Who let him join the Sword Sect?!
Chapter 85: This is All for Their Own Good

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: This is All for Their Own Good

Zhang Ze fiddled with the system for half a day and finally realized it was his own issue.

His attempt to exploit a bug didn’t succeed.

But it also didn’t completely fail.

It was stuck in the middle, which was quite annoying.

Exchanging for the Six Sects Heart Method requires the identity badges of the Six Sects disciples.

Or like taking out Lady Han Yao, killing a few significant individuals can also unlock permissions.

But Zhang Ze can’t switch factions now, nor does he plan to become enemies with the Righteous Path.

So he devised a compromise.

Zhang Ze felt that dog tags should count as identity badges too.

Although Hei Qu isn’t a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, it is a spirit beast of the sect’s disciples.

Every spirit beast of the Beast Taming Sect has its own identification, similar to the disciple’s badges.

The style is flexible, like avian spirit beasts usually have a leg ring, Qinghe’s is a pill pearl it often plays with itself.

And Hei Qu’s is a tag hanging on its collar.

Now Zhang Ze and Hei Qu are good buddies, borrowing a tag is naturally a piece of cake.

Not sure if the system secretly upgraded or if it was always this way.

The tag of Hei Qu is usable, but the price for exchanging heart methods doubled and more.

If using Hei Qu’s tag, Zhang Ze’s exchange points are now insufficient.

Zhang Ze thought for a moment, then closed his eyes and entered the system.

Let’s see how much can be tried out; tonight, let’s attempt it first.

Entering the system, he only picked the Sword Sect Foundation Establishment first-layer heart method and the Beast Taming Sect Foundation Establishment first-layer heart method, then entered trial mode.

Although Zhang Ze knows the Sword Sect Heart Method, he still needs to access it through the system to try it, and there’s no discount.

Upon entering the trial space, he suddenly realized his last reckless move happened long ago.

He kinda missed it.

He adjusted his mindset and began to practice the Sword Sect Heart Method.

Hmm, it went smoothly.

After all, he is a Sword Sect disciple, it’s his family’s trade.

Then midway, he switched to the Beast Taming Sect Heart Method, and just slightly reversed it.

Hmm, trouble occurred.

Next second, half of Zhang Ze’s body became numb.

Then his vital energy flowed backward, meridians ruptured, lower body blood and flesh blurred.

The first life was thus gone.

The second life, this time Zhang Ze first activated the Beast Taming Sect Heart Method, he clearly felt something lacking.

Probably due to not having a spirit beast, the flow of spiritual qi missed a cycle.

He tried changing the spiritual qi flow by nurturing the pill with the sword, then with a puff.

Zhang Ze’s Dantian exploded.

The second life, gone.

...

Until the nineteenth death, Zhang Ze only slightly found some clues.

But just a tiny bit.

Now, at least the deaths were less ugly.

He could at least preserve his whole body and smile when dead.

This was a big step forward, at least proving this path wasn’t a dead end.

The next stage, aim to survive with half a breath.

Exiting the system, Zhang Ze got up and stretched his muscles.

"This matter can’t be rushed, gotta die a few hundred more times."

"Also need to talk with Li Yueqi about the Beast Taming Sect disciple token matter ahead."

"Still need to fetch more exchange points from the system."

Zhang Ze opened the system again, browsing through the messy tasks.

Thinking about where else to quickly gain more exchange points.

The map outside the Seventh Sword Pavilion has been licked clean by him.

The Thousand Mechanism Pavilion blueprint was in his hands, naturally, there weren’t any tasks left.

Wild events were too random, leaving no trace, no clues for significant matters in the short term.

Long-term tasks and character achievements were all stuck, no hope of progressing soon.

Writing books, writing books doesn’t earn exchange points, pass.

As for those beginner tasks like swinging a sword three thousand times, running five laps around the Sword Pavilion, even a dog wouldn’t do.

The rewards were too little, too time-consuming.

Next, looking at factions.

Song Qingpao’s brewery nearby, probably because of Yangguan Road’s scattered evil cultivators being cleared out, there haven’t been many rewards shared lately.

But when Zhang Ze checked the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, he found changes in the faction tasks.

[Make the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion’s name known, bring the new sect into the right path]

[Thousand Mechanism City side quest hidden task opened, Trial Cave]

[Enhance the Trial Cave, making it the foundation of Thousand Mechanism Pavilion’s standing in Cyan Thorn]

[Trial Cave completion rate 300%]

[Next phase task unlocked]

[I Have an Underground City]

[Accept or not]

"This task is great.", Zhang Ze really liked that name.

He chose to accept.

Upon seeing the specific task requirements and rewards description, Zhang Ze whistled.

"Taking off."

Yes, this task was just as Zhang Ze expected, from opening a haunted house to opening an underground city.

It required Zhang Ze to maintain the underground city, continuing to enhance it.

Create higher-level trials and ensure daily trial participants.

Plus a bunch of miscellaneous daily tasks.

Of course, the rewards varied.

Only exchange points, no spin wheel draws.

And each daily task only gives a lot of system exchange points the first time completed, subsequent refreshes drop significantly.

Counting on his fingers, Zhang Ze realized that if this task was done right, he probably wouldn’t lack exchange points in the future.

Although previously when disassembling techniques and getting reverse electricity, Zhang Ze also thought the same.

From the Hundred Treasures Bag, he took out a small booklet and flipped through it again.

It was the trial cave opening format he had previously discussed with Mei’Er.

But now that there’s this task, this plan naturally doesn’t quite fit anymore.

"Previously was too conservative."

"Whether it’s the trial cave or business mode."

"It’s too open."

"Needs change."

"This is all for the sake of those loose cultivators."

Zhang Ze stood up and lit the candle in the Martial Arts Hall.

Then squatted on the ground, writing and drawing, calculating repeatedly.

The overall structure didn’t have time for major changes, but some details could still be refined.

Previously handed everything over to Lily, losing some essence in many places.

Lily was still too straightforward.

Zhang Ze was deep in thought, not noticed there was someone standing behind him.

"You rascal, what are you doing?"

It was Li Guanqi.

Zhang Ze was startled, his hand trembled, making a horizontal line on the paper.

"Master, you always scare me, every time."

Li Guanqi happened to finish the secret task assigned by the Pavilion Master this night and returned to the Sword Pavilion, at ease, and was wandering around with an iron rod.

Upon seeing the light on in the Martial Arts Hall, he stepped in and discovered his precious disciple was busy with something inside.

"I’m thinking about how to enhance the strength of Righteous Path cultivators in Cyan Thorn."

"Doing proper work.", Zhang Ze spoke straightforwardly.

"Show me what you have there.", Li signaled Zhang Ze to hand over the booklet.

Zhang Ze’s words were always only half-believed by him, though the results were mostly good, the process was certainly problematic.

Zhang Ze hesitated for a bit, but still handed the booklet over to his master.

However, contrary to Zhan Ze’s expectations, Li wasn’t angry.

He didn’t criticize him for his unorthodox approach, but started to instruct Zhang Ze.

"Your arrangements here are flawed, they’re not rigorous enough.", Li frowned and said.

"Huh?", Zhang Ze looked at his master in astonishment.

"Huh what? I know what you’ve been up to recently."

"This kind of trial place, naturally the sharper and more realistic the better."

"Learn more lessons here, maybe in a real secret realm, you could save your life."

"But your designs here, many parts are too impractical, and go overboard."

"Your trial experience is too little, and you’ve listened to too many tales from Wang."

"These parts are disconnected from reality, which might harm those loose cultivators undergoing trials."

"For instance, back when I went out for trial..."

Watching the guidance from his master, he took out tables and chairs from the Hundred Treasures Bag, and invited his master to sit down.

"Master, please share your teachings."

When the sky was about to lighten, the secret planning of the master-disciple duo also reached its end.

Zhang Ze stood behind Li, pinching his chin thoughtfully for a while.

"Master, won’t this method of yours accidentally play those people to death?"

"No, it’s all for their own good."