Gatekeeper of all realms

Chapter 558 Dilemma and Escape

"Hey, old man, where are you going?"

"Uncle, wait a minute."

"Old man—"

Augustus shouted several times in succession.

But the old blind man seemed to have something important to do. He didn't even eat the noodles. He stood up and walked out.

His movements seemed slow but were actually fast, as he weaved freely in the busy streets. He was almost hit by cars and people several times, but he managed to avoid them narrowly every time.

Not a moment later.

The old blind man disappeared without a trace.

Augustus stood there in a daze.

——This is definitely not an ordinary person!

But how did he run away?

not right...

Logically speaking, after being reborn, I return to this moment, and everything at this moment should be the same as before.

but--

What's going on with this old blind man?
Why is it different from last time?
Augustus was thinking about it when he saw a man in white shirt snorted and said:

"In this bright and clear world, there are such liars who cheat and deceive people all the way!"

"He can run fast."

"Otherwise I will definitely expose his true colors!"

Augustus felt relieved.

Right.

Last time, it was this man in white who helped the old blind man and asked him to tell his fortune.

Maybe...

I shouldn't have treated the old blind man to noodles.

If he didn't stand up, the old blind man would be kicked out by the waiters, and then invited into the noodle shop by the man in white to tell his fortune.

So I was the one who influenced all this?
The more Augustus thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was his own fault.

"Hey, the noodles you ordered are ready."

The waiter brought a bowl of noodles and stared at Augustus, as if afraid that he would not pay.

——After all, it was he who treated the old blind man to this bowl of noodles.

The old blind man ran away.

The noodles are already cooked and cannot be returned.

Augustus came back to his senses, glanced at the waiter, and naturally knew what he was waiting for.

"Take it."

He raised his hand and slapped a copper coin on the table.

Yes--

It is because I was reborn and my behavior is different from the past, which affects others.

So the whole thing is different from last time!

Augustus suddenly understood.

He grabbed the chopsticks on the table and wolfed down the noodles.

Just two bowls of noodles.

Coolies eat much more than the average person. If they were rich, they could eat another bowl of rice.

He devoured both bowls of noodles like whirlwind.

Three copper coins.

There is only one left.

But as long as I have this copper coin, I will have dinner.

Augustus picked up the bowl with both hands, raised his neck, and drank up all the soup.

Comfortable!

In the past, when we ate seaweed paste, we would squat at the stern with a bowl in front of us.

When the time comes.

The boatman came over with an iron bucket and scooped a spoonful for each person like feeding a dog.

That's a meal.

——Have you ever thought that one day you would go out to eat out?
Another image emerged in Augustus' mind.

Uncle Cheng.

Uncle Cheng stood on the boat, staring at the corpse floating on the sea with his squinting eyes, his face full of excitement.

"God help me too!"

"Somebody—get my harpoon!"

He hurled the harpoon at himself.

hiss--

Augustus just felt a shudder all over.

——It feels like I was killed all over again.

Forget it.

Don’t think about it now.

After all, the oyster cakes are quite delicious and the crab noodles are also very delicious.

I haven't eaten so full in a long time.

So comfortable.

——It’s worth taking a good rest.

Where to rest?
It's cool under the bridge.

Just go squat under the bridge for a while.

Augustus was thinking about it when that incident suddenly came to his mind again.

"Laoyuzi, this is a big deal, you can't touch it, just stay here and feed the fish."

Uncle Cheng said with a grim look on his face.

The harpoon pierced the body.

excruciating pain.

Unparalleled pain.

Damn.

Why does he——

Augustus patted his forehead, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down.

stop!
You should take the long view when doing things.

Do I have to risk my life for this?
No need.

With my ability to constantly regenerate, there must be a way to deal with him.

such as--

If I could get to know that scholar in white, it would definitely be beneficial to me in the future.

How can I get along with him?

Augustus began to think about this problem.

Before I could figure out the problem, that picture came to my mind again.

He was covered in blood and struggling on the sea.

Uncle Cheng laughed loudly on the boat:
"I'll tell your family."

"And your unmarried wife, she's so pretty, I'll spend money to buy her and enjoy her."

The fishing boats gradually moved away.

hiss--

Augustus lowered his head, suddenly laughed, and slapped the table hard.

The people at the same table looked at him and subconsciously moved aside.

Augustus was completely unaware.

He clenched his teeth tightly, stared at the dining table with his bloodshot eyes, and his facial muscles were distorted.

What a coward I am.

Although he was about to go crazy because of this incident, he was still thinking about "taking the long-term view".

Uncle Cheng.

Why did you push me to this point?
Why do you want to kill me?
why?
Suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder.

He's a noodle shop guy.

"What? I gave you the money," said Augustus.

"Not enough." said the noodle shop waiter.

"Two bowls of crab noodles, a total of two copper coins, what's wrong?" Augustus asked.

"You also had an oyster cake."

"The bread and the noodles together cost one copper coin, so you should be the one who still owes me one bread," said Augustus.

"The cakes are extra, boy," said the waiter.

"I stood at the door for an hour. Everyone paid the same way. Why should I pay extra?" Augustus asked.

The waiter was speechless for a moment and turned back to look at the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper yelled, "Country bumpkins - this is the rule here. You are all dirty, and after you finish eating, I have to ask someone to clean the table and benches. Does this cost money?"

Augustus spread his hands and said, "Others pay one copper coin for an oyster cake and a bowl of noodles, but you can't—"

The guy punched him in the stomach.

He cried out "Wow" and spat out all the noodles he had just eaten.

The shopkeeper was furious when he saw this.

"You bastard, look at what I've done here, who would dare to come and eat noodles?"

"Give me the money, or I'll give you a beating!"

Augustus was drowsy and was picked up by the waiter, his hands in his pockets.

"He only has one copper coin."

The guy shouted.

"What bad luck - give me the money and kick the guy out." said the shopkeeper.

Augustus suddenly remembered the previous scene.

Old blind man.

He was also kicked out because he had no money to eat.

like--

Is having no money a crime?

But I have money.

I paid two copper coins, which was enough for two bowls of noodles.

Why--

Do you want me to pay more?

——I have money, how dare you treat me like this?

A hand twisted his neck.

It hurts.

It hurts so much.

Why do you——

Augustus looked around with lifeless eyes.

But wherever I looked, people were just eating their noodles.

Only one or two people looked at their miserable appearance with smiles on their faces.

laugh?
"Country bumpkin, next time, follow the example of others when you go to a restaurant in the city, and don't eat a free meal again."

The guy said this with disgust and dragged him out by the neck.

Augustus was stunned, and something in his heart exploded with a "pop" and disappeared without a trace.

——I squatted at the stern of Uncle Cheng’s boat for several years, holding a bowl every day, waiting for that spoonful of seaweed paste.

Just like a dog.

Now I clearly have three copper coins, so I can go into the city and eat noodles in a restaurant.

But in the eyes of others——

I am still a dog.

Why do you treat me like a dog?
I am obviously the best diver and fisherman along the coast, and no one can compare to me.

I clearly followed the rules and paid for my meal.

He struggled, put his hands behind his back and pulled out the dagger with force.

"You still dare to resist, I think you—"

The guy turned his head impatiently and was about to kick again, but something stabbed him in the throat.

puff--

The man was about to speak when he was stabbed by the knife and his neck was cut.

A gas wrapped in blood and saliva gushed out of his throat and splashed on Augustus' face.

Augustus' face was covered in blood, but he stared with his eyes wide open. He raised the dagger and stabbed it into the guy's eye socket.

——I am less strong than him.

Judging from the lesson of killing Uncle Cheng, it is best to stab the vital part when killing someone.

"Killing!"

Someone shouted.

The guy fell to the ground, his mouth opening and closing, he wanted to howl but couldn't, and his whole body twitched.

Augustus didn't say anything, he just knelt down and rubbed his face on the man's clothes on his chest to wipe off all the blood and mucus.

The guy's convulsions gradually stopped.

he died.

Augustus got up, took two steps at a time, rushed behind the counter and blocked the shopkeeper.

"Sir, spare your life!"

The shopkeeper, a burly man, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for mercy.

Augustus looked at him.

——This person didn’t even resist, which immediately made me lose interest.

He really doesn't have any sharp weapons here.

The fish peeling knife in his hand was very sharp and could easily cut a few cuts on his body.

After he kowtowed five or six times, Augustus finally asked, "Do you think I look like a dog?"

"No! Not at all! Anyone who dares to say you are a dog is absolutely blind!"

The shopkeeper said repeatedly.

"There's one thing I can't figure out."

"Please go ahead." said the shopkeeper.

"You run a noodle shop in the county, so you should be a well-off boss, making a thousand times more money than me—"

"You are so rich, why did you take the only copper coin I have?"

Augustus finished.

The shopkeeper opened his mouth but could not speak.

Augustus felt bored, gripped his dagger tightly, and walked towards the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper seemed to suddenly wake up, opened the drawer, and placed the silver and copper coins in front of Augustus.
"The money is all yours, little brother, please let me live!"

The shopkeeper begged.

Augustus suddenly kicked over the soup pot on the stove next to him, and all the boiling soup spilled over the shopkeeper.

"Ahhhh-"

The shopkeeper burst into howling sounds and rolled on the ground.

Augustus stood aside and watched for a while, gradually lost interest, and prepared to kill him with a dagger.

"Don't kill him!"

someone shouted.

This voice——

Augustus turned his head and saw that it was the old blind man.

The old blind man is back!
"Don't kill - if you kill anyone, you're killing yourself - this knife technique is very poisonous!"

he shouted at Augustus.

Swish!
The old blind man was hit by a carriage and fell into the grass across the street.

Augustus was stunned.

Don’t kill?
You think I want to kill?
He subconsciously glanced at the guy's body.

A feeling of satisfaction welled up in my heart.

I don't want to kill anyone, but these people are looking for death!
Augustus gripped the dagger tightly, rushed forward, and stabbed the dagger into the back of the shopkeeper's head.

The shopkeeper immediately stopped moving.

"oops!"

Across the street, the old blind man watched this scene with regret, slapped his thigh in anger, and shouted:
"You're giving him power again!"

he?
Who?
What power are you sending?
——But what does all this have to do with me!

Augustus took a cloth bag from under the counter, emptied the drawer of silver and money, and left through the back door of the noodle shop.

This time he was no longer as panicked as he was the first time he killed someone, and he was even able to calmly think about what to do next.

——The city will definitely start hunting down the murderer.

Better to get out of town.

inappropriate.

You can’t kill Uncle Cheng if you leave the city.

Let’s go under the Xicheng Bridge.

He could swim, so when no one was watching, he hid the silver under the water and swam to the east city.

Just do it!

By this time the sun was already overhead.

Cicadas kept chirping.

The weather is hot and muggy.

There were few pedestrians on the street.

Only a few officers on horseback went towards the noodle shop.

--be quick!
Augustus quickly came under the west bridge.

There aren't many people here.

Only a beggar was sleeping.

Augustus stared at the beggar and made sure that he was asleep, then he slowly walked into the water and swam downwards.

He hid most of the silver first, then swam for dozens of minutes until he arrived at the East City.

okay.

Now we can go ashore and pretend nothing happened.

Augustus chose a secluded place to go ashore.

"Hey!"

A voice came, prompting him to take out the dagger again.

"Don't do it, it's me."

"It's you."

"Yes, it's me."

——Old blind man!
"Old man, why are you looking for me? Are you trying to arrest me?"

Augustus asked without showing any emotion.

"No, I have something to discuss with you." said the old blind man.

"please say."

"This world uses our strength to beat us. It's extremely vicious and difficult to deal with - but it can't defeat me," said the old blind man.

"What are you talking about?" Augustus was confused.

"Listen, I will take you to the sky and transcend the mundane world. Then you have to let me out immediately. You are actually the main recipient of this knife. As long as you allow me, I can go out."

"As soon as I get out, I can use my strength to defeat the cleverness and directly break this sword technique. Then I will rescue you as well."

"do you understand?"

"I don't quite understand, old man, what do you mean?" Augustus asked.

"Remember what I just said, follow me--"

The old blind man grabbed Augustus and took him up into the sky, heading straight into the depths of the sky.

"Soon!"

"The end of the sword light is ahead!"

"I'm going to throw you out right now. Remember to let me out immediately when you wake up. Understand?"

The old blind man gave many instructions.

"I'll remember that." Augustus, seeing how serious he was, had no choice but to answer.

——The other party can fly!
How can I have the right to refuse?
The two flew for a while.

Ahead is the boundary between the blue sky and the dark void.

"We're here! I'll take you out!"

The old blind man grabbed Augustus and threw him out with all his strength.

Augustus suddenly broke through the barrier of the sky and fell directly into endless darkness.

"Success!"

The old blind man couldn't help but raise his hands.

But the next moment——

I saw that the endless darkness was all lit up.

Fairy palaces.

Carved beams and painted buildings, jade-like buildings.

Fairies flying back and forth.

Augustus fell directly into a fairy pavilion shrouded in clouds and mist. He rubbed his butt and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Old man, is this the Heavenly Palace?"

he asks.

The old blind man was stunned.

Something is wrong!

When I flew up just now, I clearly felt that this was a border.

——Isn’t that the magical passage behind the border?

The old blind man was just thinking about it when he suddenly heard a "bang" sound above his head and Augustus' head at the same time.

Lines of dim words quickly appeared:
"Congratulations."

"You have discovered a new map: Heaven and Earth."

"Please continue to explore the Asgard and find out more secrets."

"——Go and look for all kinds of rare treasures!"

Augustus was completely confused.

The old blind man was stunned for a while, then suddenly roared:
"I don't believe it anymore!"

He grabbed Augustus, leaped with all his strength, and continued to fly upwards.

It only flies for a moment.

Another barrier was broken.

"Boom!"

"Congratulations on discovering a new map: Nantianmen."

It only flies for a moment.

Another barrier was broken.

"Boom!"

"Congratulations on discovering a new map: Nantianmen."

Keep flying.

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang—”

"You have discovered the East Gate of Heaven, the West Gate of Heaven, the North Gate of Heaven, the Purple Sky Palace, the six heavens of the Desire Realm, the eighteen heavens of the Form Realm, the four heavens of the Formless Realm, the four Brahma Heavens, the four heavens of the Holy Realm..."

The old blind man found a floating stone and squatted on it to catch his breath.

——What’s wrong with your brain?

Why make so many maps?

There are no defensive measures.

What's the point?

Do not understand.

I really don’t understand.

A moment.

The old blind man felt that he had regained some strength, so he said to Augustus, who was holding him in his hand:

"Hey, I say, let's keep working hard, we can definitely——"

His voice stopped abruptly.

Augustus was no longer breathing.

——It’s too high here, there’s no air left.

Various palaces are exposed in the universe.

Augustus

My whole body has been frozen into a ball of ice.

I am begging for death!

“Oh no,” the old blind man slapped his head and said in annoyance, “I forgot that he was not strong enough and was hit directly, so he was severely weakened!”

If we continue to fly upwards—

It’s no use being alone!
He must be sent out first, he is the key to this swordsmanship!
The old blind man sighed and flew back quickly.

He passed through the four heavens of the Holy Realm, the four Brahma Heavens, the four heavens of the Formless Realm, the eighteen heavens of the Form Realm, the six heavens of the Desire Realm, the Purple Sky Palace, the North Heaven Gate, the West Heaven Gate, the East Heaven Gate...

"You're crazy! You created so many worlds!"

"You son of a bitch, how many people are you planning to kill by opening such a large map?"

"are not you tired?"

"I've had enough. I don't want a brain like yours anymore, okay?"

"What did you do in your previous life?"

"You monster!"

The old blind man couldn't help cursing as he flew.

the other side.

county seat.

Augustus suddenly opened his eyes.

He found himself sitting in a noodle shop, oyster cake in one hand and a bowl of soup in the other.

I am born again!