CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 58: STRATEGY GUIDE FOR THE NEW DUNGEON

"Treasure chest?" Digging is my specialty recalled for a moment and shook his head, "In the range I’ve explored, I haven’t seen any treasure chests."

"No treasure chest? Is this dungeon that stingy?" Fang Zhen was quite surprised, then pondered, "But this maze tunnel is very large, the treasure chest is probably placed deeper inside. It seems the game company doesn’t intend to let us get the treasure chest without taking down a few boss monsters."

"Quite likely." One Leaf Floating Cloud nodded in agreement, "Last time we exploited a bug and flooded the entire instance. The game company probably took this into consideration and fixed the bug, so before we take down those Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rats, they probably won’t let us see the treasure chest."

"Looks like we need to think of a way to deal with those Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rats." Fang Zhen thought for a bit, then after a long silence, looked directly at One Leaf Floating Cloud with eyes gleaming, "Old Ye, do you think this dungeon was intentionally set up by the game company?"

"What do you mean?" One Leaf Floating Cloud had a face full of question marks.

Totally not understanding why Fang Zhen was suddenly so excited about him, logically, there shouldn’t be anything on his side that Fang Zhen would covet.

In terms of physical quality, Fang Zhen has been grinding for almost 20 hours daily recently, second only to that lunatic Luo Wushang. With a strength of up to 275 kilograms, even Zhang Qingwei had to concede in terms of strength improvement.

Fang Zhen was even the first person to reach proficiency in Shattering Stone Fist, with proficiency already at 37%, not far from learning the second layer of the lower volume of the Shattering Stone Realm.

By then, when Fang Zhen learns the second layer of Shattering Stone Fist, it would be awesome.

With strength burst increased to 1.5 times, if he learns Zhang Qingwei’s skill-type strength martial arts.

By then, in terms of Fang Zhen’s burst strength, it would probably be comparable to the fifth rank of Spiral Demon Spear Kill, and without any backlash, like Zhang Qingwei now.

Among the thirty players, Zhang Qingwei is already the second in burst power, integrating the muscle burst of Shattering Stone Fist into the Overlapping Waves Saber, directly doubling the intensity of strength, second only to the 2.5 times Spiral Demon Spear Kill, with minimal side effects, and can be used continuously for several times without issues.

"Look, didn’t you become an inner sect disciple?" Fang Zhen looked at the puzzled One Leaf Floating Cloud and patiently explained, "After becoming an inner sect disciple, can’t you learn a new martial art?"

"You mean the Martial Artist level Thunder Light Palm?" One Leaf Floating Cloud still didn’t understand, "What’s this got to do with the new dungeon maze tunnels?"

"You fool!" Fang Zhen rolled his eyes at One Leaf Floating Cloud, feeling this person wasn’t too bright, "What’s the most powerful aspect of the Martial Artist level Thunder Light Palm?"

"Who doesn’t know?" One Leaf Floating Cloud felt his intelligence was being challenged, said displeased, "Of course it’s the unstoppable Penetrating Force."

"That’s exactly it." Fang Zhen was speechless, "Those Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rats have fur tougher than steel, hard to damage with external forces, but their internal organs aren’t nearly as robust."

"This new dungeon is clearly prepared for inner sect disciples. Once we learn Thunder Light Palm, with the Penetrating Force, we can take down those Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rats. Do you understand the key to the strategy now?"

"Genius! You’re truly a genius! How did you figure it out? Even when the game company hid it so well, you still spotted it." One Leaf Floating Cloud suddenly realized, looking at Fang Zhen in admiration.

He previously thought the Hall Master opened the second promotion method for inner sect disciples simply because the main storyline triggered it.

Unexpectedly, the game company was so cunning to quietly create a new dungeon specifically for inner sect disciples, making it necessary to learn Thunder Light Palm for a defense-breaking attack method to clear it.

"So aren’t you quickly exchanging for the first volume of Thunder Light Palm? Didn’t the Hall Master reward you with ten thousand points?" Fang Zhen said with some anticipation, "Those ten thousand points are probably meant for you to exchange Thunder Light Palm. Once you exchange it, we can all learn it together, making the maze tunnel strategy much easier."

"Brother Zhen, can you also take me with you? I don’t need a 20% share of the instance, just 10% is fine, but I want to learn that Thunder Light Palm." Digging is my specialty looked at the two of them and understood the game company’s idea in minutes, utterly shocked, feeling that only by following these two could he reach the pinnacle in Descent of High Martial.

Watching all this from the side, Lin Qi didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Was that his original intention?

At that time, he rewarded One Leaf Floating Cloud with ten thousand points, mainly hoping One Leaf Floating Cloud would exchange for a Smart Watch, so players could understand the benefits of having one.

To understand the importance of communication in the field.

By then, seeing it, other players would naturally exchange for one as well.

After all, he now had a stockpile of fifty Smart Watches at hand.

These Smart Watches were modified by Luo Qi, using a new system created by him, already switched to the basic commonly used Blue Star script he provided.

Not only could it check one’s Martial Arts Hall points and tasks he released, but it also allowed communication within a kilometer range in the field.

However, his true intention in promoting the Smart Watch was to save him trouble.

Every day in the rest room, he wasn’t idling, almost always busy daily recording each player’s points and contributions.

But if players had Smart Watches, it would be completely different.

He could just directly award players points or contributions through his Main Smart System.

And for player points transactions, they don’t need to come over here to make the exchange; they can do it directly on their smart watches.

This way, with the smart watch, he can save a lot of time every day to do other things; otherwise, with more players, he’d be too busy to handle it all.

But now it seems this kind of thing feels like a distant dream.

Especially when seeing the three actually team up and then redeem a Thunder Light Palm here, not even planning to tell Luo Wushang and the others about it, and intending to quietly explore the so-called new dungeon, Maze Tunnel.

Upon seeing this, Lin Qi understood that this situation was irreversible, and he could only watch these people go and deal with the supposed new dungeon and look for the so-called new treasure chests, or else these players wouldn’t rest.

"Forget it, let them do whatever they want."

Lin Qi felt he could no longer meticulously control these players’ actions; all he could do was guide them in a general direction.

Whether it’s repairing the Martial Arts Hall or mining Ancient Bronze Ore, both are very important now.

At one point, Lin Qi felt that the people at the Martial Arts Hall were not enough, or the number of players couldn’t keep up with the development of the Hall, and he needed to increase the number of players quickly.

Early the next morning.

Lin Qi drove a medium-sized transport truck to the Cangjing Weapon Shop. As for why not use the large tricycles, that’s because all the large tricycles were in the players’ hands, and he only had the medium-sized truck available.

"Let’s load the goods." Lin Qi stopped the car and directed the players on the vehicle to start unloading the ore.

The new players were excitedly looking around while eagerly unloading the ore. Their fast-moving pace was meant to gain the favor of Hall Master Lin Qi, which left the vagabonds who came to transport ore dumbfounded.

The speed was incredible; they even used the Leopard Shadow Step, leaving a residual shadow, afraid of not being pushed hard enough.

Inside the Cangjing Weapon Shop.

The Cangjing Weapon Shop had seven floors, each the size of four basketball courts. The first and second floors were dedicated to displaying weapons and equipment; the first floor displayed weapons and equipment below Martial Artist Level, meaning A Level series weapons and armor.

The second floor displayed B Level series weapons and armor above Martial Artist Level, each priced to drive ordinary people crazy.

And the third to fifth floors were manufacturing areas, providing each employee in the weapon shop a space to craft. Every crafted weapon or equipment had to give 50% of the profits to the store owner.

Employees couldn’t cheat because all series of weapons had corresponding market prices, and the store’s production costs were clear, so there was a minimum profit to be submitted. If an employee could sell privately at a higher price, that was their skill, but the store’s weapon prices were fixed.

In a workshop on the fourth floor.

"Lin Zi, why did you come in person?"

Producing an A6 level weapon, Luo Qi looked surprised at Lin Qi walking in.

In the past, Lin Qi often visited the Cangjing Weapon Shop but mostly wandered around on the first and second floors, salivating over the second-floor weapons and rarely went to the workshops to see how weapons and equipment were made.

"There’s something I have to come for personally."

"Have you already crafted two weapons?"

Lin Qi looked at the two A6 level weapons on the alloy table, an A6 level standard long saber and an A6 level standard longsword, and couldn’t help but admire Luo Qi’s craftsmanship for being both fast and good.

For a regular mechanician, it would usually take four or five days to make a decent weapon. Of course, the Cangjing Weapon Shop had excellent professional cutting molds, making it much faster to craft standard weapons and equipment.

However, polishing an A6 level weapon isn’t easy because A6 level alloy is hard for even Martial Artist Level to destroy, so polishing it well with professional tools isn’t simple.

"Well, if you need more, it might take another three or four days for me to make five more." Luo Qi nodded, showing fatigue but still polishing another A6 level standard longsword continuously.

"Stop polishing, I have something good for you to see." Lin Qi said with a smile, watching Luo Qi intending not to stop.

"Something good? What?" Luo Qi paused his action, curiously looking at the precious briefcase Lin Qi was holding, suddenly thinking of something and feeling cold, "Lin Zi, you didn’t really cut yourself, did you?"

"What’s going on in your head?" Lin Qi, speechless, took out six pieces of ore from the briefcase, "Take a look at what this is."

"Ancient Bronze Ore!"

Luo Qi stared straight at the greenish-blue ore with wide eyes.