What's the point of Chapter 2?

"Young Master, that 'strange beast' is lingering in the spiritual realm for some reason. It killed several farmers at noon today. Now no one dares to go out of the spiritual realm to fetch water. There must be something fishy going on."

The three people in the room were silent for a while, and Zhao Gang suddenly reminded in a low voice.

"I know."

Hearing this, Zhou Qingshan narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice.

The behavior of that 'strange beast' was very unusual.

The guard team formed a formation of ten people, with spears and wooden shields. The strange beast was not afraid of being injured, and forced its way through the formation and headed straight for Zhou Qingshan!

You must know that although the strange beasts are born in the fog, they are also flesh and blood, and seeking benefits and avoiding harm is their life instinct.

If the guard team members had not sacrificed their lives, and Zhao Gang had not taken the opportunity to blind its left eye, Zhou Qingshan would not have simply been knocked unconscious by the impact.

He had some vague guesses about this in his mind.

Zhou Qingshan silently took off a peace locket from his body, stroking it lightly with his fingertips, with a flash of anger in his eyes. He suddenly clenched the peace locket tightly, and his palm turned white due to the force.

The maid Xiaoxiao caught a glimpse of the peace locket and said in surprise, "Huh? Isn't this the birthday gift that the Third Lady gave to the young master a few days ago?"

She tilted her head and pondered for a while, as if she suddenly thought of something. She covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Young Master, could it be that the Third Madam intended to harm you?"

"cough cough"

Zhou Qingshan was about to speak when he suddenly started coughing violently.

"Are you okay, young master?" The maid Xiaoxiao hurried forward and patted his back gently.

After taking a few breaths, Zhou Qingshan finally calmed down and waved his hand to signal: "It's okay, it's just an old problem."

Then he looked at Zhao Gang beside him and called out softly, "Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Gang immediately understood, stepped forward, bowed and said: "Young Master, just follow my orders!"

The atmosphere in the room froze for a moment.

Zhou Qingshan's eyes were unpredictable, and suddenly turned cold, and he was about to speak.

"Why didn't you inform me, the third lady, about the big event that the young master woke up?"

At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly came from outside the house.

The three of them looked towards the door and saw a middle-aged woman walking into the house.

The person who came was Zhou Qingshan’s third mother.

"Ahem. Sanniang was just about to call someone to inform you." Zhou Qingshan bowed and said.

"Da Lang has been missing for three months, and the position of head of the family is vacant, I think..." The third wife hesitated to speak.

Zhou Qingshan narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the Third Madam indifferently: "Oh?"

The third lady was frightened by Zhou Qingshan's gaze, but then she thought, it's just a sick cat, what's there to be afraid of? She took a deep breath and made a decisive suggestion:
"Separate the family!"

She continued, "Da Lang's whereabouts are unknown, you are weak, and your fourth brother is still young. Without the support of warriors, your family will sooner or later be unable to make ends meet. This spiritual realm will be taken back by Black Cloud City sooner or later. It is better to adopt Sheng Feng to the Liu family now!"

"That's one thousand precious yuan! It's enough for us to buy a large yard in the town, no, even in the streets outside Black Cloud City, and we will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of our lives!"

"This way we won't have to live a hard life here, and we won't have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts every day!"

"What about the Liu family?"

The third lady chattered on and on.

"idiot!!"

Zhou Qingshan suddenly shouted angrily.

The Liu family that the third lady mentioned was the lord of a spiritual realm in the southwest of Shengfeng Territory. There was a large lake in the Liu family's spiritual realm, where "spiritual fish" were occasionally produced, which supported the three incoming warriors and more than twenty guards.

The strength in this wilderness is quite impressive!
Shengfeng Territory produced about 300 treasure yuan a year, most of which was paid as tribute, leaving little after expenses. The eldest son of the Liu family personally came to the door and donated 1,000 treasure yuan, which was indeed a show of sincerity.

Can.
Although the lord only owns one village, he is also a noble recognized by the State of Zhao!

Even if this is just the smallest noble in the Zhao State system!

He is also a noble with a fiefdom, a superior person!
In this world, without this identity, being a commoner and not being an inbound warrior, one would be living a life worse than death anywhere. Even if one could never make a name for himself in his life, practicing martial arts would be a pipe dream.

You know, in Black Cloud City, if a noble killed someone in the street, he only had to pay a fine of ten treasure yuan to the government! Human life is so cheap!

This noble status certainly cannot be bought with just one thousand precious dollars!

Besides, without this noble status, it would be easy for the Liu family to "take" back the 1,000 treasure yuan.

Under this sudden scolding, the third wife's face turned pale as paper in an instant, and her lips trembled: "You..."

Zhou Qingshan looked indifferent, and his voice was calm but firm:

"As the second son in the family, since my elder brother is missing, the position of lord naturally falls to me. I have already formally reported this matter to Black Cloud City."

He paused and continued:
"As for the appointment contract, I'm afraid it's rushing here right now. It's too late even if we want to adopt it to the Liu family now!"

"what?!"

When the third lady heard her dream shattered, she screamed in surprise.

When she was young, she was quite pretty and was a dancer in Daze Town. She was given to Zhou Dashi and thought she would become the woman of a local lord, living a life of luxury. However, she did not expect to end up eating flatbread and drinking vegetable soup in this mountain valley.

It would be better to stay in the city and serve men with your beauty. At least it is better than my current life.

Zhou Qingshan covered his mouth and coughed a few times, his voice a little weak:
". Sanniang, if you have nothing to do, please don't disturb me while I rest."

The third lady stepped forward, her eyes fixed on Zhou Qingshan who was lying in bed, and she suggested softly:

"Young Master, why don't you report to Black Cloud City again and say that you are willing."

"Humph!"

Zhou Qingshan snorted coldly and interrupted the Third Madam: "Do you think the position of lord can be changed at will? Are the laws of Black Cloud City just a joke in your eyes?! You can change them just because you want?!"

The third lady was still unwilling to give in and continued to persuade:
"Young Master, we can offer Baoyuan to smooth the relationship!"

As she spoke, she moved closer to Zhou Qingshan's bed and reached out as if to grab Zhou Qingshan's hand.

"Stop!!"

Seeing this, Zhao Gang quickly took a step forward, let out a low shout, pressed his right hand tightly on the machete at his waist, and tensed all his muscles, ready to go.

"Third Madam, you should now address the young master as the head of the family!!" His words carried an order that could not be disobeyed.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze, and a murderous aura filled the air!
The third lady looked at Zhao Gang as if she was facing a wild beast about to attack. Her body trembled involuntarily and deep fear appeared in her eyes.

There was a brief silence.

After a moment, Zhou Qingshan spoke to ease the situation:
"Sanniang, I'm a little tired and need to rest."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang silently put down his hand on the machete, but his eyes were still staring coldly at the third wife.

The Third Madam took a deep breath and finally addressed him according to the rules:
"Yes, master!"

Then she hurriedly left the room.

Zhou Qingshan stared at the third lady's back for a while, then turned to Zhao Gang and said:
"Uncle Zhao, do you think I'm too weak?"

Zhao Gang lowered his brows and remained silent.

The maid interrupted quietly, her voice full of respect and admiration:
"How can you be weak, young master? You have been the head of the family since you were eight years old. You are very intelligent and not only know poetry and are good at speaking, but you are also gentle and polite in your dealings with others."

"Ah"

Before Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Zhou Qingshan chuckled and said self-deprecatingly:
"If you are powerless, what's the point?"

This spiritual realm in another world is similar to the ancient times, but - everything is inferior, only martial arts are superior!

Even the weakest warrior in the Hercules Realm has the strength of a thousand pounds with just one arm!

In his previous life, he would be a little superman who could kill a tiger with his bare hands!

He is just a white-collar worker in the 21st century who studied computer science. Here he can read and write, observe people's words and expressions, and tell some fascinating stories.

As for soap, glass, water wheels, and gunpowder, I knew nothing about them.

Even if he could, there was a shortage of supplies here and he didn't have the conditions to do so. Even if he did, he didn't have the ability to do it!

After all, the young people of that era who knew how to kill fish and cook at home had already surpassed 90% of their peers!
(End of this chapter)