Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  In the end, only three people stood in perfect condition outside the ancient tomb.

  "Hmph, villains."

  Once Momo saw how the duo killed others, she finally believed in Spirit Crusher's accusations.

  'That bad person is right. These two are not good people either!'

  At that moment, Little North moved through the corpses all over the ground and stopped in front of Happy. His expression said that he found things to have become incredibly troublesome. "Boss, we can't continue like this. First it was Thousand Dragons Sect, then Perpetual Joy Sect and Fallen Feathers Sect, and now, we offended Five Venoms as well. If we add them to the sects you offended in the past, I feel like we offend numerous wherever we go. If this goes on, won't the whole world be filled with our enemies?"

  "You actually have the guts to say that?" Happy rolled his eyes in Little North's direction in resignation. "What was I supposed to do? Let Five Venoms kill you?"

  Little North chuckled, touched the back of his head, and did not say anything else.

  "We're still okay this time. Five Venoms… Hmph! Judging by how their sect acts, they aren't good people either. If we offended them, then so be it. But in the future, restrain yourself, don't act on impulse so much. It's not worth it to attract unnecessary trouble for some small benefit," Happy said.

  "Okay." Little North nodded.

  Their conversation comforted Momo a little. She felt that she had at least not saved an ungrateful bastard.

  "By the way, this swordswoman is the one who saved me just now. If it were not for her, I might have already turned into food for those venomous insects."

  Little North finally remembered that his savior was still beside him. He quickly dragged Happy over to meet her.

  Momo could not be considered as a great beauty that could make the whole world fall for her, but she had a pretty and clean face, which made her very pleasant. Her eyes were especially attractive. They were very lively and left a deep impression on others.

  "By the way, I haven't asked for your name yet, savior."

  "Momo. Spelled M-O-M-O."

  When Momo spoke, she was also very cold and indifferent. She was completely different from when she had passionately saved Little North.

  "Hello, I am Little North's friend, Happy. Thank you very much for what happened earlier!"

  Happy had already composed himself. He smiled, placed his fist in his palm, and thanked Momo. His actions were rather suited for the occasion.

  "My name's Little North," Little North quickly added.

  Momo nodded. She paused for a moment before her eyes landed on Happy, and she blinked. "Don't mention it. But you said you're Happy. Are you the one on the Famous People Rank?"

  Happy smiled and gave an ambiguous answer. "I should be."

  "I'm also on the Famous People Rank. My name is Little North," Little North anxiously reminded Momo. It looked like he had fallen in love at first glance, and Happy felt like throwing him into a hole so that he would not embarrass himself.

  "No wonder then that the people from Five Venoms were so afraid of you. As expected, it is you. Alright, I won't bother you now. Goodbye, and don't forget your Hoof Shadow."

  Little North wrapped his fist in his palm with Happy, and his shouted in a very loud voice, "Let's meet again sometime!"

  "Enough already, she's gone now. Will you snap out of it?"

  After watching Little North staring into the direction that Momo had disappeared even after half a day had passed, Happy rolled his eyes behind him in an irate manner.

  But to his surprise, the very first sentence Little North said after he turned around was, "Boss, I think I'm in love."

  And he did indeed look like an idiot in love.

  Happy was stunned for a second. He then placed his palm against his forehead and sighed.

  "Next time, don't tell me this sort of thing. Look over there."

  He pointed at Hoof Shadow, and the legendary top-class high-grade horse finally brought Little North's soul back to his body from wherever it had been while it was following Momo around.

  Little North's eyes lit up. He quickly ran near Hoof Shadow while shouting excitedly. "Boss, I'll give you one million five hundred thousand taels of silver for this horse please, thank you very much!"

  "WAIT!"

  Happy broke into cold sweat when he saw the scene. He had barely managed to cry out in time to stop Little North.

  "Two million taels of silver!"

  Little North gritted his teeth and confidently added another five hundred thousand taels of silver to his original offer.

  The trip to Fox Cave had allowed the four of them to earn quite a lot of money. They had managed to earn more than four million taels of silver just from selling high-tier martial art manuals. They also managed to get some money from the players they had killed, and there was also the spoils they got from Dead She-wolf. They were all not lacking in money.

  But Happy ignored him.

  There were actually a few ways to capture a horse. One of them was the most common method of killing the horse and having the horse drop a Horse Plate, but there were people with really bad luck who would not be able to get the Horse Plate.

  The other method was to seize the horse while it was heavily injured. Players could use a Horse Plate and take the initiative to capture the horse. Once they brought the injured horse into a Horse Plate, it would appear there. But if a player used this method to obtain the horse, they would need a long time before they could use the animal, which made it very troublesome. There was also the risk that the horse would flee once it recovered after absorbing the energy from the Horse Plate.

  That was why Five Venoms had wanted to kill the horse to get the Horse Plate.

  It was Little North's turn right then, but since he was a fan of Hoof Shadows, he did not seem to want to attack, but to use the second method to capture and placate the horse.

  It had to be said that this method was pretty good. However, before he did this, Happy did not wish for the chance that they ran into after so much trouble to slip through their fingers.

  Once he cried out for Little North to stop, he moved to the nearly dead Hoof Shadow that was huddled in a corner. He crouched down, brought out a normal lancet knife from his Universe Bag, flipped the Hoof Shadow to reveal a spot where there was a square and white lanugo, and swung his knife down.

  "Boss!"

  Little North's face turned pale when he saw it.

  Chapter 226 - Phantasm Body Movement Skill

  In truth, the sight was not bloody.

  There was a beast's pelt sewn to Hoof Shadow's underbelly. It received a special disguise, and it did not look out of place. However, with quick and neat movements, Happy cut the thread and easily took the additional pelt without dealing any damage to the Hoof Shadow.

  The square white pelt curled in Happy's hand while smelling slightly foul. However, there was a dense row words that looked like tadpoles carved on the side of the pelt which was attached to the horse's underbelly. Little North was stunned to see it.

  "What is this?"

  "Phantasm Body Movement Skill." Happy smiled, turned around, and looked at Little North. "Since you contributed in our search, I'll let you have the priority in choosing. Do you want Hoof Shadow or this high-tier lightness skill martial art manual—" Happy saw Little North turn toward Hoof Shadow without hesitation. "Don't be in such a hurry to choose just yet. You don't know the value of this Phantasm Body Movement Skill. Right now, it's even more valuable than the mount."

  Little North smiled at him. "Phantasm Body Movement Skill is the best lightness skill that can be learned by those in Blessed Realm. Not only does it use little qi, it's also fast, and its effects when shifting and dodging are very good. I heard that it's as valuable as two million taels of silver in the market right now, but there is no stock for it. Heh, I know about this.

  "Medicinal Stone is practicing Phantasm Body Movement Skill. I heard that he stole it when he received a que
st. I've been very envious of his lightness skill since a long time ago, but compared to that, I like Hoof Shadow more. Tsk, tsk, now, there are still not many people who can ride this horse. How cool will I look if I can ride it?!"

  Happy was instantly rendered speechless. Since Little North had an understanding toward Phantasm Body Movement Skill, he would not say anything else.

  'As expected, this guy is still not m.a.t.u.r.e. Oh well!'

  Phantasm Body Movement Skill might be valuable, but Little North would have chances to learn other high-tier lightness skills in the future. In fact, lightness skills that could compare to certain ultimate techniques would even appear in the future, while Hoof Shadows could be seen everywhere.

  Besides, Hoof Shadows respawned from time to time. Even if many players tried to hunt them, they would have plenty of chances in the future to catch one if Little North decided to learn Phantasm Body Movement Skill.

  The process was incredibly smooth!

  At that moment, the Hoof Shadow was tired physically and mentally, and it no longer had any will or ability to resist. Besides, when Little North had fought earlier to kill the members of Five Venoms, he had earned a bit of the Hoof Shadow's favor. He had managed to gain the Hoof Shadow's approval, and the horse easily entered his Horse Plate to rest.

  "Success! Haha!"

  Little North was extremely excited. However, when he looked at the Horse Plate, he became gloomy.

  "What the heck? I can only summon it after it rests for a week? Damn, then does that mean that I won't be able to play with it for a week? I can't act cool?"

  Happy let out a bark of laughter and shook his head. 'This kid, at least his luck isn't that rotten. He might have not been able to get anything valuable from Nian, but he didn't make the Hoof Shadow go berserk.'

  Even though Happy had Dragon Capture and could guarantee the capture of the Hoof Shadow, the process would be very difficult and troublesome. It was naturally good for them save time and do something else.

  "Alright, Big Brother Thunder is here."

  Once the duo chose the items they needed, they heard the sound of horse hooves drawing closer to them from the left. When the sound grew clearer and dozens of seconds passed, Thunderous Battle came charging over while drenched in sweat. He had been on the periphery of the ancient tomb before he arrived, which meant that he came from the opposite direction, and his journey was pretty long.

  "Why did you get into a fight again?" He did not even notice that he attached an "again" to his question.

  Happy smiled wryly and told Thunderous Battle everything that had transpired. Thunderous Battle instantly scowled, looked at the corpses on the ground, and asked gravely, "Happy, if they really upload that battle replay to the official website, you might suffer a great blow to your reputation."

  Happy could understand why Thunderous Battle said this, because Thunderous Battle was a rather upright and serious person. It was already very difficult for him to think of the problem from Happy's angle at that moment.

  "If it were any other sect, I would definitely think of the consequences of doing this. But since it's Five Venoms, it's fine. If they want to create trouble, then let them," Happy said with a smile. "Since we're in the land of wanderers, we have to think of problems in a way wandering martial artists would.

  "At the end of the day, they are just a bunch of people who walk down the crooked path by gathering and commanding venomous insects to fight for them. Even if they upload the battle replay to the official website, someone will take the initiative to defend us. Their battle replay can't say anything. If they upload it, they will only be bringing trouble to themselves."

  Happy was very sure of it.

  Five Venoms had never been a kind sect. They had often done things that could not be brought to light, and the number of players they offended was definitely much higher than the number of players Happy had offended. Unless Five Venoms decided to do good works in the world of martial artists in the future, everyone would soon forget what happened on that day. In fact, it would even turn into positive news.

  "Let's hope that's the case."

  Thunderous Battle was still worried, but when he saw how confident and calm Happy was, he could not say anything about the matter.

  After all, it was a group operation. Even though Thunderous Battle did not participate in the battle just then, he had still wasted time to search for the horse. Little North and Happy each brought out four hundred thousand taels of silver as "hush money". Thunderous Battle only took it when both of them insisted on it.

  Even though they went through some setbacks in their plan to hunt down a Hoof Shadow, they finished their hunt smoothly and ahead of their plan. Happy did not show any intention to continue staying around and brought Thunderous Battle and Little North to White Tiger Forest near the ancient tomb.

  "Hoof Shadows will respawn once every three days. I want to get it twice more. Over this period of time, I'll work to increase the realm of my Golden Bell Cocoon and Big Dipper Sword Technique in White Tiger Forest so that I can reach Mystical Realm as soon as possible. What about you?"

  "I don't want to miss Hoof Shadow either. Let's do this together."

  Thunderous Battle quickly made his position clear, and there was not even any need to wonder what Little North would choose. He still wanted to learn more skills from his boss that would make him stronger. Even if Happy ran away, Little North would chase after him.

  "Let's log off at White Tiger Forest and rest a while. We can arrange a time to log in at the same time," Happy suggested.

  Due to Lu Mingyue and Nian's appearance, they had ran from the peach blossom forest all the way to the ancient tomb in Wuhu. A long time had passed since they had logged in, and if they did not log off anytime soon, they would find themselves returning to the real world when it was dark, and the only meal they would get into their stomachs would be supper.

  "Okay."

  *****

  He took off his helmet and stretched his arms while his eyes were muddled with sleep. It was only then that he realized that the moonlight was shining on the balcony of his dorm. With the help of the bright light of the moon, he saw the three wolves lying on their beds, which was a rare sight to be seen. They had the thin VR Helmets over their heads.

  The three of them had always had great love for the game, but ever since they created South China Martial Arts Ranking Board, their fanaticism had reached another level. However, they only had time to play the game at night.

  Happy climbed down from the top bunk quietly and poured himself a cup of cold water. Then, he opened the door gently and walked outside.

  The lights in the boys' dorm would only be switched off very late into the night. This was especially the case during the summer, and there would often be quite a number of people who would walk around half-n.a.k.e.d. However, ever since World of Martial Arts was launched, this sort of situation was rarely seen.

  This made Happy, who had logged out to eat, remember foreign news he had read at some point in time. The translation of the headline had been: Beware of eastern culture invading our country!

  The general gist of the news had been about the youngsters in western countries getting addicted to a game that had the world of eastern martial heroes as its setting. That caused many of eastern wuxia novels to quickly take over the sales and ranks in the publishing world.

  Chapter 227 - Misty Night

  Even though it was past ten at night, the entrance to the University of South China was still bustling with activity. All sorts of snacks and food for supper could be found lining the road. The affordable prices, various types of food as well as flavor, and the tempting aroma that spread out from the food made many the students frequent customers of the stalls, and they enjoyed themselves so much that they were reluctant to return to their dorms.

  There was nothing that could be eaten at that moment in the university. At most, they could only find some instant noodles and mineral water. Those things were the n
ecessities of the boys and girls who wanted to pull all-nighters.

  Not that long ago, Happy had also lived using those items, but right then, he no longer had any love for them. He felt that since he was still alive and had done many things with his body, he should at least treat it right and try to eat nutritious food.

  "Chen Kaixin?"

  When he arrived at the entrance to the University of South China, he ran into a familiar person, but it was someone that he absolutely did not want to meet.

  It was the Great Beauty Xu Yao from the disciplinary committee.

  Her tall and attractive figure, fair skin, and face that could easily cause a man to want to dominate her made quite a number of boys at the entrance feel their hormones rage, since they were still undergoing puberty. They might not even be able to sleep well after that.

  Xu Yao had not expected run into Chen Kaixin there, and she even less expected that she would be unable to hold herself back from crying out his name. Even though she immediately regretted her decision, she had already spoken, and her voice had already reached his ears.

  When Xu Yao saw Chen Kaixin instinctively turn around, her gaze became complicated. Under Chen Kaixin's stare, she subconsciously tugged a lock of hair behind her ear while trying to hide her unease.

  Perhaps even she did not understand why she was so nervous when she faced that boy and why she was acting so abnormally.

  However, after their previous unhappy encounter, Xu Yao pondered repeatedly on how she had offended Chen Kaixin. Once she made sure that she had indeed never met him before, she waited for him to call her to apologize, but she never received a word. Instead, she got a call from a person who had not called her for a long time.

  When she thought of the person making the request that she could not refuse, slight changes appeared in her calm and poised heart. It was because she had always suspected that the Three Lonely Wolves were in contact with the strongest player in South China Martial Arts Ranking Board. And there was a possibility that Happy, the famous player who was incredibly popular in the game, might be the Three Lonely Wolves' dormmate—Chen Kaixin.