Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 130 Provocation at the door
In response to Gong Tianwu's question, the manager shook his head woodenly and said:
"No."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Then I'll go first."

The steward opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but still couldn't say it. In the end, he could only say angrily:
"Freak!"

***
The days in the medicine garden were easy for most of the punished guys.

After all, there are only three things you need to do every day:

Digging, chanting, and applying fertilizer.

As for the rest of the detailed work, it will naturally be completed by the specialized children of the medicine garden.

Therefore, these three things combined only delay me by four to five hours a day, and the rest of the time I can return to the herb garden’s hermitage and use my time freely.

Although I am under house arrest during the punishment and cannot leave the medicine garden, compared with the days in the Bitter Abyss, this place is simply heaven!

Only Gong Tianwu didn't think so.

If he had a choice, he would like to stay in the Bitter Abyss for the rest of his life.

This is not only because it is more convenient to practice in the Bitter Abyss, but also because according to the information Gong Tianwu had obtained, the centipede armor he brought with him seemed to be very expensive.

Normally, the disciples who captured them would hand them over in exchange for "reduction of sentence" in the Bitter Abyss, so the price for private transfer was even more expensive.

Fortunately, Gong Tianwu is also very clear that his luck is already very good, so he just needs to continue training in the medicine garden honestly.

***
When ordinary people celebrate their birthdays, they usually make a big fuss and invite all their relatives and friends to have a lively gathering.

In fact, cultivators are no exception. After all, immortals also rose step by step from mortals.

Moreover, monks are usually busy practicing every minute. They do have time to travel and visit friends, but it is definitely much less than that of ordinary people. Therefore, celebrating birthdays is actually a very effective means of socializing.

Sometimes, people even compete with each other to see how many people come to attend the birthday party.

Gong Tianwu's master in this life, Liu Xun, was of course no exception. He had sent out invitations several years ago to invite many like-minded people.

This day was the official day of Liu Xun’s 200th birthday. Baita Villa was decorated with lights and filled with joy and people.

Those who wanted to attend the birthday party had already arrived and settled down a few days in advance, so they were led by the master of ceremonies to the 200th birthday party early in the morning.

By the time the hour of Wei arrived, the birthday party scene was already packed with people.

However, only the outer area was crowded. There were a total of eighteen tables inside, which were prepared for the eighteen Taoist friends who came to celebrate Liu Xun's birthday.

On the Ao Mountain next to it, which was used to place gifts, were placed all kinds of gifts, the most important of which was a bead floating in the air, emitting brilliant light and auspicious aura, which was pleasing to the eyes.

This is the gift that Elder Wei prepared for Elder Liu: the Three Talents Pearl.

This bead contains the three kinds of spiritual energy of heaven, earth and man. It is an auxiliary magic weapon that people can use during cultivation.

To put it more intuitively, before the three kinds of spiritual energy are exhausted, it can have a powerful effect of increasing your understanding by +5.

It takes two days for the three kinds of spiritual energy to be automatically fully charged from non-existent state, and the time of practice can provide a bonus of up to half a day.

There is no doubt that among all the gifts, this bead is the most valuable.

Of course, only Elder Wei and Liu Xun, who are close friends in life and death, would be willing to give away such a treasure.

Not only that, the rest of the gifts were also very valuable, and could be said to be vying with each other for splendor and dazzling in variety.

With the arrival of the hour of Wei, the master of ceremonies came out to chant the ceremony, which was mostly to introduce the identities of the guests, such as so-and-so immortal, so-and-so cave master, so-and-so senior cultivator.

After these things were done, Liu Xun would come out to express his gratitude, and most of the time he would say some polite words of thanks.

But this is Liu Xun’s 200th birthday, and he has to be responsible for preaching at this time.

In order to give back to the visiting guests, I would like to share some of my own experiences and practical knowledge in spiritual practice.

Not only that, Liu Xun was also a kind person. He directly talked about a small magical power that he had obtained accidentally, called the Fragments of King Wen's Six Yaos.

Before doing something big, you can use this fragment to cast a hexagram to predict good or bad luck. If it is very bad, it is best to stop it.

To be honest, this little magical power is very useful and, most importantly, it is quite effective. Many guests felt that their trip was worthwhile after listening to it.

The next step was to chat for a while before the banquet officially started. However, a woman stepped out from the crowd and bowed:

"I've heard for a long time that Senior Brother Feng from Baita Villa is proficient in the Mysterious Ice Art. He has cultivated his invisible sword to the point where he can use two swords at the same time, with yin and yang complementing each other. He ranks third among the Seven Sons of Snow Mountain."

"I am not very talented, but I would like to ask Senior Brother Feng for some pointers."

At such gatherings, it was common for disciples to learn from each other, and as long as blood was not shed, teachers and seniors would encourage it.

The others recognized him at first sight and knew that this was a new disciple of Yufei Sect who had quickly become popular recently!

Her name is Zhu Yan. She has always been an outstanding disciple in the sect. During the sect trial three years ago, she obtained a treasure that was very suitable for her, called the Wutian Silk. Since then, her status in the sect has skyrocketed and she has been deeply favored.

If you can show up at such a grand event, you will already be the center of attention, not to mention being called by a woman?
If you continue to avoid fighting, you will probably be ridiculed for the rest of your life.

Therefore, Senior Brother Feng, whose name was called, stood up and bowed directly, saying:

"Junior Sister Zhu, please."

Zhu Yan also nodded and saluted, and the two of them immediately started fighting.

What was shocking was that after the two sides had fought for more than twenty rounds, Senior Brother Feng from Baita Villa suddenly staggered as if he was drunk, and then was defeated on the spot.

Such a scene can really be described as an inexplicable loss.

The Bai Ta Villa lost the battle, so of course some people were not convinced, and more and more people came forward to challenge.

But the final outcome was similar. After the two sides exchanged more than ten moves, the disciples of Baita Villa were suddenly defeated!

The strangest thing is that when you ask the loser privately, he claims to be innocent. He said he was fighting very hard, but suddenly his eyes blurred and his throat was controlled by the opponent.

At this time, both Liu Xun, who was celebrating his birthday, and Elder Wei next to him looked unhappy.

It is said that victory and defeat are common in the military, and it is nothing big for one's disciples to lose two games in a competition.

But the problem now is that our own disciples don’t even know how they lost, which is really too much.

Another very important point is that the opponent Zhu Yan didn't even use her signature magic weapon, the Wu Tian Juan!
After this matter spread out, the disciples of Daxueshan were beaten by their peers from Yufei Sect, and the reputation of the sect would be damaged.

At this time, Wei and Liu had not yet come up with a plan, but Zhu Yan said calmly:
"I heard that more than 20 years ago, Baita Villa used three Ice Xuanji to exchange for a peerless immortal seedling, didn't it?"

"My master was humiliated many times in the sect because of this. Why doesn't this senior brother come out and teach me a thing or two?"

After hearing these words, Wei and Liu looked at each other and suddenly they felt as if something suddenly dawned on them.

Elder Wei, in particular, had an awkward smile on his face.

After he brought Gong Tianwu back that year, he felt that there must have been something wrong with Yufeimen's evaluation at that time. It was clearly an upper-middle-grade earth-level immortal seedling, but it was evaluated as lower-grade earth-level.

Moreover, Zi Yuzi, who introduced Gong Tianwu to the sect at that time, was not optimistic about Gong Tianwu and thought that he had character problems, so he tried his best to discredit him.

Therefore, Elder Wei only used three Ice Xuan Ji to exchange it back.

In this case, Elder Wei must have felt very happy to brag about how he had picked up a big bargain. As the saying goes, it feels good to show off for a while, and it feels good to keep showing off.

But for the Yufei Sect, this was undoubtedly a very embarrassing thing, especially after confirming that they had indeed misjudged Xu Tianwu.

Obviously, Zi Yuzi, who was not optimistic about Gong Tianwu and strongly advocated replacing him at that time, has been under tremendous pressure since then.

Now it’s time to get back at someone. A talented disciple under Zi Yuzi has appeared and has seized this opportunity to seek justice!

Seeing that there was no movement from Baita Villa, Zhu Yan continued:
"Does this Senior Brother Xu think that I am not strong enough? Or...Is he afraid?"

In fact, before coming here, Zhu Yan also investigated Gong Tianwu's relevant situation.

Knowing that he showed a clear trend of starting strong and ending weak, he usually did not even dare to compete with his fellow disciples. He was even commented on by many of his peers as being dumbfounded, otherwise he would not dare to say such arrogant words.

After Zhu Yan said the word "dare not", the people present were a little shocked.

As long as it is a competition, there will most likely be a winner and a loser. Losing is not a big deal, you can just practice hard and fight back in the future.

But if he doesn't even have the courage to fight, then his reputation will definitely be ruined. Liu Xun's personality is very strong, and he immediately turned to the disciple next to him, Hu Xian, and said in a deep voice:

"Go and call Xu Tianwu."

Hu Xian showed an embarrassment on his face and said:
"Master, my brother is not in the villa now, but doing labor in the medicine garden. He will not be released even if I go there."

Liu Xun took out his token and said firmly:
"Go find Junior Brother Tao from the Medicine Garden and explain the current situation clearly. Tell him that even if Xu Tianwu dies today, he must die in the competition! The reputation of the Great Snow Mountain cannot be tarnished like this!"

Hu Xian immediately accepted the order and said:
"Yes!"

After saying that, he immediately ran away.

At this moment, the field fell into an awkward silence, and it seemed difficult to judge whether this was right or wrong.

Although the Yufei Clan seems to be looking for trouble, it is not unreasonable if you look deeper. After all, that incident was ridiculed a lot back then.

But it seemed a bit too much for Zi Yuzi to bring his talented disciples to cause trouble at someone's 200th birthday party!

Fortunately, after only twenty minutes, Hu Xian brought Gong Tianwu back. Of course, there were many other people who came along the way. They probably heard that there was trouble here and came to watch.

There is no doubt that everyone's eyes are focused on Gong Tianwu at this moment.

However, for Gong Tianwu, this kind of attention was really not worth mentioning. Moreover, when he came here, he had already heard Hu Xian talk about the current situation and had already had psychological expectations.

At this time, Gong Tianwu was not in a hurry to enter the venue. Instead, he calmly came to Liu Xun, knelt down and kowtowed, saying:
"Congratulations to my teacher Shuanghua on his birthday. I wish my teacher good fortune and a long life."

Seeing Gong Tianwu's calm and orderly demeanor, Liu Xun's anxiety and resentment were relieved a lot. He snorted coldly and said:

"I'm glad I didn't get mad at you."

It was obvious that after Gong Tianwu beat Li Zhen up, he just walked away to receive the punishment, but left the mess behind.

Both Elder Wei and Liu Xun were quite angry about this.

After all, in their hearts, Li Zhen was still a good seedling, but he was beaten into such a bad state in the competition with his fellow disciples. They all secretly vowed in their hearts to give Gong Tianwu a good beating.

Although several months had passed, the anger in my heart had not subsided, so my tone certainly wouldn't be very good.

Gong Tianwu kowtowed again and said:
"This time when I went out, I happened to find something that should be quite good. I came here to present it to my teacher as a birthday gift."

After finishing speaking, Gong Tianwu took out the foundation-building spiritual object that he had previously snatched from Ming Zhenzi: the Tianhe Chariot, and presented it directly.

When presenting it, Gong Tianwu certainly did not hide it, but placed it on a tray made of bone wood. Its unique shape that resembled a fetus immediately attracted everyone's attention.

When Liu Xun saw this thing, he didn't recognize it, so he turned to look at his senior brother Wei Liang.

But he noticed that Wei Liang's expression was a little serious, and he suddenly said to Gong Tianwu:

"Where did you get this?"

Gong Tianwu said nonchalantly:
"I stole it from a monster after killing him on the way to Mujiang Castle in Xiongbian Mountain."

After hearing this, Wei Liang's expression suddenly softened:
"Then do you know what this is?"

Gong Tianwu said proudly:

"Of course I know! If it wasn't a good thing, how could I dare to give it to Master as a birthday gift? It seems to be called Tianhe Car!"

As soon as the three words "Tianhe Car" came out, the guests around immediately looked at it sideways.

After all, even if they have never eaten pork, they have seen pigs running away. The foundation-building stage is a calamity that everyone present must go through.

If you can get through it, the sky will be the limit. If you can't, everything will be in vain!
Therefore, the twenty-three kinds of spiritual objects that can increase the chance of building a foundation have even been compiled into mnemonics and are well-known.

But even among the twenty-three kinds of spiritual objects, the Tianhe Chariot's chance of improving the foundation-building ability can be ranked in the top three, but 70% of the people present are not able to see it.

When they heard that this thing actually showed up at the birthday party, they immediately lost their dignity and started to look around.

Some of them think that it is good to open their eyes. They see the real thing today, and if they encounter fake ones in the future, they will be able to tell them apart.

Of course, there are also some people who are envious, jealous and hateful in their hearts, so they have unspeakable dark thoughts. They think that this thing is fake and want to expose it to embarrass the Snow Mountain Sect.

As a result, the people present suddenly became excited and crowded forward, making the whole birthday party seem a bit chaotic.

Upon seeing this, Gong Tianwu immediately came out and said loudly:

"Silence! Dear distinguished guests, please be patient."

Then he looked at the woman next to him.

The woman's name is Yang Qianmin. She is the sixth disciple of Elder Wei. She has a slender figure and looks very heroic. She is quite pleasing to the eye.

"Junior Sister Yang, you are beautiful and intelligent, and you are graceful and elegant. Go and show the Tianhe Car to the guests. The birthday party for our Master cannot be a mess."

After hearing what Gong Tianwu said, Junior Sister Yang's face suddenly turned slightly red. In her heart, she was of course willing to show it, but she still looked at her master, Elder Wei.

Elder Wei and Elder Liu were not good at dealing with such mundane matters. When they heard Gong Tianwu's arrangement, they thought it was quite good. Elder Wei immediately said:

"Tianwu has made a very good arrangement. Laoliu, you go right away."

Yang Qianmin immediately stepped forward, picked up the tray and began to demonstrate it around the venue, immediately calming the chaos at the scene.

At this time, Elder Wei saw the immediate effect, so he said to Gong Tianwu:

"Good boy, you hid it well. How did you come up with this idea?"

Gong Tianwu said:

"Master Wei, I have gained a lot of experience this time. Isn't that the case at the auction outside?"

"The things that need to be purchased are all carried on trays by beautiful ladies for people to inspect. It is much more pleasing to the eye than having a few rough men carry them."

"Besides, if there are any mistakes or omissions, it would be difficult for a group of men to find fault and embarrass a woman."

Elder Wei laughed after hearing this:
"Hey! What you said is a bit illogical. It's true that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles."

Then Elder Wei looked towards Yufeimen and said solemnly:

"You should know why you are called here?"

Gong Tianwu said:

"Probably know something."

Elder Wei said:

"I think this woman is using a very powerful magic weapon. You must not underestimate the enemy. As soon as you meet her, use your trump card."

"Remember what I said, you must fight quickly and decisively. If you can't do it, just admit defeat. Victory and defeat are common in the military. Junior Brother Liu won't blame you."

Gong Tianwu smiled and said:

"Let me try."

Liu Xun didn't say anything at this time, not because he didn't want to speak, but because he was too tired to distract himself.

Because at this time, several people had already sent him secret messages, wanting to ask him about the transaction of the Tianhe car.

However, Liu Xun was not good at this kind of communication, let alone bargaining in multiplayer mode. He felt a little overwhelmed for a moment.

Of course, the people who felt the most annoyed at this moment were the people from Yufei Sect, especially Zi Yuzi.

She was narrow-minded and eccentric to begin with. It was with great difficulty that her disciples helped her to feel proud of herself, but she did not expect that the former immortal seedling would offer her a treasure like the "Tianhe Chariot" as soon as he arrived.

To be honest, Zi Yuzi's eyes turned red in an instant!

She also wanted the spiritual object for foundation building, but it was presented by a disciple from another family.

It’s not like Zi Yuzi hasn’t held birthday parties before, but the most expensive birthday gift she has ever received in her life cannot be compared with the Tianhe car. To be honest, it’s not even half the value of the Tianhe car.

After all, the Tianhe Cart is an extra life for those Qi Refining Great Accomplishment cultivators who are stuck at the foundation-building stage and have exhausted their potential!
Something that can save lives is definitely worth more than ordinary treasures.

At this time, Zi Yuzi looked at Xu Tianwu in front of him. Although he was already a young man, he could still vaguely recognize his former appearance from his facial features.

(End of this chapter)