Chapter 259: Activating Ancient Barbarian Bloodline

Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii

The four ancient immortals often accepted Everlasting Fairy’s invitations to dine at her immortal residence, savoring rare delicacies.

Due to Everlasting Fairy’s unique cooking style, the quality of food and utensils had to meet extremely high standards.

Chopsticks, bowls, plates, tablecloths… these items endured countless trials without breaking, standing the test of time and the present, making them extremely valuable.

Inevitably, these utensils absorbed the aura of the five immortals.

“This just goes to show how invincible we ancient five immortals are. Without doing anything, just sitting there, we could make objects absorb our aura, lasting 300,000 years without fading!” Everlasting Fairy bragged, praising herself energetically.

Or perhaps she was just in a good mood seeing these old items.

Lu Yang: “…”

Upon reflection, it wasn’t so bad. Acquiring an immortal artifact for four thousand spirit stones was a great bargain.

Moreover, this cloth couldn’t be damaged, making it an absolute treasure.

“What a pity, though. You can’t use this cloth,” Everlasting Fairy said regretfully, catching Lu Yang off guard.

“Why not?”

“This tablecloth was refined by me. Even though I died once, the fact that I refined it remains, so only I can use this tablecloth.”

“So, I spent four thousand spirit stones and asked Junior Sister Peach to bid on it just to buy you a tablecloth?”

Everlasting Fairy sincerely said, “Second-in-command, I will remember your kindness.”

In reality, Peach Blossom Leaf noticed the changing expressions on Lu Yang’s face—from excitement to disappointment, from hope to despair—making for quite a spectacle.

“Brother Lu, what’s wrong?”

Lu Yang sighed, “Nothing, I just feel like a big fool.”

As he spoke, he tried to store the tablecloth in his identity jade token.

He failed.

“Fairy, please let your tablecloth enter my identity jade token.”

“Oh, right.”

Since the tablecloth belonged to Everlasting Fairy, it couldn’t be stored directly in the jade token.

After the attendant handed Meng Jingzhou the spirit stones from the Twin Lotus auction, he also gave three talismans enclosed in jade boxes.

These were three Spirit Transformation-grade directional teleportation talismans, useful for escaping from Spirit Transformation stage monster attacks or teleporting such monsters to Demon Subjugation Pass to die—multi-purpose tools.

“Let’s head to the dense forest for training,” Lu Yang called out.

The four didn’t forget their purpose in the dense forest and left the auction directly to enter the forest.

This time, the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain did not accompany them.

Lu Yang had discussed with them that most of the early to mid-Golden Core stage monsters encountered in the forest outskirts posed no challenge to him and Meng Jingzhou.

To achieve the true purpose of their training, they needed to explore deeper, into areas where late-Golden Core stage monsters gathered.

Given this, the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain couldn’t ensure their own safety with their lower cultivation levels. Moreover, their knowledge of the deeper forest was limited, reducing their usefulness.

“Brother Lu, isn’t it too hasty to fight late-Golden Core stage monsters right away? Shouldn’t we start with late-Foundation Building stage monsters?” Peach Blossom Leaf asked, worried.

She and Barbarian Bone had just reached the late-Foundation Building stage and should take it step by step, starting with same-level battles.

Peach Blossom Leaf had fought same-level opponents like Lu Yang and the strongest Foundation Building stage cultivators of the Five Elements Sect and hadn’t won a single match.

Despite having a Feathered Immortal Physique, which was supposed to be stronger than a Single Spirit Root talent, she was only ranked third among her peers. This left her lacking confidence in her combat abilities.

Lu Yang smiled, “Junior Sister Peach, have more confidence. As a contemporary genius, there are few in the Foundation Building stage who can defeat you. Overcoming higher-level challenges isn’t as difficult as you think.”

“Not just against Foundation Building stage monsters, even against early to mid-Golden Core stage monsters, you are bound to win. Otherwise, the training won’t be effective.”

Barbarian Bone suddenly realized, “I thought Brother Lu was worried about encountering those you shaved bald in the original area, causing a lot of trouble, so we moved deeper into the forest. It turns out I was too shallow in my thinking!”

Lu Yang: “…”

Why speak the truth out loud?

Currently, the outskirts of the dense forest were filled with Lu Yang’s enemies. If he showed his face, he would be hunted down by countless people.

“Oh, Junior Sister Peach, could you set up an illusion?”

“What kind of illusion?”

Lu Yang touched his newly sprouting hair and smiled awkwardly, “An illusion that makes us think our hair is just as it used to be.”

Meng Jingzhou also nodded in agreement.

Peach Blossom Leaf sighed, “…Alright.”

She cast a small spell, placing the four of them into an illusion where the only difference from reality was that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had thick, luscious hair.

“I’ll find a late-Golden Core stage monster first, so Junior Sister can practice,” Lu Yang said. He then asked Everlasting Fairy in his mental space to spread her immortal sense to locate the nearest late-Golden Core stage monster.

“Fairy, please.”

“I can do that, but first, I want to activate the ancient barbarian bloodline in this little barbarian kid,” Everlasting Fairy replied. She was eager to assist upon seeing one of her own creations.

The barbarian tribe lacked detailed records about the ancient barbarians, which was why Barbarian Bone wasn’t aware of Everlasting Fairy’s existence.

Moreover, Barbarian Bone didn’t know how to activate his ancient barbarian bloodline and was still exploring the process.

In the past, ancient barbarians would gradually activate their bloodline as their cultivation progressed, but this method was inefficient.

With Everlasting Fairy’s help, the process of activating the ancient barbarian bloodline could be significantly accelerated.

“Once the ancient barbarian bloodline is activated, this little barbarian will have an overwhelming advantage against monsters, which will be very helpful to you!”

Lu Yang thought for a moment and agreed it made sense.

“Barbarian Bone, I’m going to tell you how to activate your ancient barbarian bloodline now. Be prepared.”

Although Barbarian Bone didn’t know how Lu Yang knew the method, he trusted that Lu Yang wouldn’t deceive him.

“Alright, I’m ready.”

In the mental space, Everlasting Fairy spoke a sentence, and in reality, Lu Yang relayed it to Barbarian Bone.

“The ancient barbarian bloodline originates from Everlasting Fairy, a blessing from an immortal. You need to spread your arms and shout, ‘Everlasting Fairy lives forever,’ three times. Your body will heat up, which is the initial sign of bloodline awakening.”

Barbarian Bone was shocked to learn that his ancient barbarian bloodline originated from Everlasting Fairy.

“Next, you must praise Everlasting Fairy’s status, calling her the supreme being, the head of the five immortals, incomparable and irreplaceable.”

“You must sing her praises three times.”

“Do you remember?” Lu Yang realized that the awakening ritual was essentially just flattering Everlasting Fairy.

“Uh…what was the first line again, Everlasting Fairy lives…?”

“It’s ‘Everlasting Fairy lives forever!’”

Barbarian Bone spread his arms and shouted to the sky:

“Everlasting Fairy lives forever!”

“Everlasting Fairy lives forever!”

“Everlasting Fairy lives forever!”

His heartfelt shouts startled the birds in the trees.

As the awakening ritual progressed, Barbarian Bone felt his blood boiling as if it were on fire.

His skin turned bright red, and he grimaced in pain, his face contorted. Sweat as large as soybeans formed on his forehead, and it felt like his body was about to explode.

“Huff—huff—” Barbarian Bone’s bloodline gradually stabilized, and the excruciating sensation faded.

“How do you feel?”

“I feel full of power!”

“Then let’s…”

Before Lu Yang could finish his sentence, the sound of monsters running came from nearby.

The sounds came from multiple directions, converging on their location.

Boom—

Trees crashed down as a scaly monster with blood-red eyes stared intently at Barbarian Bone.

Boom—

Another monster appeared behind them, also fixating on Barbarian Bone as if it had found an enemy.

One after another, Golden Core stage monsters appeared, surrounding the four of them.

The monsters’ target was clear: Barbarian Bone.

“Brother Lu, is this what you meant by finding a late-Golden Core stage monster for me to practice on?” Peach Blossom Leaf asked quietly, having never seen such a large-scale confrontation before.

“Fairy, what’s going on?!” Lu Yang realized that something had gone wrong with Barbarian Bone’s ancient barbarian bloodline activation.

“Hmm, it seems the ancient barbarian bloodline activation wasn’t complete. Instead of suppressing the monsters, it enraged them… No problem, this was all within my expectations!”

“Fairy, look me in the eyes and say that again.”

Everlasting Fairy averted her gaze, “This is an immortal’s trial.”

(End of the chapter)