Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 79 The first task

It is worth mentioning that when performing the Blood Arrow Technique, Gong Tianwu also felt an obvious tingling sensation in the meridians on his arm. Then, after taking a closer look, he found that his Qi and blood (life) value had decreased by 34 points.

If converted, it is about 10% of the maximum blood value. This shows that although the power of the Blood Arrow Technique is huge, the price to pay is not small. Just like the Seven Injury Fist, it first hurts oneself and then hurts others.

After regaining a lot of strength, Gong Tianwu felt that he had finally gained a rare sense of security. So he let out a long breath and slowly walked out of his cave.

The sun was shining brightly outside. Gong Tianwu first took a look at the cave where No. 22 was located and found that the bamboo curtain at the door was lifted, and there was no one inside.

I saw Granny Bamboo walking slowly beside the stream. She seemed to be basking in the sun, so I walked over and said:

"Have you seen the companion who came with me recently?"

Granny Zhu raised her head and said with a half-smile:

"Young man, I helped you before because of Master Qi, but now Master Qi is not here, so what can I gain by helping you?"

Gong Tianwu narrowed his eyes and suddenly made a move! He grabbed Granny Zhu's neck.

Granny Zhu suddenly did a backflip and ran away. Her agility and flexibility were totally inconsistent with her old appearance.

But as soon as Gong Tianwu opened his mouth, a stream of blood shot out.

Blood Arrow Technique!!
Granny Zhu let out a strange cry and quickly bent her right arm to block in front of her.

The blood arrow hit her right arm, making a sound like porcelain breaking, but her face also showed pain.

Gong Tianwu took a sudden step forward, stretched out his right hand quickly again, grabbed Zhu Po Po's neck and lifted her up.

His ten fingers dug deeply into the flesh of her neck like iron hooks. With just a little more force, he could break her cervical vertebrae!
At this time, Gong Tianwu looked into her eyes and grinned:
"You are not helping me, you are helping yourself."

"During my retreat these past few days, you sneaked up on me six times, and once even tried to get close to the bamboo curtain. Do you think I don't know?"

At this time, Grandma Zhu had already started to suffocate and was twitching in extreme pain, but she didn't dare to make any big movements for fear that Gong Tianwu would misjudge her, so she could only nod with difficulty.

Gong Tianwu snorted coldly and loosened his right hand.

Granny Zhu collapsed to the ground and began to dry heave. After more than ten seconds, she gasped and said quickly:

"You... the next afternoon after you arrived, your companion went to the nearby pass."

"Then he made a lot of purchases and left, and also went around to get information about the orchid python."

"I heard someone saw him in the Dongjia Village yesterday, and he looked very miserable."

Gong Tianwu asked:

"Where is the Dongjia Village?"

Granny Bamboo said:

"Seventy miles west."

Gong Tianwu said:

"I want news about the Orchid Python, the Iron-maned Boar, and the Mosquito Demon."

Granny Zhu held her right arm in pain and said:
"It is the flowering season of black mandshurica recently, so there have been reports of attacks by orchid pythons in several villages. I only remember three places: Dongjia Village, Diejia Courtyard, and Tianshuijing."

"Half a month ago, a caravan was attacked by three iron-bristled wild boars in Gusongping, but I'm not sure if they are still there now."

"I didn't specifically collect this kind of information, so I'm not sure what I said before is all true. Butcher Li and Zhang Mazi in Kouzhenguan are providing the corresponding intelligence information.

Gong Tianwu nodded and hit Zhu Po Po's nose with his head, causing her to scream in pain again.

Then Gong Tianwu casually threw it aside, just like throwing away a rotten sack.

"You are always welcome to come and get your revenge, but before that you'd better prepare the coffin."

After saying this, Gong Tianwu turned around and left, but his expression suddenly became serious after he was a few dozen meters away.

After all, although he seemed to be downplaying the previous battle, he had actually used 80% of his strength.

Not only that, he also went all out while taking advantage of the surprise attack, and even used the Blood Arrow Technique + Hundred Battles Sword Technique (using his right hand as a sword) to defeat the opponent.

She is an old and frail mother-in-law!
***
an hour later,
Gong Tianwu spent a lot of money again in the process of knocking on the truth, and then set out on the road to Gusongping.

At this time, his contribution was only a pitiful 2 points.

The rest turned into leather armor and steel knife on Gong Tianwu's body, as well as food, medicine, healing medicine and intelligence fees paid to relevant people in the package on his back.

Among all the expenses, healing medicine and intelligence accounted for a very high proportion, and the price of the rest of the items added up to less than one tenth of them. Because Gusongping was a full day and a half away from Kouzhenguan, Gong Tianwu was in a hurry. There were only five days left in the ten-day hunting deadline, and another three days would be spent on the road.

At this time, Gong Tianwu only hoped that the iron-bristled wild boar over there would stay there and enjoy itself quietly, and not move away, otherwise he would be in trouble.

However, if he were allowed to start all over again, Gong Tianwu would still choose to continue his retreat for five days - one's own strength is the foundation of success, and sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. Obviously, Jia 22 would not end up well if he acted rashly.

While on the road, Gong Tianwu still did not stop practicing the True Feather Heart Technique. After all, this thing did not take up too much time.

In order to deal with possible dangers on the road, Gong Tianwu did not dare to consume all his energy and spiritual power. He had to leave at least half of it.

At this time, Gong Tianwu missed the "Chita" that he had disassembled. It would be so convenient to travel with this thing.

Along the way, Gong Tianwu worked hard, getting up early and going to bed late, so he arrived at Gusongping three or four hours earlier.

This is a big village. Every three days, a big fair (which is the big market in the north) is held. Villages and hunters within dozens of miles will come to the "market" and bring out their own harvests and prey to exchange what they have.

As a result, when Gong Tianwu arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw four wild boar heads of different sizes stuck on the wooden stakes in front of the village gate.

The skin and flesh on the cross section of the pig's head were somewhat wrinkled, and there was a lot of purple-black dried blood underneath.
A group of people gathered around the wooden stake and pointed and talked.

Seeing this, he immediately had an ominous premonition in his heart, so he walked over to a middle-aged herbalist who was setting up a stall and started a conversation:

"Brother, what kind of medicine do you have?"

This middle-aged herbalist looked quite kind, with a black turban on his head and a medicine basket beside him:
"This is a spotted tiger staff. It only grows near the tiger demon's lair. It is watered with the tiger demon's urine. It can be used to soak in wine to detoxify, dispel wind, and strengthen the tendons and bones."

Gong Tianwu picked from the stall for a while, and finally took out a small bag of salt from the package and exchanged it with the other party. The herbalist was immediately delighted and gladly accepted it.

It is said that this trading model is the experience passed down by the village chief in the previous life. When thinking of this, Gong Tianwu felt a little depressed.

However, he immediately put aside the negative emotions and asked casually:

"Brother, what's going on with those wild boar heads at the door?"

The herbalist lit up a hookah, took a deep puff and then laughed:
"What's going on? These are not ordinary wild boars, but iron-bristled wild boars! These beasts actually touched up a batch of magical medicines of the witch doctor. The old man immediately flew into a rage and sent his disciple K'na to deal with them."

"Kenna had already done it at dawn yesterday. He stuck their heads there. It is said that this can comfort the dozens of souls who died because of them."

Gong Tianwu nodded silently, then walked back to the entrance of the village, staring at the four shriveled wild boar heads, and suddenly had a bold idea.
***
Ten minutes later,
There were more people watching here, and they were all whispering. Some of them had excited flushed faces and were talking about science:

"Really? There really are idiots out there who steal the offerings."

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Isn't he afraid of being cursed by the dead?"

"Let Ah Qing, who is on duty, chase him. He is a man who can catch a wild deer. If he catches that stupid thief, I'm afraid he will be whipped ten times."

"Look, look, isn't that Ah Qing? Ah, he came back alone?"

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Of course the one who directly snatched the head of an iron-bristled wild boar was Gong Tianwu, because he had no choice.

Gong Tianwu returned to Xiaogushan on the last day, and during the rest of the time he continued to seize every opportunity to practice.

Coming to a hellish place like the Blood God Sect, Gong Tianwu felt that he couldn't waste even half a second!
After waiting for almost half an hour, Yaqi arrived here at noon and with a firm gesture asked Gong Tianwu to put the pig head, which was already emitting a strong smell and even starting to ooze juice, on the ground.

Then Yaqi glanced at it with disgust and threw another black booklet over.

“Everything you need to do is written in here.”

Then he turned and left, as if Gong Tianwu was carrying some virulent plague that was ready to spread to him at any time.

Gong Tianwu watched him leave, opened the booklet, and found that there were only a few lines of words on it:

"Next target: Orchid python's gallbladder. Time limit: 20 days. Delivery method remains the same."

"The reward for the first target has been issued. Please check your Black Stone Ring."

Seeing this, Gong Tianwu nodded slightly and breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not immediately go to the True Gate to check how much contribution he had gained. Instead, he turned around and looked at the Xiaogushan Mountain behind him.

To be precise, he looked at the inhabited caves to the west, and then strode towards that direction.

When he walked within twenty steps of the caves, he could already feel several obvious gazes directed at him, and these gazes were full of strong threats.

(End of this chapter)