"Heroes arise from among us, as soon as we step into the martial world, time urges us forward... In the blink of an eye, over two years have passed, the closed beta is more than a month behind, and the open beta is about to start..."
In the newly built Weaponry of Black Wind Village, Jiang Dali examined the broken sword in his hand, a faint smile playing on his lips.
The sword belonged to Xiao Qiuyu.
Although not a famous weapon, it was still a first-class sharp weapon.
Unfortunately, it broke under the Golden Nine-Ring Blade.
The sword and its owner perished together.
Xiao Qiuyu, a renowned Swordsman in the martial world, had met his end at the hands of the rising star, Jiang Dali.
Jiang Dali casually tossed aside the short sword and picked up two martial arts secret manuals nearby to inspect them.
"Qiuyu Swordsmanship: Human-grade Middle Swordsmanship
Brief: Created by Heartbreak Swordsman Xiao Qiuyu, this swordsmanship unfolds like autumn winds sweeping fallen leaves, silent as autumn rain. Reaching an outstanding realm, one can comprehend the Qiuyu Sword Intent, which is Xiao Qiuyu’s proudest creation in his life.
Xiao Qiuyu served under the invitation of Prince Liu Yuhen for the Golden Peng King and pursued the kingdom’s treasure with Princess Danfeng."
"Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand: Earth-rank Ultimate Skill (Fragmented)
Brief: One of the Shaolin Seventy-two Skills, the Dragon Claw Hand skill produces numerous claw shadows as imposing as mountains and seas. Once slightly successful, it can easily pierce through a cow’s belly, and upon reaching the peak, it can crush stones to dust effortlessly.
This manual is fragmented and only includes three techniques of the Dragon Claw Hand."
"Qiuyu Swordsmanship... haha, Xiao Qiuyu is indeed the founder of this sword technique, carrying this secret manual with him wherever he went, otherwise it would have been difficult to acquire.
This is a rare edition; flipping through this manual daily can enhance understanding and proficiency of the sword technique...
Unfortunately, I am not fond of swordsmanship. I could leave this manual for the players under me to learn, but I won’t practice it myself."
Jiang Dali thought to himself, looking at the fragmented Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand manual, feeling utterly speechless about its incompleteness.
He had once thought San was a treasure-bringer who constantly produced various martial arts secrets from his embrace.
At that time, he had noted to possibly take a chance to kill this Western Regions Monk and loot an array of profound martial arts secrets like the Powerful Vajra Finger, Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand, or the Shaolin Golden Bell Shield.
Who would have thought, San did not carry so many treasures on him.
Not even a single complete secret technique.
Only a fragmented version of the Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand manual.
"A Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand with only three techniques, just like my Great Vajra Palm, can only be practiced to a realm of being slightly successful. To advance further, one must acquire more martial arts content.
It makes sense, now that San is still young and tender.
Neither the Dragon Claw Hand nor the Powerful Vajra Finger is likely to have reached a deep realm, and it’s normal that he didn’t carry a complete secret manual.
That I could loot a fragment is already quite fortunate..."
Jiang Dali found his own greed amusing.
Reflecting on the enemies he encountered in his past life.
The current drop rate was already very high.
After all, neither Xiao Qiuyu nor San were nobodies.
That they dropped Cultivation Techniques was quite normal.
Compared to Zhao Jinxiu and Li Hengfei, these nobodies only dropped some Silver Taels and useless miscellaneous items.
Jiang Dali glanced at the panel which only had 2722 Potential Points remaining.
These points were accumulated from killing three people from the Li Family, along with Zhao Jinxiu, Li Hengfei, and Xiao Qiuyu.
So many experts, yet only yielding 2722 Potential Points indeed.
This also proved indirectly that in the Mixed Martial Arts World, the best way to gain Potential Points is definitely not through killing.
Jiang Dali chose to spend 2000 Potential Points to learn the Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand.
As for the Qiuyu Swordsmanship, he wasn’t interested, and he well understood the principle of biting off more than one can chew.
The Cultivation Techniques he had learned already were quite numerous.
The Earth-rank Ultimate Skill One Yang Finger was only at an amateur level.
Not to mention the Martial Arts from the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the Nine Yang Scripture.
Besides, he wanted to develop his Saber Skill, which would require even more energy and both Cultivation and Potential Points.
However, even if he didn’t practice some techniques, he could still offer them as rewards to players, fostering expert players, and attracting more to Black Wind Village.
If initially the core attraction of Black Wind Village for the players was plenty of tasks,
A place to grind Cultivation Points and Potential Points,
Then as time passed, when the major sects’ story missions began to unfold, this advantage would slowly even out quickly.
By then, Black Wind Village would lose its biggest advantage.
As the players’ strengths improved and they discovered that there were no more powerful Martial Arts to learn in Black Wind Village, harboring thoughts of betrayal would not be difficult.
And this was just one issue.
Another would be the prevention of new players from joining Black Wind Village,
Which would also mean losing the ability to absorb new blood.
Jiang Dali naturally would not sit back and let this happen.
The acquired Qiuyu Swordsmanship, Deceit Blade, Gecko Wall-Crawling Skill (from the Nine Yang Scripture), and other trouble-free Cultivation Techniques,
Would all be gradually released to players, serving as incentives to attract players to advanced techniques in Black Wind Village.
Jiang Dali logged onto the Jianghu Forum to check the current situation there.
Today, with such major events taking place in Black Wind Village, the Jianghu Forum was bound to see some activity.
Even though the Heartbreak Swordsman Xiao Qiuyu is not considered an exceptional expert in the entire Mixed Martial Arts World,
He was still somewhat famous, far stronger than the likes of Dou Dajin by many times.