Chapter 744: We Want to be a Gong-Farmer Too!
The Eldritchs were immediately shocked and lost their fighting spirit. A woodcutter and a gong farmer had just killed everyone. What was even more surprising was that the manure bucket and the manure fork were actually Origins Ultimate Treasures.
Moreover, Gu Hongtian was the strongest amongst them. He was extremely domineering in mana and had been blessed by Guhui. He could induce thick Origins out of this body anytime. However, all these meant nothing in the face of the Origins Ultimate Treasures. The seventh dimension was too dangerous. It was not something the Eldritchs should covet.
“Where do you think you’re going? My manure fork isn’t done with you yet!” shouted the Elite King loudly. With murderous intent in his eyes, he shot out and the manure fork in his hand transformed into a long rainbow.
“Blergh—!” Another Eldritch died.
Then, his attack shot out in all directions, coldly beheading the Eldritchs one after another, sparing no one at all.
The Elite King suddenly remembered something and asked, “By the way, where’s the masked female monk just now?”
Jiang Liu glanced around. “She got scared and left when we were fighting. She was so fast. She didn’t even look back…”
Meanwhile, in the backyard of the four-part architecture, the willow branch shuttled across the space with Gu Hongtian bound up tightly. Gu Hongtian was still frightened and dumbfounded, struggling hard. However, he became as still as a statue once he arrived at the backyard for he could clearly feel a gargantuan pressure pressing on him.
‘There seems to be a terrifying power that can suppress everything in this space here! Where am I exactly?’ thought Gu Hongtian as he scanned his surroundings. What he saw shook him.
“O…o…origins?” His voice went an octave higher with disbelief. “What place is this? Why are there Origins flowing all around? Wisdom has manifested into space and the laws of the universe have turned into air!”
His mind went blank again when he saw the beings in the yard. All the vegetables on the ground exuded Origins. The milk from the cows, the honey collected by the bees, and the fruits growing on the tree were all divine objects condensed from the essence of the Origins. Even a blade of grass contained Origins stronger than the Origins Ultimate Treasure in his hand. The Origins of the seven dimensions that the Eldritchs had been searching crazily for were not only abundant but inexhaustible here.
His lips trembled and he could not even speak properly. “Could…could…could it be that I’ve come to the end of the se…se…seventh dimension? The root of the Origins? Or, am I dreaming?”
In the next moment, he felt a sense of weightlessness, and then the sky was spinning. The willow branch was shaking him up and down wildly, so fast that he was only a blur. After a while, it stopped.
Then, he saw the two girls standing in front of him and asked in shock, “Who—who are you?!”
Nanan and Dragin ignored him and instead asked, “Sister Willow, why did you bring an Eldritch here?” they asked curiously.
The willow tree used her divine consciousness to communicate with them. “Not long ago, I suddenly sensed the aura of Fifth Brother and discovered that it came from the Eldritchs, so I decided to capture him.”
Then, she asked Gu Hongtian anxiously, “Answer me this, have you ever come across a stele? What does it look like?”
“Haha, you won’t get a word out of me!” said Gu Hongtian stubbornly.
Immediately, a willow branch whipped him and penetrated his soul, causing him to let out a muffled groan as his body trembled.
“Where’s that stele now?” asked the willow tree in a low voice.
“My lips are sealed!” Gu Hongtian smiled coldly. “I advise you to give up. I’ll destroy my divine consciousness if you peek into my soul. It might be easier for you to just kill me now.”
“Sister Willow, I have an idea to make him talk! We can use the itching power on him!” said Nanan excitedly.
“Itching powder?” The willow tree was taken aback by this suggestion.
Dragin smiled devilishly, and she said, “We got it from Brother Li. The powder makes people itch really badly. It’s a pity Brother Li forbids us to try it on the people we know.”
“Itch?” Gu Hongtian laughed as if he had heard the most ridiculous thing in the world. “I’m not afraid of death, nor pain, so do you think I’ll be afraid of itching? You two children are really naive!” he said contemptuously.
“Ooh, this just makes me want to try it out of him even more!” said Nanan even more excitedly. She quickly took out the itching powder and sprinkled it on Gu Hongtian. Then, she waited eagerly for the powder to take effect.
“Is that it?” asked Gu Hongtian calmly. He did not seem to panic at all. Suddenly, he frowned and started to rock his body back and forth. In another three seconds, he twisted violently like an earthworm. His face was flushed and his lips were trembling.
“Hahahahahahah!” He could not hold it in anymore and pained laughter came out of his mouth. “Untie me! Please, untie me so that I can scratch the itch!”
In an instant, tears began to fall down his face and his body became as red as a cooked lobster. He never stopped shaking and his face became contorted with non-stop laughter.
“It’s so itchy! Please, just kill me now! You monsters! Ah—! I can’t take it anymore. Hahahaha.” He alternated between crying and laughing, making him look very insane.
The entire backyard fell into silence. Even the wind was gone. Everything was quietly watching Guy Hongtian give the performance of his lifetime.
“I… I… I…” Gu Hongtian’s voice was weak and hoarse. He was truly at the end of his tether. However, just when he was about to surrender, the willow tree trembled suddenly and quickly dunked him into the pond, almost at the same time Li Nianfan arrived at where they were.
“What’s going on here? What’s that sound I heard just now?” asked Li Nianfan curiously.
“Brother Li, it was just Nanan and I playing around,” said Dragin, a little red in the face.
“Don’t be too loud, you hear?” said Li Nianfan. He then wandered around in the backyard for a while. “Please, milk the cow and get some honey from the beehive later.”
“Yes, Brother Li,” said Nanan and Dragin, nodding obediently.
The longer Li Nianfan stayed, the more Gu Hongtian had to suffer. He was twisting like a snake in the water, so much so that every bone in his body was on the verge of breaking. The water rushed up his nose and bubbles gurgled out of his mouth.
The itching was driving him crazy. He could not scream and he could not scratch it. During this time, one second was equivalent to one year to him. It was a fate worse than death. The fishes in the pond gathered around him and looked at him with pity in their eyes.
“Tsk tsk ts, this is what you get for messing with the expert. You’ll never win against his unpredictability,” said Old Dragon.
Finally, Li Nianfan left the backyard and Gu Hongtian was pulled out by the willow tree.
“I’ll tell you anything you want to know!” he shouted the moment he was out of the water. Helpless and despairing tears burst out of his eyes.
Dragon swiped the itching power away from his body, smiled, and said, “I’ll make sure the powder stays on you for at least one day and one night if you lie to us.”
Gu Hongtian gasped and trembled. His scalp began to crawl at the thought of itching for a whole day and night. He would rather die than go through that hell again.
“Don’t worry. I’ll tell you nothing but the truth. The stele’s in the first dimension. It was the one who told Ancestor Eldritch, no, that bastard Guhui about the Origins of the seven dimensions.” He told them everything he knew, not even daring to pause in between.
“That’s impossible! The stele’s Fifth Brother. Why would he tell the Eldritchs that information?” said the willow tree in disbelief.
“Everything I say is true and I’ve told you everything I know. I didn’t lie at all. Please, believe me!” Gu Hongtian started crying, for fear of having the itching powder applied to his skin again. “By the way, that bastard Guhui said that it claimed to be Heaven.”
“Heaven? Fifth Brother must’ve been contaminated by Heaven! But with his strength, it’s unlikely he’d go down so easily,” said the willow tree sadly.
It took her just one second to guess what must have happened. “Fifth Brother must still be alive! I need to go save him!” she said anxiously.
“Sister Willow, don’t act rashly. The stele’s in the first dimension and there’s no portal connecting our dimensions yet,” said Dragin.
“That b*stard Guhui had consumed the poison poop and seemed to be at his limit. He’ll surely create a portal here,” said Gu Hongtian without missing a beat.
The willow tree calmed down and then said coldly, “As an Eldritch, your sins are too great to be forgiven. However, I’ll grant you a quick and painless death!”
Her willow branch pierced through Gu Hongtian’s chest, erasing his Origins of Life.
“Sister Willow, I’ll help you rescue Fifth Brother once the portal to the first dimension is opened,” said Dragin.
Nanan clenched her fist and said, “Yes, we’ll wipe out each and every one of the Eldritchs!”
At the same time, Cultivator Junjun and Yang Jing were making their way to the Fallen Immortal Mountain. They had just discussed with Lord Angel about the various changes that had taken place, and how the fourth and fifth dimensions were facing the crisis of being robbed of their Origins. The troubled times were near and they had no idea what to do, so they decided to visit the expert.
Along the way, they ran into Jiang Liu and the Elite King who had just finished fighting.
“Yo, are you guys here to visit the expert?” Jiang Liu and the Elite King were cleaning up the battlefield. They smiled casually when they saw them.
“Are these all… Eldritchs?” Cultivator Junjun’s eyes widened slightly. Then, in a shocked and angered voice, he shouted, “How dare they make trouble here!”
“There’s no need to get all worked up, They’re nothing but ants under my manure fork.” The Elite King shrugged indifferently and said with a smile, “Being a gong farmer can be boring sometimes and their visit was a good distraction.”
Cultivator Junjun and Yang Jing’s mouths began to twitch. They could feel the unparalleled terrifying power from these Eldritchs. Any one of them could have defeated the two of them and yet, to the Elite King, they were nothing but ants? Was it a compulsory requirement for all powerful fighters to be a show-off?
“Manure fork?” Yang Jing looked at the manure fork in the Elite King’s hand and suddenly felt a frightening aura from it.
The Elite King laughed and said, “Yes, I forgot to tell you. From now on, my job is to deliver manure to the expert. This manure fork and manure bucket were given to me by the expert.”
‘Ah, so it was given to him by the expert. No wonder they’re so extraordinary!’
The envy in the eyes of Cultivator Junjun and Yang Jing was overflowing. “Congratulations. You’ll surely rise to great heights now that you have earned the favor of the expert,” they said all saltily.
The Elite King waved his hand and said modestly, “Hahaha, I’m just an ordinary gong farmer. There’s no way I’m as great as you all in the Heavenly Palace.”
‘Then why are you smiling so happily?!’ Both Cultivator Junjun and Yang Jing felt emotionally and mentally drained. Not wanting to stay any longer, they trudged up the mountain with a tight feeling in their chests.
“Am I not good enough? Why didn’t I get chosen to be the expert’s gong-farmer?” asked Cultivator Junjun sorrowfully.
Yang Jing was extremely envious and said, “That manure fork is so cool! I bet it’s even stronger than my Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade!”
Once they reached the four-part architecture, they composed themselves before knocking on the door.
“Is the Lord Saint home? We, Cultivator Junjun and Yang Jing, have come to see him!”
Xiao Bai opened the door and said, “Come in.”
“Thank you.” Cultivator Junjun and Yang Jind nodded at Xiao Bai and stepped into the four-part architecture.
“Lord Saint, we brought you some pepino to try,” said Cultivator Junjun. He had thought long and hard about the gift he should bring. He remembered that the expert liked fruits the best.
Sure enough, a smile broke out of Li Nianfan’s face. He had eaten a pepino many years ago. It tasted delicious but it was too expensive, unlike the fruits that he grew in his own backyard. He was grateful for the gift.
“Thank you! I was getting a little sick of eating the same fruits from my backyard every day. This pepino will surely spice things up!” he said with gratitude. Then, to Xiao Bai, he said, “Xiao Bai, go harvest some fruits for our distinguished guests. Make sure there’s plenty to go around. This pepino given by them is worth a thousand times more than all the fruits in our backyard combined.”
His words made Cultivator Junjun and Yang Jing blush with embarrassment. They took a seat and then looked at the snow globe on the table. In the transparent ice layer, a cloud of gray mist was flowing like water, changing into various forms.
They raised their brows first and there was a hint of doubt in their eyes. ‘Why does this gray mist look so familiar? Could it be…’
They took a closer long and jerked back at the next instant! ‘That’s Heaven!’