Chapter 133 - 128: Treasure Burial Realm!

Chapter 133: Chapter 128: Treasure Burial Realm!

"Heh heh..." Wang Xiaobao chuckled. With profound composure, he offered his sage advice. "The so-called ’choose the shortest among three long and one short’ means... if you encounter a group of Yin Demons where three are tall and one is short, kill the short one. What does ’choose the longest among three short and one long’ mean? If there are three short ones and one tall one, kill the tall one first. By the same logic, if there are three fat ones and one skinny one, kill the skinny one. Three weird ones and one normal one? Kill the normal one!"

The crowd experienced a sudden epiphany. So that was it! The confusion in their eyes dispelled considerably.

"If all four are the same height, then we kill the middle ones first? The one to drop loot will be either the second or the third?" One dared to teach, and a whole group dared to treat it as gospel.

"If they’re all uneven, kill the ones on the edges..." Wang Xiaobao added.

They understood! So there was such a trick? No wonder they hadn’t gotten any loot despite killing so many; there was a pattern to it all! They were completely shocked by this revelation. They had just been playing blindly before. What a regret! Come to think of it, Wang Xiaobao’s words actually made sense.

They thought to themselves, "With three tall and one short, the short one must be special and is highly likely the leader. Killing the leader first proves we’ve selected the correct target, giving a higher chance for loot to drop. If four are the same height, the leader must be protected in the middle. Killing the middle ones means slaying the Yin Demon leader. Cut off the head of the snake! Choosing to kill the leader first is definitely better than killing ordinary Yin Demons. This truly reflects a player’s IQ!"

It made perfect sense (bullshit)!

"Listening to your counsel is worth a decade of study!" someone praised.

Another chimed in, "What other tricks are there? Please enlighten us, boss! As long as you teach me, you’ll be my boss from now on. Whoever dares to disrespect you, I’ll mess them up."

"No, no, no..." Wang Xiaobao shook his head, feigning a sigh. "Sigh... It’s not that I don’t want to teach you, but my big boss, Wang Dazhi, told us not to reveal any more details to outsiders!"

"Wang Dazhi?" The name had been very active lately. "Is he the badass who made it to the top of the leaderboard?"

"Exactly, that’s him!" Wang Xiaobao confirmed.

When mentioning Wang Dazhi, his eyes filled with pride, treating him like an idol. He hadn’t expected his boss to be so famous. How awesome! Hanging out with him was definitely the right choice.

"Actually, I don’t know much about the Marching Battlefield either. Our boss, Wang Dazhi, is a veteran player.

"As one of the first cultivators to enter the Marching Battlefield and someone who has topped the leaderboard, he is truly experienced. To be honest with you all, the mantra for getting loot that I just shared was something he told us!" Wang Xiaobao said. "However... don’t be discouraged. If you want to know more strategies, there is still a way!"

The surrounding crowd’s eyes lit up, looking exactly like gaming newbies begging a pro for guides.

"What way?"

"My boss created an alliance officially named the Supreme Alliance. As long as you join the Supreme Alliance, we will provide free one-on-one teachings on Divine War Game strategies and loot-dropping tricks!"

"How can we join?"

"Don’t worry. Our alliance is currently expanding, so it’s very easy to join," Wang Xiaobao explained. "The Supreme Alliance is recruiting at two hundred Spirit Stones per person! If you are interested in taking Wang Dazhi, the top-ranking player, as your master, message me privately..."

The crowd fell speechless.

After all that talk, he was just recruiting? Scamming for money? How was this any different from the courtesans in the Cyan Hall who played hard to get just to sell their bodies?

"Two hundred Spirit Stones? Why don’t you just go rob someone!" The people who had been amiable just a moment ago suddenly changed their expressions upon hearing the price. Even though those who could enter the Void God Realm weren’t lacking a few Spirit Stones, two hundred was still a massive fortune for low-level cultivators, even for Second Generation Immortals.

"What are you saying... It’s clearly priced, you don’t have to join," Wang Xiaobao replied nonchalantly. "I can guarantee that the money you spend won’t be a loss. Think about it... in the real world, how many Spirit Stones is a Body Refining Technique worth? Not to mention the Qi Condensation level or Grandmaster level... The King’s Dao level is practically priceless! By spending two hundred Spirit Stones, you can get the tricks to make this kind of equipment drop. Tell me, is it worth it or not?"

Put that way, it actually seemed acceptable! It wasn’t a total loss. They figured that if they accidentally got a King Level reward to drop, they would strike it rich. Even if a King Level reward didn’t drop, getting a Grandmaster level reward wouldn’t be a loss either...

"So? Have you made up your minds?" Wang Xiaobao pressed.

"I want to join the alliance!" someone announced.

"Welcome, welcome..." Hearing this, a radiant smile bloomed on Wang Xiaobao’s face.

"I’ll join too!"

"Everyone who joins is a brother!"

Some hesitated, some observed from the sidelines, but people gradually began to sign up. They treated the two hundred Spirit Stones as the cost of buying a strategy guide. Better to believe it exists than to miss out. They couldn’t let themselves lose at the starting line.

Inside the Void God Realm.

Discussions about the Divine War Game were everywhere. It got to the point where many players who hadn’t logged in for a couple of months were completely bewildered. Marching Battlefield? Divine War Game? Yin Demons? Equipment? What were all these fresh terms? They wondered how they could feel so out of touch after just a few months away.

In the past, hadn’t everyone just talked about the Eternal Leaderboard, the Era Leaderboard, who had comprehended a new Cultivation Technique, which sect was recruiting disciples in the real world, or which expert had defeated a peer?

Today... why was everyone discussing these unheard-of things! What alliance recruitment? What top-ranking expert teaching strategies online for only two hundred Spirit Stones? What was all this chaotic nonsense!

Without a doubt... the Divine War Game was truly blowing up! It was trending towards massive popularity. Some initially disdainful powerhouses even began to take an interest after hearing players talk about the Divine War Game over and over. Once it became popular, many "strategy pros" like Wang Dazhi emerged to sell guides. Surprisingly, some were really raking in the dough.

"What exactly is this Divine War Game?"

"You’ll know once you go in and take a look for yourself... Oh... but I have some bad news for you. The Divine War Game is currently down for maintenance. If you want to go in, you’ll probably have to wait a bit..."

"Then when will it reopen?"

"Heaven knows!"

Su Tan would occasionally enter the main realm to listen to player feedback. Whether they were newbies, veteran players, or cultivators who had never encountered the Divine War Game, all of them had developed a profound interest in the Marching Battlefield. If it weren’t for the server maintenance, they probably would have rushed in to experience it immediately.

Su Tan was very pleased. The more players that entered the Marching Battlefield, the more warriors he would have. This was a good thing! It seemed that occasional downtime for maintenance stimulated the players’ anticipation. Leaving them hanging a bit actually motivated them to cherish the game and play it well. Excellent.

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Meanwhile.

Su Tan and his companions hadn’t been idle either.

Inside the Treasure Burial Realm.

Su Tan, the Little White Wolf, and the Fat Monk stepped out of the Void Gate. They found themselves enveloped in the silence of the Treasure Burial Realm. It was still pitch-black, completely shielding even their Divine Sense. It left them unable to tell whether a stone wall or an abyss lay ahead. Since this wasn’t his first time here, Su Tan felt much more acclimated than before. He naturally expanded his Overlord Body Realm.

"Within the Treasure Burial Realm, Magical Treasures are as plentiful as clouds," the Fat Monk said. "There are all kinds of resources and Divine Artifacts, ranging from Emperor’s Artifacts all the way down to Body Refinement-level weapons... By utilizing the Treasure Artifacts here, we can perfect the game mechanics of the Marching Battlefield!"

Through their previous experiences, he had truly felt the power of the players. This kind of game setting was far more effective than telling them the truth and making them fight the Yin Demons directly. It was brilliant! He increasingly felt that Su Tan’s idea to transform the Marching Battlefield into a game was a god-tier maneuver. Because of this, he now genuinely wanted to help make the game better.

Before, they didn’t have enough Divine Artifacts, so they couldn’t fully manifest the game mechanics or bring out their complete potential. Now that Su Tan had found the Burial Treasure Realm Control Order, as long as they could find Divine Artifacts corresponding to the game’s designs, they could refine those mechanics. This would turn the Marching Battlefield into a more rigorous and powerful warzone.

"It’s the will of heaven... I never imagined you’d actually pick up the Burial Treasure Realm Control Order!" the Monk sighed.

"Magical Treasures as plentiful as clouds? What kind of place is this Treasure Burial Realm anyway?" Su Tan muttered to himself, wondering how such a place could even exist.

"This is... the collection of a bygone era... or rather, a minor epoch," the Monk explained. "All of its treasures have been stored here."

"An epoch?"

"The epoch I’m referring to isn’t measured in hundreds of years, but rather from the genesis of a civilization to its end... That is, the entire process from a world’s birth to its destruction!" the Fat Monk elaborated.

"What?" the Little White Wolf exclaimed in surprise. "That long? Doesn’t that mean the Treasure Burial Realm has buried an entire civilization?"

Su Tan pondered for a moment before shaking his head. "It probably hasn’t been that long. I feel that the inscriptions, engravings, and writings on some of the surrounding objects and Magical Artifacts are quite similar to those of our current world. Plus, the fatty mentioned it was a minor epoch..."

"Heh heh..." The Fat Monk chuckled. "Su Tan really does have a sharp eye and great insight.

"Exactly, a minor epoch... the rise and fall of a glorious era. Take the present world, for example; it is the beginning of a glorious era. The Dominator Body... Sacred Body... Dao Body... Chaos Body... So many geniuses exist in the same generation.

"This means that thousands of years from now, the real world is bound to experience boundless glory... just like those top-tier golden ages in history. Absolutely unparalleled.

"However... no matter how glorious an era is, it will eventually decline. After the peak, whether it takes a few thousand years, tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years... the natural Dao of reincarnation will bring the era to its end. And the span from the dawn of that glorious era to its twilight is what we call a minor epoch!" The Monk’s tone gradually slowed down, sinking into reminiscence.

Su Tan and the Little White Wolf didn’t know what he was reminiscing about. However, given his connection to the Void God Realm, he was definitely not young. Perhaps he had been a part of a golden age in history... and was recalling those momentous, eventful years. But that was far, far too long ago. The living beings of his era, be they friend or foe, had all been buried by the sands of time. This added a distinct touch of sorrow to his words.

Su Tan and the Little White Wolf remained silent. They didn’t disturb the Fat Monk, nor did they offer any comfort. They wouldn’t even know how to console him...

"Sigh, the past is the past... Dwelling on it is useless. I still have my responsibilities," the Fat Monk finally said. "Let’s focus on how to deal with the Yin Demons instead."

After a brief pause, he added, "The achievements of a glorious era are buried here! They can help us!"

Hearing this, Su Tan’s heart stirred. The achievements of a glorious era were buried here? Didn’t that mean... he was truly going to be invincible? He was, after all, a man who could equip an unlimited number of items...

Wait... no, this system was pure clickbait. It clearly had limits, yet it called itself unlimited... unlimited my ass!

(Ahem~ That’s right, the protagonist has scolded the author on behalf of you dear readers, so please don’t scold the author anymore... Have some pity on this poor little author... so pitiful~)

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