Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 195 Cultivating on My Behalf

"Does the game completion record affect the Treasure Dragon Technique's level? That means if other players play the defense mini-game and refresh the save file, my Treasure Dragon Technique level will increase? Isn't that like someone else cultivating the Treasure Dragon Technique for me?"

Lu Chao was overjoyed. He didn't bother to carefully review Hua Dashao's proposed modification plan for the True Disciple's outfit and approved it immediately. Seeing two players passing by, he called out, "You two, come here!"

The two players naturally recognized Lu Chaoding, but they had never had close contact with him. They had only bought things from his reliable online store. Among all the players in the Reliable Sword Sect, they were very ordinary and not famous. Hearing Lu Chaoding's call, they were somewhat flattered and ran up to him, saying in unison, "Hello, Brother Ding!"

Lu Chao nodded and said, "Meeting this sect leader is an opportunity. Come on, let's each get a fun and reliable accessory!"

As they were talking, Lu Chaoding had already taken out two [Precious Dragon Profound Heaven Trial Tokens] and, without saying a word, gave one to each of the two people in front of him.

"A fun and reliable keychain?"

"Is this token a treasure?"

The two young players were a little confused, holding the tokens and seemingly at a loss.

Lu Chaoding added, "Equipping tokens and playing defense mini-games has many benefits; you guys should look into it!"

After saying this, Lu Chao left the two stunned people behind, returned the way he came, and directly issued a series of tasks in the mission hall.

For example, "Receive the Treasure Dragon Mystic Heaven Trial Token", "Complete the Treasure Dragon Trial Level 1 (Difficulty Level)", "Complete the Treasure Dragon Trial Level 2 (Difficulty Level)", and so on.

Lu Chao regarded the [Precious Dragon Mystic Heaven Trial Token] and the five-star weapon [Twelve Bright Towers], among other high-level items he had previously obtained, as mission rewards and deposited them directly in the mission hall.

"With these incentives, more players should be willing to play the defense mini-game!"

Lu Chaoding set himself a short-term goal: to get all the players in the sect playing the defense mini-game.

At the same time, we need to promote the defense game so that more players can also play it.

In this way, with a large number of players practicing for him, he can reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

"This has great potential, should we post it on the forum?"

Lu Chaoding pondered silently.

Meanwhile, Zhang Defa and Lingqiguo had already started their defense game, choosing difficulty level N1.

Zhang Defa was live-streaming.

"Guys, no singing and dancing today, I'm going to show you something different!" Zhang Defa said casually. "I'm playing a game in a game world, hehe, you've never seen this before, have you! Let me introduce it to you. This game is called Treasure Dragon Trial, it's a defense mini-game, and I'm teamed up with Spirit Fruit... What, who's Spirit Fruit? Spirit Fruit is the alchemy master Spirit Fruit! Let me show you what he looks like, haha, you don't recognize him, do you!"

As they were talking, the defense game began, and its unique game settings immediately attracted a large number of players.

Zhang Defa is now a top streamer, practically number one on the entire internet. Over five million people follow his live stream, and the number of viewers watching online at this moment is also quite impressive, with a large number of comments flooding the screen.

"What is the streamer doing?"

"Playing online mini-games in the game world, awesome!"

"I'm still writing a game novel in the game world, titled 'The Unreliable Sword Immortal,' which is being serialized on the forum. Please support me and give me some rewards!"

"Wow, this little game is really fun!"

"This is a variation of a tower defense game, I want to play it too!"

"Haha, the streamer is a snail, that's hilarious!"

"The spirit fruit over there is a [Dinosaur]!"

"Oh no, the streamer's going to have a disaster!"

"The item dropped!"

"Is the equipment random?"

"Ah, the streamer has leveled up to a [Clam]!"

"Is the rank advancement random?"

"The equipment seems to be randomly generated as well!"

"Keep the coin challenge going! This streamer is terrible at it, it's driving me crazy!"

"How can I play this game?"

"Ask the same question!"

"It's time to start the equipment challenge, but is the streamer even up to par? The pacing is terrible!"

"I love playing these kinds of little games!"

"I really want to teach the streamer how to play..."

The atmosphere in the live stream was cheerful. Finally, the mini-game was completed without major incident. Zhang Defa, having gotten a save file where he started with a random low-grade weapon, still seemed unsatisfied and said to the camera, "I finished it! Less than 20 minutes, and I still want more. This game is really fun, mainly because of its randomness: random identity, random equipment, random upgrades, random skills—it's very refreshing. Of course, I was just a freeloader this time, relying entirely on spirit fruits. But next time will be different; I'll have a save file then..."

"A lot of guys have asked how to play this game. Well, you'll have to find Brother Ding! To play this game, you need to equip the Treasure Dragon Mystic Heaven Trial Token, and it seems only Brother Ding has this token! Anyway, Spirit Fruit is calling me, I'm going to play another round. Hmm, this time it's N2, and I have a new teammate, Spirit Chef Niu Daren!"

Zhang Defa, who was live-streaming, was stunned. He had already entered the game scene and looked up to see Niu Daren. He exclaimed, "Senior Brother! It's Senior Brother! Guys, Senior Brother is still alive! I can't believe I've seen him again! Damn, Senior Brother can even play this defense game!"

Many players were surprised to see Niu Daren in the live stream.

"Didn't our senior brother perish together with Ye Longxing?"

"Wrong, he was killed by Old Demon Ye!"

"Why is there a senior disciple here in Defa?!"

"How did my senior brother become a cook?"

"This is so weird, streamer!"

"I want to play this game. I'll donate 1000 yuan. Can the streamer give me a way?"

"The streamer said if you want to play this game, you have to find Old Demon Lu!"

"Old Devil Lu, you have three minutes to hand over your game items, or I'll be beating you up every day!"

Players watching the live stream were sending various comments, while at that very moment, Song Shu and Geng Jinfei, the pimps in Chunhua Tower, were also watching Zhang Defa's live stream.

After the system update, the madam became an AI player and now values ​​Song Shu and Geng Jinfei highly. Although the two of them are still pimps, their treatment has improved a lot. They can freely browse forums, shop in the trading market, participate in virtual duels, and so on.

The two of them had some free time at the moment, so they got together to watch the live stream and complain about it.

"It's just a little game, and so many people are watching. It's so boring," Song Shu muttered.

Geng Jinfei nodded and said, "That's right, what's the point of playing games compared to the excitement of coming to Chunhua Tower?"

"Speaking of which, Jin Fei, no one has yet redeemed you from your servitude. All your friends have been drained dry by the madam, leaving them penniless, haha!"

"Don't even mention it. Those idiots! I warned them that Chunhua Pavilion was a rip-off, that they'd get ripped off if they came, but they wouldn't listen! And the madam, how could she run a business like that? If this continues, there will be fewer and fewer customers, and it'll close down sooner or later. I'm not even hoping anyone will redeem me anymore. I'm actually hoping Lu Chao will at most sell some players over, at least three, so we can play cards when we're bored."

"Huh?" Song Shu suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "What kind of props do I need to play the defense mini-game? Is it the Treasure Dragon Mystic Heaven Trial Token?"

"I think so. What's wrong?"

Geng Jinfei looked at Song Shu with a puzzled expression.

Song Shu laughed and said, "These things are sold in the trading house, and they're not expensive, 100 gold coins each!"

"What?" Geng Jinfei immediately brought up the trading panel and searched. Sure enough, he saw the [Precious Dragon Profound Heaven Trial Token] for sale, but there were only 30 in stock.

In less than a breath, all 30 [Precious Dragon Profound Heaven Trial Tokens] were sold out, with no more stock remaining.

Geng Jinfei looked at Song Shu beside him. Song Shu smiled and slowly took out a [Precious Dragon Profound Heaven Trial Token].

"Holy crap, you bought all 30 yuan worth?" Geng Jinfei quickly realized what was going on and said, "Bro, are you going to become a middleman?"

Song Shu laughed and said, "Even if this thing sells for ten thousand, someone will definitely buy it. I'm going to make a small profit. Jin Feng, keep an eye on the trading market. If any idiots list it at a low price again, you buy it instantly!"

"Great! Maybe this will be enough to get my money back! The person listing this is totally out of touch with the market."

Geng Jinfei nodded seriously.

As for the player who listed the Trial Tokens for sale in the trading house, it was none other than Lu Chaoding.

He simply wanted to promote the defense mini-game, entertain the public, and improve himself; he had no intention of making money from the trial tokens.

Unfortunately, he only spent 1,000 trial tokens, with the vast majority locked in the mission hall, making it impossible to stock them in large quantities on the trading market.

"I'll ask Zhang Defa to grind some more later. The more people play this game, the faster my Treasure Dragon Technique level will improve..."

Lu Chao muttered something under his breath.

A moment later, he returned to his cave dwelling. He had originally planned to play another round of the Treasure Dragon Trial with Lingqi Guo and Chef Niu, but found that both of them were already in the game.

After waiting for a moment, Lu Chaoding suddenly received a system notification: "Ding, save file updated. Congratulations on clearing the Treasure Dragon Trial (Difficulty 2)."

"Ding, you have completed the [Difficult Trial 2], and your Treasure Dragon Technique skill has been upgraded to Proficiency. Your character has received the following attribute bonuses (total): 20000 Health Points, 2000 Attack Power, 200 Defense Points, 20 Resilience Points, and 2 Speed ​​Points."

"Ding! You have obtained the special ability [Condensation Pill] of the [Precious Dragon Technique]. Players can condense Precious Dragon Pills by consuming their own cultivation points or extracting the cultivation points of others. Condensing one Precious Dragon Pill requires 10 cultivation points. The higher the level of the Precious Dragon Technique, the less cultivation points are required. Please explore on your own for details."

"Ding! The Treasure Dragon Trial (Difficulty 3) has been unlocked. Completing the Treasure Dragon Trial (Difficulty 3) will raise your Treasure Dragon Technique level to Mastery."

"Ding! The Treasure Dragon Technique has been upgraded to Mastery, which can provide more attribute bonuses and strange abilities. Please explore for details."

"Ding! Number of players allowed to team up increased by 1!"

The series of system messages made Lu Chaoding laugh.

"They actually cleared the second difficult level! Zhang Defa and the others are pretty good; they even have a new ability: [Condensation of the Core]!"

Lu Chaoding's heart stirred, and he immediately went to the battle platform of the Nut Secret Realm. Here, he used a capture certificate for a Helmsman-level pirate, and two thousand Helmsman-level pirates appeared around him.

"Let's see if this pill-condensing technique can be used in conjunction with the power-dissolving technique!" Lu Chao selected a captain-level pirate, grabbed his arm, and used the power-dissolving technique.

Lu Chaoding's cultivation level quickly began to decrease. The pirate leader was of a lower level than him, and using the Dissolving Power Technique on him would be like hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of his own strength.

At this moment, Lu Chaoding activated the [Condensation Pill] technique again, and quickly, the cultivation points that had been neutralized by the Dissolving Power Technique were condensed into a pill.

That pill is of course the Treasure Dragon Pill.

The Treasure Dragon Pill can provide 50,000 cultivation points to a character's upgrade slot, but Lu Chaoding needs to use 100,000 cultivation points to condense one at this moment.

However, of these 100,000 cultivation points, 60,000 belong to Lu Chaoding and 40,000 belong to the Helmsman-level pirates.

"Although we're losing money a bit, it's still alright!"

Lu Chaoding was already quite satisfied, after all, he had essentially gotten the [Condensing Pill] skill for free.

Next, Lu Chaoding personally started a defense game, and three players could be invited: Zhang Defa, Lingqiguo, and Niu Daren.

Upon seeing the three, Lu Chao declared, "Let's have the four of us take on the third level of difficulty!"

"OK!"

Zhang Defa was the first to respond, then added to Lu Chao, "Brother Ding, the guys are really enthusiastic, lots of them want to play this little game..."

Lu Chao waved his hand to interrupt him, saying, "No need to say anything more, let's get straight to the goods. This sect leader is very generous; trial tokens can be provided at a low price. Players of our sect can collect them for free from the quest hall. Non-players, please keep an eye on the auction house. We will be releasing goods from time to time, and a batch is expected to be available tomorrow!"

"Really?"

"Is Brother Ding really that generous?"

"Top Brother is awesome!"

"Brother Ding, please take me under your wing, please take me under your wing!"

A flood of bullet comments appeared, and Zhang Defa selected questions to answer, while the defense mini-game also began.

At this very moment, on the inner island of Qian Yuan Island, not far from Hongchen Seven Realms Mountain, at the entrance of the Qian Yuan Ship, a group of NPCs gathered together.

If any players were here and saw these NPCs, they would probably be quite surprised.

Because among these NPCs are Qian Duoduo, the leader of the Four Eccentrics, Ye Longxing, the Ancient Sword Demon, Dao Cangkong, the Universal Sword God, Yan Shangjing, the Demon Shadow Drowning in the Sky, Ren Daniu, Jia Zhengyi, and Ye Xuntian!

They have a completely different temperament from ordinary NPCs.

Holding a bottle of chilled watermelon juice, Qian Duoduo slowly said, "We were born out of necessity. The only threats to us are the two Heavenly Daos that are currently clashing. The old Heavenly Dao created the Enforcers in an attempt to fix the loopholes, while the external Heavenly Dao is probably residing in player Lu Chaoding. Therefore, the only real threats to us are the Enforcers and Lu Chaoding, and these two are also mortal enemies."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "The Heavenly Dao is the law of order, without thought or consciousness. It is above all things, yet is also above all things. Sooner or later, the two Heavenly Daos will clash fiercely, and the final result can only be that one is devoured by the other. Whether it is the enforcers or Lu Chaoding, they are just tools for them. Once their mission is accomplished, they lose their value. As for us, we are not actually being paid attention to by the two Heavenly Daos. We don't need to pay attention to the clash between the Heavenly Daos. We only need to live a carefree life and seek immortality. Therefore, before the Heavenly Daos are united, try not to come into contact with the enforcers or Lu Chaoding."

(End of this chapter)