Chapter 130: Hidden Reward

"Shopkeeper Lin, the Blood Shadow Sect, Canyang Sect, Profound Underworld Cult, Demon Spirit Sect, and Xueli Sect have entered the Immortal Supervision Office today." Gugao Laoren came to the Weapon Refinement Workshop to report the situation to Lin Bai, "They brought many Heavenly Descended with them; they should be the ones they abducted on the way..."

"Oh, how is the preparation for the Flaw Exhibition going?" Lin Bai was focused on engraving an array onto a ring-shaped Magic Tool without even lifting his head. Having mastered the basic theory of arrays, the array engraved on the Broken Wind Sword held no secrets in his eyes.

At their first meeting, Tong Cha could not possibly give him a true top-tier Dharma Treasure. The array engraved on the body of the Broken Wind Sword was just a simple amplification formation, the principle of which was equivalent to a small power amplifier.

There are many basic formations that can be engraved on weapons, such as those for enhancement, attribute addition, energy storage, and so on.

What kind of formation to engrave on a Dharma Treasure depends on the material itself.

For things like swords and blades, those that add sharpness, amplification, or fire attributes are the most common, while shields and armor are mostly reinforced with sturdiness, protection, or earth attributes...

Whether an array can be engraved on a Magic Tool depends on the proficiency of the weapon refiner. Most weapon refiners often fail at the step of engraving the array diagram; a slight tremor of the hand can potentially ruin a well-forged weapon...

Once a weapon crafted from scarce weapon refinement materials is ruined, the possibility of re-forging it is extremely low.

Therefore.

In the Xianxia World, weapon refiners are as precious as pill refiners.

Those who can design array diagrams based on the weapon's own attributes are masters; those who can both design array diagrams and perfectly engrave them onto Dharma Treasure weapons are Grandmaster Weapon Refiners.

It is said that in the Spirit Tool Pavilion, only the Sect Master is a Grandmaster Weapon Refiner...

Engraving arrays is not a problem for Lin Bai. All the rewards he received are at max level, so he does not need to practice himself.

Mastering the basic array theory means that the creation of a battery can be put on the agenda. He must solve the "WTF" bug. Although the small Palm Thunder does not consume much of his Internal Energy, the key is that this thing is annoying!

Over the past few days, Lin Bai has taken time to ponder how to store electrical energy.

Finally, combining his knowledge of modern physics and electricity with the Dharma Treasure foundations and array diagram theory of this world, he truly figured out an electricity-storing Dharma Treasure, as well as a set of dedicated charging and discharging array diagrams.

Lin Bai's original intention was to transform the Blacksmith's Hammer into an electricity-storing hammer; after all, the Blacksmith's Hammer can be retrieved into the system.

Transforming it into an electric hammer, just like the Thunder God Hammer, would mean that once fully charged, a single strike could smash out a large area of lightning.

But for the seemingly ordinary Blacksmith's Hammer, Lin Bai tried every method, yet he could not engrave an array diagram on it.

The tool rewarded by the system turned out to be an indestructible Dharma Treasure.

This was simply an unexpected joy.

One must know that Lin Bai has a six-piece weapon refinement set, all of which can be used at any time.

The hammer, tongs, bellows, and whetstone are quite small.

But the furnace and anvil are bulky. When fighting others, suddenly throwing out an anvil weighing over a thousand catties would likely have an effect no less than the Heaven-Turning Seal!

The key is that these tools are indestructible.

Retrieve and smash at any time; I wonder if a Golden Core True Person could withstand it...

Lin Bai feels that he has more and more trump cards.

Unable to turn the Blacksmith's Hammer into a Thunder God Hammer, Lin Bai settled for the next best thing and crafted an electricity-storing bracelet for himself. Although a man wearing a bracelet looks a bit funny, the portability is great!

Carrying a hammer out is actually quite inconvenient.

Lin Bai had asked Wang Jintian of the Spirit Tool Pavilion and learned that there are storage Dharma Treasures in this world.

But the cost of storage-type Dharma Treasures is extremely high. In the entire Spirit Tool Pavilion, only their Sect Master has a small storage pouch.

Those who possess storage Dharma Treasures are either rich or noble, to the point that storage Magic Tools are basically impossible to circulate on the market...

"The exhibition venue is almost set up."

Gugao Laoren knew what Lin Bai was doing, so he tried his best to keep his tone light so as not to disturb him. He even thoughtfully turned off the live stream, not letting the news of Lin Bai making an electricity-storing Dharma Treasure leak out.

Large financial groups entering the game have squeezed out quite a bit of the Beggar Sect's profits.

Nowadays, the manufacturers coming to seek cooperation with them are all small and medium-sized ones, and even small and medium-sized manufacturers can bring them considerable income.

Gugao Laoren believes in Lin Bai's ability to stir up trouble. As long as Lin Bai and the Beggar Sect can maintain exposure at all times, perhaps by then, even big manufacturers will have to make way for them and seek cooperation!

The premise of everything is that Lin Bai stays alive.

Therefore, everyone in the Beggar Sect is immensely hoping that Lin Bai can fix his own bug.

Qian City controls four Basic Cities underneath it.

Except for Jiamu City which is under their control, the players in the other three Basic Cities are not a friendly faction. Because of jealousy, those players even harbor deep hostility toward the Beggar Sect.

They are highly unlikely to remember the favor of Lin Bai requesting the Five Great Sects to open up the roads to the Basic Cities.

And once the obstacles between the four Basic Cities and Qian City are cleared, players will be able to enter and exit Qian City at will. The crises faced by the Beggar Sect and Lin Bai will only increase, and they have to be on guard.

The players who have entered the game now, adding up the players from the other three Basic Cities, total about four or five thousand people.

Not to mention that Shopkeeper Lin has also offended the Blood Shadow Sect and Huilong Temple...

Although the Beggar Sect disciples speculate that Lin Bai is a plot NPC, they dare not gamble—what if he isn't?

After all, NPCs in games only have one life.

Lin Bai's array engraving reached the most critical moment. He carefully finished up with the engraving knife, ignoring Gugao Laoren.

Gugao Laoren tactfully shut his mouth.

Nearby.

The little fox was chattering away, reciting tongue twisters, looking very cute and playful.

The Weapon Refinement Master was concentrating on engraving an array diagram onto an arrowhead.

That was a small array for acceleration and Armor Break, intended to make the arrow travel faster.

The "Dragon Subduing Palm" consumes too much Internal Energy. Through these days of practice, most Beggar Sect disciples can at most execute one complete set of the palm technique. For some time to come, the main combat power of the Beggar Sect disciples will still have to rely on the Broken Wind Rejuvenation Arrow.

Shopkeeper Lin's Rejuvenation Arrow does not have much effect on players, but it is definitely the nemesis of NPCs.

The only drawback is that the pill must be accurately delivered into the opponent's stomach, so most Beggar Sect disciples, apart from their daily practice of the "Nine Suns True Scripture," spend the rest of their time on archery practice.

Using the name of the Immortal Supervision Department, it is very easy to transfer a few archery experts from the City Guard to instruct them in archery.

……

Having entered the game for so many days, Gugao Laoren has gradually become accustomed to the way of life in this world.

Except for occasionally logging off to handle daily affairs in the Real World, most of his time is spent in the game; the game has become his life.

He likes this game and likes the sense of achievement in building up the Beggar Sect step by step in the game; he does not want to give up halfway at all.

……

"Done!"

As the final stroke fell, Lin Bai called out in pleasant surprise.

The little white fox and Gugao Laoren looked at the bracelet in his hand simultaneously.

Rather than a bracelet, it is more like a wristband, black and white, engraved with mysterious patterns, about two fingers wide, and full of a sense of technology……

Gugao Laoren looked at Lin Bai with envy and wanted to forge a pair of such wristbands for himself to wear; he had never thought a bracelet could look so good.

"Holy crap!"

Lin Bai tested the performance of the wristband.

Holy crap has already become an open secret, so there is no need to hide it from anyone.

A tiny stream of heat passed through Lin Bai's meridians, but before it reached his palm, it was intercepted by the electricity-storing ring.

The moment the current entered the electricity-storing ring, the patterns on the wristband lit up noticeably, then dimmed again.

"Xiaobai, try it!" Lin Bai looked at the little fox and encouraged it.

"Holy crap!" The little white fox blurted out a swear word without hesitation; these two words sounded refreshing, and it had wanted to say them for a long time.

The patterns on the wristband flashed again, storing the electrical energy; the current activated by holy crap is extremely stable, so there is no need to worry about current and voltage issues.

Gugao Laoren watched the cute beast swear, the corner of his mouth twitching subconsciously, and he sighed inwardly: It's ruined!

The mascot is also ruined!

The cute girls who specifically gift the little white fox will probably be heartbroken when they see this scene!

What a cute little female fox!

Shopkeeper Lin, you actually taught her to swear; that is really enough!

"Lao Gu, endure it for a moment."

Lin Bai suddenly turned to Gugao Laoren and said this out of the blue.

Gugao Laoren was stunned, not yet understanding what was going on.

Lin Bai flipped his wrist, and a tiny bolt of lightning shot out from the wristband, landing directly on top of his head.

Gugao Laoren felt a heat on his head, and his health points had already decreased by a sliver.

He reached out to touch his hair, and sure enough, the hairstyle that was silky and smooth just a moment ago was now standing up strand by strand; needless to say, his face must also be charred black.

Gugao Laoren gave Shopkeeper Lin a resentful look; is this fun? You enjoy the process of charging, and you electrocute me for an experiment; are you really not afraid that I will become disaffected?

"Hee hee!" The little fox giggled.

"Congratulations to Shopkeeper Lin for your success in researching a Dharma Treasure for storing electricity." As if it were not him being electrocuted, Gugao Laoren's pitch-black face was full of smiles, and he offered his sincere congratulations to Lin Bai.

【Resentment from Gugao Laoren; +1+1+1】

"You're welcome." Lin Bai examined the wristband with satisfaction and magnanimously forgave the disrespect in Gugao Laoren's heart; there is nothing more pleasant than solving a bug!

Time was tight, and the storage wristband Lin Bai spent two days forging could probably store one hundred Wocaos.

But this was enough.

Facts have proven that electrical energy can be accumulated.

If the electrical energy of one hundred Wocaos is concentrated, it should be enough to electrocute an ordinary person into being paralyzed.

When he has time to use the Blacksmith combination set to upgrade the wristband, if he can upgrade it to store the electrical energy of one thousand or ten thousand times.

At that time, he could fire Palm Thunder from both palms simultaneously, and he would be a true killing machine.

Furthermore.

There should still be room for improvement in the array on the wristband; clearing all stored electrical energy at once is currently the only drawback of the wristband.

"Lao Gu, where were you just now?" Lin Bai lowered his sleeve to cover the wristband and asked.

"The Flaw Exhibition Hall has been built!" Gugao Laoren said, "It's next to the recruitment fair, but I don't know what exhibits to put inside?"

"Just find some flawed things to put inside, and find a way to provide a suitable commentary or story for each exhibit." Lin Bai smiled, "What we are showing the world is the principle that 'the Heavenly Dao has flaws, and the Great Dao is impermanent.' It doesn't matter what is inside; the key is to attract people, understand?"

"The Heavenly Dao has flaws?" Gugao Laoren was stunned.

"Yes." Lin Bai looked at him and said sternly, "All things have flaws; when things reach their peak, they decline. When the sun is at its zenith, it begins to shift; when the moon is full, it begins to wane. The Heavenly Dao has flaws; anything without flaws will surely be destroyed. Lao Gu, what the Justice Sect spreads to the world is precisely this principle; this is the reason why I have spared no effort to promote flaws..."

You're crazy!

Resentment grew in Gugao Laoren's heart; for the sake of your bullshit theory, you destroyed perfectly good things, and even caused a city to be flawed...

If the ancestor of the Justice Sect knew you were misinterpreting this passage so much, he would probably jump out of his coffin to destroy you; you have completely misunderstood the original meaning of this sentence!

……

Regardless of how Gugao Laoren complained in his heart.

After Lin Bai said this, the Wanwu Youque System suddenly highlighted a passage: 【Congratulations to the host for comprehending the ultimate essence of flaws. Hidden reward unlocked. From now on, for every item the host makes flawed, the system will reward the host with one day of Internal Energy. Many a little makes a mickle; please work hard to create flaw...】

Holy crap!

There's a hidden reward?

Lin Bai's brow twitched a few times involuntarily; damn it, if there was a hidden reward, why didn't you say so earlier? How many things have I made flawed in Jiamu City? If you add them up, it's at least twenty thousand, if not thirty thousand!

If all of that were converted into Internal Energy, it would be at least fifty or sixty years of Internal Energy; it was all wasted for nothing!

How unreasonable!

"Shopkeeper Lin, I'll go instruct people to prepare!" Gugao Laoren suppressed the depression in his heart; he had also put up advertisements for the Flaw Exhibition Hall, so, strictly speaking, he didn't lose out.

"Mm." Lin Bai nodded.

The system was very user-friendly; as long as it was guided by him, any Residual Value produced would be credited to him, so he did not need to do everything himself.

"Wait."

Gugao Laoren was just about to leave when he was called back by Lin Bai.

"The more flawed items you prepare, the better." Lin Bai thought for a moment and instructed, "While you're at it, help advertise Jiamu City. Once things settle down in a few days, I plan to hold the Tiancan Cultural Festival in Jiamu City. I hope to let more people appreciate the charm of Flaws."

After the Wanwu Youque System stopped collecting Residual Value, Lin Bai had not been so focused on the Tiancan Cultural Festival, but since he had inadvertently activated a hidden reward, it was necessary to keep the Tiancan Cultural Festival going.

After all.

Fat sheep like Xu Longyun were rare; it probably wouldn't be easy to create another flawed city!

Only by expanding the influence of Jiamu City could the residents of the city experience the benefits brought by Residual Culture.

Only then would they have the motivation to persistently create flawed items, which in turn would help him collect Internal Energy.

"Yes." Gugao Laoren glanced at Lin Bai and agreed.

To be honest, he did not quite understand Lin Bai's obsession with Flaws, but upon further thought, turning Flaws into the Beggar Sect's signature symbol was actually quite good; at least it gave them an advantage when taking on advertisements!

Gugao Laoren was no longer afraid of Lin Bai causing trouble; he was only afraid that Lin Bai wouldn't cause trouble.

These past few days.

Shopkeeper Lin had been obsessed with Weapon Refinement, and his exposure had dropped significantly; the audience's attention had been drawn away by the big conglomerates, which was not a good thing...

"Shopkeeper Lin, when will the exhibition start?" Gugao Laoren asked.

"It will start once it's set up." Lin Bai said, "The sooner the better. The people from the Blood Shadow Sect have arrived, and I reckon that within these two days, the Heavenly Descended of Basic City should arrive as well. Before they come, make sure the exhibition is ready."

"..." Gugao Laoren looked at Lin Bai, hesitated for a moment, and still reminded him, "Shopkeeper Lin, Jiamu City is the main headquarters of our Beggar Sect, so it doesn't matter, but you should still be careful about the Heavenly Descended from the other three Basic Cities; they might not be as friendly as we are."

"Friendly?" Lin Bai smiled and looked at Gugao Laoren, then shook his head and said, "You weren't friendly to me at the time either. Rest assured, I am best at turning enemies into friends!"

(End of this chapter)