Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 155 - 4 A Fleeting Moment (1)

Chapter 155 -4 A Fleeting Moment (1)

Five Directions Elder, Four Emperors.

Li Yan silently recited in his heart.

The name of Feather Lord was Cao Yuan Chao, a name very popular during the fifties and sixties of the last century. Li Yan, born in the eighties, knew that hardly anyone would be given this name then.

That is to say, the bare-chested, valorous, and domineering Feather Lord, the man wearing green military pants, could very likely be an old man over fifty.

Then, how long has Yan Fu existed?

“Hey, can I get your phone number?”

Li Yan took the initiative to ask.

Cha Xiaodao agreed much more readily than Li Yan had imagined.

“Jinhai, Xihe District, here’s my number.”

Li Yan likewise shared his own phone number.

“Let’s meet up sometime.”

“Sure, if there’s a chance.”

Li Yan nodded and then asked, “How do we leave?”

Cha Xiaodao knocked on the black pillar in front of him, his hand completely disappearing into it.

“Just pick any one.”

After saying this, Cha Xiaodao walked into the pillar by himself. Seeing his hurried expression, Li Yan guessed he wanted to gather those three thousand Yan Fu points as soon as possible.

On the other hand, with just the basic purchase quota, others could get scrolls of inheritance from the Five Immortals Category.

Although Xiaodao couldn’t afford it, if he hung the purchasing right for [Kui of the Chief Celestial] in the auction house, the starting bid would be five thousand points, and that’s just the price for transferring purchasing rights.

In other words, including the three thousand points needed to purchase the inheritance, anyone wanting to acquire an inheritance from the Five Immortals Category from a personal auction would have to spend over ten thousand Yan Fu points at least.

Moreover, such items were priceless.

Meanwhile, Li Yan was contemplating what he needed to focus on for his own training.

First, as his Awakening Degree increased, Li Yan’s physical fitness had advanced to a new level. However, his reaction speed was slowly beginning to lag behind his movement speed. This meant when Li Yan made a move, he had to hold back at least thirty percent of his strength to avoid his fist and consciousness becoming disjointed.

Li Yan temporarily had no good solution. His reaction speed was already far beyond that of an ordinary person, and even among those with specialized training, Li Yan’s speed surpassed theirs.

Yet, it was still confined within human limits.

But Li Yan’s explosive power and speed had long since surpassed the ordinary human range.

World sprinter Usain Bolt’s 100-meter dash record was 9.58 seconds, and even if someone broke this record in the future, running under nine seconds, or even eight seconds, would be at the limit.

In Li Yan’s case, when he exerted his full effort, he could run 100 meters in three seconds!

Therefore, to adapt his consciousness to his current body, he needed extensive training, though the results were not guaranteed.

The best solution would be to acquire an inheritance that could increase his reaction speed, or alternatively, find something from the Yan Fu Fruit that could enhance his reaction speed.

Moreover, [Wind Marsh] occupied Li Yan’s last skill slot. But compared to the other three skills, this [Wind Marsh] providing explosive movement speed seemed somewhat insignificant.

[A Fleeting Glimpse] possessed strong adaptability in events, [Nine Phoenix Divine Talisman] could increase the Awakening Degree of the Gu Huo Bird, and [Killing Intent Attack] contained clues to the top-tier inheritance “Yuzi.” All of these were more important than [Wind Marsh].

Besides, activating [Wind Marsh] along with [Hidden Flight] was also a bit more than Li Yan could handle.

If he found a suitable skill to replace it in the future, he would get rid of it. For now, with the shortage of Yan Fu points, he would make do.

Currently, Li Yan held fifteen and a half units of Dragon Tiger Qi in his possession, which by the time of the next Yan Fu event in two months, would be twenty-five and a half units. He could draw another Nine Phoenix Talisman or save it to attempt breaking through the 69% peak of the Gu Huo Bird.

As his body merged into the pillar, Li Yan’s eyes remained open as he stepped through the profound darkness, emerging into the familiar confines of his narrow room. A hard stone bed, a table, and the added presence of a black stone pillar behind him.

If he and Cha Xiaodao didn’t sign another cooperative contract before the next Yan Fu event, this pillar would disappear.

In the past, Li Yan would have undoubtedly collapsed onto the stone bed for a well-deserved sleep. Time in Yan Fu flowed incredibly slow; when Li Yan stayed in Hong Kong of the eighties for a month, only a few hours had passed on this side.

But this time was different. When Li Yan broke the shell of the Yan Fu Fruit, the gold-red pulp sprayed out, drenching him from head to toe.

When he came to, he did not know if it was the effect of the pulp or the intervention of the Jie Master; in any case, not only had the wounds and exhaustion vanished from his body, but he also felt invigorated and brimming with energy.

The item that Li Yan narrowly managed to hold onto was said to be taken into custody by Lady Dan. Since Liang Ye’s return to his physical form left Lady Dan appearing very exhausted, Li Yan was not in a hurry, and so he set the matter aside for the time being.

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The door on the right within the double doors was still locked by chains, Li Yan was about to push open the left one when his hand paused.

Had he forgotten something?

Li Yan pondered for a moment, then golden dots of light in his hand converged into…

A large cylindrical tea can.

50 points.

Yan Fu Story Jar.

The jars from the previous two times, that Black Magic Torn Page, wearing it reduced your black magic resistance. That’s right, it reduced black magic resistance. In other words, the game’s commonly referred to “debuff”.

Nobody would probably want this thing even if Li Yan threw it up for auction.

And [Smith’s Trenchcoat], well, its quirkiness was greater than its practicality.

The carrot in the pocket increased hot weapon specialization by 8%, Li Yan, a weapon player, naturally didn’t have much use for it.

A carrot every hour, if Li Yan ever found himself in a situation lacking supplies, it might seem a bit useful, but in Li Yan’s Seal Space, he was equipped with fresh water and food. The carrot’s utility was even more trivial.

So, these one hundred points were a bit of a loss.

Well, one can’t give up hope, right~

Crushing the watch case, a faint golden light shone through, the object inside kept expanding and shrinking until it finally settled in Li Yan’s hand.

[Golden Bead]

Category: Throwing Concealed Weapon

Quality: Common

Trait: Brief Paralysis

Cannot be recycled, single-use only.

Remark: Forward, forward, back, down, forward, c, back, up, forward, d, back, back, b

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Cough cough, it’s fine. Li Yan consoled himself.

If you persevere, one day Lady Luck will indeed lift her skirt for you.

Li Yan rubbed his face, pushed the door open, and blinding sunlight immediately came pouring in.

This was a courtyard house, Li Yan lived in a side room, and was currently pushing the door outward. A newly-purchased toothpaste and toothbrush laid on the windowsill.

In the courtyard, there was a large locust tree, under whose shade gleamed a shiny rocking chair.

If he died in Yan Fu, he wondered what would happen.

Li Yan chuckled to himself slightly.

“Yo, Yan Zi is awake.”

Chen Kun, with a fried dough stick in his mouth, called out to Li Yan in the yard, “Today, isn’t your junior sister coming to pick you up? You should change your clothes.”

Li Yan was wearing a wrinkled white tank top. He looked up at the eight or nine o’clock morning sun,

A few days before Li Yan entered the Yan Fu event, he was about to go to Beijing to meet up with some old friends, and he had stayed for several days at Chen Kun’s home, where the third Yan Fu event took place.

Chen Kun’s family had been Beijingers for several generations, and owning several courtyard houses was a heritage. They had survived through the reforms and changes since the founding of the country, and his family somehow remained unscathed. Now they were pulling in over two million a year in rent—all utterly beyond reason.

Chen Kun himself worked at the Development and Reform Commission, with a promising future ahead of him. Compared to Li Yan, a “multimedia industrial worker,” it was like comparing heaven and earth.

“Where’s your wife?”

Li Yan washed his face and headed into the inner room.

“She’s gone to buy groceries. Zi Jian and Jiyong are coming over at noon; if you’re leaving late, we’ll have another drink.”

“Drink again? After three days straight?”

“Drink, why not?”

Chen Kun straightened up proudly.

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