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"We can't rush this matter. We need to think about it in the long run."
He also had to make money by painting portraits, and if he wanted to practice martial arts in the mountains, he needed careful planning.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 17 Introduction
Xishi, Qingshan County.
As the sun rises, the streets become more crowded.
After a night of silence, West Market began a day of bustle.
Antique shop Tianyizhai.
The boss Jie Jia, with snow-white hair and beard, opened the door on time.
First, carefully clean the already clean and tidy floor.
Then he meticulously wiped the antique display cabinet until it looked as clean as new.
He was hunched over, and his movements were slow but steady.
The whole person is filled with a sense of tranquility, which is in sharp contrast to the noisy crowd outside the door.
Chichi!
A flash of black light passed by.
A black bird as big as a fist landed on Jiejia's shoulder at some point.
Jie Jia seemed to be used to this.
He ignored the bird on his shoulder until he had finished wiping the last corner of the antique shelf. Then he reached out and grabbed the black bird, took off the small bamboo tube on its ankle, and pulled out the paper inside.
On it is a series of numbers with no clear meaning.
"Chen Mu, Chenjia Village, one hundred taels. Big business." Jie Jia exclaimed expressionlessly.
Pinch the paper between your thumb and index finger and rub it gently.
With a streak of black ash flying, the note disappeared.
A young man in gray walked into the store, nodded respectfully to Jiejia, and then walked obediently behind the counter.
He took out a new piece of gray cloth from his arms and placed it on the chair, then sat down carefully.
Jiejia took a glance and walked out of Tianyizhai with an expressionless face.
The young man in gray let out a sigh of relief.
"I don't know which unlucky guy is so lucky that the old man can take action personally." The young man in gray exclaimed in amazement.
Subconsciously, he wanted to put his arm on the counter, but it froze suddenly before it touched the table.
"I heard that this old man is a mysophobe. I... I'd better sit still." The young man in gray put his hands back on his knees with lingering fear.
As if I was punished, I sat behind the counter and tried not to touch the tables and chairs.
Sir Jie, this is the top killer of their Zhu Yilou.
It would be so unfair if I was killed by him just for dirtying the counter!
……
The back mountain of Chenjia Village.
A long snake with red scales hung down from a branch and stretched its body toward a bird's nest on the fork.
Woo woo...Puchi!
The snake's head suddenly exploded.
The next moment, a figure suddenly passed under the tree.
Chen Mu was running in the mountains like a cheetah.
He threw stones with his hands from time to time.
Thirty meters away, a hole suddenly appeared on the palm-shaped leaf.
Nineteen meters away, a centipede on the ground suddenly broke into two pieces.
Forty-three meters away, a wasp suddenly shattered into pieces.
Twenty-three meters away, a happily running hare just jumped up.
Phew!
A stone suddenly appeared and shot through his head.
"It can really be used for hunting!" Chen Mu appeared next to the rabbit and picked up the hare with joy.
After testing whether the forest environment could improve the form training technique, Chen Mu tried hunting with locust stones.
"With this trick, I can finally alleviate the pressure of eating meat a little bit."
Not only at Zheng Tu's place, the price of meat is rising throughout Qingshan County.
Back in the hunter's cabin, Chen Mu began to clumsily handle the hare.
"I guess I'll have to cut up wild animals in the future, so I'll start with this rabbit." Chen Mu thought happily.
……
In the forest above the hunter.
On a tree that is so thick that two people can hug it.
Jie Jia was standing with his back hunched and his hands behind his back on a branch as thick as his arm.
Through the gaps between the leaves, he quietly watched Chen Mu busy in the open space in the distance.
"found it."
Jiejia felt nothing at all.
He has been a killer all his life, and killing people no longer causes him any psychological fluctuations.
He's just a little weird.
Who did this weak scholar offend that someone would pay a hundred taels of silver to buy his life?
"Forget it, it's just a goal."
"Did he fall to his death accidentally or did he accidentally take the poisonous fruit?"
"Death from a poisonous insect bite seems like a good idea."
"There are 23 kinds of deadly poisonous insects in the mountains in the southern part of Qingshan County. The wound caused by the Bungarus krait is too large, and the copper coin spider moves too slowly, so it is unlikely that they will actively hurt people."
"Well, the stinger of the golden-winged bee's tail is thin and extremely toxic. Using a silver needle to quench the poison and disguise it as a bee sting is enough to make it look real."
call!
A breeze blew by and the armor disappeared.
Only a swirling leaf was left floating down.
……
"Young man!"
Chen Mu, who was skinning and cleaning the rabbit awkwardly, turned his head.
I saw an old man with a hunched back walking along the path.
The old man's hair and beard were all white but combed meticulously, and his steps were slow but steady.
His clothes were clean and tidy, and you could tell at first glance that he was not a hunter or a farmer.
"Young man, can you give me some clean water?" The old man bent over and slowly walked along the path to the hunter's hut and said.
"Old man, why are you still running up the mountain at such an old age?" Chen Mu asked puzzledly.
"Don't look at my age, I'm very strong." The old man retorted.
"I'm a doctor and I came to the mountains to collect herbs." The old man explained with a smile.
Doctor? Picking herbs?
Why don’t you carry a medicine basket when you go picking herbs?
Never mind, it's just a sip of water.
"Wait a moment." Chen Mu agreed and washed the blood off his hands.
He walked into the wooden house, dried his hands, took off the water bag and came to Jiejia.
"Father-in-law, please." Chen Mu grabbed the bulging water bag with both hands and handed it to the old man.
Jie Jia looked at Chen Mu who was approaching with a smile, and a silver light flashed in his right hand behind his back.
He stretched out his right hand and reached for the water bag.
Suddenly, a black shadow fell from the sky.
Chichi!
A black bird as big as a fist suddenly landed on Jiejia's shoulder.
Jiejia couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Xuanniao is Zhu Yilou’s communication bird.
The sudden arrival at this moment must be due to some unexpected changes in the mission.
The fake smile on his face disappeared immediately.
He reached out, took down the bamboo tube, and took out the note.
"The employer died and the mission was cancelled?"
Jie Jia looked at Chen Mu expressionlessly: "You are very lucky."
Chen Mu looked at him in confusion: "What do you mean, father-in-law?"