Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 123 Qianyuan Island

The trading houses of today are vastly different from what they used to be, with a huge variety of goods available for sale.

Using the search function, Lu Chaoding quickly found the items he needed.

"Precious Mystic Pill, 500 yuan each, increases cultivation by 3000 points after consumption, good stuff, buy it!"

"Iron crystal sand, this is a refining material for flying insect swords, only 10 yuan a piece, a conscientious seller, I'll buy it all!"

"Huh, a two-star accessory, the Gale Jade Talisman, +6 speed, and it costs 10000 gold! That's a rip-off, but I'm not short of money, I'll buy it!"

"The Radiant Jade! It finally appeared! It costs 3000 gold coins. Okay, I'll buy it!"

"Greatsword Technique Skill Book? A combat skill exclusive to sword immortals... I'll buy it and play around with it!"

With the new mission hall, gold coins were just numbers to Lu Chaoding; he could farm them at will, so he didn't care about the cost and spent them lavishly, prioritizing efficiency above all else.

A short while later, he bought a large number of items and casually browsed the trading post, purchasing some food.

After browsing the trading post, Lu Chaoding then visited the Dimensional Merit Shop.

In the Dimensional Merit Shop, [Lottery Tickets], [Gold Coins], and [One-Star Refined Jade] are permanent items, and there are four other item slots that are refreshed periodically.

Lu Chaoding discovered that the three items—[One-Star Refined Jade], [Two-Star Equipment Upgrade Scroll], and [Custom Title]—were still available, so he spent real money to buy one [One-Star Refined Jade], one [Two-Star Equipment Upgrade Scroll], and ten [Custom Titles].

Both the [One-Star Refined Jade] and the [Two-Star Equipment Upgrade Scroll] are physical items. Once Lu Chaoding has one, he can use the quest hall to farm them. However, the [Custom Title] is a virtual item that cannot be transferred to others, so it cannot be farmed using the quest hall. Therefore, Lu Chaoding bought ten, which added ten pages to his personal attribute panel for the custom title.

Lu Chaoding doesn't need these titles right now; he's buying them to keep them in reserve, so that he won't be unable to get the titles later when the items are gone.

Next, Lu Chaoding began to manipulate the Yellow Spring Sword Spirit.

After reaching level 21, Lu Chaoding's Yellow Spring Sword Immortal trait is enhanced, and he can now possess 6 Yellow Spring Sword Spirits.

Lu Chaoding also had many items such as [Neiyuan Pill] and [Dayuan Pill] that could improve his cultivation. Since he was currently unable to level up, he used them on the Yellow Spring Sword Spirit.

By the afternoon, Lu Chao had leveled all six Yellow Spring Sword Spirits to LV20, with 2 HP and 2 attack power. In addition to their ultimate move, [Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique], these six Yellow Spring Sword Spirits had also awakened a combat skill that could be used without consuming resources: [Heart-Piercing Sword].

In the afternoon, Zhang Defa arrived at the mission hall somewhat dejectedly.

Lu Chao asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you get the Evil God Tank?"

Zhang Defa said, "We got it! But we were wiped out, completely helplessly. Brother Ding, did you really kill that evil tank?"

"Of course!" Lu Chaoding said with a mysterious air, patting Zhang Defa on the shoulder. "You guys have a long way to go! Here, this is a Treasure Profound Pill. Let's do some quests!"

And so, Lu Chaoding and Zhang Defa started doing quests and grinding again.

At this moment, outside the Seven Realms Island of Hongchen, in the vast blue ocean, a figure was walking on the sea, treading on the water as if it were flat ground.

This person was none other than Song Shu.

Walking on waves as if on flat ground—this is the manifestation of the Sword Saint's innate skill, [Lightness Skill].

Similar to the Sword Immortal, the Sword God, Sword Saint, and Sword Demon also have their own talent tree skills, which need to be unlocked with a class certificate, and all of them have a way to travel.

The Sword Immortal's talent is [Sword Control], and the way to travel is by "riding on a sword," which is equivalent to having the ability to fly once activated.

The Sword God's talent is [Divine Might]. After reaching five levels, he can unlock "Divine Speed". This divine speed is a short-distance spatial jump that needs to be bound to a teleportation point or a specified direction to be cast, and it allows the Sword God to float in the air.

The Sword Saint's talent is [Critical Strike]. After maxing out five levels, he can unlock "Lightness Skill". The Sword Saint cannot fly, but this Lightness Skill includes many abilities, such as being as light as a swallow, scaling walls, walking on waves, and leaving no trace in the snow.

The Sword Demon's talent is "Wildness," and his travel method in the skill tree system is "Escape Technique." This escape technique initially starts with Earth Escape, and later requires a class certificate to unlock Water Escape, Fire Escape, Blood Escape, and so on.

"Since it's not feasible to borrow troops from Lu Chaoding's sect, I'll do the opposite: join Qian Yuan Island and incite its pirates to attack a reliable sword sect..."

Song Shu chuckled as he watched Qian Yuan Island draw ever closer.

"This Qian Yuan Island isn't just a simple pirate stronghold. Only after we've exhausted all the high-level NPCs there can my storyline quest proceed. As for..."

Song Shu glanced back at the direction of Hongchen Seven Realms Island, narrowed his eyes, and said, "As for you unreliable players, your future depends on your own fate. Anyway, even if your sect is wiped out, you'll never know it was me, hehe!"

An hour later, Song Shu arrived at Qian Yuan Island.

Qianyuan Island is a ring-shaped island. If viewed from above, it looks like a giant ring lying flat on the sea. There is an inner sea in the middle, which is completely separated from the outer sea by the ring-shaped mountains. In that inner sea, a large black ship is floating.

The large ship looked dilapidated, shaped like a dragon boat, a thousand meters long but less than thirty meters wide, with its stern near the shore and its bow heading into the sea, resembling a pier.

Outside the roundabout, large patrol ships were clustered together like willow leaves.

The place where Song Shu chose to land had a boundary stone. This boundary stone was a reef in the sea, with the four characters "Qinglong Wharf" engraved on it. Five large patrol ships were neatly moored outside the wharf on the shore, all of which flew the Qinglong flag. Many red-named scarred pirates, equipped with long swords, wearing blue headscarves and sleeveless jackets, patrolled the shore and the patrol ships.

Those pirates were all apprentice pirates, which could be seen as humanoid red-name monsters. Song Shu glanced at the one closest to him and quickly saw his attribute information.

[Apprentice Pirate: LV20, HP 3900, Attack 39, Armor 4, Resilience 4, Speed ​​100. Skills include: Beg for Mercy, Call for Companions, Ground Slash.]

"There are quite a few weaklings..."

Song Shu stood on the boundary stone and looked out over the dock. In the distance, he saw a simple wooden gatehouse. Behind the gatehouse were steps that led to a building built against the mountain, resembling the Great Wall. There were also pirates standing guard on the Great Wall.

"To join Qian Yuan Island, you need to find the manager NPC. Where is this NPC located?"

Song Shu muttered something to himself, and suddenly noticed a Hongchen Sword Stele on the dock. Under the stele was a long table, and behind the table sat a female pirate. Behind the female pirate stood a large flag with the words "Joint Recruitment Office of Xuntian Sword Sect and Qianyuan Lianhuan Dock" written on it!

"Hmm, they even have a recruitment office. Not bad. Qian Yuan Lianhuan Dock must be the pirate force. What the hell is the Xuntian Sword Sect? Besides the pirates, is there another force on Qian Yuan Island?"

Song Shu didn't think much of it. He used his lightness skill to move around freely without alerting any of the apprentice pirates, and soon arrived at the Hongchen Sword Stele.

The female pirate sitting behind the long table saw him, her face lighting up with surprise. She stood up, waved, and said, "Great! Finally, a player has come!"

Song Shu was startled: "Huh? You're a player?"

"Of course I'm a player," the player continued with a smile. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Yingluo, and I'm an elder of the Sky Patrol Sword Sect. What's your name? What's your class? Would you like to join our Sky Patrol Sword Sect?"

"The Sky Patrol Sword Sect?"

"Yes, our sect leader is Ye Xuntian. Do you know who Ye Xuntian is?"

"I don't know!"

"Ye Xuntian is Ye Linglong. Do you know who Ye Linglong is?"

"Yes, I know her. Ye Linglong is Ye Cuihua. She's the head of the Sword Demon Clan of Tiancong Prefecture!"

"Oh, since you know, you must be quite the expert! Come join our Sky Patrol Sword Sect! Join now and get a free 200 yuan bonus, plus you can team up with a beautiful elder to hunt in the wilderness!"

"Is this for real?"

"Yes! This is a golden opportunity, teacher, shall we join?"

"No! I want to join the Qian Yuan Linked Docks, I want to become a pirate!"

"Joining Lianhuanwu is fine too!" Wang Yingluo smiled, opened her storage space, took out a set of clothes and placed them on the long table, saying, "This is the apprentice pirate outfit, 200 yuan a set. You give me the money, and I'll give you the outfit. Wearing this outfit means you've joined Lianhuanwu."

With a cold face, Song Shu pointed to the apprentice pirate costumes on the long table and said, "May I take a look at these costumes?"

"Sure!" Wang Yingluo said nonchalantly.

To her surprise, Song Shu picked up the clothes from the long table, immediately put them into his storage bag, and then ran away.

Wang Yingluo's eyes widened as she finally realized what was happening. She stomped her foot and yelled, "Robber! Robber! Don't run away! Leave me my clothes, you bastard!"

Song Shu naturally wouldn't stop. He was there to join the pirates, so why would he spend money on clothes? He'd rather just rob them! As he ran, he said, "I am Zhang Defa, Elder Planting Tree of the Reliable Sword Sect. Farewell!"

He was extremely skilled in light-footed martial arts, moving high and low, walking on water, and quickly ran two miles. Seeing that no one was chasing him, he took out the apprentice pirate's clothes and put them on.

Immediately, he received a system notification: "Ding, you have joined Qian Yuan Lianhuan Dock, and your current identity is a trainee pirate."

"Ding! The pirate gameplay on Qianyuan Island has been activated. You can improve your pirate status and gain more privileges through performance. For details, please contact Gray Heron, the performance elder of Lianhuan Dock."

"Pirate gameplay, interesting!"

Song Shu muttered something to himself, and a moment later, he chose to land at another dock. Wearing the clothes of a trainee pirate, the patrolling pirates ignored him and did not attack him.

Two hours later, Song Shu found Elder Grey Heron in the main hall of Qinglongwu.

This is an NPC with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face, and long, thin black beard. It has a shop feature, and as soon as Song Shu approached it, a trade window popped up.

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Chain Dock Performance Store (No. 006)

Item 1: [Apprentice Pirate Costume], 10 Gold Coins per set!

Product Two: [Performance Points], one gold coin equals one point!

Item 3: [Veteran Pirate Costume], 100 performance points per set, can be equipped with two apprentice pirate subordinates.

Item 4: [Elite Pirate Costume], 1000 performance points per set, can be equipped with two senior pirates and four apprentice pirate subordinates.

Item 5: [Hall Master Costume], 10000 performance points per set, can be equipped with two elite pirates, four senior pirates, and eight apprentice pirate subordinates.

Item Six: [Helmsman Costume], 10 performance points per set, can be equipped with one patrol ship, two hall masters, and four elite pirates...

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"Huh, becoming a captain means you get a large patrol ship? Also, thank goodness I didn't buy the apprentice pirate outfit, or I would have been ripped off!"

Song Shu's mind immediately started racing; he felt that coming to Qian Yuan Island was the right decision.

(End of this chapter)