How To Be A System (Dummy-Proof Edition)

Chapter 74. Fall

After the battle against that group of monkeys, Su Ping's group continued to travel until evening before they decided to start a camp and rest.

Although they occasionally met with some beasts, but, thanks to the caravan team's superb coordination, the journey went smoothly without much delay.

Including the one gained from those monkeys, Su Ping has gained a total of 50 points during his journey. Because except for those monkeys that arrive in groups, the beasts that attacked them usually come alone.

When morning arrived, the group continued their travel and finally reached a road in the middle of a mountain slope.

On the left of the road, there is an uphill slope covered with greenery. While on the right side, there is an extremely steep cliff that lasts until the edge of my [Scan].

"Once we walk past this road, we will be able to see the immortal city. If there aren't any problems, we should've arrived in the evening today." Captain suddenly spoke and told the team.

After listening to the captain's words, Su Ping nodded before busying himself with checking the System function he received. Maybe because he is unable to concentrate and meditate while sitting in the carriage, both Ren Qingquan and I found out he has been either scrolling through the list of items or staring at the system map since yesterday.

When the group traversed the path for three hours, I detected a group of creatures from the boundary of the [Scan] I left on Su Ping.

Su Ping also saw the ten dots of varying size I placed inside, as his face turned thoughtful before whispering to Li Mei who sat next to him. "Sister Li Mei, there are seven creatures hiding behind that corner."

When Li Mei heard his word, she frowned and whistled toward the captain. The captain who heard it slowed down the movement of his horse until he was located nearby Li Mei.

"What's going on?" The captain asked with a confused face.

Li Mei answered him while slightly pointing toward the corner in front of them. "Su Ping said he sensed seven living creatures behind that corner."

While looking at Su Ping, the captain asked. "Is that so? Can you tell me which cultivation stage they are at?"

Su Ping stared at the system map and compared the size of those dots before replying,"There is one Foundation Building, three Qi Refining, and three Body Tempering stage creatures."

Captain nodded his head as his face turned serious. Then he looked at everyone surrounding the carriage.

Li Mei's whistle and the captain's previous movement had caught everyone's attention as they all looked at the carriage. I saw the captain use some hand signs and the other's face also changed as they prepared for combat.

When the caravan passed through the corner, a group of bandits went out of hiding and ambushed them.

First, three Qi Refining stage bandits released several arrows with talismans attached to it. Meanwhile, three other Body Tempering stage bandits ran toward the group with a Foundation Building Stage bandit in the middle.

Luckily Su Ping has told the caravan group of the ambush. The captain who already prepared his magical technique quickly released it and summoned a wall made of soil in front of him.

*Boom!*

The earth wall successfully blocked those arrows. But the explosion caused by the talismans attached to those arrows caused the earth wall to be destroyed.

With the wall's destruction, the bandit leader, surrounded by three of his subordinates, passed through it easily and ran toward the caravan captain who stood in front.

Just like before, the caravan captain pulled his sword and imbued it with his spirit qi which solidified and increased the size of his sword. At this time, the captain has crossed his sword and prepared for an impact as he probably calculated that Kuan Gong will soon release his magical technique.

"Fiery Dragon Dance!" Following Kuan Gong's shout I saw flames appear and rushed toward the bandit leader who had stood nearby the caravan captain. The bandit leader who had just prepared his attack toward the Captain decided to change the direction of his attack at last second and throw his fist which is equipped with an iron glove, toward the incoming flame attack.

With the sound of explosion coming from the surroundings of his hand, the bandit leader successfully dispersed Kuan Gong's attack without any injury.

But the same can't be said with his Body Tempering subordinates as one of them received a serious burn wound due to the dispersed flame.

At this time, Old Hu who has prepared himself suddenly throws a hidden weapon toward the bandit leader who has just regained his balance.

To make sure Old Hu's attack would arrive at his target, the caravan captain quickly changed his defensive posture and attacked the bandit leader using his sword and forced the bandit leader to spend most of his energy blocking his sword.

***

While the captain was battling the bandit leader at the front of the team, I saw one of the Qi Refining stage bandits running toward the slope while hiding his body behind some greenery and running toward the rear of Su Ping's group. To be exact, his target is most likely the carriage with Li Mei and Su Ping on it.

Su Ping also saw it from the system map and immediately told Xiao Wen who stood nearby the carriage about it. "Miss Xiao Wen, there is a bandit coming from the slope on our left!"

Xiao Wen immediately pointed her bow toward the slope while searching for the bandit Su Ping mentioned.

But at this time, the bandit had already arrived nearby the carriage. Feeling his location has been seen through, that bandit pulled a metal plate and a spirit stone from his pocket.

The metal plate he pulled is engraved with a small sized formation, which is similar to the plate Lackey A used to summon his light beam attack while fighting against Ren Qingquan before.

Then, I saw that bandit quickly placed a spirit stone above a metal plate engraved with runes and pointed it toward the carriage. With the formation plate's activation, a strong gust of wind is summoned toward the caravan's carriage. Most likely trying to topple it and make the group unable to advance any further.

At the same time that bandit used his formation plate, Xiao Wen located his exact location and released her arrow. The arrow, coated with a cold aura, hit that bandit right in the hips and made him unable to move any further.

Meanwhile, Li Mei successfully escaped in time to evade the gust of wind by hiding behind the carriage that started to lose its balance. While jumping, she also tried to pull Su Ping along.

Unfortunately she is a bit late. By the time her hand almost reached him, he had been brought along by the wind.

The power of that gust of wind is extremely ridiculous. Even when Su Ping had already prepared himself, the wind was still strong enough to push him along and throw him towards the cliff next to the road.

When the carriage overturned due to the wind, Li Mei screamed as she realized she actually failed to grab onto Su Ping and saw him fall toward the cliff.

From Su Ping's [Scan], I saw Li Mei and Xiao Wen's faces turn pale.

***

Ren Qingquan, who has opened a viewing mode that shows Su Ping's current situation in 2.5 D view, commented upon seeing him fall into a cliff.

'Darn, is he going to find the inheritance of some expert after falling? I am pretty sure I often saw the plot of the protagonists falling to a cliff and finding inheritance in the xianxia novel I read before transmigrating.'

What Ren Qingquan said just now is logical! With how this cultivation world dotes on people with luck, such a nonsensical plot can indeed happen.

While Ren Qingquan is commenting, Su Ping is currently trying his best to hold on for his dear life.

I saw him attempt to use some martial arts techniques to balance himself and stop his fall. But every attempt of his only resulted in injuries on his hands and feet due to the inertia and probably lack of training.

So Su Ping could only keep rolling until he hit a branch and grabbed it with all his might.

What a pity, the branch he grabbed is too weak to hold his weight as it finally snapped under the pressure. And so, Su Ping began his descent once again.

As I saw him fall once more, I started thinking.

Maybe I need to add some talismans or magical treasures to the system shop. After all, among the books Ren Qingquan scanned before in the Pure Wave Sect's library, there are several books talking about how to craft talismans.

If Su Ping had some sort of flying talisman on him at this time, such a scene of falling from a cliff definitely wouldn't’ve happened.

Once I have that thought, I just can't stop. So I immediately added talismans, formation plates like the one that the robber used previously, spirit stones, and several other consumables into the system shop.

The difference between talisman and formation plate being talisman are consumable that will disappear after one use. Meanwhile, the formation plate can be used continuously by spending some spirit stone to activate it.

Wait, I am getting sidetracked. Right now I need to make sure Su Ping won't suddenly die while falling from the cliff.

Luckily this time the fall didn't last for long as he soon landed on a solid rock that protruded from the cliff. With his head bleeding profusely, I saw Su Ping calmly opened the system shop and scrolled until he found an item.

[Restoration Pill: 10 points each.

Description: quickly restore wounds.]

Once Su Ping clicked on the purchase option, I created the pill on his palm.

Su Ping felt the pill that suddenly appeared on his hand and connected it with the pill he just purchased from the system panel. Without much hesitation, he swallowed it and the wound on his body quickly healed.

Some of you might've guessed it, that pill is something I stole from Ren Qingchen.

Yesterday, I saw him fighting an intense battle against three Foundation Building stage beasts and got injured quite severely.

He then pulled that pill from his pocket and swallowed it. The effect of that pill is immediate as I saw the wound on his body turn into scabs within seconds before it finally disappeared.

Seeing how miraculous it is, I scanned it and placed it on the system shop. Who would've guessed, it actually came to use so quickly.

Truly, placing some of my attention on Ren Qingchen is the best decision I've made in the last few days.