Transmigration with Cheat Codes Chapter 5.1: Sword Sect Dominance

The legendary designers were likely to have embraced an environmentally conscious mindset and strived to convey it to the players in the game. Essentially, the more pristine the natural environment, the higher the martial arts training bonus for the sects.

However, some players chose to deviate from the norm and established their sects within cities, only to discover that community-based attributes such as [Harmonious Neighborhood] and [Happy and Contented Life] could also increase their martial arts training speed.

From this, they realized the truth - there were many paths to the same destination. In the game world, although the paths might have been different, the benefits were interconnected.

Of course, one of the reasons why Meng Jintang did not move the sect to a more convenient commercial environment in the city was that in crowded areas, it was easier for outsiders to discover the depth of their sect, which was particularly unfriendly for a single sect leader like her who had limited resources.

Another reason was that placing the sect in a system-owned city required purchasing additional land deeds, which would cost money.

Faced with the choice of martial arts disciplines, Meng Jintang thought that she didn't need to consider internal skills and they should definitely be included in her main martial arts training.

For the remaining two categories, one had to be an attacking skill, and she thought of the "Hanshan Sword Art (Incomplete)" and "Linchi Sword Art" that were in her bag, and decided to include swordsmanship as well. As for the last category, it fell under qinggong.

[System: Detected that the main martial arts of the Hanshan Sect includes [Sword Art], player triggered main quest [Sword Sect Dominance].

"Swords are the king of a hundred weapons. It is said that mastering swordsmanship to the extreme can shatter the barriers of this world."

Task requirements: [Sword Grandmaster], [World Renowned].

Do you accept the mission: yes/no?]

Meng Jintang's movement paused slightly.

She pursed her lips and her gaze lingered on the phrase "able to shatter the barriers of this world" for a long time.

Breaking through this world's barrier could mean reaching the state of shattering the void and transcending into sainthood through personal cultivation, or it could mean... returning to the original world.

Thinking about the joy brought by the air conditioner and WiFi, Meng Jintang could not resist this main quest.

After selecting "yes," Meng Jintang checked the requirements for [Sword Grandmaster] and found that in order to achieve this, she not only needed to have a high level of proficiency in swordsmanship, but also had to have some knowledge of the swordsmanship of various martial arts schools in the world.

However, if she approached this requirement improperly, she could easily be attacked by others for "peeking" at the martial arts of other schools.

As for [World Renowned], due to Meng Jintang being a sect leader, there were two paths she could choose from. One was to go down the path of recruiting a large number of disciples, while the other was to go down the high-end path of elite education.

However, considering that Meng Jintang did not have the energy or interest to manage a large organization, and that the location of the Hanshan Sect had already naturally screened out most of the less capable candidates, she felt that it would be more reliable for her to present herself as a reclusive expert in the mountains, which would be more in line with her personal image.

During her exploration of the game world, there was an option to open the [System Shop] by pressing "S". In addition to selling items, there was also the option to buy items from the shop at a lower price than the market value in the player's area.

However, the buy-back price for items was far lower than the market value. For example, the Tangli fruit she picked up while climbing the mountain was normally sold for three copper coins each, but the system shop only offered one copper coin for five fruits.

It was evident that the game world had reached a level of economic development where currency was widely used, and inflation seemed to be on the rise in the martial arts world...

Meng Jintang skillfully opened the cheat code field and typed in the command "buy hidden items /r", which revealed the hidden items in the store.

As her character level was too low and her position in the sect did not grant her much recognition, the hidden items in the store were also restricted for her. Currently, the only item she could purchase was a [Low-level Random Gift Box].

The [Low-level Random Gift Box] is priced at 50 copper coins per box, with a refresh period of 24 hours. According to a summary post on the forum, it is almost impossible to obtain an item worth less than the selling price from the gift box. In other words, no matter how you choose to buy it, Meng Jintang can earn some profit, the difference lies only in the perspective of profit.

[System: You have obtained a Fine Iron Sword x1 from the gift box.]

In “Martial Arts Ascension'', items were classified by rarity: gray items that could be considered junk, white items that were common, followed by green, blue, purple, orange, and gold.

The copper short sword obtained earlier was a white item, while the fine iron sword just obtained was a green weapon.

Meng Jintang vaguely remembered that if she followed the basic steps of the game, the first weapon she should have used was a wooden sword, followed by a copper short sword and a regular iron sword.

As for the fine iron sword, it belonged to the fourth tier of equipment. She had managed to jump levels in terms of weapons by successfully using cheat codes.

The Fine Iron Sword had a damage range of 100 to 150. Meng Jintang tried to perform some swordplay with it, and the sword glinted brightly, kicking up fallen leaves with its blade wind. She looked quite elegant and graceful.

[System: The apes in the mountains have discovered this valley and have invaded the sect's home base area, and they will actively attack humans who come near. Mission objective: Drive away these wild and untamable apes.]

After successfully rebuilding the mountain gate, the system refreshed some monsters within the sect's home base. Completing the task of driving away these wild and unruly monsters would provide some rewards.

From the content of the forum posts, it appeared that the combat power of these monsters was slightly higher than the average level of the sect disciples. Of course, in the case of Meng Jintang, they were higher than the maximum level of the Hanshan Sect.

At the beginning, in order to give players a buffer time, the activity range of the monsters was limited to the periphery of the sect and would not invade the main buildings. Meng Jintang didn't pay too much attention to it.

Today was her third day settling in the valley. The cooldown time of some cheat codes she had used earlier had passed.

She re-entered "wisdom /r" and hurriedly finished reading "Hanshan Sword Art (Incomplete)" before her enlightenment state ended. Then, with the boost of [Analogical Thinking], she opened "Linchi Sword Art".