Beginning with the Ubume Bird Chapter 208

Chapter 208: Chapter 45 Evil God Wupozi (Part 1)

“Tianbao!”

The fleet had already begun to pull away from the coast when a young girl's tender voice came from the dock.

With silver rings adorning her bare feet, Zheng Xiu'er stepped on the icy pebble stones, splashing droplets all over her legs as she ran desperately towards the fleet, frustration painting her little face.

“Give me back my book!”

“What did you say?”

Li Yan shouted back.

Standing in the water, Zheng Xiu'er cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, “The parchment that my mother left me, and that blue-covered book, they're mine, you can't take them!”

“I didn't take them; go back and look again.”

Li Yan denied any responsibility.

“You, you liar, you were in my room, you definitely took them, don't you go.”

“What did you say~ I can't hear you~”

Li Yan shouted a couple of times, but seeing that Zheng Xiu'er's figure had already blurred, he turned around and entered the cabin.

He flipped open the bundle beneath his bed, inside was a blue-covered book and a pitch-black piece of parchment…

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[Book of Lu Ban's Ward-Off Victory]

Quality: Superior

Category: Skill Visualization Item

The textual records of Lu Ban's Ward-Off Victory, containing basic carpentry mechanisms and geomantic ward-off techniques. Those who study it will reduce their luck and lifespan.

By spending Yan Fu points to study, one can engage in skill visualization, which has a certain probability of bestowing related skills, and those skills do not occupy a skill slot. The success rate of visualization is related to one's proficiency in relevant specializations.

Each visualization session costs 50 Yan Fu points.

The basic requirement is: Classical Literature 50%

It was similar to the privilege of visualizing the Demonic Eighty Strikes that had been available after the Renchen era.

Li Yan only glanced at it before shifting his attention to the piece of parchment that Xiu'er had secretly left behind.

This piece of parchment was pitch-black and unprepossessing in appearance, yet its content greatly surprised Li Yan.

This was something he had never seen before.

[True*Defying Parchment]

Category: Code!

Limit: Six Ministries!

Written in Dan Family Secret Script, the Chu Sermon Stratagem Skill contained on the parchment lists seventy-three defying techniques, all vicious and fierce, with immense power. Practitioners are doomed to die a violent death.

The basic requirement is: Dan Family Secret Script 65%, Receptive State (Affinity with Yin entities)

Please take note!

You have acquired a complete code; to practice the full content of the code, you must renounce the Yan Fu Heritage!

Please take note!

You have acquired a complete code; to study the full content of the code, you will be forever stranded in this fruit!

You can also choose to sacrifice the item after returning to the Yan Fu space, thereby unlocking the complete “Chu Sermon Defying Skill” skill list. Purchasing skills would only require one Yan Fu point and can be learned without fulfilling any requirements, though it will occupy a skill slot.

The former is of little use and is also easy to learn. The latter, while sounding impressive, comes with a cost so great that Li Yan hesitated. Sacrificing it to Yan Fu seemed like a terrible waste.

However, this item gave Li Yan a deeper understanding of Yan Fu, especially the phrase 'fruit of stagnation,' which helped him form a clearer outline of the definition of traveling through Yan Fu.

Li Yan put away these two items, planning to deal with them later, as their style was at odds with his own. He didn't have the intention to benefit from the start,

He took these two items from Zheng Xiu'er's room, not to prevent her from practicing, but because he didn't want her to end up with a fate like Mrs. Shi, who died tragically…

For the trip to Quanzhou, in addition to Zhi Nong and others and Zhao Xiaoyi, Li Yan also brought along Xue Ba and several other high-ranking Gaoli ghosts from Lantau Island's Red Miao. The journey was silent, and they soon reached the homeland of Zhi Nong and the others,

Long Haitian, the soft golden sands, beneath the coconut trees, a few children in blue kerchiefs and robes played, catching fat clams, sea snails, and hermit crabs in the sand pits. Occasionally, they would also find starfish and turtles. Behind them was a vast expanse of dark jungle.

Zhi Nong disembarked first, his face beaming with smiles.

The children's eyes brightened, and they ran towards Zhi Nong. Their hometown dialect was close to Fujianese, with slight differences. The children hugged Zhi Nong and mumbled to him for a while before one of them glanced back at the Red Sails Spirit of the Duck and hopped and skipped into the woods.

Li Yan and his companions quietly waited at the side, and after a while, a large group of villagers came flooding over. Surrounded by the crowd was an old woman with a black kerchief wrapped around her head–undoubtedly, this was the Lan Sou Zhi Nong had mentioned.

Bent over, with pale skin and a face covered in wrinkles–this was Lan Sou.

Lan Sou sized up everyone, quickly focusing her attention on Li Yan.

“The followers of Wupozi welcome you, leader of the Red Flag Gang.”

“The Black Flag has promised us food, and we work for them. The Red Flag has promised us food, and we can work for the Red Flag, too; it's only natural. But…”

Lan Sou paused, “We cannot help the Red Flag to fight against Black Flag; that would be a matter of principle. Of course, we will no longer participate in any conflicts between Black Flag and Red Flag in the future.”

Zhi Nong opened his mouth as if to say something, but hesitated for a while and said nothing.

Li Yan looked around at the wooden bamboo dwellings, which were distinctively styled like those in Fujian and Zhejiang, all white. Notably, behind the door of every household was a black wooden carving in the shape of a human figure.

The carvings were indistinct in detail, hunched over and resembling an old man.

After hearing Lan Sou's words, he waved his hand, “No problem, I never thought of making you turn your guns against the people of the Black Flag. You don't have to get involved in any disputes regarding the Black Flag. Beyond food, I can offer more–silks, clothes, fine wine, jewelry, fishing gear, muskets. But I do not wish the people of Guangyi Island to accept gifts or commands from others anymore.”

“Of course.”

Lan Sou was more accommodating than Li Yan expected, and he was pleased it was easier than he thought. The two sides discussed details for a while, with one side in need and the other generous, so progress was naturally quick.

“Finally, I'd like to borrow some more manpower from your island.”

“Aren't Zhi Nong and the others enough?”

“At least, I need fifty more descendants.”

“Heh, it seems you know quite a bit about us.”

Lan Sou glanced at Zhi Nong, who was looking down in silence.

“Lord Chief, from what Zhi Nong tells me, some of your men are highly skilled in martial arts, unafraid of Wupozi's poison magic, and some even possess divine power for rapidly healing serious injuries. You, Lord Chief, possess an irresistibly strong force. Even so, you still insist on having my sisters and nieces join you, indicating that the enemy you intend to confront is extremely powerful, and our people might suffer heavy casualties.”

“I think you have misunderstood; my sincere admiration is solely for Lady Wupozi's strength. There is no pirate who doesn't wish for greater power in their forces. I dare say, Madam Guo must have made the same request. I think your sisters and nieces are also longing for the glamorous world outside rather than looking at shells and seaweed every day.”

Lan Sou set down her teacup, “Madam Guo did indeed make similar demands, but we faced obstacles she couldn't resolve.”

“I'm willing to attempt to solve them.”

Li Yan smiled.

Chapter end

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