A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 288 Collaborative Development, The Immortal's Last Song

"Hahaha, discussing business is discussing business, and expressing gratitude is expressing gratitude."

Master Yu Ding held an octagonal fan woven from wheat straw, with a small Tai Chi Bagua diagram drawn in the center. He glanced at Guan Luoyang's house and said with a smile, "So many young people. They all look like they've just finished eating. We shouldn't go in and disturb them. Why don't we come out for a walk together, digest our food, and talk business at the same time?"

Guan Luoyang turned around and glanced at him: "Are you coming?"

Bai Tong was very curious and immediately got up. However, when he saw the unfamiliar people outside, he opened his mouth but didn't want to say anything. He silently walked to Guan Luoyang's side.

An Feiyu readily agreed, "Sure, we're just killing time anyway, let's go for a walk together."

They both left, and Gu Lanxiang followed.

The streets of the Reincarnator Base were clean and wide. Although there were quite a few people, the area did not feel crowded as they walked along the streets.

Master Yuding led the way. As they walked, there was no sound from the surrounding houses. The large locust tree that covered the entire street was quiet and cool, emitting a faint fragrance, creating a serene and pleasant atmosphere.

"I've heard about what happened to Xiao Lan, Xiao Wang, and Xiao Ai. Xiao Wang has already broken through to the six-star level, which can be considered a blessing in disguise. However, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have had time to enjoy this blessing."

Master Yu Ding formally thanked Guan Luoyang and took out a gift from his sleeve, which looked like a scroll.

Guan Luoyang was about to decline, but with just a casual glance, he noticed that the proud and extraordinary blue-winged divine bird depicted on the book cover looked very familiar.

"This is..." he asked in confusion, "The true form of the Bluebird?"

"Si Yushu and I are also good friends. Back then, before he made an appointment to duel with someone in order to seek a breakthrough, he gave me this notebook."

Master Yuding said with a smile, "Do you still remember the Hundred Families and Five Mountains Merchant Guild, and the Venerable Dufa? Actually, the first time I heard of you was not from Xiao Lan, but when I was at a gathering with the Venerable Dufa."

Guan Luoyang took the scroll of notes and said, "You've put a lot of thought into this, Master."

Master Yu Ding shook his head: "You are already a six-star cultivator with your own insights. For you now, this notebook is at most a review of the past, a slight verification, and a minor revision."

Guan Luoyang laughed and said, "When I first obtained the true form of the Azure Bird, I presumptuously guessed that the person who created this method was an arrogant person. I didn't expect that he had quite a few friends."

"He may have a bad temper, but I have an exceptionally good one. After I became a Reincarnator, I recognized all the six-star beings born in this base."

Master Yu Ding said, "Moreover, Yan Kuangtu and the others are all lone reincarnators under the command of [The Most Ferocious Madman]. Our battle group is also under the command of [The Most Ferocious Madman], so naturally we have some interactions."

A battle group is generally a group of at least ten squads of reincarnators. However, battle groups are also divided into different sizes based on the number of members and their star rating.

It is said that each leader of a battle group has the power to apply to the main god to make minor modifications to the mission their group is about to undertake.

It can also make a fuzzy selection of the mission world to be visited, and can determine whether the world is more military-oriented, technological-oriented, or mystical. It can even gather some information about the mission world in advance and select assistants before carrying out the mission.

In short, because the higher-ups of a warband often have more options, in order to ensure their own benefits and avoid being attacked by a group or being isolated and helpless, the communication between warbands is more frequent than that of other reincarnators.

Two lone reincarnators may never see each other again, but two battle groups, even without formal interaction, will at least have some superficial information about each other.

Smaller warbands will choose to form alliances, while medium-sized warbands will also try to join or be affiliated with larger warbands due to past personal relationships, grudges, and interests.

At the top of this social hierarchy are the seven largest warbands.

The three themes are: [The Most Ferocious] (emphasizing martial arts), [Eternal Life] (emphasizing fantasy and martial arts), and [Secret Words] (emphasizing mystery and mystery).

The self-proclaimed "Physical Cycle" focuses on the technological side, while the "Fool's Ladder" emphasizes the technological side, and the "Heretic Way of Proving Sainthood" claims to be inclusive and impartial.

There is also the Chaos Tide, a group that is said to be the oldest yet most disliked, comprised of destructives, eccentrics, and paranoid psychopaths.

The light orbs in the numerous existing Reincarnator bases were basically created by the high-ranking members of these seven large warbands.

"The reason why each Reincarnator base has a different theme is actually because those large warbands added the settings when they created the light spheres."

Master Yu Ding waved his fan and said, "For example, in our base, the Great Light Sphere doesn't directly provide exchange items. Technological weapons are subject to additional taxes when entering and leaving the mission world. However, in some bases, the Great Light Sphere directly provides an exchange list, and all technological weapons are sold very cheaply."

"In some bases, all reincarnators possess the bodies of dying natives in the mission world when they carry out missions, and only return to the base after fulfilling the dying person's wish."

"There are also rebirth themes, monster themes, builder themes, mystery convergence themes, time traveler conflict and trial themes, and so on, all sorts of themes."

Master Yu Ding was very talkative, and said with a rather emotional tone, "These seniors can directly make big moves like shaping light spheres and setting rules to cultivate more like-minded people, but we juniors are not good enough. If we want to systematically cultivate more new blood for our own battle group, we have to rely on permissions such as long-term construction tasks and independent development tasks."

At this point, the Taoist priest, who gave off a cunning vibe from his appearance, turned his dark eyes to look at Guan Luoyang.

It may seem like a clever trick, but in reality, most people can see it.

Casual conversation, chatting as we walk, is actually a subtle way to build rapport and cultivate a sense of intimacy. Now, Yu Ding Zhen Ren has finally gotten to the point.

Guan Luoyang weighed the options in his mind for a moment, then, without beating around the bush, smiled and asked, "Why would you think I have similar mission permissions, Master?"

"I guessed."

Master Yu Ding said confidently, "But I'm usually pretty accurate when I guess. After hearing what Xiao Lan said, I thought that you probably had some kind of interdimensional travel outside the Main God Space, and were judged to have the potential to carry out an independent development mission. However, you haven't joined any warband yet, so this mission should be in a sealed state."

Guan Luoyang said, "Your guess was indeed very accurate."

"You agreed."

Master Yu Ding beamed and grabbed his wrist, striding forward. "Alright, alright, let's go to the battle group's base now, get a contract drawn up, and discuss the details."

Guan Luoyang quickly said, "Wait, when did I agree to that?"

"If you don't admit it, it's a polite refusal. Since you've admitted it, it means you're very inclined to cooperate."

Master Yu Ding turned around and called out to Bai Tong and the others, "Come on over here too!"

Unbeknownst to them, they had arrived in front of a three-story white jade building with upturned eaves. The building was tall and simple in appearance, with white jade doors that were spotless.

After crossing several steps and entering the gate, Guan Luoyang and the others felt as if they were surrounded by a layer of white light. At the same time, their personal interfaces vibrated, and a message appeared.

[The "Undying Song" chapter's authorized members invite you to the chapter's territory and grant you one free departure from the territory. Do you accept the invitation?]

Guan Luoyang turned around and looked at Bai Tong and the others, exchanging glances.

Everyone clicked to confirm, and the white light around them slowly receded like a receding tide.

A breeze carrying the fresh scent of green grass wafted towards me.

Under the bright sunshine, the boundless grassland stretched out before Guan Luoyang and his companions.

They were now at the top of a gentle slope, with a wider view, as if they could take in the blue sky, white clouds, and lush green earth at a glance.

In the distance, amidst the faintly visible snow-capped mountains, a colossal beast seems to be frolicking. A giant dragon with horns, four hooves on the ground, and wings on its back is being held down by the horns by a Transformer as large as the earth, and they are locked in a struggle.

On the vast plain, encircled by a jade belt, along the banks of the clear river, people galloped on horseback, their hooves thundering like rain, their flags waving as if they were racing to compete for a hollowed-out bamboo ball wrapped with a red silk ribbon.

And nearby, just below this gentle slope, not far away, is a bustling little town.

Looking at the two colossal beasts whose every move caused ripples in the clouds, Bai Tong hesitated and said, "This... isn't the base world?"

The base world corresponding to their base is the hometown of Bai Tong. If such a place exists, there should be some rumors circulating.

But I've never heard of white copper.

Master Yu Ding has already led Guan Luoyang into the town.

Blue Scorpion, who was two steps behind, began to explain upon hearing this.

"The hallmark of a medium-sized chapter is its ability to select a world and establish a long-term base there. From then on, no other reincarnators will randomly descend upon that world, except for the natives and chapter members."

"After completing their mission, members of the warband can also choose to teleport directly back to the warband's base, so that any serious injuries or hidden dangers can be treated in a timely manner."

Gu Lanxiang's eyes sparkled: "Is the whole world your domain?"

"That's how it is in name, but in reality, we don't have many official members in our chapter. Most of the time, we just live in that town down there."

Blue Scorpion explained, "There are quite a few unofficial members. Because of the existence of Reincarnators, it's semi-public in this world. Many people love adventure and want to see the scenery of other worlds, so they take on assessment missions and accumulate enough to exchange for a Reincarnator invitation."

Gu Lanxiang asked curiously, "What's this world like? Can we go and explore it?"

Blue Scorpion said, "I can give you a brief introduction, but if you want to travel far, well, let's wait until they finalize their cooperation."

An Feiyu asked, "Speaking of which, when you invited us in, the name displayed on your personal interface was the full name of your battle group?"

Blue Scorpion said, "Yes, the Undying Song."

Gu Lanxiang muttered to herself, "This name... the two words seem a bit contradictory. Is there any origin to it?"

Blue Scorpion thought for a moment: "It's probably just our leader's personal hobby. I heard that she originally planned to name it 'War Maiden Never Dies in Her Final Song,' but a Ghost member strongly protested, so she shortened it and changed it to this baffling name."

Guan Luoyang and Yu Ding Zhenren had already entered the small town by this time.

The streets here are sparsely planted with flowering trees, and the houses on both sides are not very tall, but each house has a subtle difference in style, showing exquisite care.

Guan Luoyang suddenly stopped in his tracks.

A tall shadow appeared silently behind him.

Good morning, Teacher Yuding!

A warm and cheerful greeting came from behind.

Guan Luoyang turned his head and saw a person standing behind him dressed as a polar bear mascot... or maybe a person.

Yu Ding was startled and turned around to look: "Ah Qing, how come you appear out of nowhere again? Your movements are inversely proportional to your volume!"

"Hehehe."

The polar bear plush toy scratched the back of its head憨厚ly, "I'm used to it. By the way, is this a new friend?"

"Go away, go away, this is an important guest, we're here to get down to business."

Master Yu Ding waved his fan, making a shooing gesture, but suddenly seemed to remember something. He quickly moved closer to the polar bear plushie, pulled its head down, and whispered, "By the way, you should quickly get all your people to hide. Don't let the new guests misunderstand the atmosphere of our battle group."

The polar bear plush toy exclaimed in surprise, "Who is it? Who's hiding? Isn't our group supposed to be known for its down-to-earth spirit?"

Master Yu Ding took a deep breath: "Anyone who meets you more than six times in a day must hide, especially Mushroom and Ah Xue. Don't let them smear their gazes on you with the kind of look that's like seawater mixed with jellyfish fluid."

"Did you hear me? If you ruin this collaboration today, I'll have Old Yu hang you all from a streetlight!"

The polar bear doll patted Master Yu Ding on the shoulder and said slowly, "Now I understand. This important task is indeed indispensable to me. Don't worry, I'll go and have them all hide first."

The polar bear mascot let out another hearty laugh, waved enthusiastically at Guan Luoyang, and turned to leave.

Master Yu Ding turned his face, stroked his two beards, and said in a nonchalant manner: "This is A Qing, whose full name is Qing Nanbei. He is known as the master of Southern Fist and Northern Strikes. He is one of the few who purely practices the Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper styles of boxing and does not get involved in any other systems. He has grown all the way from no star to six stars."

Guan Luoyang: "...Oh. I can see that the stealth movement is unpredictable."

"Hahaha."

Master Yu Ding slowly stepped forward and smiled, "The people in our battle group are all very steady and reliable. Their martial arts styles are all vigorous and simple, which is quite compatible with you. After the contract is finalized, you will also be a member of our battle group. You can get to know each other slowly in the future."

"Let's keep going. In my office, there's a clone of the Supreme God. We can use our warband's official seal to finalize the contract for you there, and then sign it under the Supreme God's witness."

As we walked along this street, Master Yu Ding gave a detailed explanation of the matters related to the independent development mission.

Guan Luoyang had inquired about some things when he chatted with Bai Tong and the others at the dinner table.

Comparing the two, Yu Ding's explanation is more insightful.

After signing the cooperation agreement for the independent development task, Guan Luoyang can activate this permission, and Yu Ding Zhenren, as the other party to the contract, can also manage this permission on Guan Luoyang's behalf if Guan Luoyang does not object.

From now on, as long as members of their battle group submit an application to Master Yu Ding, they can stay in the Taiqing World indefinitely, avoiding all the forced travel missions arranged by the main gods.

This benefit is enormous. Although reincarnators can access resources from many different systems, in order to truly grow, they must ultimately choose one system as their primary one and use others as references and complements.

However, during forced time travel missions, every time you go to a mission world, you inevitably come into contact with the local power system, and you inevitably have to refer to the local system for cultivation due to various pressures.

In this process, it is very likely that you will take a detour and waste time.

The more systems one comes into contact with, the higher the chance of going astray.

With the addition of independent development tasks, members of the battle group can focus on mastering one system. If there are any shortcomings, they can obtain resources from other systems from the battle group's logistics. This way, they can make limited use of resources without disrupting their basic pace.

Of course, if someone feels they have grown enough and wants to leave the Taiqing World, they only need to apply again.

In addition, the world to which the self-developed mission is bound is also very important.

The Taiqing Chiming World, with its abundant resources and great potential, and its similar style to many members of the Undying Song Battle Group, is naturally the best choice and a match made in heaven.

If it were a world with scarce resources and a less sophisticated power system, the value of autonomous development rights would be greatly reduced.

(End of this chapter)