Chapter 38 Harvest

Three days later.

A remote small village with low and old mud houses.

The village was not far from Qingya County. When Chen Luo approached Old Man Tian that day, he asked him to take him here. Old Man Tian kept his promise after receiving the money. It took him a day and a half to drag the unconscious Chen Luo out of the mountain.

After staying in the small village for two days and confirming that Chen Luo was not in any danger, the four of them set off for home.

Tian Daniu lost his job this time, and he didn't know if his boss was still alive, so he had to go back to find another way to make a living. The same thing happened to the brothers Fangcun and Fangshan, who had to support their families. Old Man Tian was also preparing to go back, as he had been away for several days longer than expected, and he was afraid that his wife would worry.

After trying to persuade them to stay for a few words, Chen Laosan stood up and saw them out of the village.

"Thank you very much, everyone!"

Chen Laosan bowed solemnly to the four people.

"Why are you being so polite? We are just doing the work for money."

Old man Tian grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

The old man looked sloppy, but he was a man who kept his promises. He helped Chen Luo a lot this time.

"Business is business, and kindness is kindness."

As he spoke, Chen Laosan took out four money bags that he had prepared long ago and gave them to the four people. The amount of money was not large, but it was definitely enough for the four people including Old Man Tian.

If a favor can be repaid with money, do so with money.

Chen Laosan is no longer short of this little money. With the black money looted by Chen Luo, he is very wealthy.

After some more polite exchanges, the two sides said goodbye.

"How do you feel?"

After returning to the village, Chen Laosan opened the door, looked at Chen Luo who was sitting on the bed with his eyes closed, and asked.

Chen Luo woke up in the morning, and it was when they saw him wake up that Old Man Tian and the others left. One reason was to confirm Chen Luo's safety, and the other was to see if Chen Lao San was really his relative, to avoid sending him to the wrong place and ruining things.

This is also Old Man Tian’s principle in life: you can take advantage of small gains, but you must never do anything that goes against your conscience.

"Much better. Have you sent everyone away?"

Chen Luo did not tell his uncle in detail. His experience this time was a bit mysterious, and it would be bad to talk too much. If he met a martial arts master who could search souls, it might bring unnecessary danger to his uncle.

"I left and gave five hundred taels to each of the three young men, and the old man gave an extra hundred taels."

Chen Laosan pulled up a small stool and sat down next to him. He knocked the pipe in his hand against the wall twice, leaving a black mark.

His hobbies are just so vulgar.

Looking for widows in the alleys and smoking opium outside their homes.

In the past, when he had no money, he had to bury corpses to make money. Now that Chen Luo gave him a large stack of banknotes, he no longer did the job of burying corpses. Anyway, Qingya County didn't know about him anymore, so it was a good opportunity for him to retire and become a free master.

"I have repaid the favor I owe you."

"That's good."

Chen Luo nodded. Chen Laosan had already asked him about sending the money.

"I shouldn't have taken you to learn martial arts in the first place." Chen Laosan picked up his pipe and took a puff. After a long while, he finally uttered a word.

This time, Chen Luo was dragged back on a ox cart, and he was almost scared to death.

Having buried the bodies of Jianghu people for most of his life, he had seen too many dead people. Most of these people were masters who had practiced martial arts. Compared with them, Chen Luo was still too green.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.

But even so, Chen Laosan did not dare to bring the person back to the village.

I’m just afraid that the elderly in the village will worry.

Chen Luo's parents are old and he has a little girl at home, so it's better to have less trouble than more.

"No, I am very grateful to my third uncle for helping me change my destiny."

Chen Luo shook his head and disagreed with Chen Laosan's idea.

Practicing martial arts was a very important starting point for him. Ma Quezi's guidance saved him from many detours. Otherwise, even if he could "borrow a brain" to practice, he would have to waste a lot of time before he could embark on the real path of practice.

If we miss that node, the subsequent crisis in Qingya County may not be overcome, let alone snatching the opportunity to cultivate immortality.

"Have a good rest, and call me if you need anything."

After finishing his cigarette, Chen Laosan got up and went out.

Chen Luo is still in the recovery stage. The doctor told him to sleep more, so he didn't want to disturb him too much.

Looking at his uncle's departing back, Chen Luo on the bed slowly closed his eyes.

This experience was extremely dangerous, and he almost never came back. The light blue energy that killed Li Chen Laodao remained in his body, neither dissipating nor integrating.

Under the influence of this power, his consciousness and body have always been in a state of disharmony. He tried to mobilize this energy, but without the power added by the blue gem, neither the jade book nor the energy in his body responded to him.

Fortunately, the physical injuries have basically recovered.

The recovery ability of a Bone Tempering Realm warrior is indeed strong. If an ordinary person suffered such a serious injury, he would have to lie in bed for at least half a year before he could get out of bed.

"The body's assimilation rate is very slow, and this power can only be absorbed by the royal brain. Even if I use the royal brain to practice every day, I can only digest a little bit. If more, I can't bear it."

Chen Luo summarized the results of his two days of practicing with the royal brain.

What he called mobilization was nothing more than repeating the process when the Jade Book exploded, and he still used the internal energy of the Black Tiger Fist.

This method has a very low conversion rate and is very difficult to call.

It feels like human power pulling a cart.

Not matching.

But he had no choice but to make do with it. Fortunately, the energy level of the blue energy was very high. Even if it was just a tiny bit, Chen Luo's strength had undergone a drastic change. At least ordinary Grandmasters were no longer an unbeatable enemy for him.

"I just don't know what 'Xianwen' stands for."

Chen Luo recalled the words that Taoist Li Chen said before he died.

The old Taoist priest must have known something, but unfortunately he was already dead. Even if he was alive, the old Taoist priest would definitely not tell him, and he probably wanted to kill him and take all the benefits.

He reached out and touched the jade slip on his chest. The thing was still in his arms. It looked ordinary on weekdays. It only gave a little warmth when Chen Luo called on the light blue energy. Apart from that, there was no abnormality.

After putting the jade slip away again, Chen Luo closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

The external brains began to appear one by one, and began to try to digest the light blue energy in their own way. Over the whole night, more than a hundred brains tried it once, and the results were the same as before. Only the royal brain succeeded.

Just like that, half a month passed in a flash.

Half a month later, Chen Luo was finally able to go out, and the surface injuries on his body had almost recovered.

The sense of disharmony still exists, but it no longer affects his actions.

After saying something to his uncle, he went out.

On the first day of leaving, Chen Luo went directly to the county to have a good meal, with fish and meat, whatever was available. These days, lying in bed, following the doctor's advice to eat light tea and rice every day, his mouth was almost dry.

The meal lasted until noon before Chen Luo got up and left.

After leaving the restaurant, Chen Luo first went to the county government office.

The Qingya County government, which had experienced a disaster, now had a new owner and a new military officer stationed there. No one knew where the original Zhu Duwei had been transferred to, and all the newcomers were strangers.

"The fighting is still going on in Luoxia Valley. I heard that a gold mine was discovered."

"There are not enough people to bury the bodies, and I don't know if there will be any changes in the future."

The sound of several yamen runners chatting came into my ears.

Chen Luo looked back and turned to another street.

He did not rush into the county government office. After the last incident, the people living in the county government office must be experts. Calculating the time, King Ning's people should have arrived. Sneaking into the county government office at this time is no different from delivering goods to the door.

(End of this chapter)