parentshiftbook 22. Martial Arts Skills Breakthrough
22. Martial Arts Skills Breakthrough
Before night completely fell, Lu's relatives and friends returned to their residences at the restaurant one after another.
After hanging up the white stones that had been put away during the day, the shopkeeper also turned off all the lights on the first floor.
Inside the house, after talking about moving to the new house tomorrow, Yuan was the happiest, with tears glistening in her eyes. Her second aunt hugged Lu Wei and also cried tears of joy.
The Lu brothers may not have felt much about the days when they were never settled, but the women and children of the Lu family felt it all too deeply; they lived each day in fear and anxiety.
Now that we've settled down in the inner city, we're finally safe and sound, and we no longer need to worry about our safety.
After learning about this, Zhang Dayou asked if he could stay at the restaurant temporarily, as it would definitely be inappropriate to go to the Lu family's new residence.
Tiger was the same; after all, he wasn't a member of the Lu family, so he wouldn't follow behind.
Since both of them had said so, Lu Feng naturally wouldn't insist. After discussing it with the innkeeper, he allowed the two of them to stay there temporarily.
This restaurant was originally only open to people from the Taoist temple, and usually also served people who were closely related to the disciples of the sect.
It is true that Yunxia Taoist Temple has few people, but it has been entrenched in Cangwu for more than eight hundred years. To put it bluntly, the newly appointed magistrate has only been in office for five years.
Against this backdrop, the inner city's industries and Yunxia are naturally closely related.
When familiar people from the Taoist academy wanted to stay, the affiliated forces didn't object at all.
After a night's rest, everyone was refreshed and full of energy. After washing up and having breakfast, they gathered on the first floor of the restaurant, and Lu Feng took his family to the new house.
The new home was located in a corner area seven or eight streets away from the Taoist temple, at the third house in the Yizi section of Pingkangfang Qujie.
Lu Feng put on the purple robe of the Taoist academy and walked on the street in the clothes of a Taoist disciple. No matter who he was, even so-called noblemen, they all looked at him with awe.
That was out of respect for Yunxia Taoist Academy, and also out of fear that the academy's disciples could freely kill the evil spirits.
When mortals face ghosts, they can only offer their necks for slaughter; there is no other way. The despair they feel is a fixed image constructed from the countless corpses of dead mortals, an ironclad rule.
In this context, the image of the Taoist academy's top disciples was elevated to an almost celestial level, and the way mortals treated the celestial gods was the same way they treated the Taoist academy's disciples.
Lu Wei held her mother's hand, and her clothes had been changed into a light purple silk skirt made of fine brocade. At this moment, her big eyes revealed curiosity.
She couldn't help but ask, "Why do they seem so afraid of Big Brother?"
After all, she still has the mind of a child. Even though she grew up in the outer city and is much more mature than Lu Feng was the same age in his previous life, she still has moments of innocence.
The second aunt's expression changed slightly. Although she was a woman, her daughter's words sounded wrong and even a bit harsh to her.
It's as if Lu Feng is a bad guy.
Lu Feng also heard this and stopped walking. He didn't immediately respond to his cousin. The streets and alleys were bustling with itinerant vendors selling snacks and sugar figurines.
He took out a coin from his pocket and waved to the sugar seller, who was about ten steps away and had a sugar figurine stand on his back.
"Yes, it's you. Come here."
The candy seller, seeing the disciples dressed in Taoist attire beckoning him, dared not delay and quickly went over.
After asking about the price and paying two copper coins, Lu Feng had a small sugar figurine in his hand.
She turned around, knelt down in front of her cousin, and handed the sugar figurine to Xiaowei.
"Look, I give them money to eat, and they still dare to come over. It means they're not afraid of me, but they're just instinctively afraid when they see me wearing these clothes."
Lu Wei smiled like a child, took the sugar figurine, and licked it with her little tongue.
"So sweet."
Seeing that the child immediately forgot all the questions he had asked, Lu Feng chuckled and stood up to speak leisurely.
"They are not afraid of me, but of the evil spirits on this earth."
After he finished speaking, the atmosphere fell silent.
Upon arriving at the mansion, a man dressed in luxurious clothes with a beard stood in front of it. When he saw Lu Feng, he quickly stepped forward.
"Master, could you please give me the house plaque?"
Lu Feng handed over the token, which the other party took, glanced at, and after confirming it was correct, took out three items from his sleeve.
"Master, this brocade box contains ten white stones, the land deed for the house, and the key to the door. Please take it."
The person who came was very efficient; he finished giving instructions and left. He had come here specifically to wait for Lu Feng to arrive. No wonder Xuan Kong said that he could just come directly; the service was indeed excellent.
Lu Feng then handed all the items to his mother, Madam Yuan. After the family opened the door and went inside, they left the new house and headed to the Stone Bridge.
If it weren't for the sign requiring him to come in person, he wouldn't have taken the time to make a special trip to the new house in the morning.
Time is limited, so I need to finish my business as soon as possible and then return to the academy to practice. Of course, practicing is one thing, but my main goal is to load new talent marks and complete the preparation for my cheat ability.
He walked very fast. It was indeed a purple robe, but it was designed to be easy to move in. The material was light, and the jade belt tied around his waist did not affect his movements at all.
On the stone bridge, the vendors were still incredibly noisy, all chatting and laughing, their voices mingling together as they talked about everyday matters.
Suddenly, the sound seemed to be paused, gradually disappearing from one end of the bridge to the other, and the source of the disappearance was the direction from which Lu Feng had come.
When Lu Feng reached the bridge, Hu Zi greeted him: "Feng Zi!"
"Walk."
Without any further words, the intention was clear.
After the two had walked away, a vendor near the bridgehead muttered to himself uncertainly.
"Why does this Taoist priest remind you of the deliveryman who used to deliver goods to the Chang family?"
Immediately, someone whispered something nearby.
"Be careful what you say!"
Some people recognized him.
Tiger led the way very efficiently. Gathering intelligence was his forte. He had explored the entire outer city since he was a child. What could be kept from him?
Starting from Qingning Lane, it leads to Mishi Lane, Zhugan Lane, and then to Chaibang Hutong and Gouweiba Hutong.
Tiger's ability to pinpoint the location of every household was so impressive that even Lu Feng couldn't help but admire his intelligence-gathering skills. At least Lu Feng didn't have the patience or habit to search for information so thoroughly.
The virtual frame in front of us is also growing rapidly.
[Martial arts points: 11]
[Martial arts points: 15]
[Martial arts points: 20]
...
[Martial arts points: 38]
After everyone had finished running, the score successfully broke through double ten, setting a new record for Lu Feng.
He had initially thought that the black liquid might disappear if some houses were left unattended for too long, but what he saw before him proved otherwise; the black liquid was still there and would continue to exist.
When the two returned to the stone bridge, the sun was high in the sky. Behind Hu Zi, there were five more people, the skilled fighters that the Luo family had given to Lu Feng.
To help Tiger establish himself firmly in the outer city, sufficient manpower is essential, and money must be spent as the foundation of the operation.
These people worked behind Hu Zi, asking for nothing more than a place to live and enough to eat.
This was naturally not a difficult task for Lu Feng. He put the pressure on the shopkeeper, who nodded, and the matter was resolved.
After collecting the black liquid that had not been collected in the past few days, Lu Feng headed towards the Dao Academy, while Hu Zi turned around and led his men back to the outer city in the shadows.
Tiger still has a lot to do. Now that there are more people around, plus Zhang Dayou's help, he can try to explore quite a few things in the outer city.