Yan Mo had no idea that it’d be this painful to have your life-force sucked away. If you put the comfortable feeling when the life force flow into him though Dofie as one hundred on the scale, then the pain he felt when ‘blessing’ Wu Chen and the others was one thousand.
He knew it. The guide wouldn’t leave him any hole to exploit. He can clearly feel energy in his body, but it was too painful, that he can’t do anything. It’s because he’s too healthy, he’s fully conscious and felt all the pain in full clarity.
At this time, Yan Mo still didn’t know that his hair had turned white.
He only found out the next day, when Yuan Zhan stroked his head and said he’d turned into a little old man. He looked into the reflection in the water and saw how he had changed.
He didn’t just get white hairs at the age of a teen, but also an old and decrepit face. Even he wouldn’t believe it if someone points at him and said he’s still 15 years old.
“The pain of losing your life force doesn’t seem to stop at the spiritual level.” Yan Mo muttered to himself.
That’s right. In a blink of an eye, you see yourself turn from a youth just starting to bloom into an old man with one foot in the grave. That’s the real pain. Normal people wouldn’t be able to bear it.
Yan Mo saw Dofie and A’wu clansmen’s changes with his own eyes. When he thought of himself becoming wrinkly and all salt-haired, he couldn’t resist cursing out.
This damn no-good Guide!
Why can’t you let me benefit for once? Dofie wanted to give me the life force, I didn’t ask her for it.
Is he going to look this old until he had used all the remaining 91 ‘blessings’? He didn’t feel the pain from yesterday any more, though. When he woke up, he can move around as he liked.
But, will he become a little older every time he uses that ‘blessing’ once?
What a scam!
Yan Mo was thinking of saving this punishment to use later, so he can trick people with it, but… if it comes with this old appearance, then he’s not so sure what to choose.
He just found out today that he was one of those face-cons. He didn’t expect it to be this hard to accept that his face and body were locked on this old appearance when he clearly knows he’s still young.
“I’ll go get Dofie, see if she can get you back to normal.” Yuan Zhan turned his head sideways, he was in the middle of making meat soup for breakfast. He heard Yan Mo muttering something but he didn’t understand the words.
“Don’t!” Yan Mo waved his hand. “You saw what happened yesterday. Mortal power cannot reverse Primordial God’s punishments and blessings. Primordial God’s first punishment is why I’m like this now. I can’t control the flow of energy when I bless someone, the other person will take however many they need.”
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“What?!” Yuan Zhan was shocked. How can this be?
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Yuan Zhan’s eyebrows became deeply etched. If that’s the case, won’t he be sucking away Mo’s life force every time he touched him?
“How long will this last?” So he won’t be able to hug Mo when sleeping from now? That’s the absolute worst. Yuan Zhan poured the soup into the bowl and handed it to Yan Mo. Yan Mo took it.
“I don’t know. Maybe it’ll be done when my legs can walk again, maybe it’ll be loner than that. Eh? You… did you level up again? There’s a fourth mark on your face, it’s dark blue.” Yan Mo stared at his face. He even compared the fourth tattoo to the last three, he had heard about the meaning of the colours from Meng.
“Seems like your physical strength and ability are both level four now!”
Level four!? Yuan Zhan rubbed his face. He had felt the centre of his brows burning before, so he knew that he’s going to level up soon. He just didn’t expect both his physical strength and ability would go up a level. Is it related to the two blessings he got from Mo yesterday?
“You’re the same level as the Lord Chief of Yuanji now. How does it feel, Level 4 Warrior?” Yan Mo teased.
It went without saying this was a big moment for Yuan Zhan. Level four… that was the height he looked up to but never could touch before. He once thought that if he worked hard, he might become a level three warrior. But level four… In Yuanji, only the chieftain had reached level four, he didn’t dare to dream too high.
Now, he had only left for one winter and he had upgraded from level two to level three, from level three leapt to level four warrior!
Yuan Zhan knew who was responsible for this change. If not because of this person, he would still be that level two warrior, tormented by his leg injury, pitied and laughed at by others.
Yuan Zhan reached out to the young boy, wanting to rub his head, but stopped in his tracks when he saw the white hair.
He can’t touch Mo anymore!
“I can’t touch you, how will you go out or back in, or pee and shit?”
Yan Mo fell silent. This cunning guide! How could he forget that he was currently incapable of walking!
“I’ll stay in the tent as much as I can. When I really need to go out, have someone drag the pelt under me, pull me to the door of the tent. Also, I told you, don’t use those vulgar words, say ‘go to toilet’. Tell Meng to come over, I want him to make something for me.” He needs a chair! At least that way he can be carried and not dragged around.
Yuan Zhan accepted this solution. Even he couldn’t bear to touch his Lord Priest, of course he won’t want anyone else touching Yan Mo. That day he ordered four warriors to guard outside the tent, no one is allowed to come close to Yan Mo, unless he himself allows them to.
Things like chairs and table can be made quickly and easily, so long as you have the blueprint and the means. Well, you can’t expect it to be very beautiful or intricate if you want it done quickly.
Armed with the previous woodworking experience, Meng completed the item soon after he got the blueprint from Yan Mo. He came back two days later with a big and thick, square-shaped wooden chair.
The wooden chair didn’t have many curves. You can’t expect it to be comfortable. The surface had only been wiped with a fur pelt to get rid of the sharpness. It’s the most basic, primitive handicraft.
But Yan Mo still felt moved with he saw this chair that had a back.
It didn’t matter if the back of the chair was straight and isn’t comfortable to lean on. He can do something about it in the future.
He instructed Ye Xing to sew an animal pelt cover with hemp thread and wood needle, fill it up with hay and then seal it back up. The waist support was done.
Yuan Zhan was inspired by the waist pillow, he covered the chair with thick pelts and fixed the pelt on the chair.
Yan Mo stayed inside the tent for four days, but he didn’t just do nothing these four days. He continued to teach the three students. He let these three teach the other students in his place, and he started teaching Meng, Ye Xing and Sa Yu the beginner training method.
Yan Mo had considered long and hard about spreading this beginner training to more people.
Firstly: they can’t be complacent with their current progress. They can’t just rely on Yuan Zhan alone if they want to defend this city. You don’t have to look far, think about the long-tailed merfolk. If they have the slightest intention of invading their territory, they’d be powerless to resist. The merpeople’s chieftain Heissen didn’t just dispatch their 800 warriors to help Yuan Zhan out of the goodness of his heart, it was an undisguised show of power.
Secondly: though this was a double-edged sword, as long as he made sure the person he directly imparted these knowledges to have a good moral and good character and establish some rules, he felt that the plus will still outweigh the minus.
Thirdly: it was to win over people’s hearts. He’ll take one more step towards cementing his position.
Yes, Ye Xing and Sa Yu were rather restless and over-excited, but it’s normal for two young kids who had never been taught to be a bit naughty. No one is perfect. As they learnt under him, they could complete the things that were taught to them well, even if they’d sometimes do something that made his head ache. Most importantly, they love and respect him, and even had a blind faith in him.
As for Meng…
When Meng had just been reunited with them, he was planning on teaching him, but he saw how Meng was rather close with Dofie and shelved that thought away.
He didn’t feel angry or betrayed when he heard that Meng carried Dofie back to her tent. It instead turned that uncertainty into a solid decision.
He knew that Meng wasn’t blinded by the beauty, nor had he grown to feel love towards Dofie. But Meng’s natural instinct as a warrior and as a person made him extend a helping hand to Dofie who was once a slave.
Meng is a loyal friend and values his relationships. It’s strange, no one had taught him about these things, but he was truly a compassionate and loyal young man.
Yan Mo needed to make a gesture, whether it was to strengthen the tribe or simply to make himself have more weight in Meng’s mind.
And this blessing and the beginner training method were the best ropes to secure people’s loyalty to him.
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The fire lit the interior of the tent. Yan Mo sat cross-legged on an animal pelt with a solemn face.
Three people knelt in front of him.
Yuan Zhan and Wu Chen were present as well. This was a very important moment, the place was rather simple, but what was lacking in the background atmosphere was made up in the solemn and respectful aura coming from the people present.
“I’m sure I don’t need to tell you how precious the training method imparted directly from the Primordial God. The Primordial God had commanded me to choose carefully who I impart my knowledge to, not just the beginner training method, but any knowledge that can be learnt from me. If you want to learn from me, you have to accept the rules that the Primordial God had set, no matter if you are to be my disciple or not.”
Meng raised his head and said suddenly, “Mo, take me as your disciple. I’m jealous of Wu Chen! I was with you the longest after Zhan, but you treat these three runts better than you treat me!”
Yan Mo’s eyelid twitched. He thought this person had matured a bit after getting stung by Dofie, but he was just as simple as before, always makes people want to hit him.
Yuan Zhan kicked him lightly, “Shut up! Mo can do whatever he wants.”
Wu Chen wanted to keep a cool expression, but he was still a kid after all. He got embarrassed when Meng so clearly said he’s jealous of him, to the point he didn’t know where to put his hands or feet.
This time around, Ye Xing and Sa Yu knew better. They stayed mum and obediently knelt on the pelt. Of course, this was largely influenced by the big scary Lord Chief being in the same tent as them.
Meng grumbled, “If I knew it’d be like this, I would’ve snatched Mo away from you. You’re already a level four warrior now, but I’m still level 2!”
Meng really wanted to ask if Yuan Zhan can upgrade so quickly because he often slept with the little priest. Fortunately, his brain was not completely beyond saving, because he didn’t feel bold enough to ask this out loud in front of the three little runts. But Meng decided he would get a clear answer from them later!
Yan Mo cleared his throat. “Listen to the rules from Primordial God first and then decide if you want to learn from me.”
Thank you for the chapter!
Meng is asking for another beating.
Tftc
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I was really missing Meng for a bit, I hope he gets to appear more in the story fron now on. Good job on the translation as always!
*happy dance 😀
Meng is always fun to have
I really love this story! Thank you so much for your work ❤️❤️❤️
Hi, this hasn’t been updated for a while. Was this dropped? Or something else…?
sad Pikachu gif Please don’t drop