Chapter 8: The Wealth of the Dead, Departure

  Feeling the white-clothed man's aura retreat, Chen Jiu instantly collapsed to the ground, not wanting to get up at all. This was a game of life and death, where revealing even a slight weakness could lead to his demise at any moment.

  Looking at Chen Jiu sitting on the ground, Chen Zhong ran over: "Xiaojiu, how is it?"

  Chen Jiu burst out laughing, his wild laughter like that of a madman, causing Pangzi and Chen Zhong to exchange a bewildered glance, thinking Chen Jiu had gone crazy.

  "After a while, Chen Jiu changed his tone: 'That guy is gone'."

  Chubby's small eyes narrowed slightly: "Leaving?"

  Chen Zhong was stunned for a moment, then said: "We're still alive."

  Chen nodded: "Yes, it's too difficult, this world is too dangerous".

  Fatso looked at Chen Jiu: "What should we do now?"

  "Return to Mountain Stronghold" Chen Jiudao.

  Pangzi's head was stunned for a moment, then turned around with difficulty and looked at Chen Jiu: "You're courting death, actually thinking of going back, that guy may come back and kill you at any time."

  Zhong Shu's eyes also looked down at Chen Jiu, as if waiting for Chen Jiu's explanation.

  Chen Jiuxi smiled: "We just go down the mountain like this, relying on the silver on our bodies, how long can we survive? We don't have a living skill, it seems that there are still some leftover treasures on the mountain, if we gather them, we should be able to get through this winter".

  "Since we're leaving this mountain stronghold, let's thoroughly sever ties with the profession of being a bandit. From now on, let's not take any more risks and find a place to live in seclusion."

  When saying this sentence, Chen Jiu's face showed a look of yearning. In this world, Chen Jiu had two wishes. The first was to have enough food to eat and the second was to marry a beautiful woman.

  The second wish is to have a stable home and no longer be a mountain bandit, always on edge, scheming and fighting.

  To be honest, there is no one in this world who wants to be a mountain bandit, and even less so, live a life where they have to put their head between their legs.

  Fat boy looked at Chen seriously for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, you're the boss, I'll listen to you".

  Chen Ji shook his head: "Now that the mountain stronghold is gone, I'm no longer a bandit, nor am I your leader. We are brothers."

  After finishing this sentence, Ha Chenjiu looked at Zhong Shu, and Zhong Shu nodded: "Listening to Young Master".

  Two men helped Chen Jiu up, and the three of them slowly returned to the mountain stronghold. Looking at the corpses all over the mountain, Chen Jiu burst out laughing: "Making a fortune from dead people is the fastest way, let's hurry up and flip through these corpses."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu picked up a piece of tattered cloth and slowly made it into a bundle. He then began to search each of the mountain bandits' bodies one by one.

  As it turns out, these mountain bandits had quite a few things on them. Although the leader ordered the gang to hand over their valuables, these guys weren't going to give up everything without a fight. Each of them wanted to keep some private stash for themselves.

  Soon, he gathered a big bundle of treasure, and a smile appeared on the chubby face, with a greedy look, tightly hugging the bundle: "I've made it, I've become rich".

  Chen Ji kicked him and said: "You're useless, let's go, hurry down the mountain, I never want to come back again."

  Shanxia, Chenjiu walked in the front, Pàngzi in the middle, and Chenzhong at the back.

  "Hey, Fatty, Zhong Shu, do you still have family members down the mountain?"

  "Needless to say, who in our line of work still has family? If we had family, who would still be climbing the mountain?"

  Although Uncle Zhong did not speak, his silence replaced his words.

  Chen Jiu looked at the surrounding scenery: "After we settle down, we will find a wife for you and Zhong Shu to carry on the family line."

  Fatso looked up from his package and gazed at Chen Jiu: "That's a good idea, but it'll cost you money."

  "Are you kidding me? You're going to marry a wife and still want me to foot the bill? What kind of logic is that?"

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu lifted his foot and was about to kick towards Paozi, but fortunately Paozi reacted quickly and dodged in time.

  "Uncle Zhong, where do you think we should settle down?" Chen Jiu withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Uncle Zhong.

  Chen Zhong was the oldest among them and had the most experience, so Chen Jiu wanted to hear his opinion.

  "It's all about the same, the world is a family of snakes and mice, doesn't matter, you can just find any place" Chen Zhong obviously had no opinion.

  Chen Jiu turned his head and calculated in his heart that everything is inferior, only the law of reading books being superior is also applicable in this world.

  Looking at the fat money-obsessed kid, Chen Jiu curled his lips: "Fatty, what do you say we go read books instead?"

  Fatty seemed to be looking at some rare treasure as he stared at Chen Jiu: "We are mountain bandits, you actually want to go read books, aren't you afraid of being caught by the officials?"

  Thieves are naturally afraid of officials, this is an unchangeable fact.

  Chen Jiu looked at Baozi's appearance and knew that this thought was in vain, the topic turned: "You love money so much, why not go into business?"

  Fatso nodded thoughtfully after some deep consideration: "This idea is good, although we have some wealth, we can't just sit on it and do nothing. When I'm free, I'll think about how to do business."

  Chen Jiuyi was stunned, he didn't expect his joke to be taken seriously by this fat guy.

  "Uncle Zhong, what are your plans?" Chen Jiu asked Chen Zhong.

  "Wherever you go, I'll go."

  Chen nodded slightly and didn't say much else.

  They soon arrived at the place where they stayed overnight yesterday. Looking at a pile of charcoal, Chen Jiuyi smiled: "It seems that we will have to stay here for a while."

  "It was one night, not a period of time."

  Chen Jiuyi smiled and didn't expect Chen Zhong to be so serious: "Isn't one night a period of time?"

  Chen Zhong shook his head: "We just got out of the mountain bandit industry, you're saying this for a while now, there will be variables produced".

  Without arguing, Chen Jiuzhao shifted his gaze towards the fatty: "Dinner is up to you, I'm going to chop firewood".

  After finishing speaking, he snapped a few branches from the nearby trees and took them back to his lodging place for the night.

  Not long after, Fatty also brought back some game, and Chen Zhong fetched some clear water.

  Barbecue is still barbecue, but the salt and pepper are a bit less, the taste is not satisfactory.

  Bai glared at the fatty: "You're just thinking about money, and you didn't even know to bring some salt from the mountain back then."

  After finishing speaking, he took a sip of water and handed the water bottle to Chen Zhong.

  The chubby boy's oily face was full of meat, and he didn't care about Chen Jiu's blame, as if he hadn't heard it, eating with relish.

  At night, Chen Zhong and Pangzi lay beside the bonfire, gazing at the stars, occasionally exchanging a few words, then turning their heads to look at Chen Jiu who was meditating, with an eerie expression.

  At this time, Chen Jiu's spirit had already sunk into the creation of heaven and earth, the endless heavenly energy was gathering in the mysterious void towards Chen Jiu's dantian zifu, repairing the hidden diseases one by one, strengthening his foundation.

  The way of heaven's creation is a road where one day equals one divine passage.

  Chen Jiu is currently in the first layer of Tianyuan, and it can even be said that he has not yet entered the door of the first layer of Tianyuan. As for divine powers, they are naturally non-existent.

  This kung fu is very strange, the first heavy sky can't be continued to practice after entering the door, but it needs to practice the second heavy sky. After the second heavy sky has qi, it will drive the first heavy sky to complete the perfection, until all 33 heavy skies are perfect.

  The jade light poured down, was absorbed by Chen Jiu in an instant, and even within a range of over ten meters around Chen Jiu, it became a black hole. No, it should be said that it was the darkness of the night, without any light being produced, just a dark mass, pure blackness, all the bright moonlight had been absorbed by Chen Jiu.

  Pangzi's eyes widened, and he whispered to Chen Zhong: "Uncle Zhong, what kind of kung fu is this kid practicing? This aura is not small."

  Chen Zhong shook his head: "I don't know, but this technique is not simple. It's just that I couldn't see any aura on Xiao Jiu's body."

  "This kid has a lot of secrets, you and I couldn't find that man in white clothes, but this kid can actually find him, it's really not to be underestimated." The fat man got up and added some firewood.

  After finishing speaking, it was silent, as if asleep, or as if recalling the past, or thinking about the road to be taken in the future.

  There was only the crackling of firewood and occasional loud burning sounds, and the birdsong around us had disappeared at some point, or maybe the birds were also sleeping.

  "PS: Collecting blessings from passersby"