Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 263 - 3: Sequence of 10 Special Provisions

Chapter 263: Chapter 3: Sequence of 10 Special Provisions

After five draws, aside from the initial “Xiang Bamboo,” the next four included a pill that allowed underwater breathing after consumption. However, since Li Yan had already ingested three Dragon Scales, he was already capable of breathing underwater, rendering this item the most useless to him.

Twice, he drew Yan Fu Talismans, named “Tears of the Xiangfei” and “Huanlang Pei,” which, after extracting the power of the Xiangfei, increased Li Yan’s Awakening Degree by 3% and 5% respectively. This also marked the threshold for Li Yan’s second peak breakthrough. He also received the recognition of strength from the Nine Luminaries (Awakening Degree 69%).

Once, it was a medicine called “Shunlian Pills,” which was akin to the “Great Restoration Pills” in the gifts from Mo during the Renchen event—only more potent. Additionally, this medicine could heal all known complex diseases, restore permanently severed limbs, and cure blindness, including the profound damage to the soul; it was ineffectual against only a very few injuries.

In essence, consuming this pill was equivalent to receiving free comprehensive treatment in Yan Fu.

As for Li Yan, he had only one chance left to draw.

Mo had casually mentioned that the chance of drawing a legacy was linked to the evaluation, approximately within the 10% to 20% range, and with each additional Yan Fu event completed, the quality of the draw rewards would increase once.

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Li Yan’s evaluation had already reached the top. According to such criteria, having six draws, the probability of receiving the legacy of the Lord of the Xiang River was very high. But as things stood, there was really no remedy for bad luck.

Some people might pause at this point to pray for divine intervention, but Li Yan remained steadfast, not even blinking.

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Drawing…

Feeling a chill upon grasping it, Li Yan looked down and saw a blue-covered book stitched with thread in his hand.

Chu God Dance Record

Quality: Legendary

Category: Consumable

Note: A highly coveted oddity in Yan Fu, it can unconditionally increase one’s authority and status within Yan Fu once. Even if one’s authority has reached the peak, it can still be exchanged for substantial rewards.

Usage limited to Proxy Travelers or those categorized under the Five Immortals.

“…”

Li Yan often heard that some storytellers would allow their protagonists to encounter amazing fortunes or turn danger into safety only at the last moments. Regarding lotteries, they might even completely skip the earlier opportunities because the final draw would be filled with substantial, satisfying rewards.

This was what they called a rebound from hitting rock bottom…

Li Yan didn’t sulk for long before a sudden inspiration struck him. He opened the auction interface and searched using the keywords “desperately sought after by Yan Fu” and “promotion of authority.”

The result was—nothing?!

Items of this nature had never been publicly auctioned on the auction house before!

Li Yan found it odd, knowing even the rare legacy scrolls, despite their legendary quality, had historical transactions that could be looked up. It couldn’t be that no one in Yan Fu had ever obtained such things, could it?

He tried to list the Chu God Dance Record on the auction house. The prompt he received read, “This item belongs to the Ten Masters’ special supply sequence. Please wait for a specialist to contact you.”

Ten Masters’ special supply sequence…

That meant, the Ten Masters could bypass everyone and purchase it first, right?

Li Yan raised an eyebrow, realizing once more that although Yan Fu was immensely free and vast, there was a strict hierarchy and the word “privilege” was omnipresent among those who walked its paths.

However, Li Yan’s nature was not averse to a power structure with clear and transparent channels for promotion.

It seemed that he really was experiencing a rebound after hitting rock bottom.

This item was evidently irresistible to the influential figures standing at the pinnacle of Yan Fu, yet for the current Li Yan, it was just a grandiose decoration.

Nonetheless, Li Yan could still trade the Chu God Dance Record for the legacy he desired.

By listing the Chu God Dance Record on the auction house, despite the fact that it still didn’t show up in public searches, Li Yan knew that all he needed to do was wait.

Finally, Li Yan found a service on the auction house for smelting and repairing weapons and spent over a hundred points to repair the “Ring Dragon.” It cost nearly ten times the price he had initially paid for it, but affinity and feel were things without rationale; Li Yan had even resolved that if the Mud of Yazi was insufficient, he would strengthen the Ring Dragon first and put off enhancing the more powerful Gold-engraved Tiger Head Spear.

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The enhancement process came to a close, and Li Yan heard a prompt by his ear.

“You have already reached 69% on one inheritance.”

“You may request an examination for the ‘Nine Luminaries Walker’ at any time. Yan Fu will arrange the walker to assess you within two months. Once you pass, you will enjoy the privileges of a Nine Luminaries Walker.”

“The privilege allows you to use the Earth Endurance from that fruit without charge when entering events in Yan Fu, providing you with exploration records helpful for completing the event without needing to search on your own. It also grants you the possibility to seek more help from the Earth Endurance forces.”

“Apply immediately.”

“An evaluator ranked ‘Eight Extremes’ or above will conduct your assessment. Please wait patiently.”

Li Yan’s current ranking was Nine Luminaries. Facing Zhang He, who also held a Nine Luminaries ranking, he could easily win; moreover, he needed to wait for less than four more months to accumulate thirty marks of Dragon Tiger Qi. Then, Li Yan would be able to break through his second peak directly.

By that time, even against Cai Qian, who was discreet in power yet revealed ‘Nine Luminaries Peak’ strength with a mere Fleeting Glimpse, Li Yan would have the confidence to emerge victorious in battle.

The next encounter, he really wanted to witness Mr. Cai’s “Heaven and Earth Toss.”

Li Yan chuckled.

As he turned around, intending to summon Cha Xiaodao, he realized that aside from Cha Xiaodao, who was so engrossed in personal strength enhancement as to be oblivious to everything else, there were two other people standing in the dimly lit hall.

A beautiful woman with her face upturned and fluttering eyelashes and a warrior wrapped in black armor with an old man with white whiskers standing on his shoulder.

Lady Dan, Black Rider Ghost.

Ever since the Heavenly Mother Crossing the Sea, the Yan Fu Talisman around Li Yan’s neck had become ineffective. Li Yan had been concerned that he couldn’t bring Lady Dan back with him. It was only when she said there was a way that he felt reassured.

The Black Rider Ghost’s red pupils wandered aimlessly, and the white-bearded old man on his shoulder spat out peanut shells, whispering something into the Black Rider Ghost’s ear. The ghost gave no reaction; the old man cackled to himself.

“How do you feel, any lingering effects from the Fiery Cauldron?”

Li Yan asked Lady Dan softly, bypassing the meditating Cha Xiaodao.

“I’m fine now.”

Lady Dan still tilted her head upwards, her eyes fixated on the dark expanse above, then abruptly stretched out her hand towards Li Yan.

Li Yan blinked, not quite catching on at first, but nonetheless, he grabbed the six coins from his hand and placed them in Lady Dan’s.

Lady Dan took them, smiled, and with a forceful squeeze, threw them into the darkness above.

Suddenly, there was an explosion in the darkness!

“How dare you, Fiery Cauldron! How dare you sabotage my affair!”

Li Yan was startled; he had heard this voice before. It belonged to the time during Heavenly Mother Crossing the Sea, when a Mr. Lu skeleton offered a toast, effortlessly destroying the wrathful golden tendrils with a single strike!

Lady Dan, without looking up or paying any attention, was followed by the pained moans and anger of that voice…

A vast, tranquil force, carrying an overwhelming and incomprehensible might, descended. Even though it was only for a moment, Li Yan felt as if both his body and spirit were being baptized, as if returning to the amniotic fluid in a mother’s womb. It was like looking out from a warm study at the storm outside the window, bringing a mix of fear and peace…

The Copper Coin clinked as it fell, accompanied by two charred chunks of flesh. And the previously unusable six coins had been restored to normal.

“Yan Gong…”

Lady Dan whispered softly: “It seems that trying to escape a realm fruit by one’s own power…is indeed the enduring aspiration of mighty and venerated deities.”