If I upgrade, I can win prizes

Chapter 429: Self-improvement Lottery (1)

After handing over all the messy matters to the newly recruited subordinates, Lu Ang finally had time to practice with peace of mind.

Although he also wanted to put down [Game Building: Sect], he also understood that now was not a good time.

The human race on the entire Fairy Lotus Island has not yet been completely brought under the sect's rule. The areas originally occupied by the demon race have not yet been thoroughly cleaned up, and it is still unclear whether the demon race left any troubles before leaving. The demon race's buildings need to be demolished and rebuilt, and replaced with formations and buildings suitable for human cultivation. The recruited subordinates have just entered the sect and need time to hone and adjust...

The same is true for the players in the Shentong Realm. The Shentong Realm's spiritual material mining and supply system has not yet been fully established, the spiritual realms controlled by various aristocratic families have not yet been expropriated, the recuperation of the five northern states has not yet begun, and there are still various levels of immortal cultivation academies to be established, unified management of other Shentong players, and exploration of the Western Region and areas further west...

They are all very troublesome and time-consuming tasks. Even if people have been assigned to do them, they cannot be completed overnight. Many of them are long-term projects and the results may not be seen until ten or twenty years.

As for the foodie girl Mu Feiying who was fooled here, the first four levels of the "Kongming Sword Sutra" have already been passed to her. Even if she has earth-grade spiritual roots, it is enough for her to practice for a long time. With the care of the God-Transforming Fairy Hypericum, there should be no problem.

Therefore, Lu Ang planned to calm down for a while, practice in seclusion for at least a year, see how the situation develops, and then formally establish the sect and put down various game buildings.

No matter how you look at it, as the leader of a sect, his realm is still a little low. Even though he has the title of Taoist Son and the support of the old Dragon King, a mere Jindan Zhenren is still not enough to convince the crowd.

When it comes to cultivating immortality, one must rely on one's own efforts no matter what.

The caves in the Hunyuan Lotus Area were full of spiritual energy, and the spirit gathering array operated stably. Even though it was not a place of thunder, Lu Ang still cultivated very quickly:
"Congratulations, your skill "Nine Heavens Thunder Control Manual" has been upgraded from Lv25 to Lv26. You have won a chance to draw a lottery."

"Congratulations, you have been promoted from the fifth level of Jindan to the sixth level of Jindan, and you have won a chance to draw a lottery."

Feeling the thunder and magic power rushing through his body, Lu Ang felt unprecedented comfort. The feeling of constantly getting stronger made him particularly addicted.

After calming down his boiling magic power a little and consolidating his state, Lu Ang started to attack directly.

This time, the first draw was golden:

[Skill Upgrade]: Increase the level of a random skill by one.

[Skill Sublimation]: A random skill will be essentially sublimated.

[Skill Mutation]: A random skill produces an unknown mutation.

There is nothing much to say, let's start with sublimation:
"Congratulations, your unconventional skill "Thunder Armor" has been elevated to the talent "Body of Kui Niu"."

The golden light spread out and merged into Lu Ang's body. An unprecedented feeling of ferocity and strength surged out of his body, making him feel stronger than ever before.

This feeling seems to be even stronger than when I was born with supernatural powers!

And it's not just about power!
Lu Ang looked at his arms. His originally fair and delicate skin had now turned iron blue, with lines on it that looked like scales.

A sudden inspiration came to Lu Ang, and he immediately understood the magic of this magical power.

The deep blue lightning magic power in the body was mobilized, and was conducted along the wide meridians to the end of the meridians, pouring out from various acupuncture points throughout the body, covering the iron-blue skin, and bursting into small and dense flashes of electric current on it.

Talent activated, membrane vibrates.

"Boom~"

A huge thunder spread out from Lu Ang. The sound was so loud that it echoed for thousands of miles, as if the God was really angry.

As the thunder spread, soon a large dark cloud gathered in the sky. As another thunder came from Lu Ang, heavy rain poured down and strong winds swept through.

This kind of power is probably similar to the Gu family's ability to call the wind and rain, but it is not as precise as theirs. One can only summon it but cannot control the size and range. If one wants to maintain it, he has to constantly stimulate his talent and consume mana.

I feel that it doesn't have much significance in actual combat, but the increase in my physical strength is real, so it's okay.

With a thought, the iron-blue skin turned white again, without affecting Lu Ang's appearance at all.

……

The second draw, this time it's silver.

The first click was a third-level wood-related skill called "Peking Wood Tongsheng Gong".

This is a very special wood-related practice, which requires planting a spiritual tree seed of at least level three in the Dantian, and the cultivator and the spiritual tree coexist in harmony.

The power of the technique is closely related to the type and level of the spirit wood seed, and it can also awaken special spirit wood secrets. Most spirit woods can greatly increase the lifespan of the practitioner, which is quite magical.

There's nothing much to say, so I'll just put it away for now.

Having acquired quite a few skills before, Lu Ang has selected one each from the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, earth and a general category. He only had the first level of Qi Refining and handed it over to the deans of various departments and colleges, asking them to temporarily teach it and enlighten the newly recruited disciples.

This is a stopgap measure. After the game buildings provided by the various systems are put down, Lu Ang plans to put all these messy skills into the library, let someone he trusts enough manage it, and teach them according to the degree of contribution to the sect.

But the candidate for the librarian has not been decided yet, and I feel that letting the old Dragon King take the position would be a waste of his talent.

As for the other dragons, Lu Ang still hopes that they can practice well, develop normally in an environment like Xianlian Island, and restore the power of the dragon clan.

Moreover, after all, what he established is a human sect, so he should try his best to weaken the presence of the Old Dragon King and others, and it would be better to let them appear less often.

Otherwise, it is unclear who this sect belongs to, and many human geniuses may not be willing to stay in a force controlled by the demon race.

……

The original body is practicing very comfortably, and the clone is certainly not bad either.

"Congratulations, your arcane 'Tracking Dagger' has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

This is also a second-level arcane spell. When casting, a physical dagger is thrown out. This dagger will automatically lock onto the enemy and pierce it.

It looks like a very simple arcane art, but in fact it is not simple at all. The difficulty lies in the attachment of mental power to other objects, and the behavioral autonomy of mental power after it leaves the main body.

It is easy to stab someone with a dagger in the hand of a mage, but it is very difficult to attach a small piece of mental power to the dagger and let this mental power independently control the dagger to attack until the mental power is exhausted.

It is very difficult to separate mental power from the body. Many third-year students were trapped for a long time. Fortunately, Lu Ang was promoted to the Golden Core stage, and his consciousness was baptized by heavenly thunder. The mental power of his clone became several times stronger, and he finally learned this arcane art.

Nothing major has happened in the arcane world during this period, except that I heard that the space crack in Yongxia Province has become a little bigger.

Then many fighting knights from noble families and young arcanists from the City of Miracles were sent to the Eternal Summer Province. It was said that the fighting was going on very fiercely there. The Supreme Council of Arcane was discussing whether to send another ninth-level arcanist to assist, but the candidate had not yet been decided.

Of course, the second-level copy of the magic side in the academy is still very lively. Now that area has been separated and turned into an independent paid tourist attraction, managed by the City Hall of Miracle City. People can pay to go in and explore, and the queues every day stretch for several miles.

This time the reward is still silver, and it is a third-level technology blueprint called "Fully Automatic Space Mining Robot".

It is a black robot about twelve meters tall that does not require human operation and is controlled by artificial intelligence. It looks like an octopus, has eight tentacles with rotating heads, four replaceable multi-purpose hands, and a huge abdominal chest that can hold ten cubic meters of ore.

According to the introduction, this thing is a robot specially designed for space operations, collecting minerals in asteroid belts, meteors, comets, or other planets without atmosphere. It can be charged for half an hour and can perform high-intensity mining for eighteen months.

Lu Ang had mined before, and he was wondering if it was possible to modify this thing and use it to replace the inferior spiritual roots of Xiao Karami used in mining?

After all, mining is somewhat dangerous. When he was mining, he would occasionally hear news about a mine collapse and many miners died.

Of course, I am not a research and development talent, so this task can be handed over to the players or the Mo Men of the Mechanical Domain.

……

He continued to practice, but practicing too many techniques was a bit boring, so Lu Ang would also practice the techniques in the "Nine Heavens Thunder Controlling Sutra".

The only difference between the techniques in "Nine Heavens Thunder Controlling Scripture" and the techniques Lu Ang had acquired before was that it did not provide ten techniques for each major realm, but rather a comprehensive set of techniques.

It’s called “Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Transformation”!
Big spells and small spells are completely different. Even if small spells have the same attributes, each spell has a different form of expression.

Just like the earth element, there are gravel, sinkholes, ground spikes, flying stones, stone walls, underground escape, earthquakes, stone golems and so on, which are all various applications of earth element spiritual power, but the casting process and consumption are different.

But the great technique is to integrate all the effects of all the small techniques into one, which can be transformed and integrated at will, highlighting the freedom and lack of fixed pattern in the form of expression.

Just like Lu Ang was performing the "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Transformation" now, he could transform himself into lightning and quickly shuttle back and forth, or he could launch countless ping-pong-sized lightning balls or lightning filaments while shuttling back and forth, or gather all his mana to detonate together, or transform himself into countless lightning bolts and flee...

The process of casting a spell depends entirely on one's concentration, and the mana consumption also changes with the different performances of the spell.

This may be a unique feature of ancient martial arts. There is no such precise classification. What matters is omnipotence, and more importantly, it emphasizes the practitioner's comprehension of the Tao and control over magic power.

Lu Ang has learned and tried both types of magic. He feels that although the small magic system is classified in an orderly manner, it is more suitable for ordinary cultivators. As long as everyone practices step by step, the total amount of spiritual power increases and the ability to control spiritual power is achieved, they can release the magic.

The latter's great magic rules pay more attention to talent and the understanding of the great Dao. It is suitable for those talented disciples with amazing comprehension, strong comprehension, and many ideas. Even if their spiritual roots are not so good, they can still have certain advantages in the use of magic.

Lu Ang has a top-notch thunder-type body, so he is naturally very perceptive. Thunder in his hands is like the most obedient toy, and it all behaves well and allows him to play with it. In a few days:

"Congratulations, your spell "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Transformation" has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

This time it’s still gold:
[Game NPC: "Long Tusk" Kerry]: The chief of the Mammoth Clan. You can accept Mammoth Clan missions from him. After completing the missions, you can gain favorability with the Mammoth Clan, which can be exchanged for rewards from him.

[Game NPC: "Grayskin" Mark]: The leader of the Gray Shark Clan. You can accept Gray Shark Clan missions from him. After completing the missions, you can gain favorability with the Gray Shark Clan, which can be exchanged for rewards from him.

[Game NPC: "Green Head" Kake]: The leader of the parrot clan. You can accept parrot clan tasks from him. After completing the tasks, you can gain the favorability of the parrot clan, which can be exchanged for rewards from him.

Well, it feels very ordinary. I have drawn similar NPCs before, but they belonged to various forces last time, such as the Mu Guang Cult, the Brotherhood, etc., and this time it belongs to a certain ethnic force.

It looks like an animal force, like mammoths, gray sharks, parrots, etc.

I just don’t know what tasks these NPCs give me, or what benefits I can exchange for them. There are no detailed explanations, so I’m afraid I’ll only know after I actually play it.

Lu Ang has also played some MMORPG games. These games usually involve going to a certain place to kill a certain number of monsters, or going to a certain place to collect a certain number of materials. They are very simple and very boring.

What Lu Ang is worried about is that these names sound Western in style. What if the players cannot complete the tasks given by these NPCs?

Unable to figure out the specific situation, Lu Ang had no choice but to pick the most harmless-looking one, the "Green-Headed" Keck.

I feel like the parrot family has the lowest lethality, and maybe players can exchange for a parrot pet? And parrots can talk, and they don't take up space, so they shouldn't cause any trouble.

After you establish a sect, put all these NPCs in an NPC square and see the effect.

……

Continuing to practice magic, Lu Ang is now having a lot of fun playing video games:

"Congratulations, your spell "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Transformation" has been upgraded from Lv1 to Lv2, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

This time it's silver.

They are the blueprints of two third-level talismans, namely the "Soul-Loss Talisman" and the "Soul-Calling Talisman", a rare set of coordinated talismans.

The effect is also very simple. After the "Soul-Losing Talisman" hits the opponent, the opponent's soul can be temporarily separated from the body, and the opponent loses control of the body. It is a kind of spiritual attack and is extremely difficult to resist.

The "Soul-Calling Talisman" is the antidote to the "Lost Soul Talisman". It can call back the soul that has left the body and allow the person to resume movement. It also has a certain effect on some minor injuries to the soul.

After taking a quick look at the contents of the jade slip, I found that these two third-level talismans are rare talismans. They require a lot of special materials, are very troublesome to draw, and have high requirements for soul strength. They look difficult.

After thinking about it, Lu Ang decided to use the blueprint as part of the sect's reward to reward the external elders who worked diligently and made great contributions.

Lu Ang remembered that among all the external elders, there were quite a few who practiced the art of talismans. After all, compared with other arts of cultivating immortals, the art of talismans was relatively easier, consumed much less, and had a larger market.

Yes, even if they are external elders, according to the rules, in addition to providing caves, the sect must also provide them with salaries and even some rewards.

After all, the path of immortality values ​​privacy. It is difficult to win over these high-level cultivators and make them fight for the sect and devote their lives to it with just a cave that they cannot take away.

If nothing is given and no contract is signed, then what is the difference between you and those who pay money to rent a cave?

If I use your cave, the worst that can happen is that I will have to compensate you with spirit stones. Do you want me to risk my life and fight for the sect? That's just a dream!
Lu Ang has read some memoirs and diaries of strange stories written by other sect leaders. If he wants to cultivate disciples' sense of identity, cohesion, or loyalty to the sect, the best way is to cultivate them from an early age, care and love them through the master-apprentice system, and establish emotional bonds.

Secondly, there are restrictions on the skills. The cost of changing skills is huge. If you betray the sect and run away, you will definitely not be able to obtain the sect's subsequent skills. Even if you change your skills, there is almost no hope of achieving the great success. With such a huge sunk cost, no one will betray easily.

The worst is the use of interests to win over the sects. Due to various reasons, many sects have a lack of young talents, resulting in a shortage of high-end combat power within the sect. They have to hire strong people from outside to guard the sect. Outsiders are naturally not trustworthy, and they can only form a loose alliance with huge interests. The effect is limited, but they have to do so.

All of Lu Ang's men are hired from outside and have no loyalty. He can only guide them with interests and suppress them with the old Dragon King to ensure the order of the sect as much as possible.

Of course, after a long time, we will have to find ways to clean up these external personnel several times, kill some, expel some, marginalize some, and only leave a small number of honest and hardworking people, and let them swear an oath to heaven and leave their soul lamps.

……

Continue to practice, this time it is arcane:

"Congratulations, your arcane spell "Hand of the Mage" has been raised from Lv6 to Lv7. You have won a chance to draw a lottery."

This is indeed used too much in daily life, even the main body is used frequently, and it has been upgraded without realizing it.

Unfortunately, it is still silver. One click reveals one hundred level three meatball chickens.

This is a very common domesticated spiritual beast in the world of immortal cultivation. These chickens are huge, more than half a person's height, with multiple basketball-sized tumors on their backs. Their feathers are black and white, and are divided into two layers, as if they are wearing overalls.

Although it doesn't look very good, this meat ball chicken is currently the most common provider of third-level meat-based spiritual materials in the world of cultivation. Many sects have them domesticated and provide various third-level chicken-based spiritual foods to the Jindan Zhenren in the sect.

Lu Ang suddenly remembered that he had also drawn some tamed spirit beasts before, and they were all kept in the Dragon Palace. It would require a little dragon to specially open up an underwater cavity, which was quite troublesome.

It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. Lu Ang directly sent for an external elder in the Nascent Soul stage who was good at taming spirit beasts. He put all the spirit beasts under his charge and gave him a batch of spirit stones to buy feed.

……

Continue to practice, and eventually become the top-level Taoist body of the Thunder Element. In just three months, he upgraded again:
"Congratulations, your skill "Nine Heavens Thunder Control Manual" has been upgraded from Lv26 to Lv27. You have won a chance to draw a lottery."

"Congratulations, you have been promoted from the sixth level of Jindan to the seventh level of Jindan, and you have won a chance to draw a lottery."

At this rate, I'm not far from the Nascent Soul stage! I'm a little excited to think that I'll soon be called a Nascent Soul old monster.

The first draw was the gate silver, which made me feel dizzy.

One click and you will see the production drawings of the third-grade top-grade magic weapon "Fixed Light Mirror".

As the name suggests, this is a Buddhist magic weapon of control, which can emit a special "immobilizing light" to immobilize all creatures illuminated by the light.

According to the introduction in the jade slip, it can immobilize up to three cultivators or monsters at the peak of the Golden Core Stage, but once the opponent is attacked, the immobilized state will be broken.

I feel it is a pretty good magic weapon, and it is very useful in group fights. You can use the few to defeat the many, immobilize three, and then deal with the others, which can greatly increase your chances of winning.

It’s a pity that the materials of this magic weapon are all unheard of. Even Lu Ang has never heard of the main ingredient, the inner elixir of the green fish. So it can only be sold cheaply to those external elders.

……

The second draw, this time it was finally gold.

It’s a pity that it’s still a game:
[Game Building: Racing Tower]: After entering, you will compete with ninety-nine other random opponents in a random map. You cannot attack each other during the competition. The top three will receive rewards, and the audience can place bets.

[Game Building: Tower of Trial]: There are a total of one thousand floors. Each floor has different types and numbers of monsters. You can get rewards after defeating them. The higher the floor, the stronger the monsters and the better the rewards. You can exit at any time after passing one floor.

[Game Building: Duel Tower]: After entering, 3 people will be randomly formed into a team for a 3V3 duel, matched with opponents of similar combat power. After winning, you will receive duel points, which can be exchanged for duel suit equipment.

It was not bad this time. All the buildings gave out rewards directly, and they didn't look very dangerous. Even the [Tower of Trials] which seemed to be the most dangerous, at worst I could just give up if I felt I couldn't beat it. It's impossible that I couldn't even beat the first level, right?

After a quick look, [Tower of Speed] rewards the least number of people and is more suitable for developing tourism. I feel it can attract many people to bet on spirit stones.

[Tower of Trials] can train disciples to fight various monsters. Although it is a bit dangerous, there are rewards on each level, which will greatly stimulate the disciples' enthusiasm for practicing and becoming stronger.

As for the [Tower of Duel], although I don't know how strong this duel set is, it is still very helpful for disciples to train each other in interpersonal fighting skills, and can greatly improve the disciples' fighting level.

After a little hesitation, Lu Ang still chose the [Tower of Trials]. He felt that this one was more comprehensive. Players could be resurrected and local disciples could be transformed into players. For them, the most important thing was to get some rewards and become stronger as soon as possible.

With a click, a long white tower fell into Lu Ang's hands.

Lu Ang planned to place it next to the dungeon square, also close to the auction house, to make it convenient for everyone to trade reward items.

……

Continue to practice, or magic:
"Congratulations, your spell "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Transformation" has been upgraded from Lv2 to Lv3, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

Finally, finally, it’s in color:

[Magic Skill Supplier]: Randomly obtain a top-level magical skill manual that can lead to ascension.

[Magic: Peeping into the Secret]: Select a target and learn an important secret about the target. This can only be used once every seven days.

[Multiverse Savior]: Go to a random doomsday world, complete the mission of saving the world, and be rewarded with a lot of heavenly merit.

Oh, which one should I choose?
(End of this chapter)