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

Jiang Liu was very satisfied with the attributes of the Third Grade Pure Lotus. It had three effects: damage, defense, and purification. Although it overlapped slightly with the effects of the title of Clean Altar Messenger, it didn't matter much.

It's difficult to just increase damage to the Earth, Water, and Wood elements; his Five Elements Line needs to be slightly adjusted.

However, it's not a big deal, since it's just a low-grade Xuan artifact, not a celestial artifact, so we can't expect too much.

Sanpin Pure Lotus: You're already complaining about it before you've even used it? Is this what men are like?

The rewards from this event include: half a tube of cultivation points for the early stage of Foundation Establishment, a top-grade title, a low-grade Xuan weapon, a Xuan-level building blueprint, a high-grade magic-level spiritual item, a large number of magic-level rare flowers, a large number of mid-grade and high-grade magic-level items, and two special effects.

Cost: Hundreds of spirit stones.

He had eaten and drunk his fill during the seven-day event. Even if he didn't need some of the things for the time being, it didn't matter. He would be happy even if they were just piled up in his Qiankun bag and turned to dust. What rich person doesn't have a collecting or hoarding habit?

He's already using the Qiankun Bag as a warehouse, planning to buy a whole bunch of them: one for top-tier equipment, one for top-tier skills, one for top-tier items, and one for materials.

Collect, collect like crazy, hoard, hoard like crazy!

After the event concluded, Jiang Liu did not linger on the rich spiritual energy of Moon Spirit Island, but instead exited the event map directly.

He had just exited the event map when a gray page suddenly popped up on the game's main interface. However, he didn't look at it closely and instead hurriedly switched to the Immortal Cultivation Era.

Back in reality, he hurriedly rushed out of his house and headed straight for the rooftop.

Once on the rooftop, he took out a huge pile of exotic flowers from his Qiankun bag, covering the entire rooftop with flowers that covered a full 150 square meters.

In an instant, a strange fragrance filled the air, and spiritual energy surged.

【Rare and Exotic Flower: A low-grade magical flower that can increase the concentration of spiritual energy when placed in a certain area.】

[Status: Soon to wither]

"Thank goodness, it hasn't withered yet."

After checking the condition of these exotic flowers, Jiang Liu breathed a slight sigh of relief and then hurriedly flew high into the sky to unleash the Rain of Heaven technique.

A light rain fell from a sunny day, and the raindrops, imbued with the breath of life, landed on the vast expanse of exotic flowers, instantly making the previously listless flowers bloom again.

【Rare and Exotic Flower: A low-grade magical flower that can increase the concentration of spiritual energy when placed in a certain area.】

[Status: In full bloom]

Yu Zetian, awesome!

From today onwards, you are my strongest mystical technique!

Only at this moment did Jiang Liu feel relieved. Looking at the small patch of exotic flowers in front of him, a joyful smile appeared on his face.

This small patch of exotic flowers was not enough to satisfy him; he was pleased that his action had been successful.

What behavior?

Of course, it's an act of taking advantage of the official platform!

These colorful and exotic flowers originally belonged to Moon Spirit Island for ornamental purposes and were forbidden to be picked. Even if players forcibly picked them, they would wither in a very short time.

And he, relying on the divine skill of Yu Zetian, successfully extended the lives of these rare flowers and successfully profited from the official system.

Once, twice, and then a hundred times.

I'm not afraid of you having restrictions, I'm just afraid you won't let me take advantage of you.

Since he'd already let them take advantage of him, he wasn't going to hold back.

"These exotic flowers won't do here..."

Jiang Liu thought for a moment, then took out his phone and called Li Dongze.

He wanted to buy a villa from Li Dongze's family to temporarily house these exotic flowers until he could acquire a blessed land or a sect's residence in the game.

If he really can't get it in a short time... then he can only create a blessed land in reality.

The phone was dialed, but no one answered.

"Still in the era of immortal cultivation?"

Jiang Liu didn't pay much attention and turned to switch into the Immortal Cultivation Era.

As soon as he returned to the game, before he could even contact Li Dongze, his attention was drawn to the page that had popped up earlier.

He glanced at it, and his expression changed slightly.

I took another look and was pleasantly surprised.

The page displays a vast map, with 99% of the area shrouded in gray fog and only 1% illuminated.

The illuminated area was named Crimson Serpent Divine Continent!

[The fourth server of the Immortal Cultivation Era has been open for a full month, and the world exploration mode has been officially unlocked.]

In World Exploration Mode, players can break free from the constraints of the main storyline and officially embark on their cultivation journey as disciples of the Lingyun Sect.

[You will begin your journey at the Lingyun Sect, gradually exploring the Crimson Serpent Divine Continent and extending to the entire cultivation world.]

During your exploration of the world, you will have the chance to trigger various opportunities, including but not limited to the side quest system, serendipitous encounter system, Daoist companion system, and faction system.

[The Era of Cultivation: The world of cultivation welcomes you.]

"hiss......"

After reading the introduction to the world exploration mode, Jiang Liu couldn't help but gasp, frown slightly, and felt a strange sense of familiarity.

A vast, gray map awaits, where world exploration begins with a small map, triggering various serendipitous encounters along the way...

"Holy crap!"

After a few seconds of contemplation, Jiang Liu suddenly realized that the world exploration mode was just an open world.

Open-world games are all the rage right now, and the cultivation era is keeping up with the times too.

It seems even the immortals understand that the era of two-dimensional characters is over, and open-world gameplay is the future.

However, while you can be open and explore, don't produce a hodgepodge.

Jiang Liu was very interested in the world exploration mode of the Immortal Cultivation Era. He was already extremely dissatisfied with the lack of game content in the Immortal Cultivation Era. Apart from the new features unlocked after each breakthrough, the game had almost no content and was full of downtime.

The only part that you can play for a while is the main storyline, but even then, you can only advance a few levels after breaking through certain limits, and if you can't advance any further, you can only keep replaying the game.

There isn't much game content, and players rarely participate in Cultivation Era except during events, resulting in extremely low online time.

Which pay-to-win game doesn't want to cram hundreds of game content into the player all at once, and want the player to live in the game 24 hours a day? No one is as capricious as Cultivation Era, which is stingy when unlocking game content.

The world exploration mode, unlocked a month after the server's opening, can be seen as filling a gap in the lack of content in the cultivation era game.

How do you play an open world game?

I'm going to dig up the earth!

I want to take advantage of these deals!

I'm going to empty out the entire cultivation world!

He was just thinking about where to get some freebies from the official website when the official website unlocked the world exploration mode. Isn't that exactly what he wanted?

He had originally planned to contact Li Dongze first to buy the villa.

But now... who can resist the temptation of a new model!

Jiang Liu closed the page, and at the very bottom of the main page, the icon for "World Exploration" appeared.

I couldn't wait to open the [World Exploration] feature, and a map of the entire cultivation world filled the main interface.

The map is 99% black, even the Crimson Serpent Continent and the White Dew City visited in the story are black, only the Lingyun Sect is glowing.

He tapped on the Lingyun Sect on the map, and a system notification popped up in front of him.

You are entering a world exploration mode. Please select exploration mode.

[Shared/Multi-person/Single]

"I understand multi-person/single-person mode, but what is the sharing mode?"

Jiang Liu paused slightly, then clicked on the sharing mode with a hint of curiosity.

[It has been detected that you have unlocked the 'Immersive Experience' feature. Do you wish to enable it?]

Jiang Liu: "......"

Damn, so players who haven't unlocked the immersive experience can only watch paper cutouts roam the world of cultivation!

Hahaha, I love getting special privileges.

[Start!]

The moment I turned my gaze, the world spun around me.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the Lingyun Sect.

And all around... were countless paper figures!

Hundreds and thousands of paper doll players crowded the starting area, making the surrounding scenery so dense that you couldn't see anything!

"Damn it! I thought it would be like an event where the real person enters, but it turns out it's just a two-dimensional character playing and I'm watching."

"The characters are paper-thin, and the map is 2D. I'm not worthy of playing this world exploration mode."

"I was thinking of touching my junior sister, what's the point of touching her like this!"

"Your account probably hasn't been banned, has it?"

"Squeeze your ass! You want to take advantage of a two-dimensional character too, huh?"

Jiang Liu's head ached from the surrounding noise, and he was speechless.

In a shared model, where tens or hundreds of millions of people explore a single map, what is the point of this model?

With so many people, they'll probably have to clear away even the weeds on the ground.

I can't afford to play anymore, I'm going back to solo.

Jiang Liu quickly exited and switched to single-player mode.

With no other bystanders around, I can now see the surrounding scenery clearly.

He looked up and saw that he was standing in a huge valley.

The valley is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with towering peaks. Inside the valley, rare flowers and herbs abound, and the spiritual energy is abundant.

Sight, hearing, smell—the immersive experience makes you feel as if you are actually there.