Chapter 93 (1/2)
Chapter 93: If It Misses, Please Upgrade
Fang Ning clicked the pop-up, and immediately another pop-up appeared with the Terms & Conditions attached. Fang Ning only needed to scan through it once to understand the contents of the document.
The most important part of the terms and conditions was how it stated that ‘all risk during cultivation is to be borne by the cultivator and the cultivator only. The game developers have no legal obligation to provide any form of compensation should anything occur.’
All other terms and conditions were the usual reminders for the player to follow the rule of law. Finally, below the clauses are two choices: Agree, or Disagree.
Fang Ning of course would click on ‘Agree’ without any hesitation. Then, a window for identity verification appeared, and Fang Ning calmly keyed in the ID and contact number of one of his Shadow ID 1 , the Venerable White Dragon. The verification process ended after he completed the steps on his phone.
There’s no point worrying about the vast number of Shadow IDs he had. Still, he would never confuse them, as Fang Ning now has a pretty developed brain. The Shadow ID of the Venerable White Dragon came to light when Zheng Dao went to register Harmony Powers Ltd. Fang Ning went to the Truth Department to find a way to shake the dirt off of Vigilante A, and also allocate him a valid identity to work with.
A notification popped up after the verification process was completed. [Your real age is 18 years old 1 month. Your age is below 50 and above 18, and you are thus allowed to enter the Cultivation Interface. Any loss suffered due to a false identity or a forged ID will be sustained entirely by yourself in accordance to the special agreement signed.]
Naturally, Fang Ning had no qualms when it comes to handling the potential losses. After he closed the notification away, he noticed that his screen has morphed to an entirely new display. That ancient, green book appeared in the Cultivation Interface, and on it glowed the words ‘Basic Cultivation of the Spirit’.
Fang Ning clicked on it, and the next thing that popped up in the middle of his display was a 3D person with his legs crossed, engrossed in cultivation. Beside him, lines of mantras gradually appeared, and beside them were elaborate explanations and even some illustrations.
As compared to the simple recital that Fang Ning had just now, this is the most recent version, packed with beautiful illustrations and detailed explanations. This version was the one that would actually allow ordinary people to cultivate. Fang Ning recalled his cultivation process just now to compare with this version he has now. He came to a conclusion – he really did master the skill already…
However, a new problem came up. How then would he let this game know that he has mastered it? This was not some Virtual Reality game where his mind was directly connected to the server. There was no way for the game to know what he did it just like that.
Before Fang Ning could fret over it, he soon found a ‘Cultivation Progress Checker’ button at the bottom right corner of his screen. Fang Ning clicked on it, and was shown another new interface.
“Please use the cultivated spiritual sense to recite the coded spell below…”
Fang Ning gave it some thought. Spiritual sense… Isn’t that the power within this White Dragon form of his? It took him some time to understand what the sentence meant. The game is asking him to speak a sentence in his White Dragon form, right? He had been speaking like this for too long that Fang Ning forgot how it was supposed to be mysterious and intriguing to other people.
Fang Ning was speechless. How did they manage to make it so overly dramatic?
It took him only a few moments to infer the underlying principles of the spell. After it was recited by someone’s spiritual sense, it will send out a signal on a unique frequency. It was probably connected to a certain place that would verify the signal. All in all, probably harmless.
Fang Ning immediately recited it after he understood everything. “Code XXFSAFA2332: Justice has long arms, and it never misses any of its targets. If it misses, please upgrade…”
What type of sh*tty spell is this? Fang Ning realized that he didn’t get any reply from the game after his first incantation. He recited two more times before he had gotten a notification from the game.
[Congratulations player Dragon Ascending The Heavens to be the first to successfully complete the Basic Cultivation of the Spirit. You are rewarded 10,000 Fame and 10,000 Wolf Coins. Your Intelligence has increased by 10 points. Do you want to make an all-server announcement?]
Fang Ning was surprised at how bountiful the rewards were. The characters in the game could only increase their attributes slowly through quests, and Intelligence does not grow with the level of the character. The 10 Intelligence Points he got would usually cost him hundreds of quests to obtain!
“Are you kidding me? Of course I want that announcement! You know what, make it a triple announcement!”
Fang Ning stabbed on the ‘Yes’ option almost too quick. He had no intentions to maintain a low profile here in the game; he was playing the game to feel good about himself, to show off! How could he dominate the world if he wasn’t well known? He would always have Sir System by his back anyways, so there’s no need for him to be afraid of anyone who would track him down and take revenge outside of the game! He would welcome anyone who dared to show up, really; he was still worrying about where to get monsters to farm!
[Welcome the new age for Battles of the Beasts! Player Dragon Ascending The Heavens is the first to complete the Basic Cultivation Of The Spirit! He is granted the title “Pioneer of Cultivators”!]
[Welcome the new age…]
[Welcome the new age…]
After the triple announcement, the feed was immediately flooded with user comments.
“What even is Basic Cultivation of the Body? Anyone?” This must be from a newbie noob.
“Someone actually managed to learn the Basic Cultivation of the Body? Hmm, seems like the promotional activities of the game is good! There’s really a hidden super function.” This must be from a person with some insights.
“How do I learn that? I’ll pay RMB10,000 for the walkthrough!” A random rich man was willing to spend his money like dirt.
Aside from public comments, even more people chose to private message Fang Ning in an attempt to grasp what had happened. Fang Ning, of course, ignored them all, acting distant and mysterious.
The advantages he had from his real life has given him the in-game benefit, allowing him to have a jumpstart. Fang Ning’s passion in the game only amplified after he saw the possibility of him dominating it. He’s all geared up for another all-nighter now.