Chapter 113: World Instrument
Chapter 161: The World Orb
When his vision returned, Mu Yang found himself sitting on the edge of a bed.
Scanning his surroundings, he could only say that the room was a bit rustic, a bit old, and a bit poor; everything else was normal.
Seeing no immediate danger, Mu Yang checked the world's introduction:
[Entering World: Battle Through the Heavens]
World Difficulty: LV.2 ~ Lv.??? (Open World, difficulty varies by area)
World Origin: 0% (Contractors will increase this by exploring or interacting with characters in the current world. When settling the world, it will be calculated with the mission difficulty to form the final rating.)
World Synopsis: Dou Qi, the fall of a genius, alchemists, Heavenly Flames, the Soul Palace, and the Eight Ancient Clans.
Here, there is no flashy magic; there is only Dou Qi, cultivated to its peak, and becoming the strongest is the aspiration of all geniuses.
Dou Qi Realms: Dou Practitioner, Dou Master, Dou Grandmaster, Dou Spirit, Dou King, Dou Emperor, Dou Sect, Dou Venerate, Dou Saint, Dou God.
Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills are divided into: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Each rank can also be subdivided into: Low-grade, Mid-grade, and High-grade.
Alchemists: Can refine various pills. Pills and alchemist ranks are divided from First-grade to Ninth-grade, and the legendary Emperor-grade. Their status and position on the Dou Qi Continent are exceedingly prominent.
Soul Realms: Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Heaven Realm, Emperor Realm. Each realm is further divided into: Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Great Perfection.
Heavenly Flames: Flames formed by heaven and earth. Their power is far superior to flames cultivated by Dou Qi, and they can also enhance the medicinal effects of pills. They are the lifelong pursuit of alchemists.
However, Heavenly Flames are extremely rare. They could be the cluster of flames carried in the core of a meteor from the sky, or the magma earth fire forged for thousands of years deep within a volcano.
Main Quest: Submit a cultivation technique/Dou Skill of at least Profound High-grade. (The higher the rank of the cultivation technique/Dou Skill, the corresponding increase in quest reward.)
Hint: The Contractor's current location is the Gama Empire, Huangsha City (near the Tagor Desert).
Warning: Do not mention anything about the Reincarnation Paradise in this world. If this warning is ignored, mandatory execution will occur!
Hint: Detected that the Contractor has not mastered the language of this world. 100 paradise coins have been consumed to automatically master the language of this world.
World, start!
[Hint: The special title "Scarlet Sun" you are wearing has taken effect. You have obtained the initial identity of Neutral-Good alignment: One of the Ten Great Experts of the Gama Empire, Blazing Sun.]
[Initial Identity: One of the Ten Great Experts of the Gama Empire, Blazing Sun: No affiliated faction, free-spirited, a youthful face, terrifying flames, and the ability to fight beyond his own level. All of these make people suspect he has the potential to break through to Dou Sect.]
[Identity Effect: Initial favorability with most factions is Friendly or higher. You have connections with multiple alchemists of Rank 4 or higher. No top-tier faction in the Gama Empire dares to ignore your existence. (When the Contractor displays any emotion towards a certain faction, favorability will fluctuate and change.)]
At least a Dou King start?
Although not explicitly stated, all of the Ten Great Experts of the Gama Empire are Dou Kings or higher. It's impossible for anyone below Dou King to be selected. This made Mu Yang very confused. All of his attributes were 36 points, and thus his highest attribute was also 36 points, not very high.
In his estimation, it would correspond to a Dou Spirit in Battle Through the Heavens at most.
[Hint: ??? (Hidden) An Staff Member used a ??? item, causing the plot characters and overall combat power in the Gama Empire region to temporarily decrease. (Specifics depend on the situation.)]
"Awesome, there's something like this?"
This was the first time Mu Yang had seen such a good item. It was somewhat similar to the formation in the Everlight World that suppressed all world-ending supreme beings to the peak of their strength.
However, with this hint, the issue of his initial identity could be somewhat explained.
The rarity of such an item is imaginable. Since the other party brought it out, if he doesn't have a major goal, Mu Yang will self-immolate on the spot!
There are many opportunities in the Gama Empire, but only a few are extremely important and openly displayed.
Among them, the best are undoubtedly the Green Lotus Core Flame, Little Doctor Immortal, and Qing Lin. The rest are barely worth a glance compared to these three.
The remnant map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame is also very good, but there are four parts, and only two are in the Gama Empire. Even if all are collected, it's impossible to be an opponent for a Dou Saint-level Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, so it's not considered for now.
The latter two are plot characters. Due to world energy operations, encountering them would indeed present many difficulties, but there's no need to pay such a huge price for it.
Therefore, Mu Yang was more willing to believe that the person's goal was the Green Lotus Core Flame, because once the Green Lotus Core Flame is exposed to the sight of others, it will attract the scramble of Dou King and Dou Emperor level experts.
"Could it be the Black Sail Merchant Guild?"
Mu Yang's gaze was calm, his mind constantly pondering everything that had happened.
In an open world, Contractors of various ranks have exclusive areas. High-rankers cannot enter low-rank areas, and the Gama Empirebelongs to the first-rank Contractor area.
Within the first rank, the organizations and individuals with the financial means to produce such an item are very few. The Black Sail Merchant Guild, which will develop into a high-rank merchant guild in the future, is one of them.
Coincidentally, Qian Da Pang, the guild leader of the Black Sail Merchant Guild, was also in this world, so Mu Yang couldn't help but suspect if it was them.
As for the purpose, although the Green Lotus Core Flame does not rank high on the Heavenly Flame list, it is definitely a very rare item in the first and second ranks, more than enough to win over a second-rank adventure group.
At the same time, the Black Sail Merchant Guild members who landed near the Magical Beast Mountain Range were all staring at the fat man at the head of their group.
Or rather, they were staring at the spherical object in his hand.
[Low-grade World Orb]
Origin: Any derivative world has a very small chance of producing this item. Quality: Purple-Rare. Category: Special Item. Effect: Can reduce the overall combat power within a derivative world (maximum first-rank). In semi-open and open derivative worlds, it is only effective for first-rank areas. Duration: Ten natural days.
Rating: 150+
Synopsis: Pressure~
Price: 1 paradise coins + Soul Crystal (Medium) * 3
The [World Orb] resembled a glass sphere, with a miniature world inside that couldn't be clearly seen.
And the glass cover enclosing the miniature world now faintly showed some cracks. Perhaps when the glass shatters, the lock suppressing the combat power of the area will break.
Looking at the active [World Orb], Qian Da Pang's chubby face twitched a few times, seemingly in great distress.
This was the first time he had heard of such a good item, and the first time he had obtained one.
The origin of the World Orb was naturally not legitimate. They got it from a lucky newcomer's Scarlet Card after killing him.
However, this is normal in the Reincarnation Paradise, where the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive.
"Let's go! This plan must succeed!"
Qian Da Pang glanced at his subordinates behind him. For this operation, the Black Sail Merchant Guild had dispatched half of its manpower, leaving only a portion to maintain the guild's operations.
"Send a group of people to Qingshan Town to try and win over Little Doctor Immortal. At the very least, we must get our hands on the opportunity at the cliff she knows about!"
With such a huge expenditure, they must find a way to make a hefty profit back!
Qian Da Pang thought to himself.