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021 4-Ranking Open
[Treasure Map: The Yellow Emperor's Secret Treasure], the description sounds like a trap.
Li Yu had no intention of digging for treasure. He put the [treasure map] and the [Anshezu] together into the "list for sale".
As for [Tiger Uncle], he looks alright.
This scroll is said to have been dropped by a dozen or so players from the "Hundred-Man Commando Team" who used a trap to kill a tiger.
"Tiger Uncle" refers to a cat.
Lu You's poem "Mocking the Cat" includes a self-annotation that reads: "There is a common saying that the cat is the tiger's uncle, teaching the tiger a hundred things, except to climb trees."
The story goes that long ago, a tiger learned skills from a cat. It learned to pounce, roll, scratch, bite, snipe, sweep, and grab—all eighteen kinds of martial arts. The tiger studied for a long time and finally mastered them all. Then, it became ungrateful and wanted to eat the cat. However, the cat had left out one skill: climbing trees. As a result, the cat climbed the tree, leaving the tiger helplessly watching from below.
If you were to travel to the world of "Tiger Uncle" and learn martial arts from cats alongside tigers, then you'd be aiming for [attributes].
If you're siding with the Tiger/Cat and aiming to defeat the Cat/Tiger, then you're probably after the [title] or experience points.
After some deliberation, Li Yu decided to put the scroll away for the time being.
Continue reading.
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The inner residence of the Wang family.
"Sister Xiaojiao, here are the bamboo slips I'm lending you. These three volumes of the Classic of Filial Piety are old and worn out, so please be careful when you read them," Wang Rong instructed.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Huaiji," the female player said with a smile.
She was the female player who traveled through the [Moonlight Scroll - Half Scene] timeline and obtained the title [Little Pony Corner]. For reasons unknown, she concealed her real name and referred to herself as "Little Pony Corner".
His skill in traditional Chinese painting earned him Wang Rong's approval, who hired him as a tutor to teach painting techniques. He became one of the few players, besides Li Yu, who were allowed to enter Chen Wang Li.
"Young lady, young lady, what do you think of the woman I've painted?"
Xiao Que'er, holding a brush in her fist, sketched a girl with a drooping bun hairstyle, rather clumsily, and asked Wang Rong for his opinion.
Wang Rong nodded and said with a smile, "Very good."
Little Sparrow chuckled and handed over the brush: "Young lady, why don't you paint one too?"
Wang Rong shook his head with a smile. Little Sparrow pouted, "Young lady, that's strange. What's so fun about that bookworm's 'punctuation-reading face'? You don't like these simple drawings, yet you've been looking at them so much… oh dear!"
Before she could finish speaking, Wang Rong tapped her on the forehead.
The young lady of the Wang family blushed slightly and gently scolded, "Don't talk so much."
"Bookworm" was a nickname given to Li Yu by his young maid, who thought he was always buried in his books and very boring.
The phrase "punctuation mark" refers to the "(｡◝ᴗ◜｡)" that Li Yu drew on the bamboo slips the day before during the "resolving doubts about the bamboo slips".
At first, the little sparrows found it fascinating, but after Ma Xiaojiao arrived, she said, "There's something even more interesting," and taught them to draw simple sketches.
Simple and adorable, the little sparrow loved it after seeing just one drawing and started drawing many of them herself.
Wang Rong, however, doesn't draw much. She seems to prefer simple "punctuated little faces".
Watching the two women chase each other, Ma Xiaojiao became increasingly curious about Li Yu.
On the Territory Ranking, [Xianlu] firmly holds the top spot, with Li Yu leading the pack.
The top ten list changes frequently, with one batch after another.
Only [Xianlu] has remained untouched since it was listed on the list.
In this world, both players and native inhabitants can see the leaderboard. Everyone is curious about what makes [Immortal Abode] stand out from the crowd, and who exactly is Li Yu?
The players in Chenwangli had the most complicated feelings.
They were closest to "Li Yu," but ever since [Xianlu] was listed, Li Yu had never left the village or shown his face. They couldn't even be sure if this "Li Yu" was the same "Li Yu" as the other one.
Some people claim with certainty that Li Yu has taken control of the Prince of Chen and has established villages within villages and neighborhoods within neighborhoods.
Some people boast that Li Yu has ascended to "celestial realm" and now looks down upon the mortal world, reciting the Yellow Court Classic.
Some people scoffed, saying that there are so many people with the same name in the world, and this "Li Yu" must not be the master of [Immortal Abode], but a coward who grovels to NPCs and doesn't even dare to go out.
There are different opinions.
Ma Xiaojiao didn't know who was right and who was wrong. She only knew that Li Yu already had a good reputation in Chenwang Village and had become close friends with Wang Zhang, a famous local scholar who had "appraisal skills".
Other players rack their brains and exert all their efforts to gain even a point or two of [Intelligence] experience. But Li Yu can quietly read in the Wang family's study, where he is served fruit platters and has beautiful women to answer his questions.
Not to mention, the beauty seemed to be tempted.
That's outrageous.
Ma Xiaojiao borrowed the book not because she wanted to read it herself, but because Liu Zhi of the "Hundred-Man Commando Team" paid a high price and begged her to help him borrow it.
She was initially a little proud, but after seeing how Li Yu was treated, Ma Xiaojiao was speechless.
I wonder what Liu Zhi's expression will be when he finds out?
Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly—
"System Announcement: The number of players worldwide with a [Strength] ≥ 30 has exceeded 10,000. The [Strength Ranking], [Intelligence Ranking], [Command Ranking], and [Politics Ranking] are now open."
"System Announcement: The number of players worldwide with a [Strength] ≥ 30 has exceeded 10,000. The 'Strength Ranking' is now open."
"System Announcement: Global Players..."
Since the players arrived, the [System Announcement] has sounded twice. The first time was when the Territory Ranking was opened, and the second time was when all four rankings were opened simultaneously.
Ma Xiaojiao was deeply shocked.
There are ten thousand people with a strength rating of 30 or higher!
She's only level 12!
Ma Xiaojiao suddenly felt a little discouraged.
She had originally intended to subtly inquire about Li Yu from Wang Rong and Xiao Que'er, but now she had lost interest. So she bid farewell to Wang Rong and left with the bamboo slips in her arms.
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forecourt.
Wang Zhang and Li Yu also heard the [system announcement] and each opened the [rankings].
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"Power Ranking"
1st Place: [Lv Yi] Strength 39
2rd Place: [Victor Vladimir] Strength 38
3nd Place: [Kim Jong-jung] Strength 38
……
6th Place: [Chu Tiankuo] Strength 37
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29th Place: [Li Yu] Strength 36
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Intelligence Ranking
1st Place: [I. Ngon Nedan] Intelligence 26
2nd Place: [Zhang Wei] Intelligence 26
3th place: ...
……
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"Ranking of Commanders"
1st Place: [Kim Jong-jong] Commander 31
2th place: ...
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Political Rankings
1st Place: [Oliver Jones] Politics 23
2nd Place: [Zhang Hong] Politics 23
3rd Place: [Martin Ferrari] Politics 22
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The leaderboard features many familiar names, all of whom are prominent lords from the Territory Ranking.
Such as Chu Tiankuo, Jin Zhengzheng, and Martin Ferrari.
There are also many unfamiliar names, such as Lü Yi, who ranks first in [Strength], Zhang Wei and I. Ngon Niedan, who rank first and second in [Intelligence], and Zhang Hong and Oliver Jones, who rank in [Politics].
Li Yu [Martial Strength] 36, found his name at number 29 in the "Martial Strength Ranking".
[Intelligence] Just rose to 21, but not into the top 100 or on the list.
As for [Command] and [Politics], they're even worse off; he hasn't unlocked either of them yet...
After browsing through the [rankings], Wang Zhang felt a mix of emotions and sighed, "These are turbulent times."
Although he spent the last two days drinking heavily with friends and ignoring current events, he still heard a lot of information from the gatherings.
Most of them are related to extraordinary people.
For example, the two prefectures of Lelang and Xuantu have been attacked by two different groups of supernatural beings since the day the supernatural beings descended from the sky.
One side calls it Dawon Seon, the other calls it Goryeo, and the number of people is in the tens of millions.
While the Queen Mother of the Goryeo people knew to restrain herself, the Goryeo people were far more ruthless. They attacked and killed Han Chinese, plundered food and supplies, and burned houses and fields; they committed almost every imaginable atrocity.
Wu Feng, the then Prefect of Lelang, and Gongsun Yu, the Prefect of Xuantu, personally led 5,000 iron cavalry and, after ten days of effort, killed 300,000 Goguryeo people and 10,000 Yeoncheon people.
After that, the governor of Wu drove the Heyue Xian people north to Sushen and Buyeo, while the governor of Gongsun drove the Goguryeo people south to the Three Han territories. Each of them also built five Jingguan (a type of mound of statues) on their borders as a deterrent.
The rebellion of the Eastern Barbarians has been temporarily quelled.
As for the Western Rong, a group of extraordinary people numbering in the millions gathered in Jiuquan, Liangzhou. The Governor of the Western Regions sent someone to inquire, and the extraordinary people said they wanted to emulate the ancient deeds of Dingyuan, sharpen their weapons and feed their horses, and set their sights on Wusun, Dayuan, and Kangju.
In the east and west, the southern barbarians and the northern Di were also constantly at war.
Wang Zhang sighed at the state of affairs, and Li Yu didn't know what to say.
He got up to take his leave. He first went to find Chen Lizheng to ask if the scale armor had been made.
Chen Lizheng sent someone to the county, and received the news at dusk that it would take several more days.
Back in his courtyard, Li Yu took a bamboo slip and wrote on it, "Zai Sheng, I will go to [Lu Sheng]'s place for a few days."
This is for Xiong Ba to see, so that he won't worry about not being able to find me when he comes back after finishing the [acquisition].
Li Yu then wondered if he should also send a message to Wang Zhang. After thinking about it, he decided against it.
With everything arranged, Li Yu sat upright in the courtyard, waiting for the moon to rise.
It's night, and the bright moon is hanging high.
Li Yu raised the scroll.