“Hahaha!”
Lao Die burst into laughter.
Cao Erzhu struggled to lift his hand and realized that the handshake pattern in his Qi Hai had been expelled from his body along with the released Che Shen Nian.
“Lao Die, what are you laughing at?”
After laughing for a long time, Lao Die slumped back to the ground and glanced sideways at the floor opposite.
“Look for yourself.”
Cao Erzhu looked down and saw a very striking pattern at his feet.
The pattern was engraved with designs that seemed complex but were easy to understand, including “Violence,” “Intimidation,” “Authority,” “Punishment,” “Wrath,” “Berserk,” “Fright”...
Cao Erzhu was stunned.
What a beautiful pattern—it was a hundred times better than that handshake design!
He examined it carefully from all angles for a while before realizing it was the deadly command and task Lao Die had given him, and he had completed it.
— Lei Xi Ao Yi Zhen Tu!
“Lao Die, did I succeed?”
Cao Erzhu subconsciously scratched his head, unsure of the feeling.
He was a bit happy, but not much.
He felt a bit of achievement, but it seemed only natural.
After all, he had practiced day and night for so long, with such poor aptitude, always infuriating Lao Die to the point of rage, and yet he had still succeeded.
In Lian Ling Jie, a world full of geniuses, if others put in half his effort, they would have cultivated an Ao Yi Zhen Tu long ago, right?
“Mm, you succeeded, but remember not to let others see it. This thing can be seized, and it’s quite valuable.”
Lao Die responded indifferently.
From his expression, Ao Yi wasn’t that impressive, and it could be seized... Wasn’t this just like the saying, an innocent man is guilty for having a treasure?
Cao Erzhu remembered something.
“That uncle’s pattern...”
“Yes, he wanted to seize it from you, including your Fa Shen Xing Jie and Lei Xi Ao Yi.”
Lao Die said mysteriously.
Cao Erzhu fell silent after hearing this, gritting his teeth—he had thought that uncle was a good person.
“But he said he hugged me...”
“When you were little, before I picked you up on the street, anyone could have hugged you. Besides, can’t people lie?”
Lao Die sneered.
But he was definitely not picked up—Cao Erzhu was sure of that.
Lao Die treated strangers and his own people completely differently.
“That uncle...”
“Don’t call him uncle. Even if he tries to get close to you in the future, don’t pay attention. In any case, don’t talk to him or have contact with him; he’s not a good person.”
Lao Die seemed to be in a good mood; he hadn’t scolded Cao Erzhu in a few sentences. Cao Erzhu said “Oh” and then heard Lao Die continue:
“Also, in the future, if you encounter people who play with that kind of patterns, stay away. Your brain isn’t good; you can’t outplay them and might get killed.”
“Oh.”
“I’ll give you a month off; go to the mountains. Just in time, I don’t want to see you recently.”
“Oh... ah?”
Cao Erzhu was confused again.
“What about the blacksmith shop?”
“Just lock the door.”
Lao Die closed his eyes, clearly not wanting to say more.
Cao Erzhu felt that the energy he had expended earlier had recovered by seventy or eighty percent, so he got up, picked up his bundle, and walked out the door.
No need to pack much.
Lao Die often kicked him out.
Although this time it was a bit longer, for a month with no one to cook, Lao Die should still not starve; after all, he had wine to drink...
As the wooden door creaked shut, a muffled, thunder-like voice came from the backyard:
“In these troubled times, don’t interact with strangers, especially those who seem like good people to you; just avoid them. Remember to bring back more venison when you return.”
“Oh, what about bad people?”
“Hmm?”
“Oh, never mind, never mind.”
Cao Erzhu quickly shut the door and walked out to the street.
Outside, the dark clouds had dispersed, and snow was still falling; the weather was icy cool. The snow on his body felt comfortable, not hot or oppressive.
It was already winter.
Lao Die had been cooped up indoors too long and thought it was still autumn; how silly!
As for not speaking...
Cao Erzhu was very good at playing mute; he had done it for over ten years. Every time he went up the mountain and met strangers, he acted like a mute.
Lao Die’s advice, he had remembered it long ago.
There are many people outside, and even more bad ones.
Not interacting is the best way to avoid trouble; Lao Die had taught him that when he was young.
“Hey!”
He sorted out his mood and traveled light.
Cao Erzhu weighed the hammer, axe, knife, and weapons in his bundle; he learned everything, mainly because Lao Die taught him everything.
As he set out again, his mood was very relaxed, feeling no different from his previous hunting trips in the mountains.
“Zhang Shen.”
“Yang Shu.”
“Li Dage...”
He greeted the early-rising neighbors along the way; the folks in the neighborhood were very friendly.
“Erzhu, going up the mountain again? Is that wine-drunk old man kicking you out again?”
“Hey! It’s Erzhu; this time, you have to bring uncle some wolf meat. Uncle loves that; I’ll buy it from you at market price...”
“Wolf meat isn’t tasty.”
Cao Erzhu muttered.
“Bring some anyway; your last tiger skin sold well!”
“Meat! Erzhu, I want a lot of meat, as much as you have. Oh, and your knife is really good! Ha ha!”
“As long as it’s useful.”
Cao Erzhu nodded, greeting the people, but as the crowd grew, he shrank back and quickened his pace to leave.
Walking out of the village entrance and onto a small hill.
Looking back, Changde Zhen wasn’t much like a town; it was just a small mountain village. Compared to the vast snow-covered mountains, it was even smaller than a sesame seed.
“Let’s go!”
Cao Erzhu tightened the bundle on his shoulder, turned to look at Qingyuan Mountain, his eyes full of eagerness.
“First, test the speed!”
“Mm, compare with that snowflake... If it lands before I reach the mountain, I’ll die.”
A thunderous sound exploded on the snow ground.
The speed into the mountain was, of course, faster than the snow falling; this was Che Shen Nian, avoiding death.
Cao Erzhu stopped quickly, pinching his arms left and right, his face full of worry.
“Oh no, I forgot to put on a coat. Qian Shu seemed to have frozen to death in the snow...”
In Changde Zhen, to the north, at the foot of the mountain, in the market.
Zhu Yike hurried through wind and rain, taking detours, and finally circled to the mortal area near Qingyuan Mountain.
Because the place Li Fugui told him was in this market.
Fortunately, along the way, the paths he sent the Dou Cheng Bing to scout were almost all intercepted, except for the one to the mortal realm, where the Dao Dianzhu seemed to have lax defenses.
After sacrificing a hundred or so peanuts, he successfully bypassed the defenses.
“Arrived.”
Coming to a beast skin shop, Zhu Yike turned back to look at Xiang Yi:
“You all go in first and browse; I’m going to find someone. I’ll be back soon. Don’t leave the shop’s range.”
Dongdong and A Yao were still far behind.
The group of four, one man and three women, was too conspicuous walking together, so they strung out in a line.
Fortunately, in Taixu walking among mortals, it’s hard to see a Lian Ling Shi even in a hundred li.
As long as they stayed a bit alert, there shouldn’t be problems.
Zhu Yike brought Xiang Yi, with two burdens behind; if it really came to it, he could always abandon them for self-rescue.
“Good.”
Xiang Yi glanced back at the street and stepped into the shop first.
Zhu Yike went straight inside, knocked on the counter, and looked at the shopkeeper:
“I’m here to withdraw money.”
The old shopkeeper was full of wrinkles, leaning on a cane, wearing coarse hemp clothes, a bit blind.
He moved slowly, stepped closer to see the young master clearly, then shook his head and waved his finger:
“No, no.”
“This old man doesn’t remember you; you haven’t deposited money here.”
Zhu Yike looked at the shopkeeper’s cane and saw a “Tian” character engraved in the middle, then said:
“Hua Kai Fugui.”
The old shopkeeper was stunned, slapped his forehead:
“Oh, I remember, the guest deposited three tiger skins here last month? Oh, I’m getting senile.”
“Guest, please come with me quickly.”
The old man shuffled and pushed open the back wall door.
Zhu Yike didn’t know how he walked; he didn’t even need to go around; his body passed through the counter and quickly followed in.
Xiang Yi withdrew her gaze.
She couldn’t use spiritual sense, so she couldn’t hear anything.
“Dongdong?”
While selecting beast skins on the wall cabinet, Xiang Yi turned and saw A Yao stepping into the shop.
“She’s behind; she said to come in slowly to avoid being noticed.”
A Yao finished and started selecting beast skins too.
It’s rare for women used to silk to pick beast skins!
When the shopkeeper closed the door, straightened his back, and tore off his entire face, Zhu Yike was shocked.
“Li Fugui?”
That red-lipped, white-toothed, excellent-complexioned face, slightly better looking than his old Zhu, barely stepping into the ordinary realm...
Zhu Yike, how could he not recognize him?
In Xukong Dao, he had teamed up with this guy and traveled together.
Li Fugui often offered strategies in the wind and frost, like a military advisor.
Later, when they met Shou Ye, this guy immediately became humble and knelt, without any Taixu pride.
Unexpectedly, he had entered Shou Ye’s favor early.
Zhu Yike remembered this villain acting high and mighty, relying on contacting Shou Ye first after Xukong Dao, issuing orders to him.
The position of the second in command of Tian Shang First Tower, no one else qualified to fight for it; only Li Fugui had the capital to compete with him, old Zhu.
“Good you, Li Fugui!”
“Transforming into this appearance and hiding spiritual energy, I almost didn’t recognize you... Truly worthy of being in intelligence!”
Zhu Yike said while secretly shocked.
What kind of breath-concealing technique is this?
He was already vigilant enough.
Li Fugui disguised as an old man, perfectly blended into the role, almost making him think he was just a guide to meet Shou Ye...
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper was Li Fugui!
“Is this how you save people?”
In the dim room, after Li Fugui tore off his face, he directly slapped wanted posters on the table, his face not looking good.
He completely lost the timid appearance in Xing Jie; like Zhu Yike’s superior, he pointed at the table and started scolding:
“Good one, Jin Men Theft Technique, stealing so openly!”
“Are you really not afraid of death? Dao Dianzhu’s Tian Ji Technique is extremely powerful? I told you thousands of times to be careful, careful...”
“You exposed so many flaws; are you rushing to reincarnate?”
Zhu Yike “yohed” and smirked, pulling out a chair to sit down, then suddenly kicked out his foot.
With a whoosh, his posture wasn’t like putting it on the table, but more like giving Li Fugui a whip kick.
“Just say if the person was saved or not!”
Li Fugui hurriedly dodged, hearing this lazy remark, his anger surged.
“Is this how you save people?”
Zhu Yike sat in the chair with his arms crossed, glanced sideways, and sneered:
“Do you know who you’re talking to?”
Li Fugui was stunned.
Zhu Yike suddenly lifted his leg, whipped the table, glared, and shouted loudly:
“You’re talking to the first meritorious person of Zui Yi Dian!”
“You’re talking to the second in command of Tian Shang First Tower, as personally allowed by Shou Ye!”
“You’re talking to a frontline warrior who risked his life to complete Shou Ye’s task—but remember, not your Li Fugui’s task—a loyal and devoted warrior!”
Zhu Yike calmed his tone:
“Show some respect.”
After Li Fugui was stunned, his lips curled up, quickly suppressed:
“This is Shou Ye’s meaning.”
Zhu Yike was furious, slapped the table and stood up, shouting again:
“I think this is your Li Fugui’s meaning!”
“I think you, Li Fugui, are getting addicted to wielding chicken feathers as arrows, wanting to order me around!”
“Through the communication bead, fine.”
“Really think that when we meet face to face, you can boss me around?”
“I can’t see you, can’t hit you before, but now face to face, you dare give me a hard time? Who do you think you are!”
Zhu Yike picked up the teacup in his hand, and with a flick of his fingers.
Li Fugui didn’t even have time to respond before feeling something missing from his body; his legs felt cold, and he clamped them tight.
The teacup in Zhu Yike’s hand disappeared, replaced by a red underwear hanging on his fingertips.
“Oh, you like triangles?”
“You’re in your birth year? In your birth year, be careful, watch your words and actions!”
The room instantly fell silent, you could hear a pin drop.
Li Fugui’s lips twitched, his eyelids jumped wildly, his extended hand trembled...
Good! Good! Good!
Dare to steal my underwear; you’ve got a death wish!
“Shou Ye!!!”
He let out a wail, then rubbed his eyes, tearfully saying:
“Look at what Zhu Yike is doing!”
Shou Ye?
Zhu Yike quickly hid the underwear, looked around, startled.
But in this shabby room, where was Shou Ye’s shadow?
Li Fugui said that if possible, there was a small chance to see Shou Ye here.
But after Shou Ye’s battle with Sheng Di, he should still be recovering.
Otherwise, he could just use a great spatial shift to save people.
“You’re tricking me?”
Zhu Yike was furious.
This Li sissy was even crying; what a mess!
If I don’t teach him a lesson today, he’ll think he’s the king since Shou Ye isn’t here!
“Alright!”
At that moment, Shou Ye’s voice came from Li Fugui’s body, through the array formation:
“No matter if it’s a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches the mouse, it’s a good cat.”
“Zhu Yike isn’t weak, Li Fugui is also good; you two are the hidden dragons and young phoenixes of Tian Shang First Tower; why compete?”
“Ah yes.”
Li Fugui respectfully bowed his head first.
“You you you...”
Zhu Yike was dumbfounded, pointing at this treacherous Li, speechless for a long time.
Shou Ye is in your body?
Why didn’t you say so earlier!
“Shou Ye?”
He called out uncertainly again.
“First, return the underwear.”
Li Fugui stood tall, his voice just right from his body, perfectly timed.
Fox borrowing tiger’s might!
This is true fox borrowing tiger’s might!
Li Fugui, oh Li Fugui, you deserve to die...
Zhu Yike almost spat blood, but had to return the underwear reluctantly.
Today’s grudge, he remembered; how dare you hide Shou Ye and trick me; this sneaky intelligence rat!
“First, hand over the things.”
Shou Ye stopped the banter and quickly got back to business:
“Being able to bring the person here has accomplished most of it; the rest shouldn’t be a problem.”
“Yes.”
Li Fugui responded and started taking things out of his spatial ring.
He first took out the jade talisman given by Shou Ye, the one for passing through Xing Jie...
Oh, I really don’t want to give it away!
At the same time.
On the street, people were coming and going.
Dongdong looked at the sign of the “Chou Zhu Beast Skin Shop” not far away, hesitated, and took out a token from her chest.
Yujing Cheng, South City Gate, exit order.
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