Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

Chapter 14: The Rat Taoist

Jinque City, Chishao Town.

At this moment, a flowing feast is being held in the town.

The streets are filled with the sound of gongs and drums, and people are bustling about.

Children are happily playing around a large courtyard, eagerly awaiting candy.

The owner of the courtyard, also the wealthy man of the town, known as Lord Hong, the Rat Taoist, is celebrating his 70th birthday.

He sits in the main hall with three doors wide open, receiving congratulations from relatives, friends, and fellow clan members.

Those with close relationships and deep backgrounds can enter the house to have tea after offering their congratulations.

Those with average relationships and backgrounds politely exit the courtyard after giving their gifts and head to the flowing feast.

Outside the courtyard, a dozen or so middle-aged wealthy landowners, dressed in luxurious attire, gather on the loft of a restaurant, watching the activities in the courtyard with complex expressions.

"This Rat Taoist's grandeur is getting bigger and bigger."

"He was originally just a servant in our Ma family. I don't know how much luck his ancestors accumulated, but he has actually made something of himself!"

A tall and seemingly angry middle-aged man, who appears to be the leader of this group of wealthy landowners, says:

"Now he even wants to get involved in our land, challenging the order of our Chishao Town!"

"That's right, this Rat Taoist has become more and more audacious with the help of those big rats over the years."

Several people immediately agree with the middle-aged man:

"Our Chishao Town cannot tolerate such an arrogant person!"

"Since everyone has come here for the proposal last time, I believe we are determined!"

Seeing that the atmosphere is sufficient, the leader of the Ma family begins to get to the point.

They are a group of landlords and tycoons who have been operating in Chishao Town for many years.

The Ma family, in particular, has had generations of people serving in official positions in Jinque City. Whenever there is something to be done, it is often led by the Ma family.

In terms of the history of the Water Blue Star, their family can already be considered a gentry family.

However, this stable and beautiful order in their eyes has been disrupted by the return of the Rat Taoist, who is not a cultivator and does not have any immortal sect identity, but has the ability to control rat swarms.

Moreover, those rats are not extraordinary, but they are much more ferocious and powerful than normal rats.

As a result, these local tyrants have lost a considerable amount of profit to this powerful dragon!

In recent years, the Rat Taoist's clan members have also had conflicts and fights with the younger generations of other families, which gradually aroused public anger. This gave the Ma family an opportunity to unite and solve this person together, taking advantage of the dissatisfaction caused by his extravagant actions this time.

Their method is not clever but effective.

The Ma family takes the lead and asks each family to donate a sum of money and goods. They will then go to Jinque City to find a few warriors or even wandering cultivators to challenge and ambush the Rat Taoist.

As the middle-aged man of the Ma family listens to the wealthy landowners beside him expressing their agreement to donate money and goods, a smile forms at the corner of his mouth, and he feels a sense of satisfaction.

In fact, as the largest gentry in Chishao Town, the Ma family only needs to offer their trump card to suppress the arrogance of the Rat Taoist.

No matter how talented the Rat Taoist is, he is just a member of a side sect. Ordinary people may not have a solution, but consulting a cultivator can easily find a way to deal with him.

However, their trump card cannot be easily revealed. What's the point of having a trump card if it is easily shown?

Moreover, if they use it now, how can they continue to make money?

The leader of the Ma family has already calculated everything in his mind.

The money spent by himself and his trusted followers will be fully reimbursed.

As for the money from other families, he will take out 30% to seek help from relatives in the city, and the remaining 70% will be their hard-earned fee.

Don't think that a 70% fee is too much.

With this, how many people are still struggling to come up with the money and find a way!

"Please wait a moment, everyone. I have brought a bottle of good wine from Jinque City these past few days. Let's all drink together!"

The middle-aged man from the Ma family was very satisfied. With a glance, he signaled for his trusted subordinate to bring out the prepared drinks.

Suddenly!

The exclamation from the street caught the attention of these wealthy men.

They gathered by the window, widening their eyes as they saw a luxurious carriage, which they could tell at a glance was something they couldn't afford. Pulled by four pure white, tall horses, it slowly made its way from the street corner.

The crowd celebrating the birthday of the Rat Daoist spontaneously parted like a tide meeting a reef, making way for the carriage.

Even the least knowledgeable villagers could tell from the decoration of the carriage and the high-headed horses pulling it that the person inside was of unimaginable wealth.

"Hiss!"

As the carriage arrived at the entrance of the Rat Daoist's mansion, it stopped.

The middle-aged man from the Ma family, who had been to Jinque City, took a sharp breath. He recognized the meaning behind the decoration of the carriage.

"It's the Inspector from Jinque City!"

"That cultivator who came down from the Immortal Sect to enjoy life!"

"He...how could such a noble existence come to visit this Rat Daoist?"

The middle-aged man from the Ma family muttered to himself, hoping that the other party was just passing by or had a grudge against the Rat Daoist!

However, soon after, a servant following the carriage entered the courtyard, carrying a gift box. Facing the Rat Daoist and others who were hastily standing up, he explained the purpose and had the reception ceremony announce the gift list.

The middle-aged man from the Ma family and the other local wealthy men who heard clearly were all greatly shocked, feeling a chill in their hands and feet, their faces filled with fear.

How did this Rat Daoist get involved with a real cultivator from the Immortal Sect?

And the cultivator...was the Inspector from Jinque City! In theory, he was their current supervisor!

The middle-aged man from the Ma family's face changed drastically. He didn't even drink the wine, turning his head to scan the wealthy men present with a fierce gaze, whispering,

"Today's matter, let's all pretend it didn't happen!"

"We are all old acquaintances, and you should know that even if it's an Inspector, at most, he can only cause some trouble for our Ma family."

"But if we find out who leaked the news, among those present, I don't think any family can withstand our anger!"

...

The Rat Daoist stood at the entrance of the courtyard, completely unaware that Su Ping's arrival had inadvertently saved him from a disaster.

He looked somewhat panicked and uneasy as he watched Su Ping step down from the carriage, handsome and extraordinary.

After paying his respects, he welcomed Su Ping into the main house.

As soon as the two entered the main house, the door was tightly closed.

The Rat Daoist's servants and Su Ping's servants spontaneously guarded the door, preventing anyone from approaching.

Inside the room.

Su Ping directly explained his purpose.

This surprised the Rat Daoist.

It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with his own knowledge; his rat control skills were not enough to be presented to cultivators.

He was just amazed that these side paths and secret techniques could also be favored by cultivators. He was slightly flattered.

The Rat Daoist took out his own written experience in training rats.

And he fully revealed the origin of his skills to Su Ping, which was another opportunity he had obtained in his youth from the records left by his predecessors in a cave.

He followed the instructions and then spent most of his life exploring and improving, which led to his current skills.

The Rat Daoist then demonstrated his techniques to Su Ping.

With just a whistle from the Rat Daoist, hundreds of black-haired, red-eyed rats emerged from the rat holes and formed a formation under the Rat Daoist's command, like an army.

Su Ping was amazed by this and immediately decided to recruit the Rat Daoist as a guest of his own.

"Come to Jinque City and help me prepare your powerful rat potion."

"Also, let's change your title from Rat Daoist to something else."

(End of this chapter)