Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

With Shen Hua's words cleared up, the players' last concerns vanished, and they lined up to pay.

Of course, some players still felt it was unreliable and simply turned around and left the square.

To Shen Hua's delight, a full 95% of the players stayed, with only a small number leaving.

The players came forward one by one and handed the spirit stones to Shen Hua, who accepted them with a smile.

His backpack bulged visibly.

At first, I only had 48 low-grade spirit stones in my backpack, but in the blink of an eye, it exceeded 100, and then it soared all the way to over 1,000!

Shen Hua transformed into a ruthless spirit stone harvesting machine, relentlessly collecting spirit stones handed over by players.

Finally, let's look at the total. The total number of spirit stones has jumped to 9135!

In just one day, he earned more than nine thousand low-grade spirit stones, and Shen Hua was overjoyed.

At the same time, the players' curiosity was also piqued to the extreme.

After Shen Hua finished collecting the last batch of spirit stones, the players hurriedly urged, "Now you can tell us, right? Tell us quickly!"

"Alright, everyone sit down and let's talk. It's quite a long story to explain everything clearly." Shen Hua didn't care about his image at all and sat down at the top of the steps.

The steps in front of the sect's main hall felt cool to the touch. Because of the spiritual energy, there was no dust on them, so there was no need to worry about getting your clothes dirty.

The other players glanced at the steps and saw that they were clean. They then sat down in a circle around Shen Hua on the lower steps, quietly waiting for him to speak.

Shen Hua looked around at all the players and slowly said, "The reason why I can stay at the top of the level ranking is very simple. As you all saw just now, I am a [Advanced Refiner]."

Shen Hua took out his [Advanced Refiner] identity plaque from his backpack and showed it to everyone.

Shen Hua knew that players at this stage didn't know much about secondary professions, so he continued:

"People may not have a concept of how much money a side job can make."

"Let me tell you this: I'm currently refining weapons. It takes me about an afternoon to refine one batch, and I can earn about 24 low-grade spirit stones per batch."

"24 yuan?!" Exclamations rang out one after another, and the surrounding players stared wide-eyed, their faces full of disbelief.

24 low-grade spirit stones? That's outrageous!

You should know that when they do missions in Tan County, they might not even get a single low-grade spirit stone after working hard for half a day. Shen Hua's income from one batch of pills is equivalent to their monthly income.

Shen Hua smiled and nodded: "Yes, the earning power of advanced weapon refiners is terrifying, and it's about the same for alchemy and talisman crafting."

"However, beginner and intermediate weapon refiners are far behind. Beginner weapon refiners can barely break even, while intermediate weapon refiners only earn about 10 low-grade spirit stones per batch."

As soon as she finished speaking, the young girl from Haiqing Guild raised her hand in agreement: "I agree with that. I'm just a novice alchemist. I barely break even after making the most basic Qi Gathering Pill. I don't make any money at all."

Shen Hua smiled and gestured for her to be quiet before continuing his explanation: "It is thanks to the terrifying earning power of advanced weapon refiners that I have been able to keep buying Qi Gathering Pills of this spiritual quality."

Shen Hua took out six or seven green Qi Gathering Pills from his backpack and showed them to everyone.

Upon seeing the pill in Shen Hua's hand, gasps of astonishment rippled through the crowd once again.

The players had never seen so many pills before!

They usually treat each Qi Gathering Pill like a treasure, reluctant to consume it, since each pill costs three low-grade spirit stones.

Seeing Shen Hua take out six or seven pills at once, each one of them of high spiritual quality, players felt like they were having a heart attack.

At the same time, they finally understood why Xia Ye was able to be number one on the list.

If you give them so many pills to eat like candy, they can also become the top-ranked player!

Ignoring the envious and jealous looks from the surrounding players, Shen Hua continued, "The Spirit Essence quality Qi Gathering Pill costs 9 low-grade spirit stones per pill, and its effect is twice that of a regular Qi Gathering Pill!"

"I take one pill every day, and my cultivation speed can rival that of the Celestial Spirit Root of the Celestial Clan. That's why I've always been at the top of the rankings."

"I see!" After hearing Shen Hua's words, many players showed expressions of understanding.

Indeed, among the four elements—wealth, companionship, methods, and location—for those who cultivate immortality, "wealth" ranks first.

Xia Ye Ge's incredible earning power allowed him to occupy the top spot on the list despite having mixed spiritual roots, which is nothing short of a miracle.

……

A chorus of exclamations of praise rose from all around, so Shen Hua simply stopped talking and waited for everyone to finish their remarks.

As the praise subsided, [Local Necrosis], sitting next to him, raised his hand and asked, "Brother Xia Ye, were you suggesting we all learn secondary professions?"

Shen Hua shook his head: "That's not what I meant."

"Everyone can try alchemy and weapon crafting to see if they have the talent. If they do, they can focus on practicing. If not, there's no need to force it."

There are many ways to get stronger in this game.

"Those who excel at combat should take on more sect combat missions; those with sharp minds and a knack for uncovering details should delve into scenario-based missions; those with good luck should chat with NPCs to trigger hidden missions; and those with talent in alchemy and weapon crafting should focus on their secondary professions."

"All roads lead to Rome; no matter which path you take, you can become a top expert."

[Local Necrosis] Scratched his head, still looking puzzled: "If you're not telling us to learn a secondary profession, then what did you mean by what you just said?"

Shen Hua smiled and said, "What I just said was just to explain why I've been able to stay at the top of the list."

"Now for the important part: I'm going to tell you the real secret!"

Upon hearing this, none of the players dared to speak, and they all stared intently at Shen Hua.

Although there were three thousand players in the room, it was extremely quiet for a moment, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"Okay, let me tell you a story first, a story about myself..."

Shen Hua was about to talk about the Kree's "spirit box".

He made up a story on the spot, saying that he came from a rural area and accidentally discovered a blue box full of technology outside the village.

He tried various methods but couldn't open it. Only after acquiring a flying sword did he manage to break open the box and uncover its secrets.

The players listened intently, their expressions focused.

At first, everyone was puzzled. Why did Shen Hua suddenly bring up the real world? How could cultivation techniques be related to the real world? There is no spiritual power in the real world.

But when Shen Hua mentioned the "high-tech blue box," everyone immediately realized that something was not so simple.

When they heard the story of him splitting open the box and refining the spirit inside, everyone was completely mesmerized.

If they hadn't heard Shen Hua's story, they would never have imagined such a thing could happen in real life!

After finishing the story, Shen Hua looked at the players with a serious expression: "Based on my investigation, I believe these boxes were dropped by aliens, and they are found around almost every town and village."

"I've visited at least several villages and the outskirts of cities, and I've found traces of these boxes."

"And most importantly," Shen Hua said, standing up seriously, "killing these spirits and refining their spiritual energy yields a reward roughly equivalent to four Qi Gathering Pills of Spirit Essence quality!"

"This is the 'cultivation secret' I have prepared for everyone."