On the last day of the first test, Blue Star will directly distribute items to invite players currently scattered around the world to gather together for a final test summary.
Excited players launched a poll on the forum and decided to hold a tournament on the last day to see who could progress the game the fastest over the next 15 days.
When the time came, the players who had accepted the invitation crushed their invitations.
Then you can see many giant eagles flying in the sky, with wingspans of several meters, feathers neatly arranged, and bright, piercing eyes, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.
They all have saddles on their backs, allowing them to easily carry players to their destination.
This is a different kind of flying experience from light-footed kung fu, and the players were excited and drooling.
"Wow!! Even a skinny old horse costs a lot of money, how much would this kind of eagle cost!"
"I heard there's a hidden sect on the snow mountain that has a way to tame giant eagles. I hadn't paid much attention to it before... Heaven knows you can actually ride these giant eagles! Isn't that going to dominate the skies?"
"I want this, I want that, it's so hard to save up money in this game... By the way, do brothels still accept men?"
In just 15 days, someone has already joined the inner circle of a sect in Miao territory using unorthodox methods.
His method was also quite amazing. He actually used the advantage of his birthplace to pick a precious medicinal herb and give it to the sect leader's daughter (13 years old).
After winning the little princess's favor, he spent several days cultivating their relationship, winning her over until she was determined to marry him.
Then, naturally, he infiltrated the inner sect and became the sect leader's son-in-law, immediately beginning to learn the fifth-grade internal energy cultivation technique.
In response, the designers stated:
"Damn it!!! They even preyed on a 13-year-old NPC! Is this some kind of beast?"
"That's right! I drew the character portrait of the little girl, and I don't even have a girlfriend yet!"
"Change it now! Next time you dare to flirt with a girl under 16 in the game, make her parents' opinion of you drop immediately, and they'll become your mortal enemies and hunt you down. Let's see who dares to do that then!"
"From now on, we need to add protection for children under the age of 13, and players will not be allowed to cause them any physical or psychological harm."
Let's return to the topic of the players' first martial arts tournament.
Currently, players' martial arts systems are not yet fully developed. They mainly compete to see who has higher martial arts grades and proficiency levels. There is no set strategy in the fights; everyone is just brute force.
After a hard-fought battle, this player lived up to expectations and won the championship title.
Blue Star Studio is also happy to see such grassroots activities, and Mingyan personally created a title of "Unrivaled Warrior" to give to the champion.
It made people so excited that their faces turned red.
While the martial arts tournament was in full swing, players who focused on crafting skills and those who enjoyed exploring the scenery were also discussing their gains.
The prize for the first champion wasn't anything special; it was a golden carp provided by a fishing expert.
It is said that if this fish is cooked properly, it can greatly increase one's experience and basic attributes.
When it was born, it automatically triggered a serendipitous event, attracting many NPCs to bid for it.
In addition, players from all over the world with a wide variety of life skills have come.
Besides the common professions like fishing, cooking, blacksmithing, and sewing, there are also those who learn horseback riding, tea ceremony, carving, playing musical instruments, and so on.
One player, who was a piano master in real life, chose the music skill after entering the game and advanced rapidly in just 15 days, becoming the only player to reach the level 20 bottleneck.
Once he reached the bottleneck, I simply added a small amount to his comprehension, agility, and charm attributes. I estimate that he will receive even more bonuses once he breaks through the bottleneck.
Everyone stepped forward to ask for advice:
"How did you level up so quickly? Do you have any secrets?"
He replied, "Yes, you have to do your best every time you perform. The better the performance, the more proficient you become. I guess it's the same when you practice martial arts. The more perfect each move is, the faster you improve your martial arts level."
"I see! May I ask another question? After reaching the level 20 bottleneck in skill level, how exactly do I break through it?"
“I don’t know how it is for others, but I have two ways. One is to spend a lot of experience to break through directly, but that requires a night of seclusion; the other is to perform in front of at least two hundred people and get a 50% approval rating.”
"So user-friendly! It seems that life skills really do depend on individual talent. If someone already has many skills offline, wouldn't they be able to do whatever they want in this game..."
In addition, a businessman also stole the show at the players' convention.
In just a few days, he had saved up several hundred taels of silver, making him one of the "big spenders" among the players.
He also bought a fine horse from the Western Regions named "Black Cloud Covering Snow," spending a full one hundred taels of silver, which immediately made him the envy of all the players.
Sure enough, his name appeared on the forum after the gathering ended.
This first test was a battle of wits and abilities, with each participant displaying their unique skills.
The designers had obtained a large amount of data, so they prepared to shut down the server and move on to the next round of development and debugging.
The publicity team also recorded a large amount of footage, which they edited into a 60-minute documentary.
The documentary mainly introduces the places players visited during the first test, the sects they joined, the high-level NPCs they befriended, the martial arts they learned, the most luxurious dishes they ate, and the most powerful monsters they fought.
The first test ended successfully, and the official channels were shut down, leaving only a lamentation in the forums.
[We can't even play it anymore! Now we can't even watch it! The original posters of those live streams just disappear halfway through their posts and go back to playing games. It's so unfair...]
I want to learn classical Chinese poetry, I want to drink tea, I want to learn internal martial arts. Please, please, invade our culture! Immediately! Right now!
[So here's the question: the game developer promised it would be ready for release before October, and the first closed beta test ended successfully at the end of July. When will the next closed beta test or open beta test be?]
Meanwhile, Blue Star Studio is also discussing this issue internally.