Chapter 40: Demon Cultivation
It's still the familiar summer night of Donghai County, the gentle evening breeze carries the water vapor of the East China Sea, quietly surrounding the entire Donghai County, spreading a cool atmosphere.
"Lin Chen, I want to buy this sugar man, and the sugar gourd over there"
"Wow, the pastry here is really delicious"
Walking on the street, looking at Hai Ling'er who was shuttling between the small traders like an elf, Lin Chen touched the money bag that was a little shriveled on his waist, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless, he wanted to ask Hai Ling'er to eat less, but he was afraid that she would be unhappy, so he had no choice but to follow Hai Ling'er's footsteps and pay one by one.
"Lin Chen, why don't you buy food yourself?"
Hai Ling'er, who came back from nowhere, looked at Lin Chen's empty hands, put the last sugar gourd in his hand into his mouth, and asked out loud,
"I'm not hungry, have you eaten enough?"
"Not yet, I'll continue to walk around the front, you just remember to pay"
Gently dodging the pedestrians walking by the roadside, Hai Ling'er, who was still in front of him just now, disappeared again, looking at the vendor next to him waiting for him to pay, Lin Chen was speechless, reached out and touched his waist, but he didn't touch anything,
"Huh, my money bag!"
looked down at the ground around him, but did not find the familiar bag, and Lin Chen, who realized that the money bag had been stolen, immediately had an image in his mind from the last time he touched the bag to the time the bag fell off.
"Just a moment, yes, the passerby who avoided it!"
The target is locked, that is, the masked man who passed by when he just avoided pedestrians,
Looking back, on the street in the distance, the masked figure was still moving unhurriedly,
"How dare you steal my money"
Lin Chen took an arrow step and squeezed towards the crowd,
"Hey, let me go, I've borrowed it~"
Inserted into the gap of the crowd, Lin Chen's hands appeared slightly, and gently squeezed the pedestrians blocking the road in front to both sides.
"Hey, why are you like this" A fat woman on the side of the road who was dressed in fancy clothes but had a bloated figure was squeezed aside by Lin Chen, thinking that Lin Chen was deliberately eating her tofu, and scolded softly,
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze" A strong man who was about to move forward with two large bags of flour was also squeezed to the side by Lin Chen,
With Lin Chen's strong insertion, the already crowded flow of people became even more chaotic, and the countless shouts and scoldings around it ignited the entire flow of people.
The masked man who was walking in front also noticed the sudden taunting sound behind him, looked at Lin Chen's figure and quickly rushed towards him, and immediately turned his head and ran forward,
Seeing that the masked man was about to escape, Lin Chen screamed in his heart, thinking that such a chase would definitely not be able to catch up with the person in front, so he simply urged the dantian Xuanli to wrap his feet, and stepped heavily towards the bluestone ground, the whole person rose in the air, stepped on the shoulder of the passerby with one foot, and ran frantically ahead.
The sudden change made the flow of people also startled, and the passers-by on the street only felt a slight sinking on their shoulders, and a figure rushed forward.
"Yo, what kind of kid is this, there are a few strong people who walk in the air like this" An old man sitting on the teahouse on the side of the road nodded and commented,
"Entering the Xuanwu, it's still such a young man, wow, what should I do if I find out I'm in love with him" It was still the chubby woman, standing on the side, a pair of eyes that were almost invisible looking at Lin Chen's figure, with stars in her eyes,
The masked man glanced back and found that Lin Chen was chasing after him at a very fast speed,
The fingering in his hand changed, and the figure split into three, fleeing in three directions,
"Illusion?"
Looking at the three almost identical figures, Lin Chen was also shocked in his heart, but he didn't mess up, and the red light in his eyes surged,
"Three holes converge into one, the magic eye appears!"
The vision in front of him changed greatly in the warm eyes, and the three figures fleeing in different directions also changed in Lin Chen's eyes,
"Right"
Lin Chen adjusted his direction and quickly swept towards the figure that emitted a blazing light.
The masked man didn't expect Lin Chen to crack his illusion so quickly, and when he saw the thunder under Lin Chen's feet, he slowly narrowed the distance between him and himself.
The masked man stopped suddenly, and the figure turned into the rice shop next to him,
"Don't want to run"
Lin Chen screamed and turned around and chased into the rice shop,
After looking for half a circle, but did not find the figure of the masked man, looking at the rice shop that had stopped to buy rice and looked at his customers and the shopkeeper on the counter, Lin Chen was very surprised,
"It's strange, I saw that person running into the rice shop, why did he disappear all of a sudden"
Carefully observing the few customers who bought rice in the store, Lin Chen didn't find anything abnormal, because these people were a few points taller than the masked man just now, both in terms of size and figure.
looked at the shopkeeper standing behind the counter, and saw the shopkeeper looking at himself with a smile, and there seemed to be nothing wrong.
"Hmm, why is he sweating so much on his head?"
Lin Chen found a problem, so he stepped forward to talk to the shopkeeper,
"Shopkeeper, how is your business lately?"
"To, thanks to the little brother, the business in the store is not bad"
The sweat on the shopkeeper's head was even more, and Lin Chen, who noticed the abnormality, walked to the counter, only to see a masked man in black half-squatting under the counter and seemed to be holding something against the waist of the shopkeeper of the rice shop.
"I still want to run!" Lin Chen turned over and was about to jump into the counter,
Seeing that the situation was not good, the masked man took out a black bead with his left hand and shook it violently on the ground.
"Bang"
A burst of black mist poured out of the broken beads, and the black mist filled the entire rice shop.
Lin Chen's vision was blocked, and he grabbed his hands forward, as if touching the masked man's cheeks, and the smoothness in his hands made Lin Chen stunned.
The black smoke slowly dissipated, and a large group of street spectators had already gathered outside the store, and among the rice shops, the masked people and the customers who bought rice had already fled, leaving only the rice shop shopkeeper and Lin Chen standing in the counter, staring at each other with big eyes,
"Mi Laosan, there's no fire in your store, right?"
The tall man carrying a large basin of water stood at the door of the store and asked loudly,
"What are you talking nonsense about killing pigs, where is the fire" Although the shopkeeper of the rice shop was a little frightened, he still came back to his senses, shouted at the door of the store, and looked at Lin Chen, who was still standing in place,
"Little brother, are you alright?"
Picking up a strand of translucent black cloth on the ground, Lin Chen was still immersed in the touch in his hand before, and when he heard the shopkeeper ask, he replied,
"No, I may have to compensate you for the loss of your store in the shopkeeper, my wallet was stolen by the masked man just now"
"Eh, no, no, little brother, it's okay if you're fine, my small shop doesn't have any losses, and the few guests who left also came to ask the price of rice, it doesn't matter, it's nothing, you see?"
"Oh, I'll be leaving right away"
Holding the black cloth in his hand, Lin Chen also knew that he had escaped by the masked man, so he walked out of the rice shop in two steps and plunged into the flow of people who had resumed their usual life.
"What kind of pattern is this?"
Spread out the black cloth in his hand, the shape of a small crimson snake embroidered on the corner of the cloth attracted Lin Chen's attention, picked up the black cloth in his hand and sniffed it, a faint fragrance wafted into Lin Chen's nose, combined with the previous touch, Lin Chen was also a little puzzled,
"I didn't expect this thief who stole my money to be a woman, and the woman was so able to escape, it's really unlucky"
Hiding the black cloth in his arms around his waist, Lin Chen strode forward and began to look for the figure of Shanghai Ling'er on the street,
On the second floor of the tea building opposite the rice shop, Xia Cailing, dressed in black, picked up the freshly brewed tea, stared at Lin Chen, who was constantly moving away, and the blush on the corner of her face did not subside for a long time.
"Such an unreliable boy, why did my sister let her be the guest secretary of our Xia family in the East China Sea, I really don't understand"
As soon as the tea in her hand was drunk, Xia Cailing looked around, with a little sharp eyes, which made the men on the second floor who wanted to talk to him hesitate.
"Little two, check out"
Xia Cailing stood up, a ketone body wrapped in black was slender and well-proportioned, and the snorts of several people at the adjacent table were a little heavier.
Jade hand threw the money bag on the waist in front of the table, Xia Cailing went downstairs, this is Lin Chen didn't see it, if he saw this girl so easily throw the money bag she had saved for a long time in front of the table, she would definitely scold her a thousand times and ten thousand times, obviously she didn't lack money and came to steal money, she was short of money and was stolen, it was really uncomfortable.
Lin Chen, who was walking on the street, was still thinking about how to explain to those vendors at the moment and let him go back to get the money, Hai Ling'er suddenly appeared from the crowd in front of him,
"Lin Chen, you are here, come and help me beat them together"
Lin Chen, who was pulled by Hai Linger and walked forward, was also confused,
"Beat them up, what's the trouble you're getting into again?"
Hai Ling'er didn't explain, and took Lin Chen to squeeze into the crowd in front of her, who was originally standing aside to watch the lively flow of people watching Hai Ling'er, the protagonist, go out and bring someone back after a while, knowing that there was a lively scene to watch, he took the initiative to get out of the way and let the two of them in,
was pulled by Hai Linger into the hollow area of the crowd, Lin Chen only saw five people lying on the ground, some touching their faces, some touching their stomachs, and one of the most miserable touching the second child, a ghost crying wolf howl,
Looking at the worst, Lin Chen was also nervous about a certain part of his body, turned his head and asked Hai Ling'er who was standing next to him,
"You hit it?"
"They set up a stall here to deceive people, and they still want to deceive me, but if they don't deceive me, they are ready to bully me, and they deserve to be beaten!
Hai Ling'er crossed her waist with her left hand, and pointed to the most miserable one with her right hand, and there were words in her mouth,
"Is that so?"
Lin Chen, who understood the situation, turned his mind slightly, thought of a good way, took two steps forward, and said loudly,
"Which of you is the head?"
The man who was holding the stall and was quite burly endured the severe pain and stood up slightly,
"I, hiss, I, I'm their head, brother, we were beaten by the girl behind you, spare us, we promise never to set up a stall here again to deceive people"
"I don't care if you're setting up a stall here, but do you think I'm a fool? My sister has beaten so many of you big and three thick men with such a small and delicate girl? Do you take all of us onlookers from Donghai County as fools? The big guy said I was right?"
"Yes!" The surrounding circle of completely unaware latecomers heard Lin Chen's encouragement, and all of them spoke peacefully, anyway, there was something Lin Chen was around, and in their eyes, how could Hai Ling'er's harmless appearance beat these five strong men who looked murderous, even if there were still four lying on the ground, then everyone must also help the girls, not to mention that Hai Ling'er was already good-looking,
Seeing that the bystanders all echoed loudly, the man in front of Lin Chen was also bitter and couldn't tell, what is this, being slapped by the girl in front of him is like beating his son, why didn't you see it, this will be one by one indignant and eager to rush up,
The man in front of him also had a bit of a leader's temperament, not listening to the gossip of bystanders, staring at Lin Chen, who looked a little thin in front of him, with a pair of eyes staring at Lin Chen, who looked a little thin in front of him, his voice was slightly deep, ready to scare Lin Chen,
"Little brother, then what do you say, our brothers will follow"
And the four people who were originally lying on the ground, hearing the eldest brother talking like this, also had a little idea of looking for a place, most of the pain on their bodies disappeared, and they stood up one after another, twisting their wrists and twisting their necks, and the four of them all stared at Lin Chen, trying to crush Lin Chen with their invisible momentum.
Looking at the five people who suddenly became vicious, Lin Chen was also a little confused, did I look so useless? I didn't look afraid of me at all, I couldn't help but look down on me too much, even Hai Ling'er behind him covered his mouth and laughed secretly.
Lin Chen was a little helpless, raised his head and looked directly at the five people who were posing in front of him, raised a finger, and said loudly: "One hundred taels of silver, not a single cent is missing."
"Poof, a hundred taels? This kid really said it, big brother, do you say we give it or not?" asked the strong man on the left with some amusement.
"Give, of course, we're the ones who do what we say."
The strong man in the lead slowly walked towards Lin Chen, replied with a smile on his face, and stood still in front of Lin Chen, looking down at Lin Chen with some eyes.
"Little brother, you have to take this one hundred taels."
Between the words, the strong man had already raised his right hand, and his tight fist came towards Lin Chen's door.
Where would it not be clear what the strong man meant, Lin Chen did not move in front of him, just to see what he wanted to do,
"Hmph" snorted softly, Lin Chen's left hand stretched forward slightly, and with one hand, he took the fist that the strong man impacted,
"How is it possible" The strong man who had already done his best looked at Lin Chen in front of him, his eyes widened,
"Could it be that this kid is also a master? impossible, where are so many masters met by us" The strong man in the lead began to feel weak, but he still didn't want to believe it in his heart,
The immovable left hand grabbed the strong man's fist, no matter how hard the strong man tried, Lin Chen's figure was unmoved, and even the strong man wanted to retract his fist, but found that he couldn't retract it.
As soon as his mind moved, the Xuanli came out of the dantian and passed into the strong man's body through Lin Chen's palm, and the Xuanli stirred the strong man's internal organs, and the silk thunder contained in the Xuanli surged, bombarding the strong man's body from the inside out.
"Ahh
The pain caused by the inexplicable energy of the internal organs made the strong man miserable, and the tingling and spasms from his body made him wish to die immediately.
Lin Chen ripped off the mysterious power in the strong man's body, and the strong man finally recognized the world, and the fine sweat on his forehead burst out.
"Shaoxia, no, no, no, big brother, big hero, spare me, I'll kowtow to you"
The fist in his right hand was still pinched by Lin Chen, and the strong man couldn't care so much, so he knelt down directly, wanting to kowtow but couldn't kowtow because his arm was pulled.
Stretching out his right foot against the strong man's head, Lin Chen opened his mouth expressionlessly,
"Don't kneel to me, it's useless to kneel, it's still the same sentence, a hundred taels of silver, you have deceived so many people, don't tell me you can't take it out"
"Yes, yes, one hundred and twenty, one hundred and twenty"
The strong man stood up, his head nodded as fast as pounding garlic, and when he saw Lin Chen let go, the strong man dragged his tormented body back with a somewhat numb body,
"Second and third, prepare a hundred taels of silver"
"Is it so easy to give it to them?" The strong man who was still standing on the left, his fists clenched, seemed to be a little unconvinced,
"What?" Lin Chen took a step forward and spoke softly,
The strong man in the lead hurriedly grabbed the unconvinced one beside him, his eyes signaled, and then he took the box handed over by the other two into his hand and walked towards Lin Chen,
"Hero, the one hundred taels you want, please take a look"
The red lacquer box slowly opened, and a wooden box of broken silver was stacked in the box, Lin Chen didn't count it, nodded and took the box, and waved his big hand,
"I've taken the money, you can go"
"Hey, hey" The strong man in the lead also nodded slightly, beckoning the other four to gradually move away,
"Lin Chen, do you want so much money to buy me food?"
Hai Ling'er stood in front of Lin Chen's eyes violently, looking at the amount of money in the box, her two eyes sparkled, and she asked intently,
"Who said that"
"Isn't it? Lin Chen, you have changed, you don't love me anymore, are you just falling in love with other girls?"
There was a black line on Lin Chen's forehead, this Hai Ling'er was really eccentric, and he was speechless in a few words.
"Then leave some for you to buy food"
"And what about the other part?"
Lin Chen stopped talking, stood in the middle of the crowd that had not yet dispersed, and shouted loudly,
"And the folks and elders here, some of you have been deceived by these people, you can come to me and get your money back."
With this roar, the crowd that was about to disperse immediately gathered again, the box in Lin Chen's hand was real silver, who would think that he had little money, everyone present shouted loudly that he had been deceived, how much money was deceived, and the amount of money that was deceived became more and more, from the first dozen copper coins to a few taels, a dozen taels,
"It's really reality"
Lin Chen was also helpless for a while, fortunately, Hai Linger was also smart, because he was deceived by those strong men once, although he didn't succeed, but Hai Linger knew that every time he deceived someone, he would give a small black pennant, saying that there would be a blessing from the gods, so he simply told Lin Chen to use the small black flag as a certificate and press two shots,
Hearing that there was a certificate, many people who were originally shouting directly wilted, because there was no such certificate at all, and those who had really been deceived also took out their own credentials, and consciously lined up, Lin Chen looked at it, it seemed that there were a lot of people, but since it had been decided, let's do it, and began to send money one by one,
"The people's personality is good, but the strength is average, and it is embarrassing to use"
Xia Cailing, who was hidden in the crowd, whispered softly, and there was another black scarf in front of her moving face.
Finally sent away the last deceived citizen, the long time of not moving made Hai Ling'er's whole person a little wilted, Lin Chen counted the remaining silver in the box, there were still thirty taels, and gently patted the girl's back, as if to wake up the lively and active Hai Ling'er,
"Huh?
"Have you eaten enough? I'm hungry anyway, and by the way, the vendors haven't paid us back, why didn't they ask for us?"
"Hmph, I thought you didn't want me to eat too much, those vendors couldn't find you and people came to me, and then I pawned the sapphire, and returned it to those vendors in exchange for money, I have a lot more, oh, it's all for you, you keep it for me, don't get rid of it, otherwise I'll pinch you if I don't have to eat."
While talking, he showed two small tiger teeth, and Hai Ling'er, who was dancing with teeth and claws, also amused Lin Chen, Lin Chen thought about finding a place where no one was to put a large amount of money into the storage ring, and leaving a little bit in the money bag for use, but it seems that there is not much money in total now,
"Then use it first, it's better to eat it than to steal it"
Feeling that he had a reasonable idea, Lin Chen, who took Hai Ling'er's money bag, followed Hai Ling'er side by side towards the snacks on the street, but this time the money bag on his waist was covered by Lin Chen....