Translator: Alsey
Editor: Chrissy
“Barbaric Cow Marrow?”
That delicate and pretty female disciple beside Le Feng reacted to some extent, looking at Chen Yu.
This delicate and pretty female disciple could be considered to be one of the members within Le Feng and Ding Jiuhui’s circle. It seemed as though she didn’t hold a low status either.
“This is Elder Martial Sister Tong Yuling,” Ding Jiuhui helped introduce her to Chen Yu.
“So, it’s Elder Martial Sister Tong. Could it be that you have the Barbaric Cow Marrow I need on your hands?” Chen Yu was somewhat pressed in his heart.
His [Bronze Statue Technique] was basically at the peak of the “Bronze Skin” level. Even though the progress of his cultivation wasn’t that bad, it couldn’t compare with the incredible pace as before.
The effect of the “commoner’s prescription” from before was getting worse.
Moreover, the Barbaric Cow Marrow was the main ingredient in the second prescription. If he could get that item, the remaining supplementary materials wouldn’t be much of a problem.
“I do have the ‘Barbaric Cow Marrow’, but this item improves one’s constitution to a certain extent. Not only that, but it is also said that it can increase one’s power a bit. It has a considerable price tag attached to it as well….” Tong Yuling had a slightly awkward expression on her face.
When he heard this, Chen Yu felt nervous.
This “Barbaric Cow Marrow” was of considerable value, yet he only had a little bit of Metastones remaining, so he was afraid that it was far less than being enough.
“I wonder how many Metastones Elder Martial Sister Tong wants, or perhaps, you would like to trade items,” Chen Yu summoned up the courage to say.
He had a scheme in his mind. If it really wasn’t possible, then he would trade the half treasured weapon he had and ought to be able to exchange it for a sum of Metastones.
“Why don’t we do this?”
Tong Yuling pondered for a moment and in the process of doing so, she replied, “Watching Younger Martial Brother’s confrontation with Yang Fan just now, you basically have the strength of the outer sect’s top ten. If Younger Martial Brother Chen can help me with something, I will offer this Barbaric Cow Marrow to you for free.”
Offer it to him for free?
Chen Yu found this to be a little unexpected. Tong Yuling had clearly looked upon his strength, so the matter she wanted him to take on shouldn’t be that easy, right?
“Oh, Elder Martial Sister Tong is asking for that matter? ‘Bald Bloody Hand’, number 67 on the ‘Murder List’, despite possessing impressive strength. However, if Elder Martial Sister Tong and Martial Brother Chen joined forces, there is a 70% chance of victory at the very least,” Le Feng said with a smile. He clearly knew what was going on.
Murder List? Bald Bloody Hand?
Chen Yu roughly understood what was going on. Tong Yuling accepted a mission on the Murder List, wanting to bring him along to increase her odds of success.
“I accepted this mission not only for the bounty issued on the Murder List, but also because this ‘Bald Bloody Hand’ once had the blood of a few of my clansmen on him.”
There was a calmness across Tong Yuling’s delicate and pretty face.
“So that’s what it is. Dare I ask what this Bald Bloody Hand’s cultivation level is at, as well as an approximation of their strength?” Chen Yu asked after hearing what she said.
“The Bald Bloody Hand is at the late Connective Meridian stage just like me. He has profound martial arts abilities. Not only that, but he is also vicious and merciless, as well as incomparably cunning. Then again, if you and I join forces, we have greater odds of success. Even if we don’t succeed, it’s unlikely that we need to worry about our lives. Besides, irrespective of whether we succeed in killing him, that Barbaric Cow Marrow will be offered to you as a reward as long as Younger Martial Brother Chen makes a contribution,” Tong Yuling responded to his question.
Chen Yu naturally wouldn’t decline since she already included this point, so he immediately agreed to her request.
After that, the two of them discussed the details for a moment; they would commence the assassination of the Bald Bloody Hand in approximately three to five days later after obtaining precise information about the being.
Chen Yu raised a request after they came to a decision.
“This… Elder Martial Sister, could you pay me with the Barbaric Cow Marrow in advance?” Chen Yu said, seemingly embarrassed to bring this up.
The main reason was that he was too pressed in needing this item. His strength could progress a level higher even faster if he collected all of the bits needed to make the prescription whole in advance.
“Alright, I’ll believe you this one time.”
Tong Yuling exchanged a glance with Le Feng and agreed to it.
Chen Yu was naturally pleasantly surprised. He only tried asking, already prepared to be rejected. After all, Tong Yuling and him weren’t familiar with one another. Not only that, but the Barbaric Cow Marrow also had a considerable price tag on it as well.
Soon, Chen Yu took a small bottle the size of a baby’s fist and opened it. He saw a dark red ball of bloody marrow that resembled fire.
“This is the Red Horned Vicious Cow’s bloody marrow. You can consider it to be a kind of Barbaric Cow Marrow. The experts from my clan only managed to kill one of them when they made a move altogether a few days ago. Its true strength is comparable to an expert at the Visceral Tempering stage,” Tong Yuling explained.
Chen Yu nodded in satisfaction. Using the Barbaric Cow Marrow as the main ingredient of the prescription would give rise to a better effect since the higher the quality, the better the efficacy.
…
In the pavilion.
A group of veteran disciples was making their own private trades in their own respective small circles first.
Once the small circles weren’t satisfied, the official trades began.
“The Blood Qi Pill is beneficial in increasing one’s sense of qi and opening up meridians. It’ll be sold for a 50-year Yellow Spirit Ginseng.”
“I’m looking to buy materials used to smelt ‘treasured weapons’…”
“Blade techniques handed down in a family that is comparable to a mid-ranked martial arts skill, in exchange for a ‘Profound Body Pill’.”
A few veteran disciples shouted what they needed in a hurry.
One had to be fast in acting for many scarce resources. That was especially the case since the date was getting closer and closer to the Great Outer Sect Tournament.
Chen Yu took a look and realized that other than a half treasured weapon, he didn’t have a lot of items that he could trade.
Due to a limitation of Metastones, he couldn’t get a few resources he was rather tempted by.
Contrary to what he expected, the “Profound Body Pill” he once got seemed to be rather popular in these veteran disciples’ circles. One pill alone would be transacted through means of bidding.
Furthermore, the quality of the “Profound Body Pill” that got traded away was of a low-grade as well.
“The Profound Body Pill is effective toward the ‘three introductory ranks’. It can help one progress in their cultivation irrespective of whether they are at the Connective Meridian or Visceral Tempering stage. The higher the quality, the better its effect.”
He got his answer from Le Feng.
Chen Yu realized that that the value of the mid-ranked Profound Body Pill he obtained was higher than he imagined.
Based on what Le Feng said, the ones circulating outside the sect were low-grade Profound Body Pills, and even then, they were rarely seen. Every time it appeared, there would be a scramble to get it, and all of it would surely be gone in an instant.
Two hours later.
The trading in the pavilion had reached its end as the Martial Arts Social Gathering segment came after that.
The “Martial Arts Social Gathering” was held mainly to discuss a few difficult topics surrounding martial arts and cultivation, so that the participants could investigate and learn from one another.
This was the first time Chen Yu entered this circle, so he naturally didn’t speak up in this aspect.
Le Feng, one of the number one geniuses in the outer sect, was actually under the spotlight. He gave accounts of a few cultivation tips based on what he learned. He conducted himself in an amicable manner and was consulted many times.
Even if “Nangong Li”, that number one genius in the outer sect had such tyrannical strength and cultivation, he didn’t really speak much.
Nangong Li faintly had somewhat of a disdainful look on his face when he heard a few discourses.
“It seems like it’s difficult for me to advance any further in this outer sect in terms of resources and environment…”
Nangong Li shook his head.
If it wasn’t for the fact that he fancied the reward for being number one, he would have entered the inner sect a long time ago.
All of a sudden, Nangong Li’s gaze fell on Chen Yu, who had been silent all this while.
“This Younger Martial Brother Chen, I was observing your Inner Breath while you were fighting previously. It looked a little familiar and resembled a martial arts technique that has its origins in our sect. You already triumph over 90% of the disciples present if you can cultivate that technique to such maturity.”
Nangong Li shot Chen Yu two glances of apparent interest while holding his folding fan.
Chen Yu’s heart skipped a beat.
He never thought that the other party would suddenly mention him, even with the intent of praising him. Could it be that this Nangong Li saw through it that he had cultivated the [Fiendish Cloud Fist]?
He previously made a move back then. Although he used the Fiendish Cloud Inner Breath, he didn’t really use the Fiendish Cloud Boxing Technique.
At this moment, many people glanced at Chen Yu, some with retraining fear, others with shock and amazement, but there were even more gazes of scorn and disdain.
Le Feng and Ding Jiuhui were significantly startled as well.
Nangong Li was the number one genius in the outer sect, and could even be considered to be an inner sect disciple “selected behind closed doors”.
Only that “Duan Xiaolong”, who was considered to be number one in combat strength, had the possibility of beating him in terms of true strength.
That also meant that Nangong Li’s strength was practically one of the very best in the outer strength. Such an arrogant person had disdained others repeatedly during the Martial Arts Social Gathering, yet he praised Chen Yu.
“Martial Brother Nangong, Chen has superficial cultivation. You might be sorely mistaken.”
Since the other party didn’t bring up the [Fiendish Cloud Fist], he wouldn’t bring it up himself either. Otherwise, it would be easy for others to target him and be on their guard against him during the Great Outer Sect Tournament.
…
The curtains dropped over this “Outer Sect Social Gathering” in the afternoon.
Other than “Duan Xiaolong”, who ranked first in combat strength, and a small number of people, fifteen out of the top twenty attended the Social Gathering this time.
Chen Yu had heard of the legends surrounding Duan Xiaolong.
It was said that Duan Xiaolong took the second place once in the Great Tournament two years ago. At that time, he actually had the opportunity to take first place, but he gave up because of some reason.
As for last year’s Great Tournament, Duan Xiaolong simply didn’t participate in it.
It was said that this person had been cultivating a special martial arts technique all this while, even holding a record of not being defeated in the numerous times he confronted those at the Visceral Tempering stage.
In the outer sect, Duan Xiaolong and Nangong Li were like two great insurmountable mountains.
A group of veteran disciples walked out of the courtyard one after the other.
In some corner, Wang Lingyun, Yang Fan, as well as a plump and round-faced young man were standing together.
That plump young man was Huang Yuan, who ranked seventh.
“Even I, Little Master, didn’t get my hands on Mu Xueqing, but this boy really had his way with her?”
Huang Yuan’s small eyes were wide as he was slightly in disbelief.
“Why would I tell you a lie? Chen Yu, Mu Xueqing and I were from the same county. I saw the both of them twisting and turning in the footpath between paddy fields when I went home one time doing those kinds of unspeakable things…” Wang Lingyun said with an incredibly hateful expression.
When they heard this, Huang Yuan and Yang Fan’s faces sank.
The eyes of Huang Yuan, in particular, were filled with envious flames and indignation.
He remembered how Mu Xueqing had rejected him before, and did so publicly no less!
…
Along the way.
“Martial Brother Chen.”
Le Feng suddenly spoke up and called Chen Yu to one side.
“Younger Martial Brother Le, what is the matter?” Chen Yu asked.
“I called you over for two matters,” Le Feng replied, then added, “The first matter is that you have to act carefully in the outer sect. Nangong Li who ranks second, Hu Yiba who ranks fourth, and Huang Yuan who ranks seventh once courted Mu Xueqing. Nangong Li is fine, but Hu Yiba and Huang Yuan aren’t the kind of people who have wide hearts.”
When he heard this, Chen Yu frowned.
He secretly sighed in his heart. Even if Mu Xueqing went to the inner sect, she still left behind endless troubles for him.
Perhaps, Chen Yu could outwardly proclaim that there was no relationship between him and Mu Xueqing.
But irrespective of whether other people believed him or not if he handled things this way, this was a kind of behavior in “admitting that he was terrified” first and foremost.
In the sect world, the more one admitted that they were terrified, the easier they would be targets to be bullied.
“I will be careful.”
Chen Yu nodded, but there was no fear in his eyes.
Irrespective of how troublesome things got, he would use a pair of metal fists to sweep away a field of black clouds.
“The second thing is, I hope Martial Brother Chen won’t divulge the [Towering Cloud Step] I gave you that day to others. This doesn’t benefit the both of us,” Le Feng continued.
“Of course. That’s how it should be.”
Chen Yu immediately understood that this was Le Feng’s true purpose in calling him over!
Le Feng had cultivated his [Towering Cloud Step] to perfection, so he could be ranked in the top three in terms of martial arts form and speed in the outer sect.
Supposing that Chen Yu personally passed on this [Towering Cloud Step], and other opponents at the same level understood the profound theory behind the footwork in the technique, then they might have a certain technique to restrain him.
Naturally, the maturity of Chen Yu’s own [Towering Cloud Step] was approaching perfection, so he naturally wouldn’t do this kind of thing.
“Oh. I just so happened to have a Constituent Grass on me. Take this as my ‘compensation’ to you, Younger Martial Brother.”
Le Feng faintly smiled and retrieved a blade of grass that was about 20 meters tall.
Constituent Grass!
Chen Yu’s heart leaped as he was unable to mask the glee on his face. This Constituent Grass was the final ingredient he was missing!