As expected, after a rain, Lin Qianxuan got another contact.
The old man who set up the array was an antique who joined the Otherworld Bureau a long time ago, named Guo Xuecai.
Don't be fooled by his appearance of only being in his sixties or seventies; he's actually already one hundred and thirty-one. Officially, he is classified at the Third Heaven tier in rank, and truly a Core Formation expert, the key figure of this task.
However, he hasn't spent much time on Earth; it seems he spent more time in the Otherworld for research previously.
If we calculate by Earth time, he's actually a person of '93, still a 90s generation.
Currently, he's rehired by the Longjiang City Otherworld Bureau.
His primary research directions are arrays, spirit plants, and artifact refining.
According to him, he doesn't actually have much talent in these researches; but initially, those with talent have all died off, leaving only him with some experience.
Here in Longjiang City, due to the discovery of spiritual ore, they're somewhat interested in trying out spirit fields. Entirely replicating the environment of a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land is impossible, but with abundant spiritual energy, it's still possible to cultivate some ordinary spirit plants.
However, the environmental factors cause many spirit plants not to grow well, and many can't steadily pass the seedling phase.
Lin Qianxuan's spiritual rain is very special; it can increase the success rate of growing these spirit plants.
Therefore, he handed Lin Qianxuan a business card, hoping Lin Qianxuan could help with a rain later.
This isn't anything big; Lin Qianxuan also hopes to learn more from the senior, so he didn't decline.
He directly added Guo Xuecai as a friend.
Despite Guo Xuecai being quite elderly, his social circle surprisingly includes many scantily clad young ladies.
Lin Qianxuan's expression seemed slightly peculiar.
Such people who often stay in the Otherworld often have this kind of contrast.
Just like Jiang Mengli who likes browsing low-creativity short videos.
It feels like the person should be an unaffected sage who sees the world lightly, but once exploring their inner self, you find they're not much different from you.
"How about it? I have connections, want me to introduce some to you?" Guo Xuecai raised his brow and asked Lin Qianxuan.
"No... no need." Lin Qianxuan's expression subtly turned strange as he slightly waved his hand.
A peculiar feeling indeed.
Having a centenarian introduce beautiful women to you like a buddy.
How could I have such a dream?
The matter with the獙獙 concluded, Lin Qianxuan received some gratitude, and of course, some tangible rewards, mainly monetary.
Lin Qianxuan didn't look much into it; it's just a string of numbers anyway, and he can donate some to the welfare institute later.
The biggest individual expenditures are clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
He relies on flying for travel, drinking fills him up, his residence is self-purchased without rent, his clothing doesn't require high-end luxury, and mid-to-low range suffices for living.
Therefore, he depends on the Otherworld Bureau's monthly allotment of twenty thousand yuan for living expenses, which is more than sufficient.
Ample indeed.
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On September 18, Lin Qianxuan felt he had completely absorbed the Sixth Revolutions Bloodline Pill.
He raised his hand slightly, naturally forming a water mass in his palm.
The water mass seemed exceedingly condensed, controlled into continuous self-compression, eventually becoming as solid as a solid body.
No, it has now become a solid body.
But it's still water, not changing its properties due to particle compression, nor releasing energy externally.
It remarkably defies physical laws, but Lin Qianxuan's water control ability doesn't abide by reasoning.
Compared to before, its condensation strength surely increased greatly, but Lin Qianxuan himself isn't sure by how much.
He closed his eyes, his spirit unfolded.
Very easily it spread eight kilometers away.
A radius of eight kilometers, meaning most of a county town was within his spirit detection range.
Plentiful information was fed back through spirit: sounds, textures, smells, colors, and he even spied the existence of electromagnetic waves.
The world from this viewpoint was extremely vibrant and colorful, beyond imagination in its splendor, with feedback information exaggeratedly abundant.
Yet Lin Qianxuan's mind could handle it.
He didn't find it difficult; instead, it felt effortless.
As natural as eating and drinking, this was his instinct.
Of course, he could perceive this information, but couldn't analyze its cognition; its profound significance remained unclear.
Lin Qianxuan retracted his spirit, without fully spreading it.
Because there was some information he preferred not to acquire.
Although under spirit detection, his mind had no special feelings, his emotions were calm and under self-control, upon reflecting, somewhat eerie indeed.
He opened his phone, checked his account background.
A pile of reminders for updates.
He is now considered a missing person.
Lin Qianxuan hasn't truly found a new direction, unsure of what to create content about.
Moreover, he is currently focused entirely on the game "String of Destiny," truly struggling to consider anything else.
The platform's currently hottest topics are information on the four extraordinary academies of Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise.
Lin Qianxuan isn't familiar with the cities where the Vermilion Bird and White Tiger academies are located.
Yet, Black Tortoise is settled in Kyoto, and Azure Dragon is in Longjiang City, two cities he is quite familiar with.
He's visited Kyoto many times; as for Longjiang City, he grew up here, so naturally there's nothing much to note.
Currently, all four academies have their official accounts promoting content.
The extraordinary knowledge taught at these academies has been explored by predecessors, confirmed not to have significant errors, offering a solid system.
Presently, opportunities to study within are limited, hence quite difficult to obtain.
One either has exceptionally outstanding talent or possesses relevant connections.
Nonetheless, to maintain fairness, such connections are generally only usable by elders who have made considerable contributions to the country.
It's foreseeable that within a few years, the society will have a new batch of exceptionally skilled academy-style Transcendents.
Gradually, the entire society will change due to this, integrating everything into daily life.
Lin Qianxuan felt a sense of awe, and after watching the video, he set his phone aside.
He was preparing to start the game once again.
After fully assimilating the Sixth Revolutions Bloodline Pill, his strength surged greatly, and anticipated the strategy route would also undergo new changes.
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The familiar scene, the familiar characters.
This time, Lin Qianxuan followed the path of the royal strategy.
When fighting the Purple Bamboo Lord this time, the game character could single-handedly suppress the corrupted Purple Bamboo Lord.
No need for a Spiritual Energy Cannon, nor Gongsun Ying's outburst.
The War God Armor Body was somewhat trickier though.
The War God Slaughter Blade in its hand was indeed quite formidable.
Lin Qianxuan paid attention, having Gongsun Yue bring both the War God Slaughter Blade and the Spiritual Wisdom Core of the War God Armor Body onto the Flying Ship, preparing to simulate it with the Myriad Forms when it's unlocked.
He was curious whether the Myriad Forms could completely simulate the original complete state of this damaged War God Armor Body.
The fact proved, it could.
After completing the strategy against Gongsun Ying and activating the Myriad Forms to absorb enough miasma, it was easily simulated.
Current Illusionary Artifact: War God Armor Body.
Function: [War God: Input Divine Energy, connect one's perception with the War God Armor Body, and use the War God Armor Body to fight.]
The consumption is over three million Spiritual Essences.
That's how formidable it is!
Even if there's only one Spiritual Wisdom Core, or just a piece of iron scrap left, it still simulates the complete form for you.
Its simulation doesn't seem to be a simple copy-paste but leans more towards something on the mystical side.
Gongsun Yue's guess is, it directly searches from the temporal information carried by the item for the state the user wants to copy, then captures that piece of information to simulate it with itself.
This principle is somewhat beyond imagination, at least the current scientific theories on Earth find it hard to understand.
Incidentally, the Myriad Forms can also independently simulate the War God Slaughter Blade.
Current Illusionary Artifact: Celestial Craft Ruler/War God Slaughter Blade.
Function: [Punishment/Slaughter: Infuse Divine Energy, can transform shape into Celestial Craft Ruler or War God Slaughter Blade.]
This weapon's size is vast, a forty-meter large blade. Even with Lin Qianxuan's Half-Dragon Transformation making him somewhat larger, it is awkward to use.
Moreover, it doesn't have much bonus, mostly relying on brute mass.
If Lin Qianxuan had to choose, he prefers using Gongsun Ying's [Radiance].
So it needs to be used in conjunction with the War God Armor Body.
For a change, Lin Qianxuan had the game character use a mecha to fight Tong Gong and Tie Zhen inside the game.
Using the Armor Body to perform Divine Martial.
The game character's combat power increased significantly.
The Armor Body didn't need to worry about damage; the game character only needed to ensure sufficient Divine Energy.
Conveniently, his Divine Energy was inexhaustible.
The overall agility decreased, but the attack strength was dramatically enhanced.
And the War God Armor Body simulated by the Myriad Forms wasn't easily breached.
Tie Zhen was pinned down, with no ability to fight back at all.
However, fighting the Muddy Spirit Emperor was a bit arduous.
The War God Armor Body on its own could only get beaten.
It needed to combine the function of the Emperor Sword, converting compressed Divine Energy into blade light to contend with the Muddy Spirit Emperor.
Nonetheless, it was victorious.
Against the manifestation of the Muddled Spirit, the War God Armor Body was not adequate.
The weakness of lack of flexibility was exposed; even if the vital marks of attacks were visible, it couldn't avoid them.
It got hit solidly several times.
Fortunately, the Myriad Forms was durable enough, so defenses weren't breached.
Lin Qianxuan had to follow the original route honestly, avoiding mechanical combat.
He let the game character use the Emperor Sword with the Asura Sword Technique to instantly obliterate the Muddled Spirit manifestation.
Then used the enhanced [Eternal Cohabitation] function "Mutual Destruction" to directly deal with the appearing Muddled Spirit.
The eighth playthrough concluded.
Lin Qianxuan made a summary.
His strength increase indeed slightly aided the strategy route.
But no big changes ensued.
The strength had considerably increased, enough to solo the Purple Bamboo Lord with just his physical body.
But that's about it.
His current prowess, compared to those corrupted monstrosities, still falls far behind.
Only slightly stronger than Gongsun Ying with Bursting Qi, but compared to the War God Armor Body, Xiong De, Tong Gong, Tie Zhen, the Muddy Spirit Emperor, and the Muddled Spirit manifestation... still way behind.
As for the Muddled Spirit?
Not even worth mentioning.
This fellow seems only killable through mechanics.
This time, Lin Qianxuan also used the [Eyes of the Muddled Heaven] obtained after strategizing over Gongsun Yue to explore other possibilities.
But still found scenes portraying the use of the Eternal Cohabitation mechanic to execute it.
With two more playthrough opportunities, Lin Qianxuan wanted to see the Muddled Spirit's power in its prime.
The game's duration is three months, so he planned to cultivate in Kyoto for two months after strategizing over the Gongsun sisters before confronting the Muddled Spirit.
After simulating the Emperor Sword and receiving the blessing of two Sounds of Destiny, his cultivation of Divine Martial could progress extraordinarily, likening a day's progress to years, even decades of ordinary folks.
Two months should suffice for a significant qualitative transformation.
Hopefully, nothing goes wrong in the meantime.
Thus, the Rebel Army should avoid entering the world within the Qiankun Cauldron before then.
After pressing his lips in anticipation, Lin Qianxuan eagerly initiated the ninth playthrough without hesitation.
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