Shi Potian travels through Linghu Chong

Chapter 26: This will not happen again (Please read~Please collect~)

South of the city, Qingping Inn.

Seeing that Shi Potian had eaten and drunk his fill, Yue Buqun sent him back to his room to rest.

In Yue Buqun's eyes, the Arhat Subduing Demon Technique was something that only ordinary people could practice. In order to maintain his dignity as a master, he was unwilling to even ask a single question.

Shi Potian returned to the house, still full of energy, and simply continued to practice the Arhat Subduing Demon Skill.

When I was awakened by hunger again, it was already noon the next day and it was bright outside.

During this time, Yue Buqun also visited outside the room several times. Seeing that Shi Potian was still practicing, he stopped Yue Lingshan who wanted to call Shi Potian to have breakfast, and sat down at a table facing Shi Potian's room in the lobby downstairs, keeping an eye on Shi Potian's movements to prevent anyone from disturbing him.

"Master, Junior Sister."

As soon as Shi Potian walked out of the room, he saw Yue Buqun and Yue Lingshan sitting in the lobby.

Just as I was about to walk over, I heard a commotion outside and Lin Zhennan's family of three walked in.

"Boss Lin!", "Brother Lin!"...

Lin Zhennan is nothing in front of the Qingcheng Sect, but he is a well-known figure in Fuzhou City. As soon as he shows up, many people in the martial arts world greet him.

In the past, Lin Zhennan would have been very proud of himself for having such a wide range of friends, but after experiencing the incident with the Qingcheng Sect, he realized that such connections were completely useless.

Lin Zhennan just kept up appearances and said a few perfunctorily, then quickly walked up to Yue Buqun, greeted him respectfully, and wanted to invite Yue Buqun to sit in Qinghui Tower.

Unlike cheap inns like Qingping Inn, Qinghuilou is the largest restaurant in Fuzhou City, and a casual meal here costs dozens of taels of silver.

In order to show his sincerity towards Yue Buqun, Lin Zhennan directly booked the entire Qinghui Building.

Yue Buqun refused without thinking: "Captain Lin, I appreciate your kindness, but you don't have to trouble me. In a few days, Senior Brother Liu Zhengfeng of the Hengshan Sect will retire. I will leave Fuzhou and rush to Hengshan City tomorrow. Just tell me what you want. I will help you if I can."

Lin Pingzhi's expression changed, and he wanted to ask to be his disciple, but when he thought of what Lin Zhennan told him before he came, "Don't say anything, don't do anything," he held back.

Lin Zhennan saw this and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If he asked Yue Buqun to accept Lin Pingzhi as his disciple at this time, Yue Buqun would most likely not refuse.

However, doing so would definitely make Yue Buqun unhappy, and he would only accept Lin Pingzhi as a nominal disciple rather than a real apprentice.

Lin Pingzhi's plan to go to Huashan to learn real skills was completely shattered.

Lin Zhennan said: "Mr. Yue saved our family of three, which is a great favor. How can I go further and trouble Mr. Yue again? I came here today just to thank Mr. Yue for saving my life."

Yue Buqun was dressed as a Confucian scholar and holding a folding fan, looking more like a scholar than a martial artist.

Lin Zhennan catered to his wishes and no longer used the distant title "Master Yue", but directly called him "Mr. Yue".

Yue Buqun was a little surprised.

Although the Lin family has lost the Manual of the Sword of Exorcism, their hatred for the Qingcheng Sect remains. Yu Canghai may use them to vent his anger and wipe out the entire family.

He thought that Lin Zhennan would ask him to escort them to Luoyang. With the protection of Golden Knife King Yuanba, their family of three would be truly safe.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhennan said he didn't need help.

"Haven't you thought of these? Or have you found other solutions?" Yue Buqun wondered secretly in his heart.

Lin Zhennan said, "Mr. Yue, there are too many people here, let's go to the private room upstairs."

Yue Buqun did not refuse this time.

The group went up to the second floor and sat down in a private room.

Yue Buqun asked: "What are your plans next, Chief Escort Lin?"

Lin Zhennan said: "I will wash my hands of the underworld and retire from it. From now on, I will never interfere in the affairs of the underworld again and live a rich life."

Yue Buqun didn't expect Lin Zhennan to be so open-minded, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration and nodded, "That's good."

As they were talking, a team of servants came in with lunch boxes, and the table was filled with all kinds of delicious dishes.

"Mr. Yue has come from afar, so he probably hasn't tasted the specialties of Fuzhou carefully. These are the more distinctive Fujian dishes that I asked someone to prepare, Mr. Yue can try them."

Lin Zhennan bowed slightly, pointed at the dishes on the table, and introduced them one by one: "This dish is called Jade Pearl Abalone. It is made with abalone and scallops as the main ingredients. It is cooked with great care and looks like jade, hence the name."

"This dish is called Dragon Body and Phoenix Tail Shrimp. It is mainly made of shrimp meat, accompanied by fresh vegetables. The body of the dish looks like a dragon and the tail looks like a phoenix, hence the name."

"This is the shark's fin..."

Although Yue Buqun was the leader of the Huashan Sect, he had never seen such a scene. Looking at the dishes in front of him made with a series of precious ingredients such as sea cucumbers, abalone, bird's nests, and bear paws, he was shocked for a moment.

Needless to say, Shi Potian's eyes lit up and he started drooling as he looked at the delicious dishes.

If Yue Lingshan hadn't held him tightly under the table and kept winking at him to stay calm, he would have shown off long ago.

but……

"Cuckoo cuckoo..."

Shi Potian's stomach growled.

"Big Brother!"

Yue Lingshan’s pretty face turned red, and she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Yue Buqun came back to his senses and regained his usual calmness. He said with a smile, "I am a man from the countryside and have never seen such a scene. I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Chief Escort Lin."

He has never eaten these things, but he doesn't care about his appetite.

If he wanted, it wouldn't be difficult to prepare a table like this, or even a more exaggerated and luxurious one.

Compared to themselves, these external things are worthless.

Yue Lingshan was quite surprised.

Her father has always been concerned about face and etiquette. He was not angry at all when the eldest senior brother was so rude and embarrassing in front of outsiders.

Lin Zhennan hurriedly said, "Mr. Yue, that's not right. I am too nagging. It's time to eat, but you are talking about so many useless things. Mr. Yue, please!"

Yue Buqun took the first bite and said to Shi Potian, "Chong'er, you have been practicing since yesterday afternoon. You must be hungry. Eat quickly."

Lin Zhennan and the other two were all shocked.

No one would have expected that after experiencing so many things yesterday, Shi Potian’s first thing when he returned to the inn was to practice, and he practiced all night long without sleep!
Lin Zhennan and his wife looked at each other and thought to themselves, "No wonder he has such great skills at such a young age!"

Lin Pingzhi's blood was boiling, and he felt that he had found a way to become stronger. He thought to himself, "After I join the Huashan Sect, I must work harder than him."

Yue Buqun was very satisfied when he saw this.

Yue Lingshan also breathed a sigh of relief. It was definitely my father.

Shi Potian didn't think so much. After getting Yue Buqun's permission, he immediately started eating, not caring about his image at all.

Of course, with the previous record of fighting Yu Canghai, in the eyes of Lin Zhennan's family of three, this was not rude or disrespectful, but rather willful, generous and unrestrained!
Influenced by Shi Potian, everyone started eating faster.

Lin Pingzhi unconsciously followed Shi Potian's example, putting aside his previous reserved manners and eating meat and drinking wine with big mouthfuls.

Just then, there was a sudden quarrel outside, which became louder and closer.

Lin Zhennan apologized and went to check the situation. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the bodyguards of the Fuwei Escort Agency who were guarding the aisle at the stairs had been forced to retreat to the door of the room.

Lin Zhennan's face darkened and he scolded, "Su Er, what are you doing? Don't you know I'm entertaining guests in here? Can't you even handle such a small matter?"

Su Er said with a bitter face: "Captain, it's not that we don't want to stop them, it's that we can't." He moved aside, revealing the people outside who wanted to force their way in.

There was a huge crowd of people, at least sixty or seventy in number, mostly the elderly, the weak, women and children, mixed in with a few young boys with childish faces.

The leader was a white-haired, hunchbacked old woman with wrinkles and age spots all over her face. She was at least seventy or eighty years old and was supported by a young boy.

As soon as she saw Lin Zhennan, the old woman broke free from the boy's hand and trembled as if to kneel down. The people behind her knelt down on the ground.

Lin Zhennan hurried forward, held the old woman in his arms, and asked, "Auntie Li, what are you doing?"

He then looked at the people kneeling on the ground behind him and said, "Get up! Get up! What are you doing? Didn't I ask General Su Er to give you the pension yesterday? Did he embezzle the money?"

Su Er shouted, "Captain Escort, even if I am not a human being, I dare not touch this money. Yesterday, I followed your instructions and personally delivered the silver to every household. I was busy until three o'clock in the morning without closing my eyes. Grandma Li, please help me say something!"

The old woman said, "Captain Escort, Su Er did give us every penny of the silver, but... but we don't want this silver..." She glanced at the young man next to her, and the young man immediately took off the package wrapped around his waist, and inside there was the sound of silver shaking and colliding.

The others also took out their silver and placed it on the ground in front of them.

Lin Zhennan said: "I know this amount of silver is not much, compared to..."

The old woman interrupted Lin Zhennan and said, "Captain, we have received a lot of silver, more than double what we are supposed to receive according to the rules. But...but, we can't keep this silver!"

"We, orphans, widows, the elderly, the weak and the disabled, will be eaten alive in a few days if we take this money!"

The old woman's voice was choked with sobs and tears were streaming down her face. The people behind her started crying too.

For a moment, the crying was deafening.

The private room became quiet.

Yue Buqun's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something. He glanced at Madam Lin and Lin Pingzhi beside him and found that their eyes were red and their faces were filled with grief and anger. They didn't seem to have known all this in advance, which surprised him.

Yue Lingshan had already guessed the identities of the people outside. She couldn't help but sigh and felt a little sad.

Shi Potian didn't understand what was going on, but he only heard the miserable crying outside. Seeing the old, weak, women and children, his heart ached. He even lost the mood to eat. He stood up suddenly and asked anxiously, "What happened to them? Why are they crying so sadly?"

Madam Lin gnashed her teeth and said, "In order to seize the Sword Manual of Exorcism, Yu Canghai allowed his disciples to kill people in our Fuwei Escort Agency. These are the families of those they killed."

Lin Pingzhi clenched his fists and swore, "Yu Canghai! If I cannot kill you in this lifetime to avenge the deaths of those who died unjustly in Fuwei Escort Agency, then I will fall into the endless hell and never be able to be reborn!"

Lin Zhennan outside also had a sad face and a look of reluctance, but he finally said: "You can't stay in Fuzhou City anymore, you can go back to your hometown, there are fellow villagers to help you, you..."

The old woman cried, "Captain, our hometown was burned to the ground by the Japanese pirates a long time ago. We are rootless now and there is no place to go back."

The old woman's voice was extremely sad, revealing a strong sense of despair and helplessness.

Shi Potian felt a tightness in his chest and a sense of suffocation, and couldn't help asking, "Junior Sister, what are Japanese pirates?"

Yue Lingshan said: "The Japanese pirates are robbers on the sea, committing all kinds of evil, such as burning, killing, robbing and pillaging."

Shi Potian was puzzled: "Why didn't the soldiers catch them?" When he was wandering around, he saw other children playing the game of soldiers catching robbers and was deeply impressed.

Yue Lingshan was not very clear about this, and Lin Pingzhi said with disdain: "Those officers and soldiers are a bunch of useless trash. They can't even run away when they see the Japanese pirates, so how can they dare to catch them!"

Shi Potian recalled the time when he watched a game of soldiers catching robbers. A child who played the role of a robber suddenly refused to stand up and beat those who played the role of soldiers so hard that they ran away in panic. He soon understood what was going on.

but……

"Then why not find someone more powerful to be an officer?"

Lin Pingzhi said: "Who would be willing to work for the government if they have the ability?"

Shi Potian scratched his head, looking confused. He clearly remembered that those children were vying to become soldiers, so why are they unwilling to become soldiers when they grow up?

outside the house.

The old woman pushed the young man beside her to the front and begged, "Captain, can't our escort agency continue to operate? My grandson is useless, but he is obedient. If the chief escort likes him, he can also kill people with a knife!"

The others also pushed the young men beside them forward, expressing their willingness to go through fire and water for the chief escort.

Among them there was even a child who was only about eleven or twelve years old at most.

Lin Zhennan was silent for a long time, as if he was having a psychological struggle, and finally said with difficulty: "Wait a moment." He turned and walked into the house, knelt down in front of Yue Buqun with a plop, knocked his head to the ground, and said: "Please, Mr. Yue, save us."

Mrs. Lin and Lin Pingzhi came to their senses, walked behind Lin Zhennan, knelt down together, and kowtowed to the ground: "Please, Mr. Yue, save us."

Yue Buqun didn't say anything.

He saw that it was all a show.

Lin Zhennan also knew that Yue Buqun knew that all this was just a show, but he also knew that Yue Buqun knew that all this was true.

He is gambling!
A gentleman in gamblers can be deceived by tricks!

Time passes little by little.

The atmosphere in the private room became increasingly depressing.

Lin Zhennan never heard Yue Buqun speak, his heart sank deeper and deeper, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

What he was betting on was that a gentleman could be deceived, and what he was putting on the line was the lives and fortunes of his entire family.

If Yue Buqun becomes angry with them and no longer cares about Fuzhou's affairs, there is no guarantee that Yu Canghai will not strike back and wipe out the entire system.

"Master, please help them!" Shi Potian fell to his knees on the ground with a thud, breaking the silence.

Yue Lingshan also pleaded, "Dad, please help them!"

Yue Buqun's eyes flashed with helplessness, and he said to Lin Zhennan: "This is just one time, it won't happen again. What do you want me to do?"

Shi Potian, Yue Lingshan and others all thought that Yue Buqun meant he would only help this time.

Only Lin Zhennan knew that Yue Buqun meant that he would only be allowed to plot against him once, and if there was a next time, there would be no mercy.

Lin Zhennan said, "Thank you, Mr. Yue. My husband and I have lost all our martial arts skills and are no longer able to run the escort agency. We are willing to offer the Fuwei Escort Agency to Mr. Yue. I only ask that Mr. Yue send some disciples to maintain the escort agency's business and give these poor people a way out."

Yue Buqun was shocked.

He originally thought that Lin Zhennan did this to put him on a high pedestal in order to use the Huashan Sect's cover to keep the Fuwei Escort Agency in his hands. He never expected that Lin Zhennan would actually give the Fuwei Escort Agency to him!
This gift is so generous that it cannot be described!
With branches across ten provinces, smooth escort routes, and decades of reputation...

It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s a mountain of gold!
Yue Buqun was instantly attracted.

In Lin Zhennan's view, Yue Buqun is a modest gentleman who is willing to live in poverty and fight for justice.

But he didn't know that one of the important reasons why Yue Buqun was like this was that the Huashan Sect had been nothing but an empty shell since twenty-five years ago, and the only two people who could show off were Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze!

For them, no amount of money has any meaning; only fame is the biggest amulet!
But now, it's different!

With Shi Potian, a peerless genius who has begun to show his brilliance and is destined to dominate the world in the future!

Yue Buqun has already begun preparing for the revival of the Huashan Sect!

At this time, a large amount of money and materials are needed to recruit disciples and attract external guests!

Lin Zhennan and the Fuwei Escort Agency arrived at the right time!
Yue Buqun almost agreed directly, but at the last second, he remained sober and calm, and said lightly: "No need. Fuwei Escort Agency belongs to your Lin family, it belongs to your Lin family."

"I don't want your Lin family's Sword Manual of Exorcism, nor am I interested in your Lin family's ancestral business. How many people do you need? I will send them as soon as possible."

"You still have the final say on matters here. I will make them obey your orders."

Yue Buqun's words were very nice, but in fact, when the Huashan disciples were fully involved in all matters of the Fuwei Escort Agency, the name of the Fuwei Escort Agency was just a matter of his words.

He was not worried that Lin Zhennan would have any evil intentions. The Qingcheng Sect alone could destroy the Fuwei Escort Agency, so it would be even easier for the Huashan Sect!

In a world where strength is respected, the strong are everything!
The difference between the righteous path and the evil path is that the righteous path still cares about face and needs a reason that can be justified on the surface!
When Lin Zhennan asked Yue Buqun to send Huashan disciples to the Fuwei Escort Agency, he had already handed over his life and property!

Lin Zhennan was also very clear about this. With tears of gratitude on his face, he stated his ultimate goal, which could be said to be handing over a hostage: "My son Pingzhi respects you very much and wants to be your disciple. I hope you will not mind his stupidity and stubbornness and accept him as your disciple."

Lin Pingzhi had no idea what was going on here, and he only admired Yue Buqun for not coveting the Manual of the Sword of Exorcism and not caring about the Fuwei Escort Agency.

Hearing his father's words, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, and said, "Master, please accept me as your disciple. I will strictly follow your teachings and observe the sect rules, and will never dare to disobey your orders in the slightest."

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