Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 19 System Upgrade - Exploration!
To be honest, all three are pretty good!
You won't lose out by choosing either one.

However, after careful consideration, Chen Xiuxian chose the [Spiritual Eye Technique (Blue)].

Because I currently lack the ability to observe information about the other party.

What level is the monster? We'll only know after we kill it, that's too frustrating.

I feel very insecure!

He touched the card with the [Spiritual Eye Technique (Blue)], and a beam of light instantly entered his brow.

Spiritual Eye Technique, a level 3 spell, consumes 20 True Qi to activate the Spiritual Eye for 3 minutes, observe the Qi phenomena, and obtain information.

Immediately following, a system notification sounded:
"Ding~ System upgrade... You have activated the detection function!"

Wait! What's this? A system upgrade?

Can this thing be upgraded?
Chen Xiuxian was completely stunned! You can do this?

Is it because I chose [Spiritual Eye (Blue)], or is there some other reason?
—As long as you have a skill similar to exploration, you can enable the exploration function?
Chen Xiuxian attempted to investigate...

[White wooden table]

1st-order mortal

The elm wood four-cornered table is so-so in craftsmanship, but it's still sturdy.

Review: This is a bumpy, oily Maha car that I've used for over ten years.

Holy crap! That's awesome!
It's almost identical to the game, even with significantly more detailed information. There's also a review section.
In the game, this scouting function isn't used casually.

The information you obtain from investigating items depends on your specific knowledge in that area, including related crafts and skills.

If the object of the investigation is an NPC, then there's even more to it.

The information that can be obtained by investigating NPCs depends on the strength, status, and relationship between the two parties.

Moreover, many NPCs are very perceptive in this regard and can sense your probing—randomly probing strangers can easily offend them.

In the Liaodong region, it's roughly like this:

What are you looking at?
How are you doing?

Why don't you take another look?
Just give it a try!
Clang, clang—a fight broke out.

Of course, many players have developed some "subtle" ways to detect threats.

For example, you could explore from a great distance, at the very edge of the area.

Or it could be in a crowded place where the other person doesn't know exactly who is staring at them.

Another method is to use your peripheral vision to observe the other person from a corner, which can reduce the chances of being discovered...

In short, the players' suicidal mentality is boundless, and they have come up with quite a few things!
"Sir, your dishes are all served. Please enjoy!" The waiter, with a white towel draped over his shoulder, bent over and gestured towards the dishes.

"Ah? Okay! Thank you." Chen Xiuxian picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.

[Liu Song (White), waiter at Ping An Lou]

Level 4 Mortal

Having worked as a waiter for six years, he was highly experienced and well-informed.

臂力11、体质11、灵敏12、感知13、意志10
Comment: He's an ordinary person, but he can hold five dishes on one arm!
……

After trying to probe, Chen Xiuxian activated his spiritual eye technique... well, he didn't see anything on the table.

However, looking up at the pedestrians outside the window, one can discern some clues.

It's like you can inexplicably see whether someone's complexion is good or bad, and you can even see if someone has a dark spot between their eyebrows.

Chen Xiuxian instinctively felt that the other person's face was dark, and that he might be about to have bad luck.

I see, is that so?
He looked up unintentionally and was surprised to find a light blue pillar of Qi floating and rising in mid-air, and a very solid golden-red pillar of Qi shooting straight into the sky.

Chen Xiuxian seemed to know what it was—the former was the "human energy" in Wadang Fort, symbolizing the people's hearts and fortune.

The latter is the fierce aura of the military formation, the spiritual cohesion of the garrison soldiers stationed here.

The former indicates that the governance here is relatively good and the people are at peace.

The latter indicates that the garrison is militarily strong and capable of serving.

interesting!
It's like suddenly putting on a strange pair of "glasses" that allows you to see many things/colors that you can't see normally, and you can guess what those things represent.

……

Chen Xiuxian has begun his journey of leveling up and defeating monsters once again.

But this time he wasn't just fighting goblins—there weren't enough goblins to fight.

Chen Xiuxian wiped out the Yin Sha goblins on the outer perimeter of the Yin Sha Rift in an hour or two. However, some of the monsters deeper in the rift were level 10 or higher, which meant they might use magic. Not wanting to take any risks, Chen Xiuxian cleared out the outer Yin Sha goblins and then spent half an hour crossing the mountain to chop down tree spirits on another peak.

These tree spirits, though thick-skinned and tough, move slowly. Safer!

Chen Xiuxian activated his Fire Blade and slashed, each strike igniting flames with considerable efficiency.

Besides going out to fight monsters, he also takes on some quests from Wadang Fort.

The main reason is that his appearance is too distinctive; many people in the city know him and that he helps the government handle some difficult cases. Therefore, he also receives some private commissions.

For example, if you need to deliver a message to a village, or if there are wild boars damaging the crops in the fields, you can ask Chen Xiuxian to drive the wild boars away or kill them.

During this period, Chen Xiuxian spent his time killing wild boars, and he killed about twenty of them, big and small.

There are so many!
Of the three major dangers in the mountains, tigers and bears rarely come down from the mountains to enter villages, but wild boars are a different story.

After all, the grains and fruits and vegetables in those fields are so delicious! Food is so easy to obtain.

Wild boars can reproduce; it's not uncommon for a large wild boar to bring along seven or eight piglets, and they can wreak havoc on an entire area overnight.

Chen Xiuxian also heard a story from an old hunter in the area. Following this clue, he found a place to hunt moa birds in a hilly area in the Qianshan Mountains!
That thing looks like an ostrich, but its head and beak are very large, and its body size is similar to that of a horse. It has wings but can't fly, but it can run very fast.

This creature is an omnivore and has a very fierce temperament.

Hunters have witnessed several moa birds hunting wild boars.

In the past ten days or so, Chen Xiuxian relied on the Yin Sha Goblin, the large and small tree spirits, the wild boar and the terror bird to earn more than 8000 experience points and level up from level 6 to level 8!
Furthermore, the [Changhong Heart Sutra (Blue)] was upgraded from level 4 to level 5—it was only 800+ cultivation points away from being upgraded.

Then I switched to the [Rainbow Sword Technique (Blue)] in the training bar, and immediately leveled up from level 1 to level 6!
A cultivation level of 7500+!

He maxed out the [Rainbow Sword Technique (Blue)] skill in one go!

+6 Swordsmanship Level
+60 Sword Skill Power
3-layer special effect: Sword Qi - Infusion of true qi can unleash a three-inch sword qi that is indestructible!

6th Layer Special Effect: Rainbow Fire - The sword energy is extremely powerful and yang, with fire attribute damage, and it increases damage against evil spirits.

When fighting the old zombie, Chen Xiuxian felt that his offensive power was still insufficient, so he put the [Rainbow Sword Technique (Blue)] on his agenda.

[Rainbow Sword Technique (Blue)] has a low total number of levels, so it's easy to level up!

The Rainbow Fire Sword Qi is incredibly lethal!
Chopping down those level 9 tree spirits, which are over two meters tall, is incredibly efficient, with sparks flying and wisps of smoke rising everywhere!
Now it can be said that Chen Xiuxian can easily handle any monster below level 10, regardless of whether it is elite or not.

With the detection function, Chen Xiuxian felt more confident when fighting monsters, at least knowing their level before engaging them.

You can even see some attributes and skills.

He discovered that some monsters were considered minor elites and had specific attributes or descriptions.

What's fast, what's strong, what's fierce, what's battle-hardened...

There are even entries for terms like "fat beef," "fat sheep," and "fat pig."

These monsters usually have high HP, but they don't have any special abilities. However, you'll get a lot of experience points after killing them!

Aren't you bullying an honest person?!
……

While waiting for his breakfast at the Yuelai Inn, Chen Xiuxian pondered listlessly the "Liaodong Newbie Village Leveling Guide 1-20" that he had seen on the forum the night before.

Although they were all born in Liaodong, there are sixteen or seventeen "beginner towns" like Wadangbao in the whole of Liaodong, and the situation in many places is different.

However, the reason this popular post was pushed to such a high level is because it summarized some commonalities.

For example, you can take advantage of early-game encounters that give you some combat power before level 10.

You could either befriend soldiers to learn military tactics, or use methods devised by other players to subdue monsters and spirits that can help you fight monsters...

Of course, having a series of serendipitous encounters like Chen Xiuxian is also a viable path.

However, such extraordinary encounters often have high requirements, and few people can meet the conditions. They are not very common.

After breakfast, Chen Xiuxian went to the Department of State Affairs as usual to take a look, but was stopped by Zhao Ying, the department head.

"You've come at the right time! I wonder if you have any methods to deal with ghosts?" he asked.

"Oh? I wonder what kind of ghost it is?" Chen Xiuxian didn't dare to make a guarantee. Although he could usually fight off ghosts himself, what if it was some kind of fierce or malevolent spirit... it would be better to let someone else try.

Zhao Ying told Chen Xiuxian something: "Recently, in the craftsmen's district in the east of the city, people often encounter a strange person after dusk. That person stops them from leaving and insists on gambling with them by rolling dice."

"As a result, those guys all lost everything, leaving not even a pair of underwear. They were often found the next morning, sleeping naked on the street, feeling incredibly ashamed..."

"It's said to be haunting a local gambler who died not long ago. It hasn't killed anyone, but leaving it like this won't do. Who knows what will happen next?"

"If you can manage, go and help out. If you really can't, then ask the military. They're incredibly busy right now. I don't know what's going on lately, but bandits have started causing trouble for dozens of miles around! Several groups have come at once! They're robbing and kidnapping passersby. They deserve to be cut into a thousand pieces!"

The term "bearded man" refers to bandits, robbers, and mountain bandits.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiuxian's mind immediately lit up.

(End of this chapter)