Online game: Hanging out in the beauty studio

"If I remember correctly, the Katori sect should be a mysterious organization that suddenly appeared around the fifth year of Tianshou..."

"The Katori sect was mainly active in the imperial city of Zhongzhou. It grew rapidly with the help of believers' donations, and then gradually began to expand outward..."

"In the early days of the establishment of the Katori sect, it blessed and prayed for the rich and powerful, and hosted Buddhist events for the locals..."

"It also did a lot of good deeds among the people, such as building roads and bridges, and disaster relief. Therefore, its expansion speed was very fast. Within three years, its temples were spread all over the north and south, with thousands of followers and dozens of followers. The scale was comparable to that of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples..."

"But since the tenth year of Tianshou, the ambitions of the Katori sect have gradually been exposed. Either it deceived believers and accumulated money by promoting the religion; or it relied on writing scriptures to make money. Clinging to the upper class and pleasing the court... "

"Some even developed believers among the eunuchs and bureaucrats in the palace to expand their influence..."

"In the twelfth year of Tianshou, it was rumored that some members of the Katori sect incited believers to gather and cause trouble. Zhao Shi was furious about this, so he was denounced by Zhao Shi as a 'devil's evil party' and ordered to be eliminated..."

"Although the Katori sect has strict rules and orderly hierarchy, it is inevitable that there will be many termites among the large sect..."

"The above are actually not a secret. If you spend more time to inquire in the capital, you should be able to know..."

Although the idea of ​​exchanging wish rewards for intelligence was just a flash of inspiration for Li Qianfan, the effect achieved was far beyond his expectations.

Aunt Qianye not only introduced the origin of the Katori sect in detail, but also pointed out several important time nodes.

Of course, the development history of Katori Cult is not the focus for players, so the three of them listened patiently for a long time before finally hearing the most crucial information-

"As for the first generation of saints you just mentioned, I don't know much about it..."

"However, you may go to Qingliang Mountain Yunfeng Temple to ask more..."

"If I remember correctly, that should be the place where Katori Cult first became active..."

Qingliang Mountain, Yunfeng Temple.

NPC will never do anything without a purpose. Now that there is a clear location, the next thing is obviously easy to handle.

So, after thanking Aunt Qianye, the three of them said goodbye to the villagers one by one and planned to leave.

But at this moment, Huo Xian'er suddenly grabbed the corner of Xia Zhilan's clothes and reluctantly gave her a gift-

"Sister, this is the butterfly jade pendant left to me by my mother. Xian'er gives it to you. If you miss Xian'er in the future, take it out and have a look, okay?"

Hearing this, Xia Zhilan immediately squatted down and replied: "Okay, Xian'er, don't worry, sister will definitely keep this jade pendant well!"

After seeing this scene, Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan looked at each other in surprise, and they were completely convinced by Xia Zhilan's super high good and evil value.

It was obviously the two of them who worked together to save Huo Xian'er, but Huo Xian'er turned around and gave Xia Zhilan the relic left by her mother...

Is the system discriminating against good and evil values?

No wonder our ancestors often said "good people are rewarded".

Huo Xian'er's jade pendant should be an extra reward given to Xia Zhilan by the system, right?

[Item name: Huo Xianer's butterfly jade pendant]

[Type: pendant (does not occupy equipment slot)]

[Effect: unknown]

[Additional explanation: Perhaps it can bring good luck to the wearer? ]

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After leaving the Tomb Mountain Village, the three continued on their way to Zhongzhou.

Huo Xianer's innocence and cuteness obviously left a deep impression on Xia Zhilan, so she would take out the butterfly jade pendant given by Huo Xianer from time to time to look at it, and kept shouting that she must take time to go back to see Huo Xianer in the future.

After seeing this scene, Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan couldn't help but smile at each other, obviously very satisfied with the current result.

Only if Xia Zhilan was happy, their efforts would not be in vain.

Although everyone is of the same age, Xia Zhilan's mental age is obviously much younger than them.

And this is the fundamental reason why everyone wants to protect her well.

After all...

The more beautiful things are, the more worthy of care.

Let's get back to the topic.

After finishing the trip to Mushan Village, the trio, who had tasted the sweetness, slowed down their pace on the way to Zhongzhou intentionally or unintentionally.

As long as the task was on the way and would not take up too much time, they would take it.

On the one hand, it was for upgrading, and on the other hand, they wanted to see if they could trigger another adventure task.

From Lanzhou to Zhongzhou, it doesn't sound far.

But if there is no teleportation point, it is basically equivalent to riding a horse in ancient times.

What is the concept?

It is almost equivalent to Henan to Beijing.

It only takes seven or eight hours to drive, and it takes two to three hours to ride a horse.Three days.

Therefore, when the trio arrived at the Zhongzhou Imperial City leisurely, it was already the third day since they set out from Black Stone City——

"Brother Fan, I see on the map that Lucheng and Pancheng are right next to us. Should we go over and take a look?"

Lucheng is the territory of Blood Oath, and Pancheng is the territory of Ragnarok.

After the two guilds were successfully established, they used the city lord's authority to give passers-by players great discounts.

With the nature of Ragnarok, making money is obviously not as important as face.

Blood Oath dared to give a 30% discount, and he dared to give a 50% discount.

When the tax revenue was not enough to maintain the operation of the city, he spent money out of his own pocket to fill it, with a posture of losing money to gain publicity, and thus attracted many players who came here for fame.

Today, the popularity of Lucheng and Pancheng has almost caught up with the Imperial City.

If the level of these two attached cities was not low, there were not many high-level NPCs in the city, and if you wanted to take rare tasks, you had to go to the Imperial City, I am afraid that the popularity of the Imperial City would have been sucked dry by them.

Xia Zhilan loves to join in the fun, so she naturally wants to visit Lucheng, but Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan obviously don't have the leisure time.

When Xia Zhilan was talking, the two of them were asking questions in the world channel, so they accidentally ignored Xia Zhilan's suggestion.

Xia Zhilan naturally didn't mind this, so she opened the forum and started to read it herself.

"Qingzhou, someone replied to me. He said that Qingliang Mountain is north of the Imperial City, not far from the Summer Resort, and the place is small, so it is not shown on the big map. You can only see it after you go there."

When facing Li Qianfan, Xia Zhilan likes to call him Brother Fan, Lin Yue likes to call him Mr. Landlord, and Shen Jiayan likes to call him Qingzhou.

It's obviously the same person, but the three girls have three different names for him. It's quite interesting to think about it.

"Okay, the Summer Resort is about fifty miles away, a bit far, shall we go directly there?"

"Okay."

But just as the two were discussing the itinerary, Xia Zhilan suddenly exclaimed-

"Oh, look at the forum homepage! I was wondering why Lucheng was so lively, it turns out that Blood Oath and the Gods jointly organized an event!"

After that, Xia Zhilan sent the link of the hot post she just saw to the team channel.

Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan clicked on it casually and found that the post was posted half an hour ago. The title of the post was-

[Shock! Blood Oath joins hands with Ragnarok, the two major guilds sincerely invite heroes from all over the world to join in the event! 】

To briefly summarize the key points of this post, that is...

Blood Oath and the Gods are recruiting people.

Not ordinary members, but top masters!

Because the theme of the previous version is gang war, the focus of the major guilds is on how to expand the scale of the guild.

That is, quantity, not quality.

Now that the new version has been open for such a long time, the focus of major guilds will naturally be adjusted accordingly, and they will begin to pay attention to quality.

In fact, the level of players who can get wages in large guilds will not be too bad.

But compared with real geniuses, these professional players who rely on time to build up are still a little bit inferior.

Professional players and professional players.

The two seem to be not much different, but in fact, they are the insurmountable gap between ordinary people and geniuses.

How big is the gap between ordinary people and geniuses?

In competitive online games, the gap between geniuses and ordinary people is actually easier to be intuitively displayed, that is, the gap between bronze and king.

As for games, anyone can play.

But not everyone can become a thousand-point king.

And for ordinary people, a thousand-point king is already very powerful, right?

However...

A thousand-point king is just the first threshold to become a professional player.

Geniuses can never be buried.

It has been a long time since the launch of "Heart of Condemnation", and real geniuses have already emerged.

Therefore, Zhan Hun took the initiative to find Zhu Shen Wu Wo and proposed the idea of ​​the two guilds jointly holding a "Famous Sword Conference" to gather heroes from all over the world.

It must be said that Zhan Hun has also learned to be smart.

He knew that if he went it alone, Zhu Shen Wu Wo would definitely jump out to make trouble.

In this case, why not pull Zhu Shen Wu Wo into the group from the beginning?

Led by Blood Oath and Zhu Shen Wu Wo, the top ten guilds in Jiuzhou have joined in one after another, and everyone is in harmony and jointly held a grand talent selection conference.

After the ranking is released, everyone will spend money to grab people based on their own abilities, and then there will naturally be no more conflicts.

In the final analysis, this event is actually a preparation for the real "Sword Conference".

The official organization is called the "Sword Conference".

The player organization is called‘Famous Sword Conference’.

Although the rewards of the Famous Sword Conference are definitely not as good as those of the Sword Contest, the big guilds are rich!

The first place cash reward is 30 million.

The second place cash reward is 20 million.

The third place cash reward is 10 million.

As long as you make it into the top 100 of the overall ranking, you can get at least 1 million in cash rewards and a contract from a top guild.

For ordinary players, what a temptation this is?

But just when Li Qianfan was looking at the series of numbers and sighing at how rich the big guilds were, Xia Zhilan suddenly found something strange and couldn't help but complain on the spot-

"That's not right! Why is Xinghe Rugu not on the guild list?!"

"The gang flag is still on the top of Black Stone City! Our Xinghe Rugu is the real No. 1 Guild in Jiuzhou, okay!"

"I just asked Sister Lin in private, and she said she didn't know about it at all, so..."

"They look down on us and deliberately exclude us?!"

Because it is an unofficial competition organized by Xuexue and Zhushen, of course Xuexue and Zhushen can invite whoever they want.

Although Xinghe Rugu has the title of 'No. 1 Guild in Jiuzhou', there is still a question mark on how much gold this title contains.

Besides, as a real grassroots guild, how much money can Xinghe Rugu take out of its pocket?

It costs money to organize an event, and it also costs money to sign people. It's impossible to let Xinghe Rugu use his face to get it for free, right?

And this is also the fundamental reason why Zhushen Wuwo, who has a good relationship with Xinghe Rugu, did not stand up to speak for Xinghe Rugu in the end.

It's okay to have a good relationship, but it's better not to do stupid things like aiding the enemy...

"It's okay, if we don't exist, we won't exist. This is an event organized by players, not an official event. We don't need to join in the fun..."

Seeing that Xia Zhilan was a little indignant, Li Qianfan comforted her casually.

He originally planned to call the two girls to continue on their way, but when he turned his head, he found that there was something wrong with Shen Jiayan's expression on her face-

"Yan Yan, are you... moved?"

After hearing Li Qianfan's question, Shen Jiayan was silent for a long time, then subconsciously pursed her lips, and then nodded gently.

"I just looked at the eligibility criteria carefully, and it doesn't say that we are not allowed to participate..."

"It's fine if you want to participate..."

Seeing that Shen Jiayan seemed to really care about this post, Li Qianfan couldn't help but persuade her:

"You've seen talent shows, right? It's fine to participate, but if you get a certain ranking, you must sign a contract with someone, otherwise why would they spend money to help you become famous?"

Hearing this, Shen Jiayan just nodded silently and replied with a little disappointment:

"I know, I've participated in some talent shows before."

After hearing this, Li Qianfan realized that he might have said the wrong thing, so he even He hurriedly tried to make up for it:

"Hey, isn't this event jointly organized by Xuexue and Zhushen? If you really want to participate, I will contact Zhushen Wuwo now and ask him if he can participate without signing a contract. Just think of it as going to practice skills with others. I will accompany you."

Li Qianfan thought Shen Jiayan just wanted to find someone to practice with, but as soon as he finished speaking, Shen Jiayan shook her head and replied:

"No, I want a ranking... I just saw that as long as I enter the top 100, I can get a prize of one million, so I want to enter the top 100..."

In terms of family background, Xia Zhilan undoubtedly has the best family background among the three girls, so her personality is so simple.

But Shen Jiayan is different. She entered the entertainment industry as a trainee since she was a child.

Didn't she not go to college just to make money to support her family earlier?

She really needs money, but at the same time, her personality is also very stubborn.

Otherwise, she would not have struggled in the entertainment industry for many years, and finally owed the company a high penalty for breach of contract.

Because the relationship between Li Qianfan and Shen Jiayan in the previous life did not reach this stage, he did not know...

The verdict had been issued long ago, and Shen Jiayan's bank cards were also frozen.

Xia Zhilan's habit of always asking for a treat was actually developed at this time.

No matter when, Shen Jiayan always looks glamorous.

But only Xia Zhilan and Lin Yue know the pain in her heart...

Don't think that Li Qianfan made a lot of money before, which means that making money in the game seems to be a very easy thing.

In the final analysis, most of it was given by a sucker, a glass of wine, that is, the 200,000 undercover fee.

Shen Jiayan's breach of contract fee is 5 million, not that the company asked for a lot, but it includes the training expenses paid by the company for her over the years.

Shen Jiayan is a face-saving person, manyIt was not convenient to ask too much about the matter.

Therefore, Xia Zhilan, who was always slow, reacted quickly this time.

Before Li Qianfan could come to his senses, she took Shen Jiayan's arm, and then helped Shen Jiayan out with a bright face:

"Brother Fan, I also want to participate. Why don't you go and ask Zhushenwuwo for us now? See if we can participate if we don't sign a contract? Anyway, our requirements are not high, the first 100 will be fine!"

Xia Zhilan has stood up to express her opinion. If Li Qianfan still can't react, then he is really stupid.

So, he immediately opened the chat history and directly selected Zhushenwuwo's ​​avatar...

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