[Hint: Zhao Laosan's intimacy with you +20!]
[Hint: Zhao Laosan's intimacy with you +10!]
Two consecutive prompts flashed past Ling Yi.
Ling Yi: "..."
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to replace "Affection" with "Loyalty"? What kind of man needs intimacy anyway?
I have a feeling that this level of intimacy isn't quite legitimate.
Ling Yi checked his Spirit Infusion equipment.
The spirit of the wooden sword and the spirit of the cloth-clad weapon are both level 6.
Although this was Ling Yi's earliest Spirit Infusion equipment, its attributes were ultimately somewhat inferior.
The key issue is that it doesn't match the other Qingfeng equipment, making it look somewhat out of place.
It all boils down to two words: not handsome enough.
All other Spirit Infusion equipment is level 0; it needs to be level 2 to actively fight monsters. Um...
Weapons and equipment can fight monsters automatically, but how do other equipment do that?
For example, I'm very curious about armor, helmets, and boots.
Therefore, Ling Yi decisively changed the first priority for upgrading the weapon spirit to Clear Wind Sword.
First, observe the differences between these bandits and Rabbit. If leveling up is easy, then proceed in turn. If leveling up is difficult, then prioritize leveling up the spirits of the wooden sword and cloth armor to level 10.
Ling Yi descended from the sky and landed in front of the main gate of the mountain stronghold.
Currently, their main Combat consists of Giant Tooth Sword and wooden swords.
However, once the Combat began, a huge difference in Combat was revealed between the wooden sword and the Giant Tooth Sword.
Ordinary mountain bandit, level 10, HP 550, Attack 58, Defense 22, Agility 19!
Because the wooden sword is in the equipment slot, it has a main attribute bonus, but even so, its attack power is only 203.
It takes two sword strikes to kill an ordinary bandit.
But the Giant Tooth Sword was Instant Kill; its massive blade roared as it charged into the mountain stronghold, rampaging through everything in its path.
-550
Experience points +110
-600
Experience points +120
-750
Experience points +150
-550
Experience points +110
Looking at the damage values rising across the screen, Ling Yi was very satisfied. Sure enough, the Giant Tooth Sword was powerful.
When Ling Yi noticed the spirit's level, he was immediately stunned.
Each time a bandit is killed, more than 1,000 Soul Points are gained, and the higher the level, the more Soul Points are gained.
The spirit of the Clear Wind Sword quickly reached level 4!
Ling Yi threw the Clear Wind Sword out and added it to the spirit weapon team. Although it was a support weapon and didn't enjoy the main attribute bonus, it was still better than doing nothing.
The drop rate is higher for humanoid monsters. This Black Tiger Mountain Stronghold only has less than three thousand bandits, but every ten bandits can drop one item.
[Loot: 1 Long Spear]
[Harvest: Iron Sword x1]
[Loot: Hardened Leather Armor x1]
[Loot: Damaged Helmet x1]
[Harvest: 15 Silver Coins]
Soon, Ling Yi's backpack was piled high with all sorts of things.
By the time Ling Yi arrived at the main hall of the mountain stronghold, he had already upgraded three pieces of equipment to the level of First Pin Spirit Treasure, and the spirit of the Clear Wind Helmet had also reached the level of the first grade.
If Ling Yi had known that leveling up his spirit artifacts would be so easy after leaving the starting village, he would have left long ago.
It's such a waste of time.
Ling Yi frowned as he looked at the bandit leader kneeling before him.
Is this guy really that cowardly?
"If you don't resist, I'd feel bad killing you," Ling Yi said.
The bandit leader was almost in tears. He was only at the Acquired Third Layer level of the Acquired Realm, and he wanted to fight a Sword Immortal? Had he gone mad?
"Please, immortal, spare my life! Please, immortal, spare my life!" Zhao Gang pleaded desperately, his head planted on the ground.
Zhao Gang (boss, Big Head Black Wind Mountain stronghold!)
Cultivation level: Acquired Third Layer ( Internal Energy 31!)
Life: 1600
Attack: 185
Defense: 80
Agility: 105
Cultivation Technique: Tyrant Saber Art!
Martial Arts Skill: Three Tyrannical Saber Forms (Three consecutive slashes, each faster than the last, with each slash increasing attack power by 20%. After three slashes, it takes 30 seconds to recover before it can be used again. Costs 10 points of Internal Energy!)
Ling Yi looked at Zhao Gang's attribute panel with a strange expression. Perhaps, this was the attribute panel of a proper player.
Although Zhao Gang isn't a player, his stats should be similar to a player's.
"Do you know why there are so many bandit strongholds near Huayang Town?" Ling Yi asked.
"Well, Your Excellency, I was unaware. Originally, only Black Wind Stronghold lived in these mountains, but starting two years ago, other strongholds began to appear around them."
"Is that so?" Ling Yi stroked his chin.
Are these pre-arranged monster spawn points for players, or is this simply the normal course of events in this world?
Perhaps both.
"However, I have secretly investigated and discovered something strange: the twelve mountain strongholds are distributed Yu Bing, and no one is allowed to approach the vicinity of the Ice Lake."
"According to my investigation, there seems to be treasure in that Ice Lake, and those twelve mountain strongholds must be a certain force that came for the treasure in the Ice Lake."
Ling Yi became interested. Whether it was a treasure or not was unimportant; what mattered was the power it represented.
The ability to gather a force of over 200,000 people is something that most ordinary Jianghu sects probably can't achieve.
Could it be the power of the imperial court?
"It seems you don't know what that treasure is either?" Ling Yi asked.
"My strength is meager. Each of those twelve mountain strongholds has a master of the Innate Realm guarding it. I tried to provoke them a few times, but then I dared not."
"Then you have no reason to be considered."
"Greed..."
The silver-white Clear Wind Sword flashed by!
-1600 ( Sword Qi Critical Hit )
Experience points +1800
How could Ling Yi possibly let a bandit leader go? Unlike the twelve mountain strongholds, Zhao Gang had been plundering near Huayang Town for over a decade; he was the biggest menace.
Looking at the things that had fallen to the ground, Ling Yi calmly picked them up one by one.
[Acquire: Tiger Head Knife x1]
[Acquire: Tyrant Saber Art x1]
[Acquire: Three Tyrannical Saber Forms x1]
[Get: 300 Gold Coins]
[Received: 1 letter]
[Acquired: Zhengyi Sect Outer Disciple Token x1]
Of these items, the cultivation manual, martial arts techniques, and that token are probably the most valuable.
Ling Yi first took out the cultivation manual, but as soon as he opened it, a notification made Ling Yi face darken.
[I'm sorry, you have Innate useless Spiritual Root and cannot learn this technique!]
So, this Innate useless Spiritual Root is so completely ruined that it can't even cultivate techniques?
I opened my own attribute interface.
Reincarnation (Cultivator)
Physique: lv2 (Constitution 15/200)
Primordial Spirit: lv1 ( Sea of Consciousness 40/100)
Spiritual Power: lv2 ( Spiritual Power 135/200)
Technique: None!
Spiritual Root: Waste
Skill:
1. Sword Control: Guided by intention, Sword Control the heavens and earth with your sword; guided by spirit, slay enemies across thousands of miles!
2. Sword Qi: Unleash Sword Qi to greatly increase damage!
3. Draw Spiritual Qi into the Body: The treasure has the function of absorbing Spiritual Qi. Currently, it has 4 points of Spiritual Power per minute!
4. Qi Shield: Manipulate Spiritual Power to form a shield, which can greatly reduce damage.
treasure:
[ Giant Tooth Sword { First Pin Spirit Sword } lv1 (0/10): Spirit Sword Mortal Transcendence, Attack +1600, Attack Speed +60, Ignore Defense 100%, Innate Skills: Sword Control, Sword Qi, Draw Spiritual Qi into the Body (Bound)!]
[ Clear Wind Sword { First Pin Spirit Sword } lv1 (1/10) Spirit Sword Mortal Transcendence, Attack +1500, Agility +130, Constitution +110%, Innate Skills: Sword Control, Sword Qi, Draw Spiritual Qi into the Body (Bound)!]
[Wooden Sword { First Pin Spirit Sword } lv1 (0/10) Spirit Sword Mortal Transcendence, Attack Power +1000, Agility +90, Constitution +110%, Innate Skills: Sword Control, Sword Qi, Draw Spiritual Qi into the Body (Bound!)!]
[Cloth-Clad { First Pin Spirit Armor} lv1 (0/10) Spirit Mortal Transcendence, Defense +1100, Health +7400, All Resistances +110%, Innate Skills: Sword Control, Qi Shield, Draw Spiritual Qi into the Body (Bound!)!]
"The way this data panel is set up is just too cumbersome!" Ling Yi said with a look of disgust.
There's a certain sense of déjà vu, like the interface of those "one-hit kill" online games.
The game's data algorithm is crude, the interface design is rudimentary, and the attribute interface is chaotic.
Such an amazing game, yet it has such a terrible attribute interface; it's really frustrating to look at.
Ling Yi guessed that either the game's design team was incompetent, or the game simply had difficulty embedding a perfect data template.
The first possibility is that the surname is not common.
This game must have official backing, so the possibility of a bad design team is no longer valid.
So that's the second possibility.
It feels like someone sent an Alienware Laptop back more than 20 years in time, only able to install Windows 98.
Is it compatible? Of course not, but there's no other way, because it can only install Windows 98!
Ling Yi spent another twenty minutes searching for counterfeit products and made a considerable haul.
They amassed nearly 100,000 gold coins alone, making it a very lucrative operation.
With these gold coins, Ling Yi reset the Spirit Infusion Talent four more times, and directly completed the Spirit Infusion of the entire Clear Wind Set.
In this way, the Clear Wind Set, consisting of the Clear Wind Helmet, Clear Wind Armor, Clear Wind Sword, Breeze Finger Ring, Clear Wind Band Clear Wind Bracers, Clear Wind Legguards, leg guards, boots, and Breeze Cloak, is now fully Spirit Infusion.
Perhaps without even clearing out all twelve mountain strongholds, Ling Yi will already possess at least eleven Spirit Treasure.
With these eleven Spirit Treasure, even if Ling Yi does nothing, he will gain 11 points of Spiritual Power per minute.
You can improve your cultivation level just by lying down.
After this round of testing, Ling Yi gradually adapted to the new attribute panel, or rather, became more familiar with the cultivator version of the data panel.
Although the original player panel is still there, the cultivator panel is simpler and more comfortable to use.
Ling Yi also specifically tested the attack parameters of Spiritual Power and Sword Qi.
One point of Spiritual Power can roughly bring 100 points of attack power. The more Spiritual Power attached, the higher the attack power of the Spirit Treasure.
One Sword Qi can bring 1000 points of attack power; the more Sword Qi attached, the higher the attack power.
Although the parameter "Sword Qi " did not appear on the data panel, it was present in Ling Yi's Sea of Consciousness.
Sword Qi can only be generated by sword-type Spirit Treasure, such as wooden swords and Clear Wind Sword.
First Tier Spirit Sword only has 3 strands of Sword Qi, so the wooden sword, the Clear Wind Sword, and the Giant Tooth Sword together have a total of 9 strands of Sword Qi.
If Spiritual Power and Sword Qi were activated simultaneously, Ling Yi's current attack power would be terrifying.
The newly added skill, Qi Shield, can only be used by consuming Spiritual Power.
One point of Spiritual Power is roughly equivalent to 20 points of defense, with no upper limit.
As for the Primordial Spirit, Ling Yi hasn't yet found a proper way to use it.
Either the level of the Primordial Spirit is not high enough, or some special technique is required.
Each Spirit Treasure increases Spiritual Sense by 10 points. To upgrade your Primordial Spirit to level 2, you need 10 Spirit Treasure.
It's not difficult, but it's not easy either.
Seeing Ling Yi descend from the sky, Zhao Laosan became extremely excited.
"Greetings, Immortal Master!"
[Hint: Zhao Laosan's intimacy with you +30!]
[Hint: Zhao Laosan's intimacy with you +20!]
[Hint: Once Zhao Laosan's affinity with you reaches 100, you can Summon him to be your permanent follower.]
Should Zhao Laosan Summon as a permanent follower?
[whether?]
Intimacy level 100? Is this intimacy level even legitimate?