Ascension

Chapter 129 Hanging Corpse at the City Gate (6000 words)
The giant boa constrictor is the exact opposite of the big and thin boa constrictor. After this kind of constrictor reaches the realm of clay sculpture perfection, its body is [-] meters long, and its body is as thick as a bucket, extremely bloated.

The amazing thing is that its reaction is not slow. Whether it is biting or flicking its tail, it is like a flexible fat man, fierce and fierce.

"Yeah~~~"

"Yay~~~Yee~~~"

Guagua is crazy.

Since the "machine water gun" smashed the teeth of the boa constrictor, arousing the boa constrictor's fierceness, it jumped up and down and began to perform acrobatics.

It's obviously an ordinary "floating bubble", but here it looks like a spaceship, flying up and down.

In the end, the panting giant python drank a bellyful of water, felt that it was invincible, and desperately wanted to escape.

"Eye?"

Seeing that the big maggot doesn't play with him, Guagua temporarily stops.

It still doesn't understand the meaning of "hunting" and "killing", so it tilts its head and observes hard.

"Huazhu, come here."

For food, for profit, life and death game, this is the way of survival of nature.

But for the spirit of Jingzhi, there may be a different understanding, let nature take its course is the kingly way, Lord Yehan is not in a hurry to change Guagua's cognition.

"call--"

Lightly flickering, spanning tens of meters with a flick of a finger.

With just one move of "Hurricane Scissors", the anthurium separated the head and body of the giant python, and the black snake blood splashed all over the ground.

The curious Guagua immediately approached the boa constrictor's head.

But a creature like a snake, even if its body and head are separated, will not lose its vitality all at once.

It opened its mouth wide and swallowed the pure white tadpole in one gulp.

After a while, Guagua emerged from its broken neck. There was no trace of blood on its body, it was still translucent white, as clean as a piece of white jade porcelain.

"Yeah..."

From the eyes that were upgraded from the size of rice grains to the size of mung beans, the only trace of surprise disappeared.

Then, Guagua lost interest in the boa constrictor, and went back to the kettle, gurgling and spitting bubbles.

Lord Yehan let it play, and he started to deal with the corpse of the giant python.

Because the storage space of the dimensional space bag is extremely valuable.

After peeling off the snake's skin and taking the most essential snake gall, Mr. Yehan cut off the tenderest piece of snake meat, and discarded all the rest.

Soon, dusk fell and smoke curled up.

Supplemented with several spiritual materials and several seasonings, a pot of snake soup is ready.

After tasting it, Su Mei and Li Jingming were amazed at the deliciousness, and the other drank the second bowl silently, expressing the joy of taste buds with practical actions.

"The development and mastery of the three skills of "Sky Step", "Whirlwind Kick" and "Spiritual Stinger"..."

"The capture of the supernumerary spirit "Mud Blade Praying Mantis"..."

"Guagua's promotion..."

"Everyone has gained a lot from this trip. There is no need to stay in the yellow mud swamp and continue to endure the muddy and dirty mud."

"Turn back tomorrow, expect to officially leave the swamp the day after tomorrow, and then go straight to the academy."

After drinking enough, Mr. Ye Han decided.

Although I hope that the grimacing moth and pink ostrich will rise to the perfection of clay sculpture as soon as possible.

But this kind of thing is really not easy to force.

Especially Su Mei, her ostrich was promoted to master of clay sculpture twenty days ago.

At this stage, with the assistance of various resources, it is still a bit difficult to improve again.

"Finally going back..." Su Mei let out a sigh of relief.

This week's experience, except for not encountering the massacre of the four ghost mercenary groups, is far more dangerous than the survival trial.

She and Li Jingming's nerves were continuously tense, and they were always on high alert, and there was no way to relax.

Now that I hear that I am about to return, I feel that this trip is worthwhile and more fulfilling than I imagined.

In the next second, when the joy surged up, strong expectations arose spontaneously.

"咴咴...咴咴..."

The process of leaving the Yellow Mire was far smoother than expected.

The two bandits who escaped never appeared again.

The ghost flower girl wandering in the night has never really met.

Even Ye Hanjun found the "cattle and horses" he bought with money in the nearby forest.

This big man only had a swollen head, as if he had been stung by a poisonous bee.

Other than that, it's safe and sound, and has no issues acting as a mobility mount.

Riding on a cow and horse, leading a mudblade mantis like flying a kite.

Three people and four beasts shuttled through the uninhabited jungle, and occasionally came across a small village composed of dozens of people, all of them chose to take a detour, and did not rashly disturb them.

At nightfall, a row of blue bamboo forests come into view, and the refreshing bamboo fragrance spreads for kilometers. Everyone who smells it is shocked and subconsciously slows down their running speed.

Canghai Pavilion - Coming Soon!

This is a barrier outside the city of Canghai Pavilion. By planting "blue bamboo" in a large area, it can effectively repel some harmful insects and ants and prevent them from damaging urban buildings.

"Go back first, don't worry about me."

"By the way, tomorrow evening, remember to call Wang Xinfei to gather in the training room."

"There are less than ten days before the freshman competition, and we can still make the final sprint before the competition."

"Yes, Master Han."

Su Mei and Li Jingming bid farewell to Mr. Ye Han, and walked along the narrow path, scattered into the city gate.

In a dark place where no one was around, Mr. Yehan took off his wig and makeup to restore his true appearance.

Then, after eating a wild barbecue, he put on his own black windbreaker and a wide hat, and he rode a cow and horse to the city gate leisurely.

"See, that's the leader of the Four Ghost Mercenary Group!"

"It's a terrible death. No matter how you say it, the third-ranked powerhouse was rebellious in life. I didn't expect to look so miserable after death. It's really evil, and it deserves it!"...

Whispering voices came from the crowd.

Lord Yehan's expression changed, and he couldn't help raising his head, looking at the gate of the city.

There are dozens of entrances and exits in Canghai Pavilion. Su Mei and Li Jingming detoured and returned from the second and third gates of the North Campus respectively.

But he chose the first gate.

This is the main gate of the North Campus, and the gatepost alone is 200 meters wide.

The frost-white door opens to both sides, and there is a blue-gold door plaque above it. On it, the three big characters of Canghai Pavilion are dragons and phoenixes, and each stroke penetrates the metal.

but……

Different from the past, there are two other stone pillars erected in the center.

On the left one, there is a figure tied to the top end, naked, every inch of skin is ripped apart, and dark red blood drips continuously down the stone pillar.

Judging from his appearance alone, Mr. Ye Han is very strange, because he is a middle-aged man whom he does not know at all, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a jawline and neck.

But the other stone pillar is easy to identify, it is a bird that has been dead for a long time, with blood-red feathers all over the body, and the bloody smell that permeates and wafts, it cannot be more familiar.

——Bloody Bird!

Unexpectedly, after returning from a hunting trip, the leader of the four ghost mercenary group, "Ghost Hand", had already been killed.

"Who is this? He wants to hang it at the gate of the city, let the sun blaze, and let the wild birds eat it. What kind of crime requires the hospital to go to war like this?"

"You don't know that, do you? This person did all sorts of evil. A dozen of college students and teaching assistants died tragically at his hands, and even two official tutors were disabled because of him."

"If Canghai Pavilion does not deal with such a vicious and reckless person, outsiders will definitely despise him."

"This is a deterrent on the surface. It is to tell those people with ulterior motives that those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away!"

The crowds coming and going are not as dense as the stream.

But the spirits accompanying the family master range from tigers, cheetahs, wild boars... down to beetles, sparrows, mice... all kinds of strange things.

Almost everyone raised their heads and cast a look at the miserable death of a man and a beast.

Then, some people snorted coldly, some lamented, some gossiped, and some remained silent.

"Who killed it? I heard that this person is a "killer" with a D-level authority, and that the blood-handed sparrow is a jade baby master. With such a powerful academy, most of the tutors are not his opponents. Could it be that a big shot at the vice-principal level personally? "

"Hey, you were half right."

Some students responded with a snickering smile:

"There is indeed a big shot of the 4th rank, go and hunt them down personally."

"But the one who first found the hiding place of Ghost Hand and killed him was the famous windrunner——Ji Yan!"

"You must have heard of this person's name."

"According to my research, he was also a student of Canghai Pavilion before, and he was also favored by Tutor Tong Xuan."

"This time, Master Tong was abolished by the hands of ghosts, and the remaining lifespan may not last five years."

"Master Ji left the academy in a rage, chased for thousands of miles, slaughtered many villains, searched for all kinds of clues, and finally locked the location of the ghost hand..."

Ye Hanjun eavesdropped on the conversations of passers-by with great interest.

There may be exaggerations in it, but the main part should be right.

Did Ji Yan kill the ghost hand?interesting.

I just don’t know, the person who hired the ghost hand—has he been found?
Glancing at the knife marks all over the body, such injuries are unlikely to be triggered during the battle, more like torture to extract a confession after being captured alive.

But the killer has a passive ability called "employment agreement". Once hired, the employer must pay the corresponding remuneration, and the hired party must also passively abide by the non-disclosure agreement.

This kind of constraint stemming from authority, even if it is an unconventional method, it is difficult to pry words out of the killer's mouth.

"Is it a good thing?"

With a chuckle, Mr. Yehan asked himself secretly.

Killing the villains who provoked the hospital in a short period of time, this way of proving their strength, can undoubtedly push the deterrent effect to the extreme.

Even if it fails to identify who is trying to target the Wang family, who is trying to take his life.

Those who covet behind this will either pay several times the price and commit crimes against the wind.

Either stop for a while, temporarily die down.

No matter what kind of result, it seems that it is not a bad thing for Mr. Ye Han.

"Look, that XX is actually riding a cow and a horse!"

"Hahaha, how could someone contract such a spirit? See you soon!"

Mr. Ye Han, who covered himself tightly, restrained his breath, and was not noticed at all.

But riding an ox or a horse is still a bit strange, and from time to time it will attract the laughter of passerby A and passerby B.

They thought that the noisy crowd kept enough distance, so it was impossible for Lord Ye Han to hear them.

However, Mr. Ye Han, who listened verbatim, went in his left ear and out his right ear, and didn't care about these strange eyes at all.

"咴咴..."

After a while, the cows and horses followed Lord Yehan to Hutouyuan.

Lord Yehan patted it on the head, tied it to the big tree at the door, and said to himself:

"You idiot, if you can survive the next hunt, I'll get some materials to help you pile up to Xiazhao's fetus."

"If you don't have this luck, don't blame me. Serving delicious food and drinks these days is just like the last meal before death."

"咴咴..."

Cows and horses are more stupid than pink ostriches. If they want to understand human language, they will probably have to wait in their next life.

But this cow and horse has "docile" as its core personality.

As long as Mr. Yehan feeds food a few times, it will behave very lovingly.

This is also an important reason why, one trip, one trip and two trips are quite smooth.

"Stay."

With a beep, Mr. Ye Han opened the door, and the first thing he aimed for was the bathroom.

Although Guagua's washing service has become more and more skilled, the water it sprays is icy cold, after all, it is more exciting than the hot water full of petals.

Along with the comfort suppressed in the throat, it exploded in the steaming mist.

Mr. Yehan soaked in the bath for an entire hour, and when he came out he was refreshed, and most of the fatigue from a week had dissipated.

But this was not enough, Mr. Ye Han didn't think about anything, he lay on the bed in a blink of an eye, covered the quilt, and fell into the deepest sleep in less than three seconds.

So, the next day, the sky has not yet brightened.

Mr. Ye Han, who woke up from his sleep, was full of energy, and his fair skin was filled with a trace of blood.

"Yeah~~~"

The little tadpole, who also fell asleep, changed from the state of the stone to his real body.

Its two eyes are also shining, and it seems that every day is full of expectations. It is difficult to have emotions such as troubles that really affect its mood.

Mr. Yehan played with Guagua for a while.

Then seriously think about what to do next, and plan step by step from the long-term to the near-term.

The missing life essence in the body has long been steadily recovering in a strong direction under a series of powerful drugs and food.

At this stage, Huazhu does not need to be deliberately cultivated. Participating in the death challenge every day is enough for her to obtain hundreds of skill proficiency.

The "coach" is also about to make a breakthrough, as short as 20 days, as long as [-] days, just step by step.

Then, the remaining problems are nothing more than "contract demon" and "blood contract ceremony".

In addition, to confirm the death of the ghost hand, whether the hospital has obtained information from the employer.

If not, he still has to figure out a way by himself, find the person behind the scenes as soon as possible, and make this potential threat... disappear as soon as possible!
After clearing his mind, Mr. Yehan went to Shizi Old Street to sell the materials obtained from hunting in the Yellow Mire in batches.

While earning spirit stones, replenish lost props and medicines to ensure that there will always be abundant supplies in the dimensional space bag.

Then, Mr. Yehan, who spent most of the afternoon, went to the mission hall to check the "witness mission" he released.

"Sir, I'm sorry, but all the 500 low-grade spirit stones you have stored here have been deducted."

The sitting receptionist, after checking the information, handed over a sealed box.

"Here are all the collected information. There are 18 copies in total. Please read it yourself."

"so much?"

Mr. Yehan was a little surprised, so he found a VIP lounge, locked the door and read the scroll.

[Intelligence 1: Someone excavated a suspected demon skeleton in the woods 700 miles south of Canghai Pavilion. The relevant bone fragments were identified and suspected to be true... The incident happened a year ago. 】

[Information 2: Some students were in Hongshan Village near Canghai Pavilion and heard rumors that a monster with a pig head and a dog and bat wings broke into the village 100 years ago. It was suspected to be a "pig demon".Later, they were jointly encircled and suppressed by the hunters in the village, but no one returned, and the whereabouts of the monster is unknown...]

[Intelligence 3: It was mentioned that an intact devil's egg once appeared in an underground auction house, and was later bid by an unknown buyer, and its whereabouts are unknown.Note, this incident happened ten years ago...]

[Information 4: An anonymous teaching assistant provided information. He once saw a kind of black blood in a certain tutor's laboratory. Although the species is unknown, the label on it is "devil's blood".This incident happened five years ago...]

……

Mr. Yehan finished reading 18 reports in a few minutes.

Then, he frowned slightly, playing with a few black bone fragments as "physical evidence", and remained silent.

This information... is not reliable as a whole.

Although three people provided physical evidence, only one of the bones was held in his hand, and he could vaguely feel "kind".

The other two were not demon bones at all, they belonged to certain dark-attributed spirits, and because they were too broken, Mr. Yehan couldn't identify their belongings.

"It's all "doubt" and "inference", or it's "long time"..."

"Such as the devil egg, devil blood, devil bone, if I go to track down the whereabouts by myself, I don't know how much time and energy I will waste..."

"It's not guaranteed. I will really find it when the time comes. If the devil's breed is too low-end, should I make a contract at this stage first, and then find a way to strengthen the bloodline, or should I never give up and give up immediately?"

After deliberation, Mr. Yehan temporarily put away the information, left the VIP lounge, and found the staff again.

He continued to release the task of "Finding Demons". This time, he paid 1000 low-grade spirit stones in advance, and asked to mark it on the task announcement. If he can provide enough high-quality clues to help him find unconventional living demons, he can leave a contact In this way, a large amount of Lingshi will be added as a reward during the introduction.

"Sir, your mission has been released."

The staff smiled and signaled Mr. Yehan to leave, and then asked the people in line behind to step forward.

There are hundreds of new tasks released every day in the task hall, and there are also hundreds of tasks that need to be paid after completion.

This kind of task related to the spirit of prison is rare in normal times.

But among all the quests, they can only be small ones that are a little bit of a novelty. If you want to say how special, how special...it's not.

[Urgent task (extremely low difficulty): The pet spirit of Grandma Qian, the staff member, is lost near Xiangmanlou in the North Campus. Kind people are kindly requested to help find it... The reward is 5 low-grade spirit stones. 】

[Time-limited task (normal difficulty): within three days, there is an urgent need for the fluff of the "multi-eared rabbit", the horns of the "ice rhinoceros", the glands of the grass spider... the reward is 60 low-grade spirit stones. 】

[Special task (difficulty capped): The four ghost mercenary groups are wiped out. If anyone can provide any clues from the employer behind them or other channels to find the enemy who secretly covets the Blue Frog King's family, the Wang family is willing to provide 10000-50000 low-grade spirit stones as a reward. 】

……

It's all here, Mr. Ye Han, who finished posting the task, took him for a walk along the way.

If he can find a task that pays very well and is difficult but acceptable to him, he doesn't mind earning some pocket money.

After all, there is still a huge gap in the materials needed for the blood contract ceremony, and there is no way to let go of making money.

But it's a pity that Ye Hanjun is unwilling to accept some tasks that pay a lot of money but require the use of special formulas to help mutation or ascension.

Most of the remaining tasks are not even as good as going out to hunt by yourself. You can sharpen your growth and earn spirit stones, which has multiple benefits.

However, he did confirm one thing. The Wang family behind Wang Xinfei even released missions in Canghai Pavilion, and other places would only spread the net to announce more.

It seems that the death of the ghost hand did not expose the real employer, and the Wang family must feel a headache if they can't find the enemy for a day, right?

Thinking about it, it's almost time.

Mr. Yehan left the mission hall, rode on a horse and ox, and went straight to the No. 76 training hall.

Not long after he arrived, three fat and tall "strong men" knocked on the door of the super-empty training room.

"Master Han."

Su Mei, Li Jingming and Wang Xinfei saluted one by one.

Mr. Ye Han took a glance. After a whole night of adjustments, the fatigue hidden in Su Mei and Li Jingming's eyes almost disappeared, and both of them were in a perfect state of radiance.

Only Wang Xinfei can only stay in the academy these days.

Although with her financial resources, there is no pressure to rent the training room for 24 hours a day, and the materials and medicines she wants can be obtained quickly.

But her face didn't look plump, and there was a trace of fatigue in her determination.

"Have you increased your training?" Yehan-jun asked.

Wang Xinfei nodded lightly and said:
"Now I know that the actual effect of step-by-step and steady training is not as good as in the wild."

"But Master Han, don't worry, I'm not blindly seeking quickness. I'll customize the food for the helmet according to the content mentioned in your scroll."

"In addition, I also invited a student who has the title of "massage" to help him relieve muscle fatigue every day so that he can devote himself to training better. "

"Summon it out, and I'll take a look." Lord Yehan ordered.

With a swish, the armored horse appeared in the training room.

Its mental state is better than Wang Xinfei's, but a lot of scales have fallen off its body, and it is suspected that it was seriously injured during the battle with the beast.

"Accreditation."

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[race name]: armored horse

[Chaos Seal]: "Brutal"

【Major】: Body Tao

[Rank]: Clay Sculpture Embryo Dacheng
【混沌灵纹】：40纹「冲撞」、55纹「后蹬踢」、60纹「践踏」、80纹「铁甲冲锋」、65纹「蛮力」

[Core personality]: "Self-esteem"

【Current Status】: Fatigue/Injury...

[Contract relationship]: stable
It can be confirmed with the naked eye that the armored horse has not advanced, and is still in the realm of clay sculpture.

But compared to eight days ago, it has additionally mastered the skill of "brute force", with a total of 65 lines.

(End of this chapter)