mijobooks Chapter 125 A Temporary Rest in the Mountain Village
Chapter 125 A Temporary Rest in the Mountain Village
Chapter 125 A Temporary Rest in the Mountain Village
In Yanxi Village, Dongtianshan, the wind and snow continued to fall, piling up in a thick layer in front of the house. The branches of the jujube tree in front of the door swayed wildly, and sharp whistling sounds came from the distant mountains.
Lu Ren opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar ceiling.
No, it's not exactly unfamiliar. This is a house in Yanxi Village, where they've been staying for the past week.
The wind and snow outside sounded like ghosts wailing and wolves howling, and the white storm still showed no signs of stopping, but the bone-deep sense of erosion outside the village had disappeared.
Sure enough, in villages with mountain god temples, the mountain god would protect them.
He tried to move, but found himself bound by a sturdy rope, with no strength left in his body. His hands were also bound with spirit-locking rings, which explained why he felt so weak.
What happened? Oh right, on their way back to the village, they encountered the Goddess Cult's Child Rat. He fought the cult member for eight hundred rounds before being saved by the young lady. Finally, due to his extreme rage and sin, he fainted again—so, he was captured? Where is the Child Rat? Where are his girls?!
He looked into the room and saw the young lady sitting cross-legged on her bed, resting. Ji Liguang was sitting by his bedside, dozing off from exhaustion. Jiang Yueying was wrapped up in a blanket like a dumpling, with only her bitter face showing. She was squatting at the foot of his bed playing on her phone, while Lu Youhe was wiping and maintaining her weapon.
Seeing that no one was missing from the room, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But why is he tied up?
"Hey, what time is it? Stop playing these pranks! Untie me right now!"
In the quiet room, his sudden voice broke the silence, immediately attracting the attention of the others in the room. Ji Liguang, who had been dozing off, abruptly raised his head: "Lu Ren? You're awake!"
Shen Yaoxing remained calm, her beautiful eyes fixed on him. "No, he may not be Lu Ren now."
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She seemed to want to find a flaw in his face, yet hoped that there was no such flaw.
Lu Youhe looked anxious: "Brother, do you... do you still remember me?!"
Jiang Yueying looked distressed: "Lu, Lu Renzhen, was he really... possessed?"
"Since that's the case, there's no other way but to kill Lu Ren."
Tears streamed down Ji Liguang's face; he seemed to be in great pain to do this, and he cursed under his breath, "Damn it."
Lu Ren was stunned and hurriedly shouted, "What? You've been possessed? I haven't been possessed! Hey! Ali, don't do anything rash! Youhe, stop her!"
He tried to struggle, but he was wearing a small silver ring, which was clearly a spirit-locking ring, and his body was also bound by Lu Youhe's small immortal-binding rope. He was like a fish fixed on a chopping board, unable to move.
Lu Youhe's cute little face was now filled with hatred: "Damn demon, you killed my brother, and now you're using his face to say such things to Youhe!"
Ji Liguang had already started waving her big umbrella, gesturing towards his neck. Her umbrella weighed over 200 pounds. With his current physique, if his head were hit by that umbrella, he would be smashed to pieces!
"Xiaoying, Xiaoying, protect them! Those two have gone mad!"
Jiang Yueying was still wrapped in the mountain of blankets, trying hard not to laugh: "Lu, Lu Ren, I'll burn them for you, burn lots of game cartridges, achoo!"
"You were trying not to laugh, weren't you? I saw it, you were actually laughing!"
Shen Yaoxing, who was reading a book, chuckled and said, "Let him go, Youhe."
"oh oh!"
Lu Youhe listened to the young lady and began to put away her precious props.
These brats, all they do is play pranks!
However, it seemed that they were in much better spirits after resting for a while, and he smiled along with them.
Lu Youhe put away her treasure and asked curiously, "How come you seem to have already figured out that we were actually just bluffing you?"
"I'm not really stupid, Ali's acting is too obvious."
Ji Liguang exclaimed, "Damn the Divine Mother Cult! You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool me, A-Li! Take the umbrella!"
As she spoke, she slapped the Thousand Chance Umbrella in her hand at him. Lu Ren couldn't dodge it in time and raised his arm to block it.
He gasped in pain, and his arm immediately swelled up, turning bright red.
Lu Youhe still felt sorry for her brother, and pouted, saying, "Ali, even if it's just playing around, this is going too far."
"hiss"
"Huh? This—"
Ji Liguang was somewhat at a loss, looking at his umbrella: "I just patted it lightly, how come—"
"I...I know why."
Jiang Yueying stood to the side with a stern face, looking as if there was only one truth to it.
"Why is that?"
"It's because, Ali, you've become stronger again."
"is that so?"
"Yes, that's often the case for me. My strength suddenly increases significantly, and then I can't control the power of the elements—"
"So that's how it is, I've gotten stronger again!"
"That's it, that's it!"
Ji Liguang and Jiang Yueying were arm in arm, probably because they were so cold that their brains were frozen. The two girls were laughing like idiots with questionable intelligence.
A soft white light appeared in Lu Ren's right palm, healing the redness and swelling on his left arm, which subsided in a moment. He said, "The situation was urgent just now. In order to resist the Rat, I switched to the young lady's divine cultivation profession. Now my physique and vitality attributes have decreased."
The girls looked enlightened upon hearing this.
"So that's how it is. No wonder you seemed to have suddenly become much weaker."
Ji Liguang glanced at Shen Yaoxing.
"So, brother, your current profession has really become the young lady's stargazer."
Lu Youhe glanced at Shen Yaoxing.
"Huh? You two kissed?!"
Jiang Yueying glanced at Shen Yaoxing.
Shen Yaoxing, unable to bear it any longer, waved his hand to summon four pieces of firewood and smashed them on the head of one of them.
She crossed her arms, looking annoyed, and said, "The situation was urgent then, and is this the time to worry about that? We're still in danger, on Dongtian Mountain where the white storm is raging."
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"Why do I have to get hit too?"
Lu Ren felt a little wronged: "I was out of my mind at that time, I really didn't stick my tongue out on purpose."
Shen Yaoxing: "————"
Ji Liguang looked disgusted: "Ugh, aren't you guys disgusting?!"
"You're still sticking your tongues out!"
Jiang Yueying's eyes sparkled: "Lu Ren! What does it feel like to stick your tongue out—"
Lu Ren, speaking with the air of someone who'd been there all along, said, "Xiao Ying's reached the age where she's interested in this kind of thing. As a senior in Ga La Ge Mu, let me give you some serious advice—"
Then, more than a dozen pieces of firewood flew out and took turns hitting his head.
Lu Ren had no choice but to cover his head in defense and beg for mercy from the young lady.
Shen Yaoxing remained calm and simply said, "You're overthinking it. I don't care."
"If you don't care, then why did you hit me?"
"Because you did a lot of stupid things. You didn't have to be so pathetic. If you had just lured them away or stalled them, with your current strength and the sin of Gluttony, they wouldn't have been able to do anything to you. But you insisted on trying to annihilate all those ratmen, and your fighting style was very aggressive. In the end, you even put yourself in danger. Also, with my several thousand points of mental attribute, how easy is it for the ratmen to infect me? You were like that—"
Shen Yaoxing pursed her lips and didn't continue.
She recalled what Zishu had said to her when he tried to provoke her: that Lu Ren's mental defenses had been breached because he was worried about her—how could he not trust her at all? He really deserved to be hit.
Lu Ren crouched down, covering his head, for a moment, then asked, "How can you tell that I'm not being possessed by the Rat? After all, that monster can read other people's memories—"
"Intuition," Shen Yaoxing said succinctly.
Great, I almost forgot, the young lady didn't turn it off.
"Alright, let's get down to business."
Shen Yaoxing ignored their commotion, closed the book in her hand, and said, "You were unconscious for half an hour, and after you lost consciousness, Zi Shu's voice also disappeared, which is why I suspected that Zi Shu possessed you—"
But her intuition told her that the man in front of her was still someone she could absolutely trust. This trust, which was almost like having the authority to manage her body, meant that the man in front of her would never pose a threat to her.
If she were truly infected and unable to take any precautions, then what's there to say? Just give it to him.
In other words, he was not infected, and the rat's consciousness was definitely not in his body.
She frowned slightly, looking puzzled, and said, "Although I don't know why, it seems that the Rat has left this place. Do you have any clues?"
Lu Ren thought for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know either. I wasn't really conscious after I passed out. When I opened my eyes, I found myself back here. Did anything else happen while I was unconscious?"
"No, after you fell unconscious, those ratmen suddenly lost their purpose and wandered around in the mountains and fields. Sometimes one or two of them would wander back to the village."
"Do you need me to go out and handle this now?"
"The Black Mountain High Moon Squad has cleared out the ratmen who entered the village. They are now on guard in the village, and it is safe for the time being."
"The white storm is still raging outside, so it's not advisable for us to go down the mountain. Besides, it involves the Divine Mother Cult, which is not something we can get involved in right now. The Subaru official from Hoshino Prefecture also said that reinforcements will arrive. Shouldn't we just wait for rescue obediently?"
Lu Ren looked at the young lady, after all, she was the team leader.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yaoxing simply pursed her lips and said, "Okay."
Lu Youhe was young, Jiang Yueying was quiet, and Ji Liguang was simple-minded and would just listen from the side. Basically, Lu Ren and Shen Yaoxing discussed and made decisions about anything that happened in their team.
However, the girls are all very obedient and good younger sisters who make things easy for everyone.
When Lu Ren woke up and saw that they were all alright, he suddenly felt at ease. Occasionally, he would say some funny things to Ali, make the young lady angry, or tease Xiao Yueying, and he would feel inexplicably happy.
Especially with the snow raging outside, they were warm and cozy inside, and waves of drowsiness washed over them.
Shen Yaoxing put down the book in her hand, walked to his bedside, and then leaned close to him.
The girl's face was so close, her eyelashes were clearly visible, and a fragrant breeze wafted over him, making him a little dizzy. The image of kissing her in the snowstorm flashed through his mind.
Lu Ren's head was still a little throbbing, and he inexplicably pouted.
Shen Yaoxing looked disgusted and pressed her face back down.
She placed her hand on his forehead and said, "You have a fever again. The curse of Dongtian Mountain hasn't been lifted yet. How are you feeling? Where does it hurt?"
The young lady's voice was so gentle, as if she were whispering in his ear, and Lu Ren felt a little strange.
"I'm okay, just a little tired. I feel like I still have a fever, and I feel even more tired than the past few days, but I don't think I'm hungry anymore."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yaoxing seemed to realize something. "Look at your attribute panel. Your class has now become my Stargazer. What does your attribute panel look like now?"
"oh oh----"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ren opened his attribute panel, and a semi-transparent screen appeared in front of him.
【Occupation: Passerby (Astrologer)】
[Level: Early Stage of the Flame of Life Realm]
【Attribute: 5608】(Base attribute 4930)
[Constitution: Physique (13), Vitality (13), Weapon Manipulation (13)]
【Affinity: Elements (13) Living Beings (13) Rules (13)】
[Spirit: Yin and Yang (820) Resonance (820) Inspiration (3890)]
【talent】:
Ominous Star: Under the starry sky, your attributes and recovery are greatly enhanced, but your self-control and rationality will decrease.
Auspicious Stars: The stars will guide you to the path that is favorable to you. Your intuition is the answer from the stars, but it may not be the answer you want. It is just the answer from the stars.
Skill:----
The girls gathered around him. Shen Yaoxing was on his left, Ji Liguang was on his right, and Jiang Yueying stood on the bed behind him, peeking out from his shoulder, looking at his attribute panel and chattering away.
"You've really become Auntie's stargazer! What a strange ability, I've never seen anything like it before!"
"Four, more than four thousand inspirations, wow, amazing!"
Shen Yaoxing looked at it and a knowing look appeared on her face: "As expected, all your other talents have disappeared, and they have been replaced by my two talents. This is good news for you."
Ji Liguang asked, puzzled, "Why is it considered good news?"
"Lu Ren's talents are all very impressive, but they also have their own drawbacks. For example, rage makes you lose your rationality, and there's also your sin of gluttony —"
The passerby perked up upon hearing this. The price he was paying for his gluttony was now one silver-grade spirit bone a day. Although spirit bones could be used to quickly replenish his strength during battles, they were a huge drain on his daily life.
Now that he switches to other professions, he can avoid this drawback.
"That would save a lot of money."
Shen Yaoxing nodded. Although he was rich enough that he could get one gold-level spirit bone a day, it wouldn't be much. But if he continued to upgrade, would he eventually get one purple-iridium-level spirit bone a day?
A purple-iridium-grade spirit bone costs tens of millions. The Shen family could afford to raise it if they gritted their teeth, but why should they? Even as the eldest daughter of the Shen family, Shen Yaoxing did not have the authority to raise a money-devouring behemoth that costs hundreds of billions a year.
If the upgrade continues, there will be one Crimson Gold grade item per day. Crimson Gold grade items will be so rare that they will be priceless and unavailable. Not to mention the Shen family, the entire Great Yu Dynasty would not be able to afford to support them.
Lu Ren was in a good mood. To be honest, the sin of binge eating had always been a burden on his mind, but now it seemed like he had found a solution, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He looked at his attribute panel again.
The total number of attributes remains unchanged, only their distribution has changed. The skills are also unchanged: eating dirt, hardening, etc.
Sludge Cannon, Swamp Mist—his skills are still there, but he hasn't acquired the young lady's skills.
But when copying someone else's profession, what matters is not skill, but talent. His several major sin talents are gone, replaced by Shen Yaoxing's two talents, one fierce star and one lucky star!