Wariness and concern oozed from the disciples living inside Dang Hun City, filling Hu Immortal Blessed Land with a wave of certain ill-omen. A massive, dream-like crystalline mountain overlooked the entire blessed land. It caught light at several peaks, reflecting layers of different colors like a rainbow. It was the legendary secluded domain of heaven and earth—Dang Hun Mountain.
Layers of formations protected Dang Hun City. It covered the entire city in an illusory arc, surrounding the distant Dang Hun Mountain with a wavy, mist-like multicolored ring. The entire scene was breathtaking. However, the viewers couldn't admire the beauty presented before them.
The disciples were recalled from every corner of the blessed land. Other formations were also set up to protect different resource points.
Everyone focused on protecting their developed regions. Many disciples felt nervous, beads of cold sweat rolled down their faces. Some ignorant disciples instead appeared expectant. Even the elite disciples and elders living in a different section closer to Dang Hun Mountain currently stayed inside the protective formation around Dang Hun City. Among these individuals were Qin Juan, Sun Yao, and Shu Zhe. Strangely, Qin Juan and Shu Zhe appeared somewhat spent yet mysteriously—simultaneously—fulfilled.
Sun Yao might be lacking in real world experience. However, she noticed how her Senior Sister Qin Juan and Elder Shu Zhe walked slightly funny. Sun Yao noticed these changes despite extremely few clues and instances.
Among the worried disciples were also Ju Lin and her parents, who were soon allowed in Hu Immortal Blessed Land. Since Lo Jik invested in Ju Lin, he was keen on seeing things through.
Today's the day.
It was going to happen.
It must happen.
The way of cultivation for gu immortals dictated facing heaven's fury and envy consistently as mandated by Heavenly Dao.
A 'glowing' figure stood at the top of one of Dang Hun's peaks. He stood straight; his arms crossed above his chest. His head was shaved so cleanly that it reflected the light catching across the glorious pink mountain. Dressed in a sober brown robe and a black belt around his loose clothing in an attempt to maintain his decency left him with the appearance of a perverted drunkard. The golden gourd around his waist only solidified such an image. On his shoulder sat an ethereal creature, releasing a powerful yet captivating aura. Despite the presence of Dang Hun Mountain, this little creature effortlessly became the center of everyone's attention.
Lo Jik's eyes revealed a young gu master's expectations. Deep down, however, his thoughts drifted elsewhere.
'Hmph! He's never experienced a calamity before. Why else would he stand out like that?' Feng Jin Huang snorted as she observed Lo Jik from a higher peak. Next to her, not far from the palace's entrance, stood Little Hu Immortal.
Bai La was not far, her gaze focused. She did not have usual snarky attitude. However, she occasionally glanced at Lo Jik, her gaze filled with quiet consideration.
There was also…
'There's also her…'
Feng Jin Huang gritted her teeth and looked at a different peak. There stood an equally valiant figure. Where Lo Jik practically glowed with Dang Hun's brilliance, this figure was dressed entirely in dark martial attire, the dull gold surface on some parts of the armor hidden by the baggy hooded cloak.
'Black Moon…'
She also stood with her arms crossed over her chest.
Feng Jin Huang did not have any positive feelings for this mysterious rank 4 gu master. After all…
'It's not strange Feng Jin Huang lost.' Lo Jik hummed and glanced at the dark figure.
Legacy Disciple Black Moon.
She appeared and defeated Feng Jin Huang after the latter defeated Lo Jik!
Many disciples still talked about their battle. Some derided Feng Jin Huang and Lo Jik behind their backs. They felt disappointed in the duo due to their so-called scandalous relationship. Black Moon surprisingly won against Feng Jin Huang with just rank 4 cultivation. This victory solidified her reputation and soiled a fair chunk of Lo Jik's and Feng Jin Huang's status.
'I wonder what the sect is thinking. Why would anyone try to openly compete with Feng Jiu Ge in such a manner?' Lo Jik mused before thinking about something else.
'I tried challenging Lo Jik. However, he avoided it every time. Hmph!' Black Moon snorted before glancing at a tall figure.
At the highest peak of Dang Hun stood a lone figure. Dressed in white and red, his sharp gaze flashed with confidence and divine charm. His heroic aura was slightly similar to the allure Feng Jin Huang exuded at times. While the girl's eyes matched her mother's color, their shape was a bit like Feng Jiu Ge's instead.
'Central Continent's strongest gu immortal.' Battle intent surged in Black Moon's eyes before she averted her gaze. Till the end, despite the intensity of her gaze, Feng Jiu Ge did not bother glancing at the woman. He stared straight at the sky, unperturbed. It was as if they weren't facing tribulation.
Even Bai La did not appear so confident.
Inside Dang Hun sat Fairy Yi.
'He is protective of his daughter indeed. To think he would complete the mission so quickly and return.'
She smiled slightly.
'Since he is here, I should just focus on strengthening my soul. Sigh. The blessed land will also reach its limit. I can't stay here for long. My time inside the blessed land is cut in half due to the pressure Love Gu brings with itself.'
Fairy Yi shook her head and closed her eyes, cultivating peacefully.
'I've paid significant attention to Lo Jik. This lewd lad, sigh. While he is diligent, he still has time to seek his two lovers every day. Sigh. He spends nearly an hour with them both. That's two hours out of twenty-four hours! He could cut the time by half if he just focuses on his needs.'
Fairy Yi didn't feel any shame for keeping tabs on Lo Jik to this extent. Instead, she focused on more practical aspects.
'I should give him some missions before leaving. He hasn't contributed anything meaningful to the sect lately. But… should I go ahead and employ his help? He did snap out of a powerful dream on his own.' Fairy Yi considered her options before gritting her teeth.
'I'm already risking my life during certain attempts. So, what if I must risk another life? How can Spirit Affinity House dominate the other nine sects without certain risks? Our blood path research is already neck-to-neck with three other ancient sects. However, dream path is even more crucial than blood path! The pressure on me is also building steadily. Eventually, I will need to show some results to first senior sister.'
First Senior Sister was of course the sect's First Supreme Elder.
'Lo Jik's time would be better spent on this research. He already has a curious heart that thirsts for knowledge and advancement. How else could he advance so greatly in human path?'
Lo Jik had other thoughts.
'Two hours a day. It's not a lot and not too little either. The main factor is that even if I engage with Juan'er and Zhe'er daily, I must keep things slightly simple and vanilla. I can't mechanically go for every reward every day. The best thing is still the achievement from make out sessions and regular sex or sometimes other stuff.'
Lo Jik diverted two hours a day to understand the changes in his trait and to fulfill his lovers' needs with nothing held back. Such an enthusiastic routine was well received by them. Especially Qin Juan. Of course, Lo Jik also paced himself and didn't let it turn into a routine 'schedule.' Concepts like impulse, spontaneity, and reckless heat kept things alive in the bedroom. Lo Jik might not know much about life, but he was deeply enlightened about sexual health. Heck, sometimes he didn't even have sex with them. They just made out and stayed together in each other's embrace, talking about various things and recharging their batteries after hours of cultivation.
The last bit was the most crucial aspect. Not everything can be about sex, even for the insatiable Qin Juan. You would have to be like Hu Mei Er to constantly desire sex.
His efforts also paid well!
'Because of my status of possessing an extreme physique and being a rank 5 peak stage expert, I had to engage in the acts related to certain achievements three times and four times for Zhe'er and Juan'er respectively. That only grants me the first bronze achievement.'
'Earlier, I thought the achievements related to making out and sex disappeared entirely. But that's wrong. They replaced the achievements related to first kiss and first penetrative sex. As such, with a new partner, I would first receive the achievements related to first kiss and penetrative sex. These are still the titles the trait cannot transform into a repeatable event. In most cases, I would get nothing from these because I'm already extremely strong. But that's fine.'
'But the most interesting part is how the trait deals with reward after its evolution.'
'I can still enter the treasure space and check out the bronze rewards. In fact, all the accumulated rewards are stored there.'
'Three bronze achievements can transform into one silver achievement. When I fused the three rewards accumulated in Shu Zhe's making out section, a new reward replaced the three bronze rewards inside the treasure space.'
'Next, five silver rewards combine into one golden achievement.'
'Lastly, ten golden achievements transform into one platinum achievement.'
'So, at any given time, I can either accept three bronze rewards, five silver rewards, ten golden rewards, or one platinum reward. The fusion of rewards is not an automatic process and requires my consent. However, this accumulation of rewards has its limitations.'
As expected, Lo Jik didn't care about the losses and went all out in experimenting with his trait. He noticed how the gap between each reward widened instead of shortening.
'I tried to endlessly accumulate the rewards. If I did not give my consent to fuse the rewards of one particular title, couldn't I store unlimited rewards? But that isn't how it works. After accumulating three rewards in one title, say, the achievement related to Shu Zhe's counter for sex, it will start replacing the earliest reward with the new one. So, each title can, at most, accumulate three bronze, five silver, ten golden, or one platinum reward.'
'Once I receive a platinum reward, I must still retrieve it before engaging in the same activity with others. Else, the next time I have sex with Zhe'er, the platinum reward will disappear, and I will have to restart the accumulation process.'
However, Lo Jik couldn't retrieve the rewards!
And that's where the treasure space's value revealed its greatest use!
'I still cannot retrieve my rewards. But that's fine. My tactics related to exploiting my trait have already experienced a major shift. Besides, I still get enough inheritances across bronze, silver, golden, and platinum rewards! Rarely enough, these inheritances aren't held in gu worms. I can go through such written inheritances and raise my knowledge and understanding!'
Lo Jik was exploiting his trait! It was a glorious loophole.
'The greatest treasures still cannot be taken out. And this is only a loophole because of my situation of being unable to retrieve my rewards. Soon. I luckily encountered two extremely complete formation path inheritances. Even if I don't trust Xin Cheng, I have enough foundation to at least create something even more solid than my previous iteration of Empty Heart Formation.'
'But just two aren't enough!'
Lo Jik felt a great thirst.
'I already calculated things. I can divert a total of four hours from my schedule.'
'Spending more time with Shu Zhe and Qin Juan is possible, but don't they have their own cultivation and schedules? Deep down, those two want to grow quickly, too.'
Lo Jik subconsciously thought of Sun Yao before glancing at Bai La.
Bai La was also glancing at him.
Their gazes met, clashing into something strange and magnetic. Gulping, Lo Jik slowly straightened his back the slightest bit further before looking away.
'While I spent a long time to get four platinum achievements from the duo… I could get several platinum achievements from Bai La everyday! Sigh. The evolution of my trait allows me to grow at a steady pace. But how could I also ignore such an enticing option?'
In fact, Lo Jik already got a human path immortal gu recipe from Bai La's reward. He wanted more. Just not the reward. He wanted to experience the difference between a mortal and an immortal because Bai La's feet had no reason being such mean meat jerkers!
Was Bai Qing the same? Or did every immortal hone enough skills to please their partner to such an extent?
Lo Jik was confident in his skills. Naturally, he wanted to put them to test against a gu immortal.
'It was my talent that attracted her.' Lo Jik noted mentally. 'Bai La will also stay for a predictably long time inside Hu Immortal Blessed Land until she encounters her own tribulation. Finding her every day is impossible. But a few times should be possible. Perhaps I could stand out during this calamity and make her focus on me even more.'
Lo Jik schemed shamelessly.
'I also have another good reason to seek her. Heh. She might be slightly annoyed that I didn't pursue her further using the reason for creating a business. Sigh. How can I divert my attention on the matter of establishing a business after my trait's evolution? Aside from satiating the girls, I'm also squeezed dry by Feng Jin Huang. I have to spend a good chunk of the day cultivating slaves for her.'
'But that is also a good opportunity to establish a deeper relationship with her.'
Lo Jik was truly busy to the point of collapse. However, he possessed great strength true martial physique. His stamina was in a class of its own!
'Lastly, I'm making decent progress with Fake Soul Gu. But it will take slightly more time. My progress in refining this gu is crazily quick when compared to all my previous human path innovation combined. It's due to attaining grandmaster-level realm in human path. I will be confident in trying to refine the rank 3 version soon. Oh!'
'I can use that as an excuse to lure Sun Yao.'
'Then I could try to wear down Feng Jin Huang's so-called defenses.'
Lo Jik thought lewdly before frowning.
'But that will be a total of five hours if we include Bai La.'
'What about her?' Lo Jik glanced at Black Moon again after noticing the latter's gaze.
'She looks interesting enough. Hmm. Getting close to her also means losing all the effort and feelings shared with Feng Jin Huang. Why can't the gu world be peaceful enough and let me fuck my way to the top? Wouldn't that be an interesting prospect to growth?'
Lo Jik smiled at the dark woman. He glowed and she was covered in darkness. They appeared every different. However, they stood at the same height despite the distance between them.
"Scoundrel! Don't you already have your fill? What? Does that Black Moon entice you so much?"
Lo Jik heard Feng Jin Huang transmission, her voice tainted with cold ridicule.
He didn't glance at the girl and replied in a similar fashion.
"You entice me more, Sister Feng. Unfortunately, I respect Lord Feng too much to do anything about it. How about you strike a conversation with your parents and express your deep concern for me? Else, I might fall in the dark side. I see the way Black Moon looks at me. Oh! Sigh… it's the fate of beautiful men like me. Heaven made me to be shared. Heaven is fair indeed."
"Shut up!" Feng Jin Huang hissed. However, her indifferent expression betrayed nothing. "You talk a lot of crap for being my bitch. Don't forget there are still a few months of my ownership. Hmph! It seems I haven't been able to squeeze you of all your worth."
Lo Jik chuckled, his words even more infuriating.
"You can learn the best way to squeeze me dry from Juan'er, Sister Feng."
Lo Jik suddenly felt Feng Jiu Ge's piercing gaze as he broke out in a cold sweat. He instantly ended the 'silent' conversation with Feng Jin Huang, pale and trembling.
Feng Jin Huang tried communicating again but heard no reply. Furrowing her brows, she suddenly glanced at her father, who had already looked away by that point.
*Rumble*
Dark clouds gathered near Dang Hun Mountain. The ground shook and the legendary mountain trembled slightly. Little Hu land spirit felt something and looked nervous. She looked at her master, Feng Jin Huang, and spoke softly.
"The seventh calamity has started, Master."
Feng Jin Huang nodded.
She couldn't help but gaze deeply at the gathering of dark clouds. Thunder grumbled from within them, like growls of an immemorial beast. A stifling pressure blanketed the entire blessed land. Many fox beast groups felt restless and howled loudly. The disciples within Dang Hun City held their breaths, gazing at the stretch of dark clouds fearfully.
'It's here.'
Lo Jik snapped out of his thoughts related to the girls and observed the dark clouds.
'Hu Immortal Blessed Land's seventh earthly calamity. Hu Immortal herself was killed during her fifth calamity, leaving her obsession behind as Little Hu Land Spirit. Calamities and tribulations are the reasons why a gu immortal doesn't just get to enjoy life even after years of laborious cultivation. In fact, their lives become more complicated and dangerous the stronger they become.'
'Even the ten individuals considered invincible throughout the gu world, the venerables, thought about different ways to tackle or avoid calamities and tribulations. I already have the fruits of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's hard work in this aspect.'
Wind picked up around Dang Hun Mountain. It carried a strange shriek. It was like seven different beings were shrieking, shouting, whispering, lulling, and growling at the same time. It was bestial yet human. This noise… this shriek instantly made everyone uncomfortable. Lo Jik's expression changed the slightest bit. A wave of confusion and anger threatened to consume his heart. For some reason, he began feeling unfulfilled and regretful.
'Hmph!'
Lo Jik's eyes sharpened. He controlled his emotions. This was not a tribulation but a mere after effect. Yet, it could affect a peak stage rank 5 gu master like him to this extent!
'What tribulation is this?'
Everyone thought around the same time as they used their methods to control their emotions and keep their thoughts in check.
Heaven and earth qi collected within the dark clouds transformed, enlarging into a specter-like creature of strange origins. It emerged from the dark clouds, extremely blurry and massive.
It was a gigantic seven-headed, four-armed centaur like beast. Its face could not be seen clearly. Meanwhile, this beast also had sixteen legs and five tails. Some of its legs had soft fur, and some glistened with tough scales. Some limbs ended with sharp claws while the others were capped by tough hooves!
The beast's seven mouths opened at once, roaring soundlessly. The surroundings fluctuated. The dark clouds trembled before the beast's fourteen eyes released eerie streams of light. Wherever the streams of light moved released countless vengeful ghosts.
'To think the seventh calamity would already be so dangerous.' Caution flickered in Bai La's gaze as she informed Feng Jin Huang and Lo Jik about it.
"This is the Desolate Ancient Moon False Shadow Calamity. Be extremely careful. Individuals like us cannot deal with it. Ordinarily, our best choice would be to let the calamity destroy the resources inside the blessed land. The most dangerous aspect of this calamity is that it retains the hint of failures Desolate Ancient Moon experienced in immemorial era! Those vengeful ghosts circling that blurred projection are filled with dangerous emotions. Mortals like you two would lose your 'self' and experience a pitiful death if struck by them."
Lo Jik's pupils momentarily shrank. A stifling pressure loomed over his chest, threatening to succumb him into despair.
'It actually has hints of the truth related to Ren Zu's legendary tale?' Lo Jik was shocked as he concentrated on the calamity, fearful of missing anything. He observed the specter, burning its image in his mind.
He heard two other voices after Bai La's reminder.
"Watch carefully. You will have to survive such ordeals if you succeed in your breakthrough. Each calamity and tribulation is an immense challenge, but it is also a source of fortune for the amply prepared gu immortals. Different tribulations require different strategies. This Desolate Ancient Moon False Shadow Calamity is the kind you must deal with aggressively before letting it accumulate its advantages."
It was Feng Jiu Ge's voice. His tone was plain and indifferent, but his attitude of nurturing Lo Jik was well-received. Lo Jik glanced at Feng Jiu Ge and nodded calmly, showing none of his usual frivolity.
"Be careful. You possess Love Gu, which is currently a source of wealth inside Hu Immortal Blessed Land. This and the future calamity and tribulations will likely target you due to Love Gu and Dang Hun Mountain."
It was Fairy Yi's voice.
She also had intentions of nurturing Lo Jik, taking this opportunity to establish a more positive contact with the lecherous disciple.
'My killer move holds no candle against something like this.' Lo Jik sighed internally. 'While its might is astonishing, it has little to no defense against wisdom and emotion paths. Any of these ghosts could phase through Self Dharma's projection. However, I could use Self Dharma and transform a simple mortal killer move with ridiculously small number of necessary gu worms to release strength no worse than an immortal gu especially due to the low number of gu worms forming the killer move. Trying to add more gu worms for defense will increase other gu worms meant to balance things out exponentially.'
Lo Jik quietly thought of ways to deal with this issue. Clearly, tackling such issues and solving them constitute the accumulation of one's understanding and comprehension towards a certain dao. As for the calamity?
He wasn't worried. What could happen with Feng Jiu Ge and Fairy Yi present in Hu Immortal Blessed Land?
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Alternate Title: Lo Jik: There. I Raised a Flag; Lo Jik Do Wanna Touch Black Moon's Round Moons; Analyzing the Best Sex Routine to Reach the Top; Fairy Yi: This Lad is Spending Two Whole Hours on Sex! Preposterous! *Meanwhile Lo Jik: Just Two Hours? These are Rookie Numbers. Gotta Pump Them More*; Great Dick True Fucker Physique; Lo Jik Truly Needs a Harem… for Benefits!; Fang Yuan… is that a Lube? *Fang Yuan AF: No. It's a Path to Success and Benefits*; Understanding Mythical Trait; Overall Growth; Fake Soul Soon; More Formations; Fairy Yi's Determination; Feng Jiu Ge About to Beat the Shit out of Lo Jik; The Seventh Calamity; Ancient Desolate Moon Shadow; The Seven-Headed Beast; Intention of Nurturing; Howl; A Frightening Calamity
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