The Immortal Who Returned from the Netherworld Road – Chapter 17

Ch 17: Entering the City

Early Saturday morning, sunlight filtered through the clouds, illuminating the road outside Villa Number Nine. A luxury car slowly drove up and stopped at the villa’s entrance.

The car door opened, and Liu Jiazhou stepped out, dressed in an exquisite tracksuit, looking particularly refreshed. He shouted towards the villa, “Xi Yang, Xi Yang!”

The voice entered the villa. Xi Yang, who was cultivating, was awakened by the shout. He opened his eyes, smiled slightly, and got up and walked out.

Xi Yang looked at the luxury car in front of the door and smiled inwardly. He knew that Liu Zhengtian would definitely take him to participate in stone gambling activities in order to win him over. Firstly, to test his depth, and secondly, to pave the way for Liu Jiazhou.

Xi Yang stepped towards the car, opened the door, and sat inside.

Liu Zhengtian sat beside him, looking at Xi Yang with a smile and said, “Xi Yang, tonight is the opening day of the Longxi Rough Stone Exchange! Jiazhou mentioned to me last night that you are very interested in stone gambling, so I specially came to pick you up to take a look!”

Xi Yang cupped his fist gratefully and said, “Thank you, Uncle Liu, it’s really troubling you!”

With the roar of the engine, the car slowly started and drove towards the direction of Yuanshi County Town.

Liu Jiazhou, sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and asked, “Xi Yang, why haven’t you been climbing Niubeidong these past two days? Didn’t you say you wanted to exercise all the time?”

“Really? Too many things have happened recently, and I’ve been too busy and staying up too late, so it’s been delayed!” Xi Yang replied. Since the last time he fought with the Masked Old Man, he dared not easily expose his whereabouts. After all, it’s better to have less trouble than more.

Liu Jiazhou said, “Exercise requires perseverance, you have to practice every day. It’s useless to fish for three days and dry the nets for two!”

Xi Yang’s face showed embarrassment when he heard this, and he couldn’t help but feel a burst of wry smile in his heart. He cultivates every day and has never been slack, but how can he say this? He could only silently endure this embarrassment, sighing inwardly.

Liu Zhengtian, who was on the side, quickly spoke out to relieve the siege: “Jiazhou, what do you know? It’s not just climbing mountains that is exercise, take a look at your Uncle Wu!” As he spoke, he pointed to Old Wu who was driving.

Liu Jiazhou followed his father’s gaze and looked at Old Wu who was driving. He couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart, recalling Old Wu’s terrifying strength, running on walls was simply a piece of cake for him. Usually, although Old Wu is just a butler of the Liu Family, in reality, he is the Liu Family’s most solid shield, guarding the safety of the entire family.

Xi Yang smiled and did not defend himself. Some things do not need to be explained, those who understand will naturally understand, and besides, Xi Yang did not deliberately hide anything. Moreover, with Liu Zhengtian’s methods, it would not be difficult to find out something.

The carriage fell into a silence, everyone was silent, thinking about their own things.

Two hours later, the vehicle slowly drove into Yuanshi County Town.

Tall buildings stood on both sides, the streets were clean and spacious, and various clear traffic signs were displayed on the roads. On the sidewalks, pedestrians carrying briefcases came and went, walking in a hurry.

Xi Yang looked through the car window, quietly observing these busy people. He saw that their eyes were empty, as if they had lost their souls. For some reason, he felt pity and sorrow for these people.

Xi Yang sighed and whispered, “The cars rush by, and people are even more anxious, wind and fire are used to transport food.”

Liu Jiazhou, who had been closing his eyes to rest, praised when he heard this, “Good poem, most of the people at the bottom of Yuanshi County are like this! Those people outside, their eyes are full of fear, worrying about this every day, and worrying about that, fantasizing about being superior to others, but what they do every day is to humbly beg for a living! How sad!”

Xi Yang said lightly, “Uncle Liu is joking, it’s just a spontaneous feeling, it’s nothing?”

Liu Jiazhou took over the conversation and said, “Xi Yang, this poem is indeed good, very appropriate… what was it again?”

“Appropriate!” Xi Yang said.

“That’s right!” Liu Jiazhou said happily. “By the way, since the stone gambling starts at night, I’ll take you around to see it later! Let me tell you, there are many fun places in this Yuanshi City, like game halls, internet cafes, gymnasiums, and so on. I guarantee you’ll have a great time!”

Xi Yang shook his head. He only had two hundred Yuan in his pocket, and he had to save it for picking up bargains. No money, what to play?

Liu Zhengtian said when he saw this, “Jiazhou, don’t just think about playing, when you get out of the car later, take Xi Yang to buy two sets of clothes, haven’t you noticed that he’s been wearing the same set of clothes for a week?”

Xi Yang quickly refused, “Uncle Liu, there’s no need! I just bought a few sets of the same style of clothes!”

“Dad is right, Xi Yang, you’ve been wearing the same thing for a week, and the clothes are getting washed out!” Liu Jiazhou said.

He recalled what Liu Zhengtian had said to him last night, Xi Yang is no ordinary person, befriending him will be of great help to you in the future. Then he showed him a video. In the picture, a phantom flashed by, and it was only after slowing down dozens of times that he discovered a figure walking by, he knew that this person was Xi Yang.

Liu Zhengtian echoed, “Participating in the rough stone convention tonight, people from all walks of life will be there, it’s not appropriate for you to wear this outfit!”

Xi Yang glanced at the father and son, and understood their thoughts, but owing people favors for no reason made him quite uncomfortable. But it was indeed not suitable to wear this outfit for the stone gambling tonight.

The black top had faded, the pants were simple casual pants, and the shoes were a pair of twenty Yuan sneakers, the leather on the shoe surface had bulged. It was indeed a bit inappropriate to go to the stone gambling convention in such a dress. It was indeed time to buy a set.

He nodded, “If that’s the case, then let’s go!”

A black car slowly parked at the entrance of Longhua Shopping Mall. After the car door opened, Xi Yang and Liu Jiazhou got out of the car.

Xi Yang looked up at the behemoth in front of him ━ Longhua Shopping Mall, and a sense of indescribable shock surged in his heart. He had never seen such a huge building, towering into the clouds, with a majestic momentum, giving people an unparalleled sense of oppression. This was the first time he truly felt the powerful power of modern technology.

“How is it? Isn’t it shocking?” Liu Jiazhou said with a smile, his eyes flashing with excitement, “I had the same feeling when I first came to the county town, I was full of curiosity about everything here!”

Xi Yang smiled slightly and walked towards the huge building.

Liu Jiazhou saw this and hurriedly followed, “Xi Yang, do you know? I used to study here, but later I had to return to Xizhao Town because of some changes in my family.”

Xi Yang walked into the building and casually replied, “Oh, do you still want to come back now?”

Xi Yang’s eyes wandered around, constantly looking for a place to sell clothes. The first floor was full of daily necessities, food and drinks, etc., where were the clothes?

Liu Jiazhou quickly caught up with Xi Yang and said breathlessly, “Xi Yang, don’t worry, if we want to buy clothes, just go straight to the third floor!”

Xi Yang turned around and walked towards the escalator on the side when he heard this.

Looking at the automatically running stairs, Xi Yang couldn’t step forward for a while, and quietly watched the escalator running.

Liu Jiazhou, who followed up, pushed him.

Xi Yang stepped on the escalator and moved upward with the escalator.

Liu Jiazhou followed with a smile, “It’s your first time riding an escalator! Let me tell you, I was like this the first time I rode an escalator. I thought it would stop for me to step on it. In fact, this escalator will not stop while it is working.”

Xi Yang nodded when he heard this. He thought to himself that his understanding of this world was too shallow!

Behind them, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old wearing a pink dress and light makeup saw the scene just now. She smiled brightly, pointed at Xi Yang and said, “Bumpkin, looking at your outfit, you will never be able to live in the city in this life, you can only work in the countryside! Alas!”

Liu Jiazhou was furious when he heard this, “Where did the dung come from, it stinks!”

The woman stopped when she heard this, and said with cold eyes, “You’re asking for death, you bumpkin!” As she spoke, the woman slapped Liu Jiazhou.

Liu Jiazhou quickly retreated when he saw this, but unfortunately, the escalator going upstairs was behind him, and he didn’t stand firmly, and directly bumped into the woman’s slap.

Seeing this, Xi Yang immediately grabbed his hand and threw him behind him. “It’s okay to scold people, but it’s too much to do it!”