The Hunt
"Cross leg stance, keep the chest straight and firm, take a deep breath. Breath in, breathe out.Close my eyes and imagine, the qi is a sea of air floating anywhere around us. Now I imagine myself like an eye in a vortex whirlpool sucking anything that passes through. The sea of air is within me, that keeps sucking to no end."
7 hours later.....
"Ahhhhhh....!" A pillar of strong concentrated bluish qi burst out, and passed through the roof of the hat, and then dissipated below the clouds above the sky.
"Fwoah….!" Xiaobi was sweating all over his body. The sweating liquid that released from his pores were diluted black water color. He smells his armpit.
"Ewww….!" It stinks.
Ding!
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Time: 5 :19 pm Date: 6/9/1010
Name: Xiaobi
Age: 18
Cultivation Level: Late Stage of Body Refining.
Cultivation Skill: [Heaven and Earth Void Suction]
Position: Village Chief
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(*previous time 10: 19 am)
"Nice! I skip the Middle stage of Body Refining. From the Early stage of Body Refining, then jump to the Late stage of Body Refining.
"[Heaven and Earth Void Suction], is indeed a cheat"
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Common Sub quest:
Name: Alternative Cleansing
Description:
Cleanse your body with
the absence of water.
Reward: Deep Blue colored
Martial cloth made from the
silk of cocoon.
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"System, How am I able to cleanse myself without any access to water?"
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"Host, any form of liquid
can be utilized, as long
as you are clean and
free from a pungent odor."
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"What should I do? I can't just go out, while clinging to such a pungent smell."
"Hmm! I should ask Baili for three units of Sweet Devil Cactus, extract its juice in the bath basin and submerge myself into its juice."
"But wait!" Realization.
"Booble"
Search engine panel Booble appear in front of Xiaobi.
"Where can I find a clean or freshwater reservoir in the place I'm in?"
[/////scanning...scanning...scanning...
scanning...scanning...scanninng\\\\\]
[///// error…. Can't find the answer due to the limited radius of scanning range, limited only to the area of Baiju Village.\\\\\]
[///// Booble recommendation: Explore further to increase the wide range of scanning.\\\\\]
"This won't do, I can't go outside the Village Chief Hut, with a stinky smell." frown face.
" I should call Baili as soon as possible, I can't stand the smell even further."
"BAILI…!" he shouted, to guarantee that Baili heard him well."
Baili rushed in to meet the needs of the young chief of Baiju Village.
"Young Village Chief, are you calling for me?"
"Baili, there's something I want to ask for you."
" What is i…" He didn't finish his question.
"Ewww, Young Village chief you really stink, as if you smell like a defecating sh*t." He said it, while closing his nose with his right hand.
" I know, don't ask. And don't tell anyone I smell like sh*t."
" So Young Village Chief, what do you want to ask from a poor dilapidated beggar like me?"
" I want three pieces of Sweet Devil Cactus." raised his right hand and made a gesture of his three fingers.
Baili is hesitant towards the request of Xiaobi,
" Young Village Chief, it's not like I don't want to give you three pieces of Sweet Devil Cactus at most." Take a deep breath.
" Is it because we're facing scarcity?"
"Yeah, you pointed it out, but if I were to give it to you, some of the villagers would be starving."
" It's difficult to extract Sweet Devil Cactus, due to its harsh weather condition. Add to that we have to tilt the land and plant its seeds again, after extracting its whole stem, down to its root."
"Then why don't we just extract its juices, while not pulling it to its ground habitat"
" Young Village Chief, did you just forget something?" face of doubt.
" Sweet Devil Cactus continuously bleed once you leave a hole unto it, until no more of it's juices come out,"
" I see, it's like poking a water balloon with a needle."
" Young Village Chief, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing, just talking to myself, that's it."
"Then how about this way, I want three pieces of those Sweet devil Cactus, and In return I'll tell you a way to safely harvest the Sweet Devil Cactus without being burned from the heat of the hellish sun."
"Young Village Chief, isn't it your responsibility to govern us to prosperity, protect our interest, and think for the better welfare of our people."
" Baili, I'm thinking about what's the best of our community, but in order to do that I need that shrub, Sweet devil Cactus, understand." He smiled.
" Young Village Chief, I don't know what's in your mind, but I trust in you." He walks out to get the Sweet devil Cactus that Xiaobi asks for.
When Baili faces the entrance/exit to the hut, Xiaobi replies.
"Sometimes we have to make a bargain to get the things that we ever want"
Baili pauses for a moment, and continues to walk out to do the thing he is asked.
Xiaobi prepares the wooden bathtub while waiting for Baili.
Baili returns, bringing three pieces of Sweet Devil Cactus that he was asked for, he drops it onto the ground and speaks a few words before he leaves.
"I hope I made the right decision."
Xiaobi pokes a hole to Sweet Devil Cactus each and pours it in his wooden bath tub.
He went inside the bathtub and sank himself with its liquid. He didn't feel anything sticky to any of his body parts. Xiaobi describes the juices as if, a sweet flavored water.
After taking a bath and cleanse himself, the quest panel pops out in front of him.
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Common Sub Quest Complete:
Host you received Deep Blue colored
Martial cloth made from the
silk of cocoon.
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Host would you like to
equip Deep Blue Colored
Martial Cloth ?
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"Yes!"
When he comes out from the tub filled with the sweet Devil Cactus, the cloth automatically wears on his body.
"Wah, how refreshing"
" System open my character's Panel"
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Time: 6 :00 pm Date: 6/9/1010
Name: Xiaobi
Age: 18
Cultivation Level: Late Stage of Body Refining.
Cultivation Skill: Heaven and Earth Void Suction.
Position: Village Chief
Costume: Deep Blue Colored
Martial Cloth.
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" I guess it's time, let the hunt begin."
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