Longevity Reward Redemption: The Immortal Clan Starts with Farmers

50: The initial team was formed, and the crippled killer, Mantou, was ready.Chen Changsheng followed Zhao Song into the abandoned ancestral hall. Amidst the broken bricks and rubble, they had cleared a small space where a dozen or so children were huddled together around a bonfire.

They were all around ten years old, wearing tattered, thin clothes, and looked malnourished. Even with the bonfire, they couldn’t help but shiver in the freezing winter temperatures.

”Brother Song, you’re back!”

”Brother Song, did you find anything to eat? Our stomachs are growling!”

Upon seeing Zhao Song, the dozen or so children revealed joyful smiles and hurriedly chirped, asking questions.

”Haha, I have food. I’m treating you all to Steamed Buns!”

Seeing the miserable state of these children, Chen Changsheng couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy and quickly took out the Steamed Buns.

Looking at the white, fluffy Steamed Buns, many children swallowed their saliva, but they still did not fight over them, instead looking toward Zhao Song.

”Eat up. This uncle is a good person; you must thank him!”

Zhao Song nodded and said to the children with a smile. The group of children cheered instantly, surrounded Chen Changsheng, and picked up the Steamed Buns to eat heartily.

”Thank you, Uncle!”

”Uncle, your Steamed Buns are so delicious!”

”Ever since Mom fell asleep, I haven’t eaten such delicious Steamed Buns!”

”I miss Mom...”

In an instant, the children began chirping their thanks to Chen Changsheng. Chen Changsheng stroked a child’s dirty forehead, and for the first time, he felt a dislike for the Gu God Cult in his heart; they were indeed too cruel!

Suddenly, a child mentioned ”Mom,” which was like flipping a collective switch, and the group of orphans began to shed tears.

Zhao Song hurriedly went over to comfort them; after all, they were only ten-year-old children, and when encountering difficulties, they would always think of their parents.

Chen Changsheng sighed; he didn’t know how to comfort children, but fortunately, Zhao Song was there!

Just as Zhao Song was comforting the children, Chen Changsheng noticed a figure in the corner of the ancestral hall.

It was an adult, standing out prominently among the children.

”Who is that?”

Chen Changsheng asked in confusion. Zhao Song glanced at the adult and turned back to explain:

”I don’t know his name either. We try to talk to him, but he ignores us!”

”Ten days ago, a group of beggars wanted to drive us away and occupy our village’s ancestral hall. It was this man who helped me drive the beggars away!”

”He’s very strange. If we share food with him, he eats it; if we don’t, he doesn’t snatch it. It’s as if he’s waiting to die. He just lies there every day, motionless, and doesn’t speak!”

Hearing Zhao Song’s words, Chen Changsheng immediately became interested. This was surely a man with a story. Moreover, he was willing to protect children and deal with those evil beggars, so he must have at least some kindness!

Chen Changsheng took two Steamed Buns from his bundle, walked over to the man lying down, and crouched beside him.

The man was filthy, his face covered in stubble, and his eyes were dull and lifeless. When he saw Chen Changsheng approach, he didn’t react; there was no trace of Life Qi on him, as if he were a corpse.

”Steamed Bun, want to eat?”

Chen Changsheng placed the two Steamed Buns beside him and asked with a smile.

The man reacted when he saw the Steamed Buns, glanced at Chen Changsheng, and without a word, began to eat heartily.

With his movements, Chen Changsheng realized that the man before him was actually a cripple!

His right arm and right leg were completely fractured. Although his left hand was intact, it couldn’t muster much strength.

Chen Changsheng walked behind him and saw that, sure enough, the man’s clavicle had been smashed by someone, making it impossible for him to exert any strength!

What a vicious method! To treat a person like this was worse than killing them, yet they chose to spare his life only to torment him!

”Have you practiced martial arts?”

Chen Changsheng sat beside the man and asked casually.

The man’s clavicle being smashed was clearly a method used against a Martial Artist. Only when dealing with a Martial Artist would one smash their clavicle to cripple their strength and turn them into an ordinary person.

The man’s expression remained unchanged; he paid no attention to Chen Changsheng.

”Your clavicle is shattered, your martial arts are completely gone, and your limbs are broken. You’re living even more miserably than an ordinary person!”

”In the eyes of others, you are finished and cannot be saved!”

”But I have a medicinal concoction. If it succeeds, it can heal you—not only healing your limbs but also reconnecting your clavicle!”

”Do you want to test the medicine for me?”

Chen Changsheng didn’t get angry because the man ignored him; instead, he spoke in a calm tone, as if making small talk.

The man still didn’t react. Seeing that the other party seemed to have given up all hope, Chen Changsheng didn’t force it and turned to leave.

”I don’t have a name. You can call me... Steamed Bun!”

Just then, a hoarse voice rang out. The voice was very soft, yet carried a hint of suppressed murderous intent.

”No name? Strange. What did you do before?”

Chen Changsheng was stunned and turned to look at this strange man. How could a normal person not have a name?

”An assassin. I only had a codename before, not a name!”

”You save me, and I will kill people for you!”

The man spoke very little, his tone cold. He leaned on a broken bamboo pole, supported his body to stand up, and looked at Chen Changsheng expressionlessly.

Instead of being surprised, Chen Changsheng was delighted. Was this Zhao Village his lucky place? He could casually pick up a group of orphans and get a bonus assassin!

An assassin and an intelligence organization were a perfect match—one responsible for intelligence gathering, and the other responsible for executing targeted eliminations based on that intelligence.

He had just wanted to establish an intelligence organization, and the candidates for the action team had come knocking on his door?

Moreover, looking at his cold demeanor, he seemed quite professional!

”Uh, then are you willing to come with me?”

Chen Changsheng was pleasantly surprised and asked again, patiently.

”You heal me, and my life is yours. In the future, I will follow you...”

The assassin Steamed Bun’s words remained sparse, but the meaning revealed made Chen Changsheng secretly happy!

This guy was someone who repaid kindness; he was actually willing to use the rest of his life to repay him. Had he encountered a righteous warrior like Zhuan Zhu from the Spring and Autumn period?

This deal was definitely worth making!

”Rest assured, I will definitely heal you. Then, from now on, I will call you... Steamed Bun, right!”

Chen Changsheng said to the assassin Steamed Bun with a smile, and the other party nodded with a stiff expression.

Chen Changsheng patted Steamed Bun on the shoulder, signaling him to follow, and then called out to the group of orphans.

”Children, are you all full?”

”If you’re full, come with me. From now on, I’ll provide for all of you. I’ll take you in as apprentices, and you’ll be able to eat your fill at every meal!”

Chen Changsheng’s words were like a thunderbolt striking the group of orphans. Their biggest dream right now was to be full, and they hadn’t expected this uncle before them to be willing to adopt them and even let them eat their fill every meal!

The scene fell into silence for a moment; the news was too good for them to believe!

”That’s right, what Uncle says is true! Everyone, hurry up and thank Uncle!”

Amidst the incredulous gazes of the orphans, Zhao Song stood up abruptly and said. There was still surprise in his eyes; he had originally thought Chen Changsheng would only adopt two children, but he hadn’t expected Chen Changsheng to want all of them!

This group of orphans was barely better off than stray dogs, and they might freeze or starve to death any day. Chen Changsheng reaching out to help was saving the lives of this entire group of orphans!

”Thank you, Uncle!”

”We’ve been adopted, calling you ’Uncle’ doesn’t seem right. Shouldn’t we call you ’Foster Father’?”

”Hee hee. Thank you, Foster Father!”

The group of orphans cheered excitedly. They all knew that from now on, they wouldn’t be orphans that everyone despised; they finally had someone to rely on.

”Foster Father, that title is not bad either!”

Chen Changsheng stroked his fake beard and chuckled. Then, with a wave of his hand, he said to everyone:

”Let’s go, we’re going to the county town, back to our home!”

The group of orphans followed Chen Changsheng out of the ancestral hall in high spirits, with the assassin Steamed Bun struggling to walk behind them.

At this moment, snow was falling all over the sky. Chen Changsheng looked at the group behind him and felt secretly happy; his foundation had been initially established!

In the countless years to come, the sharpest blade in the Chen family’s hand, the dark blade that would terrify the seven counties of Annan Prefecture, the fearsome Black Ice Platform, officially laid its foundation starting today!