Chapter 118: Legend of the River Swallowing Toad


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    It is said that every single River Swallowing Toad’s stomach carries a river.


    Fang Yuan did not use the River Swallowing Toad in his previous life, but he has a strong impression of


    this Gu, because of one person.


    A normal person, a family servant.


    Around two hundred yearster in his previous life, a very special Gu Master will appear— Jiang Fan.


    His existence shocked numerous Gu Masters, and his story would be spread around by the mortals.


    Once he appeared, he became a legend.


    His entire sess was attributed to a River Swallowing Toad.


    Jiang Fan was a mere family servant, single-handedly taking care of a fishery for his master. One day,


    a River Swallowing Toad arrived at the coast with its belly side up, lying in the water, asleep the entire


    time.


    Jiang Fan was initially scared and shocked, but slowly, he felt that this toad was dead, why was it not


    moving at all?


    The “toad corpse” blocked the upflow of the river water, and this caused many problems for Jiang Fan


    who was taking care of the fishery.


    Jiang Fan tried many different methods and ways to move this “toad corpse” away. But he was just a


    mere mortal, how could he move something as heavy as the River Swallowing Toad?


    His master was stingy and cruel, and if he could not meet the monthly quota, his head will be


    decapitated. Jiang Fan did not dare to report it, as someone not too long ago did not manage to fulfill


    his quota and reported it with a proper reason, but ended up getting killed on the spot.


    Seeing that the due date was getting closer, and the corpse still remained there blocking the water, it


    greatly affected his revenue. Gradually, Jiang Fan became more frightened, and his temper became


    more abusive and frustrated.


    Although he knew that he could not move this corpse away, he would still go to it everyday, to punch


    and kick the “toad corpse”, crying and making a din. Letting go of all the fear and anger he had in the


    face of death.


    But one day, the River Swallowing Toad woke up, and with its half-opened eyes, stared at Jiang Fan.


    Jiang Fan’s legs went soft from the shock.


    The River Swallowing Toad was half asleep and half awake, but it stillid there like it was a “corpse”.


    After some time, Jiang Fan regained hisposure.


    He was not afraid, he was going to die anyway, what is there to be afraid of?


    He climbed to the top of the River Swallowing Toad’s belly, and lied down face up. Staring at the sky,


    “Toad, oh toad. You are the same as me, with only onest breath left in you, you’re about to die too


    huh?”


    He did not know about the characteristics of the River Swallowing Toad. Looking at its half dead state,


    he thought that it was going to die. After saying so, Jiang Fan’s face flooded with tears.


    The River Swallowing Toad squinted its eyes, listening to Jiang Fan’s words while staring at the sky.


    For the next few days, he continued to lie on the River Swallowing Toad’s white and soft belly, crying


    while talking,ining about the pain and the repressed feelings of a mortal.


    Finally, the deadline was here. The person-in-charge came down from the vige to the fishery to


    collect the fish.


    Where could Jiang Fan find fish to meet the quota? Left with no choice, he could only give an excuse


    that he needed to do some packing, and ran to the River Swallowing Toad to bid farewell.


    He patted the River Swallowing Toad’s belly, “Old toad, to think that I’m going to die first. It must be


    affinity that led to me knowing you. I hope that in your remaining days, you will have a better life.”


    At this moment, the River Swallowing Toad started move.


    Jiang Fan was taken aback. Seeing that the River Swallowing Toad’s actions were bingrger, he


    quickly jumped off.


    Plop!


    The River Swallowing Toad turned around, with its belly side down and back facing upwards. It had


    fully woken up.


    Jiang Fan’s body was drenched, and on having seen this scene he became angry and stomped his


    foot, “Old toad, oh old toad, so you can still move? Ahhhh, you have caused my death, if you had


    moved a few days ago, I would not have to die!”


    The River Swallowing Toad ignored his words, it had just woken up and felt hungry.


    Half of its body was submerged into the water as it opened its mouth, starting to suck in the river water


    in order to sate its hunger.


    Seeing this, Jiang Fan was dumbfounded. He shockingly saw that the water level was receding,


    dropping at an observable pace, rapidly falling.


    Large amounts of river water were swallowed into the toad’s belly, but its belly did not even expand a


    bit, it was almost like a bottomless hole.


    A momentter, the River Swallowing Toad stopped its meal. The river water had already dropped to


    an extreme level, and the bedrock was exposed. If a person stood in the river, the water would only


    reach their knees.


    Jiang Fan stood at the coast, at a lost for words.


    The River Swallowing Toad nced at him and suddenly burped. Its stomach expanded and


    contracted, its mouth opening wide as it and it vomited out arge amount of seafood.


    Fish, prawn, turtle, crab, snails, eels, everything!


    The River Swallowing Toad only ate water as its food, but did not consume these seafood, hence it


    vomited all of them out.


    At this point, it seems like it was raining seafood.


    In the blink of an eye, the seafood gathered into a mountain, and Jiang Fan upon seeing this, was


    overwhelming exhrated. He screamed loudly, “I’m saved, I’m saved! These seafood is enough for me


    to hand up for three months. Old toad, oh old toad, it is all thanks to you!”


    He packaged those seafood, and quickly handed them to the person-in-charge.


    The person-in-charge was both shocked and suspicious, how could there be so much? He quickly


    reported it, and the Gu Masters in the vige also found out that the water level had changed


    drastically.


    After investigating, they found out about the River Swallowing Toad’s existence.


    It was a Rank five Gu!


    The vige fell into a panic and they formed intorge groups, trying to expel the River Swallowing


    Toad.


    Jiang Fan did not want the River Swallowing Toad to be harmed; these days he had treated the River


    Swallowing Toad as his only friend.


    He kneeled in front of the Gu Masters and pleaded hysterically. But why would Gu Masters care about


    a mere mortal? They kicked him aside and were about to murder him.


    But at this moment, the River Swallowing Toad arrived.


    Nobody knew if it had treated Jiang Fan as its friend, or felt that being with Jiang Fan was interesting


    and could cure boredom.


    The point is, it struck.


    It carried Jiang Fan and vomited out a stream of river water that engulfed the whole vige and


    drowned half the hill.


    This battle startled the entire southern continent!


    Thereafter, Jiang Fan’s name spread throughout the one hundred thousand mountains. With the River


    Swallowing Toad staying by his side, it meant that he owned a Rank five Gu worm!


    After all, even a Rank five Gu Master, might not have a Rank five Gu worm.


    Rank five Gu Masters were rare, even in the Gu Yue n’s history, there were only two people — the


    first generation n leader and the fourth generation n leader.


    But he Jiang Fan did not have an awakened aperture, yet as a mere mortal he had a River Swallowing


    Toad.


    His existence stunned the entire Gu Master world.


    After that, Jiang Fan built a hamlet at the vige’s location. He was endearing to people and


    sympathized with mortals, aspiring to reach equality among all people. It was a vige without


    oppression.


    He became a g, and the mortals in the surrounding viges came to him and wanted to depend on


    him.


    But eventually, he was still assassinated.


    With just a River Swallowing Toad, it could not make him truly powerful. He was not a Gu Master after


    all, and after his death, the River Swallowing Toad left.


    Gu Masters razed his hamlet to the grounds, and ughtered the mortals who dared to oppose them.


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    With his mortal self, Jiang Fan challenged the entire system of society, and that brought forth the rage


    of the Gu Masters.


    “I wonder if Jiang Fan will still appear this time after my influence.” After his recollection, Fang Yuan


    laughed.


    But Chi Shan could notugh.


    His face was grim as he returned.


    The vigers at the mountain foot were waiting for the Gu Masters to deal with this problem.


    But the great Gu Yue Chi Shan arrived and still could not solve the issue. This caused the vigers to


    panic, and the panic spread and reached a high point.


    They dragged their families, brought big and small bags, and rushed up to the vige. They naturally


    did not dare to step inside, thus more and more vigers kneeled outside the vige’s doors, begging


    the Gu Masters to have mercy and let them in.


    In the hall.


    “What? These lowlymoners dare to surround the main gate. Atrocious, they are getting more and


    more daring, kill, kill them all!” The punishment hall n elder screamed.


    Medicine hall’s Gu Yue Yao Ji’s face was also grim, “Although these lowlymoners deserve death,


    killing a few is enough to threaten the rest and chase the group away, but it would be like a joke for the


    other viges to observe.”


    Gu Yue Chi Lian said, “The important thing now is not this. If even Chi Shan cannot wake this River


    Swallowing Toad, who else in our n can? It seems we have to get reinforcements, the Xiong n


    specializes in strength.” He sighed and continued, “for the safety of the n, we should get them to do


    it. Even if we have to pay a price, it is worth it.”


    These words got the consent of the other n elders, and even n leader Gu Yue Bo was moved.


    “n leader and the other n elders, this junior has something to report.” Gu Yue Chi Shan had been


    standing in the hall, listening to the n elders, but suddenly he bowed and said spoke.


    Gu Yue Bo nodded, he had an appreciative attitude towards Gu Yue Chi Shan, “Chi Shan, if you have


    any ideas, you might as well say it.”


    Chi Shan asked instead, “Elders, to push this River Swallowing Toad awake, does it really need one


    person’s strength?”


    Gu Yue Bo said, “ording to the previous n leader’s words, the River Swallowing Toad has a mild


    temper and loves to sleep. Even if it is awakened by someone pushing it, it would not rage. Thus, we


    asked you who has the greatest strength in the vige to wake it. But it ended in failure.”


    Chi Shan said, “Then can n leader grant me a Brute Force Longhorn Beetle Gu? With one bull’s


    strength and my inborn strength, I would be able to push this River Swallowing Toad awake.”


    “You definitely cannot use a Gu worm’s strength.” Just as Chi Shan finished speaking, a n elder


    denied his request, “A Gu worm’s aura will invite the vignce of the River Swallowing Toad. If this


    causes it to feel threatened and rampage about, who would face the consequences?”


    “That’s right.” Gu Yue Bo nodded, “By using a Gu worm, even if we wake up the toad, we cannot get its


    approval. It has to be a single person, using his own strength to wake it and get its approval.”


    Gu is the spirit of heaven and earth, but it behaved more like wild beasts. Wild beasts have their


    territories, and roaming wild beasts when encountering the king of a territory, would have a battle. The


    victorious takes the territory and the loser roams.


    The formation of a beast tide is also based on this wild beast instinct. Strong beast groups will invade


    and conquer neighbouringnd. Weaker groups would be exiled and this forms the beast tide.


    To chase the River Swallowing Toad away, they have to abide to its habits.


    River Swallowing Toad has a mild temperament, not enjoying conflict, and as long as the territory’s


    “beast king” can be recognised, it would leave.


    Thus, using Gu worms is a no-no, the Gu worm’s aura will be sensed and cause the River Swallowing


    Toad to take unpredictable actions. Using everyone’s strength was not possible too. Once there are


    many people, even if it is moved, the toad would not leave.


    That is because everyone acting together was not fair, and would not be recognised by it.


    Thus, the n leader got Chi Shan to go ahead, as he had the greatest strength in the vige.


    “So that’s it, I understand.” Chi Shan finally understood the situation, he cupped his fists, “In that case, I


    will rmend someone to the n elders, he has greater strength than me.”


    “Oh, who?”


    “There’s such a person, why did we not know?”


    “Chi Shan, don’t keep us waiting, quickly say it!”


    “This person, is Gu Yue Fang Yuan.” Chi Shan said a name.