Beginning with the Ubume Bird Chapter 153

Chapter 153: Chapter 2 Meager Rewards

The deadly silence filled the entire hall, dissipating after a long while.

The sceneries of Yan Capital, the fierce battles of Li Yan, formidable manifestations like the Feather Lord's sky-shading feather, Fierce Hate Parting's ritual mask, and Feng Yi's raging Yellow River–all were suppressed by a touch of uncompetitive dead white, so much so that at the time of settlement, within the interplay of light and shadow, nothing remained except this stroke of white.

Before leaving, Lady Dan reshaped Liang Ye's flesh and then slipped into the Copper Coin.

The myriad oddities simmering at midnight, the divine sightings at the Goddess Temple, and the colorful lights of the Yan Fu Heritage were no small shock to Lady Dan.

Within just a few days, Li Yan had first frantically fled and later faced the natural disaster of the “fruit falling.” He had no leisure to consider what sort of growth Lady Dan might have achieved.

He looked around, with Cha Xiaodao sitting to his right.

One stood upright, the other sat languidly, their four eyes locking together.

To Li Yan's surprise, he hadn't returned to his own, empty room, but was instead in a dark hall.

The bricks underfoot were still dark, the space sparse, misaligned black pillars stood erect, the lighting dim, with no end in sight.

Neither of them spoke but first checked their own assessments.

You have completed the Yan Fu event, total number of Yan Fu events completed: 4

Your evaluation for completing this Yan Fu event is: Very auspicious

“Under certain conditions, your 'walking' state will be repaired without any points deducted.”

The settlement report is as follows:

“Excellent” evaluation Yan Fu points: 300 (Base 200, “Excellent” bonus 50%)

Purchase entitlement 103% (only the base entitlement)

Your current Yan Fu points: 1150 points

As this event was a survival scenario (with opportunities to acquire large amounts of Yan Fu heritage), there are no special rewards for completion of the Yan Fu event.

Li Yan was prepared for this.

The special rewards for completing events are the main way walkers obtain Yan Fu heritage, but since Li Yan acquired five scrolls of Yan Fu heritage in just one survival event, he naturally didn't place much importance on this particular special reward. After all, his chances of drawing another heritage were not high.

After consuming the Blood Oath Wine last time, Li Yan felt only a slight increase in the agility of his spear movements, without any clear realization of the “Soldier Leader.” He didn't see it at all.

As for the purchase entitlement and the low overall evaluation, that was expected.

The previous events showed that what actually affects the entitlement are your explorations into the Yan Fu Fruit and the extent of their impact.

In this Yan Fu event, everyone was intent on killing their rivals and seizing the heritage scrolls, hence the exploration of the fruit's contents was inevitably neglected.

Moreover, with the unprecedented incident of the fruit falling, the entire fruit almost withered, which likely had a significant impact on the walkers' evaluations.

Your gains from this Yan Fu event are as follows:

First, Personal Category

Generic Yan Fu Event Progress: Destroying 19/100 weapons of Excellent quality or higher

Active skill [Wind Marsh] (occupies a skill slot)

Please note, your skill slots are full, forgetting any skill will cost you 500 Yan Fu points.

Second, Item Category:

[Carved Snow from Liang Goods] (a bracelet that enhances vitality, purchased from Yin Market)

[Yuanmou Jujube] *4

[Witch's Love Potion] *8

[Shu Silk]

Third, Treasures Category

Corpse Dog Money

A material for strengthening Seven Souls category heritage. Collecting all seven pieces of Corpse Dog Money will reveal clues for heritage evolution.

If Li Yan remembered correctly, he had only destroyed four or five weapons with his spear, so the nineteen mentioned must either be due to General Cat's “Dong Su” staff, which was uncertain to be classified as heritage or a weapon, or it was because he broke the Yan Fu Fruit husk.

Li Yan felt the latter was more likely.

Additionally, collecting all Seven Souls for strengthening would yield clues for heritage evolution. This made Li Yan think of Wushan's Five Elements Strengthening; recalling that [Xuan Ming] was ranked similarly to [Bai Ze], yet Wushan had relentlessly chased after the [Bai Ze] heritage. Initially, Li Yan thought Wushan was just dissatisfied with General Cat's heritage, but now it seemed it wasn't so simple.

Next was to look at purchase entitlements. Because Li Yan's entitlement was just 103%, he didn't have high expectations, yet he found the list quite interesting.

First, Lost Items Category.

[Life-sized Statue of an Eight-Year-Old]

A Buddhist treasure, a statue of Shakyamuni personally consecrated. It has been damaged throughout its long history.

1000 Yan Fu points

[Great Sage Confucius' Plaque]

800 Yan Fu points

A plaque belonging to Confucius, the great sage, which has been damaged throughout its long history.

[Master Longxi's Hand-copied Manuscript of Teaching Records]

[Woodcut Printed Edition of “Record of Longgang”]

[Pu Family's Private Seal]…

These items, while they seem quite imposing, in fact, have no special attributes.

That is to say, they are merely ordinary antiques.

And they are extremely expensive.

Not necessarily useless, though. If one were a sentimental scholar or poet, [Master Longxi's Hand-copied Manuscript of Teaching Records] would surely be something they would bankrupt themselves to acquire.

For a Buddhist, seeing the so-called “Life-sized Statue of an Eight-Year-Old,” revered as one of the three holy images in Buddhism, would certainly drive them to madness.

Even the usually indifferent Li Yan found something among these relics that greatly intrigued him.

[Solo King Liu Baorui's “Officialdom Struggle” Last Three Acts]

Lost due to a radio station fire accident.

10 Yan Fu points

Tell Li Yan about Buddha statues, about Confucius' plaques, and he's in the dark, but mention this to him, and he's well-versed.

Li Yan had loved the crosstalk piece “Officialdom Struggle” since he was a child. CCTV's “Happy Station” once turned “Officialdom Struggle” into an animated version and broadcasted it in twelve episodes, accompanied by the recording. But they only had content for the first three acts; the latter three were said to exist by the elderly, but no one young had ever heard them.

Is it worth 10 Yan Fu points to listen to three segments of crosstalk?

Li Yan thought it was worth it.

It could be seen as making up for a childhood regret.

That's what Li Yan thought.

He then put aside the other relics for the time being.

Next, the walking recovery category.

[Yanfu Walker's Refreshing Soul]

[Yanfu Walker's Swallowing Spirit]

This was a soul and spirit pledged in the Yin Market by a certain Yanfu Walker, but in the end, he failed to fulfill the agreement to retrieve his own soul and spirit.

It's a hundred times more resilient than an ordinary soul and spirit, an excellent material for training related skills.

Not useful, Li Yan didn't even consider it.

[xz12 Universal Silencer]

Can be fitted to most handguns.

These were mostly relics left behind by deceased Yanfu Walkers. They were probably just a portion, and after looking through all of them, Li Yan didn't find anything that particularly suited him.

After considering, Li Yan finally spent 400 points to buy ten Yuanmou Jujubes, which must have been bought by other walkers in the Yin Market but died before they had the chance to use them.

Compared to similar consumables in the auction house, this was the cheapest purchasing option. After all, nothing is more important than saving one's life, especially for a Yanfu Walker like Li Yan, whose self-healing ability wasn't that strong.

Third, the general oddity category.

Most were gray, including a few that caught Li Yan's attention.

[Central Martial Arts Museum Opening Ceremony Photo], which can summon projections of Sun Lutang, the famed martial artist with the tiger-head guard, and the sixteen martial arts masters present at the opening ceremony of the museum. It lasts for an hour with a one-month cooldown.

[Ma Xiaojun's Pigeon Whistle], which restores a certain amount of energy to the user upon blowing. Usage times 10/10.

Cannot buy due to insufficient permissions.

Li Yan recalled the zombie incident at Yi Zhuang that Zhang Mingyuan had told him about, and the look of frustration Zhang had when he himself couldn't make a purchase, and Li Yan empathized with him at that moment.

The only thing Li Yan could buy was one item.

[Stubborn Thousand-Layer Sole]

Special Equipment

Never slips

Note: Not every pair of cloth shoes is a Neiliansheng.

A hundred Yan Fu points.

After looking it over, Li Yan thought that it was very practical and not expensive, either.

Thus concluded all of Li Yan's rewards for this settlement.

Li Yan sucked on his teeth in disappointment as he put his permissions up for auction, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.

Considering the Yan Fu Heritage scroll he had acquired, Li Yan's strength had actually increased significantly this time, but compared to the bountiful harvest last time, this settlement felt downright meager.

Now, all he had left was to wait for the compensation that Jie Master had mentioned.

Chapter end