Start from miscellaneous fish to gain experience and cultivate immortality

Chapter 5 Night Change
  "But, what about the water ghost?" Chen Zheng was still a little worried.

"Have you ever heard of a water ghost coming ashore six years ago?"

"That's not true." Chen Zheng shook his head, "I just heard about it. After all, what does the water ghost look like and what are its abilities? I'm afraid no one knows except the gang leader."

"Water ghosts will not come ashore." Wang Shen repeated it again.

"What?"

"Fish can't live without water, and ghosts can't see the light." Wang Shen said this.

"Then, I, I'd better stay here with you. It's okay during the day, but we have to be more alert at night." Between fear and friends, Chen Zheng finally decided to accompany Wang Shen with loyalty.

"I'll treat you to roast chicken today." Wang Shen said with a smile.

The body was quickly disposed of, and the police officers and people from the Qinghe Gang questioned several of them who were looking after the warehouse. The other two gangsters who were looking at the warehouse turned pale when they saw the corpse.

Wang Shen and Chen Zheng entered the city. When passing by Yihong Courtyard, Chen Zheng glanced inside subconsciously, with half curiosity and half yearning in his eyes.

"Hey, don't learn well at a young age. Besides, do you have the money?" Wang Shen joked with a smile.

"Don't look down on people!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Come in?"

"I, I'm just curious. I don't like the vulgar powder in it at all!"

"You are ambitious, and you are worthy of being a man that even courtesans look down upon. You, Mr. Chen, are a top-notch talent. I have to marry a prefect's daughter to be worthy of you."

Hehe, Chen Zheng smiled innocently after hearing this.

"By the way, take the time to find out what major events have happened in our gang recently." Wang Shen warned.

Chen Zheng's cousin is a deacon in the gang, and some of his disciples will give him some bad treatment. It is naturally much easier to get information than Wang Shen, a bastard that no one cares about.

"Okay." Chen Zheng nodded.

After the two separated, Wang Shen walked home alone. When he met several neighbors living in an alley, he would smile and greet them loudly.

The experience of his previous life taught Wang Shen a truth: distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and it is very important to maintain good neighborly relations. Fortunately, people in this era are generally relatively simple and not so thoughtful.

In the eyes of these neighbors, Wang Shen was a well-educated young man. Some people even tried to introduce girls to him, but he declined.

The death of another person on Qinghe did not have much impact on Wang Shen's life. During the day, he still went to school and the medical clinic to study, and at night he went to the warehouse to work night shifts.

Life was as usual, the only change was that there was a little more sand in the wine jar he used for practicing.

He feels that his current life is quite good. He just thinks about traveling to the ends of the world with his sword and seeing the prosperity of the world.

It's not just about having money, you also have to be capable, otherwise you might be robbed by bandits not long after you leave Wuyang County.

That night, Chen Zheng brought back news that the Qinghe Gang seemed to be secretly selecting a group of loyal and reliable disciples who were good at water and trained in secret. They should be preparing to catch water ghosts.

"Our gang leader is eliminating harm for the people, it's really amazing!" The person Chen Zheng admires most now is Lei Liang, the gang leader of the Qinghe Gang.

"Catch water ghosts?" Wang Shen just smiled after hearing this. A man who runs a brothel, a gambling stall, and a loan shark, and has countless blood on his hands, will do harm to the people? That's just for your own benefit.

"Forget it, it doesn't have much to do with us anyway."

"From now on, only the two of us can see this warehouse. The other two guys have already found connections to find other jobs. They are two cowards!"

"Don't worry, the water ghost won't come." Wang Shen patted Chen Zheng on the shoulder. From this day on, Wang Shen’s practice time increased by half an hour every day.

As time goes by, the weather becomes cooler and cooler.

The leaves on the riverside have all fallen, and the reeds have turned yellow. Because of the water ghosts, there are times when no boat can be seen on the Qinghe River for half a day.

That night, Wang Shen was awakened from his sleep by Chen Zheng.

"what happened?"

"I saw torches shaking in the woods in the distance."

"Torches?"

Wang Shen walked out of the warehouse and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw swaying torches in the forest. He could vaguely hear shouts. It seemed that he was chasing something.

"Are they catching water ghosts?" Chen Zheng said.

Cough cough cough, at this moment there was a coughing sound from the woods not far away.

"Who?" Chen Zheng shouted in a lowered voice.

"Light the torch." Wang Shen said softly.

As soon as Chen Zheng lit the torch, he saw a man walking out of the woods. He was dressed in black and holding a knife in his hand. His body was wet, and the dripping water was mixed with traces of blood.

"I am a disciple of the Qinghe Gang. There is another person over there. Go and help him." The man took out a badge from his waist and threw it to the two people.

"Are you injured? Did you come from the water?" Wang Shen carefully observed the man in his twenties in front of him.

Several wounds could be seen under the damaged clothes, which looked like stab wounds. In addition, his muscles were quite strong and he should be a good hand.

"Hey, I fell into the water. Go and help that brother. I'll take a rest first." The man kept talking and was about to pass between Wang Shen and Chen Zheng.

"Brother, please slow down, there is still some dry food in it." Chen Zheng said enthusiastically.

As soon as the man was less than two steps behind them, he suddenly turned around and slashed the back of their heads with a knife. Before Chen Zheng could react, he was pushed away by Wang Shen.

Before the man could retract his sword, Wang Shen stepped forward and clasped his wrist with one hand, raised and twisted it, turned around and came behind him, and clasped his throat like an eagle's grasp with the other hand, his fingers trembling. The force stuck his throat, and the man's face instantly became ugly.

With a clang, the long knife fell to the ground. The man was stunned, and Chen Zheng beside him was also stunned.

"Brother Shen, what are you doing?" Chen Zheng on the side was dumbfounded when he saw this.

"He wants to kill us, he is not from the Qinghe Gang!"

Just now, Wang Shen vaguely felt that something was wrong with this man. He was dressed in black, and it was obvious that he had done nothing good. He also had stab wounds all over his body. Who in Wuyang County would dare to use a knife on a disciple of the Qinghe Gang except for the people from the execution hall?

So he kept an eye out. As soon as this person walked past Wang Shen, he noticed that the knife in the other person's hand was secretly raised slightly, and his arms tensed, indicating that he was preparing to use the knife.

After hearing this, Chen Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the man's other arm.

"Splitting muscles and breaking bones? I didn't expect there to be such a clever person in this shabby warehouse. How about you let me go and I'll give you a fortune?" The man couldn't speak coherently because his throat was held.

"If you have anything to say, please tell the people at the Qinghe Gang's Punishment Hall later." Wang Shen said coldly.

(End of this chapter)