All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 13 The Benefits of a Change of Identity

On the way, Xu Lin explained the situation of other martial arts schools and forces in the town to Zhou Qing.

Because Heishan Town is located on the edge of the Shiwan Mountains and borders the Heishui River to the west, many martial artists gather here.

Strictly speaking, Heishan Town has already reached the scale of a "mountain town," being more than three times larger than a typical town.

Therefore, the population is naturally larger than that of a typical town. Heishan Town has more than 10,000 registered households. Including nearby villages and migrant workers, the town has 50,000 to 60,000 people.

The Zhao family and the six martial arts schools are the seven strongest forces in the town.

In terms of pure martial arts, the Zhao family is much weaker than the six major martial arts schools. However, the Zhao family is the local tyrant of Black Mountain Town and also has connections in the county town. Therefore, the martial arts forces led by the six major martial arts schools will give the Zhao family face.

In particular, the Zhao family itself is very self-aware and has good relations with the martial arts instructors of Zhuifeng Boxing Academy and Ma's Martial Arts School, so everyone has always kept to themselves.

If something can be discussed, we will never resort to violence.

"I see." Zhou Qing nodded.

Then, Xu Lin began to recount some strange and interesting stories about the area.

The two walked and talked, and soon arrived at Xin'an Lane. Zhou Qing pointed to a wooden house in the courtyard in front.

"Senior Brother Xu, that's my house up ahead, that's my silkworm house."

"Okay, I'll see you to the door." Xu Lin handed the basket back to Zhou Qing.

"You brat! I think you're asking for death!" Just as they reached the gate of the courtyard, an arrogant voice rang out from inside.

Zhou Qing's expression changed slightly, and she ran into the courtyard.

Xu Lin followed.

At this moment, three burly men dressed in black short-sleeved shirts stood in the Zhou family's courtyard, surrounding a boy with a buzz cut.

One of the tall men grabbed the boy by the collar.

The boy being surrounded was Liang Chao, from Uncle Liang's family next door.

"stop!"

Zhou Qing shouted.

"Huh?!" The three burly men turned around and looked.

The tall, burly man at the head of the group had a fierce look in his eyes and a hideous scar on his right cheek that resembled a centipede. When he saw that the newcomer was Zhou Qing, he immediately revealed a cold smile.

However, when he saw Zhou Qing's black training uniform and the "Wei" character embroidered on his chest, his expression changed immediately.

"Oh, it's Ah Qing."

"Zhang Cheng, what are you doing in my yard?! Let Chaozi go right now!" Zhou Qing said with a stern face.

Scarface is Zhang Dahai's second brother, Zhang Cheng.

Seeing Zhou Qing's tough attitude, Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes, but when he saw Xu Lin following into the courtyard, he immediately put on a smiling face and let go of Liang Chao's collar.

Liang Chao rushed over, "Aqing, they tried to force their way into your house, but I stopped them!"

"Thank you." Zhou Qing nodded.

Xu Lin understood what had happened and stepped forward. "The Wild Wolf Gang has some nerve, daring to mess with the disciples of our White Cloud Martial Arts School?!"

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! Brother Xu, you've misunderstood. My third brother was murdered, and his body is in the alley between Chang Le Lane and Xin An Lane. That's why I came here," Zhang Cheng quickly explained.

"If someone dies, you should report it to the authorities. What does it have to do with my junior brother Zhou? Get out of here!" Xu Lin's face darkened.

"Yes, yes, I'll be right there." Seeing Xu Lin's anger, Zhang Cheng, a tall man of over six feet, bowed and apologized.

"stop!"

Just as Zhang Cheng and his two henchmen reached the courtyard gate, Xu Lin suddenly spoke up.

"Brother Xu, is there anything else you would like to teach me?" Zhang Cheng's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but he still managed to force a smile.

"If anything goes missing from my junior brother Zhou's house in the future, I will tell my senior sister." Xu Lin's tone was laced with warning.

"No, no, even if the Wild Wolf Gang had the greatest courage, they wouldn't dare to eat at Brother Zhou's house," Zhang Cheng said with a forced smile.

"Get lost." Xu Lin waved his hand.

"Okay." Zhang Cheng slunk away.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Xu." Zhou Qing clasped his hands in thanks to Xu Lin.

"No need to be polite. You have to be tough on these scoundrels. We're all fellow disciples. Master Wei said we should stick together when we're out in the world. As long as we're in the right, we can be a little arrogant."

Xu Lin's tense face broke into a smile, and he even scratched his head shyly.

“Master is right!” Zhou Qing agreed wholeheartedly, feeling that joining Baiyun Martial Arts School was a wise choice, as Master Wei’s temperament was just right for him.

"Alright, I've brought you here. You can go back and report to Senior Sister now," Xu Lin said with a smile.

"It seems that Senior Sister is wise and guessed that you were in trouble."

"Please convey my gratitude to Senior Sister. Thank you so much, Senior Brother Xu. My house is in a mess today, so I won't invite Senior Brother Xu in. I'll invite you to Baiweilou for a get-together next time I've made some money."

Zhou Qing clasped his hands in a fist salute, saying he hadn't expected the Baiyun Martial Arts School to be so humane, and that Wei Hongyu was a truly considerate person. If Xu Lin hadn't come along, Zhang Cheng, while wary of his Baiyun Martial Arts School affiliation, wouldn't have left so slinking away.

Zhang Dahai left absolutely no evidence after his death.

Zhang Cheng came to cause trouble, probably just because he had his eye on their silkworm house and wanted to find a pretext.

The three Zhang brothers are all cut from the same cloth.

"Of course, of course. Once you break through to the Skin Refining Realm, I'll definitely make you treat me to a meal." Xu Lin bowed and then left the Zhou family courtyard.

“Ah Qing, what about me? I haven’t been to Baiweilou yet!” Liang Chao pointed to himself.

"Of course, please! Thank you so much for today, Chaozi." Zhou Qing said with a smile. If it weren't for Liang Chao, the silkworm house would have been damaged, which would have been a big problem.

"Hehe, I knew you were loyal. I didn't expect you to go out so early in the morning to become an apprentice. If I had known the people at Baiyun Martial Arts School were so loyal, I would have gone there myself." Liang Chao said with envy.

“Wouldn’t it be better to go to the Chasing Wind Martial Arts Academy? You even know the martial arts masters there,” Zhou Qing said with a smile.

"This is bad. Our martial arts school has a very good relationship with the Zhao family, and Zhang Jian has become a junior manager in the Zhao family. Otherwise, Zhang Cheng wouldn't dare to be so arrogant towards me." Liang Chao sighed.

"Is that so?" Zhou Qing nodded.

"Ah Qing, you don't know yet, do you? That old Zhang is dead, and I heard his death was horribly gruesome. He deserved it! All his evil deeds have finally come to an end!" Liang Chao changed the subject, his expression full of satisfaction.

Zhang Dahai's death is definitely good news in Xin'an Lane.

“That’s true, God has eyes,” Zhou Qing agreed.

"Chaozi, thank you for today. You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Let me treat you to some meat buns."

Zhou Qing then changed the subject.

"You just registered at the martial arts school, and you still have money?" Liang Chao's eyes lit up, and he swallowed hard.

"I still have a dozen or so copper coins." Zhou Qing took out a small handful of copper coins from his pocket.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you, I'm going to eat four or six!" Liang Chao said with a smile.

"No problem! I'll feed you until you're full." Zhou Qing opened the silkworm house and put the baskets down.

Now, even if he doesn't lock the door, no one dares to come to his house and cause trouble.

Of course, despite saying that, Zhou Qing still locked the door.

Zhou Qing took Liang Chao to Sun Erlang's steamed bun stall, and the two of them devoured twelve meat buns in one go.

Liang Chao devoured seven large meat buns and three large bowls of tea by himself, his stomach so bloated that he couldn't stand up from the stool.

For people from impoverished backgrounds like them, being able to eat their fill is already a blessing; they hardly have any oil or fat in their stomachs.

Although his family were fishermen and had eaten plenty of fish, the fish was unpalatable without any seasoning; the fishy smell was enough to make anyone nauseous.

Twelve large meat buns, eighteen coins.

After paying, Zhou Qing only had seven copper coins left.

He took the remaining money and went to Dafeng Rice Shop.

"Hey, young man, here to buy rice?"

The workers who were working at the door saw Zhou Qing in his black training clothes and quickly came to greet him.

"I'd like to buy two liters of rice. The price hasn't gone up, has it?" Zhou Qing took out six copper coins and placed them on the counter.

"Young man, you're joking. How can we raise prices so easily?" The shopkeeper put away the money and winked at his assistant.

Seeing this, the waiter picked up a cloth bag and a rice shovel and shoveled rice for Zhou Qing. After two large shovelfuls, he gave him an extra half shovelful.

"Here's your rice, sir." The waiter presented it with both hands.

Zhou Qing took the bag of rice and weighed it; it seemed to contain about two and a half liters.

"Take care, young man." The shop assistant smiled and saw Zhou Qing out of the rice shop.

evening.

Zhou Qing weighed the twenty coins in his hand and walked out of Dafeng Pharmacy.

"This Zhao family is really something."

For the next three days, he would focus on reeling silk and not go out. So in the afternoon, he went up Black Wind Mountain to catch some poisonous insects to sell, hoping to save a few coins so he could buy a couple of meat buns to improve his diet when he got tired.

I never expected that a centipede that used to sell for less than a penny would sell for two pennies today.

The same black spiders were selling for five coins each.

The only difference between him and yesterday was that he was wearing a training uniform from Baiyun Martial Arts School.

"It really is different now." Zhou Qing sighed inwardly. No wonder so many people are scrambling to get into the martial arts school.

"Let's have meat porridge tomorrow morning."

Holding the twenty coins in his hand, Zhou Qing walked towards the butcher shop.

(End of this chapter)