Chapter 00232: A Contest of Arms for Treasure
# A Contest of Arms for Treasure
Chapter 232
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 232: A Contest of Arms for Treasure
The next morning, just after dawn.
“Brother Li, that thing called Malatang yesterday was so delicious.”
“It would be even better with some big shrimp in it, to give it a bit of a seafood flavor.”
The Malatang seasoning Li Chengxi gave Yang Yiyi yesterday was the bestseller in his shop.
Li Chengxi had tried it himself, and it was indeed quite good, not losing out to the taste from a specialty store at all.
Yang Yiyi was hooked after one bite.
She ate it for dinner, then heated it up again in the morning, finishing everything, including the broth, without leaving a drop.
After eating and drinking her fill, it was time to continue exploring Thunder Mountain.
She wondered how many more treasures were hidden in this place.
Tucking the folding bed and other things into the Sumeru Realm, Yang Yiyi set off once more, facing the morning sun.
The mountain path was difficult to walk, but Yang Yiyi was used to running wild in the mountains as a child.
Plus, she now knew lightness skill, so walking the mountain path wasn't a big problem.
However, Li Chengxi didn't have her climb straight up.
Instead, he had her circle around the foot of the mountain.
The first reaction of many who entered the Thunder Mountain Treasury was to try and reach the summit.
They believed that the higher up the mountain, the more likely they were to find divine techniques, secret manuals, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
But the higher one went, the greater the danger.
Li Chengxi felt that no matter how good a divine technique or secret art was, it wasn't as important as one's life.
And Yang Yiyi hadn't reached the point where she needed to gamble her life for her future.
Martial arts secret manuals could be solved with the Teaching Box.
As for heavenly materials and earthly treasures, they didn't really matter.
The most important thing was actually the Sky-Upholding Stone.
Compared to that, everything else could be put aside for now.
In other words, Li Chengxi came to the Thunder Mountain Treasury with the intention of letting Yang Yiyi get some training, not for any secret manuals or treasures.
It was a case of 'best if she could get something, but no need to force it if she couldn't.' He was leaving it to fate.
Yang Yiyi was very enthusiastic, but she was also very obedient to Li Chengxi.
He said to circle the foot of the mountain twice first, so she would circle it twice.
Anyway, they had a total of twenty days, which was plenty of time.
So, she walked around the foot of the mountain for more than two hours, digging up many medicinal herbs along the way and stuffing them into the Sumeru Realm.
The varieties were basically common medicinal herbs.
The most valuable was a ten-year-old wild ginseng.
But the happiest person was Audel, who was temporarily staying at Li Chengxi's place.
In her words, these medicinal herbs are all new to me.
If I study them properly, I might be able to develop a new type of potion.
That is to say, her irrepressible desire for research had erupted again.
While Li Chengxi was downstairs minding the shop and looking at the computer, Audel was upstairs taking out bottles and jars to conduct experiments, which made Li Chengxi a little uneasy.
He hoped she wouldn't blow up his house…
Setting Audel aside for now, Yang Yiyi had been walking for more than three hours.
The sky was now bright, and it was around nine in the morning.
At this time, the surrounding environment had turned into a large stone beach, and the stones scattered on the ground were quite smooth, as if water often flowed through here.
Continuing forward, she soon saw a small river.
It might be the dry season, so the water flow wasn't strong.
Yang Yiyi washed her face by the river.
As she was wiping the water stains with a towel, her ears suddenly twitched.
“I hear a sound upstream.”
Li Chengxi couldn't hear it from his side; the conversation was displayed as text in a dialogue box.
Hearing this, he said:
“What kind of sound?”
“Human voices. It sounds like quite a few people.”
Upstream was the true entrance to Thunder Mountain.
Yang Yiyi walked along the small river and soon saw a creek valley that had been carved out by rainwater.
At the end was a large waterfall, but the volume of water didn't seem large.
It was just very wide.
The river water flowing down from above cascaded into the pool below like a beaded curtain, and the pool water then flowed into the small river.
Below this waterfall, at least several dozen people were gathered, and every one of them looked very excited.
They seemed to be discussing something.
When Yang Yiyi walked over, she heard someone shout:
“Just talking is so boring. Treasures naturally go to the capable. This place happens to be flat. I propose we have a contest of arms for the treasure. That way, everyone will be convinced.”
The crowd around them all agreed, chattering that it was better to have a fight to understand things than to talk about grand principles.
“I'll go first!”
This seemed to be the person who had just made the proposal.
Dressed in a green robe and holding an iron sword, he leaped from the crowd onto a large, flat rock not far from the waterfall.
The rock was quite large and could barely serve as a martial arts arena.
The man cupped his fist and said:
“Today's contest is just a friendly spar, let's not create grudges that will make it awkward to meet in the future. Which brother will come and fight me?”
As soon as his voice fell, a large bald man leaped up.
“Let this one give it a try.”
This person wore a worn-out monk's robe and held a precept blade.
He looked like a great monk from a temple, but as he jumped up, he casually tossed aside the roasted chicken leg in his hand.
He didn't seem like a proper monk.
That's right, what proper monk would come to the Thunder Mountain Treasury?
“Brother, please make your move.”
“Then this one won't be polite. Buddy, watch my saber!”
The two of them began to fight with clanging sounds, accompanied by occasional cheers from below.
For a moment, blades and sword shadows flashed continuously.
Meanwhile, Yang Yiyi and Li Chengxi listened to their confusing talk, having no idea what they were fighting over.
“Hey, isn't that Heroine Yang?”
At the back of the crowd, a big-bearded man wearing leg wraps and arm guards sensed someone approaching.
He turned around, saw who it was, and cupped his fist to greet Yang Yiyi.
“Hero Xu, long time no see.”
“Hah, what hero? Back at the inn, if it weren't for you, Heroine Yang, a few of us brothers would have been done for.”
This person was someone she had met at an inn outside Heavenly Water City.
His name was Xu Wenyi, and he called himself the River-Overturning Dragon.
In the end, he was sent flying by Ning Xian'er with a single blow. (For details, see Chapter 193).
The reason they met at the inn outside Heavenly Water City was also because Xu Wenyi was heading to the Thunder Mountain Treasury, and Heavenly Water City was on the way.
Li Chengxi definitely didn't know him, because when that incident happened, Li Chengxi was still sound asleep.
He only heard about it from Yang Yiyi and the others afterward.
But that wasn't the main point.
Since it was someone she knew, Yang Yiyi quickly asked:
“What are these fellow martial artists competing for?”
“Heroine Yang, you might not know. Look behind that waterfall.”
“The waterfall?”
Yang Yiyi looked in the direction Xu Wenyi was pointing.
At first glance, there seemed to be nothing special, but upon closer inspection, she could faintly see something bluish-green behind the water curtain, looking like some kind of plant.
Yang Yiyi identified it:
“Dragon Mallow?”
“That's no ordinary Dragon Mallow. It's said to be the Heart-Purifying Dragon Mallow, a specialty of Thunder Mountain. Just smelling it can calm the mind, and eating one of its Dragon Mallow Fruits can prolong one's life. If one were to obtain the entire Heart-Purifying Dragon Mallow and find a famous master to refine a cauldron of divine pills, eating them would make one immune to all poisons.”
“It's that amazing?”
“Yes, that's why everyone has gathered to fight for it.”
It was probably because too many people discovered this thing, leading to a stalemate.
Then, more and more people gathered, resulting in the current situation.
While they were talking, the great monk who was fighting was outmatched by a single move.
The edge of the sword lifted his lapel, and he was defeated.
“Thank you for letting me win.”
“Impressive. My skills were inferior. This treasure is not for me.”
The winner showed mercy, and the loser was gracious in defeat.
The atmosphere was actually quite good.
Seeing the great monk jump down, Xu Wenyi quickly said:
“I have to go up and give it a try too. If I happen to face Heroine Yang, I ask that you show mercy.”
After saying that, he squeezed through the crowd, used his lightness skill, and leaped onto the rock.
“River-Overturning Dragon Xu Wenyi, please grant me your guidance, brother.”
Watching from below, Yang Yiyi was captivated, her eyes almost shining.
It had to be said, this was pretty much the martial world she had always dreamed of.
(End of this chapter)