Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 253 - 202 Two Scholars_2

Chapter 253: Chapter 202 Two Scholars_2

"The invading Jin Army received comprehensive enhancements, their naval strength increased, and it seems that their internal strife had somewhat eased, morale among the soldiers was very high...

"And on the Qi Army’s side, the critical figure, Zhao Binfu, was directly absent, so we needed to find a way to plug this enormous gap.

"If I were to do nothing now, then in ten years, the battle at Niu Zhu Pier would be a guaranteed defeat, and the subsequent outcome would naturally be the annihilation of Qi by the Jin Army, leading to the complete failure of the instance.

"Therefore, to break through this instance, the key lies in making as many preparations as possible for this inevitable great war during these ten years."

After his analysis, Li Hongyun quickly identified the mission objective of this instance.

For players unaware of historical knowledge, they might feel quite confused at this point, not knowing what to do, but with a little analysis combined with historical materials, one can reach a clear conclusion.

After understanding the mission objective, Li Hongyun felt much more at ease.

He looked at the identity cards in front of him.

There were portraits of two characters, both dressed as scholars, with one being taller than the other, who was of a more average height, just like an ordinary man.

Both cards had no names, but next to each card, there were poems as annotations.

Next to the tall scholar was written: "Drunk, I light the lamp and watch the sword; as in a dream, I return to blow the horn at the camps."

Next to the average-sized scholar was written: "A cup of wine with my Longsword, in my heart resides a warrior’s resolve."

Reading these two lines of poetry, Li Hongyun fell into contemplation.

He had already determined that this tall scholar was very likely Yu Jiaxuan.

Because these two lines of poetry were one of Yu Jiaxuan’s representative works, and according to historical records, Yu Jiaxuan was indeed a man of tall stature, considered by others to be the reincarnation of a ’Qing Si.’

Qing Si, in ancient legend, was a type of beast similar to a rhinoceros, with one horn, blue in color, weighing a thousand catties, rumored to possess incomparable strength to drive away tigers and leopards, while also being noble in spirit, dedicated to conquering all poisons.

Of course, there were somewhat far-fetched elements to this mythical reincarnation, but it also indicated that Yu Jiaxuan himself was far from a delicate scholar and was undeniably a man of valiant stature.

This matched the portrait on the card.

As for the identity of the other person, that was more difficult to guess.

Based on appearances, he looked rather average and had no distinctive features. The line "A cup of wine with my Longsword, in my heart resides a warrior’s resolve," was actually a poem praising the spirit of chivalry by a great poet of the Liang Dynasty, not likely to be made by this person.

Thus, the specific identity could only be confirmed after entering the instance.

Li Hongyun looked at the two identity cards, lost in thought.

...

Meanwhile, Fan Cun was also staring at the two cards, his face showing disappointment.

"What the heck, is this an instance exclusively for scholars?

"They’re both scholars; how am I supposed to choose!"

As a player with an intelligence score of 1, Fan Cun didn’t have much interest in these scholarly identities.

Unlike Li Hongyun and Chu Ge, Fan Cun seldom did his homework before tackling instances.

On one hand, he was lazy and disliked the idea of exercising his brain too much or reading the cryptic original historical texts, and on the other hand, he also enjoyed exploring completely unknown environments, not wanting to be spoiled too much.

His success in passing many instances was purely due to his combat talent and the unyielding momentum of a straightforward fighter.

Of course, if he ever encountered a roadblock, he would search online for strategies, but compared to others, he just didn’t like to do his homework right at the start.

So at this moment, he had no idea who these two people were, only vaguely guessing that one of them might be Yu Jiaxuan.

However, Fan Cun’s impression of Yu Jiaxuan was limited to knowing that he was a bold and uninhibited poet with some decent works, but as for his specific life events, he knew nothing.

After a moment of indecision, Fan Cun lightly tapped on the tall scholar.

"If they are both scholars, then I’ll choose the one who looks more robust!"

Once the identity was selected, the talent skill cards appeared in front of Fan Cun.

He noticed that apart from the selectable talent skills, a new skill had been added to the extra skill slot.

Originally, the only innate extra talent was a golden talent called "Memory Fragment," but now another golden talent, "Boost Morale," had been added.

Its effect was: when fighting and shouting, it can better inspire the team and enhance morale.

This talent, originally selectable, had now become a permanent talent.

The recent update announcement of ’Dark Sand’ had already stated that this new version update would provide players with a new extra talent, but it was only in the instance that they would know which one specifically.

The reason players could continuously receive new extra talents was that Meng Yuan’s power was growing stronger in the process of reclaiming historic fragments, naturally allowing for more power to be allocated to players.

Fan Cun was very satisfied with this.

Because "Boost Morale" was a versatile talent suitable for any profession, and useful in most instances.

Taking this instance as an example, to win the battle of Niu Zhu Pier, boosting morale was a necessary step. If the player had chosen other talents, it would be somewhat difficult now, unless they were scholar players with innate righteousness.

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