Almost all of the 20,000 players were able to join a sect, and of them, about 5,000 chose to join the Imperial Sword Manor.
For a time, the entire mountain gate appeared to be bustling with incense offerings and a thriving population.
In "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", the rank of martial arts skills changes constantly.
The ninth rank of martial arts is actually a figurative term, referring to the rudimentary skills widely circulated in the martial arts world, or the martial arts used by various sects to teach newcomers who have no foundation whatsoever.
Players can generally learn and master these martial arts skills within a week, and some dedicated players can even level up to around level 7 or 8.
Then these restless men started going out to flirt with women again.
At this moment, the designers sitting next to us were truly amazed!
One player joined a sect and first learned the lightness skill. After learning it, he rushed into the mountains and flew around aimlessly—he came just to experience the lightness skill and enjoy the scenery!
He spent the next few days living in the mountains, picking wild fruits to eat, as happy as Tarzan...
A player joined the Vajra Sect and learned internal skills, discovering that the sect's martial arts could enhance his physical strength.
After becoming incredibly strong, he immediately went to the city and took a job carrying bricks at the docks...
The designers: "Huh?"
Then this player used his strength to earn a lot of prize money, and his biggest hobby with the money was eating out everywhere.
Yes, that's right, he's a foodie, and he even vowed, "I want to eat all the delicious food in the entire world of Xia Ke Xing!! I'll eat at least three bites of each kind!"
It was the same idiot who once passed by a pharmacy and saw the servant inside brewing medicine.
Then he twitched his nose, started drooling a little, and asked the servant, "Brother, what delicious food are you cooking? Can I have a bite? Just one bite!"
servant: "..."
Designer: "..."
This is the first time I've ever seen someone want to try traditional Chinese medicine!
There is also a player called "War Correspondent".
He found that his martial arts skills were unlikely to advance to the next stage in a short period of time—or rather, he found it difficult to break through the level 20 bottleneck during the first test.
Therefore, after experiencing life in the sect, he decisively went down the mountain again to start recording the local customs and culture of Pyongyang.
In the following days, he spent all his time at the academy there, shamelessly borrowing books to read.
And you know what? After reading a lot of books (the system automatically provided the translations), this "war correspondent" even came up with some plausible conclusions.
It became a well-known "hype post" on the Xia Ke Xing forum.
There is no doubt that Earthlings and elves are related by blood!
After careful and meticulous research, and after reading through the ancient history and mythology of the Earthlings, I have discovered this truth—the ancestors of the Earthlings were very likely elves!
They are so good-looking, they live on air and dew, and they maintain their youthful beauty for a very long time—a 25-year-old Earthling looks like a 15-year-old to us. This is likely due to their bloodline and dietary habits. Many people here are vegetarians, never eat meat or eggs, and use very little oil in their cooking.
The ancient inhabitants of Earth all possessed exceptional artistic talent. I discovered that even the children here can sing poetry—all their poems can be sung beautifully! Both the rhythm and the rich meaning within are deeply moving.
[I have even more evidence, such as the incredible lightness of the Earthlings who practice martial arts; it's even said that a beautiful woman named Luo Shen could walk on water, not to mention sleeping on tree branches. Also, everyone here is a talented singer and dancer; many elderly women in Pyongyang, even those over sixty, still dance together every night. What a wonderful city!]
Chapter 110 concludes successfully.
What makes this deceptive post so remarkable is that it not only "researches" facts, but it's also constantly being updated.
This war correspondent is quite dedicated in a unique way; he even while playing games, he doesn't forget to gather evidence from all over the place.
To gather evidence, he even went so far as to use his sexuality to infiltrate the group of elderly women doing square dancing...
Ahem, let's skip that for now.
The academy where the war correspondent worked was quite famous in Pyongyang; otherwise, it wouldn't have collected so many books. It housed many renowned scholars and learned individuals.
One of the NPCs is a famous local tea master.
Because of the war correspondent's "diligent" study these days, the tea master has gained a lot of goodwill.
This doctor then passed on his tea-making skills to the war correspondent as a life skill.
After that—
[Latest research! The inhabitants of Earth not only enjoy processing plants into medicine, but also into beverages—tea! They can't live without various plants, truly beauties of nature.]
This is strong evidence that there may be a close kinship between Earthlings and elves.
This beverage is said to "refresh, calm, and reduce internal heat," meaning it can partially replace the functions of coffee, but is healthier. The finest "tea" can even enhance one's internal energy cultivation—truly a marvel of craftsmanship.
To create such a potent beverage, the people of Earth need to be extremely focused when brewing the tea, performing a series of tea ceremony rituals, and then inviting family and friends to taste it together.
During the final week of the first test, the war correspondents were completely immersed in the art of tea.
He fell in love with drinking tea, with savoring the lingering sweetness at the end, and also with the profound and extensive tea culture…
In the last few days, he had already blended into Pyongyang's high society.
Because tea ceremony was a topic that these renowned scholars and Confucian masters loved to explore, it also served as a ladder to advancement—the higher one's tea ceremony skills, the easier it was to obtain a higher social status.
However, as a result, the war correspondent missed a major event during the first test.
—The "First Test Grand Tournament" event, chosen by over 10,000 players!