Chapter 56
Lu Xun reached out his hand to catch the thing Second Senior Sister threw over, it was a small black slab.
Apart from being entirely black, the small slab wasn’t any different from the rocks we liked to use to play ducks and drakes in our childhood.
Sure enough, the black color was f*cking matte black[1]…
Lu Xun scrutinized it under his touch. It felt coarse and quite uncomfortable in his hand.
He attempted to examine its basic information. However, all he saw were question marks, just like this: ‘???’.
‘What the hell do I need this damned system for!?’ Lu Xun, whose level was too low to examine the item, took his anger out on the system.
“Second Senior Sister, what is this?” Lu Xun asked.
Second Senior Sister replied, “The Eldest… Eldest Senior Brother left it… left it as a… gift for us.”
Cat Southnorth took out an almost identical small slab from her own storage ring, she then waved it at Lu Xun to show that she also had this thing.
Their Eldest Senior Brother left five pieces for Second Senior Sister, who, in turn, divided it. Now that Lu Xun took another piece, there was only a single piece remaining at the moment.
“So, what exactly is this thing?” Lu Xun asked.
“We don’t know,” Cat Southnorth responded for Second Senior Sister, “Only Sir probably knows.”
Second Senior Sister sat on the large rock and didn’t speak anymore, it seemed that she tacitly agreed with what Cat Southnorth said.
Although Lu Xun didn’t know what it was, but with the question marks the basic information displayed, then it was definitely a treasure!
The night gradually darkened, Ji Li bid farewell and returned to the outer mountains—Cat Southnorth was still the one who sent her back.
After the lolita was finished, she went back to the Rear Mountain and especially came to find Lu Xun.
She probably understood the Second Senior Sister’s intentions to a certain degree. She walked to Lu Xun’s side and said in a soft voice, “When you ascend the Harbor Mountain tomorrow, remember to place the small slab close to your chest. Don’t put it in the storage ring, it’ll be of benefit to you.”
“What benefits?” Lu Xun asked, perplexed.
“Did Second Senior Sister… open a back door for me!?”
“How embarrassing! Hehehe!”
“You’ll know tomorrow when you go!” Cat Southnorth winked at him.
“I know, I know!” Lu Xun replied, he couldn’t help but reveal a radiant smile.
He originally wanted to try his fortune, see whether he was lucky or unlucky. He never expected that there was actually internal manipulation.
Lu Xun, whose special attribute column displayed ‘Luck 1 (non-upgradeable)’, suddenly swelled with confidence.
For tomorrow’s trip to the Harbor Mountain, he was already looking forward to it.
…
…
The next day, Lu Xun still woke up with a pale and sickly countenance.
He experienced night after night of being lashed and emptied…
“…It’s so hard being a man in the Rear Mountain!”
That night, he didn’t make any progress and was still ‘killed’ nine times.
It was quite reasonable though, he didn’t level up or learn a new skill. His strength didn’t improve the slightest bit, this was why he definitely made no headway in resisting against the sword intent.
If said in the lands of Heavenly Earth, this would normally be called a bottleneck. But for him, this was simply the lack of experience value.
Shen Yan didn’t come to the Rear Mountain’s Small Study early in the morning, but rather in the afternoon.
Lu Xun gave a sniff, he could clearly smell the scent of alcohol on Shen Yan’s body.
“This stewed egg fell in a wine jug, no wonder he came late. He probably drank from last night till now, didn’t he?”
At their cultivation, they couldn’t get drunk off the wine of the ordinary world. But it was a different story for the wine that cultivators brewed themselves.
Shen Yan just realized that he was a little lacking in manners showing up like this. He quickly formed an enchanted seal with his fingers, soon afterward, the scent of alcohol dissipated automatically.
The Harbor Mountain was situated in the deepest parts of the Demon Sect. This mountain wasn’t considered tall or short, but it was still quite special.
It wasn’t only because there were large amounts of treasures without owners, but it was also because this was the burial mound for the people of the Demon Sect.
Half the mountain was hidden with treasures while the other half was buried with people. It was both a treasury and a graveyard.
To be precise, it actually was a graveyard to begin with. Even the treasures on the mountain were relics that once belonged to the Demon Sect’s members who passed away—the treasures were waiting for the appearance of an inheritor.
The most special relic here was ‘Sword Qi Near’, even though it technically wasn’t a relic, however. After all, Yan Li was only in a deadly seclusion, he hasn’t made a breakthrough so far, but he hasn’t died either.
This time, Shen Yan didn’t send Lu Xun to the mountaintop, but instead, he sent him to the foot of the mountain.
This mountain didn’t allow people to fly onto it. Anyone who wanted to ascend the mountain had to walk from the foot of the mountain, it was the same even for Lu Xun, no matter how special his identity is.
After all, Sir also followed the rules in this way.
There was actually a log cabin at the foot of the mountain. The cabin’s door was slowly pushed open, and an old man walked out from within.
The old man had a hunchback, a severe one at that, and he also walked very slow—extremely slow.
His slow movements gave Lu Xun the illusion that he was watching ‘Zootopia[2]’.
On the way to the mountain, Shen Yan told him that there was a special man who lived at the foot of the mountain. This old man was the person who he referred to.
He was the mountain’s guard, who was also like the grave keeper for the graveyard.
At the same time, he also had another identity. He was Sir’s servant in the early years.
According to what Shen Yan said, his master, who was Lu Xun’s Eldest Senior Brother, was also raised by this old man.
Shen Yan paid obeisance to the old man, since he didn’t know the old man’s name, he could only say, “My respects to the great senior, this is Sir’s new disciple, Lu Xun.”
Lu Xun followed by example and paid his respects.
He wouldn’t lose the basic etiquette just because the old man was his master’s former servant.
The old man nodded and slightly lifted his hand to signal that the two of them didn’t need to be so overly courteous.
His movements were really too slow, such that it was like watching a video played on 0.5 times the normal speed.
Moreover, he didn’t speak because… he was mute.
Sir was one of the most mysterious people in this world, and his mute servant also gave the impression that he knew countless secrets.
The old man leaned on a cane, which also seemed to be quite worn—it had several scratches on it. He supported himself with the cane as he unhurriedly walked towards Lu Xun.
After the old man was close to Lu Xun, he took his time as he sized Sir’s new disciple up. At last, his gaze stopped on Lu Xun’s face, and then, the old man’s face brimmed with a smile.
It was as if he saw something quite interesting.
This quite perplexed Lu Xun. Whenever people saw his face, they would always be stunned, so why did the expression in the old man’s eyes reveal a sliver of… rumination?
‘Was there a problem?’ Lu Xun thought, but he couldn’t figure it out.
After the old man smiled, he lightly stooped down and paid his respects to Lu Xun. Just like the way an old servant did when he saw his young master return home.
Lu Xun wanted to gesture with his hands to stop the old man, but Shen Yan held him and shook his head at him.
Since the mute old man’s movements were genuinely too slow, the salutation alone took over ten seconds.
After the old man straightened up, he walked over to Lu Xun, raised his skinny hands, and patted Lu Xun gently on the shoulders. It was as if the old servant was patting off the dust of his young master who had come back from distant travels.
However, in the next moment, a message appeared before Lu Xun’s eyes:
‘Ding! You have received a buff!’
…
[1] A random jab at matte black smartphones, it’s rumored that the paint chips off easily
[2] Flash the sloth, or sloths in the movie in general
Apart from being entirely black, the small slab wasn’t any different from the rocks we liked to use to play ducks and drakes in our childhood.
Sure enough, the black color was f*cking matte black[1]…
Lu Xun scrutinized it under his touch. It felt coarse and quite uncomfortable in his hand.
He attempted to examine its basic information. However, all he saw were question marks, just like this: ‘???’.
‘What the hell do I need this damned system for!?’ Lu Xun, whose level was too low to examine the item, took his anger out on the system.
“Second Senior Sister, what is this?” Lu Xun asked.
Second Senior Sister replied, “The Eldest… Eldest Senior Brother left it… left it as a… gift for us.”
Cat Southnorth took out an almost identical small slab from her own storage ring, she then waved it at Lu Xun to show that she also had this thing.
Their Eldest Senior Brother left five pieces for Second Senior Sister, who, in turn, divided it. Now that Lu Xun took another piece, there was only a single piece remaining at the moment.
“So, what exactly is this thing?” Lu Xun asked.
“We don’t know,” Cat Southnorth responded for Second Senior Sister, “Only Sir probably knows.”
Second Senior Sister sat on the large rock and didn’t speak anymore, it seemed that she tacitly agreed with what Cat Southnorth said.
Although Lu Xun didn’t know what it was, but with the question marks the basic information displayed, then it was definitely a treasure!
The night gradually darkened, Ji Li bid farewell and returned to the outer mountains—Cat Southnorth was still the one who sent her back.
After the lolita was finished, she went back to the Rear Mountain and especially came to find Lu Xun.
She probably understood the Second Senior Sister’s intentions to a certain degree. She walked to Lu Xun’s side and said in a soft voice, “When you ascend the Harbor Mountain tomorrow, remember to place the small slab close to your chest. Don’t put it in the storage ring, it’ll be of benefit to you.”
“What benefits?” Lu Xun asked, perplexed.
“Did Second Senior Sister… open a back door for me!?”
“How embarrassing! Hehehe!”
“You’ll know tomorrow when you go!” Cat Southnorth winked at him.
“I know, I know!” Lu Xun replied, he couldn’t help but reveal a radiant smile.
He originally wanted to try his fortune, see whether he was lucky or unlucky. He never expected that there was actually internal manipulation.
Lu Xun, whose special attribute column displayed ‘Luck 1 (non-upgradeable)’, suddenly swelled with confidence.
For tomorrow’s trip to the Harbor Mountain, he was already looking forward to it.
…
…
The next day, Lu Xun still woke up with a pale and sickly countenance.
He experienced night after night of being lashed and emptied…
“…It’s so hard being a man in the Rear Mountain!”
That night, he didn’t make any progress and was still ‘killed’ nine times.
It was quite reasonable though, he didn’t level up or learn a new skill. His strength didn’t improve the slightest bit, this was why he definitely made no headway in resisting against the sword intent.
If said in the lands of Heavenly Earth, this would normally be called a bottleneck. But for him, this was simply the lack of experience value.
Shen Yan didn’t come to the Rear Mountain’s Small Study early in the morning, but rather in the afternoon.
Lu Xun gave a sniff, he could clearly smell the scent of alcohol on Shen Yan’s body.
“This stewed egg fell in a wine jug, no wonder he came late. He probably drank from last night till now, didn’t he?”
At their cultivation, they couldn’t get drunk off the wine of the ordinary world. But it was a different story for the wine that cultivators brewed themselves.
Shen Yan just realized that he was a little lacking in manners showing up like this. He quickly formed an enchanted seal with his fingers, soon afterward, the scent of alcohol dissipated automatically.
The Harbor Mountain was situated in the deepest parts of the Demon Sect. This mountain wasn’t considered tall or short, but it was still quite special.
It wasn’t only because there were large amounts of treasures without owners, but it was also because this was the burial mound for the people of the Demon Sect.
Half the mountain was hidden with treasures while the other half was buried with people. It was both a treasury and a graveyard.
To be precise, it actually was a graveyard to begin with. Even the treasures on the mountain were relics that once belonged to the Demon Sect’s members who passed away—the treasures were waiting for the appearance of an inheritor.
The most special relic here was ‘Sword Qi Near’, even though it technically wasn’t a relic, however. After all, Yan Li was only in a deadly seclusion, he hasn’t made a breakthrough so far, but he hasn’t died either.
This time, Shen Yan didn’t send Lu Xun to the mountaintop, but instead, he sent him to the foot of the mountain.
This mountain didn’t allow people to fly onto it. Anyone who wanted to ascend the mountain had to walk from the foot of the mountain, it was the same even for Lu Xun, no matter how special his identity is.
After all, Sir also followed the rules in this way.
There was actually a log cabin at the foot of the mountain. The cabin’s door was slowly pushed open, and an old man walked out from within.
The old man had a hunchback, a severe one at that, and he also walked very slow—extremely slow.
His slow movements gave Lu Xun the illusion that he was watching ‘Zootopia[2]’.
On the way to the mountain, Shen Yan told him that there was a special man who lived at the foot of the mountain. This old man was the person who he referred to.
He was the mountain’s guard, who was also like the grave keeper for the graveyard.
At the same time, he also had another identity. He was Sir’s servant in the early years.
According to what Shen Yan said, his master, who was Lu Xun’s Eldest Senior Brother, was also raised by this old man.
Shen Yan paid obeisance to the old man, since he didn’t know the old man’s name, he could only say, “My respects to the great senior, this is Sir’s new disciple, Lu Xun.”
Lu Xun followed by example and paid his respects.
He wouldn’t lose the basic etiquette just because the old man was his master’s former servant.
The old man nodded and slightly lifted his hand to signal that the two of them didn’t need to be so overly courteous.
His movements were really too slow, such that it was like watching a video played on 0.5 times the normal speed.
Moreover, he didn’t speak because… he was mute.
Sir was one of the most mysterious people in this world, and his mute servant also gave the impression that he knew countless secrets.
The old man leaned on a cane, which also seemed to be quite worn—it had several scratches on it. He supported himself with the cane as he unhurriedly walked towards Lu Xun.
After the old man was close to Lu Xun, he took his time as he sized Sir’s new disciple up. At last, his gaze stopped on Lu Xun’s face, and then, the old man’s face brimmed with a smile.
It was as if he saw something quite interesting.
This quite perplexed Lu Xun. Whenever people saw his face, they would always be stunned, so why did the expression in the old man’s eyes reveal a sliver of… rumination?
‘Was there a problem?’ Lu Xun thought, but he couldn’t figure it out.
After the old man smiled, he lightly stooped down and paid his respects to Lu Xun. Just like the way an old servant did when he saw his young master return home.
Lu Xun wanted to gesture with his hands to stop the old man, but Shen Yan held him and shook his head at him.
Since the mute old man’s movements were genuinely too slow, the salutation alone took over ten seconds.
After the old man straightened up, he walked over to Lu Xun, raised his skinny hands, and patted Lu Xun gently on the shoulders. It was as if the old servant was patting off the dust of his young master who had come back from distant travels.
However, in the next moment, a message appeared before Lu Xun’s eyes:
‘Ding! You have received a buff!’
…
[1] A random jab at matte black smartphones, it’s rumored that the paint chips off easily
[2] Flash the sloth, or sloths in the movie in general
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