Chapter 19: Devilwalkers
In this way, Ren Xiaoyao, who had just returned to Xiaoyao Village for a few days, left Xiaoyao in a hurry with the forty-two "rotten vegetable leaves" who were taken away without the test but were exceptionally tested. Speaking of this rotten vegetable Ye Cai Ye, Ren Xiaoyao felt that he was very good at managing accounts, and he was a very picky person, Ren Xiaoyao felt that he could be cultivated as the housekeeper of Xiaoyao City in the future, so he took him with him. Together with Ren Xiaoyao and Hua Xiaoshuang, Ren Xiaoyao and a total of forty-five of them secretly came to the treasure land and secretly transported all the treasures to Xiaoyao Village in batches. When Jia Shenjiang saw the mountains of gold and silver jewelry that had been pushed into Xiaoyao Villa, he was so excited that he cried, because this meant that his dream of Xiaoyao City could come true. Of course, these treasures can't be piled up directly in the Escape, but luckily the Cottage has a large basement, which is the new treasure collection.
Those little brothers who saw such a beautiful Xiaoyao Villa were stunned one by one, what good buildings had they seen in those dirt buns, their eyes were about to come out, and they were glad to be able to follow Ren Xiaoyao down the cottage. That Ah biao was more obvious, and said directly to Ren Xiaoyao:
"Boss, can I be buried here when I die?"
"You worthless thing, the Xiaoyao City I will build in the future is ten times better than this, and I want to bury it there!" Ren Xiaoyao scolded with a smile.
When Ah Biao and the younger brothers heard that the Xiaoyao City to be built was ten times better than here, their hearts were hot, and they couldn't wait to see the Xiaoyao City appear in front of them immediately.
After arranging the treasure, Ren Xiaoyao sent four first-class experts as personal bodyguards to protect the safety of Jia Shenjiang, who was the hope of the future Xiaoyao City, and could not go on a business trip. In addition, Ren Xiaoyao directly consumed his true qi to help Jia Shenjiang open up the eight veins of the Qi Jing, so that Jia Shenjiang's martial arts training qualifications have been greatly improved, and then give him a second-rate martial arts cheatbook that is not very powerful but can make people breathe for him to practice, this Jia Shenjiang is fully responsible for the construction of Xiaoyao City, and Ren Xiaoyao doesn't want him to be unable to keep up. Besides, Ren Xiaoyao's Xiaoyao City is hoped to be built as much as possible, so Jia Shenjiang actually has to work overloaded.
As soon as the treasure was arranged, Jia Shenjiang couldn't wait to run all over the world, looking for professional talents everywhere and purchasing the materials needed to build Xiaoyao City, with Jia Shenjiang's connections and prestige, these things were quickly in place, and they were the best. Construction of the Escape City soon began.
Speaking of which, I also want to talk about the problem of the construction address of Xiaoyao City, when Ren Xiaoyao wanted to build it in a deep mountain, it seemed unfathomable. Later, I thought that the role of Xiaoyao City could only be built in an economic fortress with developed transportation, and it was also necessary to consider the problem of terrain defense, and it could not be occupied by others as soon as it was built. But this kind of place is not easy to find! Here is still relying on the rich experience of Jia Shenjiang, and the last choice is the capital of the former dynasty, Tucheng.
Here we have to talk about the country where Ren Xiaoyao is located, this country is called Yan Country, which believes in the three-legged golden crow of mythical beasts, established more than a hundred years ago, surrounded by mountains on one side, water on one side, and four other countries on the other two. More than 100 years ago, the original king of Tucheng had no way, and the people were struggling to make a living, and then there was a riot in the country, and a common man named Yan Lie led the team to overthrow the Tuguo, which is a bit like the story of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty. Yanguo has been passed down to the present for a total of four generations, and the current Emperor Yan is called Yanji, I don't know how to govern the country, but the country of Yan is stable, and there is no big **. In the war between the old and new dynasties, Tucheng, the capital of the Tu Dynasty, was in ruins and is now overgrown with weeds.
In more than a period of time, Ren Xiaoyao spent more than one million taels of silver, opened countless joints, intimidated dozens of people, and even killed some uncooperative people, and finally got in touch with a prince in power, sent three million taels of silver to this prince to dredge the entire dynasty, and married a brother with a different surname, bought Tucheng and the surrounding thirty miles of land, and was named the city lord of this place, which is equivalent to a prince, in addition to not having soldiers and horses, the other qiΔ freedom, but to pay a tribute of 300,000 taels of silver to the dynasty every year, which should be a taxγ Speaking of which, this Tucheng is located in the middle of the Yan Kingdom, plus the surrounding thirty miles, which is the size of a county, which is too insignificant for the entire dynasty, and now the surrounding Tucheng is a barren mountain, which has no effect on the entire Yan City, so Ren Xiaoyao bought the Tucheng so smoothly as the construction site of his Xiaoyao City.
After the problem of the construction location of Xiaoyao City is settled, in fact, the construction of Xiaoyao City does not need to worry about it, just need to ask after a while and put forward some opinions on the architectural style, and the rest is to be worried about by the professional Jia Shenjiang, and the rotten vegetable leaf was also sent to assist Jia Shenjiang. Because Jia Shenjiang is not very good at managing accounts, but he is very good at spending money, let Cai Ye manage the accounts, firstly, to familiarize him with the construction process of Xiaoyao City, to exercise him, and secondly, to save money by slamming the door.
After that, Ren Xiaoyao gathered twenty-eight people from Ah Biao and them, except for the four people who protected Jia Shenjiang and Cai Ye, leaving three people to guard Xiaoyao Villa and the treasures under the villa with Ren Xiaoyao, and the other twenty-five people were led by Ah Biao to carry out a very important thing for Ren Xiaoyao. Ren Xiaoyao asked them to go to the surrounding towns to secretly find more than 200 orphans in a month's time. These orphans must meet the following criteria:
1. Must be between the ages of 12 and 15, with both parents dead, living on the streets, helpless, and living in difficulty;
2. Must be in good health and have no disability;
3. Must have a strong character;
Ren Xiaoyao found these orphans because he wanted to cultivate them as the backbone of Xiaoyao City and even the Xiaoyao faction in the future. Those who are too young have been cultivated for too long, and those who are too old have stereotyped character qualifications, and the training value is not great, and it is best between the ages of twelve and fifteen.
When Ah Biao and the others secretly went to the surrounding towns to collect orphans, Ren Xiaoyao stayed in Xiaoyao Villa, practiced martial arts every day, enjoyed flowers and drank wine in his spare time, and then let Hua Xiaoshuang rub his shoulders. This Hua Xiaoshuang has been with Ren Xiaoyao for almost half a year, very diligent, and very careful, often when Ren Xiaoyao wants to drink tea, the tea is served, and when he wants to practice the sword, the sword is also sent. And Hua Xiaoshuang used to be very filial, often massaging and rubbing his shoulders for his sick mother, this technique is very good, Ren Xiaoyao often asks him to rub himself. Ren Xiaoyao is now used to following such a personal maid by his side, and he takes her with him wherever he goes.
And in this very leisurely month, one thing happened in Xiaoyao Villa, that is, he was robbed, and fortunately the thief was caught by Ren Xiaoyao. That day, Ren Xiaoyao went out with an iron rod alone to find a secluded place to practice the Crazy Devil Stick Method, because he was afraid of smashing the floor in the villa, so he practiced so much that he didn't return until midnight. When I came back, I saw a figure jumping out of the wall, and Ren Xiaoyao chased after him. I didn't expect this person to be really good, and Ren Xiaoyao, who didn't perform the footwork like the wind, couldn't catch up, especially since this person was still carrying a big bag. But the sad thing about this thief is that Ren Xiaoyao will have a super-first-class martial arts cheats like the wind footwork, and as soon as Ren Xiaoyao shows the footwork like the wind, this thief can't run away from Ren Xiaoyao, and then the thief threw a big bag, or was picked up by Ren Xiaoyao who was on his shoulder to resist it. Ren Xiaoyao was not in a hurry to catch up with him, that is, he kept a certain distance and kept chasing, and this chase was one night, until the morning of the next day, the thief was so tired that he foamed at the mouth, and finally couldn't run, sat on the ground, and played a scoundrel:
"Don't run, today I'm a ghost walker, if you want to kill or fight, you can do whatever you want, anyway, I can't run. β
It turns out that the person who was chased by Ren Xiaoyao overnight is a ghost walker who is a thief in the rivers and lakes, this ghost walker Ren Xiaoyao has heard of it when he collects information about the rivers and lakes, this person is good at disguise, and his martial arts are not first-class, but he is a light worker, and he belongs to the kind of thief who "picks stars in the sky", and this person has a quirk, only stealing things from celebrities in the rivers and lakes, and stealing things is also very ruthless. The ghost walker is notorious in the rivers and lakes, but this person never shows his true face, and there are almost no people who know his true face on the rivers and lakes. This ghostwalker heard that the Joyful Villa has been very famous recently, so he planned to steal it, but he didn't expect to kick the iron plate.
"So you're a ghost walker! Ren Xiaoyao smiled and said to the ghostwalker that a very crazy plan was brewing in his heart.
"Disrespectful fart, the best light skill was defeated by you lightly, I should be disrespectful. The ghost walker suddenly regretted it, and in a moment of frustration, he told his real name and let him go.
"Do you say that I will kill you directly, or will I abolish your martial arts and teach it to the people who hate you the most in the rivers and lakes?" Ren Xiaoyao said with a smile again.
"You've already taken back what I stole from, can't you be merciful and let me go?" The ghost walker put on a pitiful look, and directly disgusted Ren Yao.
"You don't have to put on that disgusting look in front of me. It's easy for me not to kill, it depends on what value you can bring to me. Ren Xiaoyao looked at the ghostwalker with deep meaning.
"I've been a ghost walker for more than ten years, and I've never been so badly defeated as today, and now that I've lost to you, I admit it. I am willing to follow you and do things for you, so that you can let me go. The ghost walker looked at Ren Xiaoyao and said with a stern expression.
"Do things for me? How can I trust you? As soon as you ghostwalker is out of my sight, I may never find you again. β
Ren Xiaoyao's heart moved, but he said expressionlessly. If he can accept this ghost walker as his subordinate, it will be of great help to Ren Xiaoyao's next plan.
"I, Devilwalker, are truly subdued, if you don't believe me, then kill me. The ghost walker seemed to be angry at Ren Xiaoyao's suspicion of his words, and directly said a sentence and closed it to death.
"It's not difficult for me to believe you, you just need to eat this poison, only I have the antidote to this poison, even Mr. Baicao in Baihua Valley can't solve it. You can rest assured, this poison is called 'life and death without reincarnation', it occurs once a year, and the whole body is extremely itchy during the attack, and even if you want to commit suicide, you can't do it, and it can make people worse than death. I will give you the antidote once a year, and as long as you are faithful to me, you will not get the whole antidote. β
Ren Xiaoyao took out a green ball, bent his fingers and flicked it into the ghostwalker's hand, and said to him with a smile. Since the last time he took a fake poison to deceive the bully Black Tiger, Ren Xiaoyao has been interested, and when he returned to Xiaoyao Village, he specially turned out several poisons from the original second master's family as a backup. This so-called 'life and death are not reincarnated' is a name taken by Ren Yao, and the characteristics of poison are made up blindly according to the 'life and death charm' of Tianshan Tong's grandmother. Of course, this does not mean that the poison in this is ineffective, this poison still has an effect, but the toxicity is not as exaggerated as Ren Xiaoyao said, but with the style of the original second master, it is estimated that the toxicity is not much worse.
The ghost walker looked at the poison in his hand, his face was full of bitterness, now if he doesn't take the poison, he will definitely die, this ruthless person who destroys other people's sect will definitely not be soft when he kills people, and if he takes the poison, there is still a glimmer of life, but from now on he will have to work for others. After weighing it, the Devilwalker still resolutely took the poison. It's not that the ghost walker didn't want to resist, but although he has first-class light skills, but his martial arts can only be regarded as second-rate, this so-called owner of Xiaoyao Mountain Villa destroyed the Five Rivers Gang alone, and his light skills are much stronger than himself, but he can't fight himself, and the idea of rebellion was given up by the ghost walker as soon as it arose.
"Well, since you have followed me, show me your true face first. In addition, you must teach me your transfiguration, and all the treasures you have stolen. Seeing that the Ghostwalker had taken the poison, Ren Xiaoyao relieved himself and began to search for the Ghostwalker.
"Why don't you go and grab it!" the Ghostwalker felt a pang of pain in his heart as soon as he heard that Ren Yao wanted all his treasures. It doesn't matter if this true face and disguise technique, but this rare treasure has been stolen by him in the past ten years, and the total amount is quite a lot.
"Aren't I robbing! You stole someone else, and I robbed you, which is very reasonable. Ren Xiaoyao smiled faintly and replied.
The ghostwalker's face looked full of pain, but now that the poison has been taken, life and death are in the hands of others, what more treasures do you need? Next, the Devilwalker took off his disguise and reverted to his original mask, just an ordinary-looking middle-aged man. As for the disguise technique, the ghost walker directly threw Ren Xiaoyao a secret book, called "Thousand Faces", which explained various disguise techniques.
"All my treasures over the years have been hidden in a place about two hundred miles away from here, and I will take you there when the time comes, and I only hope that you will keep your promise and give me an antidote when the time comes. The Devilwalker said helplessly.
"Don't worry, although I'm not a good person, I still count as a person when I speak. Ren Xiaoyao said with a stern face.
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So, Ren Xiaoyao accepted the ghost walker as his younger brother, obtained his disguise technique, and looted the rare treasures worth about six million taels of silver collected by the ghost walker for more than ten years. Now Ren Xiaoyao is quite short of money, and he is trying to figure out how to get a large sum of money quickly, and there are more than six million taels sent by the ghost walkers. The most important thing is that the ghost walker gave him a way to raise money, and that is to steal.
Ren Xiaoyao, who didn't return overnight, led the ghost walker after changing his appearance again, and returned to Xiaoyao Villa, seeing Hua Xiaoshuang who was worried because Ren Xiaoyao didn't return overnight, he couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart, and it felt good that someone cared.
"Childe went out to practice all night and didn't return, worried about the death of Xiaoshuang!" Hua Xiaoshuang said to Ren Xiaoyao worriedly, staring at the ghost walker behind Ren Xiaoyao, wondering how this person who followed Childe had never seen it.
"It's okay, Xiaoshuang, there may be many people in the entire rivers and lakes who can hit your son-in-law, but there are very few people who can keep your son-in-law. β
Ren Xiaoyao patted Hua Xiaoshuang's head and said arrogantly. Xiaoshuang seems to be very accustomed to and enjoys that Ren Xiaoyao is often so fine, patting her head, shrinking her head, sticking out her tongue, and going to prepare refreshments for Ren Xiaoyao.
"I don't know what your martial arts are, but there are not a few people in the entire rivers and lakes who can keep you, there should be none. There are very few of my ghost walkers in the entire rivers and lakes who can keep me, and your light skills have given me much stronger, and no one in the entire rivers and lakes should be faster than you. I really don't know how you practiced such light skills?" the ghost walker obviously admired Ren Xiaoyao's light skills very much, and said.
"By the way, Walker, you said that if you want to quickly collect some information on the rivers and lakes and spread some information quickly, what should you do?" Ren Xiaoyao suddenly asked at the ghost.
This ghost walker's original surname was Gui, called Gui Xingzhe, and later he wandered the rivers and lakes, so he changed to a ghost walker. Hearing Ren Xiaoyao's reply, he said almost without thinking:
"Of course, it's the gossip sect, their sect is dedicated to collecting and disseminating some eight seal incidents on the rivers and lakes, what disciples of a certain sect are cheating on disciples of another sect, where are the two characters going to duel, etc., usually as long as it is an incident in the rivers and lakes, they can get some rumors from the gossip sect. β
"How do you contact the higher-ups of the Bagua Sect?" Ren Xiaoyao continued to ask.
"I happened to have contact with a certain high-level of the Bagua Sect once, and when the time comes, you can just look for it according to the method I said. "Ghost Walker is colorful.
The ghost walker himself often has to collect some new things in the rivers and lakes in order to determine the target of the attack, so he assumes the name of Mr. Ghost Hide and has been in contact with a high-ranking member of the Bagua Gate.
"Walker, from today onwards, you have a task, which is to secretly raise money, raise a lot of money, you have to raise 10 million taels of silver before today next year, and the target is to pick as you choose. But there is one rule, you can't let anyone know that it was your ghost walker, and you have to think of a few names that will pull the trend, and every time you steal something, you have to leave a name or a slogan. β
"What do you want so much money for?" The ghost walker was full of questions, his more than six million taels were enough for this owner of Xiaoyao Mountain Villa to eat for a few lifetimes, and he still had to raise so much money, what did he want to do?
"I'm useful, if you handle this matter well, you can even raise 20 million taels or more, and the antidote can be given to you in advance. Ren Xiaoyao said expressionlessly, he didn't fully believe in this ghost walker, and he couldn't let him know too much at the moment.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, anyway, as long as I can steal, I'm a ghostwalker and I'm interested in living. Seeing that Ren Xiaoyao didn't want to say much, the ghost walker didn't ask much.