Chapter 331: Shuai Guo (2/2)

”Then why don't I call you Shuai Guo?” [1] Mo Wuji asked in a playful tone.

This ugly bird did not seem to understand what 'Shuai Guo’ meant, as it stared innocently at Mo Wuji with it's big eyes.

Mo Wuji could only explain, ”It means handsome. And not just handsome, it also signifies that you’re tall and well-built.”

The ugly bird seemed to really understand Mo Wuji's words as it jumped excitedly on Mo Wuji's palm, seemingly very contented with this name.

Mo Wuji stared speechlessly at the ugly bird in his hand, truly a Shuai Guo. This was his first time seeing such a shameless bird.

”Do you even care about your face?” Mo Wuji stared at the ugly bird excitedly dancing in his palm, and was unable to bear it as he asked exasperatedly.

The ugly bird seemed to not understand Mo Wuji's words again, staring at Mo Wuji with its huge, innocent eyes.

Mo Wuji was still suspicious; was this little thing acting. Exactly what ancient beast lay this egg? To actually have have such thick skin even at birth. After it grew up, its skin would probably be thick enough to defend against this cold, right?

Mo Wuji shook his head; he couldn't possibly constantly hold this bird in his palm. Thus, he sent the little bird into Cen Shuyin's array. This array was bolstered with the Scholar's Heart, so the cold air would not seep in. Even though Shuai Guo was ugly, Mo Wuji didn't want it to freeze to death.

Within the array, there were stacks of spirit pith stone mushrooms. The moment Shuai Guo entered the array, it immediately pounced on a spirit pith stone mushroom, and started chewing it with a ”Jizha!” sound.

Mo Wuji very seriously and solemnly looked towards this ugly bird and said, ”Shuai Guo, this is your female master's resting place. You have to carefully protect it. If you eat this spirit pith stone mushrooms and accidentally deactivate the array, the cold air will invade your female master's coffin. Even though you're pretty ugly, I will still cook you into soup. You only have one mission here, to protect the female master.”

Shuai Guo was once again no longer able to understand Mo Wuji’s words. It picked up another spirit pith mushroom stone and revealed an innocent and imploring expression.

Mo Wuji could no longer be bothered with it, continuing in his attempt to rush into Nihility God Level 4.

Since the Half Moon Immortal Palace was so important, he needed to ascend to a True God in the shortest time possible. Thereafter, he would need to find ways to enter the Half Moon Immortal Palace.

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In the cultivation world, time passed like a flash. Unintentionally, in one closed door cultivation, many years might have already passed.

In Universal Pier, a woman with a face veil entered from space. The surrounding cultivators saw this woman and they all respectfully moved to the side.

In Zhen Mo Continent, each Worldly Immortal was a well-known existence. Even though no one especially went to check, everyone knew that this veiled woman was a Worldly Immortal expert. Moreover, she ranked within the Universal Board a year ago, entering the top 5000.

This woman was Bei Suting. Previously when Yan'Er left for space alone, Bei Suting felt unsettled, so she went off to space too. However, she trained in space for a total of three years but she didn't get a single news about Yan'Er. Over these three years, she had accumulated quite an amount of space contribution points and had reached the top 5000 in the Universal Board.

For a Worldly Immortal, ranking in the top 5000 didn't mean much. Her ranking actually seemed very incongruent when compared to her cultivation. However, Bei Suting did not mind; she had never really cared much about these boards.

Arriving at the first floor of Universal Pier, Bei Suting subconsciously looked for Mo Wuji's name on the Heaven, Earth and Mortal Boards. She wanted to know whether Mo Wuji's name was up there.

In her perspective, Mo Wuji was able to rank in the Universal Board at the True Lake Stage, so if he was still alive, he might also be on the Zhen Mo Continent's Earth Board.

She saw Lei Hongji’s name on the Earth Board; Lei Hongji was already at rank 16. In Zhen Mo Continent, there were as many talents as there were clouds. For Lei Hongji to rank 16 was already an incredible feat. Even Bei Suting herself knew that when she was at the Nihility God Stage, she wouldn't be able to rank 16.

Besides that, she also saw the Yan Clan's Yan Yangnan. Yan Yangnan’s brother, Yan Yangdong, was killed by Mo Wuji. This Yan Yangnan was actually also on the Earth Board. He was ranked 384.

The three boards - Heaven, Earth and Mortal - each had 10,000 people. Whether it was Rank 16 or Rank 384, they were both heaven defying talents that could easily defeat other geniuses at the same realm.

Unfortunately, she searched through the entire board but she didn't see Mo Wuji's name.

Bei Suting sighed. During her latest venture, she specially made a trip to the Extreme Frost Sea. But after she entered it, she could not stay for long before she rushed out. Even with her cultivation, she couldn't stay at the Extreme Frost Sea for long. Mo Wuji had already been there for several years. The probability that he was still alive was infinitesimally close to zero.

[1] Shuai Guo means Pot Thrower. It's an LOL term in China, where a player just throws the blame to the rest of team when they lost instead of blaming himself.