Exploring Jianghu

This can add up to 454 points of damage to your attacks.  

Each weapon skill (not the actually physical weapon) can be upgraded by doing Jianghu explorers.   This is one of your easiest increases in damage and is even easier to do than finding treasure.   

Update 1:  Don’t burn out on this.  I’m a bit burned out. :(   For maximized efficiency I run EJs on Monday, doing 1 or 2 resets.  Then activate the bonus round for double manuals.  I then check every day to see if I get a random wanted boss every day.  Then on Sunday I do all the remaining resets.   Sunday’s can be 10+ hours to run everything, but I can get over 200 manuals easily.   That is too much grind.   Have fun!       

Bai Xiaosheng's Weapon Manual can be attained by killing "Wanted" bosses for the day, which will show in red text on your exploring jianghu menu or by complete the one time achievement, such as defeat all bosses of a particular faction.

Bai Xiaosheng's Weapon Manual  Damage Increase:

There are 10 levels of damage, and to master any one weapon requires a grand total of 1023 Bai Xiaosheng's Weapon Manuals.

Level Manuals Damage

0 0 0

1 1 5

2 2 8

3 4 11

4 8 17

5 16 26

6 32 38

7 64 58

8 128 86

9 256 130

10 512 194

Bonus levels:

Level 11: 600 manuals ... 244 damage

Level 12: 700 ... 295

Level 13: 800 ... 347

Level 14: 900 ... 400

Level 15: 1000 ... 454

This guide is a bit of a jumble because there are many facets and the way you approach it changes as you power up.   For example, at lower levels you will farm the minors and get an “A” rank plus buy the Challenge Order (3L unbound), giving about 21 manuals a week.   When you can farm recognized, you will get to your bonus round, then farm that with daily the Challenge Order, giving about 40 manuals a week.   If you are not healing class, you will need to buy the jade token tanking set for self healing as recognized bosses hit hard.  I have not reached the third tier yet so cannot say how to farm it.     

• At the bottom right of the screen there is an icon which looks like a yellow with red colored flag titled "Exploring Jianghu". Here you do Faction Challenge runs and it's the only known way to acquire Bai Xiaosheng's Weapon Manuals.
• As you complete these challenge runs you accumulate points, 10 per A on Minor, which you can then exchange for basic martial arts skill scripts, medicines that last one week or accelerate growth, and of course for 200 points you can receive a weapon manual.
• During the challenge runs you will see a dagger icon next to various boss names. These are the "Wanted" opponents. When you defeat them you will receive a weapon manual and an Order of the Hero, or an Infiltrate and Investigate without the weapon manual, via in game mail. They call this sub-challenge "Once Wanted: Roaming the Four Seas".
• Defeating wanted bosses on higher ranked challenges gets you more weapon manuals per wanted boss.
• Minor challenges gives 1 weapon manual per wanted boss.
• Recognized challenges gives 2 weapon manuals per wanted boss.
• Known challenges gives 5 weapon manuals per wanted boss.
• Famous challenges gives 10 weapon manuals per wanted boss.
• When you get "A" ranks on challenges you have the chance to receive better loot, more points, and more time.  This seems worthless on minor but should get better.
• Challenge rounds can be reset 6 times per week (having in total 7 rounds). On the last round a manually selected boss yields double the weapon manuals received.
• You can manually select the wanted boss once per round for free, otherwise it costs Silver Taels.
• Once a week you can activate bonus mode. To do so you must complete 9 challenges in one round. In bonus mode you will receive double the weapon manuals.  This is key to farming recognized.
• There is an "Achievements" tab. Remember to check it from time to time because every achievement you reach you have to manually click the loot button which yields you a weapon manual via in game mail.
• Kill a boss marked in red.
• Kill a boss with a sword or swords next to his name. (I don’t get this one as it doesn’t seem to give manuals).
• Kill all bosses in one faction for the first time
• Kill all bosses in one faction with an A rating for the first time
• Kill all bosses in all factions at the same level for the first time
• Kill all bosses in all factions at the same level with an A rating for the first time

Some tips.

1. Wanted bosses are in red.
2. Get to Recoginzed as fast as possible as each wanted boss gives two manuals.
3. Save your free boss change for Recognized challenges as each wanted boss gives two manuals.
4. Remember you don’t have to get an A rating to get the Bai Xiaosheng's Weapon from a wanted boss.  Just do it as fast a you can.
5. Buy the Challenge Order for 3L and use it once per day on Recognized wanted bosses.
6. Time is not your friend.  Each challenge reduces the overall amount of time that you have to complete the next challenges.  Once time runs out, you can no longer do any challenges.
7. Rule the World skill doubles your DPS and is very useful for Recognized Challenges.  It makes things much faster.  Time is not your friend.
8. Every day the boss is reset.   So I open the next challenge and if I’m out of manual resets, I wait a day.   There is about a 1 in 6 chance of it resetting to a wanted boss.
9. You are better getting three wanted Recognized bosses, giving six manuals than killing 18 minor bosses for a possible 6.      
10. Every boss has some bullshit reset point when fighting them.   Be very careful of these.   I knocked a boss up on a tent.  I got stuck in a wall.  I stood too high on a table.  I got knock a little over a staircase.  I was too far from his start point.   Try to keep in the open and away from all objects as much as possible.  I usually just fight them back and forth in an open area near where they spawn.
11. Rerolling the challenge doesn’t seem worth it as it is 5L and does not guarantee a wanted boss. 5L unbound for a 1 in 6 chance to get a wanted.  If you are lucky or rich, this might be for you.  It also resets the requirements to get an A.   
12. Don’t forget to check your achievement before waiting for the daily reset.   Sometimes even if the boss is not wanted he might be the one you need to get another manual.
13. Bonus round are key for farming.   Important.  It is a reset but lasts until the next reset.  So make sure you have exhausted your farming (ie, zero time left) before hitting the button.  Mouse over the button to see the requirements.   The bonus round doesn’t reset overnight, so I keep it up for 5-6 days giving 4 manuals for every boss on recognized.  
14. It resets at  6 am server time, not midnight.