socalfunplaces Chapter 29 Sword Debate Begins
Chapter 29 Sword Debate Begins
"Ding! You posted a low-quality discussion on the Tianxing Forum and received 10,000 criticisms. Task complete. Reward: 100 Unreliable Lottery Tickets and 100 Gold Coins!"
Upon hearing the system notification, Lu Chaoding thought to himself that this task was far too easy to complete.
"With so much criticism, will anyone actually jump off a cliff after dark? Tsk tsk tsk, Zhao Qunzi is really causing a lot of trouble."
Lu Chao smiled and then continued to study the private cave dwelling.
This cave has its own name, originally called "Lu Chaoding's Exclusive Cave". After entering through the portal, you will arrive at a large courtyard-style cave room about the size of two football fields.
The cave ceiling is adorned with glowing pearls, like stars scattered across the ground. Below is muddy ground, magically covered with green grass. On the left and right sides of the cave are two springs, their water gurgling and flowing, converging into two clear pools. Yet the water in the pools does not overflow, as if there were invisible drains.
This courtyard-style cave also has a function: it allows the free-range spirits to live there. The spirits raised there are like the residents of the cave, and they usually have certain functions or special abilities. They will grow slowly in the cave.
Lu Chaoding released the Boiling Blood Lion Dog, and there really was a red-haired lion dog the size of a ball in the cave. It barked and ran and jumped happily on the grass. Its special ability also appeared. Not only did it increase the spiritual energy index of the cave by 10 points, but it could also produce [Boiling Blood Frenzy Pill].
The effects of this elixir are still unclear. Boiling Blood Lion Dog will produce it on its own without providing any materials. However, the production time is uncertain, and the yield depends entirely on the condition of the Boiling Blood Lion Dog.
Behind the large courtyard-style cave, there are three smaller caves, each with a name: "Lu Chaoding's Cultivation Room," "Lu Chaoding's Washroom," and "Lu Chaoding's Rest Room."
Lu Chao inspected them one by one. The three caves were clearly the studio, bathroom, and bedroom, and the facilities inside were very complete.
Inside the training room, there is a wooden target with infinite life, which can be used to test damage.
There is also a "Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace", which can be used for refining weapons and alchemy.
There is a "Heavenly Jade Bed" in the lounge for resting.
After touring his entire cave dwelling, Lu Chaoding brought up the cave dwelling's information panel again.
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Cave Dwelling: Lu Chaoding's Exclusive Cave Dwelling
Type: Dungeon
Level: LV1
Spiritual Energy Index: 10/100
Free-range spirit: Boiling Blood Lion Dog LV1
Equipment: [Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace] LV1, recipe not recorded, limited to crafting one-star items, can be upgraded by crafting items.
Supporting facility: [Immortal Wooden Stakes], with unlimited life, suitable for damage testing!
Supporting facilities: [Heavenly Jade Bed] LV1. Players can gain 10 cultivation points per hour when resting on the Heavenly Jade Bed. The points are calculated once per hour.
Note 1: Releasing certain local spirits or using other methods can increase the spiritual energy index of a cave dwelling.
Note 2: When the spiritual energy index reaches its maximum value, the cave dwelling will be upgraded. The cave dwelling level determines the level cap of the [Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace] and the [Heavenly Jade Bed].
Note 3: Currently, you can open a pill-making room, a kitchen, and a storage room in the cave. Each opening requires 200 points of spiritual power.
Note 4: You can now add [Immortal Wooden Stakes] inside the cave. Each one requires 200 points of spiritual power to add.
Note 5: Secret Realm-type caves are relatively safe zones, but they can be detected by certain Heavenly Authority characteristics, weapon characteristics, skill characteristics, etc., so there is a risk of being breached or infiltrated. Caves of LV3 and above allow the placement of protective formations, guardian beasts, etc. Please explore on your own for details.
Note 6: Once a cave dwelling reaches its highest level, it can evolve into a grotto heaven. Please explore on your own to find out more.
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"This cave is pretty good, I guess it'll be a production base in the future. For now, it can at least serve as a portable shelter. With it, I don't need to go back to the camp to sleep in a tent anymore!"
After a moment's thought, Lu Chao left with his hands behind his back. After passing through the cave exit, he returned to Lion Cliff.
Next came another intense period of intense work. Lu Chao rode on his flying sword, launching long-range attacks with lightning speed. His attacks were instant kills, and the sword shadows behind him flew like missiles. He was like a human-shaped self-propelled artillery platform, killing enemies with a single blow without needing to enter the combat space, making him extremely efficient at eliminating enemies.
With Lu Chaoding's current attack power, he can basically kill any Nightwalker below level 10 instantly. Usually, once the Toughness Breaking damage is dealt, the Nightwalker will fall down, without even needing to use Sword Shadow to its full potential.
In addition, Lu Chaoding is fast and has a long attack range, so he can easily kill monsters without taking damage.
He fought his way from Lion Cliff to the beach, and then back again, constantly grinding away. He even dared to touch ordinary night beasts that were only level 20 or so.
In the temporary camp, Zhao Weike and others dozed off while browsing the forum, yawning as they crawled into their tents and fell fast asleep. Lu Chaoding, however, forced himself to stay awake, unwilling to waste a single second, traversing the night like a tireless robot.
As dawn broke, the number of nocturnal beasts began to decrease rapidly. Lu Chaoding stopped hunting and checked his harvest. That night, Lu Chaoding had already leveled up to level ten just by killing enemies, and he still had plenty of cultivation points left.
The materials obtained were also numerous. There were as many as 3256 Blood-Red Teeth in the storage space. In addition, there were also a lot of cultivation experience, Night Wolf Blood, Night Wolf Heart, wolf skin, pig skin, tiger skin, etc. There were even twelve bottles of life-steal potion and five bottles of critical strike potion.
"I have to say, the drop rate for Night Beasts is pretty good! We can't rest now, we need to prepare to fight the Prince Turtle..."
Thinking of this, Lu Chaoding took out some dry food and water he had won in the lottery to make do, then went back to his cave to take a shower. After resting for five minutes, he immediately felt refreshed.
Given the limited resources available, Lu Chaoding is keeping everything simple.
At six o'clock in the morning, Lu Chaoding returned to the temporary camp on time.
At this moment, only Niu Daren was standing in the camp like a wooden statue; the other players hadn't gotten up yet.
"What a bunch of unreliable guys."
Lu Chaoding shook his head. He went directly to Niu Daren and handed over all three thousand blood-red teeth in one go.
Niu Daren was stunned.
He counted the blood-red teeth and said, "Junior Brother Lu Chaoding, you did well. You handed in a total of three thousand blood-red teeth. This cultivation manual can provide thirty thousand cultivation points, so I'll give it to you... Wait, how did I get this?"
Niu Daren looked at the cultivation notes he had taken out and scratched his head.
Lu Chao took the cultivation notes and a system notification suddenly sounded.
System Notification: The questline for player #523131241 in the starting village has progressed, and the Lion Mountain Sword Tournament has begun. All players are requested to participate in the Lion Mountain Sword Tournament as instructed by the guide NPC, Niu Daren!
"System Notification: All players in Novice Village No. 523131241 have unlocked the Arena feature. Players can participate in virtual battles through the Arena window. Please explore on your own for details."
"Ding! The duel storyline has been released!"
"Ding! Player Lu Chaoding, please actively seek out and guide NPC Niu Daren to complete the Sword Tournament registration and learn the details. You will receive a Sword Tournament number and cultivation subsidy according to the registration order, with a maximum subsidy of 1000 and a minimum subsidy of 200."
"Ding! The occasionally unreliable system has been activated, updating the tracking task: Please passively seek out and guide NPC Niu Daren to complete the sword competition registration and learn the details. After registration, you will receive a sword competition number and cultivation subsidy according to the registration order, with the highest subsidy being -1000 and the lowest being -200."