At the foot of Mount Yingzhou, one of the immortal mountains in the Kunlun Fairyland, Jiang Yuan, along with his hamster Pudding, tirelessly grinded the wild monsters known as "Yellow Turban Warriors."
After a long period of experimentation, Jiang Yuan discovered that the cooldown for "Summoned Beast Evolution" was exactly one minute. In other words, every minute, he could evolve a Heaven-tier summoned beast!
An hour later, four towering Heaven-tier summoned beasts surrounded Jiang Yuan at the base of Mount Yingzhou: a Heaven-tier Cangyuan Wolf, a Heaven-tier Shahe Turtle, a Heaven-tier Leize Ox, and a Heaven-tier Longxuhu, plus the Saint Beast Xuanwu.
With all these summoned beasts possessing area-of-effect damage, they cleared a full ten thousand "Yellow Turban Warriors" in just one hour, contributing nearly 400 million experience points to Jiang Yuan and hamster Pudding!
"Grinding monsters is a blast; keep grinding, keep having fun! Haha!"
Hamster Pudding, now leveled up to 112, grabbed Jiang Yuan's hand and spun around excitedly, waiting for the next wave of monsters to respawn.
After grinding two more waves of "Yellow Turban Warriors," when the system notification indicated that each monster's experience had dropped to less than 10,000 points, Jiang Yuan knew it was time to switch to a different grinding spot.
Leading hamster Pudding deeper into Mount Yingzhou, they finally discovered a new group of about five thousand monsters in a mountain hollow halfway up the mountain, named "Dharma Guardian Celestial Soldiers."
Finding the "Summoned Beast Evolution" too cumbersome, Jiang Yuan directly summoned ten thousand Longxuhu and one Saint Beast Xuanwu, tossing them into the hollow. Soon, pleasant system notification sounds echoed.
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the elite monster: Dharma Guardian Celestial Soldier, gaining 50,000 experience points!"
After clearing one wave of "Dharma Guardian Celestial Soldiers," Jiang Yuan and hamster Pudding could earn around 250 million experience points, boosting Jiang Yuan's experience bar by a full 10%!
Moreover, the respawn time for the Dharma Guardian Celestial Soldiers was very fast, less than a minute, making this spot a joyful leveling ground for Jiang Yuan and hamster Pudding!
"Honey, the game is updating tomorrow. How about we grind here all night?"
Jiang Yuan found a flat, open space to lie down, casually plucked a blade of grass, and put it in his mouth, turning to hamster Pudding with a smile.
"Sure thing! By tomorrow, I'll probably be around level 120, so we can ascend to the celestial realm together!"
With no one around, hamster Pudding didn't have to worry about being seen. She leaped into Jiang Yuan's arms, gave him a smack on the lips, and said sweetly.
So, Jiang Yuan, while cuddling hamster Pudding and whispering sweet nothings, periodically summoned ten thousand Longxuhu and one Saint Beast Xuanwu, tossing them into the hollow to automatically clear the "Dharma Guardian Celestial Soldiers."
After grinding for about six or seven hours, the clock struck midnight. At this time, the game's various leaderboards updated promptly, so Jiang Yuan opened the level ranking to check.
[Level Ranking] 1st: Jiang Yuan, Level 118 2nd: Hamster Pudding, Level 115 3rd: Proud Dragon Emperor, Level 114 4th: Dominating the World, Level 114 5th: One Blade Breaks All Laws, Level 113 6th: Call Me War God, Level 113 7th: Promise You a Lifetime of Glory, Level 113 8th: Dominating Arrow God, Level 112 9th: Wait for My Reign, Level 111 10th: Shattered Moon Flowing Clouds, Level 111 10th: Ding Ye, Level 111
"Honey, thanks to you finding this great spot, I jumped from outside the top ten to second place. You're amazing! Mua!"
Hamster Pudding, who had also checked the leaderboard, beamed with joy, hugged Jiang Yuan's neck, and rewarded him with a kiss.
"We still have about eight or nine hours until the update tomorrow morning. Honey, should we tell the guild members about this spot so they can level up faster? That way, we can all ascend together tomorrow!"
As the guild leader, hamster Pudding naturally thought of her brothers in the Cold River City guild upon discovering such a great leveling spot. She hugged Jiang Yuan's neck and suggested.
"Good point. This great spot should be shared with the guild brothers. Oh, and we should notify Brother Cangsheng too."
Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement with hamster Pudding's suggestion and quickly opened his friend list, just as the avatars of Dominating the World and Ding Ye both lit up.
"Brother Jiang Yuan, how come you and Sister Pudding leveled up so fast? Any secrets to share with your big bro?"
"Yuanzi, you're not being fair, man! Sneaking off to level with the boss without bringing me along? That's too much!"
Seeing the messages from Dominating the World and Ding Ye, Jiang Yuan smiled and told them how to enter the Kunlun Fairyland.
About half an hour later, Dominating the World and Ding Ye successfully entered the Kunlun Fairyland using Jiang Yuan's method and sent him a team invitation.
"You can't auto-navigate here. You two run over. Pudding and I are at Mount Yingzhou."
Adding them to the team, Jiang Yuan said in the team channel, then continued grinding the "Dharma Guardian Celestial Soldiers" in the hollow.
"Yuanzi, you're not being fair!"
Soon, Ding Ye and Dominating the World arrived at Jiang Yuan's location. Ding Ye said angrily and lunged at Jiang Yuan!
Jiang Yuan kicked the leaping Ding Ye far away and said to him and Dominating the World, "You two go grind the Yellow Turban Warriors at the foot of the mountain. Call more brothers with area-of-effect skills to join. The experience will skyrocket!"
"Hehe! This place is so beautiful. I'm calling Xiaoyun to join!"
Seeing Jiang Yuan and hamster Pudding sitting together, Ding Ye smirked, ran off to the side, and started contacting Chuangshi Xiaoyun, while Dominating the World began contacting the higher-ups of Tianbo Mansion.
As time passed, more and more members of Tianbo Mansion and Cold River City guild entered the Kunlun Fairyland. They formed groups of three or five and headed to Mount Penglai and Mount Fangzhang to find suitable grinding spots.
After about another half hour of grinding, people from Emperor Dragon State and the Ten Thousand Mile Guild somehow learned about this great leveling spot and also entered the Kunlun Fairyland.
"Strange, how did they get here?"
Seeing Proud Dragon Emperor leading players from Emperor Dragon State Guild walking from Langyuan toward Mount Yingzhou, Jiang Yuan frowned slightly and muttered.
When Proud Dragon Emperor reached the mountainside and encountered Jiang Yuan, he unusually said nothing, just nodded at him, then headed straight for the other two immortal mountains.
By the time the game clock struck 2 a.m., Mount Penglai, Mount Yingzhou, and Mount Fangzhang were covered with teams from the four guilds grinding monsters. Looking around, it was a sea of people!