Chapter 56 - Chapter 56: What is in the log cabin?

Chapter 56: What is in the log cabin?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Lu Xun reached out to pick up the thing Second Sister threw to him. It was a small, black stone.

This small stone, aside from its complete blackness, didn’t seem any different from the kind of stones we used to play with as kids.

Moreover, its black color was rough and matte…

Lu Xun carefully ran his fingers over it; the touch was slightly coarse, and it wasn’t very comfortable to the touch.

He tried to inspect the basic information of the stone, but was met with nothing but question marks, like this: [???].

“What use are you, you stupid system!” Lu Xun vented his frustrations at his too-low-level system.

“Second Sister, what is this?” Lu Xun asked.

Second Sister replied, “Thi…Thi…This is a gift…gift from Eldest Brother to junior brothers and sisters.”

Mao Nanbei took an almost identical stone from his storage ring, waved it at Lu Xun, and signaled he also had one of these things.

Eldest Brother had left five pieces for Second Sister who divided it among others. Lu Xun took another piece, leaving only one piece left.

“Then what exactly is this thing?” Lu Xun asked.

“Don’t know, ah.” Mao Nanbei answered on behalf of Second Sister: “Probably only the teacher knows.”

The Second Sister remained silent, sitting on the boulder as if she had tacitly agreed.

Even though Lu Xun had no idea what it was, the fact that its basic information was filled with question marks made it clear that it must be valuable!

Night fell gradually, and Ji Li bid farewell and returned to the outer mountain. She was taken home again by Mao Nanbei.

When the little girl came back, she made a special trip to find Lu Xun.

She seemed to have understood the second sister’s intentions and came to Lu Xun’s side and whispered, “Remember to keep the little stone in your pocket when you go up to the Hidden Mountain tomorrow. Don’t put it in your storage ring, it’s good for you.”

“What benefits are there?” Lu Xun wondered.

Are my two senior sisters… giving me privileges?!

How can I refuse that! Heh heh heh!

“You’ll know when you go tomorrow!” Mao Nanbei winked at him.

“I understand! I understand!” Lu Xun replied, displaying an unabashedly bright smile.

He had initially planned to rely on luck to see whether he was Emperor Eu or not, but he hadn’t expected that there would be this kind of internal advantage.

Lu Xun, whose special attributes were displayed as [Luck 1 (Non-upgradable)], was feeling pretty bloated.

Thinking of his journey to the Hidden Mountain tomorrow, he had already begun to look forward to the adventure.

The next day, Lu Xun woke up still looking haggard. Being whipped every night, his body was feeling broken…

– Being a man in the mountains is so hard!

This night, he did not have any progress and were still “killed” nine times.

But then again, he didn’t level up or learn any new skills. There was absolutely no improvement in his abilities, so it’s only normal to reach a standstill in combat.

In Heavenly Dust Continent, this is generally referred to as a bottleneck. To him, it simply means he lacks experience points.

Shen Yan didn’t come early in the morning, instead, he arrived at the Small Study in the mountains during the afternoon.

Lu Xun sniffed. He could clearly smell the booze lingering on him.

Did this guy fall into a wine vat or what? No wonder he was late, I bet he kept drinking from last night until now, right?

With their cultivation base, ordinary alcohol couldn’t make them drunk. However, if they drank the fine wines brewed by cultivators themselves, that’s a different story.

Shen Yan just remembered he might seem a bit disrespectful. He performed a finger maneuver and the smell of alcohol dissipated on its own.

The Hidden Mountain resides deep within the Demon Sect’s territory. This mountain is neither high nor low but very special.

This wasn’t just because there were a lot of unclaimed treasures here, but also because this place held many graves of sect members.

Half of the mountain stored treasures, and half was for burials. It was both a treasury and a graveyard.

To be exact, this place was originally a graveyard. Even the treasures on the mountain were belongings of the deceased members of the Demon Sect, waiting for their successors.

The most peculiar was the “The Sword Qi is Near,” it’s not considered an inheritance. After all, Yan Li is only closed to death, he has not broken through yet, nor is he dead.

This time, Shen Yan didn’t bring Lu Xun to the mountain, instead, he brought him to the foot of the mountain.

This mountain forbids anyone from flying up. Anyone who wants to go up has

to start from the foot of the mountain, even Lu Xun, regardless of his special

status, was no exception.

After all, that’s what the teacher also did.

Surprisingly, at the foot of the mountain, there was a small wooden house. The door of the house opened slowly, and out came an old man.

The old man had a hunched back, very hunched. His steps were slow, very slow.

His slow movements made Lu Xun feel like he was watching “Zootopia.”

On the way here, Shen Yan had told him that there lived a very special person at the foothills of Hidden Mountain — this old man.

He was the guardian of this mountain, seemingly also the guardian of this cemetery.

Moreover, he also had another identity: he was the old servant of the teacher in his early years.

According to Shen Yan, his teacher, that is, Lu Xun’s Eldest Brother, was brought up by this old man.

Shen Yan saluted the old man. Even he didn’t know the old man’s name, so he simply said, “Greetings, senior. This is a new disciple that the teacher has taken in, Lu Xun.”

Lu Xun followed suit and saluted as well.

He wouldn’t lose his basic manners just because the person across him was his own teacher’s old servant.

The old man nodded slightly and raised his hand a bit to signal that there was no need for excessive formalities.

His movements were so slow, like someone watching a video at 0.5 speed.

And he didn’t talk either, because… he was mute.

The teacher is one of the most mysterious people in this world, and his servant is mute. This gives people the feeling that this mute man holds countless secrets.

The old man leaned on a walking stick. The stick looked pretty aged, with several scratches on it. He strolled leisurely toward Lu Xun with the stick.

After getting closer, he looked Lu Xun up and down slowly, his gaze finally resting on Lu Xun’s face. A smile then spread across his old face.

It’s as if he had found something very amusing.

This left Lu Xun puzzled. Usually, when people saw his face, they were amazed. So why did this old man seem to be… toying with him?

“Is there a problem?” Lu Xun wondered internally, but he couldn’t figure it out.

After the old man finished laughing, he gently bent down to salute Lu Xun, just like an old servant saluting a young master returning home.

Lu Xun wanted to stop him but was blocked by Shen Yan, who shook his head at him.

Due to the elder’s extremely slow movements, his salute took more than ten seconds.

After straightening up, he walked to Lu Xun’s side. He raised his skinny hands and gently patted Lu Xun’s shoulder, like an old butler dusting off his young master returning from a long journey.

Then, the next moment, a piece of information appeared in front of Lu Xun:

[Ding! You’ve attained a buff (benefit effect)! ]