Chapter 2 (1/2)

The young man stood absent-mindedly, remembering the body previous owner’s whole life. He was also called Pei Ziyun , but compared to that waste he could be considered a legend.

After quarreling with his family at 17 years old, he left to Shenzhen with ten thousand yuan, he ate from lunch boxes and slept in bas.e.m.e.nts. One year later, he had earned five hundred thousand with self-taught methods, but then lost all of it when the market went down.

He went back home for a year, then relied on his silver tongue to borrow 50 thousand from newly made friends. He entered the stock market once again, and even in the bearish market he managed to earn 3 millions in 3 years, turning a 3000% profit.

Afterwards, he received threats because of his brilliant results and was forced into becoming a government trader in the system, laundering corruption money. He was full of resentment, dealing with tangled interests that needn’t be said here, until that car hit him and sent him flying.

For a long while, the young man’s sight fell on the mission, and suddenly information came flowing out.

”I already died, but the body’s original used some unknown method to drag me to this world. And this inborn plum blossom spiritual treasure became the system, according to my memories?”

In the bamboo forest, the young man opened his eyes after digesting the memories and emotions.

”If I fail this mission then I’ll lose this plum blossom?”

”Well this doesn’t matter, but the timing isn’t right, this body’s previous owner is really a fool!”

”Only three bandits are enough to scare this village with 50 able men into submission and pay out money and women. This body belongs to a weak scholar, what do you want me to do in this situation?”

”Idiot!”

”Although this world has dao laws, but the official laws are still like iron, who dares to face them head on?”

”Moreover since Great Xu was established, the center of gravity lied in the core regions, hence why they still haven’t cleaned out the bandits from far away areas yet, but it’ll happen sooner or later - the Black Wind Bandits won’t be able to hide their bunny tail.”

”The original was a studious scholar preparing for examinations and a minister in waiting. You just need to understand this point and you would still have ways to save the situation, even if your hand lacks the strength to truss a chicken. Now I’m being forced in a corner, he’s really an idiot!”

”3 days earlier I could have borrowed the authorities and easily solved this crisis, now I can only risk my life.”

Although he wasn’t an army general, as a trader he was still well versed in b.l.o.o.d.y battles. What he least lacked was the decisiveness to strike and kill. The young man methodically arranged his clothes, took the machete knife and hacked across, cutting down a stalk of green bamboo.

Not far away, the young girl was still hiding inside the house and desperately trying to gain a lifeline. She forced down her fear and faced the men outside, showing her most pitiful appearance. She didn’t want to become the whatever eating delicious meals and drinking spicy bandit wife, and said beseechingly: ”Uncles and aunties, I beg you to let me go, I’m going to die if I go there – ”

”Pu Pu”

The young girl’s begging voice carried through the bamboo forest, but when the young man heard he only chopped his machete down a few times and kept sharpening a bamboo spear, muttering to himself: ”The villagers won’t be trusting enough to trade with the bandits in the dead of the night, they will wait until dawn to pay out the goods and women!”

”Right now I still have some time!”

The young man’s heart quieted down as he grabbed a spear in one hand and machete in the other, making a beeline out of the village.

The village had mud walls, but that could only scare the bandits. As an insider he naturally knew many holes and climbing out was an easy task for him.

When Pei Ziyun crawled out from the mud walls, his body was covered in dirt and earth, and so was his face. When Pei Ziyun pa.s.sed by a pond outside, he saw his own appearance under the bright moonlight reflected on the lake’s surface. What he saw didn’t shock him but made him happy instead; apart from people he was intimate who would recognize him with the mud pasted on his face as camouflage?

When he was coming out he had heard several shouting voices. The Black Wind bandits were standing at the village’s entrance, and not only were they unafraid of being surrounded by several dozen villagers, they even forced them to take out some chickens and were making a barbecue fire in the night.

The village wasn’t big and right now the moon was hanging in the west, creating gloomy shadows under the northern, eastern and southern walls. It would just do as cover. Pei Ziyun ran towards the village entrance, spear and machete in hand.

At the village entrance, the Black Wind Bandits were busy turning their chickens over the fire. The chickens weren’t big and had already been plucked bald, their stomach and intestines pulled and casually tossed off. The bandits had made a few cuts on the chickens and sprinkled salt and pepper on them, cooking them over the fire. The grease made sizzling ”Zi Zi” sounds as it dripped on the fire.

At that moment, Zhang Dashan was holding his wooden stick hatedly on the mud wall. He had shaved a few layers from the sharp stick but it wasn’t enough to quell his frustration, just watching those wretched bandits roast the mountain chicken was enough to fill his heart with fear and anger.

Those were the old hens his family had raised and they were used to lay eggs. In the end those bandits clamored they wanted to eat chicken, and someone took them right away, tying their feet and throwing them out.

Zhang Dashan was full of hatred and vented his anger on the wooden stick, shaving off layer after layer as he cursed: ”Those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds, those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!”

Pei Ziyun approached the village entrance and had already seen the three Black Wind bandits. At the first sight of them, the memories of his body’s previous life stirred.