Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 154 - 3 - The Liberation of the Five Elders

Chapter 154 -3: The Liberation of the Five Elders

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After looking over his purchase privileges, Li Yan began to carefully take in his surroundings, as well as Cha Xiaodao by his side.

Cha Xiaodao was also concentrating hard, checking the settlement rewards from this Yan Fu event.

“I say,” Cha Xiaodao suddenly started, “we had an agreement that you would pay me five hundred yanfudian points.”

“Mhm, I remember,”

Li Yan nodded.

“No need, things happened so suddenly, and I didn’t really help you, consider it as we both got what we needed.”

“Oh?”

Li Yan was a bit surprised. Cha Xiaodao’s offer was very generous, but in Yan Fu, generosity was too cheap.

“That’s fine.”

Li Yan remained expressionless.

“However, how about you lend me a thousand points? I’ll return them to you after the next event. If you agree, we’ll go to Yan Fu Justice.”

As expected.

Li Yan didn’t refuse, but was actually curious.

“What do you need the points for?”

Cha Xiaodao didn’t beat around the bush and showed her buying privileges to Li Yan.

Li Yan glanced over it and was surprised to find that, although Cha Xiaodao’s categories were still “Lost Item Type,” “Walking Collection Type,” and “General Strange Type,” the contents were completely different from his own.

In other words, the items available in Yan Fu’s walking privileges were unique, and upon closer inspection, Li Yan noticed that there were quite a few recipes, exquisite ingredients, and even two Mystical Steel Kitchen Knives. Considering his own buying privileges, it wasn’t hard for Li Yan to realize that Yan Fu’s buying privileges for walkers were tailor-made.

But, Cha Xiaodao’s intention to borrow points was not for these.

Walking Collection Type.

[Inheritance: Authority of the Chief Celestial]

Category: Rare

Type: Yan Fu Heritage

3000 yanfudian points

“…”

Li Yan inwardly smiled bitterly, it fell into your hands.

This was an extremely rare situation, akin to a stroke of incredible luck.

“I have only a little over five hundred points left, not enough,”

Li Yan shrugged, telling the truth.

Scratching her head, Cha Xiaodao saw that Li Yan appeared quite frank, and considering that a person as practical as him might haggle but was unlikely to lie—it would be harmful to others and not beneficial to himself.

“Let’s wait and see, that Jie Master said he would compensate us, didn’t he?”

Cha Xiaodao nodded.

“I say,” both of them spoke at the same time.

Li Yan gestured for Cha Xiaodao to go ahead, and she said, “How about we team up for the next Yan Fu event? Three hundred yanfudian points, each of us pays half.”

The bond between Cha Xiaodao and Li Yan as Comrades only lasted until the end of this Yan Fu event. Without contracts as “Comrades” or “Fellow Travelers,” their cooperation would also come to an end.

It is worth noting that even if a contract is formed to engage in future Yan Fu events together, this doesn’t mean they couldn’t complete Yan Fu events individually. They weren’t necessarily tied together.

The same principle applied when more people were involved.

Li Yan pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

He had actually thought the same; his current combat style was fast, precise, and ruthless. His short-term burst capability was extremely formidable, but the consumption was also astonishingly high.

Cha Xiaodao’s Food Banquet could significantly reduce the period of weakness after his outbursts. Moreover, she was strong in combat, not a drag, and quite shrewd in experience.

But Li Yan was not so naive as to give away [Ji Xiao’s New Book: Methods of Appraisal] for her to use.

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Compared to Nine-Winged Sudu, Li Yan was even more cautious around Cha Xiaodao.

Permanent Comrades, while convenient, also bring many hidden dangers and must be chosen carefully.

Indeed, in principle, Comrades have no conflicts of interest, and rewards can be shared; they are trustworthy enough to watch your back.

However, for long-term battle companions, one must consider if their temperaments harmonize, and mutual understanding requires adaptation.

Two people with opposite values, even if they share common interests, may not come together. For instance, if Li Yan wants to fight and Cha Xiaodao wants to run, how should they resolve it?

If they are the same person, and Li Yan never lets the guilty go but never kills the innocent, while Cha Xiaodao insists on not killing the innocent indiscriminately, what then?

The pressure that Yan Fu exerts on Travelers is not that great. At least not enough to force every Yan Fu Traveler to become a killing machine that keeps lowering their standards.

And in such a relaxed environment, the demands on a partner are, conversely, higher.

The two met for the first time and do not know each other in reality. Under such circumstances, the foundation for understanding each other is even weaker.

Of course, Li Yan has a good impression of Cha Xiaodao. Perhaps after several battles between life and death, or during a moment when the qualities of a “Comrade” are needed, Li Yan might take something out, but not now.

Cha Xiaodao’s thoughts about Li Yan are similar. Seeing Li Yan surveying his surroundings, he asked, “Haven’t you been here before?”

“No.”

Li Yan shook his head.

“So, you haven’t formed any temporary teams before. How many Yan Fu events have you gone through?”

“Three.”

Cha Xiaodao jumped in surprise, “You, you’ve only been here for half a year?”

“Four months.” Li Yan corrected.

“Anyway, this place is like a lounge for team members to interact. If our collaborative relationship ends, this space will collapse along with it.”

Cha Xiaodao said vaguely.

“It seems that both you and Wushan know more about Yan Fu than I do.”

“I don’t know about Wushan, but I’ve been in Yan Fu for a full year.”

“Then, regarding what Wushan said about the Ten Cities, Nine Luminaries, and such, how much do you understand? What qualifies one as part of the Ten Cities, and how does one become one of the Nine Luminaries?”

Li Yan took the opportunity to pose his own question.

Cha Xiaodao didn’t hold back: “I’m not clear about the higher ranks, but regarding the lower ranks like the Scatter, Ten Cities, and Nine Luminaries, I do have some insights…”

Having heard Cha Xiaodao’s description and combining it with the information he received from Yu Shu, Li Yan gained a basic understanding of Travelers’ rankings.

Scatter;

Ten Cities, Nine Luminaries, Eight Extremes;

Seven Palaces, Six Ministries;

Five Directions Elder, Four Emperors, Three Pure Ones.

Nine ranks, four levels.

The higher one goes, the more autonomy one holds, and the more conveniences and privileges one acquires.

And to raise one’s rank, in addition to meeting the basic conditions, one must also meet higher requirements within the Yan Fu events.

The higher one goes, the more stringent the event requirements are; it’s even possible for a Traveler to undertake a Yan Fu event specifically to advance one rank.

For example, to advance from Scatter to Ten Cities, one needs at least one heritage with a 39% Awakening Degree and complete a Yan Fu event with an “Upper Auspicious” rating.

For Nine Luminaries, the requirement is any heritage with a 69% Awakening Degree, and for Eight Extremes, 99%.

Put another way, to become a Seven Palaces Traveler, one essentially needs to become a Proxy Traveler.

As for the Five Directions Elder, who is one of the Ten Masters like the Jie Master, that’s all there is to it.

And the privileges of a Five Directions Elder Traveler, to mention the most basic, which is also from what Li Yan heard from Yu Shu,

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Is to freely traverse all known Yan Fu Fruits without having to complete any Yan Fu event.