Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Anping County Town

Luck!

Zhao Hu and the others all believed that Chu Liang must have had good luck yesterday.

This kind of good luck, once is enough, it can’t happen every day.

Now that Chu Liang had lost his hunting dogs, his hunting efficiency would definitely be greatly reduced.

“Brother Hu, A-Liang didn’t bring any hunting tools today, but he went out of the village. I think he’s probably going to the county town.”

A little brother pointed at Chu Liang’s back and whispered to Zhao Hu.

“Could he be going to buy hunting dogs?”

“Don’t worry, good hunting dogs are not easy to buy. Even if he buys them, they may not listen to him, unless he buys a few puppies and trains them from a young age…”

Training from a young age, no matter what, would take three to six months.

During this period, Chu Liang would be in a state where he had no hunting dogs to use.

And… perhaps before Chu Liang could raise the puppies, Master Hu would force him into corvée labor, and he would eventually die tragically somewhere!

“A-Liang, do you not know that Master Hu already has his eyes on you?” Zhao Hu looked at Chu Liang’s receding figure and thought to himself.

Zhao Hu did not lie to Chu Qiang. Judging from the current situation, following him was indeed more promising than following Chu Liang.

In his eyes, Chu Liang was already a dead man.

So what if he was stronger than him?

In this day and age, living long is what matters!

“Let’s go!”

He waved his hand, withdrew his gaze, and directly led the several little brothers up the mountain.

Chu Qiang followed closely behind Zhao Hu, silent, constantly recalling his father’s instructions in his mind ━ he must surpass Chu Shan, who was being taught by Chu Liang!

He knew very well that as long as he was better than Chu Shan, his father could show off in front of Second Uncle.

The rivalry of the previous generation had extended to their generation.

At this moment, Fourth Uncle was at Second Uncle’s house.

He folded his arms, proudly saying, “Second Elder Brother, my son will be following Zhao Hu from now on. Zhao Hu’s skills are no less than A-Liang’s!”

“Oh.”

Second Uncle responded indifferently.

Fourth Uncle’s lips curled up, and he continued, “Second Elder Brother, I think you should also let your son follow Zhao Hu. After all, Zhao Hu has many people, it’s safer to go into the mountains, and each of them has hunting dogs… but A-Liang doesn’t even have hunting dogs now. He can’t even get prey for himself, let alone help A-Shan.”

“Can’t get prey?” Second Uncle raised his eyelids. “The prey A-Liang brought back yesterday, did it fall from the sky?”

“That was just his good luck!”

Fourth Uncle had talked with Zhao Hu and agreed with the explanation of good luck.

He continued, “Second Elder Brother, A-Liang has no experience in teaching disciples, but Zhao Hu has already taught several. Do you understand what I mean?”

“Yes, I understand.”

Second Uncle waved his hand, a little annoyed, really not wanting to listen to Fourth Uncle’s nagging here.

He was very clear about Fourth Uncle’s intentions.

But he believed in Chu Liang.

He felt that Chu Liang would definitely teach Chu Shan better.

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It was noon.

Chu Liang arrived at the county town.

The county town was named “Anping”. The gray city walls stood tall. The road leading into the city was paved with stone slabs, very flat, and could accommodate seven or eight horses side by side.

“Anping County Town, the most prosperous place within a radius of dozens of miles.” Chu Liang looked at the gate of the county town.

Today was a market day.

The road leading into the city was bustling with people.

Chu Liang squeezed through the crowd, passed the inspection at the city gate, and smoothly entered the city.

Inside the county town, there was a scene of prosperity and liveliness.

There were children crying, vendors hawking, and the hubbub of voices. All kinds of sounds mixed together, forming the hustle and bustle of human life.

“Buns, fresh buns!”

“Selling candied hawthorns!”

“Selling sesame cakes…”

Chu Liang’s nose twitched, and he smelled the aroma of buns.

“It’s been a long time since I had buns.”

He pushed through the crowd and squeezed over, following the fragrance.

There were many people standing in front of the bun shop. Steam rose from the shop, filled with steamers of buns.

The enticing aroma made people drool just by smelling it.

“So fragrant! Really fragrant!” Someone beside him swallowed.

“If only I could eat buns every day,” another person said.

“Who has the money to eat them every day, unless you’re the Emperor?”

“That’s right, the Emperor probably eats them every day. Maybe he only eats the filling and not the skin!”

“How enviable…”

“……”

Chu Liang bought two buns, squeezed out, and walked while eating.

This time, coming to the county town, the first thing he needed to do was to get money.

Chu Liang did not go to the medicine shop or the market, but went to a restaurant. The restaurant had a plaque hanging above it with the words “Yunlai” engraved on it.

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The shopkeeper of this Yunlai Restaurant was named Qi Shun, a short and stout middle-aged man. People around him called him Shopkeeper Qi.

Chu Liang had some dealings with Qi Shun. Every time he caught good prey, he would prioritize selling it to the restaurant.

“Shopkeeper Qi!”

Chu Liang walked into the restaurant and looked towards the counter.

“Brother Chu, you haven’t been here for a long time!”

Qi Shun’s chubby face was full of smiles.

He was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe. He held his big belly and walked out from behind the counter, quickly greeting Chu Liang. He did not look down on Chu Liang because he was a hunter from a mountain village.

“Brother Chu, did you get any good treasures again?” Qi Shun asked with a smile.

He found that Chu Liang was not carrying any prey and his eyes lit up.

No prey, could it be that he dug up some precious medicine?

“I was lucky and dug up a blood ginseng that’s more than ten years old.”

“Blood ginseng?”

Qi Shun’s spirit lifted, and he immediately lowered his voice, “Brother, let’s go to the back and talk!”

“Alright.”

Qi Shun made a gesture of invitation and invited Chu Liang into a private room at the back.

Not long after, the two agreed on a price.

Qi Shun offered forty taels of silver, five taels higher than Chu Liang’s estimate.

“Haha, Brother Chu, if you can dig up this kind of precious medicine again in the future, you must think of your old brother!” Qi Shun was in a great mood and said to Chu Liang with a smile.

“Certainly!”

Chu Liang readily agreed.

With the Evolutionary Appraisal Mirror in hand, whether it was this kind of blood ginseng or other precious medicine, he could get as much as he wanted.

Of course, his current strength was low, so he couldn’t make it too obvious, or he would be targeted, which would be troublesome.

“Brother, now that you have money, have you thought about getting a wife?” Qi Shun asked with a smile, “If you’re interested, I can introduce you to one.”

“I haven’t considered it yet.”

Chu Liang quickly shook his head. He currently only wanted to focus on practicing martial arts.

Marriage would only waste his time for practicing martial arts.

After chatting for a while, Chu Liang took his leave.

He walked out of the restaurant and headed towards the market in the south of the county town.

The market was full of goods, bustling with people. As far as the eye could see, there were heads bobbing everywhere.

“This side is all stalls selling fur, and ahead are those selling cloth… the stalls selling puppies are over there…”

Chu Liang looked around and then walked towards the other side.

In the market, some stalls were selling mature hunting dogs, and some were selling puppies.

Seeing Chu Liang approaching, many puppies in the cages wagged their furry tails and made “Ying Ying” sounds, trying to attract Chu Liang’s attention.

【Ordinary Puppy: Evolvable】

【Provide ten jin of flesh and blood, and the “Ordinary Puppy” can be evolved into a “Puppy King”.】

The Evolutionary Appraisal Mirror suddenly gave a prompt.

Chu Liang was stunned.

Dog King?

He remained silent, continued to look at other puppies, and similar prompts appeared in his mind.

Chu Liang found that the flesh and blood required for the evolution of these puppies were not the same.

Some only needed six or seven jin of flesh and blood, while others needed more than ten jin. The one that required the most needed twenty jin of flesh and blood.

The puppy that required twenty jin of flesh and blood was obviously different from the other puppies. Its fangs were longer, its claws were sharper, and although it was young, it already had a fierce aura.

Chu Liang felt that even if this puppy did not evolve, as long as it could grow up smoothly, it could become the king of dogs in the village with its own abilities.

Just then, a dark-skinned, lean man suddenly stopped Chu Liang.

“Brother, are you a hunter?” The man asked with a smile.

“What’s the matter?”

Chu Liang did not answer but asked back.

The man narrowed his eyes and whispered, “Brother, I have good stuff here that can increase your hunting efficiency several times!”

“Not interested!”

Chu Liang’s expression remained unchanged. He took a step and directly bypassed the man.

The man hurriedly pulled Chu Liang back and said with a smile, “Brother, don’t be in a hurry. Look what this is?”

With that, he put down the basket on his back and took out a small cage.

In the cage lay two small, grayish mice.

“Mice?”

Chu Liang frowned. He did not like these rice-stealing things!

“Brother, look carefully. These are not ordinary mice. These are Treasure Seeking Rats!”