Chapter 178: The Unknown Yellow Soil, Encountering the Beautiful Meng Yiran, One-Hit Kill_1

Luo Yu had thought this pottery jar looked shabby enough already.

It must contain treasures inside, right?

But he felt he might have expected too much.

Inside the jar, there were no treasures, just a clump of yellow soil.

Yes, just Yellow Soil.

Moreover, it wasn't even filled to the brim, occupying only about one-third of the jar's space.

They didn't even deign to fill it with soil.

That was being extremely stingy.

Luo Yu was at a loss for words, rendered speechless.

After a few seconds of silence, a glint flashed in his eyes, as he felt that the System wouldn't be so pointless.

He uprooted a blue Silver Grass from the ground.

And transplanted it into the pottery jar.

Luo Yu activated his Creation God Pupil, staring intently at any changes in the Blue Silver Grass.

The result...

He almost went cross-eyed, but there was no discernible change in the Blue Silver Grass.

No, that's not true, there was a change.

Separated from its original soil, the vitality of the Blue Silver Grass visibly started to fade.

Luo Yu felt a headache coming on.

He had thought that this Yellow Soil might have the function to accelerate growth or even evolve the Blue Silver Grass.

But once again, he felt he had expected too much.

A bit too wishful on his part.

Forget about catalyzing growth, this Yellow Soil couldn't even sustain a single plant, so what else could it do?

Luo Yu pondered for a moment.

No, that's not right.

Could it be because he didn't water it?

Luo Yu extended his right arm, and a water-blue light burst forth, drawing water elements from the surrounding air to coalesce into a pure sphere of water.

The water sphere fell into the pottery jar.

He observed for a while.

Luo Yu felt defeated because there was still no special discovery.

Actually, it wasn't entirely nothing.

That is, the Yellow Soil was completely useless, even worse than the common soil found on the ground.

This was quite embarrassing.

The Blue Silver Grass couldn't draw any nutrients conducive to its growth from the Yellow Soil and was clearly beginning to wither.

After several fruitless experiments, Luo Yu didn't get overly angry.

After all, hidden rewards were an unexpected gain.

And it's not like the System owed him anything.

Now, he just felt it was odd and somewhat amusing.

"System, can you tell me what this jar of soil is for?"

There was no response, and when he opened the panel, there was only the mission prompt to win over the goddess Liu Erlong and be rewarded with the Zhu Tian Sword Fourth Spirit Ring.

This Yellow Soil and pottery jar can't be for cultivating plants, so they couldn't possibly be intended for fighting, could they?

That would be absurd; how on earth would he fight someone with a jar?

Luo Yu shook his head.

He transplanted the Blue Silver Grass back to its original spot.

He covered the lid and then stored the pottery jar in his storage space.

Since it didn't take up much room, he decided to keep it for now and slowly figure it out later.

"Whoosh!"

Luo Yu was about to leave.

Suddenly, he heard a series of rapid, rustling noises coming from the lush green canopy around him as if something was rapidly approaching.

Luo Yu stopped in his tracks and looked in the direction of the sound.

"Swoosh!"

A fierce and ugly serpent flew out at great speed.

Its body was six to seven meters long, with a bright red, large fleshy crest on its head.

Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent?

Luo Yu instantly recognized the soul beast.

The strange snake, desperate to escape, saw a young human blocking its path ahead. Its triangular eyes flashed with anger, as it hissed aggressively through its forked tongue and bared its fangs to accelerate towards him.

Luo Yu remained utterly calm, watching the oncoming snake without a hint of panic.

A tense shout suddenly came from behind the snake.

It was a bright young girl with short bobbed hair and an old granny carrying a snakehead cane, both quickly chasing after it.

The bright young girl urgently warned,

"Be careful!"

Seeing that Luo Yu wasn't moving an inch in the face of the snake's attack, the old woman yelled, "That's a millennium Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, not something a young man like you can handle—get out of the way quickly."

"Hm?"

"Who are these two…"

Luo Yu saw the two people and visibly hesitated a moment, guessing their intentions.

The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, seeing the human it encountered wasn't giving way, cocked its head as the bright red flesh comb on its head lit up.

It opened its mouth wide and spewed out a stinking multicolored poison fog.

At the same time, its fangs flashed, aiming for Luo Yu as they lunged to bite.

The bright young girl, seeing such a handsome young brother seemingly scared stiff, standing there about to be devoured by the poisonous snake, showed a look of pity and said, "Granny, go save him quickly."

As the old woman's body accelerated, she shook her head and sighed,

"It's too late, we won't make it. That's the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's strongest innate ability. At his age, he probably hasn't even reached three rings in cultivation. Without protection, he's as good as dead."

That's what the old woman thought, and so too did the vicious snake.

However, reality always surprises.

After a loud boom, the world went quiet.

The old woman hit the brakes hard, stopping in place, her old eyes filled with disbelief.

Meng Yiran's mouth gaped open, as if she had witnessed something unimaginable.

The seven-colored poison fog dissipated to reveal the man's tall figure, unharmed.

Not only was he unscathed,

but the menacing Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent from just a moment ago

was now firmly trampled under his feet, unable to budge.

"Hiss, hiss."

The strange snake wailed in horror, looking at the human with fear in its eyes.

"Stop making noise."

With a thump, Luo Yu kicked it, knocking it out cold, and called out towards the old woman.

"What did you say just now?"

"I didn't quite catch that."

The old woman's wrinkled skin twitched, as she stared blankly at the impossibly handsome young man in front of her.

At this moment, she couldn't utter a single word.

She had just confidently declared his certain death, only to have her statement contradicted so swiftly.

Not only did he not die, but in one fell swoop, he subdued the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that she and her granddaughter had struggled to capture — and did it with ease.

The bright young girl was also dumbfounded.

The young man looked to be about her own age, how could he possibly have killed the Crested Serpent in one stroke.

It seemed...

the guy hadn't even used his Martial Soul?

What kind of strength would one need to do that!!

The old woman forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart, her eyes a mix of emotions, "Young man, you…"

Luo Yu raised an eyebrow, "You want this Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, right?"

"Here, take it."

"Bang!"

He casually kicked out without showing any hint of Soul Light, yet the force seemed immense, like thunder.

The massive snake body flew up high, tracing a beautiful arc in the air, before crashing down heavily in front of the old woman and the girl with a thud.

Looking down at the unconscious giant snake,

the old woman and the girl exchanged glances, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes.

At that moment, the strange snake they had pursued for half the day was no longer the focus of their attention; instead, their gaze fixed on Luo Yu.

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PS: Forced to return home, my day's about to get busy again.

Same old rules, two updates every night, five on Saturday and Sunday, and five during holidays.

If I have spare time, I'll use my phone to post additional updates to make up for those I owe you.