Hanging up and cultivating immortality in the troubled times

Chapter 8 The common people in troubled times
Lu Heng took advantage of the night and ran towards Sun Chang's house while checking the introduction of "Dao Xing" in the game interface.

[Tao Xing: After getting started with the method of protecting the Tao, you can consume Tao Xing to improve the progress of practicing the method of protecting the Tao until you reach the highest level of the current cultivation realm. 】

After reading the introduction, he understood it immediately.

Good guy.

Isn't this just dark blue?

All my strength is the result of my own hard work - give me some extra!
Still, there is a difference.

This Taoist practice can only improve the cultivation progress of the method of protecting the Tao. I am afraid that I still have to do it by myself.

——The method of protecting the Tao, as the name suggests, is the method of protecting the path to immortality, including but not limited to: magic, Taoism, incantation, swordsmanship, sword techniques, formations, elixirs, talismans, etc.

"Originally, I thought it was a bit of a loss since there were no monsters spawning in the city, but now it seems to be pretty good." Lu Heng was in a good mood.

Tonight he walked the road from the Huai River to Heyang County, and did an experiment on the way to determine the monster spawning area in the "Cultivation of Immortality" game.

There are no monsters spawning on the official roads along the way, passing through inns, villages, market towns and other places. However, if you leave such places for example one mile away, monsters will start spawning again.

This allowed Lu Heng to make a preliminary judgment.

That is: monsters will only be refreshed in areas with a low degree of artificial transformation.

So when he left the Huai River under the leadership of Sun Chang and others, and walked onto the official road, no monsters spawned.

In the same way, it can be speculated that after arriving in the county, most monsters will not spawn here.

that's the truth.

I just didn't expect that I could still get Tao Xing. This is an unexpected surprise.

"When I get started with the Wind Calling Curse, Rain Calling Curse, and Killing Swordsmanship, I can directly add points to them."

A smile appeared on Lu Heng's lips. He had worried before that practicing these spells would be too difficult and time-consuming.

Now that we have Daoxing, everything is no longer a problem.

"However, the first priority is to go to Sun Chang's house to take away the strong liquor, and then find a place to hide. After breaking through to the first level of Qi Refining, leave here to avoid being affected by the Zhaoyang Army after they return..."

He was thinking this in his mind, but his steps stagnated slightly. His eyes couldn't help but look at a small courtyard in front of him, and scenes flashed through his mind.

It seemed that a middle-aged woman was leading a little girl who looked to be only seven or eight years old to see him off.

"Brother, I know how to cook. Come back early and I'll cook something delicious for you!"

"Son, working as a corvee is not like being at home. You have to work honestly, don't talk back to others, and be obedient. Mom is waiting for you to come back. Alas..."

Lu Heng approached slowly and stood silently at the door of the small courtyard for a moment. Then he was about to turn around and leave, continuing to go to Sun Chang's house, but suddenly he heard a voice coming from inside.

"Mom, I'm so hungry and can't sleep."

"Ah Qin, be good. Mom will find a way to find something for you to eat tomorrow. You won't go hungry."

"Mom, when will brother come back? Will he not have anything to eat?"

"No, no, the government has agreed to take care of the food. Ah Heng will definitely not go hungry, he will definitely..."

"That's great. My brother won't be without food. It's really hard to be without food. By the way, mother, why hasn't uncle come here lately?"

"Your uncle, he went to a very far place and he will be back in a while."

"I know, it's like daddy. When will daddy come back?"

"Your father will definitely come back, ugh..."

"Mom, mom, why are you crying? Mom, I was wrong, I'm not hungry anymore, don't cry, woo woo woo!"

The only sound that came from the yard was the crying of mother and daughter.

"...Mother, sister." Lu Heng murmured.

He thought of his wandering life as an orphan on Earth, where he was still starving, freezing, and precarious. But at that time, no one cared about him, and no one was waiting for him to go home.

"But am I still the person they are waiting for?" Lu Heng closed his eyes gently, and he quickly had the answer in his mind, "Yes, and no. We will wait until we have successfully cultivated immortality before making any plans. How capable we are of accomplishing great things !”

With his mind set, he no longer hesitated and planned to leave some fish and meat before continuing to Sun Chang's house.

But before Lu Heng could take out the fish and meat from the game backpack, he heard noises in the distance again. It turned out to be a team of policemen kicking in the doors from house to house, seeming to be searching for someone.

Whether they were old people, children, or women wearing only obscene clothes, they were all pulled out of their homes, and then they watched helplessly as the guards rushed into the house and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets.

The cries of children and women, and the sighs of the old man were intertwined.

Only there was no shouting or cursing.

No one dares to do this.

Lu Heng stopped leaving, jumped onto the roof of a house, leaned down to hide himself, stared at the group of guards, and waited quietly.

If they dare to kick into their own home like this...

"Stop disturbing the people! Pei Zhiqing is here!"

At this moment, a clear female voice suddenly came from a distance, which immediately attracted the attention of all the guards, who all looked over there. "So they are really looking for someone?" Lu Heng glanced in the direction of the female voice, a little surprised.

I wonder who this Pei Zhiqing is and why he was hunted down by the county government officers?
She took the initiative to reveal her position so that the people would not be harassed. Judging from her words and deeds, she should be a knight-errant?
Pei Zhiqing took the initiative to expose his position and tried to lure these officers away.

But they did not chase immediately. Instead, they first grabbed the belongings around them, stuffed some scattered copper coins, leftover rice bran and other items into their arms, and then came out of each private house.

Then he reluctantly looked at the private houses that had not been "searched" and left reluctantly.

Normally, they don't have such an opportunity to plunder openly.

The officers were like locusts crossing the border and disappeared in the blink of an eye.Only a group of miserable civilians were left to return to their houses with their heads lowered, looking at their homes that had been looted and crying without tears.

Lu Heng felt relieved when he saw that his family was not harassed, but looking at the families who were suffering not far away, he couldn't help but secretly thought: "What kind of world is this?"

Then, he shook his head, placed a few pieces of fish meat under the eaves of his home, knocked on the door lightly, and planned to leave.

But then he suddenly discovered that the little man in the game "Cultivation of Immortality" came to a special small courtyard.

It's special because this courtyard is obviously different from other buildings and actually shines with golden light.

A new text prompt also appeared next to it.

[Entering the initial home, the Taoist growth rate is *3 times. 】

Lu Heng was stunned when he saw this, and quickly looked at the column of Daoxing, and found that the original "1 month of Daoxing/day" had become "3 months of Daoxing/day."

Really triple it!

"The initial home, the corresponding real-life location is my home?"

Lu Heng looked at some of the interfaces with some surprise, and then jumped out of the small courtyard. The little people in the game also left the home, and the growth rate of Taoism also changed from "3 months/day" to "1 person". month/day”

"That's true. It seems that my previous decision was right. As long as you have the ability, protecting Heyang County is also a good choice. Besides, as long as you operate it properly, you don't have to be an enemy of the Zhaoyang Army."

For a time, many thoughts and plans emerged in his mind, but he still shook his head, looked into the distance, and continued to move quickly under the night.

Target Sun Chang's family!
No matter what ideas or plans you have, wait until you become an immortal before making any plans!

……

The policemen who were chasing Pei Zhiqing were still running on the streets, but with their level they couldn't find Lu Heng, who was already comparable to a fourth-level warrior.

Sun Chang was a county lieutenant, and his home would not be searched at all. Those subordinate officials did not even approach, but turned away at the intersection, for fear that Sun Chang's family would misunderstand.

This directly led Lu Heng to come to Sun Chang's home unimpeded, just like visiting his own backyard.

"Good guy, this county captain is so rich for a five-level compound." Lu Heng couldn't help but sigh mentally when he looked at Sun Chang's house.

At the same time, he moved his nose, trying to catch the smell of wine.

After being reborn, his five senses and six consciousnesses have become extremely sharp, and his sense of smell is very powerful. As long as he concentrates, he can smell smells hundreds of meters away.

"Oh, such a strong smell of alcohol!"

As soon as Lu Heng concentrated his attention, he smelled a strong aroma of wine, which came from the courtyard at the back. He carefully avoided the dozing servants and soon arrived at the backyard.

Then I saw a scene that felt like a brain hemorrhage.

A series of brewing machines are placed in this courtyard, bags of grain are piled up around it, and rice grains are scattered everywhere.

The food that ordinary people regard as treasures is thrown on the ground like garbage here.

Beside the wall not far away, jars of strong wine were piled together. The entire wall was filled with wine jars, arranged in three rows, and there were probably hundreds of jars.

"How much food will be consumed and how many people will starve to death? Where did Sun Chang, a county captain, get so much food?!" Lu Heng was shocked and angry.

Although he had only traveled through time for a day, he was no stranger to hunger.

As an orphan in his previous life, he suffered from hunger for a long time, and the memory of doing corvee labor and starving in the river in this life also existed.

Moreover, in recent years, food has been in short supply in Heyang County. Ordinary people often go hungry without having a good meal.

This is because Heyang County is in the south and at the intersection of waterways. It has a strategic location, so no one has starved to death for the time being.

It is said that the north has become a purgatory on earth, and even the tragedy of cannibalism has occurred in the twelve Youqing states.

Just when Lu Heng was mentally cursing Sun Chang, the "Cultivation of Immortality" game interface changed again, and a new text prompt appeared.

[You have now entered the dungeon area, and you can get additional rewards by killing all the boss monsters for the first time! 】

what?
copy?

And this mechanism?

Lu Heng was shocked when he saw this.

But before he had time to investigate carefully, he heard a cold and wary female voice coming from behind.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

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(End of this chapter)