50: No one is bad from the beginning.

Inside Efeng Mountain Range.

The sun was just right, a gentle breeze caressed, and the trees rustled, looking very beautiful.

Flocks of Demonic Beasts, birds, were aggressively attacking the Cultivators from Duan Kong Cave.

The Cultivators were strong and extremely fast, but unfortunately, the Demonic Beasts were simply too numerous, relentlessly clinging to them.

Soon, a Cultivator fell, groaning in pain, and the Demonic Beasts swarmed over, quickly extinguishing its life.

"Alright, everyone saw that, right?"

Watermelon Prince stood on a distant earthen platform: "These Demonic Beasts are very weak. One-on-one, they are definitely no match for the Cultivators of Duan Kong Cave, but they are numerous! Didn't someone say before that human wave tactics are ineffective against Cultivators? Eh, I'm not using a human wave, I'm using a beast wave!"

Midnight Gao Sou watched for a long time, still not understanding what was happening, so he simply connected directly and asked: "Watermelon Prince, how did you do that?"

"Welcome, Gao Sou!"

Watermelon Prince's tone became excited. Midnight Gao Sou's popularity was incredibly high now, and he could bring him a lot of traffic.

He turned the camera: "Gao Sou, doesn't this place look familiar?"

Midnight Gao Sou looked around, his eyes wide: "Isn't this Broken Wood Cliff?"

This place was all too familiar.

When Ge Xuanqing had trapped and killed the four of them, it was at Broken Wood Cliff, giving them a bit of PTSD.

"That's right, this is Broken Wood Cliff."

Watermelon Prince chuckled: "Senior Ge is very familiar with Broken Wood Cliff. He knows the habits of the Demonic Beasts here very well. As long as he makes good use of the Beast-Attracting Grass, he can turn the Demonic Beasts into weapons, specifically to deal with Duan Kong Cave."

As he spoke, Watermelon Prince moved the camera again, and Ge Xuanqing appeared in the frame.

At this moment, Ge Xuanqing's face showed no humility, no ferocity; he looked very normal.

He was scattering Beast-Attracting Grass (which was the Beast-Repelling Grass that Midnight Gao Sou and the others had been tricked by), guiding the Demonic Beasts onto the correct path.

There were also many people helping him, jointly guiding the Demonic Beasts.

"Wait!"

Midnight Gao Sou suddenly shouted: "Don't move the camera yet, I think I just saw a familiar face."

Watermelon Prince smiled proudly: "Those are people from the mercenary group. Zhen Xingshan brought his entire group to help me. And it's not just the mercenary group; the Disciples of the martial arts hall, the garrison of Qinghe Town, and even some household retainers raised by prominent families have all voluntarily come to help me."

Midnight Gao Sou looked confused: "How did you do that?"

Watermelon Prince laughed: "A new function was added during the last update: in single-player mode, you can quickly skip time when Cultivating. So, I only need to do some key things, then hide in a carriage to Cultivate and accelerate time, and I can quickly get this new save to the current plot."

Midnight Gao Sou was a little annoyed: "No, I'm not asking about that. What I want to ask is how you convinced them?"

Watermelon Prince was not only good at creating excitement but also very perceptive: "This actually takes a lot of time and requires constant retries and acceleration. Gao Sou, you're in team mode, so it's normal that you haven't triggered this plot. I also triggered it by accident."

Midnight Gao Sou's tone softened a bit: "Then, how exactly did you do it?"

The audience in the live stream also understood that Gao Sou was thinking:

If these people from Qinghe Town could actually be saved normally and recruited into the team, then wouldn't they have... "First, we need to find the officials and prominent families of Qinghe Town, basically everyone in the town who has a say."

Watermelon Prince began to explain: "For this part, I have to thank the viewers; it was they who did a population count for the town, allowing me to quickly find the decision-makers."

Watermelon Prince's inspiration came from the pursuit plot setting:

No matter what the player chooses to do, the Cultivators of Duan Kong Cave will come to the martial arts hall to seek an Opportunity.

So, he did the opposite: he took the Opportunity beforehand, then spread the news, making the people of Qinghe Town believe that Duan Kong Cave would soon come to massacre the town.

At first, the townspeople were skeptical, but soon, Duan Kong Cave sent people into the martial arts hall, practically digging three feet deep to find the Opportunity, and even spread out to demolish houses.

In their fear, the townspeople all followed Watermelon Prince's advice and sought refuge in Efeng Mountain Range.

With the townspeople voluntarily following him, Watermelon Prince was able to contact Zhen Xingshan as a savior, then led the mercenary group to find Ge Xuanqing, and finally won over Ge Xuanqing by offering to teach him a Cultivation Technique.

Thus, a Qinghe Town alliance was formed.

"..."

After listening to Watermelon Prince's narration, Midnight Gao Sou fell silent.

The amount of information Watermelon Prince's strategy required was not actually that much.

To win over Zhen Xingshan, he relied on an emotional appeal.

As long as he protected Zhen Xingshan's family left in the town, brought them to Efeng Mountain Range, and then clearly explained the threat of Duan Kong Cave, Zhen Xingshan would naturally join the team and fight against Duan Kong Cave.

This information was actually discovered by Midnight Gao Sou and the others. The first time they met Zhen Xingshan, they learned about his family from him, but at that time, they only thought about how to control Zhen Xingshan and never thought about saving his family.

To win over Ge Xuanqing, Watermelon Prince relied on a Interest Card (benefit card) strategy.

He offered the Heaven Void Profoundless Art as a condition for Ge Xuanqing to join the team and jointly deal with Duan Kong Cave.

This information was even easier to obtain, directly provided by the Baixiaosheng panel: Ge Xuanqing had no Spiritual Root and could not Cultivate.

The brief description was rarely noticed by anyone, but Watermelon Prince happened to notice it and attached great importance to it.

"So that's how it is."

Midnight Gao Sou sighed: "We only thought of them as NPCs who give quests and rewards, and never considered their thoughts, which is why we missed the correct plot, sigh."

Midnight Gao Sou lamented, no longer speaking, but continued to watch the live stream.

With the help of a large number of Qinghe Town residents, Watermelon Prince had previously searched for a lot of Beast-Attracting Grass in the mountains, and now the mercenary group was responsible for scattering it.

Ge Xuanqing's gaze was serious, he condensed the Beast-Attracting Grass as much as possible, not refining medicine, but turning it into a basic potion, which he sprinkled below Broken Wood Cliff.

The giant toad that had once killed Midnight Gao Sou and the four others leaped up, but it was stimulated and attracted by the medicinal properties, following the scent of the Beast-Attracting Grass towards the Duan Kong Cave camp!

Watermelon Prince excitedly followed, constantly adjusting the camera.

The toad's strength was comparable to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Those Qi Refining Cultivators from Duan Kong Cave were completely unable to resist, one after another they were instantly killed, and the newly built camp was also destroyed, almost leading to a total annihilation.

"Prodigy! How dare you be so presumptuous!"

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator stepped through the air, shooting out several Flying Swords, and fought with the toad.

That Cultivator was the evil Cultivator who refined medicine, and he should have instantly killed the players upon his appearance, giving them a painful memory.

With his powerful Foundation Establishment Cultivation, no player could possibly resist him.

But in Watermelon Prince's save, he was held back by the toad Demonic Beast, even appearing somewhat disheveled, constantly retreating.

"Everyone saw that, right?"

Watermelon Prince became even more proud: "This is the correct way to play in a Xuanhuan World! We are currently only at Qi Refining First Level, with limited strength, so we should not go head-to-head with stronger opponents at all. Let alone stronger opponents, even Cultivators of the same level should not be fought head-on.

"We must utilize the terrain of Efeng Mountain Range, utilize the brainless Demonic Beasts within it; in short, we must seek external help and maximize our strengths while minimizing our weaknesses."

After Watermelon Prince finished speaking, he followed Zhen Xingshan and Ge Xuanqing towards Broken Wood Cliff.

They were tied with ropes and had some kind of potion smeared on their bodies, climbing down step by step.

"According to Ge Xuanqing, this toad Demonic Beast guards the outside of a Secret Realm. Although he knew about it, he never had a way to deal with it. Today is different. Thanks to the Cultivators of Duan Kong Cave for helping to lure away the Demonic Beast, we can now go down and search for treasure."

Watermelon Prince smiled, continuously descending.

Oh no, he really managed to play a genuine Xuanhuan game!

The audience in the live stream was dumbfounded, feeling that Watermelon Prince was playing a different game than them.

"Secret Realm?"

Midnight Gao Sou was also taken aback. He vaguely felt that the four of them had indeed played it wrong before.