Chapter 00170: Very Harmonious
# Very Harmonious
Chapter 170
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 170 Very Harmonious
The people from Xingyuan Escort Agency went east.
Their specific destination was unclear, but Yang Yiyi's group of three needed to head south, so they probably wouldn't run into them again.
Watching the people from Xingyuan Escort Agency get further and further away until they vanished from sight, the three of them set off to continue their journey.
On the fourth day after parting ways with the escort agency, they finally entered the Green Cloud Mountain range.
The reason it was called this name wasn't because Green Cloud Mountain was tall enough to pierce the clouds, but because this mountain was an active volcano.
From time to time, one could see volcanic clouds formed by its activity.
One could say it was a very fitting name.
For the past few days, the three had been traveling through desolate mountains and wildlands to avoid being seen.
Before, it could be considered taking small paths, but now, there were no paths at all.
It was purely untouched wilderness.
Even in modern times, hikers who go into the mountains sometimes disappear and can never be found.
The three girls were all skilled in martial arts, so they weren't afraid of the tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves in the forest.
Their lightness skills could also solve the problem of traversing high mountains and long, difficult roads.
If an ordinary person were to enter, they probably wouldn't ever come out.
When they were in a hurry, they would gnaw on some dry rations.
When they weren't, they would hunt a few rabbits.
If all else failed, Li Chengxi could provide them with some bread, sausages, and the like.
Even if they wanted to eat stir-fried dishes, it could be easily arranged.
At night, the three took turns sleeping on the folding bed.
Although taking turns to stand watch was a bit troublesome, it was actually more comfortable than sleeping in that dilapidated Daoist temple.
After several days of traveling in the wild, not only were the three not listless or gaunt, but they actually seemed to have gained a little weight...
Upon entering the Green Cloud Mountain region, they were in territory familiar to Yang Yiyi.
She had run all over these mountains as a child.
According to her, they would probably reach the Green Robe Sect by tomorrow.
But then again, while life in the wilderness wasn't as difficult as they had imagined, there was one thing that was very uncomfortable.
For example, bathing.
Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo were indeed young ladies of noble birth, but they weren't the pampered type.
As for Yang Yiyi, that went without saying—she was a wild girl through and through.
But the date in the game was now almost August, which was the hottest time of the year.
The forest was also very humid.
Even though the three of them had changed into thin clothes long ago, they would still be drenched in sweat after a full day of travel.
Usually, if they came across a stream or river, they could wipe themselves down with a towel.
If not, they could only dampen a cloth to wipe their faces.
After a few days, they all had a rather strong scent.
However, while setting up camp tonight, Yang Yiyi suggested a good spot.
The light of the bonfire illuminated the wisps of rising steam.
The monkeys in the forest squatted on branches, gazing at the three hairless female monkeys who had taken over their bathing pool.
Green Cloud Mountain was an active volcano, so naturally, there were hot springs in the nearby mountains.
“This is my first time in a hot spring. I heard it's good for your skin, is that right?”
“We mountain folk don't care about such things. Hot springs are just more convenient, that's all.”
“This thing called soap is also very useful, not as sticky as pancreas soap.”
“That's for washing your face. For washing your hair, you use this thing called shampoo. Brother Li also said that if you use hair conditioner afterwards, it will make your hair even smoother.”
While the three girls were chatting in the hot spring, Li Chengxi was studying how to allocate ability points.
Of the five basic attributes—Brawn, Movement Technique, Meridians, Comprehension, and Fortune—Brawn was currently the highest.
Aside from Li Chengxi putting all the initial points into Brawn, the attribute points gained from Yang Yiyi drinking the Blood from the Stone were also added to Brawn.
The remaining attribute values were all at their base levels.
Li Chengxi was a bit hesitant about how to allocate these points.
Movement Technique was a relatively important attribute, as it directly affected hit rate, evasion rate, and movement speed.
Some external skills also had Movement Technique requirements.
For example, while they were traveling, Li Chengxi had tried to use the Teaching Box's function to impart the flexible and versatile 'Entangling Silk Hand' (from the Spider Demon) to Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping.
They were able to learn it, but when he tried to teach it to Yang Yiyi, a prompt appeared saying 'Conditions not met'.
This was likely due to insufficient points in her Movement Technique attribute.
But the reason it was described as 'relatively important' instead of 'especially important' was because Yang Yiyi currently had three lightness skills (Four Steps of the Swift-Footed, Fish Leap Technique, and Misty River Technique).
The bonus to Movement Technique provided by these lightness skills was sufficient for her current stage.
It was a case of 'the higher the better', but it wasn't particularly urgent.
The next two attributes, Meridians and Comprehension, were extremely important.
Meridians affected internal skill.
Although Yang Yiyi currently only knew the weakest breathing technique, the amount of internal energy directly affected her spiritual power value.
In other words, the more internal energy she had, the faster her spiritual power would recover, and the more Li Chengxi could directly interfere.
Comprehension, on the other hand, might affect the acquisition of new martial techniques from the Teaching Box.
If one looked closely at all the martial arts in the Teaching Box, they would find that all the techniques obtained so far were external skills, and they basically focused on form over intent.
They were mainly based on imitating animals, belonging to the category of purely external martial arts.
For now, they performed quite well with the enhancement of Yang Yiyi's brute force, but if she were to encounter a slightly more formidable character, she would be at a complete loss.
Take Escort Leader Wang from the Xingyuan Escort Agency, for example.
All of his attributes, except for Brawn, were much higher than Yang Yiyi's.
If they were to fight, it was very likely that Yang Yiyi would not be his match.
If her Comprehension improved, the quality of new martial techniques obtained from the Teaching Box should also get better.
Perhaps she could even comprehend Ouyang Feng's ultimate technique, the Toad Skill, just by squatting by a river and watching toads hop around.
Therefore, although Comprehension wouldn't bring a direct increase in combat power, it would be very useful for the future.
And the least important attribute at the moment was Fortune.
Based on the Wuxia games Li Chengxi had played, Fortune should affect critical hit rate and the probability of events occurring.
Relatively speaking, it should be the least useful.
A character who relied on luck for everything was essentially handing their fate over to others, which didn't provide any sense of security at all.
In the future, when he had an abundance of Sky-Upholding Stones, he could add a few points to it, but for now, it was best not to consider it.
One Sky-Upholding Stone could grant ten attribute points, but there were four attributes with different focuses that he needed to add to.
Li Chengxi hesitated again and again, finally deciding to put five points each into the Comprehension and Meridians attributes.
Continuing to put all points into strength could indeed play to her advantages, but it wasn't very meaningful.
Right now, Yang Yiyi could take out a small fry with a single punch.
Even if he added more points to Brawn, she would still be taking out small fries with a single punch.
Right now, she couldn't defeat a master, and even with more points in Brawn, she still wouldn't be able to.
Unless he could get two or three Sky-Upholding Stones in a row and dump them all into Brawn to make it go off the charts, there was a limit to pure brute force overcoming all techniques.
She couldn't reach the level of absolute power.
By adding points to Meridians and Comprehension, she could learn new martial techniques, which would greatly expand her options.
The next time he obtained a Sky-Upholding Stone, he could continue adding to Brawn, and her combat power would see a significant increase when combined with the new techniques.
In other words, Yang Yiyi's current Brawn was already sufficient for dealing with minions.
He had to consider her future development.
Although she would definitely continue on a fierce and powerful path, there were different directions even that could take, so he needed to broaden her range of choices.
“This shampoo actually comes out just by pressing it? What's the principle behind it?”
“And it has a very nice smell, like oranges.”
Seeing that they hadn't finished washing and come out yet, Li Chengxi picked up the microphone and said:
“Don't wash your hair in the hot spring. The suds will dirty the water. Didn't I give you basins?”
“We know, Brother Li! Don't you come over here!”
The three of them had used a summer quilt and some branches to create a screen for changing clothes.
The jade tablet was placed on the other side of the screen.
“I know, I won't come over. But what if I did?”
“Then I won't talk to you anymore. At least, not for a whole day.”
Li Chengxi, looking at his computer screen, was speechless.
Ah, so it's only for one day.
Besides, there was no point in controlling the jade tablet to float over anyway.
After all, the screen Li Chengxi saw was in a two-heads-tall, chibi pixel style.
They didn't even need to be censored while bathing in the hot spring; it was super wholesome.
However, there was another way.
The character artwork would change according to the current situation.
For example, if he clicked on Viola in her office, her artwork would show her sitting.
If he clicked on her while she was praying, it would show her kneeling.
Their clothes would also change in real-time.
So, the question was...
If a character was in the state of bathing, what would their artwork look like?
In the spirit of academic inquiry, Li Chengxi quietly moved his mouse and clicked on Yang Yiyi, who was soaking in the hot spring.
And then he saw a large patch of holy light on the artwork...
It truly was very harmonious.
(End of this chapter)