Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 79 Blood Feud and Sticky Rice Dumplings

After being hoisted up for about ten seconds, Qian Chuan thrashed about, almost convulsing and rolling his eyes back.

Chen Xiuxian waved his hand, and with a "snap," he was put down.

Qian Chuan remained on the ground for more than ten seconds before his pupils began to focus.

"Now? Are you going to tell me or not?" Chen Xiuxian asked, squatting down next to Qian Chuan's head.

The man looked at Chen Xiuxian with a blank expression, then turned to look at the motionless, dazed Yin Chang Gui, who was still holding the rope around Chen Xiuxian's neck.

"You, you are...you are an extraordinary person?!" he asked hoarsely.

Chen Xiuxian laughed: "You've even learned to ask questions back?" He then waved his hand.

Qian Chuan immediately shouted, "I'll talk! I'll tell you everything! Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you!"

This person's behavior was strange; it wasn't fear, but rather a kind of... excitement? A kind of exhilaration, hatred, fervor... in short, it was abnormal.

“I… I’ll start from the beginning…” He knelt before Chen Xiuxian.

Chen Xiuxian rolled his eyes: "Then make it short."

Qian Chuan: ...

Qian Chuan is not this person's real name. His real surname is Wang, and he is from a village near Shencheng.

Just ten years ago, a disaster struck that area, and he was the only one of his five family members to survive.

The relevant departments of the General's Office determined that it was the work of a spirit. However, this survivor happened to see some secrets, and it turned out that it wasn't a spirit, but someone was playing tricks behind the scenes.

"Those people had markings on their sleeves, and I only found out later by chance that they were people destined for the Dao..."

Wang Chuan, with his quick wit and reliable work ethic, performed well at the soup kitchen under Qian Dashanren's management, and then became a clerk at the pawnshop.

Later, because he was all alone and had no ties, he was gradually entrusted with important responsibilities by the philanthropist Qian. After successfully carrying out several shady dealings, he was cultivated into a confidant by Qian.

As a result, it was because he became a confidant of Qian Dashan that he learned about the Path of Fate and saw the mark on the sleeve.

It turns out that the employer I've served so diligently all these years, even doing some dirty work, is actually working for this person with whom I have a predestined connection, and is actually my blood enemy?!

Chen Xiuxian wasn't really interested in Wang Chuan's situation, because he had seen too many similar cases on the forum.

Too many players have shared their experiences of encountering this situation in the game.

Injustice, revenge, no way to seek redress, disregard for human life, collusion between officials and businessmen...

The Great Shun Dynasty has once again reached its end, and almost all players are certain that it cannot continue.

The players couldn't allow it to continue either, because it's damn bad!

One post on the forum went viral: "I'm helpless in real life, but in the game, I want it dead!"

This post once reached 60,000 replies and over two million likes.

Then the post disappeared~
However, Chen Xiuxian did not interrupt this young man, who had been suppressing his feelings for several years and whose heart was full of revenge, to tell the story buried deep in his heart.

"That means your boss, Qian Dashan, is secretly working for Youyuandao, and important people from Youyuandao will be coming to Liaodong after the New Year. You need to take the things from my yard..."

Chen Xiuxian felt around in his pocket and took out the bronze key that looked like half a tiger tally from his inventory.

"Is this what it is?"

Wang Chuan looked at it and nodded emphatically: "Yes! This is it. The other half I got from a caravan outside the city. This is it."

Chen Xiuxian smiled!
How interesting! This guy is actually looking for a "dungeon key"!
It wasn't until Chen Xiuxian browsed the auction house for a long time and looked at many of the listed dungeon keys that he realized the thing in his hand might be half a dungeon key!
The Daoist sect tricked many Liaodong players in the game, not only causing them to die once, but also resulting in players who joined the Daoist sect being blacklisted by the Da Shun Dynasty.

Therefore, the larger size is invalid!
However, according to the posts Chen Xiuxian checked, there was no record of this incident.

Neither Wang Chuan nor Qian Chuan were mentioned. Even the philanthropist Qian was never mentioned.

There is no information whatsoever regarding this operation by Youyuandao.

It's highly likely that the player didn't experience this "background".

I've only been in this world for half a year, and now it's the end of the 6th year of the Great Shun Dynasty.

According to the game's progression, at this point, very few players have broken through level 10; only the top hundred or so players have reached level 10 or so.

There are even fewer who are assigned to Liaodong, and most likely they won't even be qualified to participate in the matter of the predestined path.

Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected gain!
This matter needs careful planning. Chen Xiuxian looked up at Wang Chuan; this man could be of use.

……

Chinese New Year is a lively time.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, and the streets were bustling with the last wave of people this morning.

We're having a clearance sale on all sorts of New Year's goods.

By the afternoon, all the shops had closed their doors.

There were hardly any pedestrians on the streets; everyone was at home waiting for the Lunar New Year.

However, Chen Xiuxian took Lao Niu, Dou Zhongde, and Mimi with him when he went out.

"What good things could happen during the New Year?" Old Niu tucked his hands into the sleeves of his cotton-padded coat. He was wearing a bear-head hat that Chen Xiuxian had given him—normal hats were difficult for him to wear because of his horns, but this bear-head hat was just right.

This combination of bull horns and bear head, representing a bull-bear alliance, is very unfavorable for the stock market.
Chen Xiuxian said, "This is a great opportunity; once it's gone, it'll be gone forever!"

"This is it! Remember, you have to eat as much as you can later, use every ounce of your strength, eat as much as you can! Eat your fill, even if you die!"

Chen Xiuxian whispered his final instructions, knowing that there were some things he couldn't say explicitly, otherwise they wouldn't work.

The place Chen Xiuxian brought Lao Niu and his group to was next to a small stone bridge near the Xiaoheyan River in Shencheng.

This place used to be a rotten pond, where some poor people without means of production did some small business to make a living.

Gradually, a group of street performers gathered together, playing musical instruments, performing crosstalk, singing and drumming, telling stories, and so on.

Later, this area became prosperous and turned into a low-end "Liyuan Opera House". You could buy a ticket for a few coins, and then buy a pot of tea and some melon seeds for a few more coins. You could listen for half a day.

Chen Xiuxian and his friends had visited this place before, and Lao Niu really liked it.

After all, he was in Jianzhou before, where was there any entertainment? If he didn't still have some dreams, he would have gotten married and had children long ago.

It's a good thing he wasn't confined by a wife, kids, and a warm bed; otherwise, he'd be serving the boar people's army right now.

Being all alone like this now, if things really get too bad I'll just run away, but that's not something I can do anymore.

Now, this area along the river is deserted. After all, it's Lunar New Year's Eve, and it's already afternoon. Who wouldn't be home preparing the New Year's Eve dinner?

During the Lunar New Year, this place is completely deserted. All other holidays are very lively.

However, at this moment, next to this secluded stone bridge, there was an old woman who looked to be in her fifties or sixties, with a face full of wrinkles and a hunched back, setting up a stall.

Old Niu looked closely and saw a stall selling sticky rice cakes?

He glanced at Chen Xiuxian again and received an approving look.

Old Niu: Why aren't you at home making dumplings and stewing meat on New Year's Eve? Why are you eating sticky rice cakes here?!
Besides, what respectable person would set up a stall here during the Chinese New Year?
But believe it or not, besides their group, there was also a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy wolfing down his food at the stall.

As a result, the boy probably heard a noise, turned his head, and then shuddered in fright!

Chen Xiuxian laughed too: You're quite lucky, kid!
Who are you? It turns out to be Li Huo, the shop assistant Wang Chuan sent to follow and monitor Chen Xiuxian and his group while they were buying New Year's goods a couple of days ago!
When the old lady at the stall saw Chen Xiuxian and his group, she didn't try to sell them to them. Instead, she grinned and revealed her teeth, which were quite white.

Chen Xiuxian and a few others sat down in front of the stall: "Grandma, give us some sticky rice cakes to tide us over."

Then he looked at Li.

That kid just learned his lesson from Chen Xiuxian a couple of days ago, spending the whole day tending the fire and doing odd jobs. But at least he got two decent meals.

Chen Xiuxian didn't treat him differently; he ate whatever his own people ate.

The food was so bad it almost brought tears to Li's eyes. He nearly knelt down and begged to stay.

The main problem was that Chen Xiuxian's methods for dealing with the thief were too ruthless; he was almost frozen to death. The boy was terrified!

After eating, he ran away and never dared to come back.

I didn't expect to run into you here.

Li Huo forced a smile, "Brother... Happy New Year! I have some things to take care of at home, so I'll be going now!"

No sooner had her buttocks lifted off the bench than Chen Xiuxian pressed her back down, saying, "Wait! Aren't you all alone at home? Eat, don't waste food, eat it all. Eat as much as you can, it's on me!"

Chen Xiuxian waved his hand: "Sit down, everyone, and eat!"

(End of this chapter)