Chapter 341: Chapter 341: Can This Monk Fly? (Four Updates)
As soon as Yang Xiao said this, Gu Bo and his assistant both laughed.
"What do you mean?"
"Hehe, little kid, let me tell you, Body Refinement is easy, Bone Forging is also doable, but Yijin and Marrow Cleansing are tough, especially Marrow Cleansing. I, an old man, have been cultivating for over a hundred years and still haven’t completed Marrow Cleansing. How could it be that easy?"
Yang Xiao was instantly dumbfounded. Over a hundred years? How in the world could I live that long?
"Actually, no matter whether it’s the Genetic Evolution you’re cultivating now, or this Genetic Transformation, both will continuously extend your lifespan. For example, you’ve already completed the Enhanced Gene Primary Level and can definitely live over a hundred years, unless, of course, you get killed."
"Old man, can’t you hope for something good for me?"
As Yang Xiao spoke, he was somewhat pleasantly surprised at the prospect of living over a hundred years. It seemed that aliens invading Earth wasn’t that bad after all.
Yang Xiao returned to the building and briefly shared what Gu Bo told him with everyone, and they all got excited at once.
The men were thrilled to hear that they could live to be a hundred years old just by reaching above the Enhanced Gene Stage and immediately vowed to cultivate diligently no matter how tough or tiring.
The girls were ecstatic to hear about the beautifying effects.
If Yang Xiao had said this before, they would have cursed Yang Xiao as a liar, but now, seeing Yang Xiao in front of them, a living example, they couldn’t help but believe.
"I’ll practice Surging Waves for an extra hour before I go to sleep tonight," said Huang Wen.
"I’ll practice for an hour and a half," Qin Yu added.
"I’ll do two hours," Feifei laughed.
Then Chen Fei chimed in:
"Feifei, you might as well save it. Even if you stay up all night, it’s just the same old, you’ve got your limits."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Feifei glared at Chen Fei, then turned to Yang Xiao and cooed:
"Boss, Feifei keeps picking on me, and you don’t do anything about it."
Yang Xiao felt dizzy and could only comfort her, saying:
"Just focus on your cultivation. I believe in you. You’re almost like Yang Guifei from the Tang Dynasty. You can surpass her."
"Hehe, I love hearing that. I’m definitely heavier than she was."
Laughter erupted once again.
Cultivating the Genetic Transformation Technique and venturing into the desert for training were conflicting, so Yang Xiao, who had been practicing Body Refinement for about two to three months, had yet to enter the desert. Although people took turns going into the desert every day, their Genetic Plan levels were relatively low, and even at the edge of the desert, it was tough to kill too many monsters. Typically, being able to bring back three monster carcasses was considered good.
Three Giant Eagles and one Flame Horse required consuming the bodies of two monsters. These Giant Eagles relied on the flesh and blood of these monsters to continually enhance their Genetic Evolution, now representing a formidable force in Nanmu City.
Later, Gu Bo reviewed Yang Xiao’s Body Refinement and said that he had essentially completed this stage. From now on, all he needed to do was continue cultivating, and it would improve along with his Genetic Evolution Level.
Yang Xiao prepared to enter the desert to hunt monsters and enhance his Genetic Evolution.
During the last training session in Magic City, thanks to the special food provided by the Global Financial Hotel, his Genetic Data improved by 6 points.
Yang Xiao’s current Genetic Data System is:
Strength 50, Agility 50, Defense 46, Wisdom 40.
Yang Xiao’s plan was to continue training in the desert for about a month, pushing to quickly break through the Enhanced Gene Intermediate level. After all, he had that Black Bottle to use, which significantly accelerated his evolution compared to ordinary people.
"If Gong Yu can devour only one thousand-kg monster a day, Yang Xiao could refine ten or twenty monsters using the Black Bottle, the problem lies in whether he could hunt down so many monsters.
He had also thought about buying mutant monster corpses from people in the desert, but their prices were incredibly high, with monsters at the Enhanced Gene Stage starting at ten thousand Crystal Coins, and very few were willing to sell.
Many people preferred to consume the monsters themselves, moreover, not everyone could hunt many monsters every day. Often a team could only hunt a few monsters in a day, and once shared among several people, nothing was left.
Yang Xiao originally wanted to take Gong Yu to the desert, but thinking that he might witness him using the Black Bottle, decided it was better to go alone, especially since Gong Yu had other arrangements to lead a desert expedition.
Yang Xiao informed Xia Luo, Xiao Zhe, Huang Wen, Gong Yu, and others, and then rode the Flame Horse into the desert.
Upon entering the desert, Yang Xiao’s first sensation was that the temperature had significantly risen, which could feel quite hot if one wore too much clothing.
"It seems that the entire Earth’s temperature has increased."
Yang Xiao entered at a spot near the last base by the Underground River in the desert, a mid-region area where monsters were mostly at either Primary or Intermediate Enhanced Gene Levels, with the occasional High-Level.
Yang Xiao rode the Flame Horse to the Underground River first. There, he saw a team of eight hunting desert fish, but the numbers were scarce.
After a brief glance, Yang Xiao rode away on the Flame Horse, continuing straight ahead.
Along the way, he efficiently utilized the Flame Horse’s capabilities; his monster hunting efficiency was at least ten times higher than ordinary people. He fought any monster he could defeat and ran from those he couldn’t.
By noon, he had hunted six monsters, placing the bodies of five into the Black Bottle and one sandworm’s body into the Space Ring, planning to enjoy it for lunch later.
Around midday, Yang Xiao reached a grassy area.
Now, patches of green grass were visible everywhere in the desert, offering a stark transformation of the desert landscape.
Yang Xiao sat on the grass, took the sandworm out of the Space Ring, cut a third of it to feed the Flame Horse, and began slicing the rest for himself.
Midway through his meal, a thunderous roar faintly echoed from afar; he even felt the ground slightly tremble.
"What the hell is going on?"
According to Yang Xiao’s experience, it was definitely a high-level monster; he didn’t dare to be careless, hastily mounting the Flame Horse.
While riding, he gazed into the distance and saw a cloud of dust rising far away, with several dark figures running this way.
Yang Xiao quickly steered his horse away, not daring to block their path without understanding the situation.
Moments later, the roaring continued and the ground kept trembling intermittently. Yang Xiao saw a gigantic camel-like monster, about twenty meters tall, racing towards him, followed closely by a group of bald monks in pursuit.
"What in the world? Monks?"
This was Yang Xiao’s first encounter with monks in the post-apocalyptic world.
These monks were wielding long spears and swords, chasing the colossal camel rapidly.
The camel, like a small mountain, ran while occasionally turning back to spit fire at the monks or swing its massive hooves at them.
After a while, three monks leaped onto the camel’s back, tiptoed, and then flipped over to the front. Two used long spears, and one wielded a long sword to block the camel’s path.
The three monks in the rear rushed forward and leaped onto the twenty-meter-high camel, stabbing their swords into its body.
Yang Xiao watched, astounded; he had seen Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing jump more than ten meters high, but none could leap twenty meters like these monks had just done.
Can these monks fly?
(Thanks to Xingyun Piaoxue for the 2000 Qidian Coin reward, appreciate everyone’s support!)