Temple Fair
Three days later.
Thank you, Mom!
Fang Yu took his family's household registration documents, thanked Miaoyu, and left Miaoyu Courtyard.
[Fang Yu, a native of East Long County, accompanied his parents on their business trips from a young age, spending most of his time traveling. Three years ago, both his parents passed away, and he subsequently returned to his ancestral home.]
Miaoyu's connections were as impressive as the rumors in the martial arts world. In just three days, she got his household registration sorted out and even gave him a courtyard as a bonus.
The household registration is genuine, the identity is genuine, the parents are also genuine, and they were indeed merchants. However, the family of three encountered bandits on their business trip and all of them died.
However, the identity remained, and with the help of that thousand taels of silver, it became Fang Yu's identity.
From this moment forward, he is a native of East Long County. As for his accent, the fact that no one in the neighborhood recognizes him is perfectly explained by his long-standing identity as a merchant.
Fang Yu could roughly guess how Miaoyu had managed it. She must have connections within the East Long County office, most likely with the household registration department. Her identity was likely processed by them, making it even more authentic than the real one.
Following the address on his household registration, Fang Yu arrived at No. 31 Peace Street in Peace Ward.
The courtyard wasn't very big. The west wing faced the street, and there was a small shop, but it had long been closed. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and the house was covered with cobwebs. The doors and windows were old and worn, and they creaked when the wind blew.
"This place is not bad!"
Fang Yu inspected the place and was quite satisfied with its location. After all, it was right next to the street, so he could use it to run a small business to pass the time. Although the house and yard were old, they could still be repaired.
Over the next few days, Fang Yu began cleaning the courtyard and repairing the house. He didn't need to hire anyone; he bought some wood, window paper, and other materials and repaired the house himself.
When he was cultivating the Fire of Ten Thousand Households in the Black-Yellow Realm, he absorbed the life experiences of millions of mortals, many of whom came from crafts families. They were experts not only in repairing houses but also in building from scratch.
In just half a month, the entire courtyard was completely transformed, the houses were repaired and repainted, and the broken doors and windows were all fixed.
Fang Yu took out his own tea table in the tidied courtyard, boiled a pot of water, brewed a pot of tea, and drank it while basking in the sun. This made him feel as if he had returned to the days when he cultivated immortality and lived in seclusion in the Great Scarlet Heaven.
Although immortal cultivation is no longer possible in this Demon Martial Arts world, martial arts can still be practiced. Apart from the lower level of power, there is no difference.
After finishing his tea, Fang Yu got up and stretched his limbs in the courtyard before slowly beginning to practice his Cultivation Method.
As the days passed, Fang Yu settled into a life of seclusion there.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.
On this day, Fang Yu was practicing his boxing in the courtyard. As he moved about, his movements produced a faint rumbling sound, which sounded like the roars of tigers and leopards.
[Mysterious Armor Prison-Suppressing Art +1]
[Mysterious Armor Prison-Suppressing Art (Level 5): 1%]
As the panel appeared, Fang Yu gradually stopped and exhaled a long breath.
"This focused, secluded practice has indeed led to rapid progress!"
After living in seclusion for more than half a year, Fang Yu broke through again in his Mysterious Armor Prison-Suppressing Art.
His martial arts rank has also been raised to the Fifth-Grade Inspector.
Compared to Sixth-Rank Strongman, reaching the strength of Fifth-Grade Inspector means one can already take up a position in various government offices within the imperial court's military officer system.
Moreover, this position isn't low-ranking; even those in the Sixth Department have a chance to get in.
For example, if Fang Yu were to take the exam for the Ministry of War now, and if he passed, he would have the opportunity to become a Fifth Grade official, in charge of military affairs in a region.
However, his "Mysterious Armor Prison-Suppressing Art" has no legitimate origin, no master, and was not earned through promotion in the military. This means that his background is unclear, and it is impossible for him to enter the government office. He can only make a living in the martial arts world.
In the martial arts world, his skills were already quite formidable. Whether he worked for a security escort agency or in the martial arts world, he could do well. Even if he became an outlaw, he could establish his own stronghold.
However, Fang Yu has no intention of getting involved in those things. Right now, he just wants to steadily improve his martial arts realm, reach the limit of martial power in this world, and see if there are any extraordinary powers beyond that, or even powers similar to those of immortal cultivation.
After all, there are still Demon Beast in this world. Since there are Demon Beast, there is a possibility that there are forces that cultivate immortality. It's just that his current martial arts level is too low to make contact with them.
Pulling his thoughts back, Fang Yu scanned the Demon Beast meat inside the Mirror-Breaking Pearl with his Divine Thought. Of the three thousand catties of mountain deer meat he had previously seized, he had already eaten more than half of it. Theoretically, he could eat the rest for another year, but now that he had advanced to the Fifth Grade, his requirements for Qi and Blood were much greater. Therefore, in reality, he could only eat it for another six months.
Therefore, we still need to consider the issue of Demon Beast meat; what to do after we finish eating all this mountain deer meat.
Fang Yu personally still prefers to try and seize another opportunity, but in Long City, Great Long teeming with experts, the risk of making a raid here is extremely high.
In Bei'an Prefecture City, the Master are concentrated in the three major families, and their numbers are limited to just a few people.
But here, there are hundreds of Master, and quite a few Grandmaster as well. Besides the Second Grade officials of the imperial court, there are many retired Grandmaster, as well as Grandmaster and Master who live in seclusion in the Great Long.
With this density, it wouldn't be surprising to run into one head-on on the road.
Therefore, deciding who to rob and how to rob them requires careful planning.
He's been living in seclusion for more than half a year; it's time for him to go out and explore.
*****
June 15th. City God.
"Candied hawthorn..."
"Steamed buns! Freshly baked steamed buns..."
"Excuse me, hot water, hot water, don't get burned..."
"..."
The temple fair on the fifteenth of each month is very lively, with crowds of people coming and going. Every now and then you can see pretty young women and women going out in groups.
Fang Yu, a girl with an ordinary face and figure, wearing a long dress, was slowly eating a candied hawthorn while strolling through the temple fair.
"Do you know who Chu Qiantu is? He's from the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry, which has already been wiped out. His martial arts skills have reached the Sixth-Rank Strongman level..."
Suddenly, Fang Yu heard a familiar name. He followed the sound and soon arrived at a wall. There he saw a storyteller standing in front of a notice, speaking loudly. The person depicted on the notice was none other than the wanted criminal ' Chu Qiantu ' that he had randomly found in the wanted list when he was in Bei'an Prefecture.
At this time, several more crimes were added to the notice, and the reward was increased. The notice also stated that Chu Qiantu had arrived near Long City and was now hiding in the city.
"... Speaking of Chu Qiantu, he used to be a bandit in White Wolf Mountain, ruling his own territory. But soon after, he was denounced as a remnant of the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry. The government dispatched a large army to wipe him out, but he was very cunning and escaped. Now he has come to Long City. Who do you think he is looking for?"