At first, He Yang didn't understand what was going on or what the purpose was. Then when he discovered that there were several more optional tasks in the list, he understood.
"What the hell? Can it still be like this?"
While optional missions offer few rewards, less is better than none.
Li Rui had already studied the strategy thoroughly and found every possible operable point, and now he found that it really worked.
Although the tree spirit elder couldn't figure out what he was going to do, who was asking for help now?
"I've long heard that the human race at the foot of the mountain has a lot of fun, and some people like to be abused by others. It turns out that I understood it wrong."
It felt that it had a clear understanding, "The original intention should be to pass more difficulties and obstacles, and then lead to the road. I actually thought about that, I am ashamed."
It let a piece of bark fall off from its chest, and used the branches to write on it, recording the feelings in its heart.
Li Rui ignored him. Anyway, he learned from the other party that there were many tasks that could be performed. He didn't have much experience, ranging from eight or nine thousand to just over ten thousand.
This is normal. The difficulty of the optional tasks is very low. I guess I had some bad luck just now, so I encountered the most difficult one as soon as I started.
Among the remaining ones, most of them are about helping Uncle Walnut Spirit build a wooden house to show hard work, playing with a group of puppy-tailed Grass Spirits and throwing copper coins to show kindness, defeating the oleander spirit who made a mistake and persuading it to correct its evil ways, showing Strength and wisdom and so on.
In a normal plot, as long as you show a certain quality, you can gain the trust of the tree spirit elders, but for the sake of experience, Li Rui completed all seven or eight optional tasks in one go.
It doesn't matter if he does this, it directly increases the favorability of the entire fortress in front of the gate. The forest elf residents around this towering giant tree all say yes to him when they meet him.
The tree spirit elder sighed at the entrance of the cave.
"Sure enough, he is the Taoist priest of Shenxiao Palace who is so eager for justice."
After harvesting all the optional tasks, Li Rui and He Yang gained tens of thousands of experience points, which is not too much for the current level. After all, this is only the first stage of the main line task location.
"Elder, it's okay now. Please lead the way."
At this time, the tree spirit elder didn't believe him at all, so he immediately walked inside.
Its eight legs made it look like a wooden crab. As he walked, he introduced it to Li Rui: "The elder here is the Peach Blossom Empress. She has strong magic power and has protected me for hundreds of years. However, now the spiritual energy is becoming more and more complex. , she has been sleeping most of the time in the past hundred years."
In the setting of the secret world, most of the spirits and monsters are products of the aura of heaven and earth from weakly angry things.
Although the cultivation of humans, monsters, and wild beasts also relies on spiritual energy, but not to a profound extent, it is different with spirits. Once there is a problem with spiritual energy, it may lead to the disaster of annihilation.
Because they are not intelligent things in the first place, maybe from generation to generation, the grass and trees will return to grass and trees, and the earth and rocks will return to earth and rocks.
Li Rui originally only listened to it as gossip, but when he mentioned that the Peach Blossom Lady existed hundreds of years ago, he immediately stopped feeling sleepy.
"Wait a minute, elder, may I ask this Peach Blossom Lady if she can turn it on manually?"
"ah?"
The elder was obviously confused.
"I mean, Xiaodao has something to ask, can you please wake her up?"
"I'm afraid it will be difficult for me because my magic power is low."
Li Rui was unwilling to give in and asked again: "Are there any old spirits in the clan who have lived for hundreds of years?"
"Little Taoist Master, it is true that there has never been one. After the spiritual energy declined, all the seniors in the clan passed away. Now I am an elder at over a hundred years old."
The age of a spirit is calculated after it opens its spiritual intelligence. Anyway, it was not conscious before.
Li Rui had no choice but to take a long-term approach. He originally thought that the Peach Blossom Queen might know about the tomb of the immortals, or even the immortal who helped Taizu Liang Ting back then.
The two of them passed through layers of woods and found that this place was not full of natural plants like they saw on the road ahead, but a wooden palace built in imitation of human architecture.
"This palace was built by the great craftsmen of Liang Ting Craftsmanship many years ago. It is a place where we usually have banquets and discussions."
I didn't mean to look down on him, but Li Rui felt that a big wooden stake talking about banquets and discussions sounded ridiculous.
The tree spirit elder is the leader of the mountain guards. With him leading the way, Li Rui and He Yang can naturally travel smoothly.
Soon, several members of the Presbyterian Church arrived.
In comparison, the tree spirits guarding the door have relatively junior qualifications. The remaining few are the real talkers in the Holy Land, and the leader is a big banyan tree spirit.
The same height of 1.5 meters, the bark of the tree is more wrinkled, and there are fewer leaves on the top of the head.
It is already very old and has to use a branch to support itself when walking.
"Thank you, Taoist Priest, for saving the lives of my people."
The voice of the banyan tree spirit is much thicker.
Li Rui said a few polite words to him and said proactively: "Well, old man, I noticed that there is a lot of evil in the mountain, and there must be evil spirits at work. My master once said that when the road is rough, he needs to draw his sword to help, so I wanted to come and ask."
You, a monk, want to draw your sword to help?
The banyan tree spirit frowned, but didn't have the nerve to ask more. He just sighed and said, "It's true. Evil spirits have appeared near Wuguang Cave, Huanghua Gorge, and Deep Cold Pond. Hey, it's been a troubled year."
"These places were originally our clan's activity areas. Since problems have arisen, the Elders Council has banned clan members from approaching them."
"I deeply admire Taoist Priest's chivalrous heart. I didn't dare bother him at first, but he is really in urgent need of a good doctor. If Taoist Priest can eliminate one or two of them, our family will be greatly grateful."
"But there is one more thing that needs to be explained to avoid misunderstanding. The spiritual energy in the place where our clan is is disturbed, and the wood spiritual energy is already thin, so it is inconvenient to keep more human monks. It is not because we don't want to, but it is really impossible. The two of you are really strong and masculine. If there are more If you stay here, I'm afraid the spiritual energy will be even more chaotic."
"Therefore, I have no choice but to shamelessly say that you two must leave here before sunrise tomorrow morning. At that time, I will personally send you two off the mountain. I feel really guilty, so please forgive me."
At this time, both Li Rui and He Yang received the notification.
[Main quest update, stage two: Select the quest location: Wuguang Cave, Huanghua Gorge, and Deep Cold Pond. ]
The banyan tree spirit was also very polite, and Li Rui also knew that what it said was true. The main plot of this secret realm was originally limited in time.
And not only that, there is also a hidden mechanism. Because the main monsters to be dealt with are evil spirits, the monsters will go berserk after nightfall.
According to the normal strategy process, you should choose one of the three locations, and it is safest to clear the level before sunset.
If you choose too many, you don’t need to say anything if you die at night. If the time limit is exceeded, regardless of whether the evil spirits at the mission location are cleared, you will still be forcibly sent away, and it will be considered a failure to clear the level.
But of course Li Rui had thought about it. After completing the main line, plus the previous tasks, the experience would be only a few hundred thousand at most. This is less than the reward for first place in the arena, after all, both are level 21-25 secret realms.
He certainly couldn't accept that he had to collect all the branches that were enough to earn experience.
"come here."
He took aside He Yang, who had an unruly face but had already turned into an obedient little white rabbit, and said, "I want to pick up all three main lines, but if I guess correctly, you should be able to pick up only one or two. If you are worried about picking up three If something goes wrong, choose safety."
He Yang swallowed: "Are you sure?"
"I do, but I don't force you to believe it."
Li Rui never forces his customers, and they are free to choose.
He Yang's previous secret realms have not gone well. If he fails this time, his mentality will collapse.
So even though He Pengxi had told him to stay close and obey him, he still thought about it.
"People as powerful as Third Uncle have high regard for him. Even if I don't believe in him, I should believe in Third Uncle."
"The three lines of this secret realm have been passed many times. The guide is very detailed, so there should be no surprises."
"Follow me! It's just a five-star secret realm, how can it be so difficult? Every line is full of random events for me!"
Thinking of this, he felt that he could do it again, so he said firmly: "I will also take three!"
Li Rui gave a thumbs up: "You have guts! You made a wise choice."
Encouraging customers is also part of the service.
(End of chapter)
