 360 degrees without any blind spots. There is no possibility of a sneak attack from underfoot, unless the magic weapon itself only defends one side.

Although the black iron bell is hanging above the head and drooping conical precious light to protect the whole body, it is actually an all-round protection.

After recovering, Su Yu turned his gaze and set his sights on another group of monsters.

Magic power was injected, and flames of the Three Yang Fan rose.

For small groups of monsters, he can use the Three Yang Fan to kill three of them in one wave. Usually, he can finish them in two or three rounds. It is highly efficient and consumes little mana.

The Fire Rain technique will only be used when encountering more than 20 or 30 monsters.

However, he rarely uses a group to spawn, as the risk is too great. If the group of monsters is too large, there is a risk of failure if the operation is wrong.

The levels of the aquatic monsters by the Chensha River are all around level ten. Although his Qi Refining Method is only level ten, the golden finger bonus is the same as the twenty-level bonus of others. It can be said that his level is absolutely suppressed, and his killing efficiency is astonishingly fast.

At the same time, continuous casting made his skills more and more proficient, and his casting speed became faster and faster.

At first, the Fire Rain Technique required five or six seconds to summon a fire cloud, but after just a few releases, it could be compressed to about three seconds, about twice as fast.

Actual experience is the best catalyst. After trying it himself, he quickly digested the theories taught by teachers in textbooks into practical experience.

Su Yu didn't know whether it was because of his own outstanding talent or the golden finger, but he found that he could learn quickly no matter what he did. In less than an hour, he was able to do two things very skillfully, activating the Three Yang Fan while controlling the air to fly into the air to avoid the water arrows that were coming towards him.

The speed of accumulating experience from killing is very fast, but the mana is consumed very quickly. Thirty or forty high-quality soul-recovering pills are consumed in an hour.

The spoils of war were almost non-existent, consisting of a few thousand fish scales, a dozen monster scales, some fish bones, fish meat, etc., with a total value of less than a hundred coins.

But there is no way. When the level is low, leveling up is a pure loss. The materials for level 10 monsters are too worthless, and you can't even get back the money for the pills.

You can only endure this period of time and wait until you can kill monsters at level 40 or 50. The quality of materials will be improved and the price will be slightly higher. At that time, you can barely break even.

I spent almost five hours in one go and accumulated a total of 22 killing experience points, but I didn't have any Taoist skills. You can only gain Taoist skills by defeating BOSSes.

After taking a look at the almost exhausted pills, Su Yu put away his magic weapon after killing the last wave, took out the paper crane, sat on it, and flew towards Qianyu City.

"My magic power is still not enough, I need to continue to improve it."

After returning to Qianyu City, he went straight to the central commercial street of the city and stopped in front of the Qianyu Chamber of Commerce.

"I want ten first-grade Dao Heart Pills."

After taking Dao Xin Dan, one can increase one's Dao level. The lowest level is the first grade, which can increase one's Dao level by 3 points. The market price is 10 taels of silver per pill. Guild members can enjoy a 10% discount when buying things in the guild's chamber of commerce, so only 9 taels of silver are needed.

After purchasing ten first-grade Dao Heart Pills, Su Yu only had 65 silver coins left.

“It consumes too much energy.”

He rubbed his teeth and went back to buy 200 high-quality Huiling Pills, spending 10 silver coins.

Then I found a restaurant in the business district and booked a private room.

As soon as the door was closed, he took out the Dao Heart Pill and poured a pill into his palm. It was as crystal clear as jade, more like jade than a pill.

As the pill was poured into his mouth, it quickly melted into a warm current and flowed into his body.

Open the system panel, and the prompt column displays:
"Hint: Take a first-grade Dao Heart Pill and gain 3 Dao Points."

"Hint: Affected by unknown factors, gain 6 points of Taoism."

"Wow!"

Su Yu pursed his lips to remain calm, but the smile in his eyes betrayed his inner excitement.

He quickly swallowed the remaining Dao Heart Pills one by one, which increased his Dao power by a total of 60 points, plus the remaining 3 points, for a total of 63 points.

Sitting cross-legged, Su Yu opened the panel with a thought and began to practice the Ziyuan Qi Refining Technique.

It takes 14 practice points and 4 points of Taoism to upgrade the tenth level of Ziyuan Refining Qi to the eleventh level.

It takes 16 practice points and 4 points of Taoism to upgrade from the eleventh level to the twelfth level.

Similarly, advancing from the tenth to the fifteenth level in one go consumes a total of 90 cultivation points and 20 points of Daoist cultivation. Fifteenth-level Ziyuan Qi Refining Technique: Qi and Health +600, Mana +1200, Spell Power +600, Mana Regeneration +3 points/second.

At this point, this mental method has reached the limit of normal improvement, and it will be difficult to continue to improve it.

Generally speaking, the maximum number of levels mentioned at the beginning of the Qi Refining Method refers to the number of levels that can be directly upgraded, and does not refer to the limit of the method. It can be further upgraded later, but various conditions are required to increase the upper limit of the number of levels before it can be upgraded.

Generally speaking, there are three ways to continue to improve.

The first is to buy the cultivation notes of powerful immortals who have passed the heavenly tribulation. After reading them, your own comprehension will be raised to a certain level, raising the upper limit of the fifteenth level of the Purple Yuan Qi Refining Art to the upper limit of twenty levels. Only then can you continue to invest in cultivation points and Taoism to raise your mental method from the fifteenth level to the new upper limit of twenty levels.

Cultivation notes are very expensive, the lowest grade costs one or two taels of gold.

The second way is to listen to the teachings. Big guys above the level of Sanxian can preach. After listening to the teachings, the upper limit of the mental method will be increased to a certain level depending on your comprehension.

The Qianyu Guild is a large and experienced guild that has been established for hundreds of years. It has many masters, including several immortal masters who have survived a heavenly tribulation. They give sermons every month, and guild members can exchange their guild contributions for the opportunity to listen to the sermons.

The third method is a stupid one, which consumes ten times the normal amount of practice points and Taoism to forcibly increase the level of Qi Refining Mentality.

For example, the Purple Yuan Qi Refining Art has now reached its upper limit at level 15. Normally, upgrading to the next level, level 16, requires 120,000 practice points and 4 points of Taoism. However, if you force the upgrade, you will need 12 million practice points and 40 points of Taoism, and you can force the upgrade regardless of any conditions.

It doesn’t matter that most ordinary players don’t have money, so they rely on this stupid method to forcibly improve their cultivation in the later stages.

Su Yu doesn't need to use this stupid method now. He should level up and improve his strength first.

As for the remaining 153 million cultivation points and 43 points of Taoism, save them for now and deal with them later.

All these skills were acquired at great cost. If they are forced to be upgraded and then lost after only one level, it would be too unprofitable.

But no matter what, making money still needs to be put on the agenda.

He quickly finished his meal and before leaving, he bought another magic weapon, a second-level fire talisman, which cost him two taels of silver.

Binghuo Fu (second-level magic weapon): a fire-type talisman that can send out fireballs to hurt the enemy.

Attributes: Fireball power 110, spell damage bonus 15%, range 120 meters, mana consumption 20, cooldown time 1 second.

Equipment requirements: Any Qi Refining Technique of level five or above.

Used to make up for the damage. If the enemy cannot be killed in one wave of Sanyang Fan, or if the enemy still has some health left after a wave of Fire Rain, use this method to kill him.

The Fire Talisman only consumes 20 mana points, which is much more cost-effective than the 50 mana consumption of the Fireball derived from the Fire Element True Solution.

It is still next to the Chensha River, but not at the previous riverbed. It is a little further forward, with a slightly steeper riverbank. The level of the monsters in the water is slightly higher, around level 15, with 300 HP.

He used his feather fan to ignite a raging flame, and three fireballs flew out. At the same time, he used the fire talisman and a fireball flew out to kill the remaining black fish monster.

A level 15 goblin with 300 HP cannot be killed instantly by one fireball.

The fire talisman cooled down for only one second, and Su Yu used fire talismans continuously to kill the other two with low health. After a short rest, he continued to fight.

With previous experience, Su Yu did not brush continuously like before this time, because his mana could not hold on.

Now the fifteenth level of Qi Refining Heart Technique can restore 3 mana points per second. Stopping for a few seconds after fighting can restore a lot of mana and improve endurance.

After killing most of the nearby monsters in half an hour, he continued a few kilometers upstream along the river.

After a few rounds like this, it was dark before we knew it.

Because I slowed down, I only earned 25 cultivation points in the afternoon, and my cultivation level was still zero.

The next morning, I went out again early, still to the riverside where the sand was set.

Still in the same position, a monster around level 15.

I would grind from morning to noon, go back to the city to eat and rest, continue in the afternoon, and grind until night. I could accumulate about 500,000 killing experience points a day.

If there is no double experience, it is normally only around 25.

In fact, the newcomers of the same period as him do not have double attributes, so they cannot kill monsters of the same level alone like him.

In the following days, Su Yu got up early every day and went to Chensha River, spending five hours in the morning and five hours in the afternoon, and returned after dark.

"Make it look like work!"

But in fact, it is not much different from going to work. In the early stage, you just need to work hard.

Day by day, Su Yu accumulated a lot of practical experience in battle, such as how to maximize the balance between his output and mana consumption, and try to cause the most damage with the least mana.

Then how to adjust the rhythm, try to rely on your own mana recovery to improve endurance, reduce the consumption of mana pills, and reduce consumption.

At the beginning, most of the 200 high-quality Huiling Pills were used up in one day, and almost all of them were used up in half a day on the second day.

Later, I learned to save mana, and 200 high-quality soul-restoring pills could last for two full days.

After another week, 200 high-quality soul-restoring pills can be used for three full days without affecting experience gain.

50 killing experience points a day, about 350 million a week, but still no progress at all.

Don't count on this at all, there won't be any BOSS by the river.

On the eighth day, Su Yu got up early in the morning, ordered breakfast as usual and was about to go out when he suddenly received a new message.

He opened it in surprise and found a stranger named Fu Ping:

"I'm Fu Ping, the instructor of the guild's new recruit department. Su Yu, right?"

"Uh, I'm Su Yu, instructor, what can I do for you?"

"Nothing, just checking in on the newcomers. I noticed you haven't joined any team yet. Is it because other teams won't accept you, or do you have your own team?"

"Oh, I want to go alone."

"Well"

Fu Ping paused for a moment and said:

"Although the guild won't interfere with your choice, as a newcomer, going it alone is not only dangerous but also inefficient. As a veteran, I suggest you find a team."

He continued:
"When you signed the contract, the HR department should have told you that the guild recruits a large number of new members every year, but not all of them can stay."

"There will be an assessment at the end of the year, and half of them will be directly eliminated and demoted to associate members."

"Your efficiency is too low if you work alone. It will be difficult to compete with others in the assessment after a year."

"So, all independent squadrons in the guild will have a one-day trial period. You can try to join a team for a day. If it doesn't work out, you can quit at any time and switch to another team. The guild has dozens of independent squadrons, so there will always be one that suits you."

(End of this chapter)