Chapter 77: Sister-in-Law, Leave the Door Unlocked for Me Tonight

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Sister-in-Law, Leave the Door Unlocked for Me Tonight

[Your friend Zhu Hao has died. As a friend, you can randomly inherit one of Zhu Hao’s three legacies.]

Legacy 1: [Red Legacy: First Three Layers of the Black Water Saber Technique (Ninth Grade)] High inheritance risk. The Black Water Saber Technique is a mandatory Martial Technique for the royal family’s Golden Scale Guards. If an ordinary person practices it privately and is discovered, they will certainly be hunted down by the royal family!

Legacy 2: [Gray Legacy: Zhu Hao’s Private Savings (Two Thousand silver taels)] Low inheritance risk. As a Golden Scale Guard, Zhu Hao’s monthly salary was not low. After saving for a few years, he had accumulated two thousand silver taels.

Legacy 3: [White Legacy: 60 Strength Attribute points] No inheritance risk, but requires touching Zhu Hao’s corpse.

After the light screen displayed the news of Zhu Hao’s death, five more messages popped up in succession.

[Your friend Zhao Kai has died...]

[Your friend Kong Xiang has died...]

...

Including Zhu Hao, a total of six people had died this time. These six were exactly the "friends" Fang Xu had just added a few days ago—six Golden Scale Guards. Seeing this, Fang Xu frowned deeply.

According to what Yun Qing had said earlier, he and Li Xun had already been driven back to the Central State by Li Xingchao. Calculating the time, they should have covered half the distance by now. Could Li Xun have encountered an attack on the road? Glancing at Li Xun’s name on the list, Fang Xu was horrified to discover that Li Xun’s Life Value had plummeted to 20%! But right at that moment, the Life Value behind Li Xun’s name actually ticked up, changing from 20% to 22%! Then, 25%... 27%... 30%... In just a short while, it astonishingly rose back to 55%!

This bizarre situation piqued Fang Xu’s curiosity. Li Xun’s Life Value was the most eccentric one he had ever seen. Ever since the system awakened, the Life Values of everyone on the friend list only dropped and never rose. Once it hit zero, they would die. However, Li Xun’s Life Value was like the stock market—it rebounded after hitting rock bottom, ultimately maintaining a level above 50%! Aside from him, the same applied to Mu Xuan and the other two from the Ascension Association, though their Life Values weren’t quite as bizarre as Li Xun’s. Although they occasionally rose a bit, they had overall dropped by about 8%.

After Li Xun’s Life Value climbed to 55%, it stopped moving. Fang Xu figured that this attack had likely resulted in the deaths of some Golden Scale Guards, but Li Xun himself was probably fine. He decided to inherit these people’s legacies first.

Setting aside the matter of Li Xun’s attack, Fang Xu tapped to inherit the legacies of the six Golden Scale Guards one by one. All six of their legacies included the Black Water Saber Technique. Clearly, as Golden Scale Guards, they all cultivated this Saber Technique. Martial Techniques were different from Elixirs; from lowest to highest, they were ranked as Ninth Grade... Eighth Grade... Seventh Grade... The Nine Ape Staff he cultivated was an Eighth Grade Staff Technique. According to Lu Zhiyuan, an Eighth Grade Martial Technique was worth a thousand gold, which meant the Ninth Grade Black Water Saber Technique was likely worth at least a hundred gold. However, since this was exclusive to the Golden Scale Guards, he didn’t dare scheme after this Martial Technique.

After inheriting the six people’s legacies one by one, two yielded the Black Water Saber Technique, while the other four were surprisingly uniform—they were all Strength Attribute points. The four combined gave a total of 300 Strength Attribute points. Once the legacies were confirmed, six crimson arrows appeared on the light screen, all pointing in the same direction.

"Sigh!"

Seeing that the arrows pointed precisely toward the Central State, Fang Xu felt somewhat helpless. Given the travel speed of Li Xun and his group, after five or six days on the road, they should have reached Huangzhou at the very least. Did he really have to make a personal trip to Huangzhou just for 300 Strength Attribute points? He figured he could only leave it for now, unsure if this legacy inheritance had a time limit.

His cultivation interrupted by the deaths of the six men, Fang Xu glanced at the westering sun outside the house and slowly got out of bed.

Li Xun had left, and Yun Qing had left as well. Life seemed to have returned to its usual dullness. At the moment, the only things that required his attention were the Ascension Association’s assessment at the end of the year and the recovery of Chu Muyun’s body. Strolling into the courtyard, he saw Chu Muyun leaning against her wheelchair, standing in the yard and staring blankly at the twilight glow on the horizon. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Chu Muyun’s somewhat fragile body seemed draped in a golden veil. She looked as holy and pure as an immortal, making one afraid to profane her.

"Mu Yun," Fang Xu called out, slowly walking over.

Chu Muyun leisurely turned around. Just as she was about to speak, her legs suddenly gave out, and she was on the verge of collapsing. Fang Xu moved in a flash, managing to catch her just in time.

"How long did you stand today?" Fang Xu asked softly as he helped Chu Muyun sit back in her wheelchair.

Chu Muyun tilted her head up, a bright smile on her face. "A quarter of an hour. But I still can’t move my legs. I can’t walk," she added, lowering her head unhappily.

Fang Xu rubbed her head and said, "Don’t be sad. You’re already much better. There’s no rush; take your time."

Chu Muyun nodded. Looking up again, she said, "I’ve already finished reading the manuscript you gave me."

"Manuscript?" Fang Xu paused for a moment, realizing that the manuscript Chu Muyun mentioned must be the Alchemy Dao inheritance he had obtained from Wuhuan. "How do you feel about it?" he quickly asked.

Chu Muyun pouted her lips, thinking for a moment before replying, "It’s not really difficult. I gained a lot of insights just by reading through it once. It’s just that I can’t test it myself yet. I’ll only know the specifics once I start up a furnace for Alchemy."

Hearing this, Fang Xu’s expression turned slightly odd. If Wuhuan were still alive and heard this, he would probably cough up blood in anger. He had studied that manuscript for sixty years and comprehended barely half of it. Yet, Chu Muyun had only had it for a few days, and reading it through once had already granted her numerous insights. Sure enough, some people simply couldn’t be compared to others. Chu Muyun possessed the Pill Fragrance Sacred Body; she was a natural-born prodigy for Alchemy. Moreover, Fang Xu vaguely felt that Chu Muyun’s comprehension was exceptionally high. At the very least, he had stared at the Flame Spirit True Understanding stone tablet for days without getting a single clue, whereas Chu Muyun only needed an hour to transcribe the entire Flame Spirit True Understanding recorded on the tablet.

Thinking of the Flame Spirit True Understanding, Fang Xu suddenly recalled what Lu Zhiyuan had said before: high-level Pill Masters needed to cultivate a Fire Element Technique and then use the fire of the Martial Dao to perform Alchemy.

"Mu Yun, do you still remember the Flame Spirit True Understanding?" Fang Xu suddenly asked.

Chu Muyun nodded. "I have some impression of it. Do you want me to cultivate the Flame Spirit True Understanding?" Having read through the Alchemy Dao inheritance manuscript, she also knew that it was best for a Pill Master to cultivate a Fire Element Technique, as it would greatly assist her future Alchemy.

"Yes. Familiarize yourself with it over the next couple of days. Once your body is fully recovered, you can start cultivating." If the Flame Spirit True Understanding helped Chu Muyun, it helped him too. There was no harm in letting her cultivate it.

"Thank you! I had actually been meaning to ask you about it," Chu Muyun said happily. She knew how important the Flame Spirit True Understanding was to her, but it belonged to Fang Xu. Without his permission, Chu Muyun would never recklessly cultivate it.

"Silly girl, there’s no need to be so polite." Fang Xu rubbed her head again, then glanced at the sky. "I need to go out for a bit. I’ll be back in a while."

Leaving Zhiyuan Hall, Fang Xu made a trip to the Wang Family’s home.

The Blood Food Shop had closed down, so Wang Family had lost her job and her source of income. Earlier, when Li Xun, Yun Qing, and the others were in Fenglin Town, Fang Xu hadn’t been able to slip away to visit her. Now, he wanted to go over and see if Wang Family’s household was lacking anything. He had already slept with her; he couldn’t just watch her fall into such destitution that she couldn’t even afford rice for her pot. After leaving Wang Family a few silver taels and telling her that she could pick vegetables from his courtyard anytime she needed, Fang Xu was about to leave. However, Wang Family quietly tugged at his sleeve and said in a sweet voice, "I’ve felt a lot more energetic lately. I should be able to satisfy you, Fang."

Fang Xu’s heart warmed. He rubbed his nose with a cheeky grin and said, "Then leave the door unlocked for me tonight."

Wang Family nodded shyly and watched Fang Xu leave.

Stepping out of Wang Family’s home, Fang Xu was just preparing to return to Zhiyuan Hall when he felt the virtual panel deep within his sea of consciousness vibrate. He immediately sank his consciousness into his sea of consciousness, only to discover with astonishment that the arrows guiding him toward the legacies of Zhu Hao and the other five were actually flashing slowly!