Diligence System: From Servant to Martial King-Chapter 399 - 287: Clothing Beyond the Mortal World, Robe of Divinities and Ghosts! Richer Foundations, Stepping into the Second Realm!
The spear shaft has already broken two pieces. The broken Peach Blossom shaft would be picked up by Nangong Liuli and carved into wooden arrows. In these days, thirty wooden arrows have been accumulated, but without feathers, ultimately lacking a little.
Whenever Li Xian has some leisure time, he dives into the peach blossom forest. He wants to select the wood for crafting a "Wooden Bow." His strength is immense, an ordinary wooden bow is useless, which is why he has arrows but no bow for a long time.
It continued like this for a few more days.
Late July.
[Broken Demon Spear]
[Skill Level: 784/1400 Mastery]
The Broken Demon Spear is extraordinarily well-practiced, and the details of the flowers and grass in the drawing have been honed to perfection. However, the essence of the "Demon Ghost" has not been touched upon. There are still more than twenty days left until the wager, and Li Xian continues his research leisurely, without urgency or haste.
On this day...
Li Xian entered the mountain to chop wood, catching fish and hunting birds along the way. He always says he wants to earn money and start a fortune, but so far he does not have a single penny. Food is entirely dependent on hunting and fishing.
He carries two grass carp and catches twenty "Noisy Birds." The meat of these birds is coarse and fishy, the taste is quite poor, and few people hunt them. Li Xian is accumulating arrows, he has the shafts, but is extremely lacking in arrow feathers and heads.
Since he happened to catch "Noisy Birds," he pulls out their feathers to embed the arrow tails. He had a fruitful day and was about to head home. Suddenly, he saw a few woodcutters through the deep forest, carrying bundles of firewood on their shoulders, conversing as they walked out.
The island is vast and richly vegetated, without landowners occupying it, and firewood gathering is quite lax, making obtaining firewood not a difficult task.
Li Xian walked with them, listening to the woodcutters talk about trivial family matters, which he didn’t pay much attention to. But after listening for a while... suddenly the topic changed to discussing curious supernatural tales.
Li Xian has always been interested in strange and unusual things, so he slowed his pace to eavesdrop. When he heard about the "Peach Blossom Spirit Tree," he became extremely interested and stepped forward to inquire.
Only then did he learn that there had always been a "Tree Spirit" in the woods to the east. Very similar to peach trees, but with sprawling branches that attack woodcutters.
Li Xian suddenly thought: "Such tree spirits... could they serve as a Wooden Bow? I ought to take a look, if it seems risky, I can flee immediately." And then he walked eastward.
It was already dusk by then. He didn’t walk much longer before the sky turned completely dark. Li Xian’s eyesight is very strong, he can see in the night, observing the details of the peach forest. Searching for half an hour, he indeed found the location of the "Tree Spirit."
The Tree Spirit cannot move. The branches below extend, quietly wrapping around his ankles, trying to pull him downward. The soil beside the Tree Spirit is soft and sticky. Once pulled into the earth, the tree’s roots are numerous, getting denser as they entangle below, even martial arts experts... without corresponding means, would suffer.
The appearance of the Tree Spirit is identical to ordinary peach trees, but upon noticing Li Xian, it subtly extended its roots to sneak behind him for an ambush.
Li Xian possesses Heavy Pupils and has already seen through it. But he pretends not to know, walking around as if lost, waiting until he passes by the Tree Spirit, secretly employing the "Heart Fire" trait, and then executing the "Vomiting Blood Scripture."
Red flames spew from his mouth, scorching the Tree Spirit.
Li Xian seizes the moment, the Sinking River Sword releases "Yang Yuan Sword Qi," unbelievably failing to cut through in one strike. Instead of being shocked, Li Xian rejoices, unleashes three more swings, finally with a "crackling" sound, he cuts the trunk in half. The Tree Spirit collapses, blood gushing from the trunk.
Li Xian shoulders the tree trunk, finding it very heavy. The surrounding mud is soft, immediately his feet sink, and roots in the soil start wrapping around. Li Xian plants the tree trunk on the ground, with a "boom," sending the mud around him flying in all directions.
Leveraging the force, he leaps up, using the Seven Stars Step to move a few yards away. Standing firmly, the ground no longer feels soft. He observes the tree trunk bleeding, the earth soaked with blood...
Li Xian throws the Flower Rope, tangles the tree trunk, and with a mighty pull. This immense force is truly astonishing, the Peach Blossom Spirit trunk soars, carried upon his shoulder.
He quickly employs the "Seven Stars Step," sprinting out of the deep forest at top speed, gasping for breath upon returning to Cyan Ox Residence.
Nangong Liuli looks astonished.
Li Xian pats the tree trunk, chuckling: "Premium bow materials!"
Stripping off the bark, the wood inside is a deep red, resembling jade at first glance. The wood is abundant, enough to craft a Peach Blossom Spear, two Peach Blossom Bows, and dozens of Peach Blossom Arrows...
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Time swiftly moves to August, the date of the wager already past halfway.
Morning this day.
Li Xian sits cross-legged for inner cultivation, running impurities through his organs. Strands of hair fall, touch the ground and root, as the dust settles, officially stepping into the Martial Arts Second Realm.
He slightly raises his eyebrows...
The characteristics of this Second Realm seem to have some differences.
