Summoning Players into My Game

Red Moon Mountain, the scorching sun high in the sky.

Batch after batch of new players stepped off the medium-sized transport trucks, each one curiously examining everything below Red Moon Mountain, filled with wonder about everything.

"Why are there only a few of you guarding the gate?"

Fang Zhen stepped off the truck, looking at the six new Basic Apprentices guarding the mountain gate with a look of surprise.

These six new Basic Apprentices were newcomers they brought from the Martial Arts Hall to Red Moon Mountain last night. Normally, these newcomers wouldn't qualify to guard the gate, after all, the vagabonds coming to do business at Red Moon Mountain generally had considerable strength, including Basic and Intermediate Apprentices.

If any trouble were to arise with these vagabonds, it would be difficult for the new Basic Apprentices to handle.

Luo Wushang, One Leaf Floating Cloud, and others who had just gotten off the truck also looked curiously at the six new apprentices. The gatekeeping task came with quite generous rewards from the Hall Master, considered a lucrative position.

After all, in half a day you could earn 300 points and 50 contributions without doing anything. The regulars at Red Moon Mountain would rush to seize this task, so how could they possibly let newcomers take it on?

While on gatekeeping duty, players could practice the Shocking God Breathing Technique at ease, offering relaxation to an exhausted body and mind, as well as leveling up. The only issue was making a mistake and getting gravely injured or dying, requiring a lengthy return trip from the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

"We weren't lucky enough to draw the right lot, so we ended up guarding the gate," a few of them chuckled wryly.

"Having bad luck means guarding the gate?" Fang Zhen was even more surprised, "What's going on in Red Moon Mountain now? Is it really bad luck to even get to guard the gate?"

"The Hall Master announced a new Martial Arts Hall secret realm a few hours ago. It only requires a payment of 200 points and 20 contributions each time to enter for a limited time each day. The stronger you are, the longer you can stay in the secret realm."

"Basic Apprentices can stay for eight hours, Intermediate Apprentices for ten hours, Advanced Apprentices for twelve hours, and Extreme Apprentices for fourteen hours. What you can gain is all up to yourself."

"However, Red Moon Mountain must maintain a minimum level of defense, and we're the first batch left here."

The six new apprentices explained Lin Qi's latest announcement about Red Moon Mountain to the skeptical Fang Zhen and others.

"A Martial Arts Hall secret realm?" One Leaf Floating Cloud was stunned, "Just during my respawn cooldown, there's a new gameplay method?"

Just from the name alone, one could tell the Martial Arts Hall secret realm was formidable. As a second-wave veteran player struggling with massive debt to become a top-tier expert, he missed the chance to explore the secret realm due to a respawn issue, which was a great setback.

"Let's head over now. It's only been a little over three hours since we respawned, so heading to the Martial Arts Hall secret realm isn't too late," Fang Zhen replied calmly, not as eager as One Leaf Floating Cloud.

The previous heist and raid tasks had earned their squad quite a sum; everyone now had an A6-level weapon, the best-armed of the three squads. Even if there was a secret realm, he didn't think other players could catch up by such a margin in a short time.

"By the way, Red Moon Mountain also opened up a respawn point. You just need to go to the respawn point and spend 2,000 points to bind it, then you can respawn directly at Red Moon Mountain in the future," one of the gate-watching new apprentices reminded the group heading to the secret realm.

"Respawn point? What on earth is going on? How much have we missed just due to respawning?" One Leaf Floating Cloud was utterly confused by the newbie's reminder.

It wasn't just One Leaf Floating Cloud; even those present like Luo Wushang and Fang Zhen also stopped in their tracks, looking at the speaking new apprentice in astonishment, barely believing their words.

Although the new map of Red Moon Mountain was excellent in many aspects, it had long had one major flaw.

That flaw was the hassle of respawning.

For veterans like them, already Advanced Apprentices, a normal respawn would take more than half an hour, and not to mention the time needed to get back from the Martial Arts Hall to the mountain, which made them hesitant to advance in martial arts and training techniques at Red Moon Mountain. Most of the time, they would only grind points, die, and rush back to the Martial Arts Hall to cultivate madly.

This wasted so much time.

If Red Moon Mountain truly had a respawn point, this new map would be perfect, allowing safer breakthroughs and massive points accumulation.

"This respawn point opened together with the secret realm, in a temporary rest room in the mine; just register with the Hall Master." The new apprentice explained.

"Damn! If I'd only known, I wouldn't have respawned so quickly." One Leaf Floating Cloud regretted it; although changing the respawn point cost a lot of points, if he had waited, he wouldn't have had to travel so far. He thought of his elder sister Ye Qinglu rushing to the mine to train despite her injuries, "My sister really is the chosen one. I must stick with her from now on."

Since childhood, Ye Qinglu had been blessed with good fortune, which always made One Leaf Floating Cloud envious. He thought discovering the Descent of High Martial first gave him an edge over Ye Qinglu, even leading her on tasks, something he never dared to imagine before.