Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 116 Golden Talent!

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu also smiled bitterly and said:

"Okay, I promise not to go."

As they approached Nanyi State, Gong Tianwu suddenly had a strange feeling of "homesickness".

He longed to see those people he was familiar with and had feelings for, but he was also afraid that these people were not doing well or even brought bad news. Therefore, he suffered from rare insomnia and went to the deck to get some fresh air.

The moonlight was just right at that moment, and the captain was steering the ship, shouting at his men to hoist the sail and continue their journey in the middle of the night.

On this early summer night, the river breeze feels comfortable, and carries with it a hint of floral scent from the shore.

Gong Tianwu's mood also gradually relaxed, and he felt very comfortable and relaxed.
After nearly twenty years of seclusion and hard practice, he began to relax in this special atmosphere.

At this moment, Gong Tianwu had a sudden realization:
The time has come, it's time to use up the remaining 42 Zhenlong points.

So he naturally summoned Kang, and then went all in at once, consuming 40 Zhenlong points.

However, at the moment when the 40 Zhenlong points were thrown out, Gong Tianwu suddenly shuddered and cold sweat broke out on his back.

I couldn't help but exclaim "Oh shit!"

It would be a lie to say that I don’t regret it now, but the matter is done and I can only wait silently for the verdict of fate.

The consumption pattern of Zhenlong points is: every additional 5 points invested can unlock higher quality.

There are only three talents at 5 o'clock: gray, white, and black.

10 points unlock green quality talents, the basic probability of winning is 40%
15 points unlocks blue quality talent, the basic probability of winning is 30%
20 points unlocks purple quality talent, the basic probability of winning is 15%
25 points unlocks gold quality talent, the basic probability of winning is 10%
30 points unlocks red quality talent, and the basic probability of winning is 7%.

The basic winning probability refers to the winning probability after investing the unlocked Zhenlong points.

The red quality talents are capped.

However, every additional 5 Zhenlong Points invested thereafter will increase the probability of high-level talents appearing and reduce the probability of low-level talents appearing.

Then, when the first talent option appeared, Gong Tianwu’s eyes widened!
Because it is white!!

At this moment, he felt like beating his chest and stamping his feet, and his good mood disappeared instantly.

Then the second option pops up.

Green. Green!!
Gong Tianwu really wanted to swear. I spent forty Zhenlong Points, and you show me this?
At this moment, he could only close his eyes in pain. If a black option popped up again, wouldn’t he have a myocardial infarction on the spot?

As a result, after closing his eyes for five seconds, Gong Tianwu opened them again, and this time he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because I haven’t seen the specific content yet, the third option is shining with golden light.

But before the golden light disappeared, a red light flashed before Gong Tianwu's eyes, almost burning him.

The fourth option suddenly appeared, and it was the highest-end red quality.

One white, one green, one gold, one red,
Gong Tianwu let out a long breath. As far as the four extraction results were concerned, he could still accept them.

Then he began to calm down and read the four options carefully:
1. Boxer (passive), white talent. When you use your fist to attack the enemy, your attack power increases by 5%.
2. See in a dream (passive), a green talent. When you are sleeping and dreaming, there is a certain probability that you will get some fragments of future events in your dream.

But these event clips are usually ineffective, and you need to pan for gold in the sand.

3. Xing Tian Nu (passive), golden talent, this talent has two major effects.

1. When you attack the enemy at close range, you have a chance to trigger Xingtian Mengzhi and knock the enemy to the ground instantly.

2. When you suffer an attack that could cause your death, Xingtian's Wrath is triggered.

You will fall into a furious and uncontrollable state, unable to be controlled or killed, and your speed and strength will be comprehensively improved for 30 seconds.

If you kill the enemy who has caused you fatal damage within the duration of Xing Tian's Wrath, you will be instantly teleported thousands of miles away with Xing Tian's protection, and your injuries will be restored from near death to serious injuries.

If you fail to kill the enemy within the duration of Xing Tian's Wrath, you will die completely.

Warning: If your body suffers a devastating blow, such as being chopped into pieces, burned to ashes, crushed into meat paste, etc., then the Wrath of Heaven will be ineffective.

4. Enemy of Heavenly Tribulation (active), a red talent. After you activate this talent, you will receive a series of instructions. If you can complete the final instructions, you will be able to obtain the Jade Purity Immortal Art Xiao Yan Jiao.

This method is a magic from the gods. After learning it, it can greatly increase your chances of surviving disasters. At the same time, you can also use this technique to help others who want to survive disasters, including heavenly disasters!
***
After reading it carefully several times, Gong Tianwu rejected options 1 and 2 without hesitation.

Then the final choice must be between options 3 and 4.

At the beginning, Gong Tianwu almost chose 4 without hesitation.

Because the red talent is already the top talent, although the gold talent is good, it still has obvious flaws. After all, it is a big level lower.

Not to mention that the fourth option gives a magical skill, and it is the rarest magical skill that can help others overcome tribulations! !

After hesitating for two minutes, Gong Tianwu's final choice was the gold-quality Xing Tiannu, which was the result of his careful consideration.

Although the red talent is good, it is an out-and-out auxiliary skill and is too powerful.

Gong Tianwu could foresee that once he successfully practiced the Jade Purity Immortal Art Xiao Yanjiao, he would become a popular figure, but what would happen next?
I don't have the ability to protect this magic! A big boss will come and force me to reveal the practice method of Yuqing Magic Xiaoyanjiao, and then kill me to silence me.

Or if you have a conscience, you can just raise the pigs yourself.

The most terrible thing is that this Yuqing Immortal Art Xiaoyanjiao is an absolute auxiliary immortal art, and one must help others in order to maximize the benefits.

However, once you help others, it becomes almost impossible to keep a secret.

On the contrary, Xing Tiannu is a terrible trump card, which is extremely concealed, greatly improves one's own strength, and even gives him the ability to make a comeback and kill the enemy.

Obviously, the best one is the one that suits you.

***
After once again gaining a huge boost, Gong Tianwu arrived smoothly in Yidu, Nanzheng, and specially chose the larger Xiaoxiang Garden to spend the night.

After checking in, Gong Tianwu washed off the dust on his body, and then he heard someone knocking on the door.

After opening the door, a middle-aged woman dressed elegantly and richly walked in with a maid, smiling:
"Sir, you have booked a top-class private room. According to the rules, we will have a girl come to accompany you for supper."

"It's still early, you can still choose. If you don't choose now, it will be too late."

Gong Tianwu was not a pure and innocent boy, and he knew that this was the routine here.

It’s free for the girl to have supper with you, but if she really wants to have supper with you, you have to recharge if you want to unlock other services.

As low as 688, no upper limit, prices are clearly marked, goods are genuine and at fair prices, no deception.

So Gong Tianwu smiled and said to the madam:
"Mother Wu, do you have any recommendations?"

The madam smiled and said:
"Among the remaining red cards, Feng Jieer is gentle and considerate, especially heartwarming, while Lin Banban just got married last year, as pure as water and as beautiful as a lotus. I feel pity for her even more."

This madam also covers both types of women, mature women and schoolgirls, in one sentence, which can satisfy the needs of most men.

However, the madam looked at Gong Tianwu and found that he was just smiling and silent. She thought to herself, this young man is not going to follow the ordinary path, so she said:
"Or I can pick a few good-looking servants."

But the madam observed the other party's expression and found that his face had darkened, so she quickly changed her words:
"Tell them to ask Xiaoyu to come over and play two songs for the guests. She is a disciple of the great Suosongke."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu's face suddenly looked a little strange. He really didn't expect that this was true. Although his brother was gone, the legend of his brother was still there.

So I immediately became curious:
"Songke? I know this guy. Wasn't he quite famous a few years ago? But he suddenly disappeared from the public eye later."

"How come your daughter is his disciple?"

The madam immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had finally found what this customer liked, and smiled before she spoke:

"Oh, I'm not very clear about this either. How about asking my daughter to explain it to the guests in detail?"

Gong Tianwu smiled after hearing this:
"Okay, call her over."

The madam then looked at Gong Tianwu and said with some embarrassment:

"But sir, I have something to say first."

Gong Tianwu said:

"You said."

The madam smiled apologetically:
"My daughter has a strange personality. She sells her art but not her body. She can chat and laugh with customers, but if they want to stay overnight, she must give her approval."

Gong Tianwu nodded and said:
"That's for granted."

Soon, Xiaoyu walked in. Gong Tianwu looked at her carefully and suddenly realized that it was her.

Before, when they were in Yidu, when Suosongke and Luo Qinniang were competing in playing the qin, the positions of the maids around them were sold at high prices.

Later, whenever the Suosongke appeared, someone was willing to pay for the maid position holding the zither beside him. Xiaoyu, who pretended to be a disciple, actually only held the zither twice. At this time, Gong Tianwu's True Feather Heart Technique was better than before. He showed off his skills in a casual way, which made Xiaoyu's eyes linger. She sat beside him and served him without any reserve.

Gong Tianwu was not in a hurry, but said:
"By the way, I have an old friend who is also in Yidu. I think he is at the residence of Immortal Master Ming Zhenzi. I haven't contacted him for a long time. I will go look for him tomorrow."

The place with the most information at this time must be the teahouse, followed by the hostel and the brothel, because these places come into contact with many people and people who come here also like to gossip.

Sure enough, Xiaoyu said:
"Ah, then it must be hard to find a friend like you."

Gong Tianwu asked curiously:

"How to say?"

Xiaoyu said:
"Young Master, I'm afraid you haven't been here for a few years. More than five years ago, Immortal Master Ming Zhenzi suffered a stroke. It seemed that it was caused by the stimulation caused by his son's accident. He didn't last long afterwards."

"As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. Later I heard that his son finally managed to survive, but he was also disabled, and he carried the coffin back to his hometown."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu asked curiously:
"Do you know He Quanming, who works under Immortal Master Ming Zhenzi?"

Xiaoyu said:
"Let me think, is it an old man with a hooked nose? His son came here to drink wine. I think his name is He Yang."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Yes, yes, that's him."

Xiaoyu said:
"Oh, this guy is incredible. When the Ming family just had an accident, this guy went to the mansion and robbed a lot of valuable things, saying that he was lending them to Ming Zhenzi."

"Later, the Ming family reported it to the police, but it was useless. After all, it was said that this person was a Gu Master from a very remote place."

"If Ming Zhenzi was powerful, then it wouldn't be a problem, but he's paralyzed in bed, how could anyone care?"

After listening to this, Gong Tianwu nodded thoughtfully.

The two of them continued to eat and drink for a while, when they suddenly heard someone shouting "selling ash water cakes" outside. The voice sounded a little strange, especially shrill, and had a bit of an old accent.

Seeing Gong Tianwu listening attentively, Xiaoyu said:
"Speaking of this ash water cake seller, he was also a powerful figure a few years ago."

Gong Tianwu immediately asked curiously:

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

Xiaoyu said:

"This man is called Lin Wu Jue. He was one of the most powerful eunuchs in the palace. But two years ago, I heard that he messed up something and angered the noble, so he was kicked out."

At this point, she revealed a look of reminiscence and said:

"By the way, I heard that the thing he messed up was related to his mentor."

Gong Tianwu was stunned for several seconds before he realized that his "mentor" was Suosongke, that is, himself, but then he heard Xiaoyu continue:
"This eunuch was in a high position at the time and had great power. He must have used his power to bully others and forced my teacher to sell the treasure."

"In the end, I heard that evil was rewarded with evil, and something went wrong with the treasure, and the eunuch suffered a great loss because of it."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu immediately understood what was going on.

At that time, I took out the mysterious weapon: the Seven Hells Pan to trade with Lin Wu Jue. I still remember the way the eunuch looked at me as if I were an idiot.

This guy doesn't know that this thing only has one use left!
I guess the royal family later treasured the Seven Prisons Plate until they took it out and used it two years ago, but it broke right after it was used up, so Lin Wu Ju was held accountable.
Seeing Gong Tianwu in a trance, Xiaoyu came up to him and said coquettishly:

"My dear, should we take a rest?"

Then the lights went out immediately, and a series of strange noises came from the bed.

***
The next day,

Gong Tianwu first made some purchases in Yidu, and then set off for Changhe County and Jingdong County.

As for why we purchase, of course it is to make money.

In the way of cultivation, talent determines the upper limit, but it is resources that determine the lower limit.

Gong Tianwu has been in seclusion in the Snow Mountain for the past twenty years, relying entirely on the cultivation resources given by his master, and has long been penniless.

This time he came out he must have intended to find some way to make a living.

There were no problems along the way, it was smooth sailing.

After returning to Xiejiazhuang, I found that traces of the war were still there, but the scale of Xiejiazhuang was even larger than before.

At this moment, Gong Tianwu's heart was filled with mixed emotions. After all, this was the place where he had fought for his life, shed blood, and even risked his life to protect.

When he stood outside the village gate for a while, he saw a small group of farmhands coming over and said:
"Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Gong Tianwu said calmly:
"Does Xie Zhengwu live here? I'm an old friend of his. Please let him know."

A farmhand said in astonishment:

"Xie Zhengwu? I don't think I've ever heard of this person?"

But the leader's expression changed and he said:

"Please follow me, sir."

Then this person respectfully led Gong Tianwu to the gatehouse and sat him down, and he went to pass the message.

After a while, a butler came hurriedly and said:

"Sir, the one currently in charge of the manor is the eldest lady. May I ask your name so that I can pass it on."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Gong Mingzhen."

The butler immediately left, and less than ten minutes later, he hurried over and said:

"The eldest lady invites you."

Soon, Gong Tianwu saw Mrs. Hu in the living room.

When he saw her for the first time, Gong Tianwu was shocked.

It turned out that the Mrs. Hu in his memory was still the young lady in her thirties, but now she looked like an old lady with gray hair and a hunched body.

Obviously, the tragedy a few years ago caused her great trauma.

No wonder Kang said later that although she survived, she died seven years later. If calculated at this time, she should not live long.

Suppressing the complicated emotions in his heart, Gong Tianwu stood up and saluted:
"Greetings, old lady."

Mrs. Hu returned the greeting and asked Gong Tianwu to sit down:

"I heard that this young master is here to look for my Xiaowu?"

Gong Tianwu said:

"Yes, (Xie) Zhengwu and I hit it off right away. We are friends for life and death."

Mrs. Hu choked up and said:

"You are late. Five years ago, we encountered a wave of monsters. Zhuangzi was facing a catastrophe."

"At that time, people in the village fought one after another, and Xiaowu and his father both died in the battle."

Gong Tianwu was silent for a while:

"No wonder, no wonder he seemed to have anticipated something when we parted last time. Can you take me to his grave to pay my respects?"

Soon, Gong Tianwu was brought to the grave. Ahem, the experience of worshiping oneself is not something that everyone has the chance to have.

After arriving here, Gong Tianwu saw several green fruits placed in front of the tomb. They looked unique and particularly eye-catching. He couldn't help but wonder:

"Is this a custom unique to your place?"

Mrs. Hu said calmly:
"No, you and Xiaowu have a very close relationship, so I won't hide anything from you."

"Xiaowu had a close friend who was not human. After he died, she would come to see him every month or so, picking some rare fruits from the mountains."

"Such behavior can really be regarded as a deep and righteous act."

(End of this chapter)