Chapter 441: “Fortune Rivalling Heaven” Ma Hong Yun


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    “Come, have a taste of this fragrant rice cake.”


    “Selling tea, selling tea, this is top grade brick tea!”


    “Ah Su family’s kumis, we are a ten year old brand, anyone who drinks this will know.”


    …


    There was a huge mix of small stall on the ground as different smells entered the nose, shouting and


    bargaining noises were heard all over the ce.


    Fang Yuan walked among them, almost at a shoulder touching distance with the surrounding people,


    the festive mood was so intense.


    Not only was food on sale, but clothing too.


    Ordinary sheep skin robe, dog skin robe, or the higher quality bull skin robe. There were beautiful fox


    snow robes, or the wolf skin robe that had metal pieces in them which were often worn by warriors.


    Children were having fun at the food stalls, while men were bargaining at the weapon stalls. Women


    were choosing gems, pearls, or gold and silver essories.


    As he walked in, Fang Yuan saw a square that was assembled casually.


    On the square, there wererge wooden cages filled with people.


    Outside the cage, there were specialized Gu Masters guarding the ce, as a fat man was shouting at


    the top of his lungs: “Selling ve, five male ves for half a primeval stone!”


    Fang Yuan took a look and knew that it was the flourishing ve trade in northern ins.


    These people were from tribes who lost in battles, after being captured alive, they lost their freedom


    and becamemodity.


    Inside the cages, there were children who were thin and wore no clothes, there were also kneeling men


    who lowered their heads while locked by a steel chain. Of course, there were women too.”


    The fat man shouted for a long time, his forehead was sweating but the passersby were only watching.


    His eyes rolled as he thought of an idea, opening the wooden cage and letting a woman whose face


    was full of dirt walk out.


    “Look, this is a top quality woman.”


    As he shouted, he ripped off the torn clothes of the woman, exposing her breasts.


    “Look, what a plump breast she has!”


    Next, he turned the woman to the other side and pped her butt in public.


    “Look again, such a huge butt, she can have many children. Buy her home to have kids, you can even


    use her for manualbor!”


    During the process, the woman’s expression was numb, she was like a wooden puppet that could be


    manipted by anyone.


    As the fat man shouted earnestly, somemotion finally urred in the crowd.


    Someone asked: “How much are you selling her for?”


    “Three taels of primeval stone. Just three taels of primeval stone.” The fat man raised three fingers.


    Three taels of primeval stone, it was not even half a piece.


    But the person who asked for the price suddenly shouted: “What, three taels! Is this robbery, I might as


    well save up two more taels to buy a big stomach horse, that is much more worth it!”


    The fat man’s oily face trembled as he spit on the ground: “Rubbish! You can buy a woman and ride her


    in bed, but if you buy a big stomach horse, although you can ride it, can it make babies for you? Poor


    miser, get lost if you do not want to buy!”


    The fat man was a rank one Gu Master, and the person scolded was a mortal, he immediately shrunk


    his neck and walked away feebly.


    Fang Yuan gave a few nces of interest before retracting his gaze.


    The ves that the fat man was selling were just mortals, they could not fetch a good price. But if he


    sold variant humans, they would be sold for a much higher price. If he sold Gu Masters, they would be


    high quality ves, the price would be the highest.


    Seeing these ves, Fang Yuan could not help but think of Ma Hong Yun.


    This person was born as a ve, but he had heaven defying luck.


    First as a ve, he participated in battle. When his tribe lost, he saved the young tribe leader by pure


    luck when escaping for his life. Because of this huge merit, he was given the surname Ma, and was no


    longer a ve.


    He became an ordinary mortal in Ma tribe. In order to earn a living, he went out to hunt, but because of


    his poor skills, he had no earnings. When he returned, he was tripped by a rock, he smashed this rock


    in anger, but discovered a white silver relic Gu under the rock. He contributed this rock to his tribe’s


    young tribe leader.


    The young tribe leader needed this white silver relic Gu and was overjoyed, not only did he reward Ma


    Hong Yun handsomely, he even gave him an opportunity to cultivate.


    Ma Hong Yun awakened his aperture and had B grade aptitude, but did not have any useful Gu worms.


    He was often bullied by nearby Gu Masters, and was thrown into the river once.


    Ma Hong Yun who could not swim drank a lot of water as he flowed downstream along the river.


    At the lower stream, Sheng tribe leader’s third daughter, Sheng Ling Er, was bathing. Ma Hong Yun


    saw everything and ording to Sheng tribe’s rules, the beautiful Sheng tribe genius female Gu


    Master had no choice but to be his wife.


    Ma Hong Yun thus received a lot of help from Sheng Ling Er, he nevercked any Gu worms or


    primeval stones.


    In fact, Sheng Ling Er even stole her tribe’s precious Gu to raise his aptitude to A grade.


    When the matter was exposed, Sheng tribe leader did not want his daughter to marry this poord,


    thus he secretly sent an expert to kill Ma Hong Yun.


    But this expert had an argument with someone along the way and was killed by another expert.


    Ma Hong Yun and Sheng Ling Er thus became husband and wife, and held an important position in the


    tribe, he was hated by Sheng tribesmen due to jealousy, and they plotted against him secretly.


    He had no choice but to escape to poison grasnd, and just as he was about to be killed by the


    poison beard wolves, he found Chang Shan Yin. After saving Chang Shan Yin, he became his loyal


    subject.


    Just like this, due to his ridiculously good luck on many asions, Ma Hong Yun rose up slowly,


    eventually bing the lord of the imperial court.


    After Hei Lou Lan died, he became the overlord of the imperial court for over a hundred years, over a


    dozen times.


    Later, he obtained Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable and Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s partial


    inheritance, and became a Gu Immortal. He was even given a blessednd by a Gu Master.


    When battle and conflicts raged in the world, Ma Hong Yun became one of the powerhouses of


    northern ins, resisting the grand army from central continent and gained overwhelming reputation.


    “At this time, Ma Hong Yun should be thirteen years old. It is a pity I do not know his true identity. Ma


    Hong Yun is only a name given to him after he saved Ma tribe’s young tribe leader. Ma tribe is part of


    the Huang Jin bloodline left behind by Giant Sun, to vie for the imperial court, they had been expanding


    these few years, absorbing the members of many tribes. I wonder if Ma Hong Yun has already be


    Ma tribe’s ve.”


    Fang Yuan collected his thoughts, and found himself outside a gambling den.


    There were two couplets on the door.


    Left was: Show some courage, gain the fortune of the four seasons.


    Right was: Show some skill, obtain the wealth of the four cardinal directions.


    Across, it wrote: Luck changes with time.


    The gambling den had great business, Fang Yuan was moved.


    “With my experience, I might be able to earn a small fortune.” With this thought, Fang Yuan smiled,


    thinking of Ma Hong Yun.


    Thisd with overwhelming luck, he was deceived by someone who gave him the lowest grade rock to


    gamble with him.


    Under such absurd circumstances, he obtained a rank five Gu!


    Fang Yuan still had some business at the moment, he did not enter the gambling den yet.


    He walked past the entrance of the gambling den, and entered the central area of this market.


    This ce was much quieter, there was less traffic flow and almost all passersby were Gu Masters.


    Even if there were mortals, they were attendants and followed beside the Gu Master, lowering their


    heads as they carried goods. Other than that, there were some young masters and youngdies who


    had not awakened their aperture.


    Although there were no guards, there was a clear distinction between the two areas for mortals and Gu


    Masters.


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    The difference in strength was a formless barrier, it divided the two types of people with evidently


    different lives.


    Fang Yuan walked briskly, wherever he went, Gu Masters gave him a look of admiration and respect,


    when they were in front of him, they would stop and give way to him.


    Some people started talking among themselves: “Why is there a rank four expert?”


    “This person has an unfamiliar face, he does not seem to be from the fewrge tribes around here.”


    “Be careful, whenever the market opens, there will be some demonic Gu Masters whoe in to get


    rid of their loot.”


    Rank three and four werepletely different.


    Rank three were the middle pir, most tribe elders of major tribes were at this level. Rank four were


    experts among Gu Masters, most tribe leaders were rank four, and they could roam the mortal realm


    freely without restraint.


    Rank four initial stage aura made every action of his attract the attention of everyone.


    Reverence, curiosity, or apprehension.


    This ce was solely for the business of Gu Masters.


    There was a Gu refinement area, where Gu refinement were done in ce of a Gu Master, at the same


    time they sold and bought recipes.


    Fang Yuancked the recipe of the wolf envement Gu, after a few transactions, he bought the recipe


    for the rank one to three wolf envement Gu.


    The recipe for rank four was held in the hands of the fewrge tribes, it was rarely seen in the market.


    Thereafter, Fang Yuan went to the restaurant, but did not manage to find any top quality wine.


    He went to thergest shop next.


    “Esteemed expert, your presence is our shop’s honor. Pleasee in.” The shopkeeper was a rank


    three elderly Gu Master, he came out personally to attend to Fang Yuan.


    “I needrge numbers of wolf envement Gu.” Fang Yuan stated his needs immediately.


    “Yes, pleasee with me for further discussion.” The elderly brought Fang Yuan to a beautiful room


    on the third floor.


    After some bargaining, Fang Yuan bought five rank three wolf vement Gu and thirty-eight rank two


    wolf envement Gu.


    The shopkeeper was rubbing his palms in joy, he knew he had met a huge client: “Esteemed customer,


    is there anything you still need, feel free to state them.”


    “Do you have defensive Gu?” Fang Yuan asked.


    The elderly reported a long list of Gu names, and Fang Yuan shook his head as he listened. There was


    one rank four Gu but it did not fit his envement path. The rest were all ordinary Gu worms.


    Next, Fang Yuan asked about flying Gu.


    Flying Gu were rarely seen, because it had a steep learning curve. Normally, only outstanding


    members ofrge tribes would train in it from young. But because they had their tribe’s resources, they


    did not need to buy flying Gu.


    As for other Gu Masters, very few tried to learn flying.


    The shopkeeper said proudly: “Customer, you came to the right ce. In this entire market, only my


    shop has a rank four flying cloud Gu!”


    But Fang Yuan shook his head.


    Although flying cloud Gu could ascend to a high altitude, it had poor maneuverability and had average


    speed, it was suitable for Gu Masters who did not have proper flying skills.


    For him, he might as well use the rank three eagle wings Gu, it could twist and turn easily in the sky, he


    could use it more efficiently.


    After buying one eagle wings Gu, Fang Yuan asked about the bone bamboo Gu and ghost fire Gu.


    He needed these two Gu to repair the rank five battle bone wheel.


    The shop had many rank two ghost fire Gu, but there was none of the rank one bone bamboo Gu.


    The shopkeeperughed bitterly: “Customer, my apologies. All the bone bamboo Gu in the market had


    been bought by Man tribe’s new external tribe elder. Not just my shop, but none of the other shops


    have any left.”


    “Oh? Who is this person?” Fang Yuan’s gaze shone.