Summoning Players into My Game

Luo Qi thought Lin Qi's teachings on martial arts were a joke.

A gang in the outskirts opening a shop to teach martial arts seemed like a dark humor.

Even if Lin Qi was telling the truth, who would dare to run to a gang's base to learn, unless they thought they had too many organs and wanted to lose a few?

"What are you thinking? Of course, it's true, we are a legitimate Martial Arts Hall," Lin Qi said earnestly, hearing Luo Qi's meaning.

"Gangs on the outskirts have always been synonymous with danger. Even if I believe you, Lin Zi, do you think the people on the outskirts do? The Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is on the Martial Artist Association's list of gangs in the outskirts, and now it's probably known throughout the outskirts," Luo Qi suggested, "Besides, opening a shop to teach martial arts is too wasteful for the shop's current state. I feel that it's better to stick to my old profession, recruit some mechanicians, and purchase a batch of machine tools. As long as there's a stable source of minerals, we won't have to worry about making money."

"Opening a weapon shop? That's a good idea." Lin Qi thought it was a good idea. Although the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall wasn't lacking weapons, with more players joining in the future, existing weapons wouldn't be enough. Having their own weapon shop would allow them to confidently use the Martial Arts Hall's Ancient Bronze Ore to manufacture B2 Level weapons. So he said, "Let's go for both. You can prepare for the weapon shop while helping promote the Martial Arts Hall, without delaying either task."

"When the shop opens, you can promote our Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall's focus on teaching apprentice level martial arts, Shattering Stone Fist, and Leopard Shadow Step."

At that moment, a system notification sounded in Lin Qi's ears.

System: Congratulations to the host for triggering the high-level hidden mission 'Martial Arts for All,' allowing players to teach a novice martial arts skill to the people of this world. The teaching fee must be above the market price, rewarding a forceful martial arts fusion. You can choose a martial art created by the player to forcibly fuse with a martial art the host has mastered. There is a certain chance to fuse into a higher-level martial art, and the host can directly reach proficiency.

"Forced martial arts fusion! A certain chance to fuse into a higher-level martial art?" Lin Qi's heartbeat accelerated as he looked at the rewards of the high-level hidden mission. He hadn't expected that an idea could trigger such a task.

Even without discussing the fusion of martial arts, which he had been coveting, being able to directly master the player-created martial art made this mission a must-do.

Martial arts skills in the world of high martial arts, while powerful, weren't very flashy and had significant side effects. On the other hand, player-created martial arts were dazzling.

If he could die and resurrect, he would have started practicing those player-created martial arts long ago.

Now, there's a chance to fuse into even more powerful martial arts. No matter what, this high-level task must be completed.

"Alright, at that time I will promote it, but I can't guarantee anyone will want to come to learn," Luo Qi said with relief upon hearing Lin Qi's agreement, "The machine equipment for the weapon shop requires a considerable investment. Equipment to manufacture A6-level standardized weapons costs around a million Bit for a second-hand one, and B2-level standard equipment costs about five million Bit used. How many does the Martial Arts Hall plan to buy?"

"..." Lin Qi fell silent. He couldn't even scrape together 200,000 right now, "The weapon shop can be developed slowly, as at the moment I can't find much mineral source anyway. Of course, the weapon shop will open, but we can start by converting the shop into some workshops, and it won't be too late to buy machine equipment when resources are available."

"Okay, I'll contact people for some simple renovations of the shop, and we'll open in two days," Luo Qi didn't doubt anything and felt Lin Qi made sense. Opening a weapon shop isn't so easy; without a stable supply of minerals, the manufacturing equipment would just be for show.

After hanging up the communication, Lin Qi immediately began organizing the future development direction of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Half an hour later, Lin Qi posted a new A4 paper on the training ground's notice board, attracting players to check it out.

"Damn! Brothers, come quick, the Martial Arts Hall has released new gameplay!"

"They actually want us to teach NPCs martial arts, is there a mistake? Isn't it supposed to be the NPCs teaching us?"

"Didn't you see it's a long-term mission of the Martial Arts Hall? It requires at least the first layer of Shattering Stone Fist or Leopard Shadow Step at a proficient level. This mission is tough, not for ordinary people. Previously there were no penalties; this time failing the task results in losing the same points and contribution as the task itself."

"But the rewards for this mission are really generous. Teaching an NPC for two hours, and as long as the NPC gives a passing evaluation, you earn 2000 points and 100 contribution. This speed of earning points, even those experts in the new map might not be as fast."

"It's probably a welfare mission for those new experts, high risk, high reward. It's far more promising than digging holes and farming every day, a real technical job. Unfortunately, my Shattering Stone Fist is only 44% mastered, not even qualified to sign up."

"Great! My Leopard Shadow Step is 68% mastered. This mission opens in two days; if I push a bit, I might have a chance!"

...

Everyone looked at the latest announcement, surprised that when these newcomers were complaining about the lack of tasks to take, the game company unexpectedly launched new gameplay. The rewards for the new gameplay even surpassed the points and contribution earned in the new map, provoking an eager response.

The older players in the previous batches were making a fortune on the new map, while these newcomers could only watch every day, envying the old players who now owned their weapons, with even their resting areas under construction, literally drooling with envy.

Now there's this teaching task, it's definitely the best choice for these newcomers to catch up with the veterans.

"Teaching task?"

"This could be worth a try, just right to pay back the points I spent on that Outer Gunman kid, and also become an inner sect disciple along the way."

Among the newcomers, Chen Ya, a tall figure who always draws attention wherever she goes, looked at the latest announcement with a graceful arc on her lips, captivating anyone who saw it.

Chen Ya had previously made it into the top hundred by luck through the physical fitness test. Initially, she thought the game developers of the Descent of High Martial were crazy to create such a pathological assessment. If she hadn't maintained her daily exercises and continuously improved her tunneling skills, she wouldn't have been able to make it into the top hundred.

However, after being selected to enter Descent of High Martial, Chen Ya felt that this physical fitness test wasn't without reason, and after playing High Wu Arrival for two days, she indeed realized this game was not simple.

Especially after learning the Fixed Star Explosion Visualization Technique, Chen Ya could clearly feel her mind becoming sharper in reality. After dying dozens of times, and improving the Fixed Star Explosion Visualization Technique to 10%, she could even easily use the Divine Skill Eight-leaf One Slash consecutively while controlling a mecha, which stunned even herself.

To improve so much in just two days, Chen Ya could hardly imagine the level Li Ranxing would have reached after playing High Wu Arrival for so many days, especially after learning the spirit secret technique, which only inner sect disciples could learn. She heard from the Outer Gunman that the spirit secret technique was even more powerful.

Originally, Chen Ya was quite troubled, but now she saw hope in catching up with Li Ranxing's progress.

Currently, her Shattering Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Step were both above 50% Beginner Level, as she devoted most of her time to refining the Fixed Star Explosion Visualization Technique. However, if she had two more days, she could completely reach the proficient stage, all she needed was not to sleep and not to go to the club for special training.

And barely an hour after Lin Qi's announcement was posted, a large number of new players began to crazily enhance their Shattering Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Step in the training ground, resulting in broken arms and legs, making the bustling scene resemble a market. The vagabonds hired by the Martial Arts Hall to make furniture watched in horror and quickly hid on the second floor of the hall, afraid the martial arts academy disciples would drag them into playing along.

Time flew by, and two days passed quickly.

Chasing Light City, city outskirts, Black Obsidian Shop.

The small building, although shabby, was relatively luxurious for the outskirts. As soon as Luo Qi had the employees open the door to greet guests, a large number of passersby couldn't resist their curiosity and went inside to take a look.

"Gang Leader, the Black Obsidian shop is open." A White Feather Gang member, observing from a busy street corner, whispered into his smart watch, speaking in the Feather Race language that few understood.

"They opened the shop this fast?" Isaac on the other end of the communication was curious. He had already informed various companies and enterprises in the city outskirts, and normally the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall wouldn't be able to receive commissions. Without these commission tasks and running to other cities or towns to stock up, it seemed like a losing business no matter how you looked at it, "What are they selling in their store?"

"They're not selling anything." The White Feather Gang member said awkwardly.

"Not selling anything? Then what are they doing opening the shop?" Isaac asked, puzzled.

"They're promoting apprentice martial arts, intending to get people from the outskirts to learn at the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall," the White Feather Gang member explained, "And the learning prices at the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall are outrageously high, scaring away everyone who enters the store."

"I went to check the prices at the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. The normal learning for apprentice-level martial arts, an experienced quasi-martial artist instructor on the outskirts charges 1000 bits per hour, with two-hour sessions, totaling about fifty sessions to reach proficiency."

"Ordinary quasi-martial artist instructors charge 500 bits per hour, requiring roughly seventy to eighty sessions to reach proficiency. But the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall charges between 2000 to 4000 bits per hour for teaching apprentice-level martial arts, without specifying the number of sessions needed for proficiency. The prices are obviously exorbitant. I fully understand what the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall intends to do."

"Gang Leader, should I continue to monitor them?"

"Teaching apprentice martial arts?" Isaac was full of disdain, thinking the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was doing it for attention because they had no products to sell, "No need, come back. After this, it's a matter for Yakro and her team in the wilds."

"Yes!"

And less than an hour after the White Feather Gang member left, two human female high school students, both over two meters tall, arrived at the door of the Black Obsidian Shop.

"Shuangyan, this is your sister's shop. It's really nice," said the girl with a ponytail, wearing a key high school uniform from Chasing Light City, her large, lively eyes gleaming, then looked at the short-haired girl in a different uniform next to her, smiling, "Let's go in and see what's being sold. Since it's your sister's shop, as your friend, I have to show some support."

The lively-eyed girl said as she dragged the resisting Luo Shuangyan right into the Black Obsidian Shop.