Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 149 The core disciples from the Fairy Island return to Maple Forest Town
The moment the package was opened, all the disciples of Baicaotang gathered around.

"Wow! Look at that purple blood coral. Why is it so long?!"

"Oh my god! There are more than a dozen branches just from what we can see. This must be hundreds of years old, right?!"

"And those! Are they all earth immortal afterbirths!?"

"What, Earth Immortal Placenta? Doesn't this thing grow on the seafloor below 300 feet? At a depth of 300 feet, even a martial artist wouldn't dare to dive to this depth, right?"

"And there's that kind of fruit with spots on the surface. I seem to have seen it somewhere!"

"That's the magic fruit, the favorite food of the sea mirage beast."

……

All the disciples of Baicaotang were shocked, and Xu Changqing next to them was also nervous at this time.

The things Fang Xu brought were all extremely rare medicinal herbs, many of which were treasures that moved him.

"You...you just piled these herbs together and carried them back?" Xu Changqing looked at Fang Xu, somewhat uncertainly.

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, then nodded cautiously.

boom!
Xu Changqing suddenly pounded the cane in his hand and said angrily: "What a waste of natural resources!"

"If these herbs are wrapped casually like this, a lot of their medicinal properties will be lost!"

"quick!"

"Hurry up and find some jade boxes!"

At Xu Changqing's urging, a group of disciples hurriedly brought a number of jade boxes, carefully separated the various medicinal materials that Fang Xu had piled together in front of them, and carefully put them into the jade boxes.

"It's over. This psychedelic fruit has been pierced by this iron scale grass..."

“And this purple blood coral, which is 800 years old, was actually broken!”

"Where are the roots!? Where are the roots!? Why is there only the top part of this groundroot grass? Where are the roots?"

"Master, my heart is bleeding..."

"Master, please give him a beating. This kid is so annoying!"

……

A group of Baicaotang disciples were sorting the herbs brought by Fang Xu. The more they sorted, the more anxious they became!

Many rare herbs were destroyed because Fang Xu didn't take them seriously or didn't know how to collect them.

As alchemists, they all knew the preciousness of these herbs.

If I hadn't seen them, I wouldn't be so excited, but now I have seen them with my own eyes, and I have seen treasures that have been destroyed. This is almost more painful than killing them!

This feeling is similar to that of a goddess whom you usually worship like a deity, but is suddenly taken away by a 200-pound sloppy fat man to study her life.

"Brother Fang Xu..."

Chu Mu, who was standing by, watched Fang Xu treat the many herbs as roadside weeds and wasted them. He looked at him resentfully and said, "Didn't I give you a catalog with the name and collection method of each herb on it? You didn't read it."

Fang Xu scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "I thought it was troublesome, so I just... I just picked them all up."

Everyone: "..."

Pulling it out! ?

He actually used the word “薅”!
It seems that this guy really treats these precious herbs as roadside weeds!
After finishing sorting out the herbs while suppressing the bleeding feeling in his heart, Xu Changqing looked at Fang Xu with a complicated expression and said, "Do you know how I feel now?"

Seeing him trying hard to suppress his anger, Fang Xu quietly took a step back.

"Ugh!"

Xu Changqing suddenly sighed and said, "You are an outsider, so I don't want to argue with you."

"If this was done by one of my disciples, I will...I will definitely break his legs!"

"Okay, now these things have been roughly counted."

"If the medicinal properties of the herbs you brought are intact, I calculated that they are worth at least 150,000 contribution points."

"But nowadays, many drugs have lost their efficacy, and some have even lost their medicinal value."

"I can only give you 80,000 contribution points."

As he spoke, he took out his identity token and swiped it against Fang Xu's identity token. After giving the contribution points to Fang Xu, he said, "Next time, don't be so reckless when you encounter rare herbs."

Fang Xu nodded quickly.

Facing the stabbing gazes of the Baicaotang disciples, he hurriedly tried to escape from there.

"Wait a minute." Xu Changqing stopped him and asked curiously, "Most of these rare herbs you brought grow in the deep sea below 300 feet. I'm very curious, how did you get them?"

Looking at Xu Changqing's gaze, Fang Xu hesitated.

"If it's inconvenient to say, just pretend that I didn't ask." Xu Changqing said.

Everyone has their own secrets. If this matter involves Fang Xu's trump card, he would not continue to ask.

Fang Xu cupped his hands and said, "There's nothing I can't say."

"When I went out to sea, I boarded a treasure ship. On the way, we were attacked by a sea beast and the treasure ship was destroyed. I was then caught by the hardest part of the treasure ship and sank to the bottom of the sea."

"The pressure of the seawater was resisted by the treasure ship, and these herbs were collected by the disciples in a hurry."

"For this, I almost died at the bottom of the sea."

He didn't intend to tell Xu Changqing about Changlong's affairs, but now was a good opportunity to ease the relationship with Xu Changqing, so he naturally had to find a reasonable reason to tell him.

"The head of the treasure ship..."

Xu Changqing pondered for a moment, as if he was considering whether this method could be used as a reference. He would then ask Tiangongtang to create a batch of mechanical puppets that could move on the seabed. In this way, the disciples of Baicaotang could go to the deep sea to collect these precious herbs.

"Go back and read the atlas Mu gave you. Even if you are not an alchemist, you can learn more about the methods of collecting herbs."

“A natural treasure. Sometimes a herb is as valuable as a first-grade martial art, or even more precious than a magical power.”

Xu Changqing spoke earnestly.

Fang Xu nodded carefully, bowed to Xu Changqing and left Baicaotang.

When Fang Xu left Baicaotang and returned to Chuangongtang, it was already dark. After returning to his residence to rest for a while, he went directly to the cliff palace.

This mission, together with those herbs, earned him a total of 130,000 contribution points.

You have to pay back your debt quickly.

At the entrance of the cliff underground palace, Wuling was sitting cross-legged on a cushion and practicing. Hearing someone coming in, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Fang boy, long time no see."

"Greetings, Elder Wuling." Fang Xu cupped his hands, then took out the black token Yan Wu had given him and said, "Elder, I'm here to pay my debt."

Looking at the token in his hand, Wu Ling laughed and said, "Black Order of the Affairs Hall, what big thing have you done?"

The value of the black order is 50,000 contribution points, but the general tasks of the Affairs Hall are not worth so many contribution points. Wuling is also very curious about how Fang Xu got the black order of the Affairs Hall.

"I went to Fushan Kingdom and assisted Elder Gong in killing some people from Yanshen Sect." Fang Xu bowed.

Wu Ling looked at him thoughtfully, then put away the black order and said, "The black order is worth 241200, and you still owe contribution points."

"Elder, I still have 80,000 contribution points. I will give them to you now." Fang Xu said, taking out his identity token.

"Another 80,000!?" Wu Ling was a little surprised and said, "Boy, your speed of gaining contribution points is so fast that even I can't compare with you."

This time he didn't ask where Fang Xu got the 80,000 contribution points from.

Everyone has their own opportunities. Asking too many questions will make people feel disgusted.

After directly deducting 161200 contribution points, Wu Ling said, "Then there are still left."

160, the interest for one day is more than contribution points...

Ugh!
With a sigh, Fang Xu shook his head and left the cliff palace.

In my previous life, I had already paid off my credit cards, Huabei, car loans and mortgages. I didn’t expect that I would still have to pay off debts in this world. It’s so painful!
The Transmission Hall.

After returning to his residence, Fang Xu's heart was slightly moved, and he slowly walked to Yun Wan's courtyard.

Seeing that the courtyard gate was closed and the lock on the door was covered with a light layer of dust, he knew that Yun Wan should not have returned for a long time.

I don’t know which promotion task she has completed.

Not seeing Yun Wan, Fang Xu returned to his own courtyard. After washing up, he sat cross-legged on the bed to practice.

His current strength has reached the peak of the first realm of martial artist, but because he wants to use the Demonic Ape Battle Sky Map as his second star map, he must open up the acupoints needed for the Demonic Ape Battle Sky Map.

The problem is that if one's cultivation has reached the peak of the first level of martial artist and one wants to open up new acupoints, one must break through the current level.

There is only one way to break this seemingly unsolvable vicious circle.

The method is to open the stone door of the acupoint space again.

With the help of the power of the Stone Gate World, the unopened acupoints can be forcibly opened.

His consciousness sank into the acupoint space, and Fang Xu looked at the five acupoints that had been lit up on the Demon Ape Battle Sky Diagram.

These five acupoints all contain life-giving organs.

Three of the acupoints contained dragon scales, another contained the broken sword that Kulun had given him, and the golden silk soft armor that he had obtained from killing a warrior in Tilan Mountain...

Gold soft armor?

Fang Xu suddenly realized something was wrong.

The acupoint space nurtures the life instrument. Ordinary treasures simply cannot be nurtured as a life instrument.

Fang Xu had already tried this after breaking through to the martial artist level. Some fourth-grade and even fifth-grade artifacts could not be nurtured as life instruments.

As far as I can remember, that piece of golden silk soft armor was just a second-grade treasure. Why was I able to treat it as a life-saving weapon and store it in the acupoint space to nurture it?
His consciousness immersed in the acupoint space where the golden silk soft armor was located. Looking at the golden silk soft armor floating in the air, Fang Xu curiously took it in his hand.

In his opinion, the grade of this gold-thread soft armor is too low, so Fang Xu was too lazy to wear it when facing the pursuit of many powerful forces of the Yu Kingdom.

After all, those who were chasing him were mostly above the fifth level of martial artists, and there were even some martial arts masters.

A treasure like the golden soft armor can't stop the enemy's attacks at all.

Weighing the gold-thread soft armor, Fang Xu examined it over and over again, but could not see anything special about it.

Why can a second-grade treasure be accepted by the acupoint space?
Fang Xu was puzzled.

Turning the soft armor over again, Fang Xu suddenly noticed something wrong!

Skin!?

The surface of the soft armor is made of a soft special metal, but the lining is an extremely soft and tough leather!

This leather seems to be cut from the dermis of some creature.

Seeing this, Fang Xu immediately grabbed the metal layer and lining of the golden soft armor and tore them apart with force!
His current strength is extremely terrifying, and a second-grade treasure cannot withstand his power at all and is torn apart directly!

The metal layer on the surface was torn, but the lining was intact!
Fang Xu pulled the lining hard, only to find that he couldn't tear the leather even with all his strength!
Good guy!
The real treasure turns out to be you!

Looking at the leather in his hand, Fang Xu said in his heart.

However, no one knows who made this soft armor. Such precious leather was made with junk metal on the surface, and it only turned out to be a second-grade treasure.

Feeling the leather in his hand, Fang Xu hesitated for a moment and then placed it directly in the acupoint space to continue nurturing it.

His consciousness withdrew from the acupoint space, and he came to the acupoint space where the broken sword was nurtured.

If one wants to open the Stone Gate world this time, the acupoint space where the Broken Sword is nurtured is undoubtedly the most promising.

The offensive power of the broken sword is not weaker than that of the strange long stick, but the gestation time may be slightly shorter than that of the strange long stick.

Taking the broken sword in his hand, Fang Xu looked at the stone gate in the distance. He immediately mobilized all his strength and swung the sword at the stone gate!
Everything was just like the first time he attacked the stone gate of the Neiguan acupoint. After the terrifying tremor, the stone gate only cracked into a tiny gap.

After that, no matter how Fang Xu attacked, the stone gate did not move at all.

Feeling a primitive energy completely different from the one in the Neiguan acupoint emanating from the crack in the stone gate, Fang Xu suddenly felt that something was wrong with the space around him.

ripple!

He seemed to see that after these energies overflowed, faint ripples appeared in the space within the acupoint.

What is this?
Fang Xu reached out to grab it, but he couldn't feel anything.

After some research without any results, he did not intend to continue wasting time, and his consciousness slowly withdrew from the acupoint space. It was already noon outside the window.

After a quick wash, he went directly to the main hall of the Transmission Hall, ready to take on the second promotion mission.

"coming?"

In the Transmission Hall, the Transmission Elder saw Fang Xu and said with a smile: "This character may be very simple for you."

The task scroll was handed to him. Fang Xu opened it and took a look. His expression instantly became complicated.

"Elder, is the Ascension Society planning to explore the ruins of Tilan Mountain?"

The new task recorded on the task scroll is to explore the third level of the Tilan Mountain ruins and draw a route map through the third level.

Since the discovery of the Tilan Mountain ruins, large and small forces in the Yu State have already explored the first two layers.

The entrance to the third floor of the ruins was opened by Fang Xu at that time. After that, he left the ruins and did not explore the third floor.

Now that so much time has passed, there seems to be not much progress in the exploration of the third level.

It was not known whether the people from various major forces did not continue exploring because they were trying to hunt him down, or whether the third level was more difficult than the previous two levels.

"The Tilan Mountain ruins are also a matter of great concern to our Ascension Society."

"Someone from Fairy Island will accompany you when you explore the third level this time. Please be extra careful."

"The person coming from the Immortal Island is a core disciple."

The elder who taught the skills spoke.

When he mentioned the core disciples, his expression became somewhat solemn.

The Immortal Island is the headquarters of the Ascension Society and the place where all core disciples practice.

"Elder, how many core disciples does the Ascension Society have now?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

The elder who was passing on the skills shook his head: "I don't know about this either."

"The core disciples of the Immortal Island are not only promoted from various branches, but also recruited by the Immortal Island's envoys who travel around."

"But there is one thing you must remember. Every core disciple of the Ascension Society is an absolute genius, and many of them even possess special physiques."

Fang Xu nodded and said, "So, do I have to follow that core disciple on this mission?"

The elder who taught him shook his head and said, "No, you can just take him to the ruins. But if he makes any requests, try to help him as much as you can."

"Go ahead, the core disciple should be waiting for you at the mountain gate."

Fang Xu bowed, left the Transmission Hall, and headed straight for the mountain gate.

When Fang Xu arrived at the gate of the Shengxian Association, a figure wearing a brown robe, a small leather vest and many small objects hanging on his body was sitting on the stone steps outside the gate.

In front of the figure, a pure black little squirrel was holding an unknown fruit and chewing it attentively.

Fang Xu was puzzled for a moment and walked over slowly.

The figure slowly turned around, revealing a delicate baby face with an amethyst pendant hanging on the forehead. Against the backdrop of the fair skin, the purple crystal looked extremely bright.

"You are Fang Xu, right?"

Before Fang Xu opened his mouth, the baby-faced girl spoke first:

"My name is Gu Qiu, and I'm from Fairy Island."

"Quick, call me Senior Sister!"

Seeing the baby-faced Gu Qiu being so enthusiastic, Fang Xu felt a little uncomfortable. He was stunned for a moment and bowed, "Senior Sister Gu."

The girl was very satisfied when she heard the name "Senior Sister Gu".

"Okay, let's go."

Gu Qiu picked up the strange black squirrel and placed it on his shoulder, then turned and went to the stable at the mountain gate and asked the disciple guarding the stable to lead out two cloud-stepping horses.

"Horses, horses, you have to run faster later." Gu Qiu patted the two Cloud-stepping horses gently and said.

Howling!
Howling!
Something weird happened!
The two Cloud-Treading Horses seemed to understand what she said. They neighed happily and nodded.

Fang Xu looked at the scene in confusion.

The Ascension Society disciple who was guarding the stable nearby also looked confused.

"Let's go, don't stand still."

Gu Qiu tiptoed and slowly landed on a cloud-riding horse.

Fang Xu also quickly jumped onto another Cloud-Treading Horse.

"set off!"

Gu Qiu shouted, and the Cloud-Stepping Horse under him didn't even wait for Fang Xu to react, and ran straight away.

"Senior Sister Gu is a beastmaster?" On the way, Fang Xu finally couldn't help but ask the question in his mind.

"I guess so." Gu Qiu said ambiguously.

"I heard from Senior Brother Jiang that you have been into that ruins?"

Senior Brother Jiang?
Fang Xu was stunned for a moment.

"That's your boss, Jiang Feng."

"The core disciples of the Ascension Society are above the deacons and are of the same generation as the elders in charge."

Gu Qiu explained.

"Oh... then... then I'll call you Senior Sister Gu, and you call me Senior Brother Jiang Chang, this..."

"Ah!" After hearing what Fang Xu said, Gu Qiu suddenly realized what was happening and slapped his head, saying, "It's a mess! It's a mess!"

"But, never mind, each to his own!"

"Senior Brother Jiang said that you realized a magical power in the Tilan Mountain ruins?" Gu Qiu spoke directly without worrying about whether Fang Xu should call him uncle or sister.

Jiang Feng told her all about this! ?

A trace of worry appeared on Fang Xu's face.

"Hey! What's that expression on your face?"

"Although magical powers are not common in Fairy Island, they are still very common. Do you think I would covet your magical powers?"

Seeing Fang Xu's alert and worried expression, Gu Qiu was unhappy.

Magical powers are common in Fairy Island! ?

After hearing this, Fang Xu was filled with surprise!
Possessing the three transformations of the Demon Ape, he knows the incredible power!

Such a heaven-defying thing is actually common in the headquarters of the Shengxian Society. What kind of place is the headquarters of the Shengxian Society, Xiandao!?

"Don't ask me about the Fairy Island. It's not something you should know. If you do, don't say I didn't tell you if the Law Enforcement Hall comes to trouble you."

As if he had seen through Fang Xu's thoughts, Gu Qiu raised his chin and said.

Ok!

Fang Xu touched his nose in disappointment. He really wanted to ask what the mysterious fairy island looked like.

"Is that relic really related to Yanshen?" Gu Qiu asked again.

Fang Xu nodded.

The ruins of Tilan Mountain are most likely the place where the legendary Yanshen lived. This can be seen from the various things that he has encountered.

Seeing Fang Xu admit it, a hint of excitement flashed across Gu Qiu's face.

"Then this trip wasn't in vain!"

"As an ancient powerful being, the things of Yanshen will be of great help to me!"

The two chatted along the way without delaying any of their trip.

Flying at the speed of the Cloud-Stepping Horse, the two of them arrived in Huangzhou in less than half a day.

Looking at Huangzhou City in the distance, Fang Xu thought of Yun Qing.

Back then in Fenglin Town, Yun Qing also helped him a lot, and from what Yun Wan said to him before she went to carry out the promotion mission, it can be seen that the Yun family is not having a good time at this time.

"Senior Sister, should we go into the city and rest for a while?" Fang Xu said.

Gu Qiu looked at Huangzhou City in the distance, tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "Okay, I heard that the maple leaf wine in Huangzhou is very unique, let's go in and try it."

"Ma'er, go into town."

There was no need to control the reins. Gu Qiu just said something lightly, and the Tayunju immediately changed direction and rushed towards Huangzhou City.

The two entered the city and found a restaurant that looked pretty good and went in.

"Boss, please give me some of the best wine and food in your store, and the best maple wine!"

As soon as he entered the door, Gu Qiu shouted and then sat down at a table in a carefree manner.

Fang Xu didn't say anything and sat opposite her.

Gu Qiu looked at the beard on Fang Xu's face and the disguises and frowned, "Why do you want to disguise yourself like this?"

Fang Xu was stunned: "Senior sister, can you tell that I'm in disguise?"

He always thought that his disguise skills were very good and no one would be able to see through him.

"Tsk..." Gu Qiu curled his lips and said, "This disguise technique can't be hidden from anyone, okay?"

"If you really want to change your appearance, relying on external things is useless."

As she spoke, her finger pointed towards Fang Xu's brow at an eerie speed. Fang Xu wanted to dodge, but the finger did not give him any chance to react and directly pointed at his forehead.

In an instant, some confusing information flooded into Fang Xu's sea of ​​consciousness!
"Think about it carefully. This way of changing one's appearance is considered disguise."

Fang Xu closed his eyes and slowly digested the information sent by Gu Qiu. He found that this was a secret method to change his bones and muscles by changing the circulation of qi and blood, thereby achieving the effect of a complete makeover.

The secret method was not too difficult. Fang Xu was able to use it simply after studying it for a while.

He immediately wiped off his beard and the things he used for disguise. The energy and blood in his body surged slightly, and the muscles and bones on his face changed slightly in an instant.

After a moment, a square-faced and big-eyed Fang Xu appeared in front of Gu Qiu.

Not only that, Fang Xu also changed the width of his shoulders to make himself look more muscular.

"You have good understanding!"

Seeing Fang Xu was able to use it skillfully in just a moment, Gu Qiu praised him.

At this time, the waiter also brought wine, food and the best maple leaf wine.

When he saw Fang Xu, the waiter couldn't help rubbing his eyes. He remembered that the person who came in with Gu Qiu just now was not this person.

"What are you standing there for?" Fang Xu glanced at him.

The waiter hurriedly apologized and put the food and drinks on the table.

Fang Xu was just about to pick up the wine jug to pour wine for Gu Qiu when he suddenly thought of the system problem and didn't know what to do for a moment.

After spending half a day together, he found that Gu Qiu was a nice person.

If you add her to your friends list...

"Hey, what's wrong again?" Gu Qiu asked curiously.

Fang Xu said angrily: "It's okay."

Seeing that he had no intention of pouring wine, Gu Qiu picked up the wine jug, filled his own glass, and then took Fang Xu's glass.

"Senior Sister, I don't drink." Fang Xu saw this and quickly spoke.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qiu looked at him curiously, but didn't say anything. He picked up the maple leaf wine in front of him and started drinking.

During this time, Fang Xu ate his food while paying attention to his friend list in the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness. Fortunately, Gu Qiu's name did not appear in the friend list. The meal was quickly finished, and Fang Xu was about to get up and leave.

When Gu Qiu stood up and prepared to leave, the waiter ran over and bowed, saying, "My two guests, the money for the food and drinks..."

Money for food and drinks?
Gu Qiu was slightly stunned, searched around on his body and said awkwardly: "I don't have any money, how about I give you two pills?"

When the waiter heard this, he said with embarrassment: "I can't make the decision on this matter."

Seeing this, Gu Qiu looked at Fang Xu helplessly: "Do you have money?"

Fang Xu hesitated.

"Hey, you're not that stingy, are you?" Seeing him hesitate, Gu Qiu knew that Fang Xu must have money on him, so he said directly: "Pay the money quickly, we still have to hurry on our way."

Fang Xu reluctantly took out some silver and handed it to the waiter.

Gu Qiu, who was about to go out, suddenly had a changed expression, and then a strange aura emanated from his body!

Bang!
Along with the appearance of this strange aura, a strange doll hanging around her waist suddenly exploded out of thin air!
Gu Qiu looked horrified and quickly pulled Fang Xu out of the restaurant!
"Senior Sister, what happened?" Fang Xu looked at Gu Qiu with a puzzled look on his face. At the same time, he also noticed that Gu Qiu's name flashed across the friend list deep in his sea of ​​consciousness.

"Fang Xu, we are in trouble!" In the deserted alley, Gu Qiu's whole body was tense, and the aura unique to the fifth level of Martial Honored was showing signs of bursting out.

Fang Xu carefully looked around and waited for a long time, but did not see anyone.

"Senior sister, it seems nothing."

Gu Qiu shook his head, with a hint of doubt in his solemn expression. He took off the doll with only a few pieces of wood left on its waist and handed it to Fang Xu, saying, "My doll is dead."

The doll is dead?

Fang Xu looked at the dark piece of wood in confusion.

"This is a substitute puppet. It can help me resist a fatal blow at a critical moment."

"I found it in an ancient ruin."

Gu Qiu explained.

A substitute puppet?
Hearing this, Fang Xu was slightly stunned, and then he roughly understood what had happened.

If I hadn't drunk with Gu Qiu, nothing would have happened.

But who would have thought that after the meal, Gu Qiu had no money to pay the bill, and he paid for the food and drinks himself, which indirectly meant that he treated Gu Qiu to the wine.

Meet the friend criteria determined by the system.

Her own system would have some influence on the people on her friend list. It should be the substitute doll on Gu Qiu that blocked this disaster for her.

However, this substitute puppet was truly magical. It was able to deceive his own system and die for Gu Qiu once.

Gu Qiu took Fang Xu and hid here for a long time, but he didn't see anything else happening, which made him even more confused.

"The mysterious person hiding in the dark was able to attack me silently, so his strength must be terrifying."

"But why did he only attack once?"

Fang Xu touched his nose awkwardly, then said seriously: "This method has to pay a price, and the other party can only use it once."

Gu Qiu thought about it and agreed with this, so he relaxed his guard a little.

"hateful!"

"This stand-in doll is worth at least one million contribution points in Fairy Island!"

"When did such a mysterious master appear in Yu State? "

Gu Qiu walked out of the alley in a sullen manner and said dejectedly.

She had originally intended to make some money by going to the Tilan Mountain ruins, but ended up suffering heavy losses before she even reached her destination, which naturally made her very unhappy.

"Sister, let's get out of here quickly."

Watching Gu Qiu fighting wits and courage with the air, Fang Xu couldn't bear it anymore and spoke immediately.

Gu Qiu was on guard for a long time and finally left Huangzhou City with Fang Xu.

In fact, when entering Huangzhou City this time, Fang Xu had planned to take some time to visit the Yun family, but now that this incident had happened, Gu Qiu was probably frightened and did not dare to stay in Huangzhou City for long, so the two of them headed directly towards Fenglin Town.

As night fell, the two finally arrived at Fenglin Town on their Cloud-Stepping Horses.

"Is this the place where you have lived since you were a child?" Looking at the small town in front of him, Gu Qiu spoke slowly.

Along the way, the two did not encounter any attacks, which relieved a lot of her worries.

Fang Xu nodded: "My home is over there, Senior Sister, let's go."

The two of them rode on their cloud-stepping horses and soon arrived at the courtyard where Fang Xu had lived before.

However, as soon as he arrived outside the courtyard gate, Fang Xu discovered that the gate of his courtyard had been pried open at some point, and the vegetables planted in the yard and everything in the yard were destroyed beyond recognition.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xu felt a surge of nameless anger in his heart.

After tying the Cloud-Stepping Horse in front of the door, he slowly pushed open the gate and walked in.

Inside the room, the door was wide open and several drunk warriors were lying on their backs, snoring loudly.

One of the warriors seemed to have heard the noise, he slowly opened his eyes, stood up and said impatiently: "Boy, this yard is occupied by our Lizhou Huo family, get out if you don't want to die!"

Lizhou Huo family?

Fang Xu glanced coldly at the warrior who was speaking and kicked him directly!
boom!
This kick contained all the anger in his heart. The warrior from the Lizhou Huo family did not expect Fang Xu to attack directly. He did not even have a chance to react and was kicked away by Fang Xu!

The man was in mid-air, and his internal organs had been shattered into pieces by Fang Xu's kick. The corpse severely hit the sleeping warriors in the room and woke them up one after another!

bass!
bass!
A group of warriors rushed out of the room holding weapons!

Fang Xu took a quick glance and saw that there were ten people in the field. Apart from the warrior who was kicked to death by him, there were still nine people left.

Among these nine people, the one with the best cultivation is a young man who looks a little weak and his strength is at the fifth level of martial artist.

"How dare you kill someone from my Huo family, you little bastard!"

The young man glanced at his subordinates who died tragically behind him and glared at Fang Xu with vicious eyes.

Fang Xu was too lazy to waste time talking to him. He flashed and rushed directly into the group of Huo family warriors, killing them one by one, leaving only the young man.

"Where are your people from the Huo family?" Fang Xu said indifferently, staring at the shivering young man.

"All...all went into the mountains." The young man did not expect Fang Xu to be so powerful. In the blink of an eye, all the warriors around him were killed.

Although he had reached the fifth level of martial artist cultivation, it was obvious that he had never experienced any decent battle and he did not dare to attack Fang Xu at all.

"Entering the mountains..." A murderous intent flashed in Fang Xu's eyes.

This small courtyard is where I grew up. Everything in the courtyard carries my childhood memories and records every bit of my dependence on my grandfather since childhood.

But now, the whole courtyard has been destroyed beyond recognition by these guys.

I didn’t have the ability before, so I had to leave here.

Now, he has no intention of letting the Huo family go just like that.

“Come back soon!”

"Our Huo family is coming back soon!"

Seeing Fang Xu's murderous intention, the young man immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Master, please let me go. I'll give this courtyard to you!"

Ever since the Tilan Mountain ruins were opened, warriors from the entire Yu Kingdom flocked to Fenglin Town, and the common people in the town suffered.

Many courtyards and residences of the common people were forcibly occupied by these warriors, but those who refused to obey would be killed directly.

Just like what Lu Liren of the Lu family in Qingzhou did, he not only occupied the courtyard of Old Man Liu's house, but also tortured Old Man Liu's two children to death.

In the eyes of these aristocratic families, the lives of ordinary warriors are not worth living at all.

The same goes for these courtyards in Fenglin Town. If a warrior occupies one of them, other warriors can kill the occupier at will and occupy the courtyard themselves if they like it.

At this time, the young man still thought that Fang Xu was here to rob the yard.

"Give it to me?"

Fang Xu sneered: "This is originally my yard..."

Bang!
The palm of his hand slapped the young man directly on the head, killing him on the spot.

Fang Xu silently found a shovel in the yard and prepared to bury the bodies of the Huo family warriors. Gu Qiu beside him said, "Don't bother. Leave it to me."

As she spoke, she patted a small cloth bag on her body, and several small and cute insects immediately crawled out of it.

After these insects appeared, they quickly drilled into the bodies of the warriors.

In the blink of an eye, all the flesh and blood of these corpses was sucked away, and their bones became like soil and shattered at the slightest touch.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xu frowned and asked, "Senior Sister is a witch?"

Gu Qiu smiled and called back all the little bugs, saying, "Not really, I just know some tricks."

After the body was dealt with, Fang Xu tidied up the messy room, asked Gu Qiu to rest first, and then he began to tidy up the courtyard slowly.

According to his memory, Fang Xu restored everything in the courtyard to its original state as much as possible.

Gu Qiu was also there to help.

"My grandfather did carpentry work under this old tree, and I practiced boxing nearby."

Late at night, looking at the old tree with lush branches and leaves in the yard, Fang Xu's eyes were full of memories.

Gu Qiu just listened quietly without interrupting.

a long time--

"I heard from Senior Brother Jiang that almost all the forces in the entire Yu Kingdom are hostile to you. Is this why you have to disguise yourself when you come out to carry out the mission?"

Fang Xu nodded and said, "I comprehended a magical power in the Tilanshan Ruins. The major families of the Yu Kingdom believed that I had comprehended a first-grade martial art, so they planned to capture me and force me to reveal the first-grade martial art."

"After I managed to escape, they were afraid of me growing up."

"If you return to this courtyard now, won't your identity be exposed?" Gu Qiu said.

Fang Xu didn't say anything.

He had just thought about this matter.

"Sister, please bear with it for now. I will go to town to buy some new bedding tomorrow."

"No need to go through so much trouble. I've brought them all." Gu Qiu said as a light flashed in his hand, and some beddings, clothes, etc. appeared.

"Qiankun bag!?" Fang Xu was slightly stunned.

He didn't expect that Gu Qiu also had a Qiankun bag!

"Standard equipment for core disciples." Gu Qiu smiled and carried the bedding into the room, then went to clean up the room.

Fang Xu hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked out of the yard.

In front of Wang's courtyard gate, Fang Xu stood there hesitating for a long time, and finally knocked on the door.

a long time--

"Who is it?"

Wang's voice came from the courtyard.

Hearing this voice, Fang Xu's worries disappeared instantly.

When I left Fenglin Town, I was in a hurry and didn't care about Wang.

Although the feelings between him and Wang were not very deep, she was at least the first woman he had born into this world.

I can't give her any status, but I have to do my best to give her safety.

Inside the courtyard, Wang looked curiously at Fang Xu outside the courtyard through the crack in the door. Seeing that it was a strange face, she immediately asked with alertness: "Who are you!?"

Fang Xu was slightly stunned, and then he realized that his current face was not his original self, and he immediately prepared to restore his original appearance.

"Didn't you see the flag at the door? I am a member of the royal family, please don't mess around!"

Before Fang Xu could use the secret method to restore his original appearance, Wang spoke directly.

Fang Xu was stunned.

Someone from the royal family?

He took two steps back and looked at the eaves of the courtyard. Sure enough, there was a five-clawed black dragon flag stuck on it.

No wonder a weak woman like Wang was able to guard her own courtyard in such a chaotic place as Fenglin Town. It turned out that she was under the protection of the royal family.

But why did the royal family protect her?
Fang Xu was puzzled for a moment, then immediately restored his original appearance and voice and said, "Sister-in-law, it's me."

Hearing this familiar voice, Wang's delicate body trembled and she quickly opened the door.

Looking at the figure standing outside the door, a look of disbelief flashed across Wang's face. She reached out her hand to touch Fang Xu's face, but then took a step back vigilantly.

"Really you?"

Fang Xu smiled and nodded, "It's me."

Wang looked at him infatuatedly, and suddenly closed the gate!
"Why did you come back?!"

"He left without saying a word!"

"Have you ever thought about my life or death?!"

Listening to Wang's questioning, Fang Xu said with some shame: "Sister-in-law, the situation was urgent at the time. I was being hunted by the major families. I had no choice."

The sound of Wang sobbing could be heard from inside the courtyard.

Fang Xu slowly pushed open the courtyard door, and Wang, with tears on her face, threw herself into his arms and punched him with her fists.

Fang Xu did not resist at all, and tried his best to control his own energy and blood to prevent his body's instinctive reaction from hurting her.

After a long while, Wang seemed to have finished venting her anger. She looked up at Fang Xu and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Fang Xu shook his head, picked him up and walked towards the house.

As soon as the two entered the room, Wang struggled to get out of his arms, and then kissed him directly with her red lips.

Perhaps it was because they met again after a long separation, Wang seemed to have completely broken the so-called reserve of that era and her movements were very intense.

That night, until the sky in the east turned pale and Wang had no strength left, she lay quietly in Fang Xu's arms.

"Sister-in-law, after I leave, you..."

Wang sighed and said, "After you left, I heard about you being hunted. At that time, I would ask some warriors who came to the store to buy blood food every day to find out your news."

"Later, some warriors seemed to have heard that I had a close relationship with you, so they wanted to capture me. It was the prince who stepped in."

"Li Xun?" Fang Xu was slightly stunned.

Wang nodded slightly and said, "After the prince protected me, he handed me a flag and asked me to hang it on the gate."

"The prince also said that if any warriors come to us, we should tell them that I am a member of the royal family."

"Later, Shopkeeper Xing somehow became the head of the Xing family and took good care of me. That's how I was able to gain a foothold in this Fenglin Town, which is full of dangers."

Xing Rong became the head of the Xing family?
Hearing this, Fang Xu was a little stunned.

At the beginning, he found Xing Rong and planned to run the blood food shop in Fenglin Town in partnership with the Xing family. As a condition, he put Xing Rong in touch with Li Xun.

At that time, Li Xun didn't take Xing Rong seriously at all, thinking that this woman was too ambitious.

I never thought that in just about a year, Xing Rong had become the head of the Xing family.

Although the Huangzhou Xing family can only be considered a third-rate family, Xing Rong was able to counterattack and ascend to the position of head of the family as a woman. Her means and courage must be extraordinary.

"Is Xing Rong in Fenglin Town?" Fang Xu asked.

Wang shook her head, then seemed to remember something, and asked with a serious expression: "Fang Xu, how is your relationship with the Yun family?"

"The Yun family... is still okay." Fang Xu asked in confusion: "What happened?"

Wang shook her head and said, "I don't know if I guessed wrong. During this period of time, I always felt that the Xing family seemed to have the intention of replacing the Yun family."

Hearing this, Fang Xu's expression became a little solemn.

He could guess that the Yun family was in a difficult situation.

But now, even a third-rate family head like the Xing family dared to pay attention to the Yun family, which was a little beyond his expectations.

The two of them stayed on the bed for a while longer until the sun came out. Fang Xu then got up and put on his clothes: "Don't tell anyone I'm back."

Wang nodded: "When are you leaving?"

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, but it shouldn't take long."

Wang asked again: "When will you come back?"

Fang Xu hesitated for a moment: "I will come back when I have time."

Wang struggled to get up, grabbed his arm and said lovingly, "Don't keep me waiting too long."

The lifespan of a warrior far exceeds that of an ordinary person.

Wang knew that she had no talent for martial arts and was destined not to be able to stay with Fang Xu forever in this life.

"While I am still young and my body can still bear your favor..."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Wang smiled softly, and walked down from the bed without hesitation to help Fang Xu put on his clothes and said, "Go and get busy."

Fang Xu looked at him deeply, took out some first- and second-grade Qi and Blood Pills from his storage bag and stuffed them into Wang's hands, saying, "Sister-in-law, practice more when you have nothing to do, and strive to break through to the martial arts apprentice level as soon as possible."

Wang nodded. At this moment, she suddenly wanted to become a warrior like Fang Xu.

When Fang Xu returned to the courtyard from Wang's house, he ran into Gu Qiu right away.

Seeing Fang Xu coming back, Gu Qiu put his hands behind his back, sniffed him and said, "The smell of a woman."

Fang Xu was a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject: "Senior Sister, should we go into the mountain now, or..."

"Look at you."

"I'm available anytime."

Gu Qiu said calmly.

Fang Xu thought about it and decided to go into the mountains as soon as possible.

There is no reward for this mission. He must complete it as soon as possible and then do the final mission to advance to an inner disciple.

Only after completing the task can he become an inner disciple and take on the tasks of the Affairs Hall as soon as possible to pay off the debt.

"Then let's go into the mountains now."

After the two of them simply packed up, they headed straight towards Tilan Mountain.

Fang Xu felt a little emotional when he revisited the old place.

At the beginning, he was forced to enter the Tilan Mountain ruins by Yushan Tianyi, but in the end he became enemies with all the forces, big and small, of the Yu State.

I don’t know what I will encounter when I come to the Tilanshan ruins again this time.

In front of the ruins, many warriors were still selling all kinds of strange and weird things as usual, but Fang Xu noticed that his portraits were posted everywhere next to these vendors.

An attractive reward amount is marked below the portrait.

"I didn't expect you to be so valuable?" After taking a look at the bounty amounts, Gu Qiu looked at Fang Xu and whispered.

Fang Xu shrugged helplessly. He knew that this kind of bounty must have been jointly issued by major families and forces.

And as time goes by, the amount of the reward will only get higher.

Because the longer the time goes on, the stronger he becomes, and the more worried the major families and forces become.

"Let's go."

Ignoring the rewards, Fang Xu took Gu Qiu directly towards the ruins.

The first and second floors of the Tilan Mountain ruins have been searched by many warriors, and there is nothing worth paying attention to.

Fang Xu led Gu Qiu through the first floor and came to the second floor of the ruins with ease.

Looking at the familiar corridor, he instantly thought of the goblins living here.

I don’t know what happened to Broken Horn and its people.

Wandering through the corridors on the second floor of the ruins, Gu Qiu curiously collected some inconspicuous little things in the corridors, which made Fang Xu very curious.

"What do you want these stones for, Senior Sister?"

Gu Qiu held a piece of broken stone in his hand and examined it carefully, saying, "There are patterns on it. If we can piece it together, we may gain something."

As she was speaking, heavy footsteps suddenly came from the corridor ahead.

Swish!
There was a flash of light in Gu Qiu's hand, and he directly took out a slender silver sword.

"It's a human demon!"

"It's a good time to catch one and study it."

Seeing this, Fang Xu quickly stopped her and said, "Senior Sister, you can't do that."

As he was speaking, the goblin had already arrived in front of Fang Xu.

After sticking its head out to sniff, this ordinary Xiao danced with excitement, then pointed at the corridor behind it and made a series of gestures.

Gu Qiu was stunned when he saw this.

"Do these Mandrills know you?"

"Who is Broken Horn?"

Fang Xu chuckled: "Duanjiao is their current leader, and these Xiaos are my friends."

Hearing this, Gu Qiu hesitated for a moment and put away his sword again.

"It's fine even if you're my friend."

"It said it would take you to see Broken Horn."

Apparently, Gu Qiu has the ability to understand the language of ferocious beasts.

Seeing this, Fang Xu directly let this ordinary human goblin take the two of them to a secret corridor.

"Broken horn!"

Seeing the broken horn, Fang Xu shouted.

The body with broken horns was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned around and excitedly ran to Fang Xu and gestured.

"It asked you, why did you come back?" Gu Qiu acted as an interpreter.

"I plan to go to the third floor." Fang Xu said.

Hearing his words, Duanjiao waved his hands quickly and then made some gestures again.

"It said that now is not a good time to enter the third floor. The red-flame-winged snakes on the third floor have been very aggressive recently. Many warriors who entered the third floor were killed by the red-flame-winged snakes."

"Fang Xu, the Red Flame Winged Snake is a very strange and ferocious beast. It is highly poisonous, fast, and invulnerable to swords and guns." Gu Qiu frowned.

She didn't expect that there would be such a legendary ferocious beast in this relic.

"Sister, do you have any way to deal with it?"

The task this time is to draw a map through the third level. According to the elder who teaches skills, Gu Qiu will not act with him.

But Fang Xu didn't intend to miss this opportunity.

Gu Qiu is very powerful and has sophisticated methods. It would be a waste if we don't make good use of them.

"Yes, yes, but are you sure you want to come with me?" Gu Qiu asked.

Fang Xu nodded. He thought about it carefully and felt that there should not be much conflict between his mission and Gu Qiu's itinerary. After all, many places on the third floor of the ruins had been searched clean. If Gu Qiu wanted to gain something from this trip, he had to go deeper.

"Okay, let's go." Gu Qiu said directly.

"Duanjiao, I'll go first. You and my people should be careful." After Fang Xu hurriedly said goodbye to Duanjiao, he took Gu Qiu and rushed to the third floor of the ruins.

(End of this chapter)