His ID was "Tang Fried Yogurt", which made all the designers look like they were facing a WTF.
They have clearly restricted the range of IDs players can choose, prohibiting players from using strange homophones, strange symbols, or names containing sensitive words.
But these players' naming skills are still astonishing...
So much so that when this player finally became a disciple, the first thing the designers discussed in their meeting wasn't the feedback from the first closed beta test, but rather:
"Let's add an AI to the character creation process."
"Yes, yes, we had the AI monitor the names players chose, to prevent any random stuff from getting in."
At this moment, Mingyan, who was sitting in the main seat, also had a face full of black lines.
Because this player, "Tang Fried Yogurt," joined the Imperial Sword Manor, he made a connection.
It's unimaginable what it will be like when players level up: "Fried yogurt and fried bananas dueling on the summit of Mount Hua!" or "The current number one martial arts master, the master of Yujian Villa, fried yogurt!"...
The scene was so beautiful he couldn't even imagine it...
—What's wrong with these players? Why are they so serious when creating their characters, trying to make them look so handsome, but so casual when choosing names?
Anyway, let's just call this Tang fried yogurt player "Tang" or "Tang surname player".
This player surnamed Tang is naturally one of the few experts among the players, and ever since he watched the promotional video "White Horse", he seems to have become a fanatical worshiper of the Imperial Sword Manor and the man in white.
According to the testers' feedback, this player immediately started learning the initial martial arts skills after entering the game, and then headed straight to Jinling. While doing odd jobs in the city, he inquired about the whereabouts of the Imperial Sword Manor.
Hard work pays off—or rather, the designers had already anticipated this situation—there happened to be an outer disciple of the Imperial Sword Manor in the city, and a random event of level 10 occurred.
Through this incident, the player surnamed Tang became friends with an outer disciple of the Imperial Sword Manor and naturally received a letter recommending him to join the sect.
Then, the player sold everything he owned to buy a donkey, and rode it towards the Imperial Sword Manor that very day.
The issue of transportation was actually discussed by designers a long time ago.
The map in "Xia Ke Xing" is too vast. If it were to be completely realistic, given the speed of ancient donkeys, horses, and vehicles, it would probably take several months to travel from south to north.
This is unimaginable for players who travel all over the country regularly.
Therefore, "The Knight Errant" ultimately adopted a more moderate solution.
In the game, this manifests as the Lu Ban family building a comprehensive road and post station system, allowing players to travel quickly between post stations in various locations using their "wooden oxen and flowing horses".
Of course, this requires players to have a travel permit and also costs a small amount of money.
For current test players, this amount of money is still unaffordable. Fortunately, they don't need to travel too far and can choose to join a sect nearby.
The player surnamed Tang was quite lucky to be born in the starting village next to Jinling, which can be said to be an advantage of being close to the source.
On the fourth day of the first test, he finally reached the gate of Yujian Manor through his own efforts.
The entire resort is nestled among towering mountains, with a natural stream flowing through it. The mist from a small waterfall covers half of the resort, making it seem like a fairyland in the clouds.
The player was so exhausted that he sat down under the gate of the resort, and almost burst into tears as he looked at the gilded plaque.
"I think I've found paradise..."
There's no need to go into detail about the apprenticeship process; the game at least won't make things difficult for players in this regard.
Once you join the Imperial Sword Manor and become an outer disciple, all the ninth-grade martial arts of the Imperial Sword Manor will be directly available to you.
During this period, as long as he practices diligently, visits his master every day, does some cleaning and chores for the sect, or receives missions to go out and carry them out, or even just stays there long enough... he can accumulate his sect's reputation.
As long as one has enough reputation, one can continue to advance and eventually become an inner disciple. After that, one can choose an elder in the Imperial Sword Manor to become their direct disciple. At that time, the martial arts one learns will naturally depend on what the master can teach.
Once you become an inner disciple, you can no longer freely take other people as your masters.
Righteous people would naturally not break such rules, but some evil sects don't care and are even happy to snatch disciples from other sects.
In addition, whether or not martial arts skills are taught depends on each NPC's personality and circumstances.
For example, some hypocrites from reputable schools might secretly pass on their sect's secret techniques to players after gaining sufficient benefits.
For example, the passionate women of ethnic minorities might secretly pass on some closely guarded secrets to their lovers.
Anything is possible. It's not that once someone becomes an apprentice, their martial arts skills are fixed.
Following the player with the surname Tang, many other players joined various sects, either due to their skill or luck.
On Blue Star's official forum, a player quickly started a thread.
[First-test players, come in! Let's take a look at how many sects have recruited disciples so far!]
After setting the post permissions, only players who have the Blue Star Little Red Badge can post.
Together they compiled statistics on the names, aims, locations, leaders, and weapon specialties of each sect, as well as their proficiency in ninth-rank martial arts.
This data was naturally also compiled by Bluestar Studio.
In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", there are 12 major sects that openly recruit disciples. They are either righteous or evil, and some of the major sects even openly recruit in various cities.
In reality, there are four hidden sects waiting for players to discover.
Of all the sects currently, the most popular is undoubtedly the Imperial Sword Manor.
There's no way around it, the white-clad swordsman is just too handsome!
So many people even want their character's face to be modeled after his.