New players flood in!

Before long, someone found the player named Master Sanfeng.

After all, there were only nine players in the game, and the accessible map area wasn't very large.

Finding him wasn't difficult.

When everyone arrived, they saw the many craters in the nearby mountainside and couldn't help rubbing their eyes.

They grew even more curious about the Ninjutsu Master Sanfeng had created.

They hurried over, crowding around Master Sanfeng with eyes full of curiosity and a thirst for knowledge.

"Boss-no, Master!"

"Master, what Ninjutsu did you create to earn so many points?"

Urged on by her viewers, whose curiosity was through the roof, Dai Xiaomei grew a little impatient.

She was the first to step forward and ask.

As a successor of the Maoshan Lineage, Master Sanfeng was naturally generous and had never intended to keep his knowledge to himself.

He readily demonstrated the Ninjutsu he had created for everyone.

He took several sheets of talisman paper out of the game's inventory interface.

With a sweep of his brush, he wrote three new talismans on the spot.

His practiced, flowing brushwork left everyone present utterly dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Bullfighting Master immediately nodded and declared with conviction:

"I imagine Master Sanfeng must be a martial arts practitioner in real life, just like me!"

"That level of proficiency isn't something just anyone can show off!"

The other players nodded along at Bullfighting Master's words.

As laypeople, all they could do was marvel!

By then, the three talismans were finished, and Master Sanfeng held them in his hand.

A faint smile played on his lips. Clearly, he was very pleased with his work.

Then he looked at Bullfighting Master and said, "Indeed. I am a successor of the Maoshan Lineage."

"In everyday terms, a Daoist practitioner."

Dai Xiaomei immediately gave him a thumbs-up and told her livestream viewers:

"I thought this master had the air of an immortal. One look, and you could tell he was no ordinary person!"

"So you're a successor of Mount Mao! My apologies for not recognizing you!"

As she spoke, she made a show of offering a formal, old-fashioned salute.

But Master Sanfeng spotted quite a few mistakes in her gesture, which made him burst out laughing.

In truth, he wasn't a stuffy person.

He hadn't gone along with the main group earlier only because researching talismans was more important.

Now that so many players were gathered together, he finally felt some of that warm, cheerful camaraderie.

He immediately began demonstrating how to use the talismans.

When the players saw a fireball floating around Master Sanfeng, they weren't particularly impressed.

But then the fireballs multiplied, until there were seven.

They all stared, tongue-tied.

That was right!

As soon as he received his contribution points, Master Sanfeng had exchanged them through the system for a considerable amount of chakra!

He understood perfectly well that the Zhurong Curse was essentially a means of releasing chakra.

What mattered most was how much chakra he had!

Only with enough chakra could he unleash the Zhurong Curse's true power!

And when the seven fireballs danced through the air, each following Master Sanfeng's commands,

everyone couldn't help crying out in amazement.

Then, when they saw the destruction those fireballs could cause, they understood why it had received a C-rank rating!

So those craters in the mountainside really were Master Sanfeng's doing!

Master Sanfeng then demonstrated the effects of the Wuxiang Curse and the Liuhe Curse.

He earned another round of praise.

At that point, Dai Xiaomei asked a question on behalf of her livestream viewers.

"Master! I have a question!"

"I can understand the names Zhurong Curse and Wuxiang Curse, but Liuhe seems a little random..."

"Is there some story behind it?"

Master Sanfeng smiled faintly and explained.

"Liuhe is one of the eight divine beasts of Eight Gates Dunjia!"

"It embodies the wood of the east, serves as a guardian deity, and has a peaceful nature."

With their question answered, the viewers all chimed in with comments like, "I learned something new!" "Chinese culture really is vast and profound!" and "We were just ignorant!"

Then One Sword Opens Heaven spoke up. "These talismans look well suited to mass production."

"Could we each get one?"

If that worked, the overall fighting strength of the players would rise dramatically!

Hearing this, the players immediately marveled.

One Sword Opens Heaven really was an expert player, having thought of a practical use for the talismans so quickly.

"I'm not sure either. You can try."

Master Sanfeng frowned slightly. He hadn't tested that yet.

As he spoke, he handed the finished talismans out to the players for them to try.

"All you need to do is channel chakra into it."

Under Master Sanfeng's guidance,

all the players, including One Sword Opens Heaven, began learning how to use the talismans.

Yet not a single one succeeded.

"How am I supposed to channel it in?"

Dai Xiaomei put all her effort into directing her power at the talisman.

Instead, she summoned the Fireball Technique and burned the talisman to ashes...

With no other choice, she had to ask for another one!

One Sword Opens Heaven and the others looked equally troubled. They couldn't do it at all.

"Don't use chakra directly. Imagine chakra as a medium."

"Feed that medium into the talisman, and only then will the talisman respond!"

Even after Master Sanfeng explained it that clearly, they still couldn't manage it.

The players gave up one after another.

"No good. This is too specialized. We can't learn it."

Bullfighting Master gave an objective assessment of the talismans.

It was a shame, but they really had no way to harness the talismans' power.

The players were deeply disappointed.

Yet this ignited Master Sanfeng's fighting spirit, and he resolved to create talismans that everyone could use easily!

After witnessing the players' reactions, Ye Chen felt that these talismans had enormous room for development!

He was eager to see what this player would accomplish next!

Time passed quickly after that, and soon it was time for the second batch of players to enter the game.

On the website's forum, some people showed off their closed-beta access, while others seethed with envy.

Even more people hoped the game would release more slots later!

Meanwhile, the nineteen selected players slowly opened their eyes on the Hidden Jun Village map.

"Holy shit! It really is this realistic!"

Exclamations over the scenery rose one after another. Feeling as though they were dreaming, they touched one thing after another.

Everything was new and exciting!

The veteran players standing nearby thought they were making far too much of a fuss!

Little did they realize that they had looked exactly the same when they first entered.

Among them, Emperor of Sinking stood to one side, rubbing his chin.

He sized up this batch of newcomers, planning to pick a few to take on as disciples-or having them as lackeys would be nice too!

Dai Xiaomei had the same idea and was thinking about how to look impressive as their big sister!

Just then, the system's voice interrupted every player's thoughts.

[Ding! Main quest: Expand the map around Hidden Jun Village. Participants can earn 1,000 contribution points.]

The moment the quest appeared, the players were itching to get started.