Chapter 140: I’ve Always Loved Helping Others
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Qu Wan’Er’s mouth went agape as words no longer ca out. She looked around at the surrounding people, and no one seed to find it shocking. Clearly, this wasn’t the first ti such a thing happened.
At the mont, the few cultivators who were blown away by the tempest hurried to slide down. They didn’t even climb the icy mountain for a few minutes, but if they continued to climb higher, it would get more dangerous.
"No one can confirm whether there’s truly a Flower of the True Gods up there. If there isn’t and we climb up there, won’t we be wasting our efforts?" A female cultivator looked up at the towering icy mountain and lanted. The mountain was so high, that even it’s peak could not be seen.
No one responded to her words. Whether or not there was a Flower of the True Gods, they would know it well in their own hearts. Those who chose not to believe it can leave; then there would be one less competitor.
Hou Yucheng suddenly stepped forward and said, "Friends, I feel that this solo acts and competing among ourselves will not work. Even if soone here managed to reach the top, it would be hard to get down."
"What kind of thing are you?" A big man with a face full of beard coldly glanced at Hou Yucheng. He was already at the Yuan Dan Stage, and this Hou Yucheng clearly wasn’t in the Yuan Dan Stage, yet he dared to spout such nonsense.
Hou Yucheng maintained a smile on his face, not a half bit aggravated as he said, "I’m not a thing, I’m Heaven Demon Sect’s Hou Yucheng."
Hearing that Hou Yucheng was from the Heaven Demon Sect, the big, bearded man did not continue nitpicking on him. The Heaven Demon Sect was one of the three great ‘Heaven’ Sects: Heaven Sword Island, Heaven Aria Palace and Heaven Demon Sect. Don’t underestimate it because it was the last among the three sects, the sect practises so strange and occult arts. You might suddenly die and you still wouldn’t understand what happened.
"Does Brother Hou have a better idea?" Another person stood up and clasped his fists towards Hou Yucheng.
"I don’t dare," Hou Yucheng graciously clasped his fists to return the gesture before saying "At the mountain, the cold wind is perennially blowing and whistling, the higher you go, the stronger the winds. What I’m suggesting is for everyone to work together to carve steps into the ice. This is the most effort saving and safest thod to go up."
"Won’t the people who co after us get to free load from our efforts?" The big bearded man frowned and said.
Hou Yucheng smiled faintly but did not respond to the big bearded man’s words. The big bearded man snorted; even though his cultivation was higher than Hou Yucheng, he did not dare cause a ruckus here.
A thin and small cultivator took the initiative to say, "As we are climbing the mountain, the strong winds will level the steps behind us in no ti at all. But with so many of us going up, there definitely won’t be that many Flowers of the True Gods. Then, distribution will be a problem."
The big bearded man glared at him fiercely, "Distribution? Whoever is capable will fight for it, the rest can just screw off."
A few Spirit Building Stage cultivators self-consciously retreated from the group. With their cultivation, taking part would only be paving the way for others.
Seeing that Mo Wuji did not have any intentions of retreating, Qu Wan’Er slightly furrowed her brows and took the initiative to dissuade him, "Pill Master Mo, why don’t you stay here for now?"
Mo Wuji smiled lightly, "It’s okay, I can also take part in digging the steps. It’s always good to have extra help."
"Pui!" A lady heard Mo Wuji’s words and could not help but laughed out loud. Mo Wuji’s entire body did not pulse with spirituality; instead, it was plain and calm like an ordinary mortal. As a cultivator, anyone could tell that Mo Wuji’s talent was low, and his cultivation was ordinary.
After all, the stronger a cultivator, the stronger his spirituality.
"Little boy, you shouldn’t even be at the Spirit Building Stage right? If you go up, all you would be doing is digging steps. You should just stay here, even if there are a lot of Flowers of the True Gods, there won’t be enough for you," The lady who laughed aloud added.
The lady’s looks were ordinary and her speech brought with it a tone of ridicule, but Mo Wuji knew she was not evil at heart. She should know that with his low cultivation, following them would only be a waste of his efforts. Ultimately, he might not even be able to reach the peak.
Mo Wuji chuckled, "Senior, many thanks for your warm intentions, but I’ve always liked helping others since I was young. I’m not even afraid to help up a fallen old man, what more digging so steps? Being able to help the senior brothers and sisters here is my honour."
Many of the cultivators there were dumbfounded by Mo Wuji’s words, even Hou Yucheng didn’t understand the intention behind Mo Wuji’s words. But everyone could understand the aning behind Mo Wuji’s last sentence: even with Mo Wuji’s low cultivation, he was willing to take the risk to dig the ice stairs.
On the other hand, it was the big bearded man who started chuckling as he said to Mo Wuji, "You’re a promising lad."
With that, he turned and stared at Hou Yucheng, "Now there are more than 60 people who are willing to go up together. You’ll allocate the manpower, and we’ll start right now."
The others also turned to look at Hou Yucheng, clearly wishing for him to lead them with his stair digging idea.
Hou Yucheng clasped his fists and said, "Initially, I was about to suggest splitting into two groups, but since there’s only 63 people now, I would advise everyone to work together to dig out a curved ice steps upwards. The icy mountain is tough, and it would be very difficult for a single person. But if we all work together, it would be more than ten tis easier."
"OK, we’ll do just that." The big bearded man clapped his hands and retrieved his magic treasure; it was an exquisite fine-scale awl.
The others also did not have any disagreents and they each took out their magic treasures. Mo Wuji only had his Tian Ji Pole so he could only take that out.
"Your magic treasure is a tal pole?" Qu Wan’Er was a bit speechless. It was not as though there weren’t cultivators who used the pole as a weapon but they were as rare as phoenix feathers or qilin horns. For soone of Mo Wuji’s cultivation who dared to use the pole as a magic treasure, he definitely had to be the first.
"Good. Unique. Ha Ha." The big bearded man laughed as he took his spot.
Hou Yucheng was also rather astonished. He had always thought that Mo Wuji’s magic treasure would be sothing related to lightning, never would he expect that Mo Wuji would just pick up a tal pole.
He soon regained his countenance as he said loudly, "Everyone, let’s begin."
"Hong Hong Hong Hong..." The multiple magic treasures landed on the icy mountain at the sa ti, causing a powerful tremor. With elental energy infused in the attack, a single attack was able to break open a step on the tough icy mountain.
Everyone celebrated. Climbing the mountain truly required everyone’s combined efforts. This definitely wasn’t a simple outco of 1 1. It far exceeded that.
As Mo Wuji’s cultivation was the lowest, he was assigned to be at the extre side. This was the most dangerous place, but he was in no position to reject it. After keeping that this place might have the Imasurable Soul-forging Crystal, he had set his mind to climb up.
Fortunately, Mo Wuji’s attack power with the Tian Ji Pole was not bad, and the rest did not deny his participation. Furthermore, to the others here, a Channel Opening Stage cultivator like Mo Wuji definitely did not have a chance to obtain the Flower of the True Gods, so he was simply akin to free labour.
Explosive sounds could be heard, ice dregs flew about, the crowd managed to slowly advance upwards. At their back, a winding ‘S’ shaped ice road could be seen snaking upwards.
In just a single day, the group managed to climb to the mountain’s halfway mark. The ‘S’ shaped road behind them was also gradually fading away.
"Friend, I think everyone here all underestimated you. I am Cheng Qiyu from the Golden Spear Sect." By Mo Wuji’s side was a dium built youth. As they got higher, his shock got higher as well. This was because the steps carved by Mo Wuji was no lesser than his; it might even be better. What confused him was that every ti Mo Wuji dug a step, he would first punch a deep hole with his tal pole. This was simply wasting more elental energy. From these acts alone, he could tell that Mo Wuji’s abilities was not limited to the Channel Opening Stage.
"Rogue cultivator, Mo Wuji. Brother Cheng’s na sure is unique," Mo Wuji smiled and said. Along this journey, he could tell that this Cheng Qiyu should roughly be in the Spirit Building Stage Level 4. However, this Cheng Qiyu’s endurance did not seem to be much stronger than his. Along the way, he did not consu any pills but he still had energy. On the other hand, this Cheng Qiyu seed to be getting tired.
Cheng Qiyu laughed self-deprecatingly, "I ca up with this na myself. My original na was Cheng Qiyu [1]. The Cheng Clan gave birth to a genius cultivator, Cheng Heshen, and we had to give countless of cultivation resources to that Cheng Heshen. I was unwilling, so I left the Cheng Clan, and with so luck, I managed to enter the Golden Spear Sect."
Doubts ford within Mo Wuji’s heart, like how did this Cheng Qiyu manage to get a placing to enter the Five Elents Desolate Domain? However, these weren’t questions for him to ask.
"Brother Mo, as a rogue cultivator, you managed to get here..." Cheng Qiyu did not manage to finish his words when a icy cold tempest ca bounding over.
There were no signs, the wind just suddenly ca crashing over.
In the previous day, the group did not et with the attacks of tempests and they all felt that their previous thinking had been far too conservative. None of them would have expected that in this mont when they lowered their guards, a mad tempest would blast over.
The shadows of tens of cultivators disappeared along with the wind. The previous ’S’ shaped road had also disappeared. Being carried away at this height, the chances of surviving was not much more than zero.
Mo Wuji and Cheng Qiyu were also subjected to the strong winds. Mo Wuji’s reaction was extrely fast; at almost the sa instant the wind ca blowing, he threw his body to the ice step. At the sa ti, he fetched his sharp knife and stabbed it into the hole. His actions were smooth and fluid, with no ti wasted. He seed to have practised this in his head multiple tis.
With all these, Mo Wuji still had the ti to extend his hand and made a grab.
Cheng Qiyu, who had already been blown away, had quite good luck. One of his leg had been grabbed by Mo Wuji and his entire body fell onto the ice step.
Once his entire body is planted down, the effects of the strong winds lessened by quite a bit. Cheng Qiyu tightly grabbed a groove within the step, not daring to let go.
The roaring wind ca and left quickly. By the ti the wind was gone, the group found that there were more than 10 among them who had disappeared. The group had now many empty spaces.
"Big brother Mo, thank you." Even though Cheng Qiyu’s cultivation was higher than Mo Wuji, he still emotionally bowed and expressed his gratitude towards Mo Wuji. He even addressed Mo Wuji as ’Big brother’.
Mo Wuji had just saved his life; his gratitude ca from the bottom of his heart. One must know that in that kind of situation, even if they could make it in ti to extend a hand, others definitely wouldn’t do so. Those that extend their hands to save others would also put themselves in greater danger.
Mo Wuji patted Cheng Qiyu’s shoulder and chuckled, "It’s nothing much. I told you before, I’ve always loved helping others. Don’t you see here helping everyone dig ice steps?"
[1] Confused? There are two different Qi. His current Qi, 弃, ans abandon. While his previous Qi, 齐,ans gather. His Yu 玉 refers to Jade. He changed his na to reflect his changing attitudes towards riches and resources.
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