Chapter 868 - 578: Entering the Barrier World
"It doesn’t matter if it’s valuable or not, it’s all about using things to their fullest."
"I’ve already retired, keeping it won’t do any good except gather dust."
"Ho ho ho ho..."
Old Lady Dongmen walked over cheerfully, stroking Fu Fu, who was sleeping in the corner of the Gatekeeper’s room.
Her expression was both kind and reluctant to part.
Seeing this made Li Pu feel inexplicably uneasy.
"Thank you, teacher."
He finally accepted the gloves.
[Mountain-Blocking Fist (S)]
Additional Effect: None
Attribute Requirement: None
Type Requirement: None
Race Requirement: None
It’s the first time he’s seen a product with no requirements.
But being S-class, it certainly won’t be bad.
"Have you ever heard of the phrase ’Mountain-Blocking Fist’?"
"It can transmit force through the surface of an object to its interior, specifically to deal with enemies with strong Defense."
"These gloves, you can actually use them too, but you need quite deep martial arts skills."
"You probably don’t meet the requirements."
At this point, Old Lady Dongmen started to explain.
In her view, even the straw man who learned a few moves from her doesn’t meet the usage standard.
Only the Kung Fu Beast, a rare species born with martial arts ability, can quickly grasp how to use the [Mountain-Blocking Fist].
"I see."
Li Pu was not disappointed with this explanation.
If he had gotten this item earlier, maybe Fu Fu wouldn’t have needed to use [Sleeping Fist] to defeat the Void Biochemists.
Using Fu Fu’s [Divine Kung Fu], he could now utilize the [Mountain-Blocking Fist].
Binding the [Mountain-Blocking Fist] with Fu Fu and integrating it into its body, leaving the straw man who had started to go wild behind, Li Pu left.
At any rate, there’s hardly anyone in the school now, as long as they don’t cause substantial damage, no one will bother them.
As for the notes left for Long Zuo and the Climbing Wall Vine, he already placed them in Bu Bu’s bag for delivery.
Two hours later, in the principal’s meeting room.
There were few attendees at this meeting, the main figures being Principal Cha, Nan Guan, Wu Gui Di, Li Pu, Jie Jie Master, and several key school decision-makers.
Through Nan Guan’s narrative, Li Pu learned the detailed process of this operation.
According to Wu Gui Di’s 24-hour daily monitoring report, Elder Gui Hun has been quite active in spirit lately.
In ordinary experience, this is a kind of phenomenon called ’final burst of brilliance’.
Therefore, his personal opinion is that within one to two weeks, this senior guardian beast will likely pass away.
Once Elder Gui Hun passes away, the barrier will immediately become unbalanced and quickly collapse.
But with Nan Guan’s prior arrangements, at that time, the other three guardian beasts will re-establish support points to maintain temporary equilibrium of the barrier.
Afterward, it will establish a temporary channel allowing Li Pu and Jie Jie Master to enter the barrier.
Then, through special means of communication, Jie Jie Master and Nan Guan will collaborate internally and externally to study the barrier and establish a new plan.
Li Pu’s main tasks are twofold.
One is to serve as Jie Jie Master’s bodyguard, ensuring his work is not disturbed in any way.
The other is to observe the cocoon’s condition, timely relaying information to the outside, and controlling any abnormal activities of the cocoon to gain as much time as possible for barrier reformation.
According to Nan Guan’s estimate, this process will likely take about a month.
This slightly differs from what Guan Heshi told him earlier.
However, Li Pu is quite experienced in being a bodyguard.
After all, when he ventured down with that useless Ah Yajun, he had done similar things many times.
"Li Pu, your task this time is very demanding."
"The future of Xidu University rests on you."
At the end of the meeting, Principal Cha encouraged Li Pu with solemn sincerity.
"Alright, Principal."
Li Pu’s response was calm and collected.
From what he knows, as someone who lived for two hundred years, his grandfather’s name was rarely known.
Unexpectedly, his grandfather’s informant at Xidu University turned out to be the principal himself.
It seems he’ll have to repay this principal... by taking care of his grandson someday.
The following time was smooth, just like Wu Gui Di’s analysis showed, nothing happened within a week.
Li Pu had nothing particular to do, so he went out of school to swipe some related items.
He’s almost searched the east, south, and west, leaving the north area.
Now with significantly enhanced strength, the sweeping is quick.
He also visited the trading post on several occasions, seeing the only person on duty, Old Tu.
After gifting the notes, he purchased some reincarnation materials available at the trading post to bring back for the straw man’s use.
After three reincarnations, the straw man’s strength saw a new boost.
Straw Man: 0(25) Turn LV30, Listening to the Wind
Strength: 4578→5413, F
Attributes: 10 Wood
It was purely a simple reincarnation to boost strength; inherent abilities and skills remain unchanged.
On the tenth day, after Li Pu had completed a thorough sweep of related items in the four directions, Wu Gui Di finally brought bad news.
Elder Gui Hun has passed away of old age.
Thus, all relevant personnel immediately hurried to the scene.
Li Pu happened to be outside the campus, though he was soon found by Guan Guan Bird, he arrived last.
By the river, a special barrier was set up that could release fixed wind force.
He couldn’t understand the pattern of the barrier, only seeing five summoned beasts standing at the five ports of the barrier.
Judging from the aura, even the weakest among these summoned beasts was at the 4th turn.