Chapter 83: SHANG CLAN (5)
SHANG YAN FEI VS. LIVING TREASURE DOOR (IT'S GIVING OHIO INTERACTIONS)
Living Treasure Door, whining: "Little Fei Fei~ Dig my nose! Pleaaase?" (💀)
Shang Yan Fei, malding: "I'm the Shang Clan Leader—"
Living Treasure Door: "No nose dig = no treasure! Dig dig dig!" (Spams "DIG MY NOSE" like Twitch chat)
Shang Yan Fei, defeated: "FINE." (Uses Blood Handprint Gu to dig the door's nose)
Result:
Typhoon Mountain Pepper (god-tier refinement material)
Worry Soil (rank six Gu ingredient)
Grass Skirt Gu (absorbs primeval energy 💃)
Twitch Chat:
💀 "BRO'S DIGGING A DOOR'S NOSE FOR LOOT"
🍿 "SHANG YAN FEI'S SIGMA IMAGE SHATTERED"
🐍 "LIVING TREASURE DOOR TAXING THE CLAN LEADER"
Shang Yan Fei's Goal:
Man Triumphing Heaven Gu (awakens mortals' apertures)
For Shang Xin Ci (simping for his daughter)
FANG YUAN & BAI NING BING'S PATH SELECTION
Wei Yang, lecturing: "Rank 3 is where you specialize! Choose wisely!"
Fang Yuan: "Strength path. Unga bunga."
Bai Ning Bing: "Ice path. Frost demon mode."
Wei Yang, facepalming: "NO. Strength path is trash. Ice path is defensive—"
Fang Yuan: "I like challenges." (Already planning for Three Kings Inheritance)
Bai Ning Bing: "I'll take the male Ice Crystal Gu." (Gender-bending out of spite)
Wei Yang, internally: "These two are hopeless."
Twitch Chat:
💀 "FANG YUAN TROLLING WEI YANG"
🍿 "BAI NING BING REJECTING FEMININITY"
🐍 "STRENGTH PATH HIDDEN OP???"
SHOPPING SPREE (IT'S GIVING DEMONIC GLOW UP)
Bai Ning Bing buys:
Ice Crystal Gu (28k primeval stones)
Fang Yuan buys:
Brown Bear Innate Strength Gu (4.1k primeval stones)
Plot Twist:
Bai Ning Bing STOPS at rank 3 to avoid aptitude recovery (Northern Dark Ice Soul curse)
Fang Yuan secretly buys extra items (sus 🤨)
FANG YUAN'S GAMBLING DEN MASTERMIND PLAY
Fang Yuan enters the extravagant gambling den, his gaze immediately locking onto an unassuming stellar stone being used as a counter leg support.
The Legend: In his past life, this exact rock contained a legendary strength-path Gu that propelled an unknown gambler to fame.
Current Status: Covered in dust, treated as furniture, completely overlooked by thousands of daily visitors.
Clerk's Pitch:
"New customer? Those scrap rocks are worthless! Let me show you our premium selections—"
Medium-grade rocks (1,000 stones)
High-grade rocks (10,000 stones)
Super-grade rocks (100,000+ stones)
Fang Yuan's Strat:
Plays the clueless NOOB, letting the clerk waste time "educating" him.
Selects random low-grade rocks (100 stones each) as decoys.
Casually points to the stellar stone counter support: "I'll take that one too."
Clerk's Reaction:
"That? It's just scrap—"
(Fang Yuan whips out the PURPLE THORN TOKEN)
"HOLY—! Right away, honored guest!"
DISSECTION SHOWDOWN
Rock Dissecting Master Duan is summoned—a veteran with 50+ years experience.
The Process:
Magnetic resonance technique (stellar stones require precise methods)
Layers carefully peeled under specialized Gu-assisted tools
Crowd gathers as the legendary Stellar Strength Gu is revealed:
Rank 4 (extremely rare in scrap rocks)
Passive effect: Permanently boosts physical strength by 1 bear per refinement
Active skill: "Meteor Strike" (single-target crushing blow)
Onlookers' Reactions:
"That's IMPOSSIBLE!"
"How did he KNOW?!"
Shang Ya Zi, witnessing from the crowd, shatters his wine cup in rage.
Fang Yuan, internally: "Just as I remembered."
TWIST: BAI NING BING'S RETURN
Bai Ning Bing storms in from Feng Yu Manor, face pale:
"Fang Yuan. The Yang Gu… it's a lie."
Revelation:
Yang Gu doesn't exist—it's a mythical Gu theorized to balance Yin-Yang but never confirmed.
Doctor Su Shou knew but withheld the truth.