The Frozen Sword Token
Seaside City was a small city by the ocean. As ng Jingtian entered, there was a constant stream of new players exiting the city to grind levels.
In order to complete his mission, ng Jingtian conversed with every NPC he encountered. He discovered that while their Friendliness was at 100, their Belief was at 0.
After a brief period of thought, ng Jingtian turned his attention to a beggar in the corner. The worse off one was, the more likely one was to believe in a god, right?
“Are you hungry?” ng Jingtian walked over and spoke to the beggar, who had curled up into a ball and was massaging his stomach.
The beggar’s eyes glead when he saw ng Jingtian walking over.
“Brother, don’t waste your ti!” A player wearing the simple clothes of a newbie and holding a wooden sword nodded and warned, “These NPCs are probably of the lowest intelligence. There’s no way they can converse with players.”
“How do you know that?” There weren’t many players willing to strike up a conversation with a random person during the ga’s opening period. ng Jingtian returned his gesture with a kind smile.
“Didn’t the official website ntion a lucky encounter system? I’ve spoken with every NPC in this Seaside City!”
The player shrugged, and after a brief pause, he pulled ng Jingtian over and whispered, “Though there’s this weird old man in the western part of the city who wouldn’t even let past his door. He was all mysterious, like there was sothing going on. Are you interested in going with to look?”
ng Jingtian’s eyes glinted, but just when he was about to reply, the beggar that this player called Zhang Defa had said was lacking in intelligence suddenly spoke.
“Can you get two stead buns?” The beggar looked at ng Jingtian with a pleading and hungry look.
“Ding! A God’s Pity: The down-and-out beggar hopes that you will give him two stead buns.
“Mission Ti Limit: 2 hours.
“Mission Reward: Beggar’s Belief 5, EXP 100, 1 Frozen Sword Sect Trial Token.”
“Of course!” ng Jingtian almost instinctively replied, accepting the mission.
“It can’t be…” Zhang Defa’s mouth dropped, and he stared in shock at ng Jingtian.
“Not fair! I already gave this beggar six stead buns, and all I got was ten points of Friendliness. He didn’t say a word to . Why is it that he started a conversation with you as soon as you asked him a random question?” Zhang Defa’s face was burning with indignant rage.
“It’s probably because his Friendliness to is 100?” ng Jingtian chuckled.
He had by now noticed that all the human NPCs he had run into had a natural maximum Friendliness toward him.
This was probably the work of the Belief Halo.
Belief Halo: You are a god, so all creatures are full of trust and intimacy toward you. This effect is more obvious on weaker life forms.
“Brother Zhang, since you’ve strolled around the entire city, do you know where I can buy stead buns?” ng Jingtian asked Zhang Defa.
Zhang Defa handed ng Jingtian two stead buns right away and impatiently asked, “Is it a lucky encounter? What’s the reward?”
ng Jingtian handed the stead buns over to the beggar, who gratefully took them. ng Jingtian received the mission completion notice and imdiately rose to Level 6.
“Thank you! This is a treasure I picked up outside the city. Please, you must take it!” The beggar took out a token made of black tal from behind him.
Frozen Sword Token: A trial token used by the Frozen Sword Sect. With this token, you can proceed to the central square and take the Frozen Sword Sect Trial. If you succeed in the trial, you can join the faction Frozen Sword Sect.
“What’s this? Can I take a look?” Zhang Defa curiously asked as he looked over enviously.
ng Jingtian sent over the Frozen Sword Token’s description, and Zhang Defa almost turned to stone. The difference in treatnt left him furious!
A faction! This was clearly a new system that had yet to be unlocked. Who knew what rewards soone joining a faction would get?
“Shit! Brother, could you reveal a little about the secrets to increasing Friendliness? I’ve been standing here for ages, but you just got here, right? How did you get Friendliness to 100?” Zhang Defa questioned ng Jingtian.
ng Jingtian solemnly pondered the question. “Mmm… it should be because I look handso!”
“Ugh! So it has to do with this NPC’s aesthetic sense?” Zhang Defa rolled his eyes.
“Be serious, Brother. Teach how to raise Friendliness. I’m already making so progress with that old man in the western part of the city. If that’s a lucky encounter, I’ll give it to you!” He once more tried to get in ng Jingtian’s good graces.
“It’s not that I don’t want to teach you, it’s just that it’s innate! You know that this ga is all about randomly-generated characters. Luck! It’s really nothing but luck!” ng Jingtian shook his head and prepared to head to the central square and see what this Frozen Sword Sect was all about.
“Ah! Is that right? Then what did you reincarnate as? A beggar elder?” Zhang Defa covered his head and moaned. He had been reborn as an ordinary commoner in Seaside City.
This was what the vast majority of players had experienced. After all, only a few could get lucky.
“Do I look like a beggar to you?” ng Jingtian asked, spreading his hands.
Although he was a god, he was equipped like a regular player, with a white robe and wooden sword.
Of course, he had already thrown away the wooden sword and replaced it with Tian Xuance’s iron sword.
As ng Jingtian was walking toward the central square, he heard another announcent.
“Ding! Congratulations to Player Bai Wensheng for discovering the Cave of the Giant Crab! Instance system unlocked!”
“That fellow really does have so luck. If I had known…” ng Jingtian stopped for a mont and pouted.
Since Bai Wensheng had been the one to find the instance, there was a high chance that he would be the first one to clear it.
While more than half of the top ten players of ‘Grand Desolation’ had relied on despicable thods, they still had so ability.
ng Jingtian looked down at the Frozen Sword Token in his hand. He couldn’t fall behind!
ng Jingtian quickly spotted several martial artist–like people standing in the central square, dressed very differently from the ordinary folk of the city.
“Can I ask who belongs to the Frozen Sword Sect here?” ng Jingtian ca over, holding up the Frozen Sword Token.
“Ah! Are you looking to join our Frozen Sword Sect? That’s great! Our Frozen Sword Sect happens to be the strongest faction within 50 kiloters. The sect’s headquarters are located at Frozen Sword Mountain…” A straight-browed, bright-eyed youth wearing a white brocade robe and a long sword on his back imdiately walked over and began to talk up ng Jingtian.
“Within 50 kiloters? Uh… let think it over!”
This NPC was far too enthusiastic. The strongest faction within 50 kiloters?
To tell the truth, this was very different from what ng Jingtian had expected. Previous gaming experience told him that a faction, once confird, was very difficult to change.
The players currently had zero information about factions, and he was not inclined to carelessly choose a trash faction.
With this thought in mind, ng Jingtian turned to Zhang Defa and asked, “Brother, what do you think? Is the reward for the first player joining a faction better than the reward for the first player to Level 10?”
“Of course? Isn’t that obvious?” Zhang Defa imdiately replied.
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“Are you interested in being the first player to join a faction?” ng Jingtian smiled as he waved around the Frozen Sword Token.
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