A great adventure in the world of immortal cultivation

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003 Sutra Library (Day 2)

KP: A night has passed, and the sun has risen again as usual. Today is also a day full of hope.

Han Buli: Wake up everyone, get ready to fight.

Romeo: The captain wants a supporting role, the kind that cries and acts cute.

Xiao Huohuo: Please stop your fat otaku behavior immediately.

KP: Okay, from now on you can move freely. You can discuss today's itinerary first, whether to move separately or together.

Jeanne: Wait a minute, KP, have you forgotten an important person?

KP: Funny, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Go shoot the drive.

Joan of Arc: Breakthrough to the first level of Qi Refining, 74/20, failed.

Romeo: This teammate is so embarrassing.

Han Buli: Food and accommodation are provided in the servants’ quarters. Let’s take a look.

Joan of Arc: Angry, very angry! (Panda pounding the table)

KP: Then Jeanne will stay in the snow and wait for the cold weather today. I'll continue with the story here. Have you three discussed this?

Xiao Huohuo: We have discussed this. The three of us are going to act together. By the way, KP, do you have a map of Chengtian Sect?

KP: Let me give you a brief overview. The Central Hall is the busiest area, primarily responsible for handing over tasks and redeeming rewards for disciples within the sect. It's similar to a mercenary guild in fantasy novels. To the left and right of the Central Hall are the Sutra Repository and the Spirit Gathering Pavilion. The former is where Chengtian Sect disciples study immortal arts, while the latter sells elixirs and magical instruments. There's also the Arena and the Hundred Refining Cave. You know what the Arena is for, but the Hundred Refining Cave is where weapons are forged. If you have good materials, you can pay them a certain amount of spirit stones to help you craft equipment.

Romeo: Interesting.

Han Buli: I think we should go to the Sutra Library first. After all, we are cultivators. How can we survive without a few magical arts on hand?

Xiao Huohuo: It’s up to me.

Romeo: Then let’s go to the Sutra Library. By the way, KP, can I ask Xiaonan to go with us?

KP: You're lucky.

Romeo: Lucky 58/45, failed.

KP: It's a pity that Ya Xiaonan and the others got up much earlier than you, and they are nowhere to be found now.

Romeo: Grass (very loud)

Xiao Huohuo: Look at you, Lao Luo. You’ve made the little girl afraid to sleep any longer.

Romeo: Can you blame me for this?

Xiao Huohuo: If I don’t blame you, who else should I blame?

KP: Anyway, after asking for directions, you successfully arrived at the door of the Sutra Library.

What you see before you is a nine-story tall attic. The building is bustling with people, but it is only limited to the bottom two floors. It is much quieter above that.

Just as you were about to step into the Sutra Library, an elder from the Chengtian Sect standing at the door reached out to stop you.

Elder of Chengtian Sect: On the first floor of the Sutra Library, only one scroll of immortal arts can be borrowed each day, and the entrance fee is ten low-level spirit stones.

Han Buli: Is it really that real? But we don't have any spirit stones.

Xiao Huohuo: I have silver. Can silver be exchanged for spirit stones? What is the ratio?

KP: Silver is a secular currency and obviously cannot be exchanged for spirit stones. However, this elder of Chengtian Sect noticed the black badges on your bodies and then a smile appeared on his face.

Elder of Chengtian Sect: Haha, you must be the new disciples who joined yesterday. If you are an A-level disciple, you can borrow a scroll of immortal arts on the first floor of the Sutra Pavilion for free with your badge. Please go in.

KP: After that, the elder gave each of you a jade slip and told you how to use it to record the magic arts in the Sutra Library.

Xiao Huohuo: There is such a good thing.

Romeo: The benefits for first-class disciples are different.

Joan of Arc: ...

Han Buli: Don't be discouraged, Lapu, you still have one chance.

Joan of Arc: I’m going to blow up with you guys sooner or later!

KP: Okay, so the three of you have successfully entered the first floor of the Sutra Library with your badges. It's like a huge library, with hundreds of bookshelves over ten meters high arranged like dominoes. Each bookshelf has hundreds of scrolls of immortal arts. Countless disciples of Chengtian Sect in white Taoist robes shuttle through them, holding jade slips, searching for immortal arts that suit them.

In the center of the first floor of the Sutra Repository, a circular staircase built around a log leads directly to the second floor. An elder of the Chengtian Sect sits at the foot of the stairs. Occasionally, someone takes a jade slip from the gatekeeper elder and goes to the second floor of the Sutra Repository in the envious eyes of everyone.

Xiao Huohuo: Can we go up?

Elder of Chengtian Sect: Second floor of the Sutra Library. The entrance fee is one hundred low-level spirit stones or one high-level spirit stone.

Han Buli: (black question mark) Isn’t the rate of inflation a bit excessive?

Romeo: I'm going to secretly give him the middle finger behind his back.

Han Buli: You are really a coward.

Xiao Huohuo: I want to take a look at the scrolls of magic on the bookshelf to see if there is anything suitable for me.

KP: The first floor of the Sutra Library contains the most common and common magic arts. However, for beginners like you, there are not many basic magic arts that are suitable for your level of cultivation.

Xiao Huohuo: Then what basic magic arts can we practice?

KP: Gold spell, wood spell, water spell, fire spell, earth spell.

Xiao Huohuo: ???

KP: Just kidding, at least I've made sufficient preparations before starting the group. You have a total of five basic immortal arts to choose from, corresponding to the five basic spiritual roots.

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Golden Spiritual Root - [Iron Bones], close combat magic, 6MP, strengthens one's body, gains 1d3 points of damage aggravation and 1d3 points of damage reduction in a fight, lasting for 3 rounds.

Wood Spirit Root - [Concentration Technique], auxiliary magic, 2MP, after use, increases the success rate of all skills by 10%, the effect lasts for three rounds.

Water Spirit Root - [Rain Nourishment Technique], recovery magic, 5MP, restores 1d5+3 health points to the target after use.

Fire Spirit Root - [Flame Curse], long-range magic, 3MP, launches a fireball, causing 1d5+3 fire damage to the enemy.

Earth Spirit Root - [Flying Sand and Rolling Stones], long-range magic, 4MP, controls the surrounding sand and dust to attack the enemy, causing 1d5 points of damage to all enemies. After hitting, it can add a blinding effect, reducing the success rate of all skills by 30%.

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Romeo: God, you are so strong, but after all this time, I am a T?

Xiao Huohuo: Warning: It smells really good.

Romeo: It doesn't exist!

Han Buli: I'm such a jerk, my Willpower is only 35, KP, what do you mean by giving me a full Wood support? (See rulebook ② for details)

KP: You can also learn other magic techniques. There are no strict regulations.

Han Buli: Then I will learn the Fire Curse, the only long-range attack. Being a marginal OB is the romance of a man.

Xiao Huohuo: If you learn the Fire Curse, what should I learn?

Han Buli: What should I do? How about I keep looking around and see if I can find another scroll of magic?

KP: Just be lucky.

Han Buli: Lucky 3/70, great success.

Xiao Huohuo: woc666.

KP: Sure, sure. So, when you pass by a bookshelf in the corner, you accidentally find a scroll stuck in the gap between the bookshelf and the corner of the wall. You don’t know whether it fell from the bookshelf or was hidden there by someone, but from its dusty surface, it is not difficult to judge that the scroll has been stuck there for quite some time.

Han Buli: This is like picking up a magical artifact that will defy the heavens!

KP: You took out the scroll, brushed off the dust, and discovered that it was a rare thunder magic scroll.

KP: [Thunderbolt Curse], Spell, 5MP, summons a thunderbolt to attack the enemy, causing 1d5+5 points of thunder damage. After hitting, there is a 30% chance to paralyze the enemy for one round, and the damage to undead creatures is increased by 1d5.

Han Buli: I have 1 Gold, 5 Fire, and only 3 Thunder Spiritual Roots. KP, are you targeting me? (See rule book ① for details)

KP: Funny.

Xiao Huohuo: It’s okay, it’s okay. Just give it to me. I’ll give you the Flame Curse.

Han Buli: Alas, baby is feeling sad.

Joan of Arc: No matter how miserable you are, can it be as miserable as I am?

004 Explosive First Battle (Day 2)

KP: Have you chosen your magic yet?

Xiao Huohuo: Okay, okay.

KP: Initial success rate of the immortal technique. (See rule book ② for details)

萧火火：落雷咒，（65+【1d100：47】）/2=56

韩不立：炎咒，（75+【1d100：70】）/2=72

罗密欧：铁骨铮铮，（75+【1d100：11】）/2=43

Han Buli: 72% success rate, so comfortable.

Xiao Huohuo: Lao Luo, what happened to the promise that it would be really delicious?

Romeo: What can I do? This is just a physical magic, and my strength is 75.

Han Buli: But you only scored 11 points.

Xiao Huohuo: Shameful.

Romeo: Damn!

KP: Okay, okay, now that you have learned the magic, what are you going to do next.

Han Buli: Brother Xiao, what do you think?

Xiao Huohuo: I think if we want to survive in the world of immortal cultivation, we must have spirit stones on hand. Let’s go and earn some spirit stones first.

Romeo: That makes sense. Where can we get the Spirit Stone?

KP: The central hall, where all disciples of Chengtian Sect can accept tasks and receive corresponding rewards after completing the tasks.

Han Buli: Then let’s go to the central hall and take a look.

Xiao Huohuo: I have no objection.

Romeo: Yes.

KP: Well, you left the Sutra Library and then came to the central hall.

As you enter the main hall, you'll discover it's vastly larger than you'd imagined. The entire hall stretches a thousand meters long and wide, with massive vermilion wooden pillars stacked one upon the other, towering over a hundred meters high. Inside, four massive stone tablets correspond to the four levels of cultivation: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. The black "Heaven" tablet advertises the highest-level sect missions, requiring at least peak Foundation Establishment strength. Next is the red "Earth" tablet, which issues missions for cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage. Next is the gray "Xuan" tablet, which requires a Qi Refining level of seven or higher, or face the consequences. Finally, the white "Huang" tablet has no entry requirements and is the most crowded.

At this time, it was the peak period for task handover. The Xuanhuang Monument was crowded with disciples of Chengtian Sect. The place was bustling with people, like a bustling secular market.

Xiao Huohuo: It sounds very powerful.

Romeo: I have a question, why is the Yellow-lettered Stele not yellow?

KP: ?

Han Buli: Ignore the idiot, KP, is there anything happening in the hall?

KP: Let me think about it. You guys just observe and it will be fine if one person passes.

Xiao Huohuo: Observation, 42/40, failure.

Xiao Huohuo: Two evil spirits, poisonous.

Han Buli: I’ll do it.

Han Buli: Observation, 96/50, failure.

Han Buli: Holy shit.

KP: Funny, funny, this group's first big failure almost happened.

Xiao Huohuo: Crazy testing on the edge of death.