Chapter 720 – PACTs and Dao Stones
NFT – Non-Fungible Token, aka a form of cryptocurrency technology, was the major part of Pangu Online 2's attraction. The NFT avatars and add-on skills could be traded for real money, and gamers could obtain one from gacha gambling.
Unfortunately, the local population couldn't purchase cryptocurrency. They could only earn PACTs and Dao Stones by giving out quests.
But that was not Miaomiao's problem. He had Dao Stones left over from the last event.
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Chrono Green House Creation
NFT Type: Add-On Skill
Rarity: Mythic
Requirement: Chrono Element Root
Required Add-On Slot: 1
Cost: 50,000 Mana
Cooldown: 30 days
Skill Effect: Create a 50 square meters Chrono Green House. The greenhouse can accelerate the growth rate of the spiritual plants by 100 folds.
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'Add-on? Oh right, I have 10 add-on slots.'
From what Mu-Nyang had told him, players' game avatars came with socket slots. Everybody could equip add-on skills or perks to their character to add extra abilities to their game characters.
Miaomiao also had ten available slots that he could use. This skill might come in handy if he wanted to help his clan. As for himself, it was useless.
Miaomiao pressed on the item, and the skill icon vanished. The wisp of memory entered his mind.
DING
<You have learned Chrono Green House Creation.>
<Your available add-on skill slot is permanently decreased by one.>
Not only did Miaomiao get the game messages, but Mu-Nyang also gave him hints.
'Consider those skill slots as your salary while you're working for me, munya. I'll give you 10 extra skill slots every million years. You can use it to learn unique laws and get some inspiration for your dantian universe in the future, munya.'
'You're quite generous, Mu-Nyang.' Miaomiao smiled.
'I'm in a good mood, munya! My avatar is having fun with my slave.'
'Good for you. Is your pet human doing well?'
'He's a bit silly, and he farts a lot. He's a nice guy to be around, munya.'
'Introduce him to me if he joins the game. I'll help him.'
'Nyahahaha! You will be surprised when you meet him, munya!'
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After the meeting, the elders asked all clansmen to rest and be ready for mobilization. Miaomiao took this opportunity to return to his room.
Sitting on the bed, Miaomiao reopened the shop system again. Gacha could be addictive. After getting one add-on skill, Miaomiao wanted more.
Unfortunately, not everything could go smoothly.
DING
<You can only use the mythic gacha machine once a month.>
Miaomiao was disappointed. He switched to the promotion tab to see what he could buy with PACTs.
"Premium Backpack for inventory expansion? I can use spatial rings to store items though. Adventurer guide pass? Merchant guild pass? Meh, I'm an NPC, and I gain levels by cultivating. I don't need to do quests or hunt monsters like players, do I? What's next? Oh, how nice. There's a pet shop… Like hell I need dogs, birds, and penguins to help me pick up the loots. No."
The game shop reminded him of an old P2W MMO game. However, he forgot its name.
After browsing the item list for a while, Miaomiao only purchased a set of fashion cloth, which was sold for a limited amount. He paid only 369 PACT for the whole set.
It was a set of a shirt, leather pants, leather boots, and a stylish coat that many anime protagonists loved to wear. Miaomiao customized it to white so that the color theme matched his clan's white uniform. Combined with the white mask that clansmen always wore, Miaomiao's new look was so chuunibyou that he cringed when he looked at the mirror.
CREAK
Xiong Zhenzhen entered Miaomiao's room to offer him night service. She looked up and saw Miaomiao in the new clothes.
"Master, you look handsome in that. Where did you buy it from?"
"Oh," Miaomiao took off the white mask. "It's from the system shop."
"System shop? Doesn't it require strange tokens?"
"I have some. Wanna do some shopping for your new clothes?"
"W-Will it be expensive?"
Miaomiao grinned and transferred 1,000 PACTs to Xiong Zhenzhen. He came up with an excuse.
"Yesterday, I gave out prank quests to otherworlders, and I got a lot of tokens."
"Shouldn't you hand them to the elders?"
"What can a thousand tokens buy anyway? Elixir and useful items cost at least 10,000 tokens! Well, we can at least exchange them for fancy clothes like mine. Why don't you check the fashion shop and see what kind of dress you like? It doesn't cost much."
"There's a fashion store?"
Xiong Zhenzhen was delighted. She opened the system shop and browsed the cloth store all night, testing the cloth combination and customization perk in the preview.
Again, Miaomiao didn't get to have sex that night. The wife wanted to online-shop.
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At noon of the next day, Xiong Zhenzhen finalized her new clothes. She ended up with a fantasy thief clothes, consisting of a full-body tight suit, a jacket, and a mouth mask. However, her color theme was black.
Miaomiao raised his eyebrows, amused by Xiong Zhenzhen's fashion sense.
"Aren't you uncomfortable in there? That looks troublesome."
Xiong Zhenzhen laughed, "No. Actually, it's easier to move around in this costume. From the description of the system screen, this set comes with a 5% bonus movement speed. It's a bit difficult to undress though. By the way, what's your coat's effect?"
"5% bonus Qi gathering speed."
"Wha-?! There's that type of bonus? How come I didn't see it?"
"Maybe you overlooked some of the clothes because they aren't your type?"
"Aw. Okay, I'll recheck the shop right now. I still have 600 tokens to use!"
"…"
Miaomiao left the shopping-crazed woman alone. He continued cultivating and ignored the players' activities in the city.
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A month quickly passed by. It was the day that the Celestial Sword Sect started recruiting disciples.
Miaomiao climbed off his bed and patted Xiong Zhenzhen's semen-filled belly. He laughed at her, who was exhausted from night activities.
"I'll be off. I'll visit you when I'm free from the sect's training, okay?" Miaomiao kissed Xiong Zhenzhen's cheek and cleansed himself with water Qi.
After taking a bath and putting on his new fashion clothes, Miaomiao left his courtyard and reported himself in the clan hall.
The elders had been waiting for Miaomiao. They admired his new clothes and smirked.
"Is that the clothes from the system shop, Miao'er?" Asked the patriarch.
"Yes. Do you think it's alright to take the assessment trial like this?"
"Hahaha! Our boy is conscious of his look now. Don't worry. You are more handsome than everybody here. Go out and have fun. Nobody can make fun of a 7th-stage cultivator in a basic test for children."
During the month, Miaomiao had consumed some essence cores and advanced to the next rank. He now could sense the connection between him and his domains, but he couldn't unlock 99% of his power yet.
Everybody laughed as they were confident in Miaomiao's performance. The latter bid Mao Handan farewell as he would need to live in the sect for a long time after this.
The elders gave Miaomiao a few essence cores as encouragement gifts. The juniors and children of the clan also came to send Miaomiao off.
Looking at the warm family, Miaomiao didn't want to leave. He steeled his mind and flew toward the designated location, which Mao Shan and Mao Cheng had already informed him. Mao Hao and three other 6th-stage bodyguards followed their young lord as well.
20 kilometers to the north of Mao Clan Manor was a city-sized Celestial Sword Sect. Like a city, tall walls surrounded the sect, and cultivators in white robes and blue bandanas had been flying around, patrolling the sect's territory.
In front of the sect's gate, a massive crowd of players and local cultivators had been gathering there. They looked nervous as they inspected each other's levels, uniforms, gears, and affiliates.
When Miaomiao and his bodyguards flew toward the crowd, everybody looked up and gasped in astonishment, especially the players.
"G-Gold-named NPC!"
"I-Isn't that the NPC that gave the info-gathering scenario quest?!"
"I can't see his level! What level is that NPC?!"
Miaomiao ignored the commotion. He landed behind the crowd and stood there, waiting for the sect's examination or assessment trial to begin.
It didn't take a minute for a group of players to approach Miaomiao. They cupped their fists and mimicked the local culture.
"Greetings, sir!"
Miaomiao smiled at them and accepted their salute, "Hello, otherworlders."
"Sir, I heard you're looking for-err-people. I'm wondering if I can help you as well."
The player wanted to accept the quest that Miaomiao had given out on the first day. Unfortunately for him, Miaomiao was not in the mood.
"Excuse me. I'm here to join the sect's assessment trial. I need to concentrate."
"O-Oh. Sorry to bother you, sir."
The group of players was dejected. Some of them withdrew, but a new group replaced them to try their luck.
"Sir, angel! Sir, I've been admiring your grace. Is there a way for me to become your disciple or join your clan?"
Mao Hao and the bodyguards were amused. They snickered.
"Bold! Look at you. None of you has broken through to the second stage yet, but you want to work for us, the Mao Clan? You need to be at least a 4th-stage cultivator to work as a maid or a gardener!"
The players were taken aback. They gazed at their purple names and unreadable level. From their perspective, Miaomiao and his bodyguards' levels were shown as [???], which hinted that they were much stronger than them.
Currently, the top players of the second world managed to reach level 130, which was an early bone refining stage or 2nd stage. One of them was also present here to join the rare event even though all local participants were level 300 and higher.
While the players were disheartened, Miaomiao consoled them.
"We have a different background. Our family inherits the bloodline of Chaos Demon and Chaos Seraphim, so we have a higher standard. Right now, it's too early for you to join my clan. Train harder, and maybe you will have a chance to join us."
"Can we become our disciple, sir?" One of them hadn't given up.
Miaomiao was about to refuse, but he had an idea.
"I'm a dual cultivator, so I can only accept female disciples. I can't dual cultivate with men."
"…"
As soon as Miaomiao mentioned dual cultivating, Mao Hao and the bodyguards laughed while the players were shocked. The male gamers clicked their tongues in disgust and walked away.
On the other hand, MMORPG players, aka the many-men-online-role-playing-girls type of gamers, flaunted their female avatars and tried to seduce Miaomiao.
"Sir, do you think I have a chance?" One of the female characters revealed her cleavage.
Miaomiao narrowed his eyes and summoned a screen panel, which the players couldn't see. It showed the status of the players, their hidden information, and real-life data.
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Real Name: Johnny McBruh
Real Gender: Male
Real Age: 16
In-Game ID: Jessica
Character Gender: Female
NFT Rarity: Super Rare
Level: 89
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There were other data, but Miaomiao only needed this much to identify the player's real gender and characteristics.
"I don't dual-cultivate men in disguise."
"Wut?!" The fake girl gamer was stunned.
"I can see through your souls. You're men in a woman's skin. If you swing that way, I suggest you try your luck elsewhere. Maybe you can find someone that has the same taste."
Many male gamers laughed at the fake woman. The remaining players also retreated as they didn't want to get exposed.
While opportunistic players racked their brains about how they could extract a quest from Miaomiao, a young man that had obtained Miaomiao's quest on the first day pushed through the crowd and got in front of him.
"Sir! I've come here to make the report! I've found three people on the list!"
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