With Ye Weiming's reminder, Old Niu finally noticed that the several old monks of the Xuan generation were looking at him somewhat strangely. He decisively gave up on continuing to trouble Divine Mountain Elder and instead explained the details of the quest to Ye Weiming.
It turned out that this Shaolin Assembly was a special temporary story quest. Ordinary disciples would not receive any notification at all. Only those who happened to be near Shaolin Temple when the quest began, heard the bells, and rushed over in time had a chance to participate in this story quest.
However, that only applied to ordinary disciples. Shaolin players ranked among the top fifty in Sect Contribution Points would receive a prompt several days in advance, something like, "A major event will soon take place at Shaolin Temple. Do not venture too far from Shaolin on this day." Naturally, anyone who took that prompt seriously would not miss it.
Mind-Healing Monk Liuyun, as Shaolin's chief disciple, naturally ranked highly in Sect Contribution Points and was perfectly qualified to receive the advance notice. Old Niu had learned of it from Liuyun beforehand, so he had remained near Shaolin Temple today instead of wandering off. That was how he caught this grand martial gathering.
The quests received by the players were divided into several stages. Divine Mountain Elder from earlier, for instance, had been nothing more than a tool used to screen the players.
Any player participating in the quest could challenge him through a temporary instance, either solo or in a team. The system had even thoughtfully divided Divine Mountain Elder's level and strength into several tiers, allowing challengers to choose according to their own abilities. It was remarkably user-friendly.
As everyone knew, the system was a real scheming bastard!
Every shortcut it offered