Chapter 788 - 783: I Have Long Been a Legend
[Golden Side Task: Dragon’s Fang, completed.]
[Task Difficulty: B]
[Evaluation: SS]
[Task Reward: Dongbo Cheng will fulfill one of your reasonable requests. Please choose carefully.]
"Dongbo, what was that just now? Did you have a new insight like I did in the heat of the moment?" Bai Pu laughed.
"Sort of. The White Dragon Fang stored the ancestral memory... I couldn’t read it all in time, so I stored it in my mind first," Dongbo Cheng replied.
Bai Pu rubbed his chin, "The White Dragon Fang was lost from your father’s hands, right? Since it contains ancestral memories, your father should have seen them too?"
"I never heard my father mention it. At that time, the White Dragon Fang in his hand was just a Divine Weapon," Dongbo Cheng was a bit troubled. Although he thought these were ancestral memories, they shouldn’t have always been stored in the White Dragon Fang, otherwise, how could his father not know about them?
"Maybe these ancestral memories are related to Emperor Qing... after all, it’s been in Emperor Qing’s treasury for so long."
Bai Pu smiled, having a guess in his heart but didn’t say it out loud, instead he said:
"Are you done now? Let’s leave quickly."
Bai Pu didn’t rush to claim his task reward, "I have no fighting power now. Breaking the barrier of Emperor Qing will certainly make him furious. He might even put down important matters to come after us... not to mention, Withered Wood and Ghost Vine, the two Demon Generals, are about to return, avoid entanglement."
Dongbo Cheng, regaining his self-confident demeanor, smiled and said, "Don’t worry, I’ve gained some new insights into Swordsmanship Mystical Arts... even if those two Demon Generals come, it’s no big deal."
"Really?"
Bai Pu’s eyes lit up, "Dongbo, don’t forget to teach me what you’ve learned. You know my situation."
"Of course," Dongbo Cheng agreed without hesitation.
On their way back to the Palace of Roots for the second time, Bai Pu and Dongbo Cheng had a conversation.
Bai Pu claimed that his hidden injuries were hard to heal, and to "restore peak strength," he had to work on his martial skill realm. He was determined to surpass Ascending the Hall and reach the Ten Thousand Things in Nature Swordsmanship level, to which Dongbo Cheng fully supported.
Even without the Golden Side Task reward of "being able to make a reasonable request from Dongbo Cheng," Dongbo Cheng would still teach Bai Pu everything he knows.
They had already developed a deep friendship through teaching and sparring in the Heart Demon: Oath Plane and the Heart Demon: Great Wilderness River Plane—of course, Dongbo Cheng had already "forgotten" the sparring memories from the Great Wilderness River, but the goodwill between them remained, unaltered by the Spirit Realm Will.
Now, with an added Golden Side Task reward, the situation certainly changed!
This Golden Side Task received an SS-level evaluation, which was one of Bai Pu’s best evaluations ever for a task. It goes without saying that the task reward "Enlightenment" will be even greater!
However, now was not the time to claim the task reward, as Dongbo Cheng himself had not fully comprehended the insights.
The two, along with a creature, quickly left the Palace of Roots.
Outside, they saw the ever-changing landscape of the Corruption Forest, and both were awestruck. Such a sight, one might never see in a lifetime.
"This time, you might really become a legend..."
Dongbo Cheng joked halfway, "Single-handedly changed the geographical structure of the eastern region of the Underworld! When I write the Demon Hunting Legends in the future, I’ll definitely include this... "
"I already am a legend..."
Speaking of legends, Bai Pu became a part of Nan Zhu Burning Heart Style’s history when he beheaded the Red Emperor at the Great Wilderness River.
"Let’s find a place to rest for a while,"
Bai Pu suggested. After their journey to the Palace of Roots, although they both had insights in Mystical Arts, their Fighting Qi (Spiritual Power) was greatly depleted, and their physical strength was at an all-time low, necessitating rest.
"What about your teammates? Especially those who lured away the pursuing forces for us... won’t they be in danger?" Dongbo Cheng was quite responsible.
Of course, this was also because Rein and the others had taken on the [Dragon’s Fang] Golden Side Task and had contributed to the task, so it was natural for Dongbo Cheng, as the task creator, to be concerned.
Bai Pu smiled and said, "It’s okay. I had arranged for another team to harass the rear of the pursuing Demon forces... With their help, Rein and the others should have no trouble escaping."
Bai Pu was referring to Salacia and Heig’s team, of course.
At that time, because Heig’s team had a larger number of Awakened members and their strength was not on par with top-level Awakened like Rein and Muro, Bai Pu had arranged for Salacia to lead the ambush with Heig.
When the two Demon Generals and Red Race Team chased Bai Pu into the Demon Bone Dao, the subsequent Demon troops were attacked head-on by Salacia and Heig’s team.
This arrangement not only allowed Heig’s team to face enemies of similar strength, avoiding direct confrontation with powerful Demon Generals, but also eased the pressure on Rein and the others, so they wouldn’t be overwhelmed by too many Demon troops in their struggle with the Demon Generals.
Relieved, Dongbo Cheng, together with Bai Pu, found a newly formed secluded cave to rest and recover their energy.
The slave Demon Throat utilized its centipede advantage by burrowing into the ground to stay alert to the surroundings, serving as a guard for its two masters.
Since leaving the Demon Bone Dao and entering the Corruption Forest, Bai Pu’s Spirit had been under intense tension.
Uniting the Furnace Squad, the Salacia and Heig Team, fighting Demons and the Red Race, rescuing Dongbo Cheng, manipulating Space...
Not a moment of rest.
Now, finally, under the protection of Demon Throat, Bai Pu safely took a nap. For the Awakened, deep sleep is the best way to restore energy reserves.
...
"Hoo—"
Bai Pu opened his eyes and stretched.
His bones crackled with a series of pops, and after the reverberation of the cracking bones, Bai Pu felt his energy had been fully restored.
Looking aside, Dongbo Cheng had long finished resting, waiting for him to wake up.
"I had a comfortable sleep."
Bai Pu summoned Demon Throat from the ground, sensing its recent memories, and said, "We probably slept for three hours... Luckily, the communication device Leia gave me was damaged after depleting its uses, so I could have a full, comfortable sleep. Alright, let’s go find them now."
Dongbo Cheng had no objections, reminding, "Before the last communication ended, that woman named Leia sounded a bit off... perhaps some of her goals weren’t achieved."
Bai Pu hummed in response, "That’s why we need to find Rein and the others quickly. If we’re too late, the fragile trust agreement we had before might dissolve completely."
Leia’s promotion task might have failed, and Bai Pu had already guessed this. But he had done his best, and even if he were to do it over, he wasn’t sure he could do better, so he had a clear conscience.