Ye Yun was unaware at the time that the Heavenly Dao Sect was preparing to emerge, nor that the demon butterfly had already become a disciple of Qian Chenzi, the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Dao Sect. He was still in the Longevity Mountain Range, using his Golden Crow to wreak havoc.
His immediate goal was to level up. Although he was already level 92, he was still some distance from level 100. Fortunately, the Golden Crow's speed had greatly increased, significantly reducing his travel time.
For a week, Ye Yun spent twenty-four hours a day either killing Year Beasts or on his way to kill them. The number of Year Beasts he slew was beyond his count. It was not until the tenth day that Ye Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief at the system's prompt.
"System Prompt: Congratulations to player for leveling up, awarded 1000 (Jing) free attribute points. Player's current level is 100."
"System Prompt: Congratulations to player for reaching level 100. Player can now proceed to their class mentor for class promotion."
"System Prompt: Congratulations to player for becoming the third player to reach level 100. Awarded 0.01 (Jing) attribute points, Title: Pioneer."
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System prompts continued to ring in Ye Yun's ears. However, he noticed that the two new maps unlocked upon reaching level 100 had no connection to the divine cities of the Divine Realm. This meant that even if players met the level requirement, they couldn't directly enter these divine cities.
Could it be that he needed to complete this so-called class promotion?
But he didn't have any class mentors! Furthermore, for hidden classes, wouldn't their previous mentors be unable to assist them with class promotion even if they reached level 100?
Ye Yun was frustrated and decided to seek out Yue Xia, that old fellow who was the second to reach level 100.
"Your Majesty, class promotion after reaching level 100 requires obtaining academic certificates from various class mentors. Currently, players only need to reach level 100 and meet the requirement of 1 Jing in their five core attributes to accept corresponding attribute-based quests."
"For instance, one must go to a Warrior class mentor for life and attack power assessments, to an Archer class mentor for Qi and attack power assessments, and to a Mage mentor for Qi and magic attack power assessments..."
Yue Xia rattled off a lengthy explanation. However, no matter how much he spoke, the crucial point was that once the five attributes – life, Qi, attack (physical or magical), physical defense, and magic defense – all reached 1 Jing (meaning ten trillion), one could obtain the joint academic certificates from the five mentors.
The academic certificate served as an entry ticket to a secret realm. Upon using it, players would be teleported to an isolated space where they would simultaneously face attacks from five elemental divine beasts: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. If a player could defeat these beasts, they would undergo the baptism of the five elements and complete their class promotion.
As it stood, Yue Xia only met the requirements for four of the attributes, with magic defense still a considerable distance away.
Based on his estimation, relying solely on leveling up and purchased attribute points, even he and Yao Die would need at least ten years to meet this condition. This was because the required 1 Jing attribute points were calculated after deducting all their various stat boosts, including attribute growth coefficients!
For example, if a person had 10,000 life points with a growth coefficient of 10, their attribute points would be 1000. If there were other boosts, they would also be deducted accordingly.
"Holy hell, this is a massive pitfall!" Ye Yun exclaimed after hearing Yue Xia's explanation, letting out a bead of sweat on behalf of the other players.
Among the countless players in the Ten Directions Cosmos, not a single one was well-rounded. To say nothing of other factors, the bonuses from talents and talent skills alone were enough to make many players "grow crookedly."
Even for someone as powerful as Ye Yun, if he hadn't had sufficient resources to purchase attribute points, or if he didn't possess his 'Heavenly Pot and Earth Cup,' his attack power might have been overlooked.
This also made Ye Yun realize the value of his innate divine artifact, the 'Heavenly Pot and Earth Cup.'
With Ye Yun's level reaching 100, theoretically, there was no longer a need for him to stay here. However, returning was also a problem, as there were no teleportation arrays in this world!
There were only two ways to return from Longevity Mountain: first, upon death, one could choose to respawn in their original city; second, one could enter a player-built city and leave via the teleportation array within it.
However, no player had yet established a city within Longevity Mountain, let alone a teleportation array.
"Do I have to die to go back?" Ye Yun mused, feeling helpless, and continued to control his Golden Crow in the fourth region, carrying out a brutal massacre of the Year Beasts.
Committing suicide was out of the question. Furthermore, whether it was Fengle City, the New Mortal Continent, or even the Nine Divine Cities, Ye Yun had already made proper arrangements. There was no reason for him to return empty-handed.
He could only hope to encounter the legendary merchant. However, before meeting that merchant, Ye Yun still needed to kill enough Year Beasts to accumulate sufficient wealth. After all, a single brick cost a million gold coins, enough to make any player despair.
Based on Ye Yun's understanding of the game, if the bricks for this cultivation city were so expensive, there had to be a reason for it. After all, the number of bricks required to build a city would be astronomical!
For the next period, Ye Yun continued to kill Year Beasts throughout the fourth zone. During this time, besides the Three-Day Stone, Ye Yun's spiritual stone count reached a terrifying figure once more. This was because, in addition to the gains from the New Mortal Continent and the major divine cities, the two percent revenue share from the real world had also been deposited into Ye Yun's inventory.
In terms of wealth, it was already enough to build a city here. However, considering long-term development, Ye Yun naturally wouldn't settle for building a small city. After all, the number of players who would come to Longevity Mountain in the future would only increase. At that time, simply relying on teleportation arrays and the city's supplies would be incredibly profitable!