135: Do you want to be a dog for an NPC?

"Ah?"

Bao Gaoshua was completely stunned.

To be honest, at first, he was quite conceited, but after witnessing one talented player after another in the tests, he instantly realized the huge gap between himself and other players.

Firstly, there was the disparity in Golden Fingers brought by reincarnation points. Those who chose talent-based Golden Fingers could even master ninth-grade spells in one go during the spell-learning test, then skillfully cast them, making people exclaim that they were Geniuses.

And even without considering Golden Fingers, purely in terms of game operation, some could use battle intuition to dodge enemy attacks, and even counterattack, or easily find hidden treasures in mazes based on clues.

But he, Bao Gaoshua, was useless at everything.

He originally thought he would definitely be eliminated, but he unexpectedly passed all the way, and was finally informed that he passed the test and could become an Outer Sect Disciple of Duan Kong Cave, with the potential for further promotion in the future.

At this point, Bao Gaoshua was completely stunned.

No, what's the deal with this Duan Kong Cave? Does it only want trash like him?

Other players were also stunned, and it took them a while to come up with a possible reason:

"Damn, this Duan Kong Cave must think that Genius players are hard to control, so they only recruit us."

"Damn it, they're looking down on us, thinking we'll never be able to rise up!"

Bao Gaoshua instantly understood that Duan Kong Cave was afraid of being taken over by players, so it only wanted trash.

But even if players were trash, they could consume Lifespan to accelerate their cultivation. Each and every one of them was cheap expendable material, capable of performing various tasks and incredibly useful.

Upon realizing this, Bao Gaoshua's expression turned somewhat grim.

Damn it, to actually be looked down upon by these native NPCs!

"I believe you all must have guessed it by now."

At this moment, Xiang Duanping, an Immortal Foundation Outstanding Talent with the [Dingfeng Mountain] Immortal Foundation, who was in charge of the Disciple recruitment ceremony, floated gracefully in mid-air in a white robe, looking at all the players who passed the selection, and spoke with a light laugh:

"Let me make it clearer.

"With your talents, it's impossible for you to enter Qingling Sect or Heshui Prefecture, and even the Great Jiang Imperial Dynasty's court wouldn't accept you.

"Even looking further down, any Sect with a Foundation Establishment Cultivator in charge wouldn't waste precious resources on you. Even a Family wouldn't bother to give you Guest Elder status.

"And what can those small Qi Refining Sects give you? Nothing at all."

After speaking, without paying attention to the grim expressions on Bao Gaoshua and the others' Faces, Xiang Duanping continued:

"That is to say, only my Duan Kong Cave is willing to give you trash a chance, to provide you with resources to climb upwards, and enable you to continue advancing.

"Of course, as a price, Duan Kong Cave also requires you to perform tasks.

"Every day, we will provide you with sufficient resources to allow you to consume Lifespan and cultivate in one go. After that, you must spend at least eight hours every day performing tasks assigned by my Duan Kong Cave, including mining spirit ore, planting spirit fields, hunting Demonic Beasts and Yao Beasts, and so on.

"Furthermore, if you have not achieved a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment when your Lifespan is down to only ten years, my Duan Kong Cave will be responsible for reclaiming your Physical Body as compensation.

"Of course, if you can successfully achieve Foundation Establishment, these requirements will naturally be waived."

Xiang Duanping said with a smile, "This is a gamble."

All the players present immediately burst into an uproar.

Working for Duan Kong Cave for eight hours, which is sixteen hours, every day, was already incredibly Heaven-Defying, even more Heaven-Defying than working in reality.

What was even more Heaven-Defying was that if they couldn't achieve a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment and were considered trash on the verge of death, even their Physical Bodies would be taken and utilized by Duan Kong Cave!

"Holy crap, Duan Kong Cave isn't pretending anymore, are they revealing that they're a demonic Cultivator Sect?"

"Damn it, wasn't Duan Kong Cave quite proper before, and even drew a clear line with demonic Cultivators?"

"How did it suddenly become a demonic Cultivator Sect?"

"On the surface, Duan Kong Cave is still considered righteous, it's just that in their eyes, we are Extraterrestrial Demons..."

To some righteous Cultivators, Extraterrestrial Demons are not considered people, and are only slightly stronger than Yao Beasts... At this, Bao Gaoshua and the other players fell silent collectively.

If they agreed to the demands and joined Duan Kong Cave, it would be a complete and utter selling of themselves.

And looking at Xiang Duanping's gaze, it was clear he didn't put them in his eyes, treating them purely as tools.

To humble themselves, work themselves to death, and even after death be used by others, this was the price of joining Duan Kong Cave.

For a moment, Bao Gaoshua felt incredibly aggrieved in his heart. Damn it, it was bad enough to be worked like a dog in reality, but he had to be worked like a dog in the game too?

Just as he was about to righteously refuse, he saw a player step forward and say:

"This Disciple is willing to join Duan Kong Cave! Thank you, Duan Kong Cave, for your benevolence!"

Bao Gaoshua's eyes widened as he watched a player accept the terms and officially become a Disciple of Duan Kong Cave, and soon after, even donned the iconic white robe of Duan Kong Cave.

More and more players around them stepped forward, donned white robes, and became glorious Outer Sect Disciples.

Other players nearby were also discussing:

"Although the demands are a bit harsh, this is a Golden Core Sect. Resources are plentiful, and maybe we can successfully achieve Foundation Establishment. Then the situation will definitely be different."

"That's right, working ourselves to death elsewhere wouldn't earn us the resources Duan Kong Cave can provide. These sixteen hours are completely worth it."

"Face? What's that? Our most important task right now is to improve our strength!"

Hearing the voices around him, Bao Gaoshua fell silent, hesitating in place.

Indeed, other Sects and Families would never allocate resources to trash like them. Only Duan Kong Cave was willing to give them resources.

Moreover, there was a gambling agreement: as long as they could achieve a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, the situation would be completely different, and they would thoroughly turn things around.

As for so-called dignity and Face, it was just playing a game, what did that count for?

Bao Gaoshua was about to accept, but then he suddenly saw a new post published on the game forum, followed by a flurry of messages.

"Friends of Duan Kong Cave, don't be deceived! They're clearly luring you in to kill you!"

"Although it's just a game, we are players, Extraterrestrial Demons. We still need to have some Face. How can we work for smelly NPCs?"

"Other Sects don't want you? Our Great Love Alliance does!"

"The Great Love Alliance has officially established its Sect! From now on, please call us Great Love Sect!"

"Great Love Sect is fully recruiting Disciples! All players can join, and every player can enjoy a Spirit Gathering Array personally crafted by the Sect Master!"

"Progress together, fight together, welcome to Great Love Sect!"

Bao Gaoshua's eyes lit up.

That's right!

They were players, Extraterrestrial Demons, how could they bow their heads to mere NPCs?

Duan Kong Cave's conditions were clearly designed to make things difficult, and who knew when they would be completely exploited.

A player-run Sect was definitely more reliable!

Thus, Bao Gaoshua defiantly refused, left Duan Kong Cave directly, and headed to the nearest Great Love Sect branch stronghold, eager to join this largest player Sect.