Mirror World Administrator

Chapter 42 Strategic Resources

"Don't worry, there is no way to buy it, but getting the Phoenix fragments is actually not as difficult as you think." Zijin suddenly smiled.

"How to get it?" Yang Xu asked hurriedly.

"Phoenix fragments are strategic resources. The production area is basically monopolized by the City Lord's Mansion and several large guilds. There are only two ways for ordinary people to obtain them."

"The first is to join a faction. Every month, all registered guilds in Qingyang City will receive limited-edition Phoenix bird fragments distributed by the City Lord's Mansion. The larger the guild, the more fragments they will receive. Guild members can redeem these fragments after accumulating enough contribution points by completing certain guild-assigned tasks. Each member can only receive one fragment... Of course, this process will be quite lengthy."

Zijin pointed at the other three members of the team and said, "We all exchanged our Phoenix fragments with the guild. The tasks weren't difficult, but they took time. For example, I worked on it for two full months before I accumulated enough contribution points."

"so long……"

Yang Xu felt helpless after hearing this. This method was time-consuming but simple, and would be the choice of most ordinary administrators. Unfortunately, he was destined not to take this path because what he lacked most was time.

"What's the other way?"

"Another, faster method is to register as a bounty hunter at the City Lord's Mansion and then hunt down administrators with high deviation values. Each time you complete a hunt, you'll earn a certain contribution based on the opponent's deviation value at the time. Once you've made enough contributions, you can exchange them directly for Phoenix Fragments at the City Lord's Mansion. Each person can only redeem one."

Zijin added, "Theoretically, this method can accumulate enough contributions in just a few days. However, it's extremely dangerous, especially for newcomers who don't have an altar."

"Because anyone who dares to wander the Mirror World with a high Deviation value must be extremely confident in their own abilities. Moreover, these people are often ruthless, otherwise they wouldn't have accumulated such a high Deviation value. If a newcomer foolishly goes to hunt such a person, 99% of the time they will be killed in return."

"So for newcomers, everyone only recommends the first method, which is to slowly exchange through the guild."

Zijin finished speaking in one breath, then looked at Yang Xu and asked, "By the way, do you have a guild now?"

"No." Yang Xu shook his head.

"Then you can join our guild!" Zijin immediately invited.

"Your guild?"

"Yes, our guild is a medium-sized guild called Qiucaotang. It is one of the four branches under the Tianji Pavilion, and the Tianji Pavilion is a guild founded by our city lord Xuanjizi himself. So if you join us, it is equivalent to joining the city lord's power. If you develop well in the future, you will have the opportunity to enter the Tianji Pavilion, and it is even possible to establish a relationship with the city lord. Think about the past..." Zijin blabbered and introduced the glorious history of his own guild.

Yang Xu didn't react to her introduction. He waited patiently for her to finish before asking doubtfully, "A medium-sized guild... seems to only accept players above two stars, right?"

Information about guilds has been mentioned in the guide to Bone-Dissolving Palm. Guilds are divided into three types: small, medium, and large. The normal entry threshold for medium and large forces starts at two stars.

If a novice wants to increase his power, he can basically only go to small guilds that are not well-known.

"Well, there are always exceptions."

Zijin was embarrassed for a moment. She had been so busy bragging about her guild that she had forgotten this basic rule. She quickly tried to make amends, "I can recommend you to the guild leader. You're good at fighting, so maybe they'll make an exception and admit you."

"talk later……"

Zijin was quite enthusiastic, and it was obvious that she really wanted to recruit him to the guild, but unfortunately Yang Xu was not very interested in the guild. He knew that such a large group of people should have good benefits, but there would definitely be many restrictions. He was used to his freedom and did not want to be restricted for the time being.

In comparison, he was more interested in the second path: bounty hunter.

Hunting down high-deviation individuals, to put it bluntly, isn't it just hunting down wanted criminals?

Most newcomers don't dare to do this task, mainly because they can't beat them, but Yang Xu is different. Don't forget that he has a sickle-weasel egg. Once the sickle-weasel hatches, with its speed, it will be able to fight against any opponent below two stars.

As for wanted criminals with three stars or higher, there was indeed a risk, so he simply avoided them. As long as he hunted more two-star wanted criminals, he could always make up enough contributions. It was definitely faster than joining a guild and completing quests at a slower pace. While they were chatting at the cave entrance, the dungeon time was running out.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yang Xu said goodbye to a few people and left first.

As for the mountain spider fragment, the average market price of a three-star fragment was around 120 points. In the end, I exchanged it for two tree demon fragments and two wall-coating fragments from the Violet Team. These were all materials for the altar, and would come in handy sooner or later.

The four of them watched Yang Xu walk away and were not in a hurry to leave the park. As soon as Yang Xu left, the four of them immediately gathered together and whispered.

"What do you think of this Taoist boy?" Zijin asked first.

"What do you think? Captain, do you want to..." Beiwang Xingchen looked at Zijin and had already guessed what she wanted to say.

Zijin nodded. "I told you last month, we should consider expanding our team. At least we need to form a full five-man team. It's always inconvenient to find people on short notice when we're farming shards."

"Also, don't forget about next month's Rising Star Challenge. This is the only chance a year to carve out a team territory. We didn't sign up last year, so we can't miss it this year! We need to have at least five people before the challenge begins."

"So you plan to recruit this Taoist boy into your gang?" Qingke asked.

"Well, I think he's quite suitable. He has the ability to kill jumping spiders alone at level 4. As long as he levels up, he might be stronger than us. And with the Taoist skin, he can also cooperate with the three of us. We need a long-range magic system, right?" Zijin said.

Beiwang Xingchen and Qingke both understood what she meant. Except for the healer Lanshan, their team consisted of all melee physical damage dealers. They really needed a ranged damage dealer. If this Taoist boy joined in, their team would have two ranged and three close ones, with damage dealers and healers, physical damage and magical damage. Overall, they would be a very well-matched team that could handle most situations in battle.

"I have no objection to this Taoist boy joining us. It's not easy to find a reliable newcomer these days, and this guy seems to have a good personality." Qingke was the first to express his opinion.

"I have no objection, but we still have to wait for him to level up a bit. You have to be at least level 10 to sign up for the challenge. Let's at least wait until he reaches two stars before considering it." Beiwang Xingchen said.

"Well, we can wait until he reaches level 10 to invite him. We can help him level up recently. With his progress, it will be quite fast for him to reach level 10." Zijin smiled, thinking that his team was finally going to be formed, and he was quite looking forward to it.

"Lanshan, what do you think?" Zijin looked at Lanshan who had been silent.

"Well, it's pretty good..." Lanshan nodded, but seemed to be hesitant to speak.

In fact, he had a complaint that he had to hold back: They are discussing here enthusiastically how to recruit people to join, but have they ever thought about whether they are willing to join?
If an ordinary little bud suddenly received an invitation from a two-star team, he would definitely be ecstatic and join without hesitation.

But for the person today, he didn't think so.

The reason is that the Taoist boy just said that he only killed "one" jumping spider.

No one else doubted this, but Lanshan felt something was wrong.

He is the team healer and is very sensitive to the changes in the team's health. In the battle with the Mirror Ghost just now, the Mountain Spider should have experienced two stages of frenzy.

You should know that mountain spiders will only go berserk for a period of time when their young spiders die. Two berserk times means that at least two jumping spiders have been killed.

This Taoist boy killed two jumping spiders, but only admitted to one. What does this mean? It means that he is subconsciously hiding his strength.

And hiding is itself a manifestation of distrust.

Lanshan had a feeling that this Taoist boy probably looked down on an ordinary team like theirs.

(End of this chapter)