Translator: Skyfarrow Editor: Skyfarrow In the blink of an eye, ten more days passed .
Deep in the mountain, in the underground rock forest .
Squeakkkkk!
Tens of jade eye stone monkeys jumped in the air with blurred silhouettes .
They continued to leap and attacked Fang Yuan aggressively .
If it was like before, Fang Yuan would retreat without a doubt . But now, he stood on the spot with a cold expression, still like a rock .
The stone monkeys slammed, scratched, and bit Fang Yuan’s body, but a crisp ‘ding ding’ sound could be heard, as if they were not attacking a person, but a sturdy jade pillar .
A bright white jade light covered the area as it attached itself to Fang Yuan’s body . This light, although it was thinner than the Jade Skin Gu’s jade green glow, it had more than twice of the defensive power .
Jade Skin Gu’s defense can only handle up to sixteen monkeys’ simultaneous attack, but now Fang Yuan could face off against more than thirty monkeys alone .
"On the arena, I could break Fang Zheng’s Jade Skin Gu’s defense with my bare fists, but if Fang Zheng used this White Jade Gu, even if I broke my wrist bone, I would not be able to penetrate his defenses . "
Fang Yuan pondered while diverting a part of his thoughts towards his aperture sea .
In the red steel primeval sea, the White Jade Gu sank to the bottom of the sea, constantly absorbing primeval essence . Its surface also emitted a faint white jade glow, like a lightbulb .
Every time the stone monkeys attack Fang Yuan, the White Jade Gu’s surface which resembled an oval pebble would flash faintly .
At the same time, Fang Yuan could feel a trace of his primeval essence being expended .
"White Jade Gu’s defense is the same type as the Jade Skin Gu, they both require a continuous source of primeval essence . At the same time, the greater the intensity of the attack, the more primeval essence is expended . " Fang Yuan concluded in his heart .
At the same time, he counterattacked .
Punches and kicks kicked up a sandstorm . His strikes were simple, yet brutal and effective with an imposing aura .
Although the White Boar Gu was gone, the strength it gave to Fang Yuan still remained in his body .
Endless monkeys were hit by Fang Yuan . Some were kicked away, knocking on the stone pillar; some were killed in midair, turning into stone and breaking into fragments when they landed on the ground .
At the same time, with a flick of his wrist, Fang Yuan sent moonblades flying around, like the scythe of the reaper, harvesting the lives of the stone monkeys .
With the supply of red steel primeval essence, the Rank one Moonlight Gu could cause the greatest attack damage to the monkeys with every hit .
Squeak squeak . . .
The stone monkeys screamed in fright, retreating .
Fang Yuan had exterminated the stone monkeys in a short moment of counterattack, with only five or six remaining .
Fang Yuan killed another, and the remaining stone monkeys broke down, frantically running around and escaping deep into the stone forest .
Fang Yuan did not chase these escapees, but continued forwards deeper into the stone forest .
These days, he had been working hard to find the next clue for the inheritance . With continuous exploring, he had stepped foot on most of the areas around the stone forest, but did not find anything .
He had a hunch, vaguely guessing the Flower Wine Monk’s idea . He felt that the next step of the inheritance was likely linked to the most central area of the stone forest .
The deeper he got into the forest, the larger the stone pillars were, and the more stone monkeys lived inside them .
Fang Yuan walked as he observed — at the center of the stone forest, there was a large stone pillar . Its circumference was wider than tens of men surrounding it and attempting to hug it .
This stone pillar was his objective .
But, the deeper he got, the larger the monkey gangs, and the higher the difficulty .
Fang Yuan took a crucial step out and entered the alert zone of a group of monkeys .
Squeak squeak squeak!
The black caves in the stone pillar had emerging furious jade eye stone monkeys, and up to a hundred jumped in Fang Yuan’s direction .
Fang Yuan ran for his life .
Against so many monkeys, even with the White Jade Gu, he could not massacre them .
The stone monkeys chased Fang Yuan for a while, then some started to abandon the chase and turned around, going back to their caves . Eventually, only thirty or so monkeys trailed after Fang Yuan .
Fang Yuan seeing the time was right, turned around and fought .
After a round of fighting, the last few monkeys ran and escaped, not even daring to return to their original caves .
After a few rounds, Fang Yuan killed over a hundred stone monkeys . On the road there were traces of broken stones from the corpses of the stone monkeys .
"Insufficient primeval essence . " Fang Yuan inspected his primeval sea and sighed, forced to stop in his tracks .
If it was before, he would use his primeval stones to recover swiftly, but now, after fusing the White Jade Gu, he had a severe lack of primeval stones, or rather his entire finance was on the brink of collapsing .
Fang Yuan picked up the jade rock eyeballs and stuffed them into his bag .
"It should be at the bottom of the center of that rock pillar . But to reach there, I have to open a path . " This feeling was getting more intense, Fang Yuan gave it one last look before opening the stone door and returning to the second secret room .
At the corner of the hidden room, there were some items .
A small bag with hundreds of eyeball jades . Fang Yuan opened the bag and poured his loot in from today .
The jade pearls collided with one another, emitting a crisp sound .
There was another bag, and wild boar tusks were inside . But now Fang Yuan no longer needed to slaughter wild boars .
He used the White Boar Gu and the Jade Skin Gu to refine the White Jade Gu . The White Boar Gu had disappeared, and reduced his necessity for pork to 0 .
The new White Jade Gu was more like the Jade Skin Gu, it consumed jade rocks .
Jade Skin Gu needed two liang of jade rocks every ten days . While the White Jade Gu needed eight liang of jade rocks every twenty days .
Normally speaking, the higher the rank, the longer interval there is for each meal . Rank two Gu usually feed every half a month, while Rank three Gu feed every month, or longer .
Of course, higher ranking Gu also consume more food . On average, the White Jade Gu consumed more in cost than the Jade Skin Gu and the White Boar Gu combined .
But to Fang Yuan, he had this rock forest and did not lack jade rocks . At the same time he did not need pork, so he did not need to kill wild boars, thus this saved him a lot of trouble and a lot of time .
Tying the little bag up, Fang Yuan picked up a bullskin water sack .
Inside the water sack, there was golden honey wine inside . A few days ago, Fang Yuan had relied on the Jade Skin Gu and endured the bees’ attacks, and gathered enough honey wine .
"I only have two and a half primeval stones left, it is time to go to the internal affairs hall and turn in the mission . "
Fang Yuan kept the water sack well and returned to the tunnel, squeezing out of the rock crack and returning to the outside world .
It was sunset now .
The golden sunset of winter was in fact not cold, the weather bright and fair . The setting sun emerged with comfortable rays of a red-orange colour, the exquisite sunlight passing through the crown of pine trees and shining onto the mountain floor .
Walking alone, he headed towards the village .
Yet Fang Yuan did not go directly, but took a few reroutes to prevent the rock crack from being found out .
Winter wind blew on his face, this was the smell of freedom .
Back in the academy, he could only sneak out at night . Now that he was Rank two, he could move about freely in the day without any suspicion .
More importantly, the death of sickly snake and the others allowed Fang Yuan to move alone with fewer restraints .
The only thing is, Fang Yuan was now alone without any supporting group members . The following clan mission which occurs monthly, he had to complete one at least, and that would be difficult .
Now, after the small beast horde, all the groups had regrouped . Fang Yuan had missed the chance .
Because of his reputation, Fang Yuan was also ostracized by the Gu Masters . Joining other small groups was not going to be easy .
"So what if I’m left out, the more I float around at the brink, the less attention is on me, and the more advantageous it is for me . As for the clan mission, it is mandatory so I have to take it . But . . . . "
Thinking of this, Fang Yuan’s eyes shone with cold light, he had plans already .
The clan mandates that every Gu Master had to accept a mission every month, but did not force them to complete it .
Being unable to complete the mission will result in falling evaluation . This was something no Gu Master wanted to see, thus they did their all to complete the missions .
But to Fang Yuan, this evaluation was crap!
Walking into the village, there was an endless stream of people walking along the limestone paths of the streets .
At this time, it is normally the peak period .
Many Gu Masters complete their missions with injuries and whatnot, returning to the village . After working for a day, farmers drag their muddy feet and tired bodies, quietly moving along .
In this world, living was not easy, it was full of pain and suffering .
The setting sun slowly dropped below the mountain top, giving out the last ray of warm light . This light would be diminished by the unevenly criss-crossed branches of the withering trees, becoming the fragments of time scattered upon the green jade walls of bamboo houses .
"Oh no, my toy," a girl cried out, chasing her spinning top among the crowd .
The spinning top rolled to Fang Yuan’s feet, and the girl also hit Fang Yuan’s leg, falling on the ground .
"Sorry, sorry! For offending lord Gu Master, please pardon us!" The little girl’s father hurried over . When he saw Fang Yuan’s clothing, his expression was white as paper, bringing the little girl and kneeling down, kowtowing to Fang Yuan .
The girl cried out of shock, pearls of tears trailing down her white and rosy face .
The walking mortals upon seeing this scene, turned away and avoided them like the plague .
Some Gu Masters stared coldly, before turning away and leaving .
"Stop crying, you troublemaker!" The father was frightened, angry and afraid, moving his hand to give her a slap, but Fang Yuan grabbed his hand, not allowing any movement .
"Just a small matter, no worries . " Fang Yuan laughed lightly, touching the little girl’s head, softly consoling, "Don’t be afraid, it is okay . "
The girl stopped crying, using her teary eyes to look at Fang Yuan, thinking this big brother was really gentle .
"Thank you lord, thank you lord for your kindness!" The girl’s father was overjoyed, kowtowing to Fang Yuan without a break .
Fang Yuan continued forward . His rented house was not far away .
And on the ground floor of that bamboo house, his uncle Gu Yue Dong Tu stood, staring at Fang Yuan who was still a distance away, evidently waiting for him .
Note : Please download the sponsor's game to support us!
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login