This moment of insight lasted about forty seconds.
It felt closer to the Hero 5A-Tier Insight Orb than the other two she had experienced, but it lasted nowhere near as long.
It seems the Spirit Realm Rules won't generate quests in advance, to keep Evolvers from gaining outside information. But they do make up for it afterward, awarding an Insight Orb based on an Evolver's choices and performance during the event.
This had been a major event. Bai Xiaowen had led the martial heroes to defeat the Great Tang Domain's Netherdemon Army and thwart the Black Heaven Cult's plot. Judged by quest difficulty, it would have been a Hero Tier side quest, though not an A-Tier one.
After all, their opponents generally weren't that strong. Not even a Lord Tier fighter had appeared.
Bai Xiaowen devoted all forty seconds of insight to Taigong's Art of War. She pushed her progress through its first volume forward another step and gained a fresh understanding of how to train troops and quickly form an Array Deployment with her personal guards as its foundation.
Early the next morning, Bai Xiaowen reluctantly emerged from cultivation.
I should still try to trigger side quests whenever I can. The Spirit Realm Rules' compensation afterward can't compare with a proper side quest reward, especially with the extra reward for completion... Chen Rong, hang in there. I'm coming!
Bai Xiaowen led the martial artists under her command, organized into ten banners, eastward down the river toward the Supreme Clarity Sect's base on the shores of Dongting Lake!
The Supreme Clarity Sect.
The Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation shimmered, sheltering the sect's inner compound.
Beyond the formation stood twelve sprawling camps, dark masses against the mountainside.
Large numbers of Black Heaven Cult followers had blockaded the sect's mountain gate.
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