Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

Brook bought a new Hot Blood Dao Fan and rushed to Wushuang City to meet up.

In the following days, Brook, Bayin, and Wenren Muyue kept going in and out of the ancient battlefield of the Three Kingdoms in Wushuang City.

The Battle of Xiakou, the Battle of Wujun, the Battle of Xiapi, the Battle of Tongguan, the Battle of Tianshui, the Battle of Xiliang... basically they are all 1-star entry-level or 2-star simple difficulty, mainly for spawning soldiers, and for White Tiger Secret Stone and Black Tortoise Secret Stone.

Both of these special items grant 100 stat points for every 2 enemies killed. These stat points aren't added to the equipment itself, but permanently to the character, making them incredibly rare.

However, to reach the full 1 points, one would have to personally kill 50 enemies. If it were a real Three Kingdoms battlefield, even a possessed god of war wouldn't be able to do it. Fortunately, the ancient battlefield today is like a projection, like a mirage, like a game that can be restarted endlessly.

Maybe it's a game, maybe not. Because if you are killed accidentally, you will definitely die.

Those soldiers rushing out from the military stronghold look real, but they are actually fake; although they are fake, they are so real.

How exactly did they do it? Brook couldn't figure it out, and could only marvel at the wonders of Wushuang City, the ancient battlefield, and the red star in the sky.

Brook wasn't one to dwell on trivial matters. If he couldn't figure something out, he'd just forget about it. He'd just put it aside for now. When he grew stronger and could see a wider world, things he hadn't understood before would naturally become clear to him.

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Two months passed in a blink of an eye.

Brook helped Wenren Mufeng, Linghu Zhong, and the others retrieve the Steamed Bun Bags, giving each of them one, and even the precious White Tiger Secret Stone. This earned Linghu Zhong and the others immense gratitude. Brook, unconcerned, simply smiled and asked Linghu Zhong for two more jars of Amber Honey Whispers. He participated in two more battles in Nanzhong, giving Bayin and Qin Ziyu each an Elephant Stirrup. While not as fast as a horse stirrup, the Elephant Stirrup's size made it impervious to melee attacks, and the ability to stun enemies with the Elephant Pedal made it ideal for ranged mages.

As for the Vacuum Book, Brook and the other two later entered Sishui Pass several times, but they never encountered Lu Bu in his awakened state again, and thus never found the Vacuum Book again. Perhaps Elder Wushuang was right, and the first time, it might really have been luck.

Furthermore, no one entered the Battle of Red Cliffs again. Firstly, although the battlefield had reopened, Huang Gai's feigned surrender hadn't yet arrived; secondly, everyone felt that the 5-star Shura level was too difficult, unsuitable for a 6th-rank cultivator. Now that the method for obtaining the Black Tortoise Secret Stone had been confirmed, that was sufficient. It wouldn't be too late to enter again in the future, when one's strength was greater, or after 7th rank.

After two months and hundreds of forays into the ancient battlefield, Brook finally slew 2 minions and maxed out the bonus attributes of the Basalt Secret Stone and the White Tiger Secret Stone. There was no point in adding more, as the 50-point cap had already been reached. Once a cultivator used these two special items, they became bound to him, making them unusable even if given to others. He could only store them in the quartermaster's warehouse, shelved.

As for the four categories of military books, namely life, attack, defense, and magic defense, Brook has collected 4 books in each category, most of which are primary military books, a small number of intermediate military books, and one or two advanced military books. Although they are rather mixed, they have reached the 16% bonus threshold for primary military books.

When you have time later, collect more military books and continue to combine them. All intermediate-level books will increase your stats by 20%, and all advanced-level books will increase your stats by 30%. This will take time, so you have to take it slow.

I haven't leveled up in this period, only completing basic experience quests daily, earning 1000 million experience points per day. In two months, I've accumulated 2 million experience points, which doesn't seem like a small amount, but Brook's level is still 6, not even a single level up. Because leveling from 169 to 160 requires 170 billion experience points per level. If I don't spend gold ingots on smelting equipment and use a lot of spirit beads, leveling up later will be very slow.

Although his level has not been raised, Brook's strength has greatly increased due to his efforts in Wushuang City!

Brook: Level 169, HP, Taoism -, Defense -, Magical Defense -. His physical attack, magic power, and strength far surpass those of warriors and mages of the same level.

Finally, the materials for the Wushuang title were gathered. Brook found the Wushuang City Lord and handed over all 60 Wushuang Orders, 10 Purple Sun Stones, 10 Hearts of the Vast Ocean, and 10 Ethereal Feathers.

"You collected all the materials so quickly? You are really amazing. In the history of Wushuang City, your speed is among the best. Now, I will bestow upon you the Wushuang title unique to Wushuang City! From now on, as long as you equip this title, you can activate the afterimage effect. Although it cannot actually increase the movement speed, it can confuse the enemy. The most important thing is that it is cool!" The Lord of Wushuang City patted Brook's shoulder and smiled.

"...Thank you, Lord Mayor. Can I ask you a question?" Brooke said.

"You ask."

"How can we achieve true unparalleled awakening?" Brook asked.

The afterimage effect is merely an imitation of the Three Kingdoms warriors' unparalleled awakening. However, it only has the appearance, without any substantial improvement, and is not a true unparalleled awakening at all.

"We can't do it."

"why?"

"Because we are different from the generals of the Three Kingdoms. They have health points and unparalleled energy, while we monks have health points and magic points. If you want to start the unparalleled awakening, you first need to have unparalleled energy, and secondly, you need to be strong enough to awaken. Our magic points are not unparalleled energy." The Lord of Wushuang City explained.

Brook understood a little bit, thought about it and asked again: "Although we don't have the unparalleled energy, but if we use the awakening seal in the ancient battlefield, can't we also awaken the unparalleled energy?"

"The Awakening Seal is a very special entity. We still don't understand how it came into being. We can only speculate that it was created by extremely powerful generals or sorcerers, and their number is very limited. The Awakening Seal contains both unparalleled energy and the powerful force required for awakening. However, it is only a temporary prop after use. It disappears after use and can only maintain its burst for three minutes. It can only be used in the Three Kingdoms ancient battlefield."

"Using the Awakening Seal is not the right way to achieve a peerless awakening. You must have encountered warriors who awakened directly through their own strength without using the Awakening Seal. Once they awaken, they can maintain the awakened state for a long time. Therefore, if you want to achieve a peerless awakening, first, you must possess peerless energy, and second, you must be strong enough!"

"However, we cultivators are not born with unparalleled energy. Before we obtain unparalleled energy, we will never be able to awaken. It is already very good that Wushuang City can simulate the afterimage effect." The Lord of Wushuang City sighed.

Unparalleled awakening! Attack power, defense power, attack speed, movement speed, attack range, all doubled, and even immune to abnormal control! Who wouldn't want such an ability? However, the imperial monks really can't do it.

"......I understand...Thank you, Lord Mayor, for telling me." Brook's tone was inevitably a little depressed.

"Perhaps in the future, our descendants will be able to research a way to obtain unparalleled energy. At that time, the monks of my empire may be able to truly awaken to their unparalleled state!" The Lord of Wushuang City looked into the distance with longing.

Brooke couldn't help but smile.

Yes, who says it’s impossible? Everything is possible.

The compass beeped, and Bayin brought news that she and Wenren Muyue had already come out of the ancient battlefield.

They both obtained the White Tiger Secret Stone and had been constantly killing minions these days. To improve efficiency, they and Brooke went to different ancient battlefields, choosing the easiest ones. Then, using the advantages of the teleportation ring, they kept moving and killing, achieving high efficiency.

The three met at Wushuang City Square.

"How much attack power have you gained?" Brook asked.

"Only 2800. It's a bit slow." Bayin said.

She and Wenren Muyue's equipment was actually quite good, but still significantly inferior to Brook's. Furthermore, they had acquired the White Tiger Secret Stone two weeks late, and thus far, they had only gained less than 2 attack power.

"It's slow at first, but as your attack power increases, it will get faster and faster."

"Yeah. But Mu Yue seems exhausted."

"No, I can't do it anymore. Let me lie down for a while, I want to go home and sleep~"

Following Bayin to kill soldiers every day, his daily rest was to meditate, and he only sat for 2 hours. Wenren Muyue was young and sleepy and growing up, and after persisting for so many days, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Muyue, thank you for your help. Okay, let's go home!"