"The new master is a thoroughly good man."
After Chen Shi departed, the villagers of Fulou Village were still buzzing with discussion.
"Master Chen has never collected rent, nor has he bullied men or oppressed women. He is a truly benevolent lord! It would be rather a pity to beat him to death."
"Master Chen merely plucked a green cucumber in passing and ate a handful of cherries. Back in Great Shang, they would have stripped the skin right off to sacrifice to Emperor Jia. The heavenly generals who came to bully us last time—they were the ones we buried on the back mountain, weren't they? How many years ago was that?"
"Who remembers? In the past, the heavenly court even sent goddesses and immortal officials to collect our rent, but after many of them were beaten to death, they stopped sending people. The master who came this time is a great benefactor."
"This master seems quite formidable, a good one or two times more formidable than our village's Shang Dugong. We wouldn't be able to beat him in a fight."
"Indeed, we couldn't beat him. Otherwise, he'd be buried on the back mountain as well."
"Caw caw!"
Completely unaware of the tenants' praises, Chen Shi returned to Heavenly Dao Residence only to find that Black Pot had finally returned from outside. The dog didn't know whose company it had been drinking with, but it was dead drunk and staggering unsteadily as two immortals supported it and escorted it home.
"This miraculous pill—what kind of miraculous pill is it precisely? The next time I go to Fulou Village, I must make sure to ask and find out clearly."
Filled with curiosity, Chen Shi consumed a miraculous pill.
Entering his belly, this pill felt different from the cherries and green