Building a sect from scratch

Time goes back to more than ten days ago.

Wang Ergou and others, who had just finished a day of fighting, climbed out of the game cabin tiredly.

The rewards of the limited-time battlefield are certainly very attractive, but it is also really hard to kill thousands of monsters. It is really troublesome to clean up tens of thousands of pigs. Even if there are tens of thousands of pigs, it will take a while to kill them all, let alone a group of Yin corpses and evil ghosts that are much harder to kill than pigs.

After finally finishing the limited-time battlefield, it was midnight in the game. Several people couldn't hold on and logged off.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they logged off, they saw a new official "announcement".

Or rather, it was a forum post released by the game official!

"A big giveaway for the third test! From August 15 to August 31, the theme competition of 'The Taiyin Sect in My Mind' is grandly launched! There are four projects in this competition, namely illustration and illustration design, AI visual art, 3D design, and creative short videos. The same real-name authenticated account can only participate in two...

"Each project has a gold award (first place), a silver award (second place), a bronze award (third place) and several excellent awards...

"Gold Award Prizes: Ten unbound activation codes for the third test qualification, Taiyin Sect Land Deed (game props) redemption code, and upper-grade Xuan-level spiritual weapon customization voucher (game props) redemption code.

"Silver Award Prizes: Five unbound activation codes for the third test qualification, Taiyin Sect Land Deed (game props) redemption code, and middle-grade Xuan-level spiritual weapon customization voucher (game props) redemption code.

"Bronze Prize: Three unbound activation codes for the third test qualification, Taiyin Sect Land Deed (game prop) redemption code, and lower-grade Xuan-level spiritual weapon customization voucher (game prop) redemption code.

"Excellence Prize: One bound activation code for the third test qualification.

"Participation requirements: Imagine the Taiyin Sect in your mind. Is it a fairy city in the sky or fireworks on the ground? Is it pavilions, towers, gurgling water, or magnificent high-rise buildings and towering mountains? Please imagine the appearance of the sect's residence. Maybe your creativity will be presented in "Ten Continents"..."

In the game forum, a post that was pinned to the top by the official red quickly became popular on the entire network.

Since the dark horse game "Ten Continents" came out, although the number of game places is shockingly small, the phenomenal popularity it has caused is very crazy.

In addition to the black technology engine technology that beats all the big companies, the seemingly true national background, and the various new and strange gameplays that are constantly being broadcast live, absolute freedom is really not just a slogan. On major live broadcast websites, the game live broadcast of "Ten Continents" has become the latest drama to watch while eating.

Therefore, once the official game competition promotion post was released, it quickly became popular at home and abroad. Even many game enthusiasts in other countries tried every means to inquire whether the so-called "unbound" three-test qualification activation code allows foreign registration and activation... Of course, the answer is naturally no.

At present, the competition has not yet started, and the unbound three-test qualification activation code on the market has been sold for 100,000 yuan each, and the price is even soaring.

Therefore, the participants in this competition almost overwhelmed the server, and Fang Xianyu even spent a few more energy to maintain the website for submitting competition works normally.

Of course, although this competition has a total of four tracks, not everyone can participate. For most people, their painting level is basically a classic masterpiece of a chicken pecking at rice - the rice is eaten by the chicken and the chicken is gone. The only track that can be worked on is the AI ​​creation track, but this thing can be done in a few minutes or several days. If you ask an inexperienced person to work hard for more than ten days, he can only work hard for a few minutes. Therefore, netizens in the forum began to talk nonsense and didn't take the competition seriously at all - just go to bed, it's impossible to win a prize anyway.

"The official is getting worse and worse. Now they don't even plan to make the sect scenes themselves. They plan to copy netizens, right?"

"How can this be called copying? This is called fully listening to the opinions of players!"

"I don't agree that the owner of the layer doesn't go to work in the game public relations team."

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As an eighteen-line painter, Zhao Qing was also very excited when she saw this post.

In fact, she had many ideas a long time ago, but because she was busy playing games, the side job of illustration had been thrown aside. Now that there is an official game competition, she decisively submitted an application overnight, took a week off, ordered a takeaway to recover, and started drawing in bed.

What should the world of cultivation look like?

As the most powerful player in the server, Zhao Qing was the first player to visit Guangcheng Sect. She had seen what Guangcheng Sect looked like.

The towering mountains, the solemn sect halls, and the simple and exquisite buildings.

It fits most people's fantasy of immortal heroes, but it's not enough.

As a person who used to make a living by art, Zhao Qing had already developed an indescribable sense of belonging to Taiyin Sect after playing the game for such a long time. She was even more moved by the senior sister Baili Shuang who had always taught her gently... Ahem, no, she had developed a feeling of admiration.

It can be said that compared to Wang Ergou, who was focused on maintaining the community and being the leader of our group, Zhao Qing really opened the door to this magnificent world of immortal cultivation.

She really learned what Taoism and immortality are, and really felt the process of cultivation, which made her understanding of Guixu Realm more profound than that of ordinary players.

The so-called immortal is just a state after life grows up. It is not high and mighty, nor does it have the qualifications to look down on everything. The so-called priesthood is a kind of "job" that is "all year round". The immortals who have achieved the priesthood must be responsible for their priesthood. Otherwise, there will be karma, heavenly calamity, etc. There are laws that restrict the immortals in the world.

So, in the Guixu Realm, what does it mean to cultivate immortality?

Pursue immortality? Pursue transcendence?

No, it's not just that.

According to the records of many Guixu Realm classics she read, the former monks pursued "knowledge".

Zhuangzi said, my life is limited, but knowledge is unlimited.

Whether it is the Guixu Realm or the Blue Star, humans have been constantly in the process of "seeking knowledge" since the formation of civilization.

On the Blue Star, in order to "seek knowledge", more than 3,000 years ago BC, ancient Egypt created the hieroglyphics, which is the source of most of the phonetic writing in the world, including all European writing. In order to "seek knowledge", scholars from the 16th and 17th centuries such as Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton transformed the philosophy of science, breaking the traditional constraints of Aristotle's philosophy and opening the door to modern science.

In Guixu Realm, the ancient gods ten thousand years ago also sacrificed their lives to explore the "Tao" between heaven and earth for the sake of "seeking knowledge".

Perhaps from some point on, "seeking knowledge" is no longer so simple, some for plundering resources, and some for dominating one side. But no matter what, "seeking knowledge" is still the instinct of almost intelligent life.

Compared with Guixu Realm, we have a more sound society, a complete system and a civilization with highly developed technology.

Zhao Qing pondered and drew several arcs on the digital tablet.

The arcs trembled and connected into one.

In the deep blue starry sky, a bright moon hangs high. Under the bright moon, there are large patches of auspicious clouds with polarized colors.