Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 126 Goodbye Nan Wu, Liangzhou City
“Corpse stench!?”

Upon hearing this, the old ape stood up suddenly, and with a slight shake of his palm, the half-eaten wolf leg instantly separated from the flesh and bones, and strips of wolf meat flew away like sharp hidden weapons!

Fang Xu also took out his long stick and looked into the distance.

Under the moonlight, several figures slowly approached.

Facing the wolf meat that was like a hidden weapon from the old ape, the figure walking in front did not dodge or evade, allowing the meat strips to hit his body with a bang!

The figure gradually approached, and the old ape's aura slowly rose, ready to attack at any time.

However, a faint smile appeared on Fang Xu's face.

"Boy, when did you get such a master by your side?" A clear voice came, and several figures came not far away.

"Senior Nan Wu, Tong Tong."

The people who came were Nan Wu and the girl Tongtong who had not been seen for a long time. As for the tall corpse in front of him that exuded the stench of corpse, Fang Xu felt that it should be the one that attacked and killed Li Xun and Xu Liang that day.

"know?"

Seeing this, the old ape looked at Fang Xu curiously.

"Well, they are the witches of the Muyun Kingdom, and my master's clansmen." Fang Xu introduced.

"Wu?" The old ape looked at Nan Wu curiously, then looked at Tong Tong, and suddenly felt a very comfortable feeling towards the little girl in front of him.

"ah!"

"He's a monster!"

As a beastmaster, Tong Tong immediately recognized that the old ape was not a human being after taking a look at him, but a "transformed" monster!
Hearing this, Nan Wu's face showed surprise and he stared at the old ape wearing a bamboo hat.

As a witch, she had seen various rumors about monsters in the ancient books of her tribe.

According to legend, once a demon transforms into a human form, its strength will definitely surpass that of a human martial arts master.

How did Fang Xu get together with such a terrifying existence?

"It's not as scary as you think. I just used some secret methods and paid a price to take on a human form."

The old ape slowly took off his hat, revealing his ape face.

"Fang Xu, you guys chat, I'm going to go for a walk." The old ape said, and his figure flashed and disappeared in front of the few people.

"Brother Fang Xu." Tongtong walked slowly to the campfire, looked at the roasted wolf meat on the campfire, and said angrily: "You roasted my big ash?"

Fang Xu was stunned, then he scratched his head awkwardly: "I... I thought it was a wild wolf..."

A mist appeared in Tongtong's eyes, and it seemed that she was about to cry at the next moment.

Fang Xu hurried to comfort her.

……

Three people sat on the ground beside the campfire. The refined corpse and the other witches had already gone back. Tongtong was happily eating a delicious wolf's front leg, completely forgetting that this was her beloved Big Gray.

"Senior Nanwu, why did you migrate here from Fenglin Town?" Fang Xu asked, looking at Nanwu.

The flickering bonfire reflected on Nan Wu's fair skin. She turned her head to look at Tong Tong beside her and sighed, "After evacuating from the stronghold near Fenglin Town that day, we launched another attack on Zhao Wuji's disciple."

“But it ultimately failed.”

Angrily, Nan Wu threw a piece of dead wood into the bonfire, his face full of reluctance, and then he lowered his head sadly and said:
"After that, while the tribesmen were evacuating, they also took the opportunity to assassinate several officials of the Yu State. Although they succeeded, they also suffered heavy losses."

"It was also at this time that I suddenly understood your master's painstaking efforts."

"The Muyun Kingdom has been destroyed. With the power I have now, it is impossible to overthrow the entire Yu Kingdom. Instead of continuing to lead my people to death, it is better to postpone revenge and accumulate strength."

"Plus, many tribesmen have secretly said that they want to come to the grassland to see their homeland..."

Fang Xu nodded.

The remaining power of the Muyun Kingdom is now too small and too scattered.

Trying to rely on the existing strength to fight to the death with the State of Yu is like hitting a rock with an egg.

"Fang Xu, I got the news that it seems that all the big and small forces in the entire Yu Kingdom are hunting you down. Why?"

"Also, you went to Muyun Grassland alone. Where is the Saint?"

Facing Nan Wu's questioning, Fang Xu smiled faintly and said, "It's a long story..."

After briefly explaining the reason why he was being hunted and the issue of Lu Qingluo's placement, Fang Xu said, "So, my only way to survive now is to arrive in Zhongzhou before the 18th of winter month and participate in the entrance examination of the Ascension Association."

After hearing Fang Xu's words, Nan Wu's face was full of disbelief.

"You really mastered the first-grade martial arts and killed dozens of martial masters from various forces in the Yu Kingdom?"

Fang Xu nodded.

Seeing him admit it, Nan Wu's beautiful eyes flashed with a strange light, and then she said: "Fang Xu, I have an unreasonable request."

Seeing Nan Wu's expectant expression, Fang Xu frowned and said, "If Senior Nan Wu wants a first-grade martial art, I can only say sorry."

Upon hearing this, Nan Wu quickly shook his head and said, "Don't worry about this, I won't ask you for a first-grade martial art."

Seeing Fang Xu's doubts, she continued: "With the strength you have shown now, there is a great possibility that you will reach the pinnacle of martial arts in the future."

"And now, all the big and small forces in Dayu are hostile to you. What I want to say is, when you become powerful, don't be polite to them!"

"Senior, do you want me to weaken the strength of Yu State?" Fang Xu frowned.

Nan Wu nodded: "As long as you can weaken the strength of Yu State, Muyun State will have hope of restoration!"

Fang Xu didn't say anything.

Various forces in the State of Yu are chasing me. When I become stronger in the future, I will definitely avenge them today.

But revenge was his wish, but he did not want the State of Yu to be destroyed. To be more precise, he did not want to see the people of Yu suffer from war.

Although he is not a saint, he is definitely not a bad person. Letting the people of the world die for no reason because of him goes against his bottom line.

But now, he didn't know how to persuade Nan Wu to give up his obsession with restoring his country.

Millions of his people were slaughtered. This is a blood feud. If it were him, he would never let it go. After all, in his previous life, he was what some netizens called a "pure nationalist" who hated everything related to the Japanese devils.

"Senior, I will definitely avenge today's vengeance."

After much hesitation, he could only agree to the matter ambiguously.

As for the restoration of the Muyun Kingdom, let's talk about it when he has the strength.

Nan Wu was very happy when he saw this.

"There are still many people from the Muyun Kingdom on the grassland. In order to avoid misunderstandings, I will accompany you tomorrow and send you out of the grassland."

Fang Xu nodded: "This is the best. If there is a conflict, I won't be able to explain to Master and Senior Sister in the future."

……

The next day, just after dawn, the group set off again.

Originally, Nan Wu planned to let Tongtong go back to the gathering place in Wangyue Mountain first, but this girl insisted on following him, and Nan Wu couldn't persuade her, so he had to agree to let her go.

A group of four people headed north along the vast grassland.

By evening, the four of them stopped to rest. Tongtong rode the silver wolf out for a walk and soon brought back a gray wolf.

"Brother Fang Xu, quickly light a fire and grill the meat!"

Seeing this girl dragging a gray wolf that was heavier than her, Fang Xu couldn't help but tease: "Hey, is this Erhui?"

Tongtong's face turned red, and she quickly denied, "It...it's not Erhui!"

"Ouch..."

As soon as Tongtong finished speaking, the silver wolf beside him whimpered and looked at Tongtong with resentment in his eyes.

"It said this is Little Gray..."

Beside Fang Xu, the old ape said something out of the blue.

puff!

Hearing this, Fang Xu couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing.

Nan Wu, who was standing by, looked at Tong Tong in astonishment and asked, "Girl, did you really kill your own tamed beast?"

Tongtong kicked the silver wolf hard, hung his head, and pinched the corner of his clothes with his little hands anxiously, saying:
"There are no other wild animals around..."

Nan Wu was speechless for a while: "Have you forgotten the most basic rules of a beastmaster!?"

"Sister Nanwu, I was wrong..." Tongtong's eyes misted as he listened to Nanwu's harsh reprimand, and he said pitifully.

"It's okay. Unintelligent beasts don't harbor resentment." Seeing this, the old ape tried to smooth things over by saying, "Killing them won't affect the relationship between the beastmaster and the beast tamer."

"It's just... little girl, I'm afraid you won't be able to control the gray wolves on this grassland anymore."

After hearing this, Tongtong's face suddenly froze and he seemed a little at a loss.

Nan Wu shook his head upon seeing this, picked up the body of the gray wolf and began to skin it, while Fang Xu went to collect some dry firewood to make a fire.

The wolf meat was roasted. Tongtong had a look of deep guilt on his face. He ate two front legs with tears in his eyes. He felt satisfied only when his belly was full.

The four of them continued on their journey, and they had a pretty pleasant time for the rest of the trip.

Accompanied by Nan Wu, they met some tribesmen from the Muyun Kingdom on the way. They were not troubled, but instead received a lot of kumis, cheese and other grassland specialties.

After traveling for more than ten days, the four finally arrived at the border between the grassland and the northern wilderness.

On the desolate Gobi Desert, Nan Wu looked at Fang Xu and said, "It's about three hundred miles from here to the Northern Desolate Province."

"Liangzhou is the most chaotic place in Dayu. However, chaos is the safest place for your current situation. You should be careful."

Fang Xu nodded and was about to leave with the old ape. Nan Wu seemed to have thought of something and quickly took out an exquisite porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to him, saying: "There are four pills in it. Swallow one and the poisonous insect in the pill will change your appearance."

"This change is fixed and can only last for half a month. You can use it as you wish." Fang Xu took the porcelain bottle and bowed to Nan Wu: "Thank you, senior. I'll take my leave now."

Nan Wu waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."

……

Liangzhou City.

As the poorest state in Dayu, Liangzhou has a vast territory, but cities are very rare. Including the provincial capital Liangzhou, there are only three cities in total.

If it weren't for the fact that there was an abundant herb called purple flame grass in the desert of Liangzhou, the State of Yu would probably not have bothered to occupy this place.

Purple Flame Grass is the main ingredient for refining the Barrier Breaking Pill, which is one of the indispensable elixirs for martial artists and martial masters. Therefore, looking at the entire desolate and vast Liangzhou Prefecture, the most common people to be seen are gold diggers who come to try their luck.

September 15th, waning moon.

In the desolate Gobi Desert, there is a huge temperature difference between day and night. It is early autumn now, and the nights in Liangzhou in the north are very cold. Under the faint moonlight, Fang Xu and Lao Yuan are walking on the endless Gobi Desert, leading their exhausted horses.

"It would be great if I could get two Cloud-Treading Horses." Fang Xu muttered as he looked at the two horses that could hardly move.

The old ape smiled faintly: "The Cloud-Walking Colt is an extremely rare species among the beasts. How can it be so easy to get one?"

"According to this direction, we should be able to reach Liangzhou City before dawn, right?"

Looking at the dark distance, the old ape was a little excited.

Having lived for hundreds of years, the closest he had ever been to a human city was when he was young and ignored the advice of his clan elders, crossed the mountain stream, and killed his way to a small town within the power of Qingzhou Prefecture.

But outside the town, he happened to encounter the great-great-grandfather of the Qingzhou Lu family, the grandfather of Saint Lu, who beat him severely and almost killed him.

Later, the old ape, whose strength had greatly increased, kept this incident in mind. Finally, a hundred years ago, he found an opportunity and met the father of Lu Shengren in the mountains. The old ape took action and broke his legs, avenging himself.

"It's still a hundred miles away. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to arrive by daybreak." Fang Xu said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a faint sound of fighting suddenly came from the desolate Gobi Desert in the distance.

The old ape turned his head slightly, glanced at the direction where the fighting sound came from and said, "The noise is not too loud, it should be a few martial artists, let's go and take a look?"

Fang Xu was about to refuse, but the old ape who loved the fun had already dropped the reins in his hand, and with a few flashes of his body, he rushed away into the distance.

Fang Xu had no choice but to leave the two horses where they were and chase after the old ape.

At the edge of the raised hill, the old ape squatted on the ground, watching with interest the two warriors fighting not far away.

Fang Xu came up to them and took a glance at the two fighting parties. The strength of these warriors was mostly at the fifth to seventh level of martial arts. One of them had messy clothes and a variety of weapons in their hands. They looked like a group of bandits, with more than twenty people in number.

On the other side were ten warriors wearing brown tights and holding long swords.

Ten warriors in brown tights were fending off the attacks of the bandits while protecting a man in white shirt, fighting and retreating.

"Boy, can you tell which side will win?" the old ape asked with interest.

Fang Xu observed intently for a while and said, "Although the warriors in brown suits have the advantage in strength, the cultivation level of the woman in white is too low. Those warriors have to devote a large part of their energy to protecting her."

"Girl?" The old ape was stunned for a moment and said, "Isn't that a boy?"

Fang Xu smiled faintly: "Although her disguise skills are amazing, I am sure that she is definitely a woman."

Having inherited the Lu family's "Mysterious Yin-Yang Sutra", Fang Xu was able to easily distinguish the true identity of the white-clothed figure disguised as a man.

"Uncle Yuan, let's go." After watching for a while, Fang Xu immediately tugged at the corner of the old ape's clothes and prepared to leave.

He is in a lot of trouble now and it is not appropriate for him to expose his whereabouts.

"Wait a moment."

As the old ape spoke, he took off his bamboo hat, put it on Fang Xu's head and said, "A warrior can only constantly break through himself in battle."

"The strength of these bandits is around the fifth level of martial artist, which is just right for you to join forces with them. Go up and give it a try."

After saying that, he pushed Fang Xu out without caring whether Fang Xu agreed or not.

Not far away, the two sides were fighting fiercely, and suddenly they noticed Fang Xu who appeared out of nowhere, and both sides were stunned.

On the side of the brown warriors, the woman in white took a look at Fang Xu's outfit and quickly reacted and shouted, "Senior, we are the herb-collecting team from Liangzhou City. We were ambushed by criminals on the road. We beg you to help us!"

As soon as the white-clothed woman finished speaking, a martial artist at the seventh level beside her frowned and said, "Master, this man is just a martial arts apprentice..."

"Ah?" Hearing this, the "young master" in male disguise exclaimed, and then shouted again: "Sir, run!"

The mountain bandits were also frightened when Fang Xu appeared, but when they saw that Fang Xu was only at the seventh level of martial arts, they suddenly showed a grim smile on their faces: "Where did you come from, little guy? You are looking for death. I will grant your wish!"

As he said that, the bandit who was at the fifth level of martial arts master came straight towards Fang Xu with a tiger-head knife in hand!
Looking at the bandits rushing towards him, Fang Xu shook his head slightly, swung the long stick in his hand, and then rushed towards the bandits as if he was "seeking death".

When the tiger-head knife bandit saw that Fang Xu did not run away but rushed towards him stupidly, he immediately became angry and swung the tiger-head knife in his hand violently. A terrifying blade light flew towards Fang Xu diagonally along the ground!

Wherever the blade passed, a deep groove was plowed out on the gravel-covered ground!
If this blow hits an ordinary warrior, it will definitely cut him in half.

However, Fang Xu was not an ordinary martial artist. Facing the rapidly approaching sword light, his figure flashed nimbly. While dodging the sword light, his body suddenly accelerated and appeared in front of the Tiger-headed Knife Mountain Bandit before he could launch a second attack!
The long stick in his hand was suddenly pulled out!

The terrifying force caused a sonic boom to sound the moment the long stick was swung towards the tiger-headed knife-wielding bandit!
boom!
Feeling the horror of this attack, the tiger-headed knife-wielding bandit immediately drew his sword to prepare to block it!

However, Fang Xu's strength was too great, and the long stick hit the bandit's knife blade with terrifying force, directly causing a dent in his knife!

Not only that, the terrifying force penetrated through the blade and hit the bandit's chest directly, knocking him away and spewing a large amount of blood mist from his mouth!
The tiger-headed knife-wielding bandit who rushed up flew quickly to the rear like a cannonball!

Until the end——

Pfft!
A dead body fell directly in front of the bandits.

Looking at the big dent on the bandit's chest and the tiger-head knife that had been bent to 90 degrees, the other bandits couldn't help swallowing.

"Boss..."

Several bandits looked with fear at a burly warrior holding two hammers in the crowd.

"Get out of my way!"

The bandit leader, who was holding a pair of golden hammers, became furious when he saw his men being killed. He pushed his men aside roughly and walked towards Fang Xu.

"You little bastard, you dare to kill my people just because you have a little strength. Today I will let you see what real strength is!"

After making these harsh words, the bandit leader immediately rushed towards Fang Xu, waving his huge golden hammers!

With a hammer?
Looking at the bandit leader's weapon, Fang Xu's heart moved slightly.

Under normal circumstances, warriors who can use this kind of weapon are mostly known for their strength. Fang Xu was excited to see the prey, so he immediately wanted to compete with this guy.

See how big the gap is between your current strength and that of a seventh-level martial artist who is famous for his strength.

With his palm slightly clenched around the long stick, Fang Xu also rushed towards the bandit leader!

boom!
Facing the golden hammer thrown by the bandit leader, Fang Xu held the long stick in his hand horizontally and chose to take his attack head-on!
A terrifying explosion sounded, and an invisible air wave swept in all directions with the two of them as the center!

Under this horrific blow, Fang Xu's elbow holding the long stick sank slightly, and he finally blocked the bandit leader's move with a slight disadvantage.

In his rage, this move should have at least 80% of his strength, right?
With a guess in mind, Fang Xu had a rough estimate of his own strength. He immediately swung the golden hammer away and swung the long stick in his hand towards the bandit leader!
Bang!
The bandit leader raised his two hammers to block the violent blow and was about to fight back, but Fang Xu's next blow came again!

He was forced to continue resisting.

However, Fang Xu's attack speed was getting faster and faster, and his strength was getting stronger and stronger!

The bandit leader fought hard, but the height of the two hammers above his head was getting lower and lower, and finally they were about to fall on his head!
Upon seeing this, Fang Xu suddenly stepped on the ground and struck down with all his strength!
boom!
The two golden hammers that the bandit leader held above his head suddenly sank and hit his own head directly!

The intense pain and dizziness made his body stagger. A warm feeling slowly flowed down from the top of his head, partially blocking his vision.

Fang Xu no longer hesitated. He instantly changed his attack method with the long stick in his hand and suddenly hit the bandit leader in the chest!
Bang!
Another human-shaped cannonball flew backwards!

The bandit leader's feet touched the ground, leaving two obvious marks on the ground. He flew backwards more than ten feet and crashed straight into a group of bandit warriors!

"The idea is thorny, get out quickly!"

Seeing that their leader was beaten back by a stick after just a few moves, and his life or death was in danger, the remaining bandits were frightened and hurriedly fled, dragging their unconscious leader.

Fang Xu did not chase after them, but just watched the bandits disappear from his sight.

On the other side, the warriors in brown tights saw how terrifying Fang Xu was, and they all looked at him nervously, fearing that he would attack them after killing the bandits.

However, Fang Xu just glanced at them indifferently and turned to walk towards the hill.

This time he took action just to test his own strength. Now the entire Yu State is looking for him, and he doesn't want to have any intersection with these people.

“Um…wait a minute!”

Seeing Fang Xu was about to leave, the "young master" in white hesitated for a moment and shouted.

Fang Xu paused and glanced at her sideways.

"If you can tell me my name, I will..."

Before she could finish her words, Fang Xu had disappeared behind the hill.

Under the faint moonlight, the two men rode on their horses, which had recovered some strength, and quietly headed towards the distant Liangzhou City.

"Boy, how do you feel?" asked the old ape.

Fang Xu pondered for a moment and said, "In terms of strength, I should be about the same as some martial artists at the seventh and eighth levels."

"The speed may be slightly weaker, probably only comparable to that of an ordinary martial artist at the fourth level."

"My only weakness when facing a martial artist is that my energy cannot leave my body."

"If the opponent doesn't fight me in close combat and only relies on long-range energy to consume my energy, I will be powerless."

After listening to his analysis, the old ape nodded and said, "Your understanding of yourself is quite accurate."

"It is indeed a difficult method to use to leave the body, but it is not impossible to crack." The old ape said, and he took out a pebble the size of a quail egg from somewhere. He flicked his finger and the pebble was like a bullet, breaking through the air and directly nailing into a dead tree not far away!

"You are currently only at the seventh level of martial arts apprentice. If you want to break through to the martial arts master level, it is probably impossible before the eighteenth day of winter month."

"However, if you can use your power properly, you can definitely reduce the gap between you and the martial artist to almost nothing."

"Let's go. When we get to Liangzhou City, I will help you make up for this shortcoming." The old ape said confidently.

(End of this chapter)