Chapter 7 I lied to you
"It's high tide!"

A somewhat panicked exclamation was heard.

Yang Ling turned his head and saw that the originally calm river surface had become turbulent, with one wave higher than the other, like a series of huge walls.

Rows of green and white waves came like waves in the sea, as if to swallow up everything along the coast.

The huge impact force hit the embankment and reefs, leaving rows of white waves on the shore.

The people on the river bank retreated to the levee, and then looked at the river in shock.

No matter how slow they were, they knew that it was definitely abnormal for such strong winds and waves to appear on the river at this time!
At the urging of his driver, Yang Ling returned to the levee and got into the carriage. He then opened the window curtain, turned his head and looked at the surging river, sighing with some regret:
"Wouldn't it be nice to live one more day?"

He originally wanted to make the guy in the river his target for tomorrow's mission.

Now it seems that it may be difficult.

Sure enough, within a short time, a dazzling sword light appeared from the sky and slashed into the surging river without hesitation.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang.

Everyone on the dock held their breath.

After a moment, the turbulent river surface gradually calmed down, and a huge black shadow slowly emerged from the water.

A brave boatman rowed over in a small boat and found that the black shadow was actually a headless catfish that was about ten feet long.

The head was long gone, and the incision was smooth and neat.

After hearing the news, the dock was instantly in an uproar.

"The water monster is dead!"

"It's General Yin's magic sword!"

"Twenty years ago, there was a demonic dragon in this river that enjoyed eating people. It was killed by General Yin with a single sword. Now a mere water demon wants to stir up trouble. It is really courting death!"

"That's right. I heard that General Yin was originally an immortal who came to earth to slay the evil dragon. As a result, he was favored by the old general at that time and was taken as his son-in-law...

Killing demons and eliminating evil is his specialty!"

"..."

Listening to the porters and merchants at the dock talking, Yang Ling couldn't help but stand in awe. These people were really good at boasting!
He shook his head, lowered the curtain, and whispered, "Let's go back to the mansion."

"drive!"

As the driver whipped the horse, two green-scaled horned horses immediately started galloping towards the city.

Sitting in the spacious carriage, Yang Ling opened the reward panel and first received five free attribute points, which he added to the four major attributes of [Enlightenment], [Spirit], [Charm], and [Luck], trying hard to catch up with the sudden surge in [Strength] and [Bone] due to his practice of the Divine Elephant Prison Power.

Then he received the two blind boxes. After habitually sacrificing his old classmate's ten years of singleness, the god who was in charge of the blind boxes finally responded to his prayers.

The first blind box opened a small bottle of jade marrow liquid that can cleanse the meridians and strengthen the body. He had opened a lot of this stuff before, so he drank most of it without hesitation, and saved the rest to share with his two sons in the evening.

This chalcedony liquid melts in your mouth, it is icy cool with a hint of sweetness, and has a dense and delicate taste, feeling like eating ice cream.

But after a moment, a warm current rose from his chest and abdomen, flowing through his limbs and bones, washing his body.

Yang Ling has become accustomed to this.

After the heat flow was absorbed by his body, he opened the attribute panel and saw that [Strength] and [Bone] had each increased by forty or fifty points, leaving the other attributes far behind.

The second blind box revealed the "皆" secret, one of the nine secrets.

The Nine Secrets are nine extremely powerful secret techniques in the world of Shrouding the Sky. They were created by nine top powerhouses and each has different magical uses.

The effect of the secret word "皆" is that it can instantly increase combat power tenfold.

What does ten times the combat power mean?
That is a terrifying force that can change the situation of a battle in an instant!
The most important thing is that this secret method does not have any side effects after using it, and it is even very simple to practice.

It has only one drawback, which is that the success rate of launching the secret method is extremely low.

In Yang Ling's understanding, this "皆" secret is more like a passive skill with a very small chance of being triggered.

A battle may last for days and nights, but it may not be triggered once.

However, he was still very satisfied with this secret method.

After all, this is a skill that depends on luck, and as long as he keeps adding points to [Luck], he will be able to greatly increase the chance of triggering the "皆" secret.

By then, the secret of the word "皆" will be his life-saving trump card!
The carriage rumbled forward quickly, and just as it was about to enter the city, a burst of noise came from the roadside ahead.

Yang Ling lifted the curtain and looked out the window, and found that the noise came from a noodle stall on the roadside.

I saw two stall owners stopping a thin young man with long limbs, and there were many pedestrians around watching the fun.

"Everyone come and take a look, this person ate two bowls of noodles but only paid for one bowl...Everyone come and judge for yourself!" a waiter shouted at the top of his voice.

Yang Ling frowned slightly. He had heard that there was a "sky-high" noodle stall outside the city, which specialized in cheating those merchants, porters, and common people who came to the city for the first time.

When faced with this situation, most people would choose to keep quiet for the sake of face and swallow the loss.

However, facing the two aggressive waiters and the onlookers who were pointing and talking all around, the young man who was surrounded in the middle did not show any embarrassment or panic. Instead, he sat back at the table, holding his chin with one hand, as if thinking about how to solve the dilemma in front of him.

He was wearing a loose green robe, and his long black hair was simply tied into a bun and pinned casually with a branch. He looked a little listless, as if he had not woken up yet.

Yang Ling's eyes lit up, his intuition told him that this thin young man was not simple.

This may also be a spiritual perception unique to those who have reached a high level of spiritual practice.

Even in a vast crowd, you can accurately identify your kind with just one glance.

The thin young man he locked onto was naturally not an ordinary person, but the only disciple of the Saint of the Human Sect - the Great Master Xuandu. With Yang Ling's casual glance, Xuandu instantly noticed this young and handsome businessman, and found that he was not as simple as he seemed.

Because he can't see his fate clearly!

As the only disciple of Saint Taiqing, Xuandu is also extremely proficient in the art of calculating the mysteries of heaven.

Even though a catastrophe is approaching and the destiny is in chaos, he can still deduce the fate of others!

Ordinary people can tell his past and future lives at a glance when standing in front of him.

In his view, major events such as birth, aging, sickness and death, marriage and funerals are all predetermined from the beginning and there are rarely any variables.

However, once a variable occurs, it will inevitably change the established fate of many people and cause immeasurable impact.

And what Master Xuandu loved most in his life was to deduce such variables.

Every variable is like a treasure in his eyes.

At this moment, Yang Ling was undoubtedly such a huge treasure in his eyes!

His existence changed the fate of many people in Guanjiangkou.

Under the entanglement of cause and effect, the fate of many people has deviated from the original path.

And this change is still continuing, like a train that has gone off the track, heading towards unknown areas where no one has ever set foot.

This feeling made Xuandu secretly happy.

He couldn't wait to start calculating and deducing, to count all the variables, and to deduce everything that might happen in the future.

But he still endured it and decided to observe it carefully first.

At this time, Yang Ling had asked the driver to stop the carriage on the side of the road, and he walked quickly to the noodle stall, smiling and stopping the two waiters from continuing to question.

"I'll pay for his noodles."

The two guys looked at each other and nodded and bowed to Yang Ling.

"It turns out to be Mr. Yang!"

"Two bowls of shredded pork noodles cost eighty cents in total. Thank you very much."

Yang Ling smiled slightly and nonchalantly let the driver pay the sky-high price for the noodles.

The two guys became even more enthusiastic and kept praising his generous act.

At this time, Yang Ling took out two gold leaves and held them in the air.

Under the sunlight, the two golden leaves bloomed with attractive golden light, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Only Xuan Du was still sitting quietly at the table, still looking listless, but with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

Yang Ling didn't keep the secret and looked at the two guys while holding up the gold leaf.

"I ask you two a question. Whoever tells the truth will get the gold leaf."

The two guys looked at each other, and their eyes instantly became hot.

A gold leaf!
It’s worth at least tens of thousands of copper coins!

How many people do they have to cheat to make so much money?
"Master Yang, what do you want to ask?"

Yang Ling held up the gold shell, looked at the two waiters and said slowly: "I want to ask, how many bowls of noodles did this brother eat just now?"

"This……"

The two guys didn't expect the question to be like this and hesitated for a moment.

But the next moment, they said in unison:
"bowl!"

Money moves people's hearts!
Even the most cunning person will temporarily lose his judgment when faced with wealth that is within his reach.

Or perhaps, they felt that the gold leaf was enough to make up for the crisis brought about by telling the truth.

No matter what they thought, as soon as the answer came out, there was an uproar among the crowd.

"very good."

Yang Ling turned around and winked at his driver, who immediately stepped forward, knocked the two guys to the ground in a few moves, and found a hemp rope to tie them up carefully.

Although the two guys fought back desperately, the driver following Yang Ling was a skilled fighter that he had carefully selected, and was more than capable of dealing with the two hooligans.

After the driver had tied up the two men, Yang Ling looked around at the crowd and said sternly, "These two have been cheating and bullying foreign merchants here for years. I will have them escorted to the government office later. Please go and be witnesses."

There were many merchants from other places among the onlookers. They applauded and followed the driver to escort the two assistants to the government office.

Before leaving, the two guys looked at Yang Ling with a look of despair.

"Master Yang, you said that whoever tells the truth will get the gold leaf. You can't go back on your word!"

Yang Ling smiled and said cheerfully:

"I lied to you."

The crowd suddenly burst into laughter.

No one thought that he was not keeping his word. Instead, they all praised him for his wisdom and for outsmarting the two thugs.

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(End of this chapter)