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Capítulo 79: The echoes of a toad's end (2)

A.N - Which path would you never cultivate even if you were given an inheritance to follow it?

If you had the choice of being transmigrated into the body of a Venerable and inheriting their fate, which Venerable would you choose?

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"Today's events are truly a shame, marking the loss of a great comrade of the demonic path as a whole and a great friend to me," said Lu La, a middle-aged man with a partially gray beard, a bit of black remaining, and a protruding belly, dressed in fine red clothing, his voice carried a tone of lament.

He spoke before a group of various immortals of distinct appearances, all dressed in red, the traditional color of the Thieves' Guild. They gathered near a cliff by a blue lake situated in a geographical depression, famous in the northeast of the Northern Plains, right on the border with the Eastern Sea. This lake, of course, was the secret entrance to the legendary Thieves' Guild, a name that instilled fear in almost all Gu immortals.

"Let us show our mourning, for it is not every day that someone like Kuang Luo To appears in this world. In fact, we may not see someone as talented as him for thousands of years. So, let's drink in his honor!" Lu La declared, pulling out a large bottle of liquor, a Rank 6 Gu material, and began to drink it all, drowning his sorrows.

"To Kuang Luo To, for we all know that above him on the demonic path in our era is only Thieving Heaven!" Ha Da De, a young Gu immortal of common appearance, said while raising a glass of wine and drinking with Lu La.

"It's a great loss indeed! Oh, how I wish I could have fought side by side with the great comrade Kuang Luo To in his final moments," said Bo Luo, a short and somewhat stocky man who looked like an ordinary bandit but was actually a great immortal, also drinking a sip of wine.

"Indeed, this is the greatest loss of a great comrade for us honest bandits who work hard for our livelihoods!" Tie Me, a man so thin he seemed never to have eaten, with a scruffy beard on his face, spoke with conviction and honesty in his eyes.

All the immortals present said a few words of mourning before taking their drinks, a practice uncommon in the Gu world, introduced specifically by the first supreme elder, Lu La, who was publicly known for being a heavy drinker, thus finding ways to incorporate drinking into almost everything.

"Well, great words have been said, but I am not just a man of words, but also of actions," Lu La said, wiping his mouth wet with liquor with the sleeve of his robe.

"What does the world and the righteous forces expect now? I tell you, they expect us to hide like scared puppies with our tails between our legs!" Lu La spoke with great conviction and exaggeratedly, like a typical politician at a rally. "But will we act according to their wishes?!"

"Of course not, for the honor of thieves!" Ha Da De, one of his biggest supporters among these immortals, shouted with a roar as they had agreed beforehand.

"Exactly!! We are the successors of Thieving Heaven and the Thieves' Guild he created!! We cultivate the Theft path with which he used to dominated the world!!" Lu La, with increasing enthusiasm, spoke with his hands clenched tightly into fists in front of his body, which he rocked back and forth anxiously.

"So we will never surrender or falter to these mere righteous forces!! Who is with me?! Which of you stands by my side to once again make the Thieves' Guild a supreme force in this world?!" Lu La raised his fist high, pointing to the sky, prompting the immortals in front of him to roar with force as they did the same, reinforcing their support for him.

Seeing this, he smiled with satisfaction, for this was just a public demonstration he had planned in the past to officially secure everyone's support for his re-election. By coincidence, Kuang Luo To died at this moment, so he used this fact to make the moment even more significant.

But the real reason for the immortals' support for him was not a motivated speech, but a series of backdoor deals and the distribution of benefits to the guild members loyal to him.

The reason behind all this is a unique situation for the Thieves' Guild, which differs greatly from other super forces in this world. As they elect their leaders to serve forty-year terms as the first supreme elder, and when this term ends, another election is held. If the current first supreme elder loses, he is obliged to step down and cede his position to the winner, regardless of his opinion on the results.

This idea alone seems absurd to almost all immortals in this world, as in both the sect system and the clan system, the idea of relinquishing a position of great power and prestige, even to a descendant or disciple while you still alive, is something most immortals would never do. But to do this for someone who could even be a great rival, and to do so because of the vote of lower-ranking immortals, is beyond logic.

Of course, not all votes carry the same weight, as the value of a Rank 6 immortal's vote varies according to their position in the guild, and the same applies to Rank 7 immortals, whose votes are much more valuable. The Rank 8s, which the Thieves' Guild currently lacks, have an even higher value, able to decide elections easily if they are the only Rank 8 in their time.

"Hahahaha, the enthusiasm of everyone is truly proof of our guild system superiority as it was created by the wise Venerable Thieving Heaven," Lu La said with a false smile on his face, while inside he bled in his heart for the amount of benefits he had to give up to win this election.

But even with his high status as a Rank 7 Gu immortal, he was completely unable to do anything about it, for these were the rules of the guild and how its system functioned, established personally by Thieving Heaven. Previous first supreme elders who were brave or foolish enough to go against this had met cruel and swift deaths.

"But it's still worth it!" Lu La thought as he tried to boost his own morale by remembering the future benefits he could gain as the leader of the Thieves' Guild. As after experiencing it for the last eighty years, he was not willing to give it up. So, he resolutely gave up as many benefits as necessary to win the election.

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*Western Desert*

"Honored Empress, we have just found a location matching the legends of the entrance to the Empress of Eternal Flame's inheritance!" A cute Eggman, the size of a baby, said as he knelt on one knee,in his sophisticated and imperial combat armor while exuding the aura of a Rank 5 Gu master.

Before him stood a woman, also comparable in size to a baby, wearing a magnificent imperial armor designed to resemble an elegant dress, yet displaying the qualities of a great warrior.

More beautiful than the armor in the eyes of an Eggman—whose beauty perception differs greatly from that of a pure human—stood the legendary and most acclaimed Eggwoman Empress of their time. She was the only known remaining immortal of her species, now leading her people as the sole supreme ruler.

"Wonderful! At last, we have the results of our risks after so much time and so many sacrifices!" Hua Liang Yong now had a satisfied smile on her face as a great burden was lifted from her heart.

"Tell me, how many casualties did we suffer in this last exploration?" Hua Liang Yong asked, bracing herself for high losses as usual.

"Honored Empress, we had one Rank 5 Gu master injured, four Rank 4 Gu masters injured, and two dead. Among the Rank 3s, a dozen were injured and five died," the Rank 5 Gu master reported directly, without trying to hide or embellish the losses, as it had become routine for him.

"... Fortunately, we have found the Empress of Eternal Flame's inheritance, for we wouldn't have been able to continue for much longer..." These words, unexpected from an immortal who should despise the lives of mere Gu masters, reflected a particular situation for the Eggmans.

As she believed that, aside from the Beastmen who were completely extinct, her race was now the weakest and seemed to be heading towards a similar fate. Thus, each talented and strong Eggman was valuable.

Obtaining the legendary Empress of Eternal Flame—the last Eggwoman Empress to reach Rank 8 according to stories—was crucial. Unfortunately, due to the age and various tribulations the inheritance had faced, it was in an extremely unstable state. If someone with as many dao marks as an immortal entered it, it could collapse. Therefore, she had to bite the bullet and sacrifice her valuable subjects, risking everything for the future of all Eggmen.

"Times are changing with the death of Kuang Luo To. The immortal world will descend into chaos," Hua Liang Yong declared softly, her cute face reflecting a thoughtful expression. "If we do not obtain this inheritance, we can only accept our destruction... For our people, we cannot fail!"

"Even if we have to sacrifice everything until only one of us remains to carry on our people, understood!" Hua Liang Yong exuded an unshakable determination, as stable as the volcanic mountain on which they stood.

"I understand, Empress, and I swear with all my heart!" The Gu master made a typical Eggman salute, his face to the ground.

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*Central Continent*

"Hahahahah, it seems our righteous forces have put an end to Kuang Luo To," a strange and macabre being, resembling a hybrid between a human and an ant, spoke with a hoarse and unnaturally odd voice.

He was a creature with a coal-black exoskeleton, which appeared as strong as celestial armor yet gave him a horrific appearance like a monster straight out of an insane man's nightmares.

"It is truly a pity for the world to lose someone of such talent..." This strange being moved with inhuman speed through vast, deep, and dark caverns that stretched for endless kilometers.

"Ahhh, it is pathetic how some righteous path immortals are celebrating the death of such a legend." This declaration might shock many, who would judge him for daring to praise such a demon. But to Ming Yi, one of the three supreme elders of the Ancient Soul Sect, it mattered little.

In fact, even as a member of a Central Continent new super sect, he cared little for or believed in the Heavenly Court's ideas and beliefs about human superiority or maintaining justice and prosperity among the righteous path.

He believed only in one thing: power determines everything. For now, he was a supreme elder of the Ancient Soul Sect and a pure human. But that was simply the ladder he climbed to power, one he would discard at any moment for a better one.

"Hahahaha, aside from that, it seems my luck hasn't failed me at this moment..." Ming Yi's eyes gleamed red as his coal-black ant exoskeleton moved in strange and horrific ways that would disturb anyone watching.

"Now that all the righteous forces and immortals are occupied with their stupid fight to exterminate the demonic path..."

"...I don't have to worry about being disturbed in my exploration of the Earth Abyss, so my exploration will advance much faster!!" Ming Yi sped through the various caverns and ravines of the Earth Abyss, slaying numerous creatures that could be nightmares for Gu masters but were nothing to him, an Rank 6 immortal.

His enthusiasm for exploring these subterranean caverns, which he named the Earth Abyss after discovering them accidentally while excavating beneath the Ancient Soul Sect to test his transformation into an imperial soldier ant, was simple: resources.

He found an infinite number of mortal resources from various paths, but more importantly for him, he discovered a considerable amount of immortal materials from the transformation path, his cultivation path. Even better, this was only within the three layers he had explored so far, and it seemed there were many more layers to go.

"Hahahah, while you fight over those miserable resources of some demonic path cultivators... I have a gigantic resource point all to myself!!" Ming Yi said, his ant mandibles opening and closing as if to indicate his happiness.

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*Southern Border*

"What an impressive battle! Haha, how could I miss such a spectacle happening on my southern continent?!" said a tall and muscular man dressed in ragged clothes made from the hides of wild beasts, resembling a caveman.

"Hahahaha, what a disgrace to my name, Bao Shiren! I couldn't even participate in this incredible battle!" he said, biting into a piece of meat, eating carelessly and not worrying about the fire the meat was being roasted over.

"Ah, unfortunately Kuang Luo To self-destructed, and those bastards from the Heavenly Court took their dead bodies away... So I won't even be able to get a good dinner!" Bao Shiren said as he licked his greasy fingers from the meat he was eating.

"And now I had to eat this worthless Rank 5 Gu master! Well, at least he was quite fat, so there's plenty of grease, hahaha," Bao Shiren said, delighting in the meat of one of his victims, who in the mortal world was at the peak, but for him was just a low-quality snack.

"Ah, if the damn super forces of the Southern Border hadn't united to kill me after I just ate one immortal, I could have more good food now!" Bao Shiren said, diverting his attention to dozens of Rank 5 mortal Gu masters in a cage, screaming desperately for mercy.

"Stop screaming! You should be grateful to fill the stomach of a great immortal like me!" Bao Shiren simply grabbed one of the fatter Rank 5 Gu masters and, as if he were as weak as an insect, threw him into the fire.

"Hmph, and don't flatter yourselves too much because your meat tastes like crap compared to that of an immortal!" Bao Shiren said, not caring about the Gu master's agonized screams, which quickly ended when he died a painful and cruel death.

"Hahaha, I imagine how good the meat of a Rank 8 immortal must be..." Bao Shiren said while devouring the meat in front of him like a savage, not caring that it belonged to another human being. "...but those Heavenly Court bastards took away the dinner I wanted so much!"

"But they will pay for it, for one day I will achieve my greatest goal!" he said, finishing all the meat in front of him once more.

This caused him to pause for a moment before looking at the cage again with a wild smile on his face. "And I will be the first to discover what the flesh of the legendary Immortal Venerables tastes like!"


Capítulo 80: New chapter in life

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*Rustle* *Snap* The low sounds of foliage moving and dry, weak branches breaking can be heard in a deep forest untouched by man, with trees blocking almost all sunlight from reaching the ground. A young man with black hair, red eyes, and a handsome face, completely naked, carefully descends from a tall tree with numerous strong branches.

The young man scans the three girls below the tree, who are also naked just like him. They remain silent, with worried looks on their faces. When Chen Wei's gaze passes over them, two of the girls cover their bodies with their hands in embarrassment, displaying hostile emotions in their eyes. The third, which is pregnant, just continues to look at him with conflicting emotions.

"Ahh... just as I thought, we are in the middle of a mountain almost completely covered by deep forest," Chen Wei says calmly, turning his gaze to the forest in the north, lost in thought.

Pointing eastward, he continues slowly, "... given the sun's position, it must be no later than eight in the morning, so that is east."

"So we still have plenty of daylight..." He now points north, where he was looking earlier. "...I saw traces of smoke in that direction."

"The smoke could come from a wildfire in the forest, but since it's not much and isn't spreading, it's probably a campfire made by someone," Chen Wei explains, not looking at the girls as he scans the forest for a sharp branch to use as a temporary spear.

"...how far is it?" Feng Hua tries to overcome the shock of the sudden situation like Is doing Chen Wei and asks in a low voice, still covering her body with her hands even though he has his back to them.

Her reaction is normal since both worlds she has lived in have very conservative societies. The idea of being seen this way by a man is greatly embarrassing, the same goes for Yu Lian, who is even more embarrassed. It would be the same for Wang Mei if the man wasn't her husband, who has probably seen her like this countless times.

But for now, Feng Hua knows that being seen like this by a man for the first time since she was a baby is not a priority. They are in a mountainous forest that could be anywhere in the world, and worse, without any of their Gu, not even their Vital Gu.

"It's a few kilometers away. It would take a few hours to walk in normal circumstances, but we don't know the terrain between here and there, which could delay the journey," Chen Wei says, finding a branch from a small tree no more than two meters tall, perfect for an improvised spear.

"We could also be delayed by wild animals, plants, or injuries," Chen Wei continues as he meticulously breaks off the small irregular branches growing on the branch he intends to use as a spear.

"Anyway, we should start the journey immediately. Even though it's still early morning, we don't have the luxury of wasting a second in our situation," he says, finishing by swinging and thrusting the "spear," more of a strong, pointed branch, to get used to its weight and how it moves through the air and in his hand.

"You three should find a—" Chen Wei is interrupted mid-sentence by Yu Lian.

"Why?!... Why should we follow you after what you did, you monster..." Yu Lian's face is filled with clear emotions of anger and fear.

Chen Wei, who had his back to them, turns and stares directly at Yu Lian, who seems to shrink and tremble, covering her body with her hands under his gaze. Chen Wei wonders if it is out of fear, shame, anger, or a mix of all three, not that he cares much right now.

"Well, because if you don't come with me, you'll die..." Chen Wei sees Yu Lian's body and face freeze, he notices her body language indicating that she's debating whether to run and try to escape.

"Believe me, this isn't a threat, just a statement of my belief that you can't survive alone," Chen Wei says simply and bluntly, wanting to get straight to the point instead of wasting time on stupid conversations.

"Putting it this way, do you think a weak girl without any survival training and who has never killed a wild beast like you will survive alone in this dense, wild forest?" Chen Wei speaks directly to her eyes, not caring to look at her body.

"You'll survive at most a day before a wild beast smells you and comes to kill you..." With each word, he sees Yu Lian's eyes grow more desperate.

"But if you're lucky and that doesn't happen, you'll die of dehydration in three days at most..."

"And even if that doesn't happen, you'll die of hunger since I doubt you can hunt an animal..." Despite Yu Lian's expression growing in despair, he doesn't stop.

In fact, even if she's already convinced, he won't stop, as he's not just talking to her but also to Feng Hua and Wang Mei, who have expressions of helplessness on their faces.

"And if by some miracle you manage to hunt, you'll end up dying of food poisoning after eating raw meat because you can't make fire..." Hearing this, Yu Lian, as if wanting to contradict him, opens her mouth and starts speaking weakly.

"...I...I c-can eat the wild fruits in the forest!" Yu Lian says, ignoring the fact that she would die long before feeling hungry.

Chen Wei, hearing her words, simply points his spear at some fruit trees, all of the same species, with light blue leaves and pale white wood, like magical trees.

"These are the only fruit trees I've seen around us, and since you're an herbalist, I believe you know that they are blue apple trees... and you should know that they only bear fruit at the end of winter, and now it's early autumn," Chen Wei says, while Yu Lian still has reluctance in her eyes, seemingly refusing to go with him, which is a stupid decision but expected from a girl under the emotional stress she's endured in such a short time.

"...we should follow him... even after what he did... we can't survive alone, Yu Lian," Feng Hua says, being less emotional as she never had love for her clan or adoptive relatives, so she isn't in a chaotic emotional state like the other two girls.

Amd mainly also, she has experienced the battlefield and learned to think under the stress of life-or-death situations, just like Chen Wei. So, for her, this is a simple choice because she knows that without their Gu, they can't survive alone, and she believes Chen Wei thinks the same, which is why he wants them to go with him.

And she's highly willing because now, without their Gu, their greatest survival advantages against beasts are combat skills, which he has more of, and physical strength, which, since none of them are strength path cultivators, is also his advantage because men are naturally stronger than women, even among Gu Masters.

"...I... I... how could I when... he killed... everyone..." Yu Lian says, still reluctant to follow Chen Wei, even though it's the logical thing to do.

"Ahh, let's put it this way... if you survive all that, it could be the worst-case scenario," he says and points his spear north.

"That smoke is too small to be from a village, so it must be a group of mortals since Gu Masters wouldn't need to make a fire..." These are his words of experience because Gu Masters always carry weeks of food in their storage Gu, possibly much more, when traversing a forest like this, so they wouldn't need to make a fire during the day and expose their location.

"And since they are in this forest, they are probably hunters, which at least tells us that there are no beasts above rank 2 here, as they wouldn't hunt in such a beast's territory," Chen Wei says aloud, voicing the analysis he has long made in his head.

"So it's very likely that they will find you if you survive... and what do you think a band of hunters will do when they see a delicate, naked and defenseless lady alone in the forest?" Chen Wei speaks slowly, letting Yu Lian fully absorb the meaning of his words, which she probably does, judging by the shock and fear in her eyes.

"After what they would do to you, you will wish it was a bear or wolf that found you... or that you had simply died of hunger or thirst," Chen Wei says without caring about the cruelty of his words, watching as Yu Lian lowers her gaze and nods as if agreeing to follow him.

Seeing this, Chen Wei's gaze shifts to Wang Mei, who has been silent the entire time, though he can see that during this period she tried countless times to start saying something but always stopped herself, her expression constantly changing.

Of course, for him, who knows her like an open book, he understands that she probably fears what response she might receive to her words, as well as her deep thoughts now likely being about justifying what he did and justifying her continuing to follow him even if she doesn't realize she is doing this. He is certain these thoughts are in her mind.

But in the end, he knows she will still follow him due to the fear of being alone in the forest, as well as the emotional dependence she has cultivated for him. Additionally, she is carrying his child, so unconsciously, she is considering the life of their baby too.

"Continuing from where I left off, you three should get some 'spears' like this because, in the end, four armed people ready to fight is better than just one," he says to the three girls while pointing his "spear" at some branches he had observed to be good before deciding on the one in his hand.

"Yes... let's go," Feng Hua says, watching as Chen Wei turns to help them get the branches and make them into spears as he did.

'I was hoping my priority would be to reach Ba Gui Blessed Land, but now I don't even know if I can survive against a common animal,' Chen Wei thinks ironically, having gone from the pinnacle of the mortal Gu Master world with all his plans laid out to now having survival as his only priority, feeling defenseless against everything.

In fact, this is why he wants Yu Lian and Feng Hua to follow him because most of the dangers they would face alone are the same ones he would face, so staying in a group is the best option. Of course, there's no need to mention why he wants Wang Mei to follow as well since she is his wife and is pregnant with his child.

Of course he doesn't want the two girls only to fight, but if by any chance they cannot defend against a predator that finds them by scent, he can easily sacrifice one or both of the two girls since a beast would probably not continue to fight and risk serious injury after obtaining easy prey.

Or if he encounters the potential group of hunters and cannot handle them in a fight, he might try to trade the two girls for supplies like food and water to ensure his and Wang Mei's survival. But he also might not find anyone, forcing him to first find a water source and hunt.

However, he is also considering the worst-case scenario where he could fail in both aspects, putting him in a precarious situation that would force him to make decisions prioritizing his and Wang Mei's lives above all else.

This is the last reason for keeping them with him: if he finds himself without food or water, having Fang Hua and Yu Lian with him could solve that problem with their blood and flesh. But of course, even for him, this would be a decision made only if he had no other choice. If it ever comes to that, he is determined to do whatever it takes.

So in these few minutes, considering what he knows about their situation and weighing the best and worst possible scenarios, he made his decision to keep the group of four together for now.

"Well, now that we've finished making the 'spears,' we should quickly head towards the smoke... but remember to be careful not to reveal our position by making loud noises," Chen Wei says, receiving nods from the three girls.

Of course, he knows that heading towards other humans, who can often be more dangerous than beasts, is not safe and is actually full of risks, but he has no choice because now he is in a situation where there are no good options.

Faced with this, he takes what is probably the safest route: finding other humans who might be good people willing to help, which would be different from wild beasts that would without exception see him as meat on the menu. Even herbivores could attack out of fear or to defend their young and themselves.

"So, let's go!!" Chen Wei speaks with conviction, his heart pounding as he takes his first step, leading the way towards what could very well be his death, but he does so resolutely and without fear..


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