Chapter 200 The Temptation of Hunyuan Gong

Chapter 200 The Temptation of Hunyuan Gong

Chapter 200 The Temptation of Hunyuan Gong
Hearing Duan Yu ask this, Xiao Jie's heart suddenly moved. Could it be that the acquaintance Duan Yu was talking about was Xiong Ba?
There is a reason for thinking so. The black robe with a black gold dragon pattern that burst out from Xiongba is very cool and domineering, and very eye-catching. But Xiao Jie has only seen this one so far, and Duan Yu may have seen it on Xiongba.

But even if I have seen him, why do I care so much?

The answer is obvious, he knows Xiongba.

The secret technique Xiongba used during the duel was - Hunyuan Qi can break mountains and rivers.

Duan Yu's title is 'Hunyuan Yiqi', and since both of them are masters of Qigong, it is not difficult to imagine their relationship.

"Master Duan, where have you seen this robe?"

"From one of my apprentices."

As expected! Xiao Jie thought to himself that Xiong Ba was actually Duan Yu's apprentice. It was very likely that they became his apprentices when they were at a low level. Moreover, it was very likely that Xiong Ba had raised his favorability to 100, and then - learned Hun Yuan Gong from Duan Yu.

In that case, as long as I raise my favorability to 100, I might be able to learn some advanced internal skills from Duan Yu.

No, it shouldn't be that easy. When I learn martial arts from NPCs, I first raise their favorability to 100, and then trigger a bond before I can succeed.

It can be seen that learning Hunyuan Gong from Duan Yu also requires similar conditions, otherwise, with so many people in the town, it is impossible that no one has thought about it.

"Master Duan, are you talking about Xiong Ba?"

Duan Yu nodded slightly, "Do you know my disciple? Tell me quickly, how is my disciple doing now?"

Xiao Jie was about to say something when a dialog box suddenly popped up in front of him.

Option 1: Your apprentice has done so many evil things that I have no choice but to get rid of him.

Option 2: I have killed your disciple. Do you want revenge? Come and fight me (trigger a battle).

Option 3: I don’t know what happened to your apprentice now. I picked up this piece of clothing by accident and it has nothing to do with your apprentice (bluff).

Option 4: Your apprentice committed many evil deeds and was killed by a master. He entrusted this robe to me before he died. (Human relations and worldly wisdom).

Xiao Jie was a little surprised. Generally speaking, this option only appears in some important plot missions. How come it suddenly appeared in front of him? Could it be that...

Xiao Jie felt excited. Could it be that he had triggered another special plot?
It's very possible.

I didn't expect that this robe could trigger the plot. The degree of freedom in this game is really scary.

However, this kind of special plot is sometimes a good thing, but it often hides dangers and may bring danger if not handled properly.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Jie decisively chose the fourth option.

"To be honest, your apprentice committed many evil deeds and was killed by a master. He entrusted this robe to me before he died."

I have to say that social etiquette is indeed useful. These words were neither lies nor deceiving others, but they also secretly exonerated the person, so it can be regarded as a relatively reasonable response.

Duan Yu was not angry after hearing this. Instead, he sighed and said, "Alas, my disciple's mind is indeed not right. When he asked me to teach him Hunyuan Gong, he begged and fawned on me in every way. He was desperate to learn this skill. I could see that there was something wrong with his mind and tried to persuade him to reflect on himself, but he still went astray..."

Having said that, the subject suddenly changed.

"Little brother, I really have an unreasonable request. I have a master-disciple relationship with that evil disciple, and a father-son relationship. I wonder if you can give me this black robe as a token of my gratitude."

Xiao Jie was stunned. Your sister's equipment is epic. You want me to give it to you? Are you kidding me?
But a dialog box popped up again.

Option 1: I'm sorry, but I can't do that (refuse).

Option 2: In that case, please accept it, Master Duan (lose equipment [Black Robe with Black Gold Dragon Pattern]).

Option 3: If I give this black robe to Master Duan, I don’t know (……) (test).

Xiao Jie wanted to refuse at first, but after looking at option 3, he decided to give it a try first. The content in the brackets should be something he can play with as he pleases. Could it be that he can ask for benefits?
Yes, since it is a test, there must be some reward for the test.

But what good reward can this piece of jade give? After thinking about it, only Hunyuan Gong is the best.

"If I give this black robe to Master Duan, I wonder if Master Duan can teach me the Hunyuan Gong."

In fact, it is not really that profitable to exchange epic equipment for advanced internal skills. In terms of in-game value alone, the difference is not that big. But internal skills do have one advantage, which is that they can be brought into reality. No matter how powerful the equipment is, it is only something in the game after all.

So if I could really exchange it for a copy of Hunyuan Gong, it wouldn't be a loss at all.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Jie opened his mouth, Duan Yu shook his head decisively.

"That won't do. Hunyuan Gong is my sect's unique skill. I will not teach it to anyone other than my personal disciple. However, if you can accept me as your master, I might consider it. Of course, I never accept disciples easily in my life. If you want to become my disciple, you must complete my three tests and prove your sincerity. Only then can I teach you Hunyuan Gong."

Duan Yu said proudly, "In the beginning, Xiongba spent a lot of effort to learn my Hunyuan Gong. He proved his sincerity before I taught him. I didn't want to talk about it, but seeing this robe reminds me of the person. Maybe this is the fate between you and me."

[System prompt: The special task [Apprenticeship] has been triggered. Duan Yu, the 'Hunyuan Yiqi', seems to want to take you in as his apprentice. However, to complete the apprenticeship, you must prove your 'sincerity'. Only after success can you become Duan Yu's personal disciple.

Do you accept this task? Yes/No.

Current sincerity value 0/100.

Mission 1: Give you a black robe with a black gold dragon pattern. Mission reward. Sincerity value +30.

Task 2: ????

Task 3: ????

Task 4: ????

Special note: Each player can only have one [Master] at a time. If you betray your master, you will lose a lot of reputation points and may become hostile to your master. Please choose the master you want to join carefully. 】

After Xiao Jie carefully read the system prompt, he was speechless. He thought to himself, fuck you, you are pretending to be a qigong master. If it was just clothes to exchange for martial arts, he could still consider it, but he didn't expect that this was only the first stage. There are still three tasks to be done, and they don’t look easy... This is nothing.

I'm not willing to spend so much money to improve the reputation of the hermit master.

In fact, high-level internal skills are already very powerful. At least there are only a handful of high-level internal skills that can be bought in the auction house, and they are all relatively rubbish and useless. The real good things are almost impossible to be put up for sale.

Therefore, the Hunyuan Gong is still very valuable and is considered a good advanced internal skill.

However, ever since Xiao Jie learned peerless martial arts, his mentality has changed, and he is somewhat dismissive of "mere" high-level internal skills.

Moreover, everyone can only have one master, so if you want to worship someone, you have to worship a sword master or a sword master. You are only a level 30 Qigong master, a mere second-level profession, not very attractive.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jie decisively refused.

"I'm sorry, I'm determined to exorcise demons and bring order to this world. This black robe with a black dragon pattern is quite protective. I need to use it to fight against demons and monsters. I can only appreciate Master Duan's kindness."

"Hmph, forget it. It seems that you and I are not destined to be together after all. You can go now."

Xiao Jie bowed and turned to leave, but he secretly kept this encounter in mind, as it could be considered as a piece of information.

In the future, if anyone wants to learn advanced internal skills, or wants to become Duan Yu's disciple, I can sell the information to him.

After saying goodbye to Duan Yu, Xiao Jie did not leave in a hurry. He spent another 10 taels of silver to learn dual-weapon specialization, thus completely ending this training journey.

Xiao Jie had wanted to learn this dual weapon specialty for a long time, but he never had the time or the money. Now he finally did it.

This way, he can use dual-weapon combat skills such as the spinning sword dance.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Jie entered the conference room on time.

There were quite a few people attending the meeting. Except for a few of their small leaders, all the core members appeared in the conference room.

Logically, Qianlong Wuyong should make the opening speech first.

Qianlongwuyong: Our operation today went relatively smoothly, but some problems were also exposed. Let’s all speak out, please feel free to express your opinions.

With Qianlongwuyong's opening words, everyone immediately offered suggestions. Xiaobailong: I think we should let everyone practice long-range weapon skills, so that everyone can use long-range weapons. Anyway, this game does not have any restrictions on professional skills. Melee professions learning long-range skills will at most not reach the top level, but they can still do something special.

As you can see, if you want to achieve losslessness in a real fight, the best way is to concentrate fire from a distance.

If everyone is ranged, close combat can be avoided completely, and you can kill monsters and level up without any risk.

Xianyu: It’s a good idea, but it’s not practical. The damage of long-range weapons is obviously low. To unleash their power, there must be enough people. It can only be played like this with more people fighting against fewer people.

It would not be practical if we encountered the same number of enemies.

When encountering a large number of enemies, close combat is still unavoidable. If everyone focuses on improving long-range weapons, what should we do if the close combat is poor? The army with the highest proportion of long-range weapons in history was the Song Dynasty, with archers reaching 70%. What was the result? I think everyone knows the strength of the Song Dynasty's army.

The two of them each thought that they were right, and Xiao Jie thought that what they said was not wrong. In fact, it was still a problem of the butt.

Xiaobailong commands the long-range team, and of course he hopes that everyone will listen to him.

Xianyu Daxiao is still a cadre after all, and it seems that he has not completely laid down yet.

Only Deidara really didn't care about anything and was just listening.

Xiao Jie didn't have any idea of ​​speaking, so he just waited and saw.

Qianlongwuyong: I think it can be neutralized. In your spare time, everyone should try to improve the capabilities of long-range weapons as much as possible, or at least have long-range output capabilities. In this way, you can play the role of long-range units during activities, but you should still practice what you should practice in normal times.

Qianlongwuyong's words were a bit wishy-washy, but Xiao Jie discovered that sometimes he really had no choice but to be wishy-washy.

Xiao Jie thought to himself, let’s also make a speech.

Yin Yue Sui Feng: I think we should make better use of the effect of Qing Kung Fu. Today, the bandits and archers on the city wall caused a lot of damage to the melee group. The melee group had to retreat several times after rushing in. Later, although I used my ultimate move to kill all the archers on the wall, it actually delayed the attack for several minutes.

If we could predict this situation in advance and send experts with martial arts skills to jump onto the village wall and kill the bandits and archers immediately, the attack on the main gate would be much smoother.

So I suggest that we reform the support team and recruit more experts in Qinggong.

In the future, when a war breaks out, I can lead my men to seize some commanding heights and key points first, which can have a huge impact on the battle situation.

Qinggong is actually equivalent to paratroopers, who can maneuver in three dimensions on the battlefield, which means that they can exert the effect of surprise troops on battlefields with complex terrain.

Qianlongwuyong: This is a good idea, Suifengkeqing, please do some research and submit a list to me.

At this time, someone else suggested: I think the punishment mechanism is still too lenient. Today, the Unyielding War Ghost inexplicably started a monster, but fortunately it was just a small BOSS. If a big BOSS appears in the future, it will not be just one person who dies, but a group of people.

"Battlefield discipline must be strengthened!"

“Yes, it must be strengthened.”

The core members all agreed with this.

Xianyu said speechlessly: "How can we punish them severely when they are dead?"

"It would be better if the person died. I'll take a picture of the Unyielding Ghost's death and send it to the group. Let everyone learn from it and tell them that this is the result of disobeying orders."

"I think the grouping can be further refined. The current melee and ranged groups are too crude and difficult to command on the battlefield. They should be divided into several groups of five people each, with the core members as group leaders. When the time comes, the leader only needs to give orders to us group leaders, and we will lead the people to execute them."

Xiao Jie thought, isn't this just like the military? You core members want to be officers.

Qianlong Wuyong hesitated this time: If the core group can do this, and the peripheral group also does this, I am afraid...

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that everyone will be unhappy? Captain, I think you worry too much. You need to let everyone know that this is for the purpose of better exerting everyone's combat effectiveness and better survival. I think everyone should understand."

"Yes, if you don't agree, then be a substitute. We have more than fifty people, which is still too many. Many of them are just there to do nothing. I think forty is enough."

"I think it's a good idea. With such huge profits from today's event, those peripheral members will definitely be scrambling to participate in the next event. We have to raise the threshold a little bit so that they don't think that good things are free."

Xiao Jie listened to what these core members said and agreed with them in his heart.

In fact, most game players don’t like being constrained. This is human nature.

But no matter how much you dislike it, sometimes you have to accept even the most unpleasant things in order to achieve a certain goal.

Some of the top gaming guilds that Xiao Jie had come into contact with in the past were so powerful that they were as easy to use as his own arms and had stricter discipline than the army.

Each of the countless commands of a BOSS must be executed. In many difficult BOSS battles, it is very likely that one person's mistake will lead to the destruction of the entire team. This requires every team member to cooperate perfectly and execute the commander's orders perfectly.

Only in this way can we defeat those powerful and seemingly invincible bosses.

Some second- and third-rate guilds tend to have looser management.

As for some casual guilds, they rely completely on self-awareness, so the results they can achieve depend entirely on luck.

For a guild that really wants to get the first kill on the server or make a name for itself in the game, discipline is essential.

However, he was not in a position to say this out loud. After all, he was also considered a peripheral player. He could only say that he was happy to see it happen.

We discussed for more than an hour and finally sorted out a few points.

1. Strengthen discipline and increase the penalties for violating orders during combat.

2. Set thresholds and streamline redundant personnel. Limit the number of participants in each activity to between 20-40 people. Too many idlers will not only fail to improve combat effectiveness, but will also have a negative impact - the most important thing is that the money has not been burned.

3. Reorganize the support group and establish a special team composed of experts in light skills, commanded by Xiao Jie.

4. Establish a five-person team system. Each team will fight monsters and level up together to increase their compatibility and allow better command during battles. However, in order to avoid conflicts between peripheral players and core players, it was finally decided to mix the teams and let familiar players form their own teams.

5. When there is extra time, everyone should try to master a long-range weapon skill.

Finally, Qianlongwuyong made a summary.

"In the next three days, we will work hard to coordinate our teams, kill monsters and level up, and improve our overall level and the coordination between teams.

Three days later, we will attack the Laotie Mountain Mine."

Xianyu couldn't help but ask, "Captain, how about we attack two more villages in the next two days? There are many villages in Luoyang Plain."

"No, have you forgotten about the Black Hand Alliance?"

Xianyu suddenly stopped talking.

Xiao Jieqi asked, "What's going on with that Black Hand Alliance?"

Qianlong Wuyong explained: "This Black Hand Alliance once brushed wolf monsters near the Hundred Wolf Cave to upgrade. They are a group of high-level game players with great experience in the game. They have mastered the refresh rules of the wolf monsters in the Hundred Wolf Cave and killed seven wolf monster captains in just half a month.

As a result, one day the Wolf King suddenly appeared and raided the Black Hand Alliance with a group of elite wolf guards, resulting in the death of more than a dozen people in the Black Hand Alliance, as much as half of the alliance members. Later, the Black Hand Alliance was disbanded.

According to the staff's speculation, the monsters in this game not only have powerful AI, but also have the ability to record and communicate information. In other words, if players always use the same routine to attack monsters, the monsters will also premeditated counterattacks.

If we continue to attack villages, Black Wind Mountain will likely be on guard and even set traps to deal with us, so when dealing with such a highly organized monster force, we must avoid falling into a rut. "

Xiao Jie thought to himself that there was such a thing.

You have to be careful then.

Well, let's upgrade first. This morning I increased my experience points by 30%. If I have another thirteen days, I should be able to upgrade to the next level.

When the time comes, he will go down into the mine again. This will be his first time going down into the mine, and he feels a little excited just thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)