A wealthy person with a reading panel

Chapter 3: The Condor Heroes

It was already getting dark outside. Zhou Qing turned on the light and placed the recorder under it to observe it carefully.

It is made of very ordinary bamboo and the workmanship is a bit rough.

It is gray and inconspicuous, the kind that wouldn't attract much attention if it were placed on a street stall.

Come to think of it, "Cuicui" and her grandfather were just poor fishermen from western Hunan, not professional flute makers. It was normal for them to make their own flutes.

Zhou Qing held it in his left hand and stroked it repeatedly with his right hand, touching it here and knocking it there.

The bamboo joints felt a little cold to the touch, but his heart was extremely hot!

He grinned and played with it for a long time before taking out his phone, opening the Taobao app, and scanning the flute with the object recognition function.

I quickly scanned out a bunch of similar products, swiped my fingers, flipped through a few pages, and found that this simple bamboo flute was very cheap, with each one costing no more than thirty or fifty yuan.

"Yes, it's made of ordinary bamboo, and the workmanship is average, so it must be cheap."

"But it doesn't matter. This has proven the authenticity of the panel extraction. From now on, as long as I continue reading the novel, I can continuously extract items from the novel!"

Zhou Qing was not disappointed because it was not worth much.

On the contrary, I treasure this flute very much!
This can prove the function of the panel. In his eyes, the flute is emitting golden light all over!

"Border Town" describes the folk customs of western Hunan in the 1920s and 1930s. The characters in the novel are all from the lower classes, so there is nothing valuable in it. I hope the next book can produce something good."

Zhou Qing was very short of money and wanted to make some money, so he immediately calmed down and started thinking about continuing reading.

"I've tried the novella, so this time I'll try the novel."

He looked down at the bamboo flute in his hand again.

Men naturally like this kind of straight thing, not to mention that this is the first item he has drawn, so it has special meaning.

He carefully put the flute into the drawer of the desk, then called out the panel, thought about it, and chose to change the reading object.

"This time I'm choosing a long novel."

The next moment, the panel changed——

Name: Zhou Qing

Currently reading: The Return of the Condor Heroes

Complete Reading Library: Border Town

Intensive reading completion library: None

……

"Jin Yong's The Return of the Condor Heroes!"

Zhou Qing was immediately delighted when he saw the randomly selected novel.

This was the martial arts novel he used to read most often.

Although Zhou Qing's father is a farmer, he received nine years of compulsory education. When he was young, he especially loved reading martial arts novels and was a fan of Jin Yong. His family still has a set of pirated "Complete Works of Jin Yong" with dog-eared corners.

Influenced by his father, he has loved reading martial arts novels since he was a child. "The Return of the Condor Heroes" was his favorite martial arts novel in the past. He has read the original novel at least three times and has watched various versions of film and television dramas. He even watched the TV series starring Liu Yifei twice.

Later in middle school, I came across online novels and fell in love with fantasy novels.

Later, due to the heavy pressure of studying and in order to prepare for the college entrance examination, I gradually gave up my hobby of reading novels.

"In Jin Yong's novels, characters are generally wealthy. I remember in 'The Return of the Condor Heroes,' some people's weapons were made of gold, others were inlaid with jewels! Furthermore, his novels often revolve around patriotism, featuring many upper-class figures. Any piece of clothing these people wore would be worth a fortune in modern times!"

"The novel 'The Return of the Condor Heroes' also contains the martial arts manuals I longed for most as a child, such as 'Nine Yin Manuals', 'Jade Girl Heart Sutra', 'Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra', and so on. Although the feedback from the panel shows that the probability of getting such good stuff by reading it all is extremely low, what if I get lucky and win it?"

"But...if I really draw these martial arts secrets and bring them into reality, can I practice them?" Zhou Qing paused and quickly called out the reading panel to express his doubts.

The next moment, feedback came: anything extracted through the panel, whether it was a surreal artifact, a martial arts secret manual, etc., as the owner of the panel, with the assistance of the panel's power, he could use and practice it, but only for himself.

Although he had to be able to draw it, this feedback was enough to make him tremble with excitement!
After shaking his body, Zhou Qing walked back and forth in the narrow room for more than ten times, and finally suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Keeping himself calm, he continued to search for "The Return of the Condor Heroes" using the browser on his phone and soon found a website named "Jin Yong".

Click on it and you will find all of Jin Yong's novels, including various published versions.

Zhou Qing chose the Sanlian edition of The Return of the Condor Heroes that he had read before and began to read.

"The first time, Feng Yue is ruthless."

"A Yue girl gathers lotus flowers by the autumn water, her narrow sleeves clad in light silk, her golden bracelets faintly visible... Her voice fades into the distance, her sorrow drawing her to the south bank."

……

"The Taoist nun sighed deeply, raised her left hand, looked at her blood-stained palm, and muttered to herself, 'What's so funny about that? The little girl is just singing nonsense, completely unaware of the pain and melancholy of longing for her lover.'"

As soon as I saw the Red-Cloaked Fairy Li Mochou appear, my stomach started to growl.

I touched my belly and felt hungry.

I looked at the time and it was almost seven o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Qing, who was a little hypoglycemic, quickly unplugged his phone, picked up the room key and walked out.

There are many shops in this resettlement community. Zhou Qing walked downstairs a few steps and saw a rice noodle shop selling Changde noodles.

He walked in and ordered a bowl of the cheapest black fungus and shredded pork noodles for six yuan.

"Handsome, would you like some fried eggs?"

The ingredients were all processed in advance. The middle-aged boss boiled the rice noodles, put them into a bowl, scooped some black fungus and shredded pork on it with a spoon, and asked.

Zhou Qing had already seen the menu on the wall which said: Fried eggs for two yuan.

He hesitated.

For someone who has only more than 700 yuan left on his card and is unemployed, eating a bowl of rice noodles for 6 yuan is already a celebration of getting a promotion. If he adds a fried egg for 2 yuan, it would be a bit of a luxury.

"Now that I have a panel, my future life will definitely be glorious, but now I can only draw an ordinary bamboo flute... just bear with it!"

Two dollars is a small amount, but he knows very well that sometimes a penny can make a hero fall!

Before you actually draw something valuable, every dollar has to be spent wisely.

He smiled and replied, "No, thank you."

After eating the rice noodles, Zhou Qing walked around and when he passed by a small supermarket, he went in and bought six packs of White Elephant pork bone instant noodles.

For the next two days, I won’t go out until I finish reading The Return of the Condor Heroes!
When I came out after shopping, it was already completely dark.

There are few street lights in the resettlement community and the environment is dim. Zhou Qing was afraid of hitting other people's cars, so he had to turn on the flashlight on his mobile phone to illuminate.

His cell phone battery had long been worn out. As soon as the flashlight was turned on, the battery level dropped drastically. As soon as he reached the unit door, the battery icon turned red.

Fortunately, there are voice-controlled lights in the stairwell.

"Zhou Qing, are you moving in?"

Just after taking two steps, Zhou Qing heard a sudden sound from above. He looked up and saw a tall woman coming down. He recognized her. She was the mature landlord with plump breasts.

The houses in this unit are all hers.

(End of this chapter)