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Chapter 173 - 13 Visiting the Thatched Cottage Three Times, Understanding the Changes Through the Ages (Second Update)

Chapter 173: Chapter 13 Visiting the Thatched Cottage Three Times, Understanding the Changes Through the Ages (Second Update)

"Looks like I’ve got the Mystical Chapter at last! Shame it’s just an Epic one, and it’s not the Warrior’s path."

In the Tai Chu Scroll’s inventory, an oddly shaped item appeared, resembling a twisted mask called [Mystical Chapter·Bloodline (Epic)]

Xu Shu touched his chin, lost in thought.

It seemed his previous guess hadn’t been off the mark.

Whether it was Legendary mode, whether starting a new world and new life with "Create Legend" or continuing through a Dao Mark with "Continue Legend," the reward type was always a Mystical Chapter.

It went without saying, if you draw once, you’re bound to get a "Title," and the second draw would give you a "Mark Altar."

The only problem was...

This time continuing the legend, it gave me so little room to maneuver, I hardly did anything and it was over.

As such, the item rewards I got were only equivalent to the second of the three life patterns [Curse Fetus Nine Phases (Epic)] in ratings, I didn’t get that extra Legendary reward.

During this legend, the real operable experience content was just "recycling" time, all of last night, then all of today, until 6 pm today—that’s the time point when the count for the Tai Chu Scroll resets.

"Looking back on the experience after the Dao Mark’s birth, and then from the moment I log on, it’s all synced with the real world, like I was playing VR games all day..."

"The experiences before I logged on will be shown to me in the old legend format, so it’s not like I wasn’t involved. If Wang Teng was involved, it means I was, after all I’m the parent company, he’s my wholly owned subsidiary, the legal shareholder is just me..."

"But when I’m not logged on, it seems like Wang Teng still retains some of my pre-death resentments as consciousness. Offline mode?"

"As a well-brought-up alt, it’s time to learn how to level up on my own!

"But, no big problem, I was just a little short of breaking through to the first layer! Give me another day, and I’m certain I can break through!

"Once I’ve mastered the first phase of the Nine Phases Diagram, I’ll be able to go on ’Night Ventures,’ stir things up, with my methods, isn’t a Heavenly Defiance rating within easy reach?"

"Heh, I wonder what the Second Rank Mystical Chapter of the Legendary Warrior would be called... might still depend on my own performance."

Xu Shu pondered for a while, then finally patted his butt and stood up from the ground.

There were lots of ants crawling on the ground, clustering around where he had sat, a dark mass of them.

Xu Shu found out, it looked like they had been building a very small, very small nest all day long?

Building something under my butt? Trying to take advantage of me? And I wondered why my butt felt itchy, like ants were crawling on it, turns out there really were!

Surprised, Xu Shu looked around, saw no one nearby, then he pulled down his pants and unleashed 12 hours’ worth of pee on the nest-building ants—a typical problem after a three-draw legend. After coming out, he wouldn’t have eaten or drunk all day, and it was also time for a day’s worth of poop and pee, all released in front of the unlucky ants.

As a Transcendent, even after holding it for a day, his urine was still crystal clear and surprisingly pleasing to the eye, and it didn’t smell bad.

After all, a Transcendent’s pee is fragrant—thinking like this, Xu Shu seemed not too bothered by the issue of Wang Teng’s mom squatting on the toilet for half an hour.

"Shhhhhhhhh~~~ Shhhhhhhh~~~"

With a torrent from the heavens, the ants’ little den was quickly submerged. The structure soon softened, and in a completely wet mess, it was completely washed away.

The ants scurried out, panicking and scuttling about. Some were swept away by the floodwaters, while others, drenched, barely clung to the ruins of the nest, desperately trying to burrow back in, frantic.

To the tiny ants, a trivial act from a human was an apocalyptic disaster.

Unaware of what had happened, because Xu Shu had already left.

He crossed the furrows, met the platform in the moonlight, took the ghostly tram, headed to the north district, found a restaurant, and ate a 500-yuan worth of meat and vegetables all by himself.

He was genuinely hungry, after not eating or drinking all day.

"Huuh~ *burp* Ah, satisfying."

After a hearty meal, Xu Shu first went back to his home at number 403, block 83, Xinyang Apartments in the North District.

He checked with the auntie next door, but no one had visited today, so Xu Shu knew the issue with Gu Pan hadn’t been sorted yet.

But he wasn’t in a hurry either.

He wanted to sleep at home tonight, but alas, several units upstairs and downstairs were vibrating, including the neighbor auntie he had just met, who was literally singing the Holy Gun Baptism Song.

With no choice, Xu Shu put away the "phone" which he was happily scrolling through and went beneath the northern city wall again.

This time, he had been smart and brought bedding with him.

Under the moonlight, Xu Shu lay next to the city wall, outside which was the sea of oddities, both at peace.

The next day, at the crack of dawn, Xu Shu couldn’t wait to open the Tai Chu Scroll.

"[The sun rises in the east, all things...]"

"Cut the crap! Just open Continue Legend straight away!" Xu Shu poured his thoughts forcefully into the Tai Chu Scroll.

Today, I must break through that first phase of the Curse Fetus Nine Phases, and stir up a big event!

"[Your legend unfolds...]"

"[Legend Summary: You return to the Dao Mark, on 11/20 you followed your mother Xie Xiaochan in strenuous cultivation, swallowing nine-tenths of her invading curse power, and leaving her one-tenth; you’re just a little bit short of learning the first phase of the Nine Phases Diagram: Qiu Niu...]"

Xu Shu plummeted down, full of confidence, bristling with fighting spirit.