Chapter 278: The 4th Level of Qi Refining

Chapter 278: The 4th Level of Qi Refining

Chapter 278 The Fourth Level of Qi Refining

Xiao Jie was delighted. Damn, there is such a good thing? It's rare to see it.

This is the first time he has seen this thing. It can summon the BOSS as a friendly force. This is amazing.

But it’s a bit troublesome that this actually has a success rate.

But it's not a big problem. With my big talk, any boss will bow down to me.

He was surprised and said, "Thank you for the gift, Immortal. With this, this matter will surely succeed. Immortal, rest assured, just watch how I kill that strange bird to vent your anger."

Master Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Well, remember to bring its head back to me. Bringing back the head of this strange bird will mean that you have completed your third mission."

Xiao Jie asked, "Is there a reward for the head of this strange bird?"

Xiaoyue chuckled, "You want money? That's not impossible, but one thing is for another. If you accept the bounty, you can't ask for other benefits. Are you sure?"

Xiao Jie paused in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Of course not. I am a chivalrous man who kills demons and monsters not for money. I just want to ask for clarification. Master, don't worry about it. Forget about the money. I'm sure you won't treat me unfairly after the mission is accomplished."

I thought to myself, damn, if this mission only gives money then this isn't going to be enough. After all, the rewards for this kind of hidden mission must be different from ordinary ones and cannot be measured by money.

It seems that the reward for this task should be the kind that you can claim yourself. With this kind of high-freedom game and highly intelligent NPCs, the range of rewards is huge.

This requires careful consideration. Money is the worst choice. Any magic weapon or magical skill is better than money.

"Haha, I see. It seems I underestimated you." Xiao Yue Zhenren said with a smile, as if he had seen through everything. "Go, bring the head of the strange bird back to me. If you do a good job, you will get some benefits."

Xiao Jie left Xiaoyue Palace with a heavy heart, but he started to think in his mind.

This strange bird must be very powerful, and it might even be stronger than an ordinary BOSS. This task naturally cannot be completed by one person alone. Even if one can recruit a BOSS, one will have to find other people to form a team.

However, it is obvious that this strange bird is not a normal BOSS, so if other people ask about it, I will have to have an explanation.

Otherwise it will inevitably arouse suspicion.

It's a pity that this task cannot be shared, otherwise it would be much simpler and we could just do it together, and we could even do a lot of favors for everyone.

But it’s not a big problem. Although the mission rewards cannot be shared, the drops from the BOSS will not be less. The mission BOSS in this game will also drop equipment, which is different from traditional online games.

Many quest monsters in traditional online games don't drop anything except quest items, so asking for help will really cost you a lot of money.

Nowadays, the worst that can happen is that you have to pay more and get less money.

While there was still time, Xiao Jie decided to practice the second heavenly book first.

Xiao Jie returned to the inn and immediately began to practice eagerly.

The practice of "The Great Divine Dragon Sutra" is not much different from that of "The Qilin Righteous Sutra". In the same way, you right-click on the book, and a shadow picture of a divine dragon will pop up in front of you. There are many meridian markings on it, and there are text explanations next to it.

[The divine dragon is the ancestor of all creatures. It can grow or shrink, rise or hide. When it grows, it can create clouds and mist, and when it shrinks, it can hide its shape. When it rises, it can soar into the universe, and when it hides, it can lurk in the waves. It has spiritual changes, and its soul resembles its shape. The dragon's ambition is not to be strong with flesh, blood, tendons and bones...]

Xiao Jie read it carefully, and with his good command of classical Chinese, he was able to understand it.

As usual, the book first boasted about the wonders of the dragon, saying how awesome it was, not only was it physically strong, but it also had an extraordinary will, so it would not be affected by the nature of wild beasts.

Then, they taught fish, snakes, lizards, crocodiles and other aquatic monsters how to become a dragon.

Don't be limited by your unsatisfactory conditions. As long as your heart is as big as the world is...

Xiao Jie read it through and felt a little bit dissatisfied with some of the statements in the book. The various theories in this game were a bit weird, but it was fine to practice according to them.

Clicking on the spiritual vein map, Xiao Jie began to refine his spirituality, and soon he completed a cycle of circulation.

[System prompt: You have practiced the "Shenlong Haoran Sutra" and you feel inner peace. ]

There is also an additional BUFF of [Divine Dragon’s Will] on the head.

That's it? Well, it's just a game after all, so the expressiveness is just that, what's important is the changes in reality.

Xiao Jie walked to the mirror with great anticipation and took off his shirt. Sure enough, the snake scales on his back had disappeared.

Phew, finally...

Xiao Jie let out a long sigh, then he looked himself over again and finally confirmed that he had completely returned to his normal human appearance.

Not bad, not bad. Now I don’t have to worry about turning into a monster.

As Xiao Jie put on his clothes, he thought, now I can take the monster's inner elixir at will. So what if I become a monster? I will refine it all for you.

Xiao Jie was in a very good mood at this time. In fact, if he did not refine the inner elixir of the flying monster, he would not have to worry about the problem of turning into a monster after refining Qi.

In that case, let’s refine the monster’s inner cores in the bag.

Go back to the computer and open the backpack.

He now has four inner elixirs in his bag.

One catfish essence elixir, and the other three were given to him by Qianlong Wuyong when they separated.

A pig demon's inner elixir, a spider spirit's inner elixir, and a python spirit's inner elixir.

There are still more than 600 points of spiritual energy in the Immortal Transformation Gourd. Together with the four inner elixirs, it is enough to upgrade the Qi Refining Technique to the next level.

Xiao Jie couldn't wait to throw several monster inner cores into the Evolution Immortal Gourd one by one and began to refine them.

The first thing to refine is the catfish spirit's inner elixir. After all, it was made by himself, so it is more reliable.

After a short while, the inner elixir dissolved into the gourd. This inner elixir refined more than 800 spiritual energy points.

Xiao Jie was refining the spirit while practicing Qi refining techniques, absorbing the spiritual energy in the gourd. He saw white smoke floating in the gourd and sinking into the seven orifices. After the absorption was completed, Xiao Jie didn't care whether there were any evil spirits haunting his body, and he directly practiced the "Shenlong Haoran Sutra" to ensure that there would be no side effects.

Next was the inner elixir of the pig monster. This time, he successfully refined more than 1200 spiritual energy points. It seemed that the monsters the guild had fought were all relatively strong bosses, not comparable to the catfish monsters. After absorbing it, Xiao Jie ran through the "Qilin Zhengqi Sutra" again...

He repeated this process over and over again for more than two hours before he finally absorbed all the spiritual energy refined from the four inner elixirs. These four inner elixirs produced a total of more than 3800 spiritual energy points, plus the more than points from before, which just upgraded the Qi Refining Technique to the fourth level, with more than points left.

[System prompt: Your ancient Qi training technique has been upgraded. You have successfully opened the fourth level - the mysterious realm. Unlocked the legendary trait [Invulnerable].

[System prompt: Due to the talent 'Spiritual Enlightenment', your understanding has increased by 1 point. ]

[System prompt: Due to the talent 'Demon Spirit Manifestation', your endurance has increased by 1 points, your physique has increased by 2 points, your agility has increased by 2 points, your strength has increased by 2 points, and your demonization index has increased. It is now 34%]

It turned out to be invulnerable to swords and guns... Xiao Jie was not surprised by this result. Yuan Tianke had mentioned it before, and it seemed that the remaining three characteristics were also almost certain.

Immortality, perfection of the golden elixir, and ascension to immortality.

Ascending to become an immortal should be the tenth level, achieving golden elixir should be the eighth or ninth level, and immortality... is probably the fifth or sixth level.

As for the remaining three, we will only know them when they are unlocked.

It must be said that although this Qi Refining Technique is a bit crude and does not have the magic of Taoism and sorcery, these characteristics are also quite practical. Just the dream of immortality is the dream of many people. Xiao Jie sighed and clicked on the Qi Refining Technique system.

[Ancient Qigong (professional inheritance skill)
Current aura: 432/5000.

Current realm: Mysterious realm (fourth level of Qi Refining).

Trait 1: Eat wind and drink dew - Eat wind and drink dew to cultivate immortality, and never seek food again. (Click to view specific effects).

Trait 2: Cold and heat are not a problem - cold and heat are not a problem, people are always here, the sky is a mansion and the earth is a house. (Click to view the specific effect)

Trait 3: Immune to all poisons - Immune to all poisons, fearless, and all diseases and plagues will retreat. (Click to view the specific effect)

Trait 4: Invulnerable to swords and guns - Invulnerable to swords and guns, I am the king in front of the two armies. (Click to view the specific effect)

Xiao Jie clicked on trait 4, and a long description popped up immediately.

[Invulnerability (Legendary trait)

Passive effect: Gain 30 points of physical damage reduction. All physical attacks below this value cannot cause any damage to you.

Skill introduction: According to legend, in ancient times, Qigong practitioners used the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to refine their tendons, and the essence of the sun and the moon to forge their bones. They absorbed the mysteries of the six directions and gathered the magic of the five elements. As a result, their bodies were like steel and they were not afraid of swords and weapons. Ordinary weapons could not cause any harm to them. Even when facing the fangs and teeth of prehistoric beasts, they could remain unharmed and move freely. 】

Haha, this is so handsome!
Xiao Jie was finally satisfied this time. The previous three legendary traits were somewhat useless. It was not that they were useless, but they were not that useful and there were not many opportunities to apply them. However, the traits given this time were absolutely powerful.

You should know that the most common type of attack in this game is physical attack. Most players are physical type, and so are monsters. This means that when you meet ordinary newcomers in the future, they will just stand there and not be able to hit you.

Well, that’s not the case. It probably won’t matter if you just use normal attacks, but the opponent will still lose health if he uses combat skills.

Even if you have precious swords or top-grade weapons, you still can't withstand it.

But overall, this trait is powerful.

This is much more powerful than 30 points of body defense. No matter how high the body defense is, it only reduces the damage, but damage reduction is an addition and subtraction. As long as the damage is less than 30 points, it will be directly invalidated.

It will be much more fun to kill monsters and level up in the future. Even if the monsters can break through the defense, they probably won’t be able to deal much damage.

Although the effect is not as good when encountering strong enemies, it greatly increases survivability and makes up for the weakness of insufficient defense.

However, the effect in the game can be seen from the data, but how strong these 30 points of physical immunity are in reality still requires some experiments.

Xiao Jie pinched the skin on his arm with his hand and felt that it was indeed much tougher. Although it still looked like normal fair skin, it was as tough as Kevlar fiber.

I went to the kitchen, got a kitchen knife, and lightly scratched my arm, leaving not even a white mark.

I didn't feel any pain, it was just like a wooden stick scratching my body.

He chopped down with his knife with ruthless determination. With a thud, the knife bounced up directly, just like using a wooden ruler to chop on solid rubber.

Haha, so handsome.

Xiao Jie touched it left and right, feeling satisfied, yet also a little weird. Inexplicably, he felt as if he had become a 'non-human'.

I wonder if 30 points of physical immunity can withstand bullets... Small-caliber pistol bullets should be no problem, but automatic rifles may be a problem...

Time flies and one day has passed, and in the blink of an eye it is the next day.

After much deliberation, Xiao Jie decided to tell the truth. When everyone gathered again, Xiao Jie told them about his mission.

"So you took another mission?" An Ran asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's probably triggered by the title 'Demon Slayer'. I'm not sure what the reward is, but it shouldn't be bad. Because this quest requires the head of a strange bird, and there is no bounty for this head, so I think it's better to make it clear."

Haomie said in a deep voice: "No problem, we have to fight the boss anyway, but let's make it clear first, we have to agree on the price of the head."

It is obvious that if you fight a boss-level BOSS normally, the head dropped can be exchanged for a bounty. Although the head will be auctioned off, the money from the auction is actually shared by everyone.

So it’s like an extra income.

However, the head of this strange bird cannot be exchanged for a bounty. If it is auctioned, others will not be able to complete the task after taking it. In the end, only Xiao Jie will be able to take it. If Xiao Jie casually offers a few dozen taels to take it, it will be a loss for everyone else.

So in theory, it would be reasonable to at least give out silver equivalent to the bounty to compensate other people.

Xiao Jie shook his head and said, "That's not the way to calculate it. Although this strange bird is indeed difficult to deal with, and its head cannot be exchanged for a bounty, you should know that the drops from this strange bird must be extremely good.

And—I got this.”

Xiao Jie said this and sent the letter of amnesty to the team channel.

Several people were shocked when they saw the attributes of the letter of amnesty, especially the Drunken Swordsman.

(Can this game be played this way? Then what did we play before?)

Xiao Jie continued, "In other words, I can recruit a BOSS to help us fight the bird. In this way, we only need to put in half the effort, but we can get the full amount of the drop. This is much more valuable than the bounty of a head."

Fondant cake questioned: "That's true, but this thing has a success rate for recruitment. If the recruitment fails, we will still have to face a powerful BOSS."

Xiao Jie had already prepared for this, "Then let's just make a bet agreement. If the recruitment is successful and we can easily capture the strange bird, then the head of the strange bird will be considered as my subsidy and will be mine for free. We will divide the other drops normally.

If the recruitment fails, we will have to take the risk of fighting a powerful BOSS. If we win the battle, the head of the strange bird will be considered as my purchase - how about 400 taels?"

Haomie said, "500 taels. The level of this strange bird is still uncertain, but from your description, it must be at least level 30, right? It's stronger than the ones we fought before, so 500 taels is not too much, right?"

"Okay, then five hundred taels."

Xiao Jie felt a little pained, but considering the reward for the mission, five hundred taels was acceptable.

Moreover, he was very confident that he would most likely be able to successfully recruit the people, and in that case he wouldn't have to spend any money.

Seeing Xiao Jie so happy, several people began to look forward to it. It would be great if they could really recruit a BOSS to help fight him.

"So where do we start?"

Xiao Jie had already made plans for this, "At present, we only know that this strange bird will go to the monster leaders to give them monster fruits, but we don't know which one has been given the fruit and which one has not been given the fruit.

So my idea is to follow our original plan and look for Ying Baiyu."

An Ran asked curiously, "Why is this happening?"

"Because we have to deal with a strange bird, the BOSS we recruit should preferably be able to fly, or have anti-air capabilities, and its level should not be too high. If it is too high, the success rate of recruiting will be very low. Comprehensively speaking, Ying Baiyu should be the most suitable.

Moreover, he used to be a captain of the Tianyu Army, and he should have a superior-subordinate relationship with Master Xiaoyue. In this case, the success rate of recruiting him should be much higher."

After several people discussed it, they concluded that it was indeed the case.

"I agree, that's settled!"

(End of this chapter)