I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

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Just Wanting to Live a Good Life but Surpassing the Protagonist – 80 Beast Repellent Incense

The gift that Ye Yong wanted to give to Mu Qingyin as a meeting gift was the Qing Sha Chu Yu Bi. As the name suggested, it was made from the feathers of a certain spirit bird.

The sparrowbird was rare and vigilant. The young birds had Foundation Establishment level strength as soon as they were born, and the adult birds were at the late Crystallization stage. However, because they were relatively timid, they would usually choose to avoid fighting when battles occurred.

Adult birds were generally vermilion in color, while young birds were light blue. Their shed fledglings were a beautiful mix of vermilion and light blue.

Birds lived on the cliffs of Lingyou Mountain, ten thousand meters deep. Once they sensed something wrong, they would immediately move their nests. First fledgling weathered very quickly. Artificially raised birds, stimulated by the environment, were vermilion in color from birth, and the color of their first fledgling was far less beautiful than that of wild birds.

Not many people knew about the bird Chuyu, and almost all of those who liked them were literati. Although wild Chuyu could fetch a good price, cultivators would rather spend their time staring at the young birds changing feathers and collecting them in time. It was much faster to make money that way. Therefore, birds were almost never circulated on the market. If literati wanted them, they would specifically spend money to find someone to stare at and collect them in time.

Ye Yong could purchase them directly from the system store. They cost 10 reversal points, which was not expensive at all, just a few Qi gathering pills. Well, to be honest, as a feather that was only used for its collection value, it was overpriced. But the store priced its items based on their functionality and rarity, and Chuyu were indeed rare, so there was nothing that could be done.

Since it could be bought in the shop, why did he have to make a special trip to Lingyou Mountain? Because Ye Yong needed to put on a show, to let Mu Qingyin know that he had gone to great lengths to find it.

If he stayed in his own other courtyard, and suddenly took out the first feather of the Que Sha bird without saying a word, it would be a bit strange, and the goodwill of the gift would also be greatly reduced.

Anyway, on this trip, Ye Yong could find it if he was lucky, and buy it if he couldn’t find it. He wouldn’t return empty-handed, so he wouldn’t lose anything.

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At 10,000 meters on Lingyou Mountain, there were already golden core level spirit beasts and demonic beasts appearing. Even a crystallization cultivator would lose their life if they were not careful, let alone a small foundation builder.

However, Ye Yong bought high-level beast repellent incense, and smeared it on his body. Suddenly, a medicinal smell spread out.

To the human race, this smell was still quite fragrant, but to the spirit beasts and demonic beasts with sensitive noses, it was very pungent and uncomfortable.

It was like a normal person seeing a pile of feces on the side of the road, and subconsciously choosing to avoid it. Stepping on it would make them feel disgusted and uncomfortable all day. However, occasionally there would be some foodies with a wide range of tastes, who would directly break through the limitations of ingredients and use local materials in their pursuit of gourmet food.

In other words, apart from those spirit beasts and demonic beasts that were good at fighting, had a heavy taste, or were extremely hungry, basically all of them would avoid Ye Yong, who was emitting the smell of ‘feces’.

All the way unimpeded, and very fortunately did not encounter a ‘foodie’, Ye Yong went straight to 10,000 meters, and found a few small peaks.

Hiding behind the trees and observing in secret, Ye Yong looked for traces of the Que Sha bird. After searching for less than a minute, forget it, just go for a big move. He removed the smell of the beast repellent incense on his body , bought something that the Que Sha bird liked to eat in the system shop, and placed it on a conspicuous stone.

Before long, Ye Yong saw several birds that looked a bit like domestic chickens, but were much prettier than domestic chickens, and were a bit bigger. They flew over from somewhere. They landed very cautiously on the branches of a tall tree, observing the surrounding environment.

Ye Yong restrained his aura, and was very patient. After about half an incense stick, one of them couldn’t help it, and flew over to take a bite.

There was no danger, so the other ones did the same.

After getting the food, it was of course time to go back to the nest to enjoy it or feed their young.

Ye Yong had been practicing the Swimming Dragon Steps recently, and with the help of the auxiliary system, his cultivation had already reached a small success, and the experience bar was more than half full.

Using an earth-level body technique to follow a crystallization period spirit beast, it was really too easy. Very quickly, Ye Yong found their nest.

The Que Sha bird was considered a gregarious bird, but they didn’t visit each other much. The purpose of their gregariousness was simply that when danger came, they hoped that their neighbors could act as bait, and buy time for themselves to escape.

After all, if they lived alone, if a predator came, wouldn’t they just stare at themselves and their young? How could they escape? If there were a few more companions living nearby, their chances of survival would be much higher than if they were targeted alone.

Ye Yong was quite lucky. There were indeed a few nests of Que Sha bird chicks, with a maximum of two in each nest. Their feathers were light blue, with a hint of cinnabar color. They were about to molt, but it was estimated that it would be another half a month before they truly entered the molting period.

If there was no system, and he still wanted to give this gift to Mu Qingyin, Ye Yong would definitely be very distressed, but he had a system. If there was no one following him, Ye Yong wouldn’t even need to approach the nest. He could just wander around, enjoy the scenery of Lingyou Mountain, and then leave.

Unfortunately, someone was following him, so he had to do the whole thing. He couldn’t leave any doubts or loopholes.

So Ye Yong smeared on the beast repellent incense again.

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“Ji ji!” A Que Sha bird that was feeding its young on the cliff suddenly called out to its neighbor.

The general meaning was: Do you smell something ‘sh*tty’?

The neighbor tilted its bird head, and very quickly also called out: Yes.

“Ji ji ji!” At this time, a bird discovered Ye Yong, who was slowly rising on a flying device.

How could the smell on this human’s body be so terrible!? Don’t come any closer! It’s going to kill birds!

The Que Sha birds immediately panicked, and didn’t even care whether Ye Yong had any cultivation. They carried their young and flew desperately, leaving behind a lot of feathers on the ground.

Ye Yong came to the nest very easily, searched around, and then took out the first feather he had bought in the system shop, pretending to have found it in the nest. He examined it carefully, and then nodded with satisfaction, preparing to leave .

However, before he could land on the ground, several more flying devices rose up, and several crystallization cultivators appeared.

“Stinky brat! What do you mean by scaring away the birds!? We brothers have been squatting here for several days! How dare you ruin our good thing! Did you just get the first feather! Hand it over, and get lost!” The late crystallization expert in the lead was imposing.

“Boss, that kid doesn’t seem to have any cultivation, and he doesn’t look like a small cultivation… It’s better not to make trouble with him.” At this time, a younger brother reminded him .

Only then did the hot-tempered expert take a serious look at Ye Yong’s clothes, appearance, and temperament. Well, he really didn’t look like an ordinary cultivator, but rather a member of a wealthy family.

The expert coughed a few times: “What, I was a bit impulsive just now. I don’t know who you are?”

“A disciple of the Tianluo Sect.” Ye Yong didn’t say his name, because now many people had heard of it.

“So it’s the Tianluo Sect! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

In fact, Ye Yong was quite depressed. Just now, it was obvious that he was picking a fight with a passerby, and it was a classic case of pretending to slap in the face. However, his damned villainous aura had directly canceled out the case.

If it was the protagonist, there would definitely be a wonderful scene of chasing, escaping, and counterattacking.

Sigh.

With a silent sigh, Ye Yong took out a few intermediate spirit stones: “Scaring the Sparrow Spirit Bird away was purely unintentional. Take these as compensation.”

The other party didn’t seem to want to make trouble, and Ye Yong didn’t want to cause a conflict either, so he wanted to resolve it peacefully.

“Oh…” The big man received the spirit stones that Ye Yong sent over with his spiritual energy.

The weight of the spirit stones was reassuring.

“May I ask for your name?” The big man was greedy for money, but he didn’t dare to misbehave when someone was so generous as to give him intermediate spirit stones.

“My name is not worth mentioning. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave first.” No one stopped Ye Yong, and he quickly landed on the ground.

As for why he didn’t fly away, it was because it was too conspicuous in the sky. Even with the Beast Avoidance Incense, the chances of encountering a ‘foodie’ would increase.

The big men just now were actually shouting in the sky. That was really a brainless act.

The Crystal Formation Stage spirit beasts and monsters were fine, but if a Golden Core Stage one came… Ye Yong didn’t want to flee in embarrassment in front of the bodyguards sent by the Sect Master.

Leaving ten thousand meters, he flew to a range of eight thousand meters.

“Ying.” Suddenly, a bird’s cry came.

It sounded a bit like a dog whining or a high-pitched sound made when in pain, quite sad. Ye Yong was a little curious. He carefully followed the sound and lifted the grass. He saw a snow-white fox trapped in a hunting trap.

The hunting traps in the cultivation world would release a non-lethal toxin once they bit the prey, causing the prey to gradually lose strength.

The snow-white fox’s hind leg was caught, and blood stained its fur. When it saw Ye Yong, its eyes were filled with panic. It also felt that Ye Yong smelled bad all over.

The fox was already affected by the toxin in its body. When it smelled such a smell, it almost fainted.

Moreover, the human was still walking towards it. This was simply fatal.

Don’t come over!!!

The fox kept making whining sounds.