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Chapter 116: 116. (Accumulation of Popularity in Legend)

Chapter 116: 116. (Accumulation of Popularity in Legend)

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Although the third elder brother looked like a farmer, Lu Xun suspected that he was essentially a scientist at heart.

He was innovative, loved to probe into things and was also very knowledgeable.

In terms of teaching Lu Xun about formations, the third elder brother was rather earnest. Lu Xun felt like he was his tenderest cabbage, being diligently watered, loosened and weeded by him.

Lu Xun originally assumed that he was learning the most common type of Five Elements Formation across the Heavenly Dust Continent, where the five small formations are all of yellow level, and the large formation is only of blue level.

This formation was not mysterious and belonged to a relatively low-level formation. Even if it was reasonably deployed by five people, gathering the Five Elements, the power it could exert would be only slightly stronger.

But in any case, it was indeed very suitable for Lu Xun’s current situation.

It was only when the system gave a prompt that Lu Xun discovered that the version taught by the third elder brother was entirely different!

[Ding! Do you wish to learn the Ancient Five Elements Formation (Purple level)?]

“What is this ancient formation?” Lu Xun was stunned.

“Does Heavenly Dust even have anything from such an ancient era? I’ve never encountered this plot.”

Even though he was an experienced player of “Heavenly Dust”, in his previous life when he played the game, he had never heard of the name “Ancient Five Elements Formation”.

“It seems like another terrain that the silly gamers have never uncovered. The backyard indeed has many treasures,” Lu Xun mused.

A purple level formation naturally consumes more experience, but Lu Xun was inevitably tempted.

He chose [Yes].

[You need to spend 5000 experience points, do you confirm?]

Lu Xun hesitated for a few seconds then chose [Confirm].

Adding a few more lice won’t itch him more anyway. He was already short of tens of thousands of experience points, so an extra five thousand wouldn’t matter much.

The key was that he had not given up on having a back-up plan.

He had already planted several seeds that could bring him a substantial amount of experience points. Now it just depended on when they would take root and sprout!

Thus, while everyone believed that Lu Xun was diligently cultivating in the cave, in reality, he would spend his free time browsing the forum to kill time.

Waiting was, after all, a hard thing to bear; it was better to surf the internet instead.

“Why hasn’t this clown of an author on the forum updated yet! And he’s even leaving cliffhangers!” Lu Xun browsed his favorites while cursing internally.

Regrettably, he could not comment on the forum and thus was deprived of the right to rush the author for updates.

At the Demon Sect, several figures flew over Lead Peak. A number of Demon Sect disciples were returning to the sect, flying in on their sect vehicles.

The disciple leading them was named Chen Yun, the captain of the duty squad in “Turtle’s Longevity”.

He was a third-realm inner sect disciple, at level 37, also known as the seventh level of the third realm. Among the Demon Sect’s inner sect disciples, his cultivation base was considered pretty good.

Returning with him were the other duty disciples from “Turtle’s Longevity”.

The substitute squad sent out by the Demon Sect had already arrived, and their duty task was completed. They could now return to the sect to hand over the task and then receive the rewards given by the sect.

After registering on Lead Peak, the inner sect disciples returned to the inner sect, while the outer sect disciples returned to Outer Mountain.

Having been away from the sect for so long, they all felt a sense of coming home.

And who in the Demon Sect didn’t have a few familiar peers?

Therefore, after a short rest upon their return, they would inevitably have a reunion with their old friends tonight and enjoy themselves with wine!

As for Chen Yun, he was even more eager to get back. The reason being that he had a cultivation partner.

Although Chen Yun was pretty plain looking, his disposition was good. Moreover, his speaking voice was very magnetic and gentle, which was a huge advantage for those who are particularly attracted to pleasant voices.

His cultivation partner was also an inner sect disciple of the Demon Sect, his junior sister.

Wasn’t it a common occurrence for a senior brother to woo his junior sister?

As the saying goes, “distancing makes the heart grow fonder”, therefore, Chen Yun couldn’t avoid a fierce battle tonight, maybe even multiple rounds… if his body permitted it.

“Wind Junior Sister, Brother Yun is here! Owu!”

It was late at night, in Chen Yun’s residence within the Inner Sect of the Demon Sect, he felt that his performance today had been quite decent.

Although before getting to business, he talked big, saying that tonight he would see to make his Junior Sister how-so-ever, but in actual fact, the degree of completion didn’t even reach a fifth of what he promised.

This was already considered an exceptional performance by Chen Yun…

However, having said that, men generally felt good about themselves, so even though his skills were mediocre, Chen Yun believed that his Junior Sister should be satisfied tonight.

Wind Junior Sister laid in Brother Yun’s arms, acting out a gesture of satisfaction as she often did. Many times, harmony within a couple’s relationship required certain role-playing skills.

Then, the two began to talk about their recent experiences.

As mentioned earlier, Chen Yun’s voice was extremely charismatic, so Wind Junior Sister loved to chat with him, immersing in his gentle voice.

However, while Chen Yun was stationed in Turtle’s Longevity, his days were usually uneventful except for the constant challenges from the Demon Sect and outer sect cultivators, which led to the names on the leaderboard changing constantly.

Normally, these were boring affairs, but who would have thought that two big shots would have come to challenge a few days ago?

Isn’t this the perfect topic for conversation!

Chen Yun was good at storytelling, and so he began by talking about when Xiao Ran, the prodigy disciple of the Luotian Sect, had attempted the challenge.

His tone was soft and rhythmemic, Wind Junior Sister was gradually drawn into the story as she listened.

“What? Xiao Ran actually ended up in second place? Doesn’t that mean that the top two places in Turtle’s Longevity are all women now?” Wind Junior Sister couldn’t help but say.

“Eh! Junior Sister, why are you focusing on the gender? Shouldn’t you be thinking about how Xiao Ran, as a disciple of the Luotian Sect, rocketed up to second place rapidly, making us from the Demon Sect lose a lot of face?” Chen Yun replied.

“Oh right!” Wind Junior Sister stuck her tongue out at him, realizing that she had deviated from the main point.

Although the disciples of the Demon Sect seemed casual, their sense of Sect Honor was not low. They were going to take this matter very seriously.

Even though Gu Xiaoman remained at the top of the list, her challenge was many years ago. Now that Xiao Ran is at the second place, doesn’t this mean that none of the Demon Sect’s newcomers in these years can match up to Xiao Ran of the Luotian Sect?

Comparing the two, it makes one feel uncomfortable.

Even though we did earn a large sum of “entrance fee” from Xiao Ran, her ranking is indeed a bit outrageously high.

With his arm around his Junior Sister, Chen Yun continued, “However, Xiao Ran was in the second place for just a few days, barely having a chance to sit down before she was knocked down a peg. Can you guess who did that?”

Wind Junior Sister pushed him lightly in dissatisfaction, “Stop beating around the bush and hurry up. I can’t wait to know!”

“It was Young Elder!” Chen Yun revealed the answer.

“Really?” Wind Junior Sister was surprised, “Young Elder hasn’t been cultivating for long, and he performed even better than Xiao Ran?”

“That’s not all! Xiao Ran didn’t successfully challenge the formation, but Young Elder directly passed it, becoming the second-ever successful challenger!”.

“Ah? Young Elder is naturally charming, who would have known he’s also so powerful! ”

Chen Yun whispered in her ear, “Furthermore, Elder E said that Young Elder made breakthroughs to two realms during the challenge and reached the realm of Great Perfection in the Qi Consumption Technique!”

“No way! Young Elder hasn’t been cultivating for long, how did he reach Great Perfection so fast?” Wind Junior Sister exclaimed.

Regardless of whether it was her or Chen Yun, they both spent a considerable amount of time practicing the Qi Consumption Technique to reach the realm of Great Perfection.

After a series of dialogues, Wind Junior Sister’s admiration for Young Elder kept growing and she subconsciously contributed a wave of Reputation Value to Lu Xun.

Similar situations were happening to the rest of the disciples too.

The disciples returning from Turtle’s Longevity all took Lu Xun’s actions as talking points and told other disciples in the sect.

Moreover, previously Ji Li and Murong Yan had been doing their bit in spreading the news, so the news of Lu Xun’s deeds at the foot of the mountain quickly spread within the Inner and Outer Sects.

The news spread from one to ten, ten to hundred, hundred to thousand…and the story got more unbelievable and astonishing with each retelling.

Eventually, the narratives were twisting the truth so much that it sounded like Young Elder had dragged Luotian Sect’s Xiao Ran to the top!

At this point, the scenario that Lu Xun had anticipated finally happened.

The pawns started to play their roles continuously!

Finally, after three days, Lu Xun’s Demon Sect Reputation Value…broke the five thousand mark!