Xiahou Aotian seemed to have known he was coming, leaning lazily against the back of the chair with his legs crossed, pointing to the small refrigerator in the corner, "Xiao Yuan, get the CEO an iced cola. You're always so clueless, how am I going to train you in the future!"
This guy, he really makes the most of any opportunity... Zhang Yuanqing silently complained, walked to the refrigerator, took out two bottles of cola, and mocked, "I thought the CEO would drink cognac preserved from the time of Louis XIII, or an 082 Lafite that never runs out in movies and TV shows. At the very least, it should be a bottle of Feitian. Tsk tsk, you're too good for a bottle of cheap cola with your current status."
Xiahou Aotian searched his mind for cognac before remembering that it was white wine. He snorted, "Then why are you drinking cola? Is it good enough for your current status?"
"I'm just a boor who can't appreciate fine food," Zhang Yuanqing said.
Xiahou Aotian crossed his legs. "Scholars are thinkers, and sugar is a powerful tool for the brain to combat fatigue."
He twisted open the cola and took a swig, no longer keeping him in suspense. He raised his chin and said, "Then let's continue our previous discussion. Ancient cultivators could improve themselves by plundering spiritual power, but The Way of the Extraordinary can't. That's because The Way of the Extraordinary are restricted by their character cards."
"But just now, I suddenly thought of a way to bypass the character card. That is, when clearing dungeons, plunder the spiritual power of others."
"Plunder other people's spiritual power when clearing dungeons?" This was a path Zhang Yuanqing had never considered. He pondered, "Are you confident?"
"It's still in the theoretical stage. But I think the chances are high." Xiahou Aotian took a sip of the sweet, happy water, and the stress and pressure brought by the dungeon slowly dissipated in the sugar.
He said, "When passing through a dungeon, the function of the character card will be activated, pouring spiritual power into The Way of the Extraordinary. At this time, if you use your Devouring Divine Skill in time, the external spiritual power will follow the spiritual power poured by the character card, mixing in and entering your body..."
"Wait..." Zhang Yuanqing interrupted in time. "We discussed before that The Way of the Extraordinary can't devour other people's spiritual power because the character card needs to calculate our experience points. Devouring other people's spiritual power will cause the character card to misjudge the experience value, resulting in bugs when matching dungeons."
"For example, when you clear a dungeon, your character card gives you 10% of the experience points. Before it gives it, or at the moment it gives it, this value is recorded in the spirit world."
"Unless you are an administrator and can modify the values inside the spirit world through the highest authority, even if you devour other people's spiritual power while pouring spiritual power, the experience value recorded in the spirit world will not change."
Xiahou Aotian shook his finger, "Wrong, wrong, you don't understand what I mean."
Zhang Yuanqing adopted a listening attitude.
Xiahou Aotian said, "We don't need to modify the experience value recorded by the character card. What we have to do is bypass the character card to improve your level, or rather your realm! The realm in the mouths of ancient cultivators... Although The Way of the Extraordinary can't increase their cultivation through devouring spiritual power, they can imitate ancient cultivators and enter gang dungeons, slowly cultivate to improve experience points... This is the only way most Overlords improve themselves."
"In other words, the character card restricts cheating, but it doesn't restrict The Way of the Extraordinary from cultivating little by little. Cultivating and accumulating spiritual power is slow, within the acceptable range of the character card, and will not lead to matching dungeon bugs. When can The Way of the Extraordinary allow cheating and a surge in strength?"
Zhang Yuanqing's eyes lit up, and he understood a little.
"I understand what you mean."
Xiahou Aotian nodded slightly:
"A promising child!"
The Way of the Extraordinary are only allowed to cheat and increase their strength when the character card pours spiritual power when clearing dungeons. You have to seize this time to devour the spiritual power of other The Way of the Extraordinary, just like exploiting a bug in the spirit world. In this way, although the character card records your experience value as 0%, your actual strength reaches 2%. Experience points are just useless data, and real combat power is the standard in reality."
"Good idea, good idea!" Zhang Yuanqing applauded in his heart.
Xiahou Aotian continued:
"However, this shortcut can't improve your level. The talent skills rewarded for each level up can't be given by devouring spiritual power."
"That's enough!" Zhang Yuanqing said happily.
If his real combat power is higher than the value recorded by experience points,
Then when going to dungeons alone now... he can enter a level 7 mid-stage dungeon with the strength of a level 7 late-stage. The difficulty of the dungeon is greatly reduced, and all low-level A-level dungeons become places for him to gain experience points.
Coupled with a few plunders during this period, maybe he can be promoted to level 9 in less than half a year, thus having the qualifications to compete for the Lord of the Sun.
His uncle said that the minimum requirement to become a demigod is to be promoted to level 9, both the early stage and the peak of level 9 are acceptable.
Just like the requirement to enter the Slaughter Dungeon is level 6, it doesn't matter whether the experience value is 1% or 99%.
It's just that the difference in strength between the two is too great, so no The Way of the Extraordinary in the early stage is willing to enter the dungeon to die, rather than being unqualified.
Zhang Yuanqing immediately took out paper and pen and wrote the pill formula obtained from the spirit body of the Yaoguang statue to Xiahou Aotian.
"This is the Three Talents Pill formula created by an alchemist at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which has been improved by several generations." Zhang Yuanqing handed the paper full of incantations and words to Xiahou Aotian, "See if you can control it."
Xiahou Aotian was taken aback: "Where did you get this?"
"Found it in the spirit body of the Yaoguang statue." Zhang Yuanqing said, "That former Shushan Sect Leader, Ming Zheng, happened to master this evil art."
"Well, ancient cultivators who have reached that realm are well-read and should have dabbled in most spells and divine skills."
"What a coincidence?" Xiahou Aotian muttered, concentrating on reading the Three Talents Pill formula. His brow furrowed, then relaxed, then he was excited, then annoyed.
After a full half an hour, he said, "I deduced it, the theory of the pill formula is no problem. According to the steps, the Three Talents Pill should be refined. You bring the Three Talents Pill into the dungeon, and as long as you take it when the spiritual power is poured in, you can quickly improve your realm."
"But there is no step to purify spiritual pollution in this pill formula. And the target you want to devour must be a Day Wanderer. The Day Wanderer's spiritual power is powerful. Rashly devouring it may backfire."
"You don't want to become a madman by taking medicine, do you? The remnant spirit of the Yaoguang statue almost drove you crazy, let alone fresh and complete spiritual power. The alchemist who created the Three Talents Pill formula must have lost control and died in the end. This is not a cheat, this is a poisonous formula that leads you into the abyss."
Zhang Yuanqing's brows gradually furrowed. Indeed, if he used this evil art to advance, and took the Three Talents Pill more than twice, he would probably become a demon.
"What suggestions do you have?" he asked.
"Ask a professional for professional matters." Xiahou Aotian shrugged, "How would I know? I'm a professional in alchemy, but I'm an amateur in purifying souls."
"It seems there is no shortcut to cultivation. Any shortcut must come at a heavy price."
At this time, the spiritual fluctuations of a Qin Dynasty alchemist came from Xiahou Aotian's ring: "Find a Day Wanderer and Scholar dual-class professional like me. Let me say it in advance, I am a Day Wanderer who mainly uses alchemical arts. I have not reached the Golden Crow realm, and I have only learned some superficial knowledge and cannot change this pill formula."
Xiahou Aotian scoffed, "What use are you!"
Day Wanderer and Scholar dual-class... Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself for a moment, then suddenly realized and thought of his beloved, dearest, and most beautiful and talented mentor.
Ancient cultivators cultivated slowly and had long lifespans.
They learned a wide variety of skills and would dabble in all aspects. Alchemy was something they would basically know a little about.
The introduction of the Lady in the Niangniang Temple of the Three Dao Mountains mentions that she is knowledgeable in alchemy and often provides free consultations and treatment for the surrounding people. The old hag is also a peak Day Wanderer and is perfect for modifying the pill formula.
However, the old hag has a strong and assertive personality and would definitely not agree. Even if I am her closed disciple, even if I were her husband, I'm afraid she wouldn't agree.
Difficult!
Zhang Yuanqing left Xiahou Aotian's office and returned to his grandmother's house, still unable to think of a way to convince the old hag.
In the secret room, the Great Protector lowered his head, examining a thick stack of student records, his voice hoarse, "The leader has already ordered us not to investigate the true identity of Yuanshi Tianzun again."
The Pure Yang Sect Leader, whose eyebrows were filled with madness but also extreme endurance, sneered: "You are a protector of the Night Rose, I am not! I will do what I want to do. I cannot rest until Yuanshi Tianzun is dead. I want to kill Yuanshi Tianzun, strip his spiritual essence, and let me return to my peak."
"Then that evil disciple hiding in the spirit world will have no peace." The Pure Yang Sect Leader transferred his hatred for the evil disciple to Yuanshi Tianzun?
Of course, Yuanshi Tianzun and he already had a deep feud.
As a paranoid madman, as long as he is not dead, he will continue to stare at Yuanshi Tianzun.
The Great Protector said nothing more, glanced at the student records, and questioned, "With the official means, all information about Yuanshi Tianzun has been erased long ago. Whether it is electronic data or paper materials in the school's security office and other units, it is impossible for it to exist."
"There will be no Yuanshi Tianzun in these student records you gave me. And if you take his photo for door-to-door inquiries, you will fall into a loop. It's unsolvable!"
"Stupid!" The Pure Yang Sect Leader said coldly, "How did you get promoted to Day Wanderer with your intelligence!"
"I don't know the official means and abilities, but Yuanshi Tianzun is a native of Songhai, and Kangyang District Middle School only accepts students from this district. That is to say, those playmates who grew up with Yuanshi Tianzun will enter this middle school. Yuanshi Tianzun became The Way of the Extraordinary with supernatural abilities last April. At that time, he would not have expected that he would become an unparalleled figure in just one year. Then he will definitely show his special abilities in front of his close playmates, whether to help or to show off, both are possible."
"I can't directly inquire about Yuanshi Tianzun's identity, which will enter backtracking. But I can ask these students who graduated from Kangyang Middle School, which familiar classmates or friends have undergone major changes and are reborn in the past year."
"The person who suddenly became different is most likely Yuanshi Tianzun. As long as I find out such a person, I don't even need to ask for his name, a family address is enough."
The eyes under the Great Protector's cloak lit up.
The Pure Yang Sect Leader stared at the Great Protector and said, "I want to borrow the Night Rose's network to check with the security office among these people to see if there are any who suddenly became rich or suddenly gained huge resources. If there are, then they must have received Yuanshi Tianzun's favor."
"The reason why I didn't check at Songhai University is because the students at Songhai University are likely to be brainwashed. But those middle school students are scattered all over the country after growing up. It is impossible for the authorities to brainwash everyone Yuanshi Tianzun has known in his life."
The Great Protector was silent for a few seconds and shook his head, "Just like that mysterious power's bug is a good way, but you shouldn't look for me. I won't violate the leader's order. You are not a member of the Night Rose. The leader can't force you. If you want to investigate, go investigate yourself. Don't drag me into the water."
The madness and killing intent in the Pure Yang Sect Leader's eyes surged, but he forced himself to endure it by controlling his emotions with illusionist skills and smiled, "Not enough to discuss!"
He transformed into a ray of starlight and left the Great Protector's hiding place.
The Great Protector sat behind his desk, motionless for a long time, his eyes under the cloak were dark and deep.
Rays of starlight flickered one after another, and the Pure Yang Sect Leader rushed towards the airport in this northwestern city.
After checking the student records, he took the first flight to find the Great Protector, and it was already late at night when he arrived in the northwest.
At three in the morning,
The Pure Yang Sect Leader took a flight back to Songhai.
Just as he returned to his rented house in Songhai, his phone "dinged."
A text message prompted him. The Pure Yang Sect Leader took out his phone to check the information: "Contact this number! He will help you solve the official resources. Read and burn!"
The Pure Yang Sect Leader memorized the phone number in his mind, deleted the text message, and chuckled: "Isn't it impossible to violate the leader's order?"
"Every time you mention Yuanshi Tianzun, your emotions are always fear and worry, wishing you could get rid of him."
Intuition told him that the Great Protector of the Night Rose had a connection with Yuanshi Tianzun, an unknown connection.
I'm afraid even the leader of the Night Rose may not be clear about it, otherwise, the Great Protector would not be disobeying the order in secret.
Of course, the Pure Yang Sect Leader would not expose this matter. On the attitude towards Yuanshi Tianzun, they are consistent. If the goals are consistent, they are friends.