Extraordinary Fragrance - Birthday Celebration

Chapter 79 Extraordinary Fragrance - Birthday Celebration

Simply by burning incense and kowtowing, one can invisibly shorten a person's lifespan.

It's not fast, but it's very reliable.

However, he never expected that the method that had always worked so well in the past would now become his death warrant.

"You like to secretly cast evil spells, don't you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Weifei grabbed the old rat's forehead with his hand, his five fingers gradually tightening their grip, and the old rat made a series of squeaking sounds in pain.

It wasn't as strong and robust as those rat monsters.

They also lack the seniority to speak out.

In its life-or-death moment, it could only muster its last breath, opening its still-sharp set of yellow teeth and lunging to bite at the ferocious man's tiger's mouth.

The moment the tooth fell out, the long incisor made a gritty sound, followed by a gush of rat blood gushing from its mouth. At that moment, a human voice came from above its head: "Pretty fierce, but your teeth aren't very good. I'll fix them for you, but I don't have a medical license, so my technique might not be that professional!"

Apply force with your thumb and forefinger.

The old rat's molars snapped with a crack, and its skull was crushed along with them. The fresh rat meat, along with a stream of red and white pus, burst open and scattered all over the ground.

Zhang Wei casually flicked the dead rat off his hand, looking at the passageway extending from the cave wall to both ends: "I told you I wasn't a professional, and you didn't even say so!"

A brief subtitle flashed across my retina:

[The Master's Gaze: The Longevity-Stealing Mouse, Reward: Longevity Incense]

【Longevity Incense: Made from precious spices using techniques passed down through generations of incense craftsmen, this is a unique fragrance. When burned, it emits a distinctive aroma; it is believed that consuming it by spirits can increase one's lifespan, strengthen the soul, and bring peace to ancestors. However, it easily attracts wandering spirits and ghosts, so caution is advised when burning this incense!】

Good news, something dropped!

Bad news, the level is a bit low.

The gifts bestowed by the patriarch were quite varied. As far as Zhang Wei knew, the abilities were divided into skills, techniques, and spells.

The physical rewards are a bit confusing. Only one fragment of the Sky-Waving Cloak can be considered a magic weapon. The others are either unmarked or just miscellaneous items. The Longevity Incense looks good, but its function is limited and it's a consumable, making it one of the lower-tier rewards.

It's only right not to give anything; giving something would be an unexpected surprise. As pure-blooded people of the Yanhuang lineage, no one would complain about having too much stuff in their warehouse, even if it's just junk, it's not bad to have it as decoration.

Moreover, this thing also has the effect of strengthening the soul and increasing lifespan, so it's not entirely useless.

He noticed that the lifespan on his nameplate had burned at a fairly fast rate, so there were probably quite a few old rats in this passage.

Perfect timing! This silhouette is from the seventh day after his father's death. I'll grab a handful of incense and offer it at his grave. In this life, everyone burns gold and silver ingots, and colored paper is out of the question; we don't even have that now. But Old Zhang is doing something far more elaborate than others.

Burn, burn lots and lots of it. Now that we're full, we won't worry about the future. With so many silhouettes, we'll always run into some monsters and ghosts that produce melons and dates. We'll make money on the top and burn it on the bottom. This extravagant lifestyle will make our ancestors and wandering ghosts drool!

Thinking about it, Zhang Wei, who was originally furious, actually laughed out loud.

In this vast world, where can you find such a filial son?

The blood demon extended along both ends of the narrow passage. In the blink of an eye, creaking and screeching sounds came from the walls at both ends of the tunnel, accompanied by the sound of something digging in the soil. Zhang Wei's incense sticks for longevity were also increasing.

Later, he simply took out a wooden box from his backpack that he had originally intended to store his harvest, and put all the smaller incense sticks into it. In no time, the box, which was about an inch high, was half full.

There was no more panicked activity in the tunnel walls.

Zhang Wei knew that these longevity rats couldn't be completely eradicated.

He had no idea how big the rat nest, which could hollow out an entire town and meandered hundreds of meters underground with no end in sight, could be, and he had no idea how many of these birthday rats might be living in the nests that were attached to the rat nests.

All he could do was get rid of all those who were secretly worshipping him.

Since we can't completely eliminate the remaining ones, let's leave them aside for now and deal with the Rat King first before considering the others.

They broke through the tunnel once more, grabbed the rat that had been offering its birthday greetings, and crushed it to death. Looking at the crisscrossing, winding tunnels stretching downwards before them…

Looking back at the densely packed rat carcasses in the tunnel behind him, a hint of helplessness appeared in Zhang Wei's eyes, which had been suppressing his anger.

He then descended another hundred meters or so.

As a result, there was no sign of anything at the bottom of the nest, but instead, there were many more strange rats.

Besides a whole box full of birthday incense, Zhang Wei's collection has also seen a few new additions:

【Multi-Child Blessing Pill X7: A medicine from the Rat, nourishing Yang and prolonging offspring, it can ignite kidney Qi, strengthen Yang essence, making the penis as hard as divine iron, unbreakable and tireless. The effects last for seven days, during which the number of surviving offspring greatly increases. Those who have no offspring can have children in their old age, and the disabled can regain their former glory. Large doses can even cause complete rebirth, but there is a risk of the rat transforming into a demon. Moreover, the medicine is potent and can easily damage one's foundation, so it cannot be used for a long time.】

[Earth-遁术: The body is as nimble as a large rat, disappearing without a trace. One can move underground in soft soil, where there are caves or pits, but one cannot drill through them, nor can one burrow too deep; 100 meters is the limit. Above this, one is as agile as a cunning rat; below, it is as difficult to traverse as a muddy swamp.]

【Five Rats Transporting Objects: A spiritual technique, a skill of summoning objects. It gathers nearby rats to randomly steal valuable items from the surrounding area for the caster. Other rats can be summoned by adding a special item (that the rats like) to steal the specified item.】

One item, two spells.

It's not great, but it's not bad either. Especially considering that the blessings from the patriarch can be combined into one category, even if it doesn't look good now, it might change for the better later.

Incidentally, Zhang Wei also tried out his newfound ability.

He bent down, placed his hands on the ground, and as his magic flowed, the hard soil beneath his feet instantly softened like flowing water, swallowing him whole. Only a group of chattering rat monsters, who had come from the end of the tunnel stepping on the corpses of their kind, remained, holding weapons and pacing back and forth.

The next moment, in the lower tunnel, a group of rats that were strategizing and marching upwards suddenly went berserk. More than a dozen rat monsters snatched weapons from their fellow rats and fled backwards.

The other members of their kind could clearly see that the eyes of these crazed rat monsters were also filled with confusion and panic, but the head was the head and the body was the body.

If anyone dares to stop them, they will immediately and without hesitation open their mouths and bite back.

The rat monsters, however, were not going to tolerate it. In a few moments, they turned on each other and started fighting. Nearly a hundred rat monsters were locked in a fierce battle in the passage, squealing and screaming, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The scene was both cruel and lively.

Only Zhang Wei, hanging upside down above the tunnel, silently watched the chaos unfold.