Chapter 4: Fallen Feather Jewel

  "Hmm——" Lin Jie's voice sank to his chest, and his whole body was already somewhat exhausted. The difficulty of climbing this cliff was too high, if he didn't have the talent of enhanced grip strength, he would probably have fallen off long ago.

  Looking at the return scroll in his backpack, Lin Jie took a deep breath and left at least one way to retreat. He moved his body up a few centimeters with difficulty, stopped to adjust his breathing, and continued to move up...

  Ding~

  "You have achieved the title 'Climbing Master', reward: 200 experience points, 50 health points, 2 endurance points"

  When Lin Jie finally stood at the edge of the cliff, an achievement prompt popped up. The achievement system in "Ji Yuan" is very rich, and it's divided into ordinary achievements and world achievements. Ordinary achievements can earn achievement points, which can be used to exchange for a small amount of experience or equipment. World achievements are even more powerful.

  A world achievement can only be completed once, after which it will turn into a regular achievement. For example, the mountaineer, only the first player to reach the goal can get life value and endurance point rewards, and subsequent achievements will only get 50 experience points.

  There are many more climbing series achievements above the climbing master, and if you can climb to the highest peak of the mainland "Tianfeng" with your bare hands, you will get all the climbing series achievement rewards at once. The game has been running for 7 years, but still no one has achieved it.

  Bodies scorched by hellfire littered the ground.

  "You have received 12 copper coins."

  "You obtained Evil Flame Heavy Sword"

  。”

  "You have obtained the Scorching Helmet."

  Evil Fire Heavy Sword (Bronze)

  Warrior, Paladin can use

  Requires level 2, dual-wielded swords

  Attack 3-9

  Strength + 1

  Additional: Your attacks deal an additional 1 point of poison damage.

  Weight 3.5 pounds

  Scorching Helmet is a magical defense helmet that can only be used by Holy Knights, although it's a blank slate, it's still worth a lot of money in the early stages. Lin Jie took out his Return Scroll and returned to Mel Town.

  The highest level player in the town has already reached level 2, and within a short period of time, hundreds of guilds have announced their establishment, showing the influence of the era. However, the three famous giants from the previous world: Glory Dynasty, Dark Inheritance Knights, and Wizard Paradise have not been established yet. But Lin Jie knew that they had already planted their people in the large guilds, waiting for an event a month later.

  "Ah, how could I have forgotten this!" Lin Jie slapped his forehead as he remembered something. In the early stages of the game, players usually recovered their health by sitting on the ground, and only those with more money would buy bread and water, while potions were a luxury item. He knew of a place where he could learn about perfect potion-making.

  On the edge of the town of Mere, there is a very strange lake called the Ghostly Spirit Lake. An old man with no name is forever fishing from the island in the center of the lake. No matter what the player says to him, he will only ask for one thing: Ghostly Ribs.

  In the continent of Ji Yuan, all non-humanoid monsters except bosses do not drop coins. As compensation, these creatures will drop various materials for players to sell, with Wraith Rib being one of them. The drop rate is extremely low, and the selling price can reach up to 4 copper coins. When a player gives the rib to the Old Man, he will say some empty words such as "Disaster is approaching" or "The continent needs saving", and also give an additional 2 copper coins.

  It wasn't until a stubborn player refused to give up and spent all his family's assets on ribs that he discovered the old man's true strength: teaching perfect potion-making. With this life skill, he became the "Potion King" overnight and was poached by the Glorious Empire with a hefty salary.

  The Glory Dynasty is the running dog of the Hundred Mile Long Wall!

  Lin Jie threw the scorching helmet into the auction house, bought two sets of bread and water, and rushed towards the Wandering Spirit Lake. The bread could restore health, while the water restored magic. Since he had learned Sword Qi Slash, he needed to use it well, and improving his skill level was something that required persistence and even branding it into his bones. Soon after, he would discover that in the game, warriors who often shouted loudly for no reason, and priests who were bored and gave themselves treatment...

  "You have entered the Succubus Camp."

  The Ghost Lake is in the middle of the Siren's Camp, where the Sirens are a group of female monsters that can confuse people's minds and are difficult to kill. However, 2nd-level Sirens have low attack power, so many brave players with high skills team up here to level up.

  The seductive succubus is a favorite pet of evil warlocks.

  Ding~

  Regional Announcement: "Iron Wall Empire has reserved this area, unrelated players please leave quickly"

  ！”

  Lin Jie's eyes turned cold, how long has it been since the opening? Someone already booked the whole place?

  The Iron Wall Empire was rampant for several months before the opening of the era, with various packages, killings, and domineering behavior. There is a saying that "bullying the weak and fearing the strong", many players were bullied and joined this guild to seek stability, thus expanding in disguise, with the intention of taking down the first guild. However, the Iron Wall Empire was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and was later easily wiped out by the Glory Dynasty.

  "So many monsters, can you finish them off?"

  "You dare to clear the scene, you're going against all the lone wanderers of Maple Town!"

  Not far away, a trio of players had a dispute with the Iron Wall Empire's players.

  Yin Dun coldly smiled, grasping the shield in his hand. Without even explaining, he directly smashed the shield into the face of that squad leader. The shield was fierce and powerful, first attacking the face, then continuously striking the abdomen. The squad leader, as a mage, didn't even have time to cast a single spell before being beaten to death.

  "PKer? Soon there will be no more PKers in Maple Town." Yin Shield coldly hummed, after killing a player his name was already blood red. The penalty for being red named was very severe: after being killed, the level would drop by 2 levels, weakness would last at least 10 hours, and equipment explosion rate would greatly increase, even to the point of full explosion.

  The remaining two were a thief and a female wizard. The thief shouted indignantly, "If you have the ability, don't rely on numbers, let's duel!"

  Silver Shield gives a hearty laugh, shield charging forward fiercely. This is the basic skill of the Shield Warrior - Shield Strike! It's also the most important skill in shield fighting, with extremely low attack output, but it also serves to attract hatred and interrupt attacks. The thief tries to attack, only to find himself facing an iron shield every time! And the female mage is even more miserable, with Silver Shield accurately slapping his shield on her face every 3 seconds.

  This is not a battle, it's a massacre!

  Plop!

  Two bodies fell to the ground.

  "Guard the corpse, and bleach it white." Silver Shield said coldly.

  Several people slowly walked towards Lin Jie, their eyes filled with ridicule. Oh, there's actually a lone ranger who still mixes in the 2nd level map?

  When he saw the weapon in Lin Jie's hand, Silver Shield didn't hide the greed in his eyes at all, and rushed over fiercely. The shield blocked Lin Jie's line of sight! The highest state of shield fighting is to make the opponent only see the shield!

  Lin Jie gave a cold smile, raised his heavy sword and chopped down fiercely, with sharp sword energy scattering in all directions!

  －25！

  －4！

  Both of them were injured at the same time, and Silver Shield was stunned. His health bar dropped by one-fifth, but when he looked back at his opponent, it had hardly changed!

  Lin Jie's current HP was as high as 210 points, he couldn't even imagine!

  Sword Energy Slash

  Sword Energy Slash!

  When the rest of them arrived, Lin Jie had already beaten Silver Shield into a pulp.

  "Hold him back, wait for me to recover!" Yin Shield roared, stuffing a recovery potion into his mouth. Several younger brothers formed a human wall around them.

  Lin Jie sneered.

  Sword Energy Slash! -40!

  Yin Dun's eyes widened as he fell backwards, his entire set of equipment exploding. His younger brother furiously attacked Lin Jie, but it had no effect whatsoever. He withstood the firepower from several people and picked up the items that Yin Dun had dropped, a new set of novice equipment that wasn't even worth bothering to pick up. The only valuable things were a shield and a full set of low-grade health potions.

  Withstanding the siege of four people, Lin Jie's blood bar still had more than half left, but not far away, the Iron Wall Dynasty's people had arrived, he hastily ran towards the Mochi Wraith Lake, while running, he poured down a primary health potion.

  "Halt!" A square-faced warrior bellowed, his long sword held horizontally as his body transformed into a dark shadow! This was the Charge skill! Lin Jie saw his face and couldn't help but smile meaningfully. Before he could be charged at, he crouched down and jumped into the lake.

  This man is the president of the Iron Wall Dynasty - the Heaven-Defying Shield! He's also the first person to allocate attribute points to his health, and he's a full health point addition, paired with high defense equipment. Once, he was surrounded by dozens of enemies and bombarded for half an hour without dying.

  "Director..."

  "Don't chase after him, this lake can't be dived into." The Heaven-Defying Shield shook his head, he had sent people to try before, the Shepherd's Lost Soul Lake would deal 10 points of damage to players every second, it was impossible to stay for a long time. That guy was probably dead for sure. He coldly snorted, "Get Silver Shield over here!"

  ————

  －10！－10！

  Lin Jie spat out black water bubbles, the water of Mowu Spirit Lake was not as murky as it seemed on the surface, but rather crystal clear. He could clearly distinguish the scenery in the water. The destination was just a short distance away on a small island, but Lin Jie continued to search underwater, his health bar quickly dropping by half.

  Drank a bottle of blood potion, if can't find another one then must leave, blood potion has 2 minutes cooldown.

  A sharp pain in the eyes, a beam of light caught attention.

  Underwater, there is a grayish-black treasure chest!

  It's it, the unranked treasure chest of Mochou Spirit Lake! Lin Jie couldn't help but feel excited. The underwater treasure chest in Mochou Spirit Lake only refreshed 10 times and only 10 players could get it. The rewards got worse with each subsequent opening. In his past life, the first person to open it was Di Tianzheng, who obtained a powerful shield that was almost unbeatable in the early stages, which was also why he dominated for a period of time. This life, Lin Jie became the first person to take the risk.

  The treasure chest is not locked and can be opened directly.

  "You have obtained Wild Dash skill book."

  "You have obtained the Fallen Feather Gemstone."