In the great world of martial arts, you use the Tao of Talisman to rule the ages

Chapter 43 The chaotic mountain city
  A few days passed in a blink of an eye.

Chen Lin went into the mountain early as usual and came out from the big snake cave with a basket of ghost tooth pork.

But unlike usual, this time he also used the talisman to connect and fished a few white jade squirrels from various trees.

A mana flying sword is thrown over, and no matter how tall the tree is, it will collapse. If the squirrel in the tree hole jumps out, it will eat a stiff wood slowing charm.

No matter how agile your body is, it is useless.

After just walking around in the mountains, he came out with several squirrel tails in his hands.

The reason why he did this was not because he wanted to eat squirrel meat.

It's just that the family doesn't have much money, so they just make some money.

"The price of a white jade squirrel used to be 100 yuan with no holes in its fur. It is estimated to have dropped slightly now, but not much."

"Let's go to the mountain market today and replenish some things there..."

The five squirrels in his hands are all white, with smooth fur that does not get wet when exposed to water.

Now is the last time to hunt these little guys.

If after a while, the weather warms up completely, their fur will change from white to ordinary gray. Although the effect is the same, the value will plummet.

This kind of squirrel can cost close to a hundred dollars when it has white fur, but when it changes to gray fur, it only costs less than thirty dollars.

all the way home.

Before he reached the door, he saw Uncle Ping coming out of the house, holding a small bag of rice in his rough and solid hands.

"Uncle Ping, morning." Chen Lin greeted from afar.

The person opposite raised his head, opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw what Chen Lin was carrying. The fluffy white tails were like a big ball of dandelions, exploding piece by piece.

Five white jade squirrels just hung on the snow, looking particularly dazzling.

"Uh... Ah Lin, good morning."

"Today, I gained a lot, haha."

As Uncle Ping spoke, he unconsciously moved the rice bag in his hand back.

"Why don't you come back soon!"

At this time, the aunt popped her head out of the room, and then smiled at Chen Lin: "Alin, ignore him, this person is confused!"

"Okay, stop talking, I'm back!"

Uncle Ping rushed back into the house in two steps and slammed the door shut, but the rice bag in his hand was still stuck outside.

The person inside pulled it twice but couldn't get it in. He quickly opened the door again and put it in, then quickly closed the door.

Chen Lin rubbed his head and didn't understand what was going on with these two people.

Suddenly, his ears twitched.

I vaguely heard a voice coming from the next room:

"Damn you, I told you not to bring rice over there, now you know how embarrassing it is!"

"Didn't I see that he came out of the mountains early a few days ago and didn't go to the mountain market? It seemed like he didn't hit anything. I wanted to repay him!"

"But it's not embarrassing. I haven't spoken just yet. Hey, Alin doesn't know what I want to do..."

"I told you before, Alin is different..."

Shaked his head.

Chen Lin pretended not to hear and went straight back to the house to light a fire and cook.

I still ate the pork I brought back at once.

Eat it when you cook it, and cook it again after you finish it.

By the time the battle ended, it was already noon.

There was a surge of heat all over his body.

It feels like the marrow deep in the bones is becoming more solid under the encouragement of vitality.

"It's time to go to the mountain market."

He drew a few self-defense charms and put them in his pocket. When he picked up his backpack and went out, he subconsciously lowered his head.

Then he suddenly reacted:

"Have I grown taller?"

"I would never have reacted like this before..."

……

……

Walk to Shanshi again.

Chen Lin immediately felt something was wrong.

There are only a few people in the mountain city, and the streets seem empty and lonely. Even if someone occasionally walks by, they always keep their heads down and walk in a hurry.

There was an indescribable dullness in the air.

"There are too few people here. Isn't the New Year's Day over yet?"

It's already the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

It stands to reason that the mountain market should be bustling.

Go straight to Uncle Xiang's shop.

The front doors of every shop along the way were equally deserted.

Even the butcher who sells meat, who usually has a busy business, is yawning in boredom and chopping the kitchen knife on the chopping board.

"Alin is here."

Uncle Xiang was sitting at the door at this time. When he saw Chen Lin coming, he took the initiative to say hello.

"Uncle Xiang, what's going on?"

Chen Lin put down his backpack and took a bench to sit next to him.

Uncle Xiang said with a sad face:

"A group of people came here a few days ago, saying they wanted to investigate the death of Asheng's son, and then they stayed around the market all day to harass them, scaring everyone away..."

"Investigating the cause of Chen Xiangyuan's death?" Chen Lin touched the talisman prepared in his arms, "Then why do they come to Shanshi to harass?"

"Investigate a ghost!"

Uncle Xiang spat on the street, "You just found a reason to ruin our business here!"

"In the past few days, people in the county have not dared to come here, and even when they came, they were scared away..."

"Can't you sue the official?" Chen Lin said casually.

"Someone has already complained, but it's useless!"

"There are martial arts schools behind these people, and their words are much more effective than those of us poor people in the mountains."

"Besides, there's Asheng behind us!"

As Uncle Xiang spoke, he looked like his teeth were itching with hatred.

"What's wrong with Uncle Sheng?" Chen Lin raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that this person was behind this.

Uncle Xiang said angrily:
  "That bastard! He clearly knows that the martial arts school is using the pretext of helping him find the murderer to do things that ruin the business of Shanshi City, but he still insists on saying that these people are here to investigate the case!"

"Two days ago, I and others went to his house to look for him, but we found him all the way to the gambling house. This bastard didn't even listen to anything we told him!"

While talking, the merchants from other shops around also came out and gathered together to denounce Uncle Sheng.

Chen Lin understood immediately.

It was Uncle Sheng who gave the martial arts school a righteous name to investigate the case, so those people could be so unscrupulous.

If this hadn't happened, someone might still be in charge.

But with this title, it means that the teacher has a reputation.

It's really hard to manage.

While I was thinking, there was suddenly a sound of footsteps, and a particularly sharp drake voice was shouting something.

The already deserted mountain city seemed to freeze suddenly.

"Oh, those rogues have finished their meal and are back to 'investigate the case'..." Uncle Xiang's face turned black with anger.

Chen Lin looked up and looked into the distance.

Sure enough, I saw a large group of people wiping the grease from the corners of their mouths and swarming into the mountain market.

"Butcher Li, did you hear any new news just now? Uncle Zhisheng is waiting very anxiously. The old man just lost his son, and we are also anxious to give him justice..."

"Get out!" The muscular butcher frowned angrily and slashed the chopping board with his knife, almost splitting the board in half.

"Hey - you really have no conscience at all!"

"Ms. Zhang, have you ever heard of..."

"And this..."

In the blink of an eye, dozens of gangsters came from door to door, forcing people to stop and question them over and over again when they met people who came to buy things.

The tone of these people was fierce and cunning, as if they were threatening people to confess.

The mountain city was suddenly in chaos.

"Hey, Uncle Xiang, there's a new face here!"

"How come I haven't seen you recently?"

A man with a scabby head suddenly walked over...

(End of this chapter)