Beginning with the Ubume Bird Chapter 162

Chapter 162: Chapter 11: Mud of Yazi

“Uh… you've offended Si Wenji, and I'm just an ordinary Proxy Traveler, trembling with fear all day long. How can I afford to provoke someone like her? I should be avoiding you, not giving gifts to you. Wouldn't that be slapping her face?”

Mo feigned innocence.

“Who is Si Wenji?”

Ignoring the safety harness on his body, Mo shuffled his plump flesh closer to Li Yan with a face full of instigation, “The wife of the Feather Lord, the deadly enemy of Taishuai.”

Li Yan silently took note of the name. Despite Mo implying he was of low status both in what he said and what he left unsaid, Li Yan didn't see it that way. It was probably true that Mo didn't want to get involved in the messy affairs, but the claim that he couldn't provoke Si Wenji seemed suspect.

Whether willingly or not, being involved in the hunt for Taishuai was proof of one's abilities. Taishuai had said that Mo was holding back, not that he wasn't qualified to fight.

Thinking about this, Li Yan turned his head and asked, “Now that you aren't afraid anymore, can you give me back that gift from before? I could get several hundred Yan Fu points for it at the auction house. To tell you the truth, I'm a little short on funds right now.”

“I could, yes,” Mo shrank back, “But what you really need right now isn't that, right?”

He looked at Li Yan's computer screen. His fat finger jabbed at the words “Chu Region Divine System.”

“I'm actually quite impressed that you could figure this out on your own.”

“Are my deductions correct?”

Li Yan asked tentatively,

“Broadly speaking, you're not wrong. However, there's no need.”

Mo explained:

“Once any lineage reaches an Awakening Degree of 100% among the Yan Fu Travelers, proceeding further, one becomes a Proxy Traveler, possessing the lineage's exclusive 'Proxy Ability'.”

“At that time, the awakening degrees of all other lineages will be suppressed and will no longer improve.”

Li Yan followed up, “How powerful is this 'Proxy Ability'?”

“It's an entirely different concept from the usual lineage skills. After I received Mo's 'Proxy Ability,' I would only use it occasionally during early Fights, usually just when barbecuing.”

Mo abruptly shifted the subject:

“However, I've indeed seen Yan Fu Travelers who can use two or even more 'Proxy Abilities.' Their foundation is precisely what you imagined. As for how it is done, I'm not clear. I just know their Proxy Abilities all belong to the same divine system.”

Before Li Yan could ponder further, Mo poured cold water on his thoughts.

“However, the undisputed strongest Yan Fu Traveler who is a single-lineage Proxy Traveler still stands supreme. All that flashy stuff is useless. That's his opinion of one who could use two 'Proxy Abilities.'”

All that flashy stuff is useless.

The words sounded familiar to Li Yan. The image of that red-backed man tearing off the Nuomu mask flashed through his mind.

“Feather Lord?!”

“Right, Feather Lord. The strongest among the Ten Masters, publicly acknowledged. You've seen for yourself, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Cao Yuanchao, when he goes berserk, could pluck a few top-ranking Yan Fu Fruits easily. He's genuinely capable of fighting alone and managing a few rounds against the Sifan Master. Ah, I digress.”

“That's true, but a second lineage does significantly improve a Yan Fu Traveler's qualities. How about this, I'll give you a backdoor deal. Next time something occurs related to Yan Fu, I'll get you a top-tier Fur Class lineage as compensation for the third gift you lost. How about that?”

Mo was generous in his words, but this might not even compare to several hundred Yan Fu points. After all, the chances of drawing a lineage scroll after completing an event were slim; more often, one received other items that bore the lineage's power, or consumable items like Blood Oath Wine.

“If you really have that ability, get me a different Yan Fu event to change my lineage. Not Fur Class, but Five Immortals Category.”

“Ah, did Si Wenji scare you?”

Mo hesitated for a moment before slapping his thigh, “Alright, you say it.”

Li Yan picked up his computer and searched through the Chu Territory divine chart for quite a while.

“This one then.”

He pointed with his finger.

The daughter of Emperor Yao, the wife of Emperor Shun, the Goddess of the Xiang River.

Queen Xiang.

Li Yan made his way back to his old Hejian residence, took off the Copper Coin around his neck, lay back in his wicker chair, and relished in a feeling indescribable to others.

The wicker chair creaked and squeaked, and Li Yan cherishingly took out the last three acts of “Officialdom Fight” to digitize. While starting up the computer, he converted the recording to mp3. The person was long gone; this recording couldn't fade into oblivion.

For a full three hours, Li Yan squinted his eyes as the tape played with crystal clear audio, the beardless face of the old sir rising and falling with each tone, as if he were right there in front of him.

“Liu Yong, you saw Qu Yuan. What did Qu Yuan tell you?”

“Qu Yuan said, 'When faced with a foolish monarch, one must die; you, encountering a wise ruler, should hence live.' Qu Yuan met with an unrighteous and foolish ruler, which forced him to jump into the water and die. He said that I, Liu Yong, upon meeting you, a ruler of virtue and wisdom, should not die but instead live. Your Majesty, I specifically came to ask, should I die or should I continue to live?!”

After recording, Li Yan immediately posted it on the forum.

On this forum, there are many enthusiasts who appreciate cross-talk.

Initially, there wasn't much activity; it took about an hour before a comment appeared. The nickname was “Solo Master”.

“Yin Wenshuo's, right?”

Yin Wenshuo was a student of Liu Baorui, who had made supplementary recordings before.

Another ten minutes passed, and it was still “Solo Master”.

“Holy shit!”

Subsequently, there was a flood of messages from netizens.

“Holy shit!”

“Holy shit!”

Li Yan shut down the computer, no longer paying attention as the internet was so advanced that “Officialdom Fight” no longer faced the risk of being lost.

“Always staying in this old house isn't ideal; many things are inconvenient. Last time, Lady Dan even asked me where to buy that wooden calabash (guitar) on TV. Thinking about it, the days when I ran the audio shop were quite comfortable.”

The radio crackled with static; the green light flowed in the square hole of the Copper Coin, and out leaped a woman like a fish, Lady Dan stretching her body, revealing her beautiful waistline without a doubt.

Lady Dan's face exuded a classic beauty from within, accompanied by an allure that sent hearts racing.

“Did you sleep well? How do you feel?”

asked Li Yan.

Lady Dan looked around, took off her high heels, slipped into white slippers, and went to the yard to fetch a basin of cold water; with a toss of her head towards Li Yan's direction, she remarked, “Why is there so much dust in the house?”

Li Yan was taken aback, feeling an inexplicable warmth slowly rising in his heart.

“Lady Dan.” Li Yan stood up.

“Let's move house.”

Lady Dan, when she awoke, also handed back to Li Yan the core fragment that had been in his mouth back then.

Bad luck, it was not one of those wooden or bronze artifacts possibly related to the Nine Offspring of the Dragon. Speaking of which, those items probably ended up in the pockets of Feather and Jie, the Two Masters.

But luck was not all bad; it wasn't just one of those amber-colored walnut shells that had splattered.

What Li Yan had bitten into was a broken piece from among the nine dragon-shaped wooden and bronze artifacts that “Unobtainable” had absorbed across the boundary.

[Mud of Yazi]

Weight: One jin and four liang

Quality: Legendary

Category: Consumable

This was originally one of the Nine Dragon Sons, containing the surging Power of Yazi. However, it had lost all of its vitality.

It can be used as a plating for any weapon, allowing it to be reborn anew!

Chapter end