World of Cultivation - Volume 03 - Seeking Survival On A Desolate Island

by Fang Xiang

  For some unknown reason, Pu Yao released a breath. See, he said so. This brat couldn’t have such far-seeing eyes.

  ———

  “This is so good, why does it have to be hidden?” Zuo Mo was not very happy.

  “You bumpkin!” Pu Yao scornfully twisted his mouth. Each time he scolded like this, he felt great. Also, he found that as long as Zuo Mo had something to request of him, Zuo Mo wouldn’t be angry if he swore at him.

  He saw the displeasure in Zuo Mo’s eyes become even heavier, but the other forcefully suppressed it. Pu Yao was very smug.

  Oh, this feeling isn’t bad.

  “Let me first teach you a lesson. With xiuzhe, those that are purely commanders are battle generals. Yaomo do not have pure things.” Pu yao’s voice was full of scorn. “For yaomo, they have to fight as soon as they are born. Commanding in battle is a technique any high level yaomo must learn. Of course, not every yaomo can become a strong commander, but the rate of their occurrence is much higher than your battle generals.”

  “Do you know what is most important for a commander? Pu Yao asked.

  “I don’t know,” Zuo Mo shook his head in confusion. He had never heard before what Pu Yao was saying now.

  “Giving commands!” Pu Yao gave a very normal answer.

  “Oh,” Zuo Mo seemed to have understood slightly.

  “On the battlefield, the situation would change constantly, and is very complex. How can the people in command let their orders reach their subordinates?” As he kept on going, Pu Yao became serious. “Xiuzhe use seals, they first forge seals beforehand to give them to the xiuzhe they command, and pass orders through the seals. Mo use the mo matrix. They can mutually feel each other through the mo matrix. As to yao, I shouldn’t have to say anything.”

  “Consciousness?”

  “Yes.” Pu Yao nodded. “What yao primarily cultivate is the consciousness, and are born naturally powerful in this area. You should first consider this problem.”

  “As to protecting his life,” Pu Yao tilted his head to think, “battle generals usually would have the protection of experts, and they would hide in the troops so they cannot easily be discovered.”

  Zuo Mo had an impulse to spit blood.

  After speaking for so long, it was basically equivalent to saying nothing. Having the protection of experts, where could he get experts to protect? There was only these few people, where would he hide?

  “We are on one ship now.” Zuo Mo’s eyes were not friendly as he smirked, “Hm, I wonder if Sky Yao are nutritious and suited to a ling beast’s appetite.

  Pu Yao naturally would not be scared by this degree of threat, and laughed loudly in response.

  Seeing that Zuo Mo showed signs of rage, Pu Yao finally stopped his carefree laugh.

  “If you are talking about saving his life, it’s not that there are not ways.” Pu Yao snickered, “Like the mo matrix. Look at how convenient it is. Carving it on once, benefits for a lifetime. He doesn’t need to cultivate at all. The mo matrix would automatically temper his body. In the future, he would be a juggernaut, a juggernaut that cannot be killed!”

  Zuo Mo smirked. “Boast! Continue boasting! Ge got tricked by you last time, got this mo matrix carved, how come ge didn’t become a juggernaut!”

  “It’s not possible to become a juggernaut in one day.” Pu Yao smiled. “Or a yao seed. Cultivating the consciousness, that’s the best pairing for a battle general.”

  “The consciousness isn’t bad, but it isn’t useful in protecting his life. Also, if he starts practicing, it would take a long time.” Zuo Mo shook his head. “Also, in the future, he might not be in command of a yao army. Didn’t you also say that xiuzhe used seals?”

  “You see, you refused the two areas I’m most skilled in.” Pu Yao waved his hand, his expression similar to saying “see, it’s not that I’m not helping you.”

  “Ye just knew that you weren’t reliable!” Zuo Mo hatefully said. “Humph, fine! He can’t become a battle general, no one can play War Chess with you!”

  Pu Yao froze.

  Zuo Mo was secretly overjoyed. As expected, he hadn’t guessed wrong! Seeing Pu Yao sadistically kill Gongsun Cha for twenty something rounds, Zuo Mo was very shocked. He had never seen Pu Yao be interested in a matter like he was in this. Pu Yao had taken out a huge variety of War Chess games. Zuo Mo had knew then that this guy had definitely been obsessed with this path. Especially when he saw Pu Yao’s smug expression after he had sadistically killed Gongsun Cha twenty something rounds. He knew that this guy had found a new amusement, so he tried this approach.

  Pu Yao was depressed. It wasn’t that he was unclear as to Zuo Mo’s little calculations, but just as Zuo Mo expected, it had been long and difficult before he had found someone who could play with him. If he lost a person to play with due to this, it was a loss.

  To a Sky Yao that had no goal or ambition, amusement was very important.

  He said slightly helplessly, “Oh, I remember, there is a very obscure life-saving method.”

  “What?” Zuo Mo hurriedly asked.

  “[Blood Void Movement]!”

  “What spell is that?”

  “It’s not a spell, it’s a talisman!”

  “Oh … …

  Multiple hours later, Zuo Mo looked at the three necklaces in front of him with a satisfied expression. There were two jade tablets on each necklace, each tablet carved with complex and old characters. Zuo Mo’s craftsmanship was much better now, and the characters he carved were more smooth and fine.

  Deviously laughing, he ran next to Gongsun Cha whose face was pale.

  “Shixiong, what is it?” Gongsun Cha became wary. Shixiong’s expression was troubling.

  “Nothing big.” Zuo Mo nickered. He pulled Gongsun Cha’s hand, rubbed it a few times. “Okay!”

  Gongsun Cha stilled. He suddenly saw that his little hand was dripping blood. Below his fingers, there was a jade bottle that was already half filled with blood.

  Gongsun Cha’s pale face suddenly became white as paper, his eyes rolling as he fainted.

  Chun Yu Cheng propped up his chin, looking in the distance, his gaze wandering as he muttered to himself. “This formation should belong to the wind element power. Does wind element power affect the reproduction rate of ling butterflies … …”

  He was completely ignorant that someone was beside him, and did not detect that the other hand which he had on his leg was dripping blood.

  After half a bottle, he still had not detected it.

  ———

  An hour later.

  “Hm, when did my hand get wounded? Oh, where did I think up to … …”

  Zuo Mo took out three bottles of blood, one of them his own. He had split the blood of the two bottles in half, each portion put into one of the jade tablets.

  On the warm jade tablet, the bright red characters were exceptionally grand. No one would think of blood. It did not look any different than normal cinnabar.

  The three necklaces with the jade tablets were the weapon to save lives – Blood Void Movement!

  Three people, one person a piece.

  When any one of them experienced a life-saving threat, they would automatically move beside their fellow, as long as their fellow was also wearing the Blood Void Movement necklace as well.

  He had originally planned on finding a life-saving method for Gongsun Cha who had the lowest cultivation, but hadn’t thought that he would get such a big benefit out of it. Zuo Mo mixed the three people’s Blood Void Movement together. This way, no matter which one of the three of them encountered danger, they would move to one of the other two.

  Having put handled a large worry, Zuo Mo’s mood was great and he woke Gongsun Cha up.

  “Come, let’s play the War Chess!”

  The confused Gongsun Cha did not know that he had been sold by Shixiong to a Pu Yao who was sharpening his blades.

  * * *

  Translator Ramblings:

  More knowledge
about large-scale warfare. No one in the ship is normal.

  Lil’ Black might be the most normal entity on there.

  Zuo Mo finally found some of Pu Yao’s weaknesses. He is bored and lonely.

  Chapter 209: Ma Fan

  “Where are we?” Chun Yu Cheng curiously poked his head out of the ship. After travelling for more than three months underwater, the three felt very suffocated.

  “Little Mountain Jie,” Zuo Mo said uncertainly. None of them had ever been to Little Mountain Jie and had never paid any attention to information about Little Mountain Jie.

  The fresh air made the trio’s chests instantly become refreshed and expand. They all poked their heads out of the cabin to greedily suck in the air.

  On both sides of the river were endless series of mountain peaks.

  But quickly, the three completely shut up. They looked dazedly at the mountain peaks at the two sides.

  Smashed rocks and broken trees laid everywhere. Occasionally, there were corpses and pieces of clothing. The mountains which had originally been green were now barren.

  “It can’t be this bad … …” Chun Yu Cheng’s voice drifted out as if it was sleep-talking.

  Gongsun Cha was the first to respond. His face was not very good, lowering his head and saying to himself, “War has begun.”

  Zuo Mo only looked, not knowing what to say. This area must have experienced fierce fighting. Thinking about the yao troops above the Desolate Wood Reef, Zuo Mo didn’t need to guess to know who had accomplished such destruction. His heart couldn’t help but feel fear. If he hadn’t escaped in time, this would have also been his outcome.

  “Let’s be careful. The road probably won’t be safe.”

  Zuo Mo and Gongsun Cha exchanged a look, and saw the worry in each other’s eyes.

  The date seed ship flew into the sky and floated in mid-air.

  “Where should we go?” Gongsun Cha asked a very realistic question.

  “We can only take one step and look one step.” Zuo Mo’s face was expressionless, but his voice was full of helplessness, “We aren’t familiar with Little Mountain Jie, so let’s first find someone to ask where the other jie rivers of Little Mountain Jie are.

  “Are there even still people in Little Mountain Jie?”

  Gongsun Cha’s words made Zuo Mo’s breathing uncontrollably stop. He turned around, and saw a matter-of-fact expression on Gongsun Cha’s soft face. For some reason, a cold chill seeped into his heart.

  His first response was, he definitely could not bully Gongsun Shidi in the future.

  This guy was definitely vicious and devious.

  But Zuo Mo clearly wasn’t a nice person either. “Then our days are at an end. Just wait for others to come back to clean us up.”

  Gongsun Cha giggled, and didn’t speak. Holding up his chin, he was thinking of something.

  Luckily, Gongsun Cha’s words were not proven right. On the third day, they encountered living xiuzhe. But when they saw the messy battlefield, Zuo Mo could only say, “Let’s wait.” The date seed ship shrunk back into the clouds, and secretly gazed at the fighting below.

  The two groups of xiuzhe were fighting, talismans and flying swords all over the air.

  Most of the people had a cultivation of ningmai, only a rare few in zhuji. Chun Yu Cheng only looked for a little while before turning to think about his husbandry. He wasn’t interested in fighting and killing. Zuo Mo and Gongsun Cha were so bored they were yawning.

  “Why don’t we do another round of War Chess.” Gongsun Cha asked.

  Zuo Mo swept him with a look and shook his head. “No, business first.”

  Gongsun Cha had become their strongest offensive force now.

  In the three months, this militant had improved with astounding speed, becoming more vicious and experienced in the art of commanding. The number of ling beasts that had been ruined could not be counted. In his hands, the three Golden Armored Guards could be called specters of war. Of course, Zuo Mo’s wallet had also become fuller.

  Having seen the strong yao army, having seen the strong ling beasts under the water like the Moon Eye Blackwater Beast, especially after seeing the grand performances of the three golden armor guards under Gongsun Shidi’s command, the fight in front of them could not stir their interest.

  Thinking it over Zuo Mo still decided to not wait, “Go get them to stop.”

  “Alright,” Gongsun Cha clearly didn’t have any interest in opponents of this level. The two seemed to have completely forgot one of them was ningmai and the other zhuji while the two groups down there were mostly ningmai.

  The three golden armor guards that had been holding their swords moved, and disappeared from Gongsun Cha’s side.

  ———

  Ma Fan carefully maintained his distance from the others. Fifty zhang to one hundred zhang was his best attack range. In this range of distance, his sword scripture could reach its maximum power.

  Compared to the great majority, his luck was pretty good, and he had found the remains of a sword scripture. This sword scripture did not have a name, and the contents were nearly all lost; but the remains were enough for him to survive until now.

  It really was troublesome!

  He carefully controlled his rhythm, occasionally glancing out of the corner of his eye at his fellows. Luckily, this group’s situation wasn’t bad. His heart relaxed slightly. Before this, he had always been alone. When he had encountered the yao army passing by, seeing that battle that had no meaning, he understood that it was not possible for one person to survive in these troubled times.

  He had joined this little group. but how many times had he fought after joining this group? He didn’t quite remember. After the yao army left, Little Mountain Jie’s society had collapsed, and turned to chaos.

  Out of nowhere, he saw three golden lights out of the corner of his eye!

  There was an ambush! His heart shocked, he didn’t hesitate in turning and running. His feet moved continuously, and his entire person was covered in a pile of fake and real illusions.

  The illusory movement method that he relied on to save his life!

  The opponent sixty zhang away from him had suddenly lost his opponent, his face full of shock, not understanding the situation.

  The three golden lights were like three sharp arrows that pierced straight into the people fighting.

  Pia pia pia!

  The rapid blows sounded out like rain hitting a banana leaf. The sounds rang in Ma Fan’s ears as he ran furiously, his scalp prickled.

  It was troublesome now!

  He was still quite confident in his speed. The sword scripture that he cultivated might have been incomplete, but the strongest parts were the illusory movement method and the three sword moves. The illusory sword method had saved his life a few times already. He rejoiced inside that he had luckily saved some energy before. Otherwise, he would meet his death today.

  Just as he was thinking, the thundering crashes suddenly stopped.

  A strong feeling of danger appeared. Uh-oh!

  Hiss-crack!

  A golden figure appeared in front of him out of thin air, the speed so quick that he didn’t even manage to see the person’s features.

  Troublesome!

  His feet changed direction and ran in another direction!

  Hiss-crack!

  Another golden figure appeared in front of him.

  Trouble … …

  At the same time, a hiss-crack sounded behind him!

  “I surrender!” He raised both of his hands.

  However, the other clearly did not pay attention to him. His neck hurt, his vision darkened, and then he was unconscious.

  ———

  When he opened his eyes again, he released a breath. He hadn’t died. However, when he completely opened his eyes, his heart went back up again – a gold fighter!

  He suddenly remembered what had happened before he was unconscious.

  This was really troublesome now!

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sp; He finally managed to see what the golden people looked like. Their entire body was covered in golden scale armor. Under the sun, the dense golden scales rippled with golden light. The eyes under the golden scale armor were cold and murderous. Ma Fen did not doubt that if he dared to make a wrong move, the golden scale warriors would use that exaggeratedly large flame red broadsword to slice off his head.

  Wait, Heavens!

  His eyes blanked for an extremely short moment.

  Flames surrounded the exaggerated red broadsword. The golden scaled warriors had thrust the sword into the ground. The soil around the tip of the sword slowly became black. Fourth-grade! This was a fourth-grade broadsword!

  Ma Fan had worked alone for so long. From this experience, he had developed a great understanding of the market for these kinds of things. Naturally had his own methods for judging talismans.

  This broadsword was not ordinary. This was not what shocked him . Even if there was the addition of the golden scaled armor that looked to have high defense power, he wouldn’t feel shocked.

  What shocked him was what was on the three … …

  No wonder they could catch up to him. The Thunder Flowing Light Wings, one of the most famous fourth-grade flying talismans that could be brought on the market. It had appeared countless times in his dreams. If he had the Thunder Flowing Light Wings, if they were added to his illusory movement method. Oh, he had the confidence he could escape from any xiuzhe under jindan!

  His eyes flashed across the hands resting on the hilt of the sword. A light blue pair of gloves embroidered with a little elephant. Ten Thousand Appearances Gloves! The best love of body xiu. If you had those, you could tear animals apart with your bare hands. His thoughts wandered. A moment later, he remembered the crashes that had come behind him before he had become unconscious.