A New Source of Experience
Sigh!
Governor Yang let out another long sigh, and finally shook his head.
"Count Merrick, I will not order your arrest."
"You're departing today; go directly to Jiangling Prefecture to stay."
"If there is indeed an imperial edict ordering your arrest, you can decide for yourself."
In front of General Zou, Governor Yang finally restrained his speech a bit.
However, Lister understood the meaning.
It's just that Jiangling Prefecture is the Northern Territory of Jiang Province. If Yongping Emperor really wants to capture him, it's easy for him to escape!
He clasped his hands in greeting to Governor Yang once again.
To be fair, this Governor Yang was really good to him.
He had indirectly helped him once, and the other party repaid him with genuine gratitude.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the two people in front of them might actually dislike General Yu.
Lister ultimately didn't want to put Governor Yang in a difficult position, so he simply set off back to Jiangling Prefecture first.
Inside the Evergreen Inn, Lister leisurely browsed the Auction House and the public chat.
Hopefully, other passive skills will be introduced.
Aside from the four-dimensional passive abilities, there are actually very few passive abilities listed on the Auction House.
Most of the time, it's done through public chat for advertising and private messaging for pricing and terms.
Therefore, Lister is now more concerned about the massive amount of information pouring in on the public chat.
At that moment, a friend's chat window popped up.
"Brother Chen, do you take murder cases?"
"I won't answer."
Lister quickly rejected Chen Shanqiang's message.
Not to mention he's currently busy searching for passive spells, even if he weren't busy, he wouldn't bother being hired for a mere amount of gold coins.
Unless there's something on the list that absolutely attracts him, which is highly unlikely.
"All right!"
"Brother Chen, how did you acquire such strength?"
"Could you share it with me?"
The messages from Chen Shanqiang didn't stop; instead, they continued to pester him.
"Were you killed by 'the Love of a Lifetime' again?"
"Yeah, that kid thinks the reason I hired someone to kill him was because of the time you killed him."
"I'm not afraid of the 'Green Nourishment Group' behind him, but I couldn't beat him in our one-on-one duel."
Sure enough, Chen Shanqiang's background in the Federation is not weak either.
"Could you give me some advice or tips? Don't worry, if it can improve my skills, I'll do whatever you need!"
Although he really wanted the other person to collect passive spells for him, Lister decided to give up after thinking about it.
Chen Shanqiang admires Chen Xinhe, so if he were to ask for a passive skill at this moment, the other party would definitely become suspicious.
That would only create more competitors for yourself.
At least until I receive enough passive skills, I shouldn't bring up the matter of passive skills.
"Alright, let's owe you the payment for now. You're in the martial arts department now, right? If so, I'll tell you about a place."
"Yes! I'm now studying martial arts!"
"Brother Chen, what are you saying?"
Chen Shanqiang replied to the message very quickly; it seems he was really holding his breath!
"Evergreen Inn, does Count Merrick still remember it?"
"I remember! The envoy from the Kingdom of Lucian! A super hidden big boss! Of course I know that."
"Go to the inn and find him. After reaching level 10 in your Class Holder, you can spend 5 gold coins to learn the Merrick Saber Technique, a rare C-grade sword technique."
"Upgrading to level five will unlock a special skill— the Iai Slash."
With nothing else to do, Lister decided to try teaching the skill and become a mentor in it.
"Holy crap! A rare sword technique?"
"Brother Chen, you're a true friend! I owe you this favor!"
"Don't hesitate to ask if you ever need my help!"
In less than ten minutes, Chen Shanqiang had already reached the outside.
He entered the room with a respectful expression and began his awkward polite speech again.
"Greetings, Your Excellency Count Merrick!"
"I'm bothering you today because I wish to learn a sword technique from you. This is my payment!"
As she spoke, she conjured five gold coins from her Inventory right in front of him.
Nodding silently, Lister glanced at Chen Shanqiang's information.
Leveling up is going pretty fast; I'm already level 18 and will soon reach the maximum level for Act 1.
He also possesses a passive skill related to strength, including a D-rank swordsmanship.
In the first act, being able to obtain a D-rank swordsmanship was already a symbol of wealth!
Taking the five gold coins from him, Lister tried to open the teaching panel.
"Congratulations, you have taught the player 'War God of Jiangling Prefecture' the Merrick Saber Technique."
"'War God of Jiangling Prefecture,' is there anything else?"
Seeing that Chen Shanqiang was still staring blankly at the skill bar, Lister couldn't help but start to shoo him away.
But the next moment, a new system notification appeared.
Congratulations, you have gained 10 experience points (from skill transfer).
Congratulations, you have gained 20 experience points (from skill transfer).
Now it was Lister's turn to be stunned!
Could it be!
They eagerly began scanning Chen Shanqiang's information.
As he had expected, the opponent's Merrick Saber Technique level was indeed as high as he had anticipated.
[Merrick Saber Technique (C-rank) LV3 (1/30000):...]
Lister was overjoyed; he had never imagined that he could gain experience from a skill transfer center.
Although the experience points he receives are not high, proportionally speaking, he only receives one-thousandth of the experience points a player gains each time they upgrade a skill.
But there are just too many players in the future!
If Lister remembers correctly, there were over 60 million players during the first act of the game.
There were 140 million players during the Act II Lucian Empire main storyline.
After the third act, the number of players surged to 600 million.
By the time the fifth act was completed, almost the entire population of the Federation, totaling over ten billion, had entered the game.
What a huge amount of... leeks... ah!
Lister's heart instantly filled with longing!
Even just the 60 million players in the first act are enough for him to soar! He'll be raking in experience points like crazy! There's no need for him to grind monsters painstakingly!
"Lord Count Merrick, thank you for imparting your skills. I shall take my leave now!"
"Yes, you're welcome to let others come and learn from me."
Lister quickly added a sentence to Chen Shanqiang.
Lister, who had previously shown no interest in the skills instructor, suddenly began to take him seriously.
It wasn't until Chen Shanqiang left that Lister carefully considered the players' situation from his memory.
According to his recollection, not many players chose the martial arts style in the game "Divine Revelation," with the majority concentrated in the first act, accounting for about 20%.
In the later episodes, it becomes the domain of supernatural, magical, mechanical, and healing abilities.
In the later stages of the game, martial arts-focused players make up approximately 9% of the total player base.
Among the martial arts players, only 7% use knife techniques; sword techniques are the most popular choice, followed by fist techniques.
Later, there were various other weapons such as spear techniques, while sword techniques did not hold a prominent position.
Thinking about it this way, Lister couldn't help but feel anxious.
His "leeks" (players who exploit others) can't possibly account for less than 1% of the total players.
We still need to do something in advance to make players in the first act look at martial arts and swordsmanship Class Holder in a different light.
It sounds simple, but it's actually not easy.
The martial arts system's strength in the early stages was just so-so; its attacks were not outstanding, and its attack range was limited.
The game has always been dominated by magic-based Class Holder, making up more than 30% of all players.
"The Mage is the best!" This is not just a simple slogan in the public chat.
As a class that has been strong from the early game to the late game, magic-based classes have truly lived up to the players' expectations.
Lister's mind raced, trying to figure out how to showcase the power of swordsmanship to the current 60 million players!
Suddenly... an idea popped into my head!