68: Chapter 68 Brother, you smell so good...

"You didn't say that earlier! Quickly, let me absorb some!"

Su Mo naturally knew that a Breakthrough in Foundation Establishment required compressing the Spiritual Qi within the body into liquid spirit, but the Great Desire Heavenly Demon Scripture hadn't mentioned a single word about the foundation establishment pill!

Hua Rumeng seemed to sense Su Mo's resentment. While happily absorbing the excess Spiritual Qi from Su Mo's body, she said in a coquettish voice:

"Oh my~ Young Master, don't be so impatient~"

"Generally speaking, Cultivators who Cultivate Heaven Rank Cultivation Techniques are all people of exceptional talent; they don't need a foundation establishment pill at all to achieve a Breakthrough~"

"Oh, so you mean you're a Genius? Then, may I ask, Genius, why are you reduced to relying on absorbing my Spiritual Qi just to remain conscious now?"

Su Mo retorted without any politeness.

Hua Rumeng was choked up for a moment, then giggled:

"Young Master really has a sharp tongue~"

"It's a long story... Even a Genius can be plotted against. Back in the day..."

"If it's a long story, then don't tell it!"

Su Mo interrupted her directly. Those who have experienced it know—elderly grandmothers can ramble on endlessly once they start.

Hua Rumeng was at least a thousand years old; who knows, she might talk for a year or two.

Hearing this, Hua Rumeng snorted and said nothing more.

A moment later, most of the excess Spiritual Qi in Su Mo's body had been absorbed, and his bloated Meridians eased.

He let out a long sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Senior Hua, can you tell me such important information in advance next time?"

"Hmph, call me Miss Hua."

...

"Ugh..."

Just then, Li Da Niu groaned unconsciously and slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Su Mo leaned over.

"Brother, you smell so good..."

Li Da Niu said, dazed.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a man dozens of times more beautiful than the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, leaning over and looking at him with concern.

That handsome face, fair skin, large watery eyes, and the faint, refreshing fragrance on his body made him dazed for a moment.

"Huh?"

Su Mo raised his arm and sniffed his whole body carefully. He didn't detect any fragrance; on the contrary, he still carried a hint of the smell of blood from the recent battle.

"Brother Niu, are you dizzy from anemia?"

Su Mo waved his hand in front of him. "Where is this fragrance coming from?"

Li Da Niu immediately sobered up and shook his head.

Looking at Su Mo, a blush immediately appeared on his pale face, and he quickly looked away, not daring to meet Su Mo's eyes.

"No... nothing, I smelled wrong..."

Seeing the flush on Li Da Niu's face, Su Mo didn't think much of it and sighed.

The Physique of a Cultivator is truly formidable; having lost so much blood, he recovered so quickly.

"Brother Niu, since you're awake, let's hurry back to the Sect."

Su Mo looked at the darkening sky.

"It will be dark if we wait any longer."

Li Da Niu lowered his head, his voice as soft as a mosquito's hum:

"Okay, okay... I'll listen to you, Brother..."

Su Mo waved his hand and released the flying boat. This was precisely the one belonging to Zhu Xiaolian. As his Junior Brother, it was only natural to inherit his Senior Brother's legacy.

Although he could have flown back alone, Su Mo wasn't so cold-blooded as to leave a kind-hearted young man here to wait for death.

The principle Su Mo followed was: Be better to good people, and worse to bad people!

The flying boat was of low quality, a Low Grade Magical Artifact. There was a small magic formation at the bow; one only needed to inject Spiritual Qi to control its flight.

"Brother Niu, get on the boat!"

Su Mo greeted him.

Li Da Niu hesitated, his eyes dodging as he looked at Su Mo on the flying boat.

"Bro... Brother... this flying boat is too small, the two of us big men... is that appropriate?"

"Hmm???"

"Then do you want to walk back?!"

"Stop dawdling, get up here!"

Li Da Niu shrank his neck at Su Mo's shout, like a frightened calf, and carefully stepped onto the flying boat.

"Hum!"

The flying boat trembled slightly, then took off into the air.

Compared to Zhu Xiaolian's cultivation at the fourth level of Qi Condensation, Su Mo's cultivation at the ninth level of Qi Condensation made controlling the flying boat significantly easier, and the speed of the flying boat was much faster than when they came, estimated at sixty yards.

Li Da Niu kept his body tense the whole time, clutching the edge of the flying boat tightly, looking at Su Mo's back, and smelling the fragrant wind coming from him.

Li Da Niu's mind was in chaos...

'Why do I think a man smells so good?'

'Why is my heart beating so fast?'

'Could it be that I...'

He shook his head violently, trying to shake these absurd thoughts away.

But the more he did so, the more Su Mo's handsome profile, fair and slender neck, and the faint, refreshing fragrance on his body lingered in his mind.

"Brother Niu, are you alright?"

Su Mo noticed the movement behind him and turned to ask.

"Ah! No, nothing!"

Li Da Niu hurriedly lowered his head, his voice stammering.

"Want a piece?"

Su Mo handed over a wild ginseng.

Li Da Niu looked at the wild ginseng handed to him and took it subconsciously.

Then he stared at the wild ginseng, stunned, and didn't put it in his mouth for a long time.

"Are you f*cking going to eat it or not!"

Su Mo urged impatiently.

One drop of essence blood is worth ten drops of blood; did losing so much blood break Li Da Niu's brain?!

Li Da Niu finally came to his senses and stuffed the wild ginseng into his mouth.

"Ah! Ow, ow, ow..."

...

Half an hour later, the two of them finally returned to the Gu Peak Affairs Hall.

"Handing in a mission."

Su Mo placed a jar of Yao Beast essence blood and the mission Jade Slip on the counter.

The pale-faced Disciple behind the counter raised his eyes lazily, then stared straight at Su Mo without blinking.

He eagerly took the Jade Slip, glanced at it, opened the jade bottle, took a sniff, and smiled.

"Junior Brother, well done. Contribution points Jade Slip, if you don't have one, it's one hundred contribution points for one."

"However, Senior Brother can give you one, as long as..."

"No need!"

How dark!

Su Mo cursed inwardly and handed over the blood-colored Jade Slip from Zhu Xiaolian's Storage Pouch.

The Disciple took another blood-colored Jade Slip and swiped it; four hundred contribution points were added to Su Mo's blood-colored Jade Slip.

"Brother Niu, let's split these four hundred contribution points equally. What do you want to exchange for?"

"Thi... this, how can I? If it weren't for you, I would have already..."

"Alright, stop being so long-winded. Just consider it me looking out for you from now on!"

"O-okay... whatever you say..."

Li Da Niu responded timidly.

Su Mo turned to look at the contribution point exchange list on the side.

Medicinal Pill category:

blood essence pill, one bottle of ten: one hundred contribution points

Marrow Cleansing Pill, one: ten contribution points

Qi cultivation Pill, one bottle of five: eighty contribution points

...

Cultivation Technique Secret Manual:

《Basic Gu Insect cultivation Method》: two hundred contribution points

Five Elements Basic Spell: five hundred contribution points

《Breath Concealment Technique》: five hundred contribution points

...

Magical Artifact:

...

Spirit Medicine:

...

Miscellaneous:

...

The exchange list seemed very complete, with items in all aspects.

Su Mo was quite tempted by the Spells in the Cultivation Technique column; after all, now that he was cultivating immortality, how could he not experience the feeling of casting a fireball?

"Brother Niu, have you finished choosing?"

Li Da Niu was staring at the exchange list, dazed. Hearing Su Mo's voice, he jumped and stammered:

"I, I want to exchange for a copy of 《Basic Gu Insect cultivation Method》..."

He had already refined the Blood Thread Gu and the Bone-Eroding Gu, but he still felt that the Gu insect that could resist attacks like Zhu Xiaolian's was more suitable for him.

Su Mo nodded and said directly:

"One copy of Five Elements Basic Spell, one copy of 《Basic Gu Insect cultivation Method》."

Soon, the Cultivation Technique Jade Slips fell into their hands.

On the way back, Su Mo didn't notice the countless gazes staring straight at him from behind.

However, they were not the gazes of looking at prey...