Chapter 56: The Players' Cultivation
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[Ding—]
[The benevolent Goddess has listened to your prayers. As a reward for finding the ancient tome, she will bestow upon you the "Elemental Meditation Method."]
[You have obtained the Magic Power Training Technique: Elemental Meditation Method]
[You have unlocked the auxiliary cultivation function, currently loadable Cultivation Technique: "Elemental Meditation Method"]
Along with the delightful sound of the system, the game system tabs for Li Mu and Demacia were instantly unlocked with the capability of the Cultivation Technique function, and a new Magic Power Training Technique: "Elemental Meditation Method" appeared!
They could open it at any time to view and practice with the assistance of the game system!
"Success!"
Both of their hearts surged with joy.
And then, several purple system messages flew past all the players' vision.
[Announcement—]
[Congratulations to players "Li Mu" and "Demacia" for finding the precious epic Cultivation Tome "Elemental Meditation Method"! "Elemental Meditation Method" is now listed in the exchange shop, and the "Elf Kingdom" cultivation function is officially open!]
[As the discoverers of the ancient tome, players "Li Mu" and "Demacia" will receive a continuous one-year exchange commission from "Elemental Meditation Method," with a commission rate of 0.5%, calculated in in-game time.]
[For the first year of the Cultivation Technique being listed, all players enjoy a 50% discount, with the discount period calculated in in-game time.]
Cultivation function opening? Cultivation Technique listing? Commissions?
Li Mu and Demacia were both momentarily stunned.
They quickly checked the exchange system and, indeed, found the Cultivation Technique exchange page had appeared.
However, currently, there was only one purple epic, "Elemental Meditation Method"!
"It's actually an epic Cultivation Technique!"
Li Mu sighed with subtle amazement.
He opened the detailed explanation of the Cultivation Technique...
["Elemental Meditation Method": Purple epic Magic Power Training Technique, capable of training both magic power and elemental affinity, usable up to Silver Upper Peak (Level 70), contributors "Li Mu," "Demacia"]
[Exchange Requirements: 5000 contribution points (50% off)]
In order to enable players to exchange the Cultivation Technique and enter the cultivation state more quickly, Eve did not set the exchange price too high.
Now, with the contribution point function officially activated, even players who reached level 11, if they did some daily tasks, could earn a certain number of contribution points.
So as long as you're willing to grind, anything is possible!
Not only that, but Eve also set up an auxiliary cultivation system where any officially exchanged genuine Cultivation Techniques would be able to receive system assistance in cultivation, speeding up the improvement!
As for those privately taught "pirated" versions, they won't be getting this benefit.
Well, this is just like how only genuine readers from Qidian and bookstores can enjoy the author's notes of web novels.
Moreover, in order to stimulate players' enthusiasm for searching for Cultivation Techniques, Eve has also arranged for a continuous one-year commission reward for the discoverers of the Cultivation Techniques.
That is to say, as discoverers of the Cultivation Technique, within one year of listing, they can earn a commission from the contribution points other players spend to exchange the Cultivation Technique!
Of course, this time is calculated based on Segis World's time, which translates to 3 months in Blue Star.
And for this commission, Eve set it at 1%.
If two players find it together, it is split, giving each person 0.5%, and so on.
For example, as the discoverers of "Elemental Meditation Method," during the next year of in-game time, whenever someone spends contribution points to exchange for this Cultivation Technique, both Li Mu and Demacia would earn a 25 contribution point commission from each transaction!
Accumulated over time, this could be a substantial income.
Once they had a clear understanding of the entire Cultivation Technique function's mechanism, both Li Mu's and Demacia's breathing grew heavier.
"We've struck it rich! Brother Mu! We've struck it rich!"
Demacia was ecstatic.
You see, there are still a whopping 67 slabs waiting for them to bring back from the ruins!
Although among the six slabs they brought back, only one contained a Cultivation Technique, who knows if any of the remaining ones could be Cultivation Techniques?
Li Mu also thought of this and took a deep breath before saying to Demacia:
"Let's go! Let's find a cart and hurry to haul the slabs!"
With that, the two of them excitedly borrowed a simple wooden pushcart from the Gugu Bird and dashed off.
When the new system message was broadcast across the entire server, all the players were also shaken.
"Damn! It's Demacia again? When did this guy get so lucky?"
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"Cultivation technique? Let's check it out!"
"Elemental meditation... it can train Magic Power?!"
"5000 contribution points... it hurts my liver... a daily quest only gives 50 points!"
"Man, isn't Demacia going to make a fortune with their cut?"
"Why don't we... also explore Feilengcui?"
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Originally, due to the high experience gained from hunting Demon Beasts in the wild, many players who took exploration quests and couldn't find anything for a long time gave up and switched to adventuring in the wilderness instead.
But the discovery by Li Mu and Demacia was like a stone thrown into a still pond, stirring up the scavenging craze once again!
In no time, a large number of players returned to Feilengcui to start the Holy City's exploration quests!
Everyone fantasized about striking it lucky, picking up a Cultivation Technique or two.
Ideally an epic or even legendary one - they'd strike it rich in one go!
After Li Mu and his partner transported the remaining stone slabs back to the temple, this exploration craze reached a new peak!
After Alice's appraisal, they found that among the stone slabs they brought back, there were as many as 7 sets of other Cultivation Techniques!
Three were suitable for strength-type cultivation, two for spellcasting, one specifically on Arrays, and one on Magic artifact crafting!
However, the levels of these Cultivation Techniques were lower than Elemental Meditation; except for the one on magic artifact crafting which reached the blue rare level, the others were all white common.
But even so, exchanging for these Cultivation Techniques would require 800 to 2000 contribution points.
By offering up these techniques, Li Mu and his partner gained a substantial amount of experience points and contribution points, immediately leveling up to 12, to the envy of many players.
Once Eve perfected these techniques and put them on the market, all players couldn't wait to start exchanging, eagerly trying out meditation and training.
After handing in all the stone slabs, Li Mu temporarily stopped exploring.
Luck was finite, he thought, and he was lucky enough to find so many treasures this time. With more players joining in, he decided to sit back for a while.
He wanted to test out the meditation effects!
Finding a quiet corner in Feilengcui, Li Mu sat down cross-legged and selected to load "Elemental Meditation" in the game's assisted cultivation system.
As the system loaded, in an instant, Li Mu felt as though he understood the meditation technique on a deeper level, as if he had studied it countless times before.
Following the description in the meditation technique, he started to adjust his breathing, circulate his Magic Power, and felt a special force inside aiding him, allowing him to enter the state more effectively.
Once he entered the meditative state, his whole spirit became calm.
Various magical elements around his body began to converge towards him, vying to enter his body and boost his Magic Power, and his physical attributes were gradually strengthened under the tempering of Magic Power...
With genius-level talent, plus the system's assistance, even with Eve taking half of the cultivation results, the players' cultivation speed was quite terrifying.
This state continued for two full hours before gradually fading.
Li Mu opened his eyes and started to check his status.
He was surprised to find that his experience points had significantly increased, and both his physical attributes and Magic Power capacity had a slight enhancement!
"The effects of cultivation are strong! The gains are massive!"
Feeling the effects of his meditation, Li Mu was thrilled:
"If this speed continues, even if I do nothing else and spend all my time cultivating every day, my level will shoot up!"
However, after carefully sensing his status, he shook his head:
"It's not feasible... You can't just cultivate continuously; this rapid cultivation effect can only last two hours a day, after that it's not very effective."
Naturally, players couldn't spend all their time cultivating.
Not just players, but even the natives of Segis World couldn't afford to meditate all day.
The body's endurance is limited.
Generally speaking, two hours a day is the optimal period for cultivation.
Hence, Eve's setting for the cultivation assistance system was also a maximum of two hours of operation per day.
Afterward, players could still attempt to cultivate on their own, but the effect would greatly diminish, and it would be better to carry out tasks or farm monsters.
From then on, "Elf Kingdom" players had a new daily task after logging in—
Cultivate for two hours!
Spellcasting practice involved meditation, while strength-type practice was physical training.
Sitting cross-legged in meditation and exercising became a beautiful scenery in the Elf Forest...
As players entered the cultivation state, Eve finally began to taste the sweetness of reaping the benefits.