txolops Chapter 27 Obtaining the Privilege of Recruiting NPCs
Chapter 27 Obtaining the Privilege of Recruiting NPCs
Han Xiaoliu stood in front of the flag pavilion next to his own residence, a smile playing on his lips.
The next moment, six streams of light flew out from the flag pavilion, transforming into six ancient-looking golden cards that floated in front of him. On the cards were engraved the words "World Upgrade", "Underworld Upgrade", "Chang'an City Construction", "Summoning Spirit Cultivation", "Assistance Cultivation", and "Sect Growth".
Without any guidance, the moment the six task cards merged into his body, he immediately understood how to use them.
Among them, the "World Upgrade" and "Underworld Upgrade" cards can directly absorb items from the outside world that meet the requirements.
Let's give it a try, these are the materials I collected before.
With a thought, Han Xiaoliu released the demon beast essence blood and unique spiritual plants from his storage bag, which flew out and transformed into streams of light that entered the corresponding cards.
"Ding! Blood from 115 different kinds of living beings has been collected. Virtue gained +3000!"
"Ding! 15 kinds of spiritual plants from the outside world have been collected, your virtue +50!"
"Ding! Rare shrimp-type monster blood collected. Summoning Shrimp Soldier Training Quest activated. Completion conditions: Summoning Shrimp Soldier Training Quest activated. Merit +35."
On the golden card labeled "Summoning Spirit Cultivation," a silver light flashed, revealing the words "Shrimp Soldier."
Before he could examine it closely, another notification sounded in his ear: "Ding! Jade Pot Ice Armor Spirit Bloodline has been collected from player Daya's body, Merit +50, Summon Spirit Shrimp Soldier Cultivation Quest activated, Seed of Life begins to gestate. Summon Spirit Crab General Cultivation Quest activated!"
At the same time, a golden "Merit +50" message appeared above the head of the young woman sitting by the river, and then disappeared in a flash.
This strange phenomenon drew curious glances from both Yu Niangzi and Han Li, who were exchanging information.
"Da Ya, what happened to you just now? What is +50 merit?" Yu Niangzi asked in confusion.
Daya blinked in confusion and shook her head innocently: "Daya doesn't know!"
Han Li had some guesses in his mind.
His younger brother had mentioned the concept of merit to him before, but he was unclear about its specific uses and had never received any himself.
I never expected this little girl to get it.
"Let's ask Xiao Liu about this when he comes out," Han Li thought to himself.
Han Xiaoliu was overjoyed by another notification sound.
"Ding! The essence blood of a rare fish-like monster from the outside world has been collected. The quest to summon the Spirit Shark General for cultivation has been activated. The Seed of Life has begun to germinate."
It's the blood of a level-five demonic beast, the Infant Carp Beast!
He quickly took out the Summoning Spirit Quest Card to check it.
The Shrimp Soldier Summoning Spirit Cultivation Quest Card features a "Seed of Life" emitting a faint glow, with the following note: "Cultivation time: 45 years; can be accelerated by consuming 45000 low-grade spirit stones."
The Mermaid General's card reads: "Cultivation time: 55 years; can be accelerated by consuming 55000 low-grade spirit stones."
Han Xiaoliu quickly calculated in his mind: "This time is calculated according to the flow rate of the Dreamy Minor Realm. With the time difference between the outside world and the Dreamy Minor Realm, I only need to wait about a year in the outside world to obtain two new summoned spirits."
This time, they aren't support-type summons, but combat-type ones—two powerful fighters!
After his initial excitement, he checked the cultivation requirements for the Mirage Serpent, the Mystic Bird, and the Crab General, discovering that they respectively required "Yin-attribute spiritual bloodline," "Yin-Yang Five Elements spiritual bloodline," and a rare crab-type demon beast bloodline.
This immediately reminded him of Yuan Yao and Zi Ling. The activation of the Mirage Serpent would likely depend on the two of them.
After collecting all the cards, the Dream Sprite's mechanical notification sounded again:
"Task 2: Completed. Bubble and Han Xiaoliu have obtained team leader privileges (Note: After obtaining team leader privileges, they can enable team mode and gain team chat privileges. Team size: 5 people / support + 5 summoned spirits)."
"Team Permissions: Players can activate this after reaching level 40 and becoming an apprentice. Activation conditions: Learn the Ten Fantasy Formations and possess a Fantasy Mount."
"Ordinary players do not have special spirit bodies and need to obtain player status by contracting ordinary summoned spirits. At level 40 (i.e., the completion of the Core Formation stage), they can become an apprentice to activate a sect, learn skills and formations, and thus activate the ability to form a team."
A glint of light flashed in Han Xiaoliu's eyes.
This team-up ability not only has a role to play in the Dream World, but is also very useful in the outside world.
Team chat is not only a convenient and quick way to communicate, but also an encrypted voice communication technology that surpasses traditional telepathy.
After all, telepathic communication can be overheard, while in-team chat, the other party can only see the mouth movements but cannot hear any sound.
"Acquired the support characters Love Silk Maiden and Seven Emotions Spider; support character training quest activated."
The dreamlike sprite's monotonous voice rang out again, accompanied by two streaks of light, and eight spiders of different colors appeared beside it.
Friendly reminder: After the Love Silk Maiden transforms into human form, the Daughter Village sect construction quest will be unlocked; after the Seven Emotions Spider transforms into human form, the Pan Silk Ridge sect construction quest will be unlocked. Please nurture them carefully.
Before Han Xiaoliu could take a closer look at the attributes of the two new support characters, he heard another urgent notification sound.
"Ding! Receiving the legacy of a first-generation world lord has begun!"
"Virtue accumulated through unseen means +176000"
Merit +35
Please collect the remaining items from the warehouse!
Huh! It's gone?
Han Xiaoliu stared blankly at the empty notification box in front of him, completely stunned.
He subconsciously counted the currency that had just arrived in his account, and his face instantly fell.
Realm Lord: Han Xiaoliu
Level: 10
Sects: Fangcun Mountain, Underworld
Skills: Level 3 of "Qingyuan Sword Technique", Mastery of "Elephant Armor Technique"
Equipment: None
Spirit Stones: 683
Yin De: 179050
Merit: 120
Summoning Spirit: Bubble
Support characters: Love Silk Maiden, Seven Emotions Spider
Gang: None
He asked the air in confusion, "Where are all my spirit stones? That's my hard-earned fortune! How come after receiving the inheritance, there's no sign of them?"
You must understand that in the world of cultivation, spirit stones are the hard currency, the foundation of cultivation. Among the series of mission rewards just now, while merit and virtue are certainly precious, for him, the mountain of spirit stones is the real sense of security.
The fairy's eyebrows twitched, and without hesitation, she began the final task.
"Task 3: Begin."
A flash of teleportation light appeared, and the Dream Elf brought Han Xiaoliu to the mall.
Han Xiaoliu stood in the center of the mall, his gaze deep.
He knew that if he wanted "Fantasy Three Realms" to be more than just a game, but a long-lasting and independent world, he had to control the most crucial element—the right to issue currency.
He decided to link "store currency" with "virtue" and strictly prohibit players from trading directly with store currency.
Behind this series of decisions lies a profound economic logic:
1. Anchoring Value
Han Xiaoliu chose "Yin De" as the anchor for the mall's currency because any currency must have a "value basis" to have purchasing power.
In the Dream World, although spirit stones are the universal currency, they are easily affected by production and thus prone to inflation.
"Virtue" and "Merit" are special products determined by the system, representing the player's contribution to the world and recognition of the rules.
By anchoring the mall's currency to "virtue," it's equivalent to anchoring the currency's value to "contributions to the world" and "system credit."
This is like turning currency into "hard currency," avoiding the hyperinflation that might result from pure spirit stones.
2. Monetary sovereignty
The rule that "players can trade with spirit stones and not with in-game currency" is essentially building a financial firewall.
If players are allowed to freely trade using the in-game currency (based on merit), then spirit stones will be marginalized, and the in-game currency will replace spirit stones as the de facto "main currency".
Once this situation is formed, Han Xiaoliu, as the realm master, will lose the ability to directly control the economic activities between players, because the flow of goods and services between players will be out of his control.
This also relates to his business plans in the mortal world.
By isolating the two currencies, Han Xiaoliu forcibly established the mall's status as the "central bank."
The prices of goods in the mall are defined by him through "virtuous deeds," while the prices in the private market are freely fluctuating based on "spiritual stones."
He can macroscopically regulate the economic trend of the entire Lesser Three Realms by adjusting the exchange rate of "virtue" to "spirit stones" or by adjusting the value of virtue in the mall.
This is how they firmly grasped monetary power in their own hands.
3. Create consensus
The essence of currency is "consensus." As long as everyone agrees on it, it has value.
Han Xiaoliu only needs to add one rule to make Yin De (virtuous deeds) valuable.
That means there's a charge!
The Dreamy Three Realms opens once every 7 years, and once you enter, you can have 49 days there.
He only needs to change the fee for the teleportation array to Chang'an to Yin De (a form of merit), and all the problems will be solved.
New players can gather herbs, defeat monsters, and capture summoned spirits in the beginner area. These resources can be used to improve their cultivation level or exchanged for "virtue points" in the shop to pay for the journey to Chang'an City.
Furthermore, if you die in the Dream World, you can be resurrected using Yin Virtue. As long as the corpse is intact, the cost can be very low.
As for "point cards"!
Han Xiaoliu said:
I'm very kind, so I'll just collect 100 good deeds a day!