Chapter 6: Want to show off? Have you asked me?
Ever since he realized that he might be Erlang Shen's father, Yang Ling would set aside at least one hour every morning and evening to practice.

Just so that when the disaster of annihilation comes, he will have the power to protect himself and his family.

However, his sudden enthusiasm and hard work in cultivation soon attracted the attention of his family.

Facing his wife's doubts, Yang Ling said righteously:

Now that the child has embarked on the path of cultivation, he, as a father, must set a good example for the child!

Yunhua felt very pleased to hear this, and generously took off his clothes to reward him on the spot.

In addition to cultivation, Yang Ling also had to deal with some business matters every day, and he also had to spend time completing the most important task of "Do one good deed a day".

It was a pity that the opening of the "Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Power" seemed to have used up all his accumulated luck, and for the next half month he only opened some small items of low value.

……

Guanjiangkou, whose real name is Guan County, is the place where the Yangtze River and the Huai River meet.

The scenery is shrouded in clouds and mist, and the mountains and waters blend together.

When the sun rises, the sunlight shines through the clouds onto the river surface, making the water sparkle, and the entire Guanjiangkou becomes exceptionally beautiful.

Ships of all sizes traveled on the river, loaded with all kinds of goods, which were transported to various places in Dashang by water.

The dock on the shore is bustling with traffic and pedestrians, accompanied by the shouts of vendors, and the scene is lively and bustling everywhere.

Yang Ling, dressed in brocade, stood high on the dock, looking at the scene of thousands of sails competing on the river, secretly calculating how much profit the cargo on these ships could bring him.

The profits from these businesses, apart from maintaining the operation of various stores and living expenses, were all invested in alchemy and charity.

Alchemy goes without saying.

Various rare and valuable herbs that have aged are extremely expensive, and coupled with the alchemy furnace that explodes from time to time, the expenses in this regard are definitely not small.

The other thing is the cost of Yang Ling’s own charity every day.

There are many forms of doing good, such as eliminating evil, saving people, providing disaster relief, building bridges, paving roads...

Yang Ling has done all these things.

He built five bridges and paved six dirt roads within a hundred miles of Guanjiangkou, and set up seven or eight free porridge stalls and low-cost medical clinics open all year round.

Because of this, he offended many local gentry.

However, these good deeds also earned him the reputation of being a kind man named Yang.

Not to mention people far away, at least in Guanjiangkou, most people can't help but give a thumbs up and praise Yang Ling, saying "Mr. Yang is such a kind man!"
After inspecting the goods, Yang Ling was about to take a carriage back to the city when he heard a noisy voice coming from the dock.

"Someone fell into the water!"

"It seems to be the youngest son of Zhao Laosan, the porter!"

"Someone come quickly!"

"..."

Yang Ling got off the carriage and saw that everyone on the dock was crowding towards the river.

By the time he arrived at the riverside, there were already hundreds of people surrounding it in three circles inside and outside, all of them were porters, boatmen and merchants at the dock.

Lying on the ground was a half-grown child, about seven or eight years old, with a pale face, purple lips, and staring blankly at the sky.

A short, dark-skinned man was anxiously pinching his philtrum and calling his name, but there was no response at all.

"Is this the third one this month?"

"There might be a monster in this river!"

Some people were sighing softly, and some were frightened.

"Your child must have been bewitched by a water demon!"

An elderly man in the crowd muttered something. Seeing people on both sides looking at him, he seemed to be encouraged and raised his voice:
"I say, Zhao Laosan, stop wasting time, your child has lost his soul!
The same thing happened in Guanyun last month.

Your child's soul must have been taken away by the monster in the river. It's no use for you to shout here. Go to the city and ask the witch to call back the soul!"

"oh oh……"

The dark-skinned man was the porter Zhao Laosan. He was already in a state of panic at this moment. He put the child on the ground and stumbled through the crowd to run towards the city.

"Have you brought money?" the old man reminded, "If you want to ask the witch to come and call back the soul, it will cost at least two thousand coins!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Laosan was stunned where he stood, and the fire of hope that had just ignited in his eyes was extinguished in an instant.

He worked as a porter at the dock. When there was a lot of work, he would only earn twenty or thirty cents a day. If there was no work, he would earn nothing. What's more, he had a large family to support, as well as various taxes and labor service!
Two thousand coins!
Even if he worked for two years without eating or drinking, he might not be able to save so much money!

"No Money?"

The old man smacked his lips and said regretfully, "That's difficult. Those witch doctors don't run charity halls..."

Before he finished speaking, someone started to make a fuss.

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult... Mr. Yang who runs the charity is here!"

Only then did everyone see Yang Ling and hurriedly made way for him.

The old man's eyes lit up and he said happily, "It's good that Master Yang is here. You are very wealthy, and two thousand coins is just a drop in the bucket for you!
Please help and ask Zhao Laosan to go to the city to ask for a witch. If it’s too late, it may be too late!"

Yang Ling took a look at the old man and recognized him as the head of Zhaojiazhuang.

Zhaojiazhuang is not far from the pier, and most of the porters and boatmen at the pier are from Zhaojiazhuang.

In order to facilitate hiring people, he had specially asked someone to give a generous gift to the head of the village, and the two sides had established some friendship.

However, he ignored the other party at this moment, but turned to look at a huge reef on the river bank that looked like a lying cow.

In the shadow of the reef, there stood a little boy of seven or eight years old, looking over here eagerly, as if he wanted to come over, but as soon as his hands and feet touched the sunlight, he quickly shrank back.

In the river not far from the shore, there was a huge black shadow, staring at the little boy in the shadow. Seeing that Yang Ling ignored him, he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

With so many people watching, he felt a little embarrassed, his eyes rolled slightly, and he quickly changed his tone, bowing and saying, "I'm begging you on behalf of Zhao Laosan!
Mr. Yang, please be kind enough. Two thousand coins may not be a big deal to you, but it is a life to this child!

Zhao Laosan, what are you still standing there for? Come and kowtow to Master Yang!"

"oh oh……"

The honest and simple Zhao Laosan reacted, knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed to Yang Ling repeatedly.

"Master Yang, please have mercy!"

"Please save my child!"

"..."

Yang Ling frowned slightly, looking at that place and said: "Are you going to force me to pay money to show your prestige?

Or do you want me to pay you money to help you win people's hearts?
I'll pay the money, and you'll be the good guy?"

The headman's thoughts were exposed by him, so he waved his hands and said aggrievedly: "What do you mean, Master Yang? I just..."

"you shut up!"

Seeing that he was about to open his mouth to explain, Yang Ling interrupted him without hesitation and sneered, "I came here just to see if there is anything I can help with, but what do you mean by forcing me to pay as soon as you come up?
Since you know that human life is important, why don’t you pay for it yourself?
Don’t tell me you have no money. This moonlight is a gift I asked someone to give you and it is worth three thousand coins!

You yourself have been embezzling a lot of wages from the villagers on a daily basis. I have kept all these accounts for you. Do you want me to have someone bring the account book to everyone to see?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the head of the village's face immediately became extremely ugly.

The porters from Zhaojiazhuang were even more excited. They didn't even bother to watch the fun and surrounded the head of the village, demanding that he immediately return their hard-earned money.

The head of the village was in tears.

He originally just wanted to show off his prestige through Yang Ling, but he didn't expect to get himself into big trouble.

"Quiet!"

Yang Ling shouted coldly.

"I will help you get back the hard-earned money that was deducted from you! If he doesn't give it to you, I will make it up to you!

Stop arguing now!"

As a well-known local wealthy businessman, Yang Ling still has some prestige.

As soon as he finished speaking, the riverside immediately became quiet, with only the sound of the surging river water hitting the rocks on the shore.

Yang Ling turned to look at his driver, "Bring me an umbrella!"

The latter hurried back to the carriage and fetched a large oilcloth umbrella.

Everyone present looked over curiously. Amid their puzzled gazes, Yang Ling walked to the reef with an umbrella, looked at the little boy and said softly:
"follow me."

The little boy nodded, stayed obediently under the umbrella and followed him to the center of the crowd, then fell down directly, and his figure overlapped with the child on the ground.

The next moment, the lifeless boy suddenly blinked, stood up and called out timidly:
"Dad!"

"Hey, wake up!"

Everyone exclaimed.

"Er Gouzi's soul is back!"

Zhao Laosan was surprised and delighted. He picked up his hand and slapped him, "You son of a bitch, you finally woke up! I told you not to go to the water, but you wouldn't listen! I might as well beat you to death!"

Amid the sound of "pa pa pa" flesh being pounded, everyone looked at Yang Ling in surprise, as if they were seeing him for the first time.

"Master Yang is truly amazing. He even knows the ability to call back souls through witchcraft!"

At this time, Zhao Laosan came over and kowtowed again, and pulled his son along with him.

"Thank you, Master Yang! Thank you, Master Yang!"

Not only them, but the porters from Zhaojiazhuang also bowed and expressed their gratitude.

Yang Ling waved his hand, and as expected, an information panel appeared in front of him——

【Daily Good Deeds Mission Completed】

[Task evaluation: Excellent]

【Please receive your reward】

【1. Instantly restore to the best state】

【2. Random blind box +2】

[3. Free attribute points +5]

……

Yang Ling was very satisfied with this.

It seems that my efforts were not in vain.

The [Do One Good Deed a Day] task has a unique evaluation mechanism. So far, he has only seen three levels: qualified, excellent, and perfect.

The higher the rating, the greater the reward.

After years of research, Yang Ling discovered that if he wanted to improve his reputation, he had to try his best to do it more perfectly, just like he just saved someone directly, which was easier to raise his reputation than paying a witch to call back his soul.

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(End of this chapter)