The Rise of Otaku

Chapter 197 Ruyi Magic Brush

Edited by: Minititanz and Xelot

The guardian fairy has finally been found. It was actually an ancient-looking… female ghost, who was wandering in the woods in a piece of undeveloped land in the amusement park…

Fortunately, it was day time. If it was a night and if it was accompanied by a little bit of background music from some horror movies, Zhou Yu definitely wouldn’t dare to walk in.

And what was more surprising was that the female ghost-like fairy was actually as big as a real person.

Oh well, a male scholar and a female ghost was the best type of couple since ancient China. Perhaps this Zhou Miao guy died of depression since he couldn’t touch his lover. But then again this kind of love was quite interesting.

Even though it was day time, Zhou Yu felt a chill go down his spine. He gathered his courage and stepped forward, only after the arrival of the King of Thieves and Bubu. He asked, “Er… Miss, are you Zhou Miao’s guardian fairy?”

Hearing the voice, the ghost slowly turned around. Thankfully, it was not the type of ghost that had a beautiful body figure but a terrifying face. Her face was not only very beautiful, but also very pale, and lifeless, which made her look very creepy. Little Muli was so scared that she quickly hid behind Zhou Yu’s neck, and only dared to take peeks from time to time.

Fortunately, the so-called guardian didn’t seem like she wanted to attack the intruder. She just calmly replied, “Older brother Miao’s relic was left for a fated person. Are you that fated person?”

Older brother Miao? Such an affectionate way to call that scholar. It made Zhou Yu wonder what kind of relationship those two had in the past. It was just that her tone was so cold. Perhaps it was because she hasn’t talked to anyone for a very long time, or perhaps it was just how she normally talked. Anyway, with this kind of tone, she could directly play a cold-hearted female ghost role without needing to add special effects to her voice.

And in terms of this fated person? Do people in ancient China like this kind of thing? The treasure of Zhou Miao could only be used by the people, who have the Eyes Of The ACG world. So the so-called fated person must be this kind of person. However, apart from him, Zhou Yu didn’t know if other people also had the eyes of the ACG world.

Helplessly, Zhou Yu could only grit his teeth and say, “I am not sure if I’m the one. So, how can I check it?”

“If you want to prove that you are the fated person, you have to find older brother Miao’s ‘Ruyi Magic Brush’ and draw a maid-level Chinese painting. If you can, I’ll show you where the treasure is.”

God damn it, in order to find one thing you have to find another. This was clearly the sign of quest chains!

What the ghost in a white dress meant was very clear, if he couldn’t draw the painting she requested, she would not tell him where the treasure was. Even if all the Kungfu masters of Luhua Village gathered together and defeated her, based on her cold personality, perhaps, not only would she not tell them where the treasure was, but she might even become a problem in the future.

Therefore he could only bite the bullet and carried on this quest.

“Miss, where is Ruyi Magic Brush?”

At least, she should give them some clues. They had already used the ‘Sky Eye Formation’ to search the park thoroughly, but there were no other treasures existing in this place. So it was very likely that Ruyi Magic Brush was outside the village.

“The original Ruyi Magic Brush was broken. You need to make a new one.”

Er… Zhou Yu was speechless. This girl probably had problems with her head after staying alone for such a long time. Earlier on she said that they needed to find one, now she said that they needed to make one. Those two sentences had two completely different meanings. But after thinking about it, it was actually quite understandable. After all, the brush was from a long time ago, the possibility that it could survive to this day was very low.

However, the female ghost didn’t explain the method of making Ruyi Magic Brush. She started to wander in the same place just like those NPCs, who finished giving out quests. Fortunately, apart from Zhou Yu, no one else could see her floating around like this. Otherwise, people would think that this amusement park was haunted.

In the past Zhou Yu would get ACG items directly, there was no need for him to make one at all. Moreover, Ruyi Magic Brush sounded like something that was very difficult to make. Zhou Yu invited the craftsmen in the village, the carpenter beaver, and the stonemason monkey in order to ask them whether they knew how to make it.

The beaver recalled, “I know the material for Ruyi Magic Brush. The materials include the real world timber, which has the ACG-world attributes and the fur of the Knight’s mount, which can be collected in the amusement park. However, there is still one more step, which requires my senior brother monkey, and that is to transform the mineral element into the handle of the brush.”

The stonemason monkey shook his head and said, “There is no problem with the mineral elements, but to make the Ruyi magic brush you still need a specific type of tool. It is called, ‘The Sacred Cauldron’. Such a tool is even very rare in Starlight City, let alone our Luhua village”

Indeed, The Sacred Cauldron was a good thing. With it, as long as one got the recipe of an item, once the required materials were put in, the cauldron would automatically convert those materials into the item. Even if there were no recipes, by randomly throwing in some raw materials, there was also a chance to produce some strange treasures.

However, it did not mean that there were no alternatives. There was an item called the ‘High Imitation Sacred Cauldron’ from the Gashapon machine. The way this item operated was exactly the same as the real one. But it would explode after 10 uses, which was not a surprise to Zhou Yu. After all, it was just a cheap knock-off.

There were 10 chances, even if his luck was bad, there was no way that he wouldn’t be able to make even one.

So, let’s start making it.

From the little storehouse, Zhou Yu took out a few bags of chicken feathers, rabbit fur, wool, and dog hair, which were shed by the Knight’s mounts in the little pasture during the summer. Those animal hairs were carefully collected by the little farmers in the little Luhua Village and kept in the little storehouse. At first, Zhou Yu was curious about why those farmers collected these things. But now he finally understood that they were all raw materials.

There were now a lot of raw materials in the storehouse. Even the timber had been gathered into several piles, let alone other materials.

Since there were ten chances, naturally, he would use the best timber. As for the mineral elements, he also chose the best material, such as the rare jade heart, the golden heart, and the diamond heart, and so on. Those were the raw materials that would be the most suitable for the brush handle.

The High Imitation Sacred Cauldron was actually just an incense burner that was about the size of a washbasin, which looked very delicate just like an elegant handicraft. There was an old man with the demeanor of a transcendent being, sitting on the top of the cauldron, he was the high imitation alchemist. To put it bluntly, he was likely to be a charlatan.

After throwing ten brushes worth of raw materials into the cauldron, Zhou Yu sat on the side watching the old man mumbling on the lid of the cauldron. As he began to dance with his mahogany sword, strange-looking purple flames gradually appeared underneath the cauldron.

When he looked at it without the glasses, there was no flame at all, but the raw materials began to decompose and fuse.

It made Zhou Yu wonder if this was what the real magic looked like.

After a while of smelting, the old man with the white beard suddenly stopped dancing and blurted out, “Oh no!”

What do you mean ‘Oh no’, don’t tell me that you could not even make one?

Zhou Yu almost wanted to curse out loud. Because the high imitation cauldron could only be used 10 times and the chances of success were very low, so he used all of it in one go! The success rate would be too damn low if he really couldn’t even get one. It made Zhou Yu wonder if this old imitator was exploiting him.

In fact, the lid of the cauldron suddenly burst into the sky with a bang, and it even sent the old men flying. All Zhou Yu could hear was him shouting ‘I’ll be back!’ and then completely disappeared from his sight.

Holy shit! The manual said that it would explode. But I didn’t expect that it would really explode!