Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 210 - 47 Bai Laotou, Black Rider Ghost

Chapter 210: Chapter 47 Bai Laotou, Black Rider Ghost

“The situation for Red Flag isn’t looking good. I’ll be sure to entertain you when you visit another day. Let’s talk about serious matters now,” he said.

Lan Sou nodded upon hearing this. She pointed at Zhi Nong and said, “Leader Tianbao, aren’t you curious why Zhi Nong and I call each other sisters when I am almost 70 and she is just over 20?”

“I would like to know more about this.”

“Our ancestral generation is defined by how closely related we are to Wupozi. Zhi Nong and I are both biological daughters of Wupozi and the villagers of Guangyi Island; thus, we belong to the first generation of ancestors, which is why we are sisters. Our descendants, with diluted blood, are the second generation of ancestors, and their abilities and status diminish accordingly. Should Wupozi bear offspring again, even if it’s just an infant, it would still be my younger brother or sister.”

Li Yan uttered an “Oh”. That is to say, all these years, Wupozi had been proliferating offspring by claiming the first night with new brides. The offspring married and had children, forming a new tribe, and the islanders, far from objecting, even regarded the descendants of Wupozi as possessing a more noble lineage.

It was their custom and Li Yan wasn’t one to intervene. He could only ask, “Is there anything we could help you with?”

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“Please come with me.”

Li Yan got up, calling only Cha Xiaodao and the Black Rider Ghost to accompany him.

Cha Xiaodao, the blockhead, was having a dry conversation about how to make bean curd rolls with the girls. Only after Li Yan called him twice did he pat his buttocks and rise.

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“The true form of Wupozi is a piece of black wood that drifted from the sea, resembling an old man. Thus, every household on the island carves black wood into the shape of an old man for worship. Wupozi’s true form is enshrined here.”

Lan Sou led Li Yan and the others into a gloomy four-sided attic. A red cloth covered the shrine in the center, inside of which was an ordinary black wooden carving, shaped like an old man. However, unlike what Lan Sou had described, this old man had a large, white tumor-like lump on his back. The black old man’s expression was also fierce and pained, even seeming to groan and twist in agony, chilling to the bone.

“Remove it~”

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From somewhere unknown, a voice came, giving Li Yan a headache. The projection of the Gu Huo Bird, empowered with Nine Phoenix Power, emerged behind him, and in a short moment, Li Yan recovered.

Cha Xiaodao was unremarkable, yet behind him emerged the projection of an Exotic Beast with the face of a sheep and the body of a man, along with a shining star. The former was clearer, the latter more blurred.

[Wupozi]: Originally one of the three thousand varieties of the Nether Wood Root that crossed the sea, it was picked up and worshipped by the villagers of Guangyi Island during one of the Heavenly Mother’s sea crossings. Having absorbed a hundred years of worship, it has now attained divinity.

Threat level: Black!

Note: Well~ at least you know not to provoke this one. Some people can’t even discern threat levels, and that’s what’s truly frightening. You’ve experienced this several times, so I needn’t say more.

The separate piece of white tumor had its unique information.

[Bai Laotou]: An incarnation of Wupozi’s severed obsessions. For many years, Wupozi has suffered greatly from it and can only relieve the pain temporarily through the offerings of its own clan.

Note: It’s similar to, well, Wupozi’s athlete’s foot, psoriasis, vitiligo, and other such chronic conditions.

“This white thing that has grown on Wupozi’s back must be worshiped day and night by us in order to alleviate its torment of Wupozi. Wupozi has decreed that we must remove this white mass, but ordinary people who touch the white tumor are immediately drained of their flesh and blood. Those who have trained in martial arts, with robust energy, can fare a bit better, but they still can’t hold out for more than a few breaths,” Lan Sou explained as she cast a hopeful look at the Black Rider Ghost. “We hope that this warrior can remove this nuisance for Wupozi.”

Li Yan didn’t look at the Ghost Rider, but turned his gaze to Cha Xiaodao first.

“Why don’t you try it first~” (“Don’t even think about it!”)

They spoke simultaneously.

“You’re so vigorous and tough~”

“Save your breath. If you’re up for it, go ahead; otherwise, let him do it. I want no part of this,” Cha Xiaodao responded irritably.

Li Yan was just joking, but he was indeed somewhat worried.

What level is the Black Rider Ghost? Not even among the “Ten Cities,” despite its black armor being extraordinary, capable of being immune to kinetic impacts, its offensive methods are few and unremarkable.

This scab from Wupozi didn’t sound like something to be trifled with. Using Black Rider Ghost as a summon servant worked very well for Li Yan, and it had potential for growth, but if it were to inexplicably fall here, that really wouldn’t be worth it. Honestly, there was a moment when Li Yan wanted to back out, after all, the descendants of Guangyi Island weren’t something he must obtain.

Unexpectedly, a red gleam flashed in the eyes of the Black Rider Ghost, and it took two steps forward on its own.

Li Yan was greatly surprised. In fact, the Black Rider Ghost had a very weak sense of self and, besides experience in fighting, it virtually had no desires, anger, or joy. But now, the Black Rider Ghost clearly wanted to pull out that white tumorous growth.

Just then, a voice from Earth Endurance reached Li Yan’s ear,

[You have triggered a special Yan Fu event: The Awakening of Bai Laotou!]

[Content: Extract Bai Laotou.]

Judgment criteria: Awaken the independent consciousness of Bai Laotou.

Completing this Yan Fu event will increase your purchase quota rights and include a reward draw.

A fire lit up in Li Yan’s heart; with the extortion of the officials and the sacrifice to Lord of the Xiang River, this was already the third Yan Fu event for this fruit.

After weighing his options, Li Yan saw no reason to refuse and simply commanded the Black Rider Ghost to extract Bai Laotou.

The moment the black gauntlet touched Bai Laotou, a frictional noise began to emit from the Black Rider Ghost’s armor.

The charm-laden black armor, forged by monks of great virtue from the four nations of the Nine States at the Great Light Hall of Temple Moon Mountain, was now twisting and cracking under heavy burden.

“Ah~”

The expression on Wupozi’s face was strange, a mix of pain and relief.

“Pull it out, pull it out!”

What caused Li Yan’s brow to furrow was that, as the white tumor was extracted, a white swelling began to bulge on the shoulder of the Black Rider Ghost!

“Tsk~”

What caused an even greater headache for Li Yan was the following message from Earth Endurance.

“Your subordinate summon is undergoing an unknown transformation! Please spend Yan Fu points to stabilize this transformation.”

“The consequences of an unstable transformation are as follows: the summoning bond is erased! The summon collapses or becomes deformed! The extraction of Bai Laotou fails.”

Li Yan cursed inside, it’s just money, I’ll pay.

“Xiaodao, how many points do you have left?”

“A little over three hundred, I’ll transfer it to you first.”

Cha Xiaodao, who had been paying close attention to the information, said this. After buying the legacy of Kui of the Chief Celestial, he was so poor he could barely afford trousers and had even borrowed a thousand points from Li Yan. The points he now had were from the dividends of an encounter at sea a few days before.

With a little over three thousand points in hand, plus the three hundred or so from Cha Xiaodao, Li Yan had three thousand four hundred Yan Fu points in total.

During the process of the Black Rider Ghost pulling out Bai Laotou, Li Yan’s Yan Fu points plummeted!

Two thousand five! One thousand five! Five hundred!

The white protrusion on the shoulder of the Black Rider Ghost became increasingly prominent.

Yet Li Yan felt an acute pain in his heart. Three thousand Yan Fu points were almost the reward for a mid-level event. It was questionable whether the Black Rider Ghost itself was worth three thousand points, and now he had put it all on the line.