New Legacy Talent

Yanhe Pavilion.

At the first-floor counter, the night was deep, and there were few guests.

"Not a bad day's earnings..."

Bandit Brother wore a smile, his fingers clattering loudly against the abacus.

Less than two breaths later.

After hearing a series of startled cries from outside the inn, he suddenly noticed a handsome man standing in the lobby.

More importantly, this man had walked in through the air!

"A cultivator!"

Bandit Brother exclaimed in shock, his hands trembling so violently that the abacus continued to rattle.

"A cultivator is here..."

"We pay our respects to the cultivator master!"

"Immortal!"

At the same time, the other guests inside the inn and the people outside all scrambled to bow.

But with a gentle wave of Chen Changhong's sleeve, they found themselves unable to kneel.

Only Bandit Brother, who had stepped out from behind the counter, remained on his knees.

"Great cultivator master..."

Seeing that everyone else remained standing while he alone was forced to kneel, Bandit Brother felt a mix of terror and bewildered curiosity.

"Do you know why I have come for you today?"

Chen Changhong stepped forward, his palm glowing with a faint red hue, causing the temperature in the inn to rise slightly.

"It is the legendary immortal art..."

"So this is... a technique...?"

Witnessing this, the crowd dared not speak, though they were inwardly stunned.

It was their first time seeing a technique.

"I... I do not know..." Facing Chen Changhong's outstretched palm, Bandit Brother was paralyzed with terror, his mind blank as he shook his head unconsciously.

"Cultivator master... cultivator master... have you... perhaps mistaken me... for someone else..."

"I have not." Chen Changhong scoffed, sweeping his gaze over the people inside and outside the inn. "Twenty years ago, this man was a bandit who killed my grandfather, Chen Guan, in the woods outside the town. Do you remember this?"

"Chen Guan? Chen Guan?!" How could Bandit Brother not know this name?

It sounded similar to the name of Young Hero Chen.

Furthermore, twenty years ago was the time he had escaped from prison.

In particular, his brother had been mauled to death by a black bear, and he had barely escaped the beast's jaws only to be imprisoned again.

That period was a turning point in his life.

He had some memory of it, and now that it was brought up, he recalled those events.

But he truly had not known the old man's name.

Yet, he never expected it to share the same pronunciation as Young Hero Chen.

At this moment.

Accompanied by the sound of heavy footsteps.

Chen Guan walked in from outside, meeting the gaze of Bandit Brother, who was looking at him for help.

Chen Guan was the highest level of martial prowess Bandit Brother knew.

He also felt that Chen Guan had been intentionally following him for some time.

So, as Chen Guan entered.

Clutching at a straw, he shouted to him:

"Brother Chen, save me!"

Having shouted, he pinned his greatest hopes on Chen Guan.

Meanwhile, the others inside and outside the inn dared not look at Young Hero Chen or the cultivator.

"Young Hero Chen is doomed..."

"To stand against an immortal... he will surely die..."

"Young Hero Chen... please don't do anything foolish..."

The crowd was panicked, but they dared not speak in the presence of an immortal, nor did they dare to advise Chen Guan in the heavy silence.

Before the crowd and Bandit Brother could even recover from their fear.

Seeing Chen Guan arrive, Chen Changhong's fierce expression shifted, and he said respectfully, "Grandfather, how should your grandson deal with the one who harmed you in your past life?"

"What... did the cultivator grandfather just say the words 'past life'?"

"Do people really have past and present lives?"

"This immortal is actually Young Hero Chen's grandson?"

Hearing these words suddenly, everyone was stunned.

"He..." Bandit Brother's mind was roaring, "Young Hero Chen... he... he is actually that Traveling Old Man..."

"Innkeeper," Chen Guan said with a calm expression, "Since things have reached this point, there is no need for concealment. I am indeed the Traveling Old Man from back then.

You slew my past life, so in this life, I naturally had to seek you out."

"Spare me, you two immortals..." Seeing that his secrets were exposed and escape was impossible, Bandit Brother stopped making excuses and began kowtowing for mercy.

"I never expected the Yanhe Pavilion innkeeper to be a bandit..." Seeing this scene and hearing the words of Young Hero Chen and the immortal, the others finally understood the general sequence of events.

At this very moment.

Chen Changhong raised his palm, finalizing his last technique, preparing to kill the bandit and claim his soul.

"Wait!"

Seeing his grandson about to strike, Chen Guan shouted sharply.

Hearing his grandfather's cry, although the technique had already been unleashed, Chen Changhong did his best to deflect it, striking the ground beside Bandit Brother instead.

BOOM—

The next second, an explosion rang out.

Under the fearful gazes of the crowd, the wooden floorboards were shattered, stone and wood splinters flew, and a pit dozens of meters deep was gouged into the ground.

Within this pit lay scattered silver.

"The silver I buried decades ago..."

Seeing the silver, Bandit Brother was suddenly stunned.

The reason he had returned to the town and changed his identity was entirely because of this silver.

But later, through a stroke of luck, he became an innkeeper and began earning dozens of taels a day, causing him to gradually forget about the buried silver.

In such a prosperous and peaceful life, he felt it had become dispensable.

He hadn't even wanted to remember those past events anymore.

Whoosh—

In the next moment, while Bandit Brother was lost in confusion and fear, he saw Chen Guan flash toward him with a blade, accompanied by the sound of wind.

A whisper followed, "To tell you the truth, the Flying Thief was also me..."

The blade passed.

Bandit Brother felt the world spin, as if he were drawing closer and closer to the past at the bottom of the pit.

Thud—

Bandit Brother's severed head fell into the pit, rolling until it rested against the silver.

At the same time, Chen Guan saw the text appear on the Scroll in his mind.

[You have resolved the karmic killing tribulation of your first life.]

[Scroll Character: Bandit]

As the text appeared, the features of the bandit on the first Scroll became clearer.

[Please choose to inherit the "Bandit's" legacy]

[1: Basic Fist and Foot Talent, Proficiency: 102/1000]

[2: Reciprocity]

[3: Soil Research]

Glancing over them, while his grandson extracted the soul and the people inside and outside the inn remained silent in terror.

Chen Guan looked at the first option.

[Basic Fist and Foot Talent: Common, growth-oriented, applicable to most living beings.]

This is good, it has growth potential.

Chen Guan then looked at 2.

[Reciprocity: Common, applicable in most situations.]

[Effect: When you gift an item to someone, slightly increase the probability of a return gift.]

One glance, and Chen Guan understood this.

Because back in reality, he had also given gifts, but many were like "meat buns thrown at a dog—never to return."

Many people simply didn't care for etiquette.

However, this entry increased the probability of it "not being a total loss."

Still, it seemed rather meaningless.

Given his current strength, he had no need to offer gifts to anyone in town.

As for the big shots he wanted to befriend, he couldn't reach them, and even if he did, they wouldn't necessarily value his gifts.

A common entry, truly a bit of a chicken rib.

Finally, he looked at 3.

[Soil Research: Common, Knowledge-type, applicable to all living and non-living beings]

[Effect: Gain some memory and knowledge regarding soil and stone structures]

"Digging tunnels?"

Seeing this, Chen Guan suddenly recalled that Bandit Brother seemed to have escaped from prison.

But compared to this "prison-break earth-tunneling technique."

Chen Guan focused his gaze more on the growth-oriented 1.

[Basic Fist and Foot Talent: 102/1000]

[Effect 1: You have a natural familiarity with common fist and foot martial arts]

[Effect 2: Your basic physical fitness is slightly improved]

Choose it.

The next second.

Chen Guan suddenly felt his whole body lighten, his strength increasing by over a hundred catties.

Furthermore, he felt a sense and habit of having practiced fist and foot techniques for many years, just as he had when he obtained Basic Blade Technique; it was as if every move and stance was perfectly natural.