Chapter 16: CH 16

C16 – He Just Couldn’t Get Used to It

The more Liu Yuan thought about it, the more he felt like this whole transmigration thing might just be another game for him.

“But what else can I do, huh?”

Liu Yuan sighed deeply. “Yes, if I don’t help Siyin, I can stay out of trouble. I can grab the Double Experience Scroll and leave this place now. I can go find some sect in some remote place and marry an ordinary 1-star or 2-star female character there, and I’ll be able to live a peaceful life. I can improve my cultivation at a steady pace. After that… I might be able to establish myself and achieve something.”

He felt a bit distressed at the thought of this, “But how am I supposed to just stand there and watch the characters that should belong to me marry someone else?”

Liu Yuan activated his handbook interface and checked his rich collection of cards. He was very pleased with it.

“I want all of them!”

Liu Yuan thought to himself firmly. He knew clearly what he would do right now. No matter what, he would hold on tight to his cards and would never give them away to anyone else.

“First things first. Now what I need to do is to improve my own strength!”

Just like other web novels, one’s strength was considered the most important in the world of Upper Central. It was never wrong to improve his cultivation level.

“Siyin’s wedding has not been settled yet, so that can wait, for now. Besides, Ma Shu is really good at setting people up, so Yue Longzhang’s reputation will be ruined even after his death, which will leave Water Moon Dock in chaos for a while. As long as I can stall until I reach the middle period of Foundation Establishment Stage or above, there won’t any problem for me to complete all the newbie tasks.”

Liu Yuan thought it over as he walked down the mountain path. Soon he saw a small town under the manor.

This town was called Long Creek Town.

Pool Feather Mountain Manor was located on the Jiuyuan Mountain Range.

Tiger Tooth Mountain, the treasure hunting place that Liu Yuan mentioned earlier, was also there. It stretched for thousands of miles, and in the center was the Ling River. The “long creek” that ran past the town was one branch of the Ling River.

Situated by the mountains and waters, the town was rich in natural resources.

“So this is what the ancient streets look like.”

Liu Yuan stood at the entrance of the town and looked around curiously at the place where the mountain path and the town street met.

The town looked just like one of those ancient towns he had visited during summer vacation in his previous life, with rows of white walls, black tiles, old wooden doors, and trees planted on both sides of the street providing shady retreats for people here.

Occasionally, there would be artistes selling their artwork by the street, but proper markets were nowhere to be seen.

The townspeople were all dressed in ordinary linen clothes. They had been working hard to provide food for the manor for generations, and, in return, the manor would ensure their safety by regularly choosing some of the younger generations in the town to learn martial arts in the manor.

The town was hardly accessible to the rest of the world, so there were few visitors. As a result, although the town was basically self-sufficient, the business here was still underdeveloped.

“Hmm… I think this should be the right direction. Walk past a small alley, turn left, and Xie Qian’s residence should be next to the bookstore around the corner.”

Liu Yuan was trying to recall the map of the game as he looked around the area.

“Hey, Mister, my name is Ding Liu. May I ask where you want to go? Or do you need anything? Feel free to let me know. I’d be happy to help.”

A short, chubby man approached him with a friendly smile. He looked just like a large bouncy ball. He narrowed his eyes and chuckled at Liu Yuan.

Ding Liu was a broker who had been traveling back and forth between the town and the manor for years.

Pool Feather Mountain Manor was famous, so people from the martial arts circle would come every now and then to visit the manor, as if it were some tourist attraction or memorial.

Some curious people would want to find out about what happened in the manor.

And they would naturally go to the ones with inside information in the town at the foot of the mountain.

But in fact, Ding Liu was a member of the assassination organization led by the manor’s butler, He Ren. He was in charge of confidential information.

Things were quite complicated in this world.

The world was full of danger, and one would never know when trouble would come knock at their door.

Liu Yuan glanced at the man indifferently, and he seemed very familiar with this town. “Thank you, but there is no need. I do have a question, though.”

This character in the Novice Village named Ding Liu had left a very deep impression on him.

Because players had to come to him for help with most of the tasks in the Novice Village.

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He took care of things such as sending gifts, looking for lost pets and running errands.

It was clear how powerful this man’s connections in the town were. Whenever people needed help, he was the first one that came to their minds.

Ding Liu nodded a couple of times, “Of course. Please go ahead.”

Liu Yuan lowered his head, suddenly narrowed his eyes and smiled, “Have you recovered from your knee injury caused by the arrow twenty years ago?”

Ding Liu’s smile instantly froze, and then he quickly masked his agitation with a grin, “Mister, I’m afraid I don’t understand what you are talking about. My knees are fine, but I do admit that I have short legs. Please don’t make fun of me.”

He even jumped a couple of times to prove that he was telling the truth, which only made him look like a bouncy ball even more.

Liu Yuan’s smile remained unchanged as he waved his hand, “No offense, but I just suddenly thought of something funny. Well, I don’t need anything now. Maybe someone else could use your help.”

After that, he walked towards the alley.

Indeed, he didn’t need any help. He had just taken Yue Longzhang’s storage bag from Ma Shu, and there were only some Spirit Stones inside, no money.

Liu Yuan paused after taking two steps and turned to Ding Liu, “If my memory serves me right, a group of people will come over in a few days. They have the Cold Accumulation Jade.”

Then he left.

As Liu Yuan walked away into the alley, Ding Liu’s smile immediately disappeared.

He rubbed his hands, making a rattling of metal.

If one took a closer look, he would find that Ding Liu’s round and fat palms had become muscular, and his white skin had turned black and rough with metallic luster.

No ordinary martial artists could ever be able to change their body forms like that. Only immortal cultivators could.

It turned out that Ding Liu, the famous broker in the marketplace, was actually an immortal cultivator!

“Twenty years ago, I defected from the Fallen Jade Mansion and my knee got shot by a flaming arrow. Although the injury was cured later on, it still hurts from time to time. But how the hell did he know?”

Ding Liu murmured.

“And I have been looking for the Cold Accumulation Jade for years…”

Ding Liu could not figure it out. Of course, he did not know that, as a character in the game, he had once released a task to the players in which he explained about his knee injury in detail.

…

Liu Yuan walked down the alley for a while and finally reached the Xie residence.

A few large banana tree leaves stretched out from the tall gate of the courtyard, which seemed a bit odd against the surroundings.

As for Ding Liu, he was already a distinguished guest of Pool Feather Mountain Manor. Ever since he was saved by Gu Feidao twenty years ago, Ding Liu had been loyal to the old master of the manor.

Without Gu Feidao’s permission, he naturally would not make any move against Liu Yuan.

Besides, Liu Yuan’s information was quite helpful to him anyway.

Liu Yuan was a bit surprised.

This was originally a task in the game, but he was not actually in the game right now, so helping Ding Liu would not give him any rewards.

Besides, his own life was at stake right now. Why the hell did he bother to help others?

“Damn, I still can’t get used to all this transmigration crap.”

Liu Yuan stood in front of the Xie residence with such a sad look on his face that even the guards at the gate felt sorry for him.

This man looked so sad…

Was he among the visitors who had been rejected by Master Xie before?

But they didn’t remember seeing this man.

For a moment, the guards were at a loss what to do. They did not know how to send away a visitor who still had the perseverance to come for the second time.

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