Immortality Begins with Breathing Exercises

Chapter 77: Chapter 59: Pillar of the Nation (Part 2)

These bandits are no good people. Having fewer bandits makes people’s lives more stable.

Lin Zheyu took a map drawn by themselves from Han Mo, which was more detailed in some places than the map he had before.

Rustle, rustle

In the mountain forest, the trees made a rustling sound.

A teenager dressed in sturdy clothing, holding a map, swiftly shuttled through the forest, moving incredibly fast and vanishing in a flash.

There are many forests outside of Songyi City, covering a vast area. Although there are many bandits, due to the vast area, it’s not easy to encounter them.

Lin Zheyu actively searched around and encountered four waves of bandits in an entire day, but he ran into many hunters and herbal gatherers.

Those hunters and herbal gatherers were extremely cautious, and upon discovering him, they kept their distance and avoided contact as much as possible.

By the time he returned to Songyi City, it was already late afternoon.

Entering through the city gate, Lin Zheyu sensed a familiar gaze.

”Lin Zheyu?!”

At the city gate, a member of the Wuding Gang responsible for surveillance was taken aback when he saw Lin Zheyu, then quickly got up and ran toward the Xing Family.

He had instructions from above to report immediately upon spotting Lin Zheyu’s presence.

Lin Zheyu watched the man run off without stopping him. The Xing Family would find out about his return sooner or later.

”I wonder if Xing Jinglong’s body has been discovered yet?”

Lin Zheyu thought to himself.

In the desolate wilderness, their bodies were likely devoured by wild animals long ago. However, Lin Zheyu felt that with the Xing Family’s capabilities, they should be able to find them.

Without thinking too much, Lin Zheyu directly returned home.

He carefully placed his bulging bag down; this trip had been quite fruitful.

Initially, he thought he could only get some healing potions, poison powder, and hidden weapons from the bandits. Unexpectedly, at Mr. Han’s place, there was a surprise; he ran into bandits who had just intercepted some goods from a caravan.

After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, he set out again.

He was now a member of the Feihong Gang and, along with Jia Yanrong and Xie Jiang, was responsible for maintaining the order of several streets near Hundred Flavors Street.

Being away for two days, he needed to greet them upon his return and also ask a few things.

”Where are Xie Jiang and the others?”

On the way, Lin Zheyu asked a younger member of the Feihong Gang.

”They’re at Baihua Tower listening to music.”

”Alright, make sure to patrol well.”

Lin Zheyu patted the young man’s shoulder and walked toward Baihua Tower.

”Mr. Lin!”

”You’ve finally returned. If you hadn’t come back soon, I would have started worrying that something happened to you outside the city,” Xie Jiang said with a smile upon seeing Lin Zheyu.

”It’s not so terrifying outside the city. With my skills, if I could get into trouble after just a round trip, the ordinary people living outside the city would have long been dead.”

Lin Zheyu said with a smile, sitting down beside them.

The dancers on stage were new faces, having nice figures, though their dancing was somewhat inexperienced.

”Nothing happened these two days?” Lin Zheyu asked.

”No, everything’s good.”

”With the New Year approaching, everyone’s busy with New Year preparations, and very few would cause trouble right now,” Jia Yanrong said.

He picked up a wine pot and poured a bowl of wine for Lin Zheyu, ”Come, let’s have a drink, brothers!”

”Cheers!”

Lin Zheyu raised his wine bowl, clinked glasses with them, and drank it all in one go.

”How was the trip outside the city? Did you run into any formidable bandits?” Jia Yanrong asked curiously.

He was a combat fanatic, always looking to spar with Xie Jiang and Ning Hui.

Going a few days without a fight made him restless.

Jia Yanrong was extremely interested in the bandits outside the city and had thought of going out to take down a few bandits himself, but Xie Jiang quickly squashed that idea.

Xie Jiang believed that with Jia Yanrong’s combat-loving yet not very strategic nature, going out alone was akin to courting death.

”Ran into a few, but their skills were pretty average,”

Lin Zheyu said, ”I found a lot of bottles and jars of medicine powder, poison powder, and poisoned hidden weapons on them. Do you know where I could sell these things?”

Previously, he had bought poison from Mr. Wo, but only managed to purchase a small amount. This stuff was strictly controlled in the city.

”It’s not easy to sell such things. Songyi City strictly controls poison powder and hidden weapons. You might want to ask Ning Hui; he might know where you could sell them,” Xie Jiang said.

Although he liked gossip, he rarely engaged in this kind of business.

Back when the Bai Family was still around, Ning Hui’s father worked as a steward at Bai Mansion and knew quite a few things; perhaps Ning Hui knew a thing or two.

”Alright, I’ll go find him later.”

Lin Zheyu nodded and leaned back in his chair, listening to the music and enjoying the dance.

The group of somewhat inexperienced dancers just finished their performance and left the stage, replaced by familiar faces, eliciting lively shouts from the audience.

Compared to the pretty but inexperienced dancers earlier, they preferred this current group, with their flexible waists and alluring charm.

”So you are indeed here!”

”Oh, Mr. Lin, you’re back! Did you have a good time outside the city?”

A familiar voice rang out, as Ning Hui came over, greeted them with a smile.

His territory was adjacent to Lin Zheyu’s, and he frequently wandered over when bored.

”Outside the city is quite barren, full of bandits, nothing much fun there.”

Lin Zheyu replied, moving a bit to the right to make space for Ning Hui.

”You’ve come at the right time; Mr. Lin went out of the city and gathered a fair amount of poison powder and hidden weapons from the bandits. Do you have ways to sell them?” Xie Jiang asked.

”Is there a lot? If it’s not too much, I can handle it for you,” Ning Hui replied.

”It’s quite a bit.”

Lin Zheyu mused that not only the poisons and hidden weapons but the jewelry too couldn’t be sold openly.