All-People Game: As a Sword Cultivator, All I Can Do is Fly with a Sword

The moonlight, as clear as water, spilled across the silent courtyard.

Li Jin stood in the center of the courtyard, holding the fine steel longsword he had swindled from the player.

He mobilized the meager spiritual power within his body, slowly channeling it into the sword along his arm.

The longsword emitted a clear, resonant tremor, and a faint white light emanated from its blade, as if it had come to life, gently pulsating in his hand.

This feeling is completely different from when I used that beginner's sword before.

If before it was like driving a tractor that was about to be scrapped, now it's like driving a brand new... Wuling Hongguang.

It's not a luxury car, but at least it's much more convenient to drive.

"rise!"

Li Jin loosened her grip.

The longsword hovered in mid-air, about three feet above the ground.

He held his breath, pointed his sword at the newly moved landscape stone in the corner of the courtyard.

call out.

The longsword transformed into a white streak of light, moving at an astonishing speed, leaving a straight afterimage in the night sky.

After a muffled thud.

The longsword did not pierce the stone as gracefully as Li Jin had imagined, nor did it cut the stone in half.

Instead, it slammed into the stone like an iron rod, sending up a spray of sparks, before crashing to the ground with a clang.

At the same time, Li Jin felt as if her body had been drained, and a strong sense of exhaustion washed over her, making her legs so weak that she almost knelt on the ground.

He quickly grabbed the stone table next to him, panting heavily, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"That's it?"

Li Jin sensed the emptiness within her body.

From the moment the longsword takes off to the moment it lands, it takes only about ten seconds.

"A real man only lasts twelve seconds?"

Li Jin shook his head, walked over and picked up the longsword.

Although the time was short, he made an unexpected discovery.

That attack just now didn't have the effortless grace of taking someone's head from a thousand miles away, but the impact was undeniably real.

A deep dent was punched into the hard granite, surrounded by a spiderweb of cracks.

Li Jin touched the dent, lost in thought.

The original description of the sword-riding technique was "riding the wind on a sword, traveling a thousand miles a day," and its main function was as a means of transportation.

But since one can fly on a sword, one can naturally also use a sword to crash into people.

If the speed is fast enough and the blade is hard enough, it's like a miniature dump truck.

However, to concentrate power at the tip of the sword to increase its lethality, one must wait for the spiritual energy to recover.

Based on the current rate of natural recovery, it will probably be around this time tomorrow.

"We still have to rely on the Hidden Dragon Skill."

Li Jin sighed and dragged her tired body back to her room to sleep.

……

……

The next morning.

Li Jin pushed open the door and stretched.

He was just about to go to the kitchen to find something to eat when he saw a familiar figure sneaking over.

"Senior, senior!"

Carbonated Fish lowered his voice, a fawning smile on his face.

"Senior, you see I've almost mastered the Golden Snake Palm technique. Are there any advanced training missions? Or are there any more powerful techniques you could teach me?"

He was making vehement hints to Li Jin.

Lin Qingyun's appearance reminded him that he must maintain the first-mover advantage of contacting the hidden NPC!

Li Jin looked at the thriving leek in front of her.

He does indeed have some good stuff.

The Hidden Dragon Skill I witnessed yesterday is a divine skill at this stage.

As long as you practice, you can draw in Qi to temper your body and slowly increase your spiritual power limit.

For players, this is the stepping stone to the path of cultivation.

If this were released now, even if it were just a fragment, it would probably cause an uproar among players.

but……

Things that are too easily obtained are often not cherished.

Moreover, he still hasn't figured out the specific mechanisms of that task system.

Does a higher task difficulty correspond to better rewards generated by the system?

Does a higher number of tasks lead to better rewards later on?

Or is it completely random?

If the higher the difficulty, the better the reward, then if he casually gives out the Hidden Dragon Skill as a reward for a regular task, what if the system only generates a few useless items for him? Wouldn't he be at a huge loss?

Good steel should be used where it's most needed.

This kind of thing that allows them to touch the threshold of cultivation must be reserved for future major version updates or faction main storyline rewards.

Only in this way can players be firmly bound to his chariot.

Li Jin's expression became inscrutable.

He put his hands behind his back and said earnestly, "You can't bite off more than you can chew. You haven't even grasped the essence of the Golden Snake Palm, yet you're thinking of learning something new?"

"But senior..."

"No buts." Li Jin interrupted him, pointing to the training ground in the distance, "Go ahead, come find me again when you can break that wooden stake with one palm."

Following Li Jin's finger, the carbonate fish saw a birch stake as thick as a thigh.

Break it with a single palm strike?

Is this even possible for a human to do?

"Senior, isn't this a bit too difficult?"

"Sincerity moves mountains." Li Jin dropped this universally applicable line, turned around, went back to the courtyard, and closed the door behind him.

The carbonated fish was left alone, bewildered in the wind.

"Damn, they're just making empty promises!"

He kicked a pebble indignantly, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only dejectedly go back to practicing his Golden Snake Palm.

Apart from Li Jin, he couldn't find any other extraordinary encounters here.

Going out would be too much of a waste of time.

……

……

Meanwhile, on the mountain path of Qingsong Temple.

Lin Qingyun is back online.

The aches and pains returned, and although they were slightly better than yesterday, they still made her grimace.

"The pain simulation in this game is way too realistic. Can you turn it down a bit?"

She rubbed her shoulders and opened her friends list.

My friends list only has a handful of people, all of whom are real-life friends.

At that moment, the group chat was in full swing.

[Grumpy Guy]: What a crappy game! I chose a random spawn point and ended up in the desert of the Golden Bell Kingdom. I'm dying of thirst now.

【Magical Girl Strongman】: Be content. I'm in Flower Rain Kingdom. Sounds pretty nice, right? Turns out it's full of poisonous miasma. You can't even explore the map without buying in-game items.

[First Affection]: I am in the Qingxiu Federation. It is quite modern here, but the public security is terrible. Gang fights are happening all over the streets, and I dare not go out at all.

Looking at her friends' miserable state, Lin Qingyun suddenly felt that her place was simply paradise.

The map of the Eternal Great Dao is extremely large, and currently four main regions, namely the four great kingdoms, are open to the public.

As for the areas outside the four borders, they are not yet open to the public, but the promotional video mentioned that they are blessed lands of immortals.

【Qingyun Loves Rice Balls】: I'm at Qingsong Temple in Jinlong Kingdom. The scenery here is quite nice, and there are handsome NPCs. It's just that the quests are a bit tiring, as you have to carry water.

Seeing her friends' envy, jealousy, and hatred, Lin Qingyun's weariness vanished.

It seems that the first-time recharge gift pack was somewhat useful; at least the starting point was chosen well.

She closed the chat window, her fighting spirit rekindled.

Time passes, and night will soon replace dusk.

Li Jin sat at the stone table in the courtyard, flipping through several ancient books she had taken from Xuan Chengzi.

He couldn't understand the cryptic text, but writing it down would be a good idea to use it to impress others later.

"Senior! Senior!"

A familiar voice came through, filled with barely suppressed excitement.

Li Jin put down her book and looked up.

"It seems you have passed the test."

Lin Qingyun, who had run over, nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, it's all done!"

Li Jin nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the panel above her head.

[Player: Qingyun Loves Rice Balls]

[Level: 2 (Ming Jin)]

[Identity: Registered disciple of Qingsong Temple]

Sure enough, he became a disciple under a pseudonym.

"Not bad." Li Jin said calmly, her voice cool. "Since you have fulfilled your promise, I will naturally keep mine."

He extended his right index finger and gently touched Lin Qingyun's brow.

Of course, this is still just an action.

The Golden Snake Palms have been distributed.

After seeing off the delighted Lin Qingyun, Li Jin closed the courtyard gate, his air of superiority vanished, and he transformed into a miser counting his spoils.

He rubbed his hands together and eagerly opened his system inventory.

The new icon lay quietly in the second slot.