The Fourth Calamity: My Sect Has Countless Prodigies

Chapter 102, a mini-dungeon, is now available.

On the forum right now.

Flying Dragon in the Sky posted a message that attracted the attention of many lurking gamers.

Flying Dragon in the Sky: "Brothers, something's up. Looks like we're about to enter our first challenge dungeon."

Cilantro Lover: "Brother Feilong, is there something wrong with the gold-devouring rats in that mine?"

Flying Dragon in the Sky: "That's right, we have already investigated the situation of that hidden passage in the mine."

"The entire hidden passage was occupied by the Gold-Eating Rats, and the ore inside was completely devoured. I guess that's why the Gold-Eating Rats ran out and harassed players while they were mining."

Liu Yueqingcheng: "I see. To be able to devour the entire mine, it seems that the number of these gold-devouring rats is definitely not small."

Upon seeing this message, Feilong Zaitian was momentarily stunned and didn't react.

Because during their exploration, they were indeed shocked by the sheer size of the gold-devouring rats.

In the core rat nest of the mine's underground passage area, there are almost countless gold-devouring rats.

As for other places, the number is definitely not small either. Rather than saying their trip was an infiltration investigation, it would be more accurate to say they forced their way in to gather information.

With such a large number of gold-devouring rats, the figures of the group had nowhere to hide.

When Feilong Zaitian and his group first entered, they not only failed to find any information, but also encountered many obstacles and suffered considerable losses.

Fortunately, after learning from their previous experiences, they used speed to spread out the rats and create a brief information gap.

Therefore, Flying Dragon's team successfully avoided many large-scale rat swarm crises, successfully figured out the specific movements within the entire mine, and even drew a map.

Moreover, the damage was relatively minor. Apart from one person who died at the beginning, the rest of the team members only suffered minor injuries.

Inside the small courtyard of Qingxuan Sect.

Zhou Yi sat at the stone table, opened the forum, and frowned slightly as he looked at the message posted by Feilong Zaitian.

According to this player, the number of gold-devouring rats inside the mine is so large that it's impossible to count them all.

The number is conservatively estimated to be no less than a hundred, and there are several rat kings at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Without Zhou Yi's intervention, it's clearly impossible for the smaller players to achieve victory in one fell swoop.

After all, there isn't even a single player at the mid-stage of Qi Refining within the Qingxuan Sect right now.

Of course, there was nothing that could be done about it; the group of stars all had more important matters to attend to and could not stay at the Qingxuan Sect permanently.

After careful consideration, Zhou Yi decided to let the Flying Dragon in the Sky team continue to be in charge of the situation here.

They are recruiting players to fight off the rat horde, but a complete eradication will have to wait until later.

"This is perfect opportunity to use this rat swarm as a leveling dungeon for players to grind for experience," Zhou Yi thought to himself.

Currently, the levels of players in the mines and spirit fields are too low; almost none have reached the second level of Qi Refining.

The reason for this is that they kill relatively few monsters, and usually spend their time farming and mining.

Focusing on improving the cultivation level of lower-level players will greatly help Zhou Yi in dealing with the beast tide.

With that in mind, Zhou Yi no longer hesitated and posted the patch on the forum.

Yi Tian: "Hello everyone, given the players' fondness and love for dungeons, although the Cloud Mountain Secret Realm is not yet available to everyone, the official team is now launching a brand new dungeon."

"The dungeon is called the Mine Rat Nest. Players can enter the mine to kill hordes of rat monsters to gain experience points, and sell the monster corpses to the sect contribution shop to obtain contribution points."

Loves cilantro: "Yay, a small update and they've already added a new dungeon. I'm already looking forward to the next big update from the developers."

The running-knife mouse: "Mice are so cute, why kill them?"

I'm Not a Sword Immortal: "Once you see the Gold-Eating Rats, you won't find them cute anymore."

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After announcing the news, Zhou Yi regained his composure and began to ponder the next matter.

He specifically went to buy that Water Spirit Orb at the auction.

And the fact that he specially came to Linghu to shoot game CG was actually all for Zhou Yi's own purposes.

That's right, he was eyeing that spirit lake.

Based on the players' descriptions and his own observations during this period.

The resources of that spirit lake are incredibly abundant. Not only is the spiritual energy plentiful, but it can also cultivate second-tier spiritual herbs like the Ice Heart Lotus.

The surrounding soil is also rich in spiritual energy, so it might be possible to cultivate a first-level spiritual field here to grow more spiritual herbs.

In addition, the lake is spacious and deep, making it suitable for raising spirit fish.

It's well known that raising spirit fish is an extremely profitable business. As far as he knows, the Yun family, a prominent Foundation Establishment clan, made its fortune by raising spirit fish.

Bishuitan is where their family raises spirit fish.

The spirit fish is a treasure from head to toe.

Not only can the meat be eaten to increase the cultivation speed and spiritual energy of cultivators, but the scales of some spirit fish can also be used to make armor, which can generate a considerable income.

These are just low-level spirit fish. Some high-level spirit fish can even be used as medicine, as the main ingredient in alchemy, or as other materials for various cultivation arts.

More importantly, there is currently no stable supply of spirit fish in the entire Lianyungang market, and there is little competition in the market.

As long as Zhou Yi can acquire this sacred lake, stabilize the breeding of sacred fish, and develop related industries.

This will provide Qingxuan Sect with another stable source of income in the future.

Although he can earn spirit stones now, he mostly relies on selling the corpses of monsters killed by players.

If this is taken as a long-term solution, then the foundation of the entire sect will be far too fragile.

"Once my strength has improved further, I will personally lead the players to the Spirit Lake to slay the white snake and reclaim the Spirit Lake." Zhou Yi waved his sleeve, his spirits high.

He's currently at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and he feels he still has no way to deal with his opponent. But what if he reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining, and his other techniques are perfected?

Then, wouldn't it be more than enough to subdue this white snake?

With that thought in mind, Zhou Yi opened the panel to check his luck value and found that the value had reached 10 points.

The players have killed a lot of monsters for him these past few days, especially Flying Dragon in the Sky and his group.

Although their main objective was to gather information and they did not launch a large-scale attack, they still managed to kill quite a few gold-devouring rats through guerrilla tactics.

Overall, the gains were quite substantial.

Zhou Yi closed the panel, his mind gradually calming down: "If I wait another 5 o'clock, I can deduce the first cultivation technique. Once I successfully deduce the technique and cultivate it to perfection, my strength will advance even further."

"Maybe when I reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, I can really become invincible below the Foundation Establishment level."

Zhou Yi's lips curled up, revealing a wild and arrogant smile.

Cultivating immortality.

The ideal state is one where one can be both powerful and carefree, able to look down upon the world when in power and enjoy a leisurely and happy life when in retirement.

On the other side, inside the contribution shop.

Many players are gathered here, planning to buy and upgrade their equipment so they can level up by fighting monsters in the dungeon.

The players were discussing among themselves as they selected their favorite magical artifacts and female cultivation techniques.

"Oh dear, with so many magic-based systems, which one should we choose?"

"Brother, need I say more? To fight the Gold-Eating Rat, you definitely need to use area-of-effect (AOE) damage to level up quickly."

"Of course I know that, but there's no job upgrade system here, how am I supposed to know which magical artifact has area-of-effect damage?"

"You may not have magical artifacts, but you must have spells, right? Look at this one, it's pretty good."

The players are quite clever; many have chosen techniques and magical artifacts that deal area-of-effect damage.

He hopes to break through to the second level of Qi Refining in the next level of rat hunting, so that he will have enough strength to explore the mountains.

Although the second level of Qi Refining is not enough, it is still much better than the first level of Qi Refining, right?

Of course, players also know the principle that there is strength in numbers.

Right now, at the entrance of the contribution shop.

Many players have spontaneously formed teams to ensure that each team has a tank, area-of-effect damage dealers, and other swordsmen who can supplement damage and finish off enemies.

Among them, a player with the ID "Dog-Headed Strategist" was the most active. After several rounds of persuasion, he actually managed to gather a team of ten people.

You should know that now, apart from the two small teams, the entire Qingxuan Sect only has about 30 people left.

This scene filled Zhou Yi, who had just arrived, with a sense of novelty.

He never expected the players to be so autonomous.

As soon as the dungeon was released, people not only went straight to the contribution shop to buy items and prepare for the challenge, but they also spontaneously formed teams.

Upon thinking of the word "team up," Zhou Yi had other ideas in mind.

Perhaps in the next update, he can add a team system similar to this.

This will make it much easier for players to divide rewards and communicate within teams.

While Zhou Yi was still deep in thought, many players had already started walking towards the back mountain.