Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 136 The Water-Dividing Sword and the Underworld Water Ghost
Fusing the grass dragon and the wood dragon does require some thought. Chen Xiuxian opened a bounty post on the forum, offering 50 spirit stones as a reward for a good weapon-refining plan.

Generally speaking, even without a reward, there are many idle weapon crafting enthusiasts willing to study these strange and unusual cases and offer various solutions.

I'm really hoping that the original poster can put their ideas into practice and verify them.

Not to mention that taking out those 50 spirit stones would attract even more attention.

Based on the fluctuating "exchange rate" in current game forums, the exchange rate between spirit stones and credits is 1:4.32.

That means you have a whopping 216 credits, which is quite a lot.

After all, the basic monthly ration for an ordinary Level 3 citizen is only 200 credits, which is the "income" for most people in a month.

It's more than enough to cover food, clothing, and daily necessities, and there's still a little left over to pursue some hobbies.

Offering a month's income as a reward for a solution has many experienced weapon refiners eager to showcase their ingenuity and brilliance in the thread. It's a truly astonishing display of skill!
Of course, Chen Xiuxian also gave his conditions based on his current situation.

Otherwise, with their wild imaginations running wild, who knows what kind of bizarre materials those weapon refiners might come up with?
After three days, a final vote determined the best solution.

It's not the best one, but it's definitely the most practical and suitable solution that's widely recognized.

Given Chen Xiuxian's current situation, he should be able to complete it relatively easily.

Moreover, the effects after refining are guaranteed, the risks are minimal, and the functions meet expectations, capable of handling most situations.

It can be described as a very complete wood-attribute, multi-functional, and autonomous magic weapon.

Many experienced weapon refiners speculate that as long as the craftsmanship is slightly improved, this item could easily reach the level of a red tier 4 magic weapon!
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Chen Xiuxian began collecting materials to fuse the wooden dragon and grass dragon, and also began preparing to set off for the confluence of the three rivers.

On the vast Liaodong Plain, the Liao River, Hun River and Taizi River converge at a certain point to form a special estuary known as the Sancha River.

As mentioned before when discussing Xue Rengui's half of the tiger tally, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, once led an eastern expedition during the Tang Dynasty.

The plan was to attack Goguryeo from Liaodong.

Xue Rengui once made great contributions here, and the Goguryeo ghost city was also left behind.

However, the eastern expedition did not go very smoothly at the time. After all, the two countries on the Korean Peninsula were later destroyed during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, who was the son of Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Therefore, Li Er's eastern expedition could not be considered very successful.

A legend has been passed down about this confluence of three rivers.

It is said that when Li Er personally led the expedition, he was surrounded by a large enemy force. The general in charge of the reinforcements was Wang Junke, who was known as the "Big Sword King". Upon learning that Li Er was surrounded, he urged his troops to rush to the rescue overnight and arrived at Sanchahe, the upper reaches of the Liao River, at dusk.

It was early winter, and the river was covered with ice floes, which were not yet frozen solid, so there were no boats to cross it.

Wang Junke was extremely anxious and specially dispatched scouts to the riverbank to investigate.

The scout reported that the river ice was not solid and crossing was impossible. In a fit of anger, Wang Junke ordered the scout to be killed.

He sent a second scout, and the report came back the same as before. Wang Junke then ordered him to be killed, and he beheaded three scouts in a row.

To save his own life, the fourth scout reported that the river ice was solid and could be crossed.

Wang Junke was overjoyed upon hearing this and ordered his army to cross the river immediately that night.

As the river was shrouded in thick fog that night, the people and horses marched in a line across the thin ice, making a crunching sound under their feet, which was terrifying. But in the end, the large group of people safely crossed the Liao River.

Only Wang Junke remained on the riverbank to cover the retreat. He immediately drew his sword and thought to himself: "With such thin ice, it's truly a blessing from heaven that no one and no horse fell into the water."

As the fog began to dissipate, he looked back and saw that there was no ice at all. Instead, there were countless layers of dark, dense river crabs crawling together to form a floating bridge!
Upon seeing this, he was immediately filled with fear and couldn't help but cry out "Ah!" The Crab Bridge sank at the sound, and Wang Junke, caught off guard, also lost his broadsword to the bottom of the river.

At this point, the Sancha River Estuary is half clear water and half muddy water. It is said that Wang Junke's greatsword fell here and became a water-dividing sword, separating the clear and muddy water.

The hard shell on the back of the crab in the Sancha River was originally smooth, but a hoofprint was left because the soldiers building the bridge and crossing the river were trampled by horses.

Chen Xiuxian wasn't sure if the legend was accurate, but it was true that there was a water-dividing sword at the bottom of the Three-Forked River!

Two years and eight months into the game, a player who was practicing a water-attribute cultivation technique triggered a serendipitous encounter.

After a series of events, he unexpectedly learned the specific details of the Water-Dividing Sword and even obtained a method to acquire it. Ultimately, after many twists and turns, including several clashes between groups of players, he finally obtained the Water-Dividing Sword.

This Water-Splitting Sword is a red-quality Tier 4 magic weapon. That's right, it's not a flying sword, it's a magic weapon.

Moreover, it's not a powerful and practical magic weapon; its power is even somewhat lacking compared to ordinary Tier 4 red magic weapons.

However, in special situations, such as when facing water-attribute spells, techniques, or enemies, it is extremely useful.

This is a special-purpose magic weapon!

The Goguryeo ghost city is now mostly submerged in the realm of illusions. Furthermore, its moat is connected to a dark river teeming with drowned ghosts, teeming with all sorts of aquatic creatures!
From level ten or so floating corpses and river drifters, to level thirty peak Qi Refining Yin River Ghost Coffins, Drowned Corpse Giants, and Yin Sha Corpses...

If this thing could handle one or two people, Chen Xiuxian would be fairly confident.

But there are quite a lot of these things. According to some players on the forum, there are countless water ghosts in the seventeen or eighteen-zhang-wide Yin River.

If you're unlucky, it's not unusual to encounter three to five ghosts at the peak of Qi Refining in one go.

Moreover, this river cannot be flown across; it can only be crossed underwater or on the surface.

While underwater is dangerous, traveling by boat on the surface is just as unsafe, unless you have a red-quality Tier 4 magic ship, otherwise any accident will be a major disaster!
Chen Xiuxian needed the Water-Splitting Sword to pass this first hurdle.

Only with this water-splitting sword can one easily cross the Yin River.

They might even take the opportunity to make a killing and eliminate more water ghosts.

Of course, the Phantom Realm is definitely not a safe zone. Grinding experience there for an extended period is impossible.

Chen Xiuxian was absolutely unwilling to take this risk.

The Phantom Realm is dangerous!
It's fine if you just pass by, but if you leave it for too long and make a big fuss, it might even attract an old monster in the Golden Core stage.

This isn't a game; monsters and NPCs have fixed locations or routes.

In the real world, everyone is "alive," and people can go wherever they want.

Besides, even in games, there are plenty of monsters and NPCs roaming around.

The supercomputer deduced that those monsters all had their own inherent logic.

Some players have even conducted experiments, feeding a small tribe of dozens of goblins a large amount of food, and their numbers increased two or three times within a few months.

Then these goblins began to stir and soon launched a night attack on a village more than ten miles away.

Yeah, those players really lacked manners!

Once you cross the Yin River and enter the Goguryeo ghost city, things become much easier.

Although the monsters were of high level and numerous, Chen Xiuxian had many good items, so it wasn't impossible for him to fight them on the shore!
However, fighting in that river is indeed difficult; the difference in terrain is too great.

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Chen Xiuxian didn't bring Lao Niu with him this time.

First of all, the old ox and the young cow are currently very close, almost to the point of discussing marriage.

Secondly, the old ox can't swim; he's not a water buffalo.
If he were to be taken along, he would have to wait on the shore, otherwise he would have to take care of him.

Moreover, Chen Xiuxian planned to obtain the Dividing Water Sword using the method of that player in the game, which was a rather opportunistic approach.

You can also farm some aquatic monsters and accumulate more experience points.

That Sancha River is a great place too; there are countless monsters there, ranging from level a few to over twenty.

The main problem is that it's very inconvenient underwater. Generally, without underwater breathing equipment, it's impossible to go down.

Chen Xiuxian had already acquired a [Water-Repelling Bead (Blue)] long ago, which was perfect for leveling up underwater!

(End of this chapter)