After leaving the tailor's shop, Ren Ye followed the hand-drawn map, looking for landmarks along the way as he slowly headed toward Three Origin Medical Hall in the upper-right part of the ancient village.
Before he left, Granny Wang, worried that her grandson would neither recognize Ren Ye nor believe him, gave him a child's wooden pinwheel as a token.
Ren Ye deliberately examined it with his perception and discovered that this Star Gate's "errand items" could not be stored in his consciousness space. In other words, the magic treasures and talismans obtained during tasks for attacking the Gutan Sect might all have to be carried on his person, exposing them to the risk of theft.
Although he currently did not have a single cent to his name and was so broke he was practically ready to pawn his pants, he still heightened his vigilance, afraid someone might screw him from behind.
The entire ancient village was shrouded in white mist, which inevitably felt oppressive and irritating.
Ren Ye, however, was extremely patient and had a very clear plan of action. He knew this was his first day here and he was unfamiliar with the terrain, so he had never expected to complete any particular number of tasks.
First learn the rules, then hoodwink the smart alecks, slowly build up resources and assemble a team, and only make his push in the final stages... That was the rhythm of a master swindler.
And so he cautiously made his way forward. After getting lost twice, he finally reached the upper-right area on Gutan Village's map, by which time noon had already passed.
Amid the mist, Ren Ye looked down at the increasingly even ground and murmured, "The ground's getting smoother. I should be close to the village center..."
"Boss, boss... Wishing