MTL - In the Great World of Martial Arts, You Use the Tao of Talisman To Rule the Ages?-Chapter 43 A chaotic mountain city

Chapter 43 A chaotic mountain city

 A few days passed in a blink of an eye.

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

But it was different from 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. The squirrel in the tree hole will eat a stiff wood slowing charm as long as it jumps out.

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

Just after 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 has little money, so they just make some money.

“The price of a white jade squirrel used to be one hundred yuan without 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 he carried in his hand were all white, with smooth fur that did not get wet when exposed to water.

 Now is the last time to hunt these little guys.

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

This kind of squirrel can cost close to 100 yuan when it has white fur, but when it is replaced with gray fur, it will only cost less than 30 yuan.

 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 a distance.

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 tail was like a big ball of dandelions, exploding piece by piece.

Five white jade squirrels just hanging 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 the dead ghost come back soon!”

At this time, the aunt popped up from the room, and then smiled at Chen Lin and said: "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 between these two people.

 Suddenly, his ears twitched.

I vaguely heard a voice coming from the next room:

 “You **** ghost, I told you not to bring rice over there, now you know it’s embarrassing!”

“I saw 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, Ah Lin, he doesn’t know what I want to do..."

 “I told you earlier, 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.

  Still eat the pork brought back at once.

 Eat after cooking, and cook again after eating.

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

 The whole body is filled with surging heat.

 Feeling that the marrow deep in the bones is becoming more and more solid under the stimulation 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 wouldn’t have had this reaction before…”

 …

 …

 Walked to the mountain city again.

 Chen Lin immediately felt that something was wrong.

 The people in the mountain city are sparsely populated, and the streets appear 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, haven’t the New Year’s Day ended yet?”

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

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

 Go straight to Uncle Xiang’s shop.

 Every shop front along the way is equally deserted.

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

 “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 people, 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 when they did, 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!”

Uncle Xiang was talking with a look of teeth itching with hatred.

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

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. He didn’t listen to anything I told him about this bastard!”

As he was talking, the merchants from other shops around him also came out and gathered to denounce Uncle Sheng.

 Chen Lin understood immediately.

It was Uncle Sheng who gave the martial arts school a righteous status 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 thinking, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps, and a particularly sharp drake voice was shouting something.

　　The already deserted mountain city seemed to freeze suddenly.

“Alas, those rogue gangsters came back to ‘investigate the case’ after their meal…” Uncle Xiang’s face turned black with anger.

 Chen Lin raised his head 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!”

 “Mr. Zhang, have you ever heard of…”

 “And this one…”

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

These people spoke in a fierce and cunning tone, as if they were threatening people to confess their crimes.

 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 scabby man suddenly walked over...

 (End of this chapter)