Chapter 23 - Panning for Gold in Dung (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lu Yu returned to Windmill Town as fast as he could. He was in a bad mood, “Why did I run into Yang Xiu everywhere?”

He saw Yang Xiu in the mining area. That was why he was in such a hurry to bid farewell to Zhang Lun. He wanted to avoid Yang Xiu.

Never in his wildest dreams that he would run into Yang Xiu in such a place at this time. Lu Yu was now worried that Zhang Lun would tell Yang Xiu about the excuse that he had made up.

If it backfired, he would be done for.

Back in the small courtyard behind the Ji Min Hall, Little Tail sat on the stone chair in the courtyard. Her hands were placed on the stone table, and she was hugging her face. Her eyes were lifeless, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

It was probably because Lu Yu had restricted her personal freedom. She was not used to it.

Lu Yu drank a few mouthfuls of tea to calm his mood. He felt that cultivation was more important now. However, when he looked at his backpack and saw that there was only one qi-blood pill left, his mood became bad again.

“Sigh, money! Cultivation really burns money!” Lu Yu placed the teapot on the table, stood up, and walked around, trying to find a way to get money.

Little Tail walked in and took the teapot to add water.

Lu Yu had already raised his qi-blood to 70 points, reaching the limit of the third level of the body refining realm, which was the entry level of the fifth level of the body refining realm.

In the past few days, he had consumed qi-blood pills to speed up his cultivation. He had also accumulated quite a lot of experience points to level up his realm. When the qi-blood pills were used up, his cultivation speed would drop drastically.

After experiencing the joy of speeding up his cultivation, how could Lu Yu still be willing to cultivate slowly.

After a long time, Lu Yu made a decision. He walked out of the small courtyard with a solemn expression, as if he had made a difficult resolution.

He had decided — for the sake of money, he would sacrifice himself.

He returned to the place where he met the Wind Rock Demon. After identifying the direction, Lu Yu walked in the opposite direction from the mining area.

After passing through a dense forest, the surrounding trees became sparse. Lu Yu raised his vigilance and moved forward lightly.

After moving forward for some distance, he saw a huge cave. In front of the cave was a flat ground. The ground was covered with gravel, as if it had been repeatedly crushed by a bulldozer. The ground was very flat.

There were many Wind Rock Demons lying on the flat ground basking in the sun. They nestled on the ground like pieces of rocks, but each rock had an obvious stalagmite (single horn).

Lu Yu hid at the junction of the forest and the gravel ground, quietly observing the habits of the Wind Rock Demons.

From time to time, Wind Rock Demons would come out of the dark cave with a rock in their mouth. Then, they lay on the gravel ground and ate the rock.

Suddenly, one of the Wind Rock Demons raised its butt slightly, and then Lu Yu heard a loud noise. He saw yellow sand spurting out from the back of the Wind Rock Demon.

There were some tiny black particles in the yellow sand shinning under the sunlight.

Lu Yu was slightly stunned. Then, he realized that the tiny black particles in the yellow sand were the iron essence that he wanted.

After realizing this, he felt much more relaxed. He had already made up his mind to sacrifice himself and become a gong farmer.

But now, it seemed that the situation was a little different from what he had imagined. The Wind Rock Demon’s feces were more like yellow sand. It was not the wet, sticky, and strange-shaped things that he had imagined.

After knowing this, Lu Yu felt much better.

After careful observation, Lu Yu found that the gravel ground was filled with the Wind Rock Demon’s yellow sand feces, and the fine black iron essence was mixed in it. He needed to look carefully to find it.

Taking out a cloth bag from his backpack, Lu Yu quietly moved to a place where the yellow sand was piled up into a mountain. He even crawled forward on his stomach.

Although he knew that this place was filled with the Wind Rock Demons’ excrement, when he thought that they were eating rocks and excreting sand, he did not feel uncomfortable anymore.

It was just sand.

After changing his position several times, he finally approached the sand pile. With a wave of his right hand, a cloth bag containing gold coins appeared in his hand. He quickly filled the bag with yellow sand, but unfortunately, the cloth bag was too small and could not hold much.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The Wind Rock Demons were alarmed and quickly got up. A few Wind Rock Demons noticed Lu Yu and rushed toward him. The other Wind Rock Demons were also alarmed and quickly gathered in a group and charged toward Lu Yu.

Seeing this situation, Lu Yu did not dare to delay for even a moment. He hurriedly got up and fled. Before he left, he waved his hand, wanting to use his backpack to carry the yellow sand, but he failed.

Without saying a word, he continuously cast Eight Steps Chasing Cicada and disappeared from the gravel ground. Even the Wind Rock Demons who were charging at him were somewhat dumbfounded. Where was the human? Why did that human suddenly disappear?

After a period of chaos, the Wind Rock Demons turned back into rock-like forms and lay on the ground to bask in the sun.

“Hu~ this is too exciting!”

The qi-blood in Lu Yu’s body boiled for a long time and could not calm down. Looking at the attribute panel, there were only 21 points of qi-blood left. He himself did not know how many times he had used Eight Steps Chasing Cicada.

Right now, both of his legs were a little weak. This was the sequela of a large amount of qi-blood erupting within a short period of time, especially after using the Eight Steps Chasing Cicada consecutively.

After continuously using this skill, the consumption of qi-blood would increase, and it would cause great pressure on the body.