Chapter 3: The Bhagavad Gita

  "This month's protection fee is due, 500 bucks." Bai Cangdong opened the door and saw a face that made him want to puke and stomp on it repeatedly.

  "Isn't it two hundred degrees?" Bai Cangdong slightly furrowed his brow.

  "That was before, now I'm telling you, from now on the protection fee for each month will be raised to five hundred degrees. If you want to stay in Dueren City, you have to pay that much. If you don't pay, get out of Dueren City immediately." The man said impatiently.

  Bai Cang Dong hesitated for a moment, but still handed over the 500 degrees. His current strength was not enough to survive outside the city. If he left Kui Lun City and slept in the wilderness, who knows, he might be beheaded by wandering undead while dreaming.

  After paying the protection fee, Bai Cangdong was about to return to his room to continue practicing his knife skills when he suddenly heard a quarrelsome voice next door.

  "Spare me, I only have 600 life points left. If I give you 500, I'll just be waiting for death. Can I pay 200 first and make up the rest in a few days? Please help me out!"

  "Your waiting is your business, not a single tick of the 500 degrees can be lessened. Hand over the life degree or roll out of Dalun City immediately, you choose."

  Bai Cangdong looked in the direction of the sound, and it was his neighbor Luo Wen who had been begging him persistently. Luo Wen had lived next door to Bai Cangdong since he was a child, and he still looked like a young man, slender and refined, with an age that couldn't be guessed.

  When Bai Cangdong's parents were still alive, Luo Wen often brought wine to their home and had a few cups with Bai Cangdong's father. It is said that he also helped their family once.

  No matter how hard Luo Wen begged, in the end he was taken away with more than 500 degrees, leaving only over 100 degrees of Luo Wen's ashen face sitting paralyzed on the ground.

  "Uncle Luo, are you alright?" Bai Cangdong went over and helped Luo Wen up.

  "Everything is over, I only have more than a hundred degrees left, I don't know if I can see the sun tomorrow." Luo Wen said to Bai Dong with a heart of despair: "Ah Dong, work hard, don't be like Uncle Luo, who only knew how to eat, drink and play when he was young, and now realizes the preciousness of life, but everything is too late."

  "Uncle Luo, I still have some degrees here, first transfer 500 to you." Bai Cangdong said, and actively transferred 500 degrees to Luo Wen.

  Bai Cangdong's parents said that Luo Wen had helped their family before, although Bai Cangdong didn't know what it was about, he couldn't just watch Luo Wen wait for death at home.

  "Ah Dong!" Luo Wen's excitement was short-lived, and his face soon fell again: "You might as well take the life meter back. Even if you gave it to me, what's the point? I'd still be dead after using up these life meters. My innate talent is excellent, and I was born with nearly two hundred years of life meters, almost twice that of ordinary people. So in the past, I thought I would never run out, and I didn't cultivate properly or go out to hunt undead often. I've already wasted my potential, and I don't even have the ability to hunt down the weakest undead. Death is just a matter of time for me."

  "Old Luo, there's still a way out, or are you going to hunt down the Little Knife Demon with me?" Bai Cangdong said.

  "It's useless!" Luo Wen shook his head and walked back to his room like a zombie.

  Bai Cangdong looked at Luo Wen's room and suddenly felt like he was looking at a morgue, his heart chilled to the bone.

  "I'd rather die than become like that, even in death I want to shine brightly." Bai Cangdong returned to his room and devoted himself to practicing his sword techniques, waiting for the day when he could fully control the Pure White Great Sword and use the Painful Sword Technique to go out and hunt down the Undead.

  Only a few days had passed when Bai Cangdong was practicing his knife skills, he suddenly heard a knock at the door. He opened it to see Luo Wen standing in the doorway with sunken cheeks and dark eye sockets.

  "A'Dong, I'm done for. Only a few minutes left." Luo Wen's voice was devoid of anger, sounding as if he had already given up on the idea of surviving.

  "I'll transfer some of my life span to you." Bai Cangdong said as he was about to transfer his own life span over.

  "No need." Luo Wen stopped Bai Cangdong and said calmly, "I don't want to live anymore. Before I die, there are a few things I want to say to you."

  Pausing for a moment, Luo Wen continued: "I don't have many relatives or friends, and my relationships aren't great either. Before I die, you're still willing to listen to me talk, so I should be content."

  Lu Wen said a lot, mostly about his past, rarely mentioning others, only occasionally hearing him mention his parents, just a few words to get by.

  "Here, take this as a memento." Luo Wen tossed a book to Bai Cangdong and turned to leave with a tired body.

  "Old Luo."

  Bai Cangdong still wanted to say something, but was stopped by Luo Wen: "I don't want others to see my ugly appearance after I die. Just thinking about it makes me feel sick, so don't follow me."

  Watching Luo Wen leave, Bai Cangdong felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and this sense of powerlessness almost drove him mad.

  "My future can't be like this." Bai Cangdong clenched his fists tightly.

  Back in his room, Bai Cangdong prepared to continue practicing his sword techniques. He was now able to wield the pure white greatsword with one hand and use the Painful Sword Technique, but his accuracy and endurance were still far from perfect and required further practice.

  Holding the book left by Luo Wen in his hand, he originally wanted to put it aside, but after thinking about it, he still opened it and took a look. To his surprise, this was actually a long-life technique called "Baiye Jing".

  The Art of Longevity is a cultivation method in the world of Guangya Wujie, cultivating the Art of Longevity can increase one's vital energy and transform the body. Of course, its main function is to increase one's lifespan.

  It's just that the Art of Longevity is not something that everyone can cultivate, because the method is hard to find. Generally, only those with a noble title have the opportunity to obtain the Art of Longevity. Among ordinary people, it's rare for someone to possess the Art of Longevity. Unexpectedly, Luo Wen actually has a cultivation manual for the Art of Longevity, but I don't know what level it is.

  But no matter what level of longevity technique it is, for Bai Cangdong who has never cultivated a longevity technique before, they are all priceless treasures.

  Greedy to put the "Bai Ye Jing" a word, a sentence deeply remembered in the mind, according to its law cultivation, at first there was no feeling, every day after practicing knife method for an hour, only felt the body warm and comfortable, physical fatigue also recovered faster than before.

  Strength grew unknowingly, and after another half month, Bai Cangdong was able to accurately wield the pure white great sword with the Painful Blade Technique, able to continuously swing it for an hour without pause.

  "It's time to go out and hunt the undead." Bai Cangdong had been cultivating at home for two months, without a single moment of income, but spent a lot.

  This time, Bai Cangdong didn't go to hunt and kill Xiaodao Demon, after all, Xiaodao Demon was too agile and not suitable for killing with knife skills. Moreover, after obtaining the Pure White Great Sword and the Painful Knife Skill, Bai Cangdong also wanted to hunt and kill the Undead Clan, which was easier to obtain Life Degrees from.

  "Splitting Ghost is a good choice, not too fast, with a human-like appearance, just right for my Painful Knife technique, and there's also a chance to obtain the Armed Splitting Axe." Bai Cangdong thought of the undead around Kurenai City and quickly determined his target.

  The beheading ghosts often appear in the jungle, carrying a huge axe and beheading all visible creatures.

  Due to the complex terrain in the jungle, the Headless Ghost moves swiftly and has immense strength, able to fell a large tree with one axe swing. However, its given life gauge is not very high, so it's also a type of undead that few people are willing to hunt.

  When Bai Cang came to the jungle, he found that the jungle where few people usually come was particularly crowded today.

  "Old brother, what's going on here? Why are there so many people today?" Bai Cangdong asked, pulling over a man who looked relatively kind.

  "The Skullsplitter has revived from the altar and is now roaming around in the jungle, many people have come to try their luck, including several barons. You're not here for the Skullsplitter, are you?" The man was indeed very pleasant to talk to.

  "I just came to hunt and kill the Split-Headed Ghost, I didn't expect it to revive." Bai Cangdong had heard of the Split-Headed Ghost's great name, it was the leader of the Split-Headed Ghosts, killing it would gain a large amount of Life Degrees, and there was also a possibility of obtaining a Baron-level Split-Headed Axe, which was the favorite of many Barons who used long-range weapons.

  "Split-head ghost is a baron-level undead, only baron-level strongmen can deal with it, how did so many ordinary people come?" Bai Cangdong found that many of them were ordinary people without titles.

  "That person said: 'Killing a baron-level undead will grant you the title of baron. The skullcrusher is ferocious, but it's also relatively fragile, unlike the giant rock demon that can't be killed by ordinary people. Naturally, many people want to try their luck and get the title.'"

  Bai Cangdong suddenly remembered that killing an undead creature of a certain rank would grant him the corresponding title. If he wanted to obtain the title of Baron, he must personally kill a Baron-level undead creature.

  "Splitting Skull Ghost is indeed a good choice, but unfortunately, there are too many competitors. So many people fighting for one Splitting Skull Ghost, including many barons, wanting to be the last one to kill it, it's really too difficult." Bai Cangdong gave up on the idea of competing with those people for the Splitting Skull Ghost and decided to go hunt ordinary Split-Headed Ghosts instead, taking the opportunity to practice his Painful Blade technique.

  His only weapon was a pure white knight's two-handed sword, but this great sword originally belonged to Baron Malakar. To avoid trouble, Bai Cangdong found a white iron plate and made a mask to wear on his face. In this way, even if someone recognized the pure white knight's two-handed sword, they wouldn't know who had obtained it, and naturally couldn't come looking for him.

  Everyone is looking for a skull-splitting ghost, and most people who encounter a skull-splitting ghost choose to avoid it. Only the barons will directly take action to kill the encountered skull-splitting ghost, so Bai Cangdong was able to find one wandering in the woods relatively easily.

  Because he had always been hunting the Small Knife Demon, Bai Cangdong's understanding of the Split-Head Ghost was limited to hearsay. Now that he took a closer look, he found that the Split-Head Ghost's appearance differed greatly from humans.