But the benefits that instances brought to Bai Fu were far more than these. The feature that truly attracted Bai Fu was a special function of the challenge instances—
Pre-battle Preparation!
Players had a pre-battle preparation phase before entering a camp's challenge instance. During this phase, players could freely change the equipnt and items they wanted to bring into the instance, and could even purchase items, equipnt, skills, and profession knowledge books from the in-instance shop to enhance their strength.
Of course, buying items cost money, and Bai Fu had so control over what currency was used.
She could set the type of currency, and when players bought "virtual" items such as skills, profession knowledge books, knowledge chains, blueprints, etc., that she possessed, the currency could be specially set to experience.
This benefit was incredibly tily for Bai Fu, who was in dire need of experience.
She had plenty of useful basics at her disposal, such as [Flowing Light], [Radiant], and [Moon Conceal]—considered divine skills for players of the low-level Body Cultivation Stream; or [Fervor], [Spiritual Ability Perception], and [Dispel]—considered divine skills for players who played as supportive roles in the Spiritual Ability System.
"Teaching skills and profession knowledge to players and making a profit through this action, family, this is the most fitting episode for a Profession Tutor setting!"
Bai Fu, excited, glanced at the next five andnts.
[Andnt 6: Old Nison anded to [Silent Court] [Deputy Officer]]
[Andnt 7: Gao Yuan anded to [Silent Court] [Partner]]
[Andnt 8: An Ya anded to [Silent Court] [Quartermaster] [Deputy Officer]]
[Andnt 9: [Silent Court] will be corrected to be a major power on Ancestral Origin Star in version 1.2 [Ancestral Tales]]
[Andnt 10: [Watcher's Lant], the main task for the Goli Desert Region, will be corrected to be one of the main tasks on Ancestral Origin Star in version 1.2]
These five andnts were positional andnts and did not directly elevate the strength of Old Nison, An Ya, and others, nor added various buffs to Silent Court. However, these andnts were still necessary; having a reputable origin, after all, was sothing both the ga itself and the players valued highly.
Take herself as an example, if the ga had initially set her up as the main character, she wouldn't have had to waste effort sweet-talking the players back at the Abandoned Cooling Factory.
"I am the main character, listen to , complete tasks, receive rewards, or else, scram!"
That's how powerful a legitimate identity could be.
After looking through all the strength enhancent prompts, Bai Fu quickly opened the camp managent interface, and sure enough, a new challenge instance function had been added to the bottom right corner.
She clicked in and, following the prompts, began to create a new instance.
According to the description, she could create an instance out of any significant event that mbers of Silent Court had gone through for players to challenge.
But since she could only create one instance at the current stage, in order to utilize this instance to convert players' money and experience into her own money and experience as much as possible, careful consideration had to be given to the "selection" of the instance.
First, the instance needed to have a certain level of difficulty. Without difficulty, players wouldn't spend money; without difficulty, players wouldn't be motivated to repeat challenges to achieve no-damage records or speedrun records, thus increasing topic spread.
Yet, the instance couldn't be too difficult. chanically difficult was okay, but if nurically difficult, it could deter players.
Second, the instance should ideally be a multiplayer instance. A multiplayer instance would help her quickly earn experience in the early stages, and multiplayer didn't an solo players couldn't clear it. Solo-clearing a multiplayer instance could beco a topic that many high-skill players would enjoy discussing and attract high-level players.
"Now, most players are already around level ten, with a few even reaching level twenty. Therefore, experiences from the Abandoned Cooling Factory and the Lynn Settlent can be directly ignored—they're too weak, not enough for a player's team. The bosses we fought after reaching the Goli Desert are a bit too high-level, with even the weakest Rattlesnake having a total level of thirty, capable of easily overwhelming a group of players, so..."
Bai Fu decided to choose the battle at Bagaros Base!
Counting Julia's clone, there were a total of four bosses at the Bagaros Base for players to challenge. Excluding the special existence of Julia's clone, the strongest was Guido, with a total level of twenty-eight.
Guido was a Martial Artist who possessed Fire Power, only two levels lower than Rattlesnake, but the difference in power was actually quite significant because Rattlesnake possessed Spiritual Power, which was extrely rare on Ancestral Origin Star.
At the current stage, it was very difficult for players to defeat Guido, but after the 1.2 version update, players would continue to develop, level up a bit, buy so skills, prayer cards, etc., from the shop, and then they would stand a chance against Guido. Even if they couldn't beat Guido, they could still defeat the deputies and managers of the Bagaros Base and achieve a small victory.
Bai Fu ticulously designed the Bagaros instance, setting it to be a special instance where players had to defeat four bosses for a true clearance, but they could receive interval rewards for defeating any single boss.
The strongest, Julia's clone (total level thirty), was set by her to be a hidden boss. In the normal instance clearance process, players didn't have to fight Julia's clone because her in-ga avatar would hold Julia's clone back. However, players also had the option to talk to her in-ga avatar and choose to challenge Julia's clone themselves.
Since it was a hidden boss, Bai Fu had set up relatively rich rewards.
[Defeating Julia's doppelganger will grant an additional Spiritual Ability Knowledge Chain on top of the existing base rewards]
For players with a Spiritual Ability Profession, this reward was extrely enticing; as for players of other professions, they were not at a loss either, as they could sell the Knowledge Chain to players who needed it.
After designing the instance well, Bai Fu also spent a considerable amount of ti stuffing a variety of items and skills into the store for preparatory battles before the instance.
"That should do it."
After busying herself for over two hours, Bai Fu finally had the instance designed.
She opened the instance description, and a small window popped up in front of her.
[Challenge Instance (Silent Court) - Bagaros]
[Instance Introduction]: Before the establishnt of the Silent Court, its current Court Master Bai Fu had once fought a fierce battle against the Truth Society at Bagaros Base, earning a resounding reputation. Now, you can return to that era to experience the intense combat!
[Level Restriction]: Lv11～Lv30
[Number of Players Limit]: 1～15
[Fastest Clear Ti]: None
[Fastest Solo Clear Ti]: None
[First Clear Record]: None
[Clear Ti Rankings]
Bai Fu added all sorts of records and leaderboards that could generate discussion, all in one fell swoop.
When the ti ca, with just a bit of promotion from players, it would surely ignite competition. For the sake of setting records, those challenging the instance would definitely not skimp on purchasing more items and skills.
"If I rember correctly, Silent Court's two biggest guilds, Iron Rain and Loyalty Hall, are mortal enemies. This instance will definitely provoke both sides to spend a hefty sum of money."
Hit the jackpot.
Bai Fu's face was full of smiles.
Everything was ready; she now could only wait for the version update to finish before she could start squeezing the returning players for all they were worth.
"I'm going to wring every last drop of experience from you!"
World Boss Bai Fu maintained a constant hunger.
But before formally starting to squeeze the players, she still had a lot of preparatory work to do.
Since it was a version update, naturally, she had to provide players with more surprises to get them excited.
Bai Fu quickly contacted Gao Yuan: "I need a monunt, a huge one that can have thousands of nas inscribed on it. I also need a skilled stonemason to carve the monunt to make it look more impressive."
Yes, she had planned to engrave the nas of all the players who participated in the construction on a monunt after the five strongholds were completed.
This was sothing she thought of after seeing the post by the player who left their na on a brick; she had done sothing similar at the Abandoned Cooling Factory, but that ti, she didn't engrave the players' nas.
This ti, by engraving the players' nas, she was further enhancing the sense of participation and honor for players in building the Silent Court.
Give them a few more dates, especially those flavored with honor and reputation; they cost almost nothing, yet they could make players grateful and no longer resent being squeezed by her.
"Being a Charming Demon isn't as easy as one might think. Su Li, Su Li, you want to learn from , but you're still far from it!"
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