Chapter 39: Red-Name Curse

Editor: Atlas Studios

Sitting in the stuffy treehouse, surrounded by flies, and having a fever again, Li Siwen was still very insipid, even though he was as weak as a half-dead person now.

He wasn't even interested in chasing the flies again, although he knew that infection from these flies definitely caused the fever.

"With pus, ulceration, and infection on the wound, inflammation is inevitable. Now it's time to see the efficacy of this Iron Teeth Anti-Inflammatory Grass. In fact, I think it is already working."

Pinching up fruit the size of a yellow bean, Li Siwen examined it under the Sun's light. It had a vermilion skin, the inner flesh was a pack of water, which tasted very bitter. But after the bitterness, the tip of the tongue was instead a bit sweet.

One Iron Teeth Anti-Inflammatory Grass would bear about 100 plus of fruits when ripe. He ate 10 and waited to see the result.

About an hour later, the flies were still buzzing around, but Li Siwen's fever had quickly retreated, and even his Stamina recovered slightly.

Opening up the rag on his wound, Li Siwen used his blade to cut away the decaying flesh on his wounds without batting an eye. Only when fresh meat showed again did he apply the juice from the fruit and the juice from Iron Spots Blood-Stopping Grass onto it.

Then, when flies came flying to him again, his blade flashed, and he cut them into halves.

By noon, there wasn't a single fly remaining in the treehouse. Instead, there was the smell of Iron Teeth Anti-Inflammatory Grass filling the air. Before it ripened, the smell of this grass was still quite faint. But when fully ripened and crushed, its smell became quite strong and wouldn't easily fade away. It smelled quite refreshing, and maybe even had the effect of repelling mosquitoes and insects.

"Hemostasis, anti-inflammatory, refreshing the mind and spirit, good! These two herbs can be planted in the farmland too."

Li Siwen wounds had been fully cured and were even starting to scar. Even his Health Points recovered by two points.

Overall speaking, he was very satisfied. However, he couldn't go woodcutting for now and even had to tolerate the hunger in his stomach. Everything needed to wait until the next day.

Smelling the bitter and refreshing scent in the air, Li Siwen laid down with his blade in his right hand and closed his eyes, quickly falling asleep. He didn't sleep well last night.

This sleep was quite comfortable, and he slept all the way into the night. Not even a single fly came to disturb him.

Looking at his wounds, they had recovered by a lot. Other than his grumbling stomach, Li Siwen felt that his condition was almost perfect.

He opened the Attribute Bar.

Name: Li Siwen

Occupation: Farmer/Woodcutter

Health: 25 (18/25)

Stamina: 22 (16/22)

Strength: 16

Agility: 6

Defense: 3

Spirit: Grey (Development 20%)

Talent: Spirit Vision Level 2

Skill: Farming Level 3, Woodcutting Level 3

Green Orb: Vitality Point 1/15

Yellow Orb: Spirit Point 7/15

Blue Orb: Heavenly Workmanship Point 3/15

"Should I increase my Agility, or make use of the time now to increase Spirit?"

Li Siwen pondered, but then shook his head. He mustn't change his principle, he must save some Vitality Points and Spirit Points for times of need.

"Why not go fish for a few more breakfast snakes?"

Li Siwen moved aside a stone blocking one gap and stretched out one arm, quietly waiting for a breakfast snake.

However, just as he was imagining the delicious taste of barbeque snake meat, a great sense of danger descended. Then, his head felt as if a hammer hit it, instantly seeing stars and feeling dizzy.

When he finally caught a breath, he saw his attribute bar automatically appearing in front of him. It was covered in cracks, looking really shocking.

And there were some small cracks that were extending further and further.

In the attribute bar, behind the 'Name: Li Siwen', the completeness level was quickly dropping, already reaching 11%.

This shock was really extraordinary, with little time to think, Li Siwen instantly extracted the Spirit Points in the yellow orb to repair it.

One point was added, and it recovered 50% of the completeness level. But the next second, even more cracks appeared, bringing down the completeness level to below 20% again.

At this moment, Li Siwen instead calmed down. Staring at the progress of the cracks, he orderly extracted the Spirit Points and maintained the completeness level at a high level.

At the same time, he had time to check the flashing message in the attribute bar.

"Warning, you left the Feudal Lord's territory for an entire day and night without his approval, you shall be punished for this. From now on, you have been expelled and wanted from the territory, and cursed by a supreme unknown being, the entire map will be red-named!"

"Red-name curse coming into effect now, your body and any root material got from the territory will become the source of the red-name curse."

"Your body is being cursed, but it was unsuccessful."

"Your weapon and tools are being cursed, but they were unsuccessful."

"The clothes and water gourd you robbed from others are becoming a source of the curse. The curse succeeded but didn't hurt you!"

"A demonized wheat seed you stole from the territory is becoming a source of the curse, its distance from you is only 15 meters, curse succeeded! One Health Point has been deducted from you."

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Li Siwen was astonished. When he saw the last line, he finally couldn't help but laugh softly.

"Haha! Red-name curse, looks like only now am I counted as a real creep? But luckily, I ate all the wheat seeds yesterday. If not, I would have died for sure today, wouldn't I? Wait, there's also one more seed that was dropped in some bush."

"That was really close, luckily I was crazy from hunger yesterday. If I had any rationality left at that moment and left even a few grams of wheat seeds, oh my! The power behind that statue is indeed deep and evil!"

Li Siwen was finally fully relieved now. Before he went solo, he was already curious about what restrictions the statue would have on the citizens in the territory. Now, the answer was finally out.

Next, he extracted another four Spirit Points and finally repaired fully the attribute bar full of cracks and almost destroyed.

"Did I eliminate the red-name curse?"

Maintaining his posture of fishing for breakfast snakes, Li Siwen frowned and pondered. The appearance of this red-name curse signified that he would be in hostile relations with the Feudal Lord's territory from now on.

Of course, he wasn't afraid of the Feudal Lord. His current position was over 20 miles away from the Feudal Lord's territory, calculated in a straight line, and forests blocked them in between. Unless he was really unlucky, it was unlikely he would bump into the Feudal Lord here. However, there weren't any ferocious beasts that were worth hunting here, so this possibility was very low.

"However, I mustn't drop my guard. Whether this red-name curse has been removed or not, I have built the debt between that statue and me."

"Also, in order to be prepared, I must save up 10 Vitality Points and 10 Spirit Points at all times from now on, to prevent that Feudal Lord or Statue from doing anything funny again. I am not interested in finding out what will happen if it destroys the attribute bar."

"Oh my, what the heck, what hatred is this, its bite is so painful?"

Li Siwen suddenly jumped up and dragged something into the treehouse. Then, he was dazed. He didn't fish a breakfast snake but instead fished a big squeaking rat.

It was very fat!

Damn, roast it!