This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

Damn, what kind of garbage monthly card is this? How dare they even put this up for sale?

Jiang Liu has played so many games, but this is the first time he has seen a monthly card with such a low cost-performance ratio. No wonder the production of spirit stones is not high. With this lousy monthly card, there won't be many!

Despite his dissatisfaction, it didn't stop him from getting the monthly pass.

3 spirit stones have been earned, bringing the balance to 3.83 spirit stones, with an actual value of 383 spirit stones. A super whale at the start of the server!

Jiang Liu closed the shop and scanned the game interface for functions before finally clicking on [Draw Cards].

As the card-drawing interface opened, five top-grade spiritual roots radiating five-colored light appeared in his field of vision. The dazzling colors dazzled him, and a hint of fervor flashed in his eyes.

His initial aptitude was very poor, with only a mixed elemental root of metal, wood, and fire, which was extremely weak. It wasn't obvious at the beginning of the game, but the gap would widen significantly in just a few days.

Spiritual roots are the starting point for cultivating immortality. The speed of spiritual energy absorption, the intensity of spiritual energy, the type of spiritual energy, and so on are all related to spiritual roots.

Compared to a top-grade fire-type spiritual root, a mixed fire-type spiritual root has at least twice the speed and intensity of spiritual energy absorption!

The gap widens as the game progresses!

If this were a real world of cultivation, even those with mixed spiritual roots of metal, wood, and fire would not be worthy of entering the immortal sect.

but.

Jiang Liu was not panicked at all. Although Xiuxianshiji was a noble game of cultivating immortals, it could also make one stronger by spending money. Top-grade spiritual roots were permanently in the card pool. As long as there were spirit stones, one could instantly change into a set of top-grade spiritual roots of the five elements and be reborn in an instant.

He didn't have any spirit stones, but he was playing the 0.1% discount version.

In other mobile games with a 0.1 discount, he could have maxed out the permanent gacha pool!

Jiang Liu glanced at the five top-grade spiritual roots with lingering reluctance, but without the slightest hesitation, he directly used the card-drawing scroll given in the gift pack to draw them.

Ten consecutive draws to start!

A top-grade spiritual root, instantly possessed!

With a single pull of ten, his vision was filled with an endless starry sky. The vast star field was dazzling and bright, and ten white shooting stars came from outside the star field, getting closer and closer.

When he saw the ten beams of white light, his heart sank.

What kind of trash game is this? There's no pity system, is there?

Ten white meteors exploded in front of the field of vision, blowing out three Qi-training pills, three pieces of black iron, and four green grasses.

【Celestial Iron】: A lower-tier material, formed from the molted skin of extraterrestrial meteorites, and one of the main materials for crafting magical artifacts.

【Ten-Year Spirit Herb】: A low-grade material, a common herb that has been nourished by spiritual energy for ten years, and one of the main materials for refining low-grade pills.

Jiang Liu used all 21 gacha tickets given in the gift pack, but he didn't get a single top-tier spiritual root, let alone a magic weapon. This made him grumble as he clicked on the gacha introduction.

Probability of obtaining a top-grade spiritual root: 0.1%

Probability of obtaining a superior magical artifact: 0.5%

Probability of obtaining a mid-grade magic weapon: 1%

Probability of obtaining a low-grade magic weapon: 2%

Low-level pill acquisition probability: 20%

Low-tier material drop rate: 76.4%

Jiang Liu: "......"

Minimum score: 21/100

"This is a total rip-off!"

Jiang Liu's face turned green when he saw the probability. This probability was so low that it was like risking everything for the guaranteed drop. Even he couldn't afford to pull for it now.

A single draw costs 13 spirit stones, and a ten-draw costs 128 spirit stones. Even at a 0.1 discount, I still can't afford to do it now.

Thumbs up! Just because you can't afford it today doesn't mean you can't afford it tomorrow!

In order to obtain the best spiritual root, I'm starting to make money!

Chapter 5 Plot Experience

Three hours after the new server for the Immortal Cultivation Era opened, players could do almost nothing.

The 1-1 storyline alone has stumped 99% of people.

You need to reach level 5 in Qi cultivation to speak in the chat box, and level 10 in Qi cultivation to be listed on the leaderboard. Right now, both are empty.

Things like sects, arenas, and the Tower of Babel are all grayed out and can't be clicked on.

There are no public beta benefits, no public beta events, and no in-game gift packs.

Jiang Liu said that he had never played such a stingy game in his life, which meant that there were no competing products on the market.

He didn't have much to do right now, so after taking 20 Qi Refining Pills from the limited-purchase gift pack, he raised his cultivation level to the third level of Qi Refining and then plunged directly into the [Story Trial].

Clicking on [Story Trials] reveals an interface resembling a landscape painting, with ten levels scattered throughout the landscape.

The first chapter is marked directly above the storyline, and there are icons for double speed and repeat play in the lower right corner, but they are locked.

Jiang Liu clicked to enter the 1-1 storyline, and his gaze shifted to reveal an image of a rustic mountain village.

[In the 36,110th year of the Qingxian Calendar, you were born in Tongmu Village, Chilian Divine Continent.]

As the plot unfolds, the image in his vision changes, transforming into a man and a woman holding a baby.

When you were three years old, your father was hunting in the mountains when he was killed by a tiger.

When you were eight years old, your mother accidentally ate poisonous plants and died.

When you were fourteen, your childhood sweetheart fell ill and died.

At fourteen, you were considered a jinx by the villagers and driven out of the village.

When you feel indignant about the unfairness of fate and lament the impermanence of life, you think back to your childhood...

"Skip, skip!"

As Jiang Liu watched the plot unfold scene by scene, he felt that the protagonist was being treated too tragically. His parents died at the beginning, and his childhood sweetheart died of illness. This plot must have been written by a web novel author. It would have been better if he had opened his eyes with amnesia at the beginning.

[Initial storyline, cannot be skipped.]

Jiang Liu: "......"

When you feel indignant at the injustice of fate and lament the impermanence of life, you recall the legends of immortals told by the village elders when you were a child—immortals who could turn rivers and seas upside down and live forever...

You've developed an interest in and a fascination with immortals, and you've embarked on the path of seeking immortality.

Ten miles from the village, you encountered three bandits.

At this point in the story, the scene suddenly shifts to battle mode.

Against the backdrop of a mountain path, Jiang Liu's character model stands on the left side of the screen, while three masked bandits are on the right.

[Round 1]

Jiang Liu, wielding the mid-grade magic weapon Chaoyang Sword, killed a bandit with a single strike.

Two bandits, each wielding a knife, took turns stabbing Jiang Liu.

[Round Two]

Jiang Liu killed another bandit, and then took another blow.

Round 3

Jiang Liu killed the last bandit.

[Victory!]

[Gained 100 cultivation points, 1 piece of extraterrestrial iron, and 1 ten-year-old spiritual herb]

Jiang Liu stared blankly at the settlement screen, wanting to complain a million times but unable to utter a word.

It was like watching a live stream; he watched helplessly as his character model killed a bandit with a single sword strike, only to be stabbed repeatedly by the same bandit.

Because the images are directly reflected on the retina, they strike the brain scene by scene, as if one were actually there, making it very unpleasant to watch oneself commit murder and be stabbed.

And... damn it, the cultivation world is actually turn-based!

The monsters in the 1-1 storyline are just three bandits. No wonder the other students couldn't beat them. How could the 14-year-old protagonist possibly fight them?

Turn-based games that offer nothing at the start but force strength through story and progression are truly poorly copied.

Speechless, speechless.

Jiang Liu closed the settlement interface and clicked to enter the 1-2 storyline.

You defeated three bandits with your wits and continued your journey through the mountains, where you encountered the bandits' second-in-command and his two henchmen.

[Battle begins!]

Round 1, Round 2, Round 3.

[Battle over!]

Jiang Liu silently progressed through the storyline, rising from a bandit to the second-in-command of the bandits, and finally destroying the bandits' stronghold—all done by a 14-year-old boy.

You defeated the bandit king and rescued the girl he had kidnapped. Your heroic act has won her heart.

[You escort the girl back to the city, and during your conversation, you unexpectedly learn that she is actually the daughter of the city lord of Bailu City!]

[Skip?]

【Yes】

Jiang Liu was almost in tears. He could finally skip this melodramatic plot. He played through several story chapters in a row, until he finally failed at chapter 1-6.

The city lord forcibly married his daughter to a disciple of the Lingyun Sect. On the wedding day, you stormed into the city lord's mansion to steal the bride and confront the groom.

[Battle begins!]

[Battle lost!]

[Young hero, please try again]

Jiang Liu stared blankly at the words "battle lost," his mind replaying the events of the battle. The city lord's daughter's smile and shy demeanor were deeply etched in his memory, unforgettable.

He felt a surge of anger rising within him. The girl he loved was going to marry someone else. What kind of NTR plot was this?!

Most importantly... the immersive experience drew him into the story, making him feel like he was the protagonist.