"What's going on here? I was planning to grind for half a year to become a Core Disciple, but now all it takes is passing an assessment?"

"Hahaha, finally the game developers are being reasonable. Now we won't have to grind, and can truly showcase our skills."

"However, this assessment doesn't seem easy. We have to go to the Wilderness, where monsters are insanely numerous. Martial Artist Level players are guaranteed death if they encounter any. Bringing back a ton of golden ore safely is going to be difficult even for those who've reached Middle Tier Martial Artist level."

"But this assessment, besides requiring players to be at least Martial Artist level, with a time limit of five days, consuming 2000 Contribution and 300,000 Points each time, doesn't seem to restrict teaming up. Martial Artist players can join forces to complete the assessment."

"No way! If you can team up, won't the assessment become easy then?"

The players inside the Martial Arts Hall were ecstatic about the new announcement from Lin Qi, especially the newbie players who missed previous version limited-time events. This was definitely a golden opportunity to catch up with the top tier of the game.

Core Disciple status is currently the highest player privilege in the game.

It includes Level One wilderness exploration privileges, allows players to have their own base, and earn Contribution and Points passively.

This usually required extensive grinding, but now the game developers offer players a faster method of acquiring it, which is a delightful surprise.

"The game's patches are coming way too fast." One Leaf Floating Cloud looked at the announcement on the Smart Watch, speechless, "I haven't even enjoyed the benefits of free exploration, and now they've made it so Martial Artist level players can easily become Core Disciples. The developers are going too far."

"The assessment isn't as easy as you think." Ye Qinglu, who was beside him, said with a smile after reading the announcement, "Even though the assessment allows teaming up, we've seen what the Wilderness is like. A random group of monsters can wipe us out, even with Desert Eagle. The high-tier monster's recovery power and life force are unbeatable unless we have unlimited ammunition. We're just going to get worn out by the high-tier monsters, let alone venturing several hundred kilometers into the Wilderness to bring back a ton of ore. Initial Stage Martial Artists have no chance."

One Leaf Floating Cloud suddenly realized: "So that's why the previous Wilderness escort mission was mandatory. It was intended to prepare for the Core Disciple assessment. Without experience of the Wilderness, taking the assessment as an Initial Stage Martial Artist would just be a waste."

"No! Initial Stage Martial Artists aren't without hope." Ye Qinglu shook his head, analyzing, "The Martial Arts Hall introduced the Basic Gravity Room, right? I think this is the route for Initial Stage Martial Artists. As long as they can train the Body Strengthening Secret Technique to the Second Layer in the Basic Gravity Room, their bodies should rival Middle Tier monsters. With that strong defense, they stand a chance as long as they don't get surrounded by high-tier monsters."

"So that means I also have a chance?" One Leaf Floating Cloud felt it made sense upon hearing it.

He now understood how beneficial the Basic Gravity Room was through training. Currently, at five times gravity, with 24% proficiency in the First Layer of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, his body defense and recovery power were already close to that of Initial Tier monsters.

Truly mastering the Second Layer of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, reaching Martial Artist level, would make his body defense and recovery power likely surpass ordinary Middle Tier monsters. Combined with B4 Level Battle Armor, even Middle Tier monsters would have a hard time hurting him, only high-tier monsters could.

Though training the Body Strengthening Secret Technique does consume Points, unlike cultivating the Training Technique which requires Type Two Potion, the speed of cultivation depends on one's willingness to risk death.

The B2 Level Desert Eagle he crafted is a favorite among the wealthy players. While they might not provide monsters, they've got plenty of Points. The Points he's earned have already exceeded 20 million, enough to wastefully boost the Body Strengthening Secret Technique.

"Actually, we can discuss with Fang Zhen and the others, just like those wealthy players, co-renting a Basic Gravity Room for everyone to use. If we aggressively boost the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, who knows how many times we'll die. After becoming a Martial Artist, resurrection can take anywhere from forty minutes to an hour, during which others can use it, saving money and improving efficiency." Ye Qinglu suggested, "That way, everyone can quickly complete the assessment together."

"Alright, I'll talk to Fang Zhen about it." One Leaf Floating Cloud nodded, thinking it really was the best approach.

Though he has over 20 million Points, if he uses it alone, he can only rent for one day. In that day, if he aggressively boosts the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, the time he can actually use is pathetically little.

If everyone co-rents, though only one person can enter at a time, an hour can serve several people, saving more money this way.

Gradually, players in the Martial Arts Hall who participated in the Wilderness escort task surprisingly didn't rush to sign up for the assessment. Instead, they became absorbed in the Basic Gravity Room, spending all their time there except for meals online and offline, madly enhancing the Body Strengthening Secret Technique.

The next morning.

"What's going on with them? Even the top players aren't coming to sign up?" Lin Qi looked at the list of participants for the assessment, filled with confusion.

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