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The next day, Guhan logged into the game again:
"What are you doing?" Guhan tapped the sword tip pressed against his throat. "Lady Yuewang, what did I do to make you angry?"
"You actually have the nerve to ask me why? It seems you really have forgotten what you said!" Lady Yuewang pressed the sword tip forward. "I'm going to kill you! You liar!"
"You can't kill him!" Suddenly, Qingpin's cold voice rang out. "Your sword has no killing intent."
"I just don't want to return to endless darkness!" Lady Yuewang coldly snorted, retracting her sword. "Who are you? Hiding your head and showing your tail, you can actually sense whether my sword has killing intent."
"She is Qingpin Jian! I obtained her in reality," Guhan touched his throat and explained, looking into the void with confusion. "Qingpin, can you still not materialize in a physical form?"
"In this world, Qingpin's body is heavily sealed, and I cannot break through it," Qingpin replied.
"Then why can you materialize in reality? Were you not sealed in reality?"
"I don't remember!" Qingpin said indifferently. "My consciousness recovered in your hands."
"Alright, as long as you don't find it boring to stay in sword form!" Guhan placed Qingpin Jian on his back and glanced at the system time. "Lady Yuewang, didn't any packages arrive while I was away?"
"Hmph, I was watching TV dramas, I didn't have time to deal with your lousy packages!" Lady Yuewang said coldly.
"Oh no! This is bad!" Guhan slapped his head in frustration. "I bought a beautiful scabbard for you on the online game auction house. I spent the whole night on it, and it was supposed to be delivered to my sword tomb in an hour, so I slept for an hour before logging in to find you, but it hasn't arrived yet!"
To be honest, Guhan just picked a pretty and cheap scabbard from the auction house and immediately fell asleep, entering a dream. Yesterday, he had been busy with a quest, a battle with Yixian, and planning a new dungeon strategy... Guhan was already exhausted, and he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
"Are you saying you stayed up all night to pick a scabbard for me?" Lady Yuewang's expression changed instantly, a mix of coldness, gratitude, and anticipation!
"Right, I just remembered, something seemed to fall from the air and landed under the bed. Look and see if it's there!" Lady Yuewang acted as if she had just remembered.
"Strange? How could it fall directly under the bed?" Guhan's words made Lady Yuewang's face turn red. Even a fool could guess that the package was kicked under the bed by an angry Lady Yuewang.
Guhan crawled under the bed and pulled out a tightly packed long box. He tore off the seal, and a beautifully crafted, elegant scabbard appeared in his hands.
【Universal Scabbard - Copper Box
After storing a Jianniang, it restores 0.08% of the Jianniang's durability per second. After 28 minutes, the Jianniang is restored to its optimal state.
Usage Restriction: Ancient Sword-level Jianniang】
"Take a look, do you like it? If not, I'll buy another one until you do!" Guhan placed the scabbard in Lady Yuewang's hands, making a sincere promise. To be honest, to buy this scabbard, Guhan had already spent all the over 10,000 RMB he received from Nian Ming, and he couldn't possibly buy another one.
"勉强……这种样子的剑鞘，本王以前用过几百个……" Lady Yuewang said she didn't like it, but in reality, she was increasingly fond of the Copper Box, wishing to immediately experience it.
"If you like it, Lady Yuewang, do you want to try it out?"
"这个……那就试试看吧" Lady Yuewang replied with delight.
"那我就握你的剑柄了！" Guhan glanced at Lady Yuewang's plump buttocks, and she nodded shyly. Guhan's hand slid in, pushing and pulling between her thighs, and Lady Yuewang transformed back into her sword form, which Guhan smoothly inserted into the Copper Box scabbard.
"Lady Yuewang, is it comfortable inside?" Guhan asked through the scabbard.
"勉强……我再在里面待会看看" Lady Yuewang replied.
"只能待一会哦……我们马上就要进副本了," Before Lady Yuewang could react, Guhan had already tricked her into the new dungeon.
Although Guhan had become a Sword Bearer and obtained Qingpin Jian, every day in this world, dozens or even hundreds of Ancient Sword-level Sword Bearers shed blood on the battlefield; and dozens or even hundreds of Ancient Sword-level Sword Bearers remained stuck at this level, dying in frustration and helplessness.
If Guhan did not want to follow in their footsteps, he could not slack off for a moment or waste a second. After a night's rest and recovery, Guhan tricked Lady Yuewang into the scabbard and immediately entered the game, starting the solo dungeon "Jianniang Online" No. 00002.
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The "Ancient Sword-level Dungeon - Wu Dang Peak" is the second main dungeon in "Jianniang Online," which every player must pass after completing the initial dungeon "Yuewang Goujian Sword." It is also the first Ancient Sword-level dungeon. Only by passing the "Wu Dang Peak" dungeon can players unlock the other six Ancient Sword-level dungeons.
Unlike the "Yuewang Goujian Sword" dungeon, which has not been cleared for hundreds of years, the "Wu Dang Peak" dungeon was successfully cleared by the strongest Ancient Sword-level player five years after its appearance. Many strategy posts were left on forums, and as long as players have sufficient strength and follow the strategies, about 10% can achieve S-level or higher, and 0.5% can achieve SSS-level.
However, this does not mean that Guhan cannot surpass the achievements of his predecessors; it just means the difficulty is astonishing.
The "Wu Dang Peak" dungeon describes a story from 800 years ago, a real event. At that time, the Sword Ancestor Liunianli had disappeared, and only four base cities had been established. Human forces were entirely concentrated in these base cities.
However, after 200 years, there were still remnants of humans holding out outside the base cities. For example, on the peak of Wu Dang Mountain, a group of humans was still surviving. Under the protection of the True Wu Sword, they cultivated fields, dug caves, and lived a secluded life.
But after 200 years of such a secluded life, a crisis finally arrived. The Dark Dragon King Xiunaide chose Wu Dang Peak as his nest in the three-dimensional world and decided to exterminate all humans in the Wu Dang Mountain area.
The True Wu Sword, which guarded Wu Dang, fought the Dark Dragon King. With a powerful burst, it successfully injured the Dark Dragon King, but the True Wu Sword's bearer died on the spot. Without a bearer, the True Wu Sword could no longer protect the peace of Wu Dang Mountain.
Later, a Sword Bearer from Yanjing City accidentally entered the peak of Wu Dang Mountain and saved most of the survivors, bringing them back to Yanjing City.
The "Wu Dang Peak" dungeon is based on this story, and Guhan, entering the dungeon, plays the role of the historical Sword Bearer from Yanjing City. He needs to report the situation to the Yanjing base city before the Dark Dragon King regains his strength and attacks Wu Dang Mountain again, and then defend Wu Dang Mountain until the base city's rescue arrives.
"System Message: Player Tidu, welcome to the 'Wu Dang Peak' dungeon. Mission objective: Protect the safety of 758 people on Wu Dang Peak. The fewer deaths and the less blood loss, the higher the dungeon rating."
"System Message: Mission 1 updated: Distress Signal: Your communication device was damaged in the previous battle, but the core components are still intact. In the Golden Hall on the peak of Wu Dang Mountain, there is a 200-year-old broadcasting device. You can dismantle the components from the broadcasting device to restore communication with the base city."
(PS: The author has never been to Wu Dang Mountain, and all descriptions of Wu Dang Mountain come from the internet and Baidu Encyclopedia. If any reader familiar with Wu Dang Mountain finds any errors, please post in the comments, and the author will immediately correct them. Thank you!)
Guhan opened his eyes and found himself lying on a stone slab under a large tree. This was the standard starting position of the dungeon, at the foot of Wu Dang Mountain, 1600 meters from the peak, which would take about two hours to hike.
There are two paths from the foot of the mountain to the peak: a main path and a side path. The main path is flat and takes two hours, but there are three blockades set by the Dark Dragon King's subordinates to prevent the humans on the peak from escaping. It takes at least two hours for an Ancient Sword-level player to break through these blockades, plus two hours to hike, totaling four hours.
The side path takes three hours, which is one hour faster than the main path. From this perspective, the side path seems like the perfect choice, avoiding battles and saving time.
However, according to the strategy, this is a trap. Taking the side path saves time and avoids battles, but it guarantees a loss of the possibility of achieving an SSS rating.
When the player reaches the peak, a plot event is immediately triggered: a group of Taoists will attempt to break through the blockades and escape from Wu Dang Mountain.
However, the Taoists misjudge the strength of the defenses, and the result is a total defeat. Guhan will lose the few NPC allies and suffer at least 15 casualties. The SSS rating requires no more than 3 deaths, so this directly distances him from the SSS rating.
This battle occurs at the end of the main path. The side path and the main path have no intersection, so taking the side path makes it impossible to stop the breakout on the main path. Therefore, Guhan must take the main path, break through the blockades, and meet up with the survivors before they attempt to break out.
"Let's fight, Lady Yuewang!" Guhan drew the Yuewang Goujian Sword from the scabbard. After a burst of starlight, the Jianniang Yuewang stood beside Guhan.
"吸……吸……" Lady Yuewang deeply inhaled the pure, flawless air of Wu Dang Mountain.