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Chapter 636 - 619: The Heritage of the Great Sect!

Chapter 636: Chapter 619: The Heritage of the Great Sect!

With the whale-like invitation from Instructor Ding, Chen Tingquan became more daring and began to venture deeper into the Barbaric World.

During this process, Chen Tingquan also kept an eye on nearby ores, after all, the sect mission he received this time was to collect some cold iron ore and return, worth 300 lower-grade spirit stones, which converted to real-life currency was about three bucks, sweet.

"How much have you spent on this game so far?" Chen Tingquan asked casually.

Instructor Ding thought for a moment: "I haven’t really calculated it too precisely, but it must be over a dozen 648 packs."

Chen Tingquan was shocked: "Wow, that’s really extravagant!"

A dozen 648s, that’s nearly ten thousand middle-grade spirit stones. Who knows how many Nine Dragon Elixir deluxe packs were purchased, they could almost serve as meals.

Others take elixirs pill by pill, but Instructor Ding probably takes them by the pound.

Others take elixirs until they’re broke, Instructor Ding takes them until he’s full.

"Have you finished all those elixirs?" Chen Tingquan asked again.

Instructor Ding shook his head: "How is that possible! Taking them all at once would be too toxic to the organs, typically most elixirs are limited to one per day, and I’ve even set a timer for taking them.

"I’m also taking the ’Lotus Clear Intestines Powder’."

Chen Tingquan heard a new term: "Huh? What is Lotus Clear Intestines Powder?"

Instructor Ding explained: "Oh, it’s a unique secret medicine developed by our sect, it can alleviate the toxicity of the Nine Dragons, and it’s only available to sect disciples, not sold externally."

Chen Tingquan suddenly understood: "Oh, it’s like the liver care tablets from Henggang Sect... it seems all the major sects are researching how to deal with the organ toxicity of the Nine Dragon Elixirs.

"But speaking of which, what is the name of your sect?"

Instructor Ding spoke with a bit of pride: "My sect is one of the top sects in the entire cultivation world, called Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace! And yours?"

Chen Tingquan replied, "Mine is called Henggang Sect. Damn, why do the names of our two sects have a completely different vibe! Are you sure your sect’s name is of a righteous path? It sounds like a demon cult!"

Instructor Ding objected: "Why is it a demon cult, we are a legitimate great sect, our sect is on a mountain that pierces the clouds, and has many aerial pavilions, it’s very grand.

"Moreover, our Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace has a lot of extra benefits.

"For example, our sect’s main hall floats in the sky, it’s a powerful Erosion Spirit Array that can automatically absorb 20% of the qi refinement results of all non-sect cultivators within a radius of ten thousand miles, automatically distributing them to all sect disciples.

"Not only that, I heard that our cultivation technique also inherently includes a secret technique to refine Ghost General Puppets, which can be traded for money."

Chen Tingquan: "Sounds more like a demon cult!

"And what’s with absorbing the qi refinement results of non-sect cultivators, doesn’t that mean players who aren’t part of your sect but are born nearby are out of luck?"

Instructor Ding coughed lightly: "Well... the cultivation world is a place where the strong prey on the weak, it’s reasonable. Anyway, according to our sect, what Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace does is entirely within the legal bounds."

For a moment, Chen Tingquan was speechless, this world is indeed a bit crazy.

Clearly, in the game "Reverse Heaven," there are many different sects, each with its unique characteristics.

In terms of levels, they are divided into ordinary sects and great sects.

Ordinary sects, like Henggang Sect, although claiming to be great sects, do not have special benefits, and while having branches everywhere and welcoming poor disciples, they are basically loosely managed.

The real great sects, like Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace, have some special functions.

The Erosion Spirit Array of Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace can absorb the cultivation of all loose cultivators within ten thousand miles, meaning that as long as you join Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace, even if you do nothing, your qi refinement progress will be faster than the average loose cultivator.

Let alone having a unique secret technique to refine Ghost General Puppets, it’s a bit like special professions in many games.

Besides Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace, this game should have many other great sects, like earlier when Chen Tingquan was going through the plot, he also heard of a sect called Time Wheel Zen Sect, with something called ’Time Loan.’

Even with a 648 startup, which sect you’re assigned to as a player is also random.

However, it is still unclear whether there is a cost to changing sects.

What makes Chen Tingquan feel even more absurd is that whale players in this game can blatantly leech off free players.

Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace can absorb the qi refinement results of loose cultivators within ten thousand miles, but where are so many loose cultivators from?

Possibly NPCs, or maybe players who just happen to be born nearby.

According to the game mechanism, only players who start by paying 648 can possibly join Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace. If you choose either of the first two origins, you can at most join an ordinary sect like Henggang Sect.

If you also happen to be born near Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace, then you’re really out of luck, your natural qi refinement progress will lag behind others.

This blatant discrimination is something "Reverse Heaven" has perfected.

It really brings selling stats to the extremes.

But then again, since Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace is so powerful, Instructor Ding must be very strong too, so tagging along with a big leg can naturally be quite cozy.

"Hey! Brother Quan, look ahead, there’s a dragon!

"It seems to be a Steelback Dragon!

"Brother Quan, we hit the jackpot!"

Looking into the distance, Chen Tingquan indeed saw a monster noticeably larger than small animals, comparable to an elephant in size.

"Wait, are we really going to be fighting a Nine Dragon? Are you crazy, or am I crazy?

"Isn’t this thing supposed to be one of the top-tier fierce beasts? Are you sure us going up isn’t just giving ourselves away?"

Instructor Ding shook his head: "No worries, Brother Quan, this is just a juvenile."

Chen Tingquan was even more shocked: "How do you know this is a juvenile? Moreover, how do you know this is a Steelback Dragon? Did you guess based on its looks?"

Judging by its appearance, this dragon indeed had a very thick shell on its back, somewhat like a gigantic turtle — but can that alone determine it’s a Steelback Dragon?

Instructor Ding sighed: "Brother Quan, you really don’t understand anything, you didn’t watch the earlier plot, did you?

"Didn’t you fight this thing during sparring drills?"

Chen Tingquan was at a loss: "Sparring drills? Who uses sparring drills to fight these things? This is a Nine Dragon!"

After exchanging information for a bit, the two finally understood where the problem was.

Turns out the content of sparring drills in these two sects was different!

The third stage in the drill was dueling with sect disciples, but the monsters fought in the first two stages varied.

Chen Tingquan fought beasts and bandits, while Instructor Ding fought some demon beasts and juvenile Nine Dragons.

Since Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace is a great sect with strong power, it could capture some juvenile Nine Dragons and special demon beasts for sect disciples to train with.

Of course, these juvenile Nine Dragons cannot be killed, just defeated, and winning won’t drop materials, as they are sect property.

But through this stage, disciples of Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace could recognize various demon beasts early on and estimate their approximate strength based on size.

Instructor Ding obviously had experience fighting juvenile Steelback Dragons in sparring, which gave him such confidence.

Chen Tingquan felt even more helpless: this is the foundation of a great sect!

Comparing oneself with others is infuriating, the gap between him and the instructor was already all-encompassing.

Not to mention actual combat power, even the most basic vision and knowledge had already silently widened the gap.

"Alright, if you think you can fight, then let’s fight, I’ll just follow you and sip some soup."

Chen Tingquan figured that this wasn’t bad either, if they could really defeat a Steelback Dragon, even grabbing a few materials to sell would fetch a good price.

Currently, it was still unclear how the game "Reverse Heaven" specifically allocated resources, whether individuals could pick them up separately or if they were set to drop and be divided between two people.

Anyway, Instructor Ding had already spent so much, maxing out various resources, so he wouldn’t miss these Nine Dragon materials; Chen Tingquan should be able to snag some.

"Okay, Brother Quan, stay safe, I’m going in!"

Instructor Ding roared in anger, and in the next second, like a surge of energy, his originally flowing long hair stood straight up, muscles further swelled, and powerful immortal qi swirled around him!

The magical treasures that floated around him also brightened with the injection of his mighty power.

"Brother Quan, watch the situation and strike a blow, I’ll first maim this Steelback Dragon.

"Hey, Brother Quan?

"Brother Quan, where are you?!!"

Instructor Ding was about to charge in when he turned around and saw that Chen Tingquan had already become a corpse, with the flying sword having lost its propulsion, forlornly plunged into the ground.

On the other side, Chen Tingquan was staring at the black-and-white screen in front of him, also dumbstruck.

Fortunately, there was an option on the interface to check the cause of death damage breakdown.

’Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace Protective Gang Qi - 100%’

Chen Tingquan was also speechless: "I didn’t do anything! Just from him bursting his energy, I got wiped out?

"Hey man, what’s the stat difference between us exactly?

"It must be several hundred times, right??"

Chen Tingquan never expected this to happen, on one hand, he didn’t even know about the existence of Protective Gang Qi, nor was he aware of the indiscriminate AOE in "Reverse Heaven"; on the other hand, he didn’t expect a simple Protective Gang Qi to deal such high damage that instantly killed him.

It’s like playing a MOBA game, and the opponent casually throws a surrounding burn-type AOE skill, and taking it costs your life, does this make sense?

If the damage from an energy burst is this high, then if Instructor Ding seriously struck Chen Tingquan with One Sword, wouldn’t Chen Tingquan end up owing him hundreds of health bars?

Now comes the problem, the character is dead, what’s the revival process?

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