I Have A Dual World Seal-Chapter 465: Cockfighting

More than half a month passed, and nothing happened. It’s likely that the wizard was wandering somewhere far away.

In the meantime, aside from Du Yueyao moving into the Liu family, there wasn’t much change in everyone’s life rhythm.

Shen Ying didn’t stay often in Tonglin County either. She only left a few of the Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens here, then returned to Peach Blossom Plain, though she visited more frequently than before.

As for Lu Zheng, of course, he continued to laze... continued to diligently cultivate.

After all, cultivation breaks through everything.

Once his cultivation reaches a sufficient height, and his Divine Thought can span thousands of miles, then even if that Primordial Saint Sect wizard hides on the edge of ten thousand miles away, he could easily see through him and kill him with a flick. Would it be as troublesome?

Therefore...

"Only heard that Miss Luo Hongyi sang mournfully, lamenting, beauty is most fleeting, gone like the turbulent river waters..."

"Well said!"

"It’s hateful of that heartless Scholar Huang. If I were to marry Miss Luo, I surely wouldn’t let Miss Hongyi guard an empty room, full of lament!"

"Reward!"

The boss at Leping Building had some skill sets. The newly hired storyteller always had new stories, both short and long, and the storytelling was quite good.

Because ancient times were abundant with Spiritual Qi, the cultivation speed and cooldown pace was a notch faster than modern times, so most of Lu Zheng’s time was spent in the ancient side.

Listening to storytellers was one of his entertainment activities here.

"Reward!"

Master Lu, lounging around, casually summoned a waiter, and sprinkled a handful of copper coins on the wooden plate.

"Thank you, Young Master Lu, for the reward!"

One waiter thanked graciously, while another one sensibly poured more tea for Lu Zheng.

The storyteller on stage bowed with folded hands, especially bowing towards Lu Zheng’s side, then slammed the gavel and began telling another story.

As noon approached, Lu Zheng leisurely strolled out of Leping Building and saw a crowd gathered not far away, engaging in cockfighting.

Shaking his head, being a peace lover who had never killed a chicken, Lu Zheng never watched such bloodthirsty games, so he did not join the crowd, but passed by.

However, just after turning, he felt a fleeting presence within the crowd.

"Great!"

"Oh! How did I lose again!"

"This Red Heaven General is too formidable, having won three matches in a row!"

"Haha, thanks for letting me win!"

"Li the Fourth, wait for it. Today, I’ll go to town to find new roosters, and tomorrow we’ll continue!"

"I’m waiting!" A voice laughed. "Let’s stop here, I’ve won enough today, I want to go home with the general."

Then Lu Zheng saw a man with a big rooster squeezing out of the crowd, carrying a bag of money, looking smug, heading towards the west of the city.

In the crowd, because the idle man left, two others came with their roosters to compete, and the dealer yelled to open the bets, while the audience started wagering thirty or fifty at a time.

Lu Zheng didn’t squeeze into the crowd but glanced at Li the Fourth, and then quietly followed.

Walking through the southern street, entering the west city, he bypassed two small alleys.

Li the Fourth turned back to survey a few times, but naturally, he didn’t see the hidden Lu Zheng.

"Quick, count how much we made today?"

Upon reaching a rundown courtyard, it wasn’t Li the Fourth speaking, but the rooster that had won three matches. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Don’t rush, let me count."

Li the Fourth set down the rooster, spread the money bag on the table, and a pile of copper coins spilled out.

"Won three matches, beating the opposing rooster owner one hundred coins each, plus the dealer’s dividend cut, the first match brought over three hundred coins, the second much less, third earned two hundred coins, totaling nine hundred and seventeen coins."

"Is it enough to buy Centennial Ginseng or Centennial Reishi for me?" asked the rooster.

"Of course... not enough!"

Li the Fourth looked at the nearly one-thousand coins before him, his eyes turning red. He’d never had so much money before!

"With this, I could spend a night at Chunfeng Building..."

The rooster flapped its wings, "How much to buy Spirit Medicine?"

"It’ll cost at least ten thousand coins," replied Li the Fourth.

"So we need to fight for ten more days?"

"It’s tough, you’re so strong, maybe soon no one will fight you!"

"What then?"

"Don’t rush, keep fighting, hold back a bit, don’t win too easily."

"I know, I let a few weak roosters peck some feathers off me."

"Good, good!" Li the Fourth comforted the rooster, "Once you keep winning a few more days, Landlord Wang who loves cockfighting will surely hear of it. He has a rooster farm with hundreds of fighting roosters, then we’ll see if we can feast and drink well from that."

While speaking, Li the Fourth scooped a large spoonful of yellow millet from the rice jar, pouring it into a ceramic bowl and placing it on the ground.

The rooster fluttered its wings, skipping over to eat the millet on the ground.

"Win several matches, make some money, and Old Master Wang will surely pay to buy you, offering at least fifty or sixty thousand coins. Then I’ll sell you to him, and at night you can sneak out. We’ll take the money and fly far away to the neighboring county to buy Spirit Medicine for you!"

"Cluck-cluck, sounds good!"

Lu Zheng, "..."

Thought he’d discovered some real excitement, turns out to be a tale of a demon rooster unexpectedly awakened, partnering with a human to win money.

As for the rooster’s prowess...

Only good for fighting other roosters, likely can’t even defeat a regular mortal. If caught by the neck, it’s doomed, far inferior to Hou Ping back in the day.

Wonder how the two met, definitely more interesting than the storytelling, spurred Lu Zheng’s curiosity, he decided to track and observe.

Thus...

The next morning, Lu Zheng returned to the previous street cockfighting arena.

Sure enough, Li the Fourth and the rooster had already arrived, battling another rooster that looked quite robust.

Three matches in a row, all won.

However, compared to yesterday’s near one-thousand coins, they only won five hundred coins today.

No choice, winning too many matches means even the dealer can’t pocket much, let alone their dividends.

On the way back, Lu Zheng figured out how they originally met.

Li the Fourth was an idle loner, living day-to-day without worry, his only asset was a small courtyard in the west city’s slums, and today he lived off gambling, starving and full, relying on catching crickets and wild chickens in the woods for betting when broke.

Several days ago, he was cleaned out, and then went to the woods outside the city to try his luck, unexpectedly encountering a big rooster peeking at the forest edge.

Now, what caused this big rooster to awaken, whether by bloodline or having eaten something miraculous, in any case, it gained intelligence but not matching power.

The woods were too dangerous, not to mention tigers or leopards, even wildcats and foxes could make it lunch.

Thus, it decided to try its luck in this mortal county, hiding away as a wild chicken slowly cultivating was better than living day-to-day fear in the forest.

So, the two - no, one person and one rooster quickly struck a deal.

Cockfighting! Make money!

Li the Fourth imagined the most charming lady at Chunfeng Building smiling at him.

The rooster envisaged its grand scene, rising high and crowing bright.

Then, upon Li the Fourth’s suggestion, who was quite familiar with the cockfighting circles, they decided to increase fame through cockfighting and then plan to win money twice from Old Master Wang.

By then, holding over a hundred thousand coins, they could confidently leave Tonglin County and move to other counties to continue.

...

Sure enough, no one suspected the rooster was an awakened demon, thinking Li the Fourth lucked into finding an exceptional rooster.

Everything ran according to their plan, by the fourth day, they were invited away by two people clearly from prosperous families.