Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus Gu
Chun Jack isn't the only one digging. I also help out, as it is my trap, but I am busy now
While he is on digging duty, I am watching the year end combat event. Mo Bei just went up to the top spot and was inspected as rank 1 peak stage. Chi Cheng was next also with rank 1 peak stage. Fang Yuan quickly came up and wow! He managed to make it to peak stage, surprising everyone. Guess I'll be taking my liquor worm back.
I made a small yoink motion with my right hand and the liquor worm Gu flew out of his aperture and landed on my hand.
The entire crowd stared at me, a bit stunned. I looked around and shrugged my shoulders "What? He asked me nicely for it and I only had to lend it to him. He doesn't need it anymore, so I took it back."
The entire crowd now understood why his cultivation speed suddenly went through the roof and accepted reality.
Some gazed at him in envy and some people face palmed at them not thinking of that possibility. Some face palmed because they were mad at themselves for not seeing such a simple solution to their cultivation problems.
People quickly accepted it and got over it. Soon Fang Zheng went up to the stage and "Fang Zheng, rank 2 initial stage!" Another uproar followed.
"What? That is an A Grade talent for you!" and other things were said. I was the only one who screamed "I am almost at middle stage, the fuck you doing Mingyun de zi!"
This word came to me in a dream. I don't know if it is accurate, but I think that should be something like bitch of fate in Chinese. These people speak a weird and distorted form of chinese(or not? Have never heard Chinese) mixed with some english words like god, baby and wood along with chinese culture, so IDK.
My voice wasn't loud, but Fang Zheng heard it and quietly shook his fists and clutched his teeth. I don't know if what I said was what I meant, but it is easy to tell I said some kind of insult.
"You're lucky I am not allowed to participate! I would mop the floor with your lanky-ass self!" I could almost hear him screaming at me "Who's fault is it, that I can't become stronger!" So I screamed back "Yours, you dumb bitch! I have been working out since I was 3! The fuck is stopping you?!"
His anger turned into shock and then fear, as he thought he said all that out loud and began looking around. I laughed at his antics and soon the battles began.
You all know how the battle went, so I will just say Fang Yuan won and got the primeval stones he was promised. The only difference my existence made was Fang Zheng not having a jade skin Gu, which wasn't even used much in the original.
I couldn't participate, as I have rank 2 Gu worms and high cultivation. I'd completely mop the floor with these idiots! Even Fang Yuan won't be able to defeat me and that is why I was banned, but I can still go up and use my challenge attempt!
I jumped down onto the ring with a loud crashing sound and said "Alright! Now that the competition is over, it is time to move onto the main event! Gu Yue Chi Shan! I have heard you are trying to claim the title of strongest of Qiang Mao mountain by first taking over Gu Yue clan's strongest's position, but you are not the strongest! Come down here and fight me, if you have the guts and let's prove who is truly the strongest!"
I stood still for a couple of minutes, the crowd held their breath, expecting a meteor-like man to suddenly land on the arena and say something like "I accept your challenge" just like with Fang Zheng's kamehameha moment, but...
1 minute later.
2 minutes later.
5 minutes later.
Some guy I got really close with threw his rank 2 vocal booster Gu at me and I nodded in appreciation and said "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS! CHI SHAN, GET YOUR FUCKING ASS OUT HERE AND FIGHT ME!" The crowd was stunned at my potty mouth, but they accept it with angry brows. Even people outside the city heard my yell, so Chi Shan most likely heard it as well. The entire stadium joined me in calling for Chi Shan, as we chanted his name and insulted him.
Another 5 minutes passed and I threw the Gu back at my guy "Screw this! Screw that fucking bastard! I am out! I'll be applying for group leader position, anyone interested in hunting with me sign up at the commissions hall!"
Short version of what happened, he didn't come. Bruh! I literally deflated. The man I was going to use to spread my party's fame didn't even fucking show up! I challenged him in front of the entire clan and he didn't even fucking show up! What is this?!
I stomped away and went to dig my trap and get my mind off of this shittty situation! Seriously! Does that bastard even have guts?! I want to blow something up!
Sigh, at least I had the consolation prize of his reputation hitting rock bottom. It isn't as good as punching his head into the rocky bottom, but it is some kind of reward.
With my shovel in hand, I went to help dig the hole when I saw Chun Jack heading my way "What happened? Did you break the shovel again?" He shook his head and said "I stumbled onto some kind of weird cave. I was going to find you and ask if you wanna check it out."
I nodded my head with excitement and we jumped straight into the cave. Thinking about it, the First generation Gu Yue might attack us, but it is highly unlikely. He is sound asleep and won't even dream of 2 kids stealing "his" treasure.
Who cares about the first gen Gu Yue, he is just some minor inconvenience considering I will be getting THE heavenly essence treasure lotus. Sure, I'll be robbing the entire clan of it's only income source a few days before the beast tide and a few months before the major wolf invasion, but I have still done a lot of good, for the clan and no one can fault me about that.
50 primeval stones per day! With such an income source, I can passively make almost 20K per year! That is a stable income source.
The strength cultivation hall is only a temporary hit. It's popularity will soon die down and it will make me like, at most, 6,5K a month. Comparing that to a stable 1.5k a month may make it seem like a lot, but we all know such good situations don't come easily.
The actually decent sum I pay my workers isn't much either. I just need to catch the black boar strength Gu worm now and my business will explode once More!
Fang Yuan originally had strength of 2 boars, so I am not derailing cannon and I made sure Fang Zheng didn't have any special advantage either.
Heck, I made him eat a loss! The jade skin Gu he was supposed to get was given to me by the academy elder on behalf of the clan leader.
Turns out, Fang Zheng has a lot more balls and better morals on him than I thought. He probably got one anyway, but props to him for being fare. Maybe it was hubris or arrogance or pride or whatever, but I now have a useless jade skin Gu, which I sold for 18 Gu points!
I really need to get that lotus and then buy a shit ton of Gus' for Gu points. The journey wasn't much fun TBH. We just went into the tunnel and followed it to a dead end and then we went the other way and found a huge cave.
"Isn't that a spirit spring?" Chun Jack pointed towards the giant crystal like tornado thingy. It was extra weird looking. Do all natural spirit spring look like that? I wonder why that ism
We got closer and I saw the heavenly essence treasure lotus in all of it's beauty! It was sitting there in full bloom and not even a scratch was on any of its petals
"Brother, this is a heavenly essence treasure lotus! And all of it's petals are ripe! Do you know what this means?!" He looked at me, a bit confused. I sighed and answered him "This is a special Gu worm, that requires a spirit spring in order to refine. All of it's petals are blooming, so we can pick it and refine it as our Gu worm. This Gu is called a mini spirit spring, as it can produce 250 primeval stones per day!"
His eyes widened at the implication and I instantly picked it and stored it in my aperture. It doesn't require any food or anything. All it needs is exposure to air and the primeval essence in it. We got lucky, as none of it's petals had withered and we could pick it easily.
I'll have to spend the next couple of days refining this bad boy and get it under control.