In the southern part of Middle-earth, Yuan Chen had a meal in a wine shop and lay down in the sun with some boredom.
"Sir, there are twenty copper coins in total."
Yuan Chen opened one eye and said angrily: "Wasn't it still ten coins before? Why are there so many more now?"
The waiter's face turned red and he was a little speechless, but then he thought about it, this was just a child, and he had never seen him before, so it would be a good idea to accept him a little more.
"The price has gone up. The price of pork has gone up recently. What, can't it?"
Yuan Chen was too lazy to argue with him, and was about to take out a gold leaf to send him away, when a big man walked in.
The big man looked ferocious, not to mention that the opponent was holding something in his hand, and a big knife turned in his hand, which was indescribably light.
"Uncle Wang, what brought you here? What you want to eat is just a matter of words. Why do you need to use your precious baby?"
"I came here today to inspect your little shop. Although you have given me a lot of things over the years, I will not give in on this matter."
Yuan Chen was a little surprised. After the big man said these words, he found that the waiter's face immediately darkened.
The big man didn't care about the waiter's face at all, because in his opinion, it didn't matter how ugly the waiter's face was!
As long as the shopkeepers here are obedient, the waiters are still just waiters after all.
The big man couldn't notice it, but Yuan Chen could clearly feel the change in the spiritual energy around him.
"Uncle Wang, see if you can be more accommodating."
"I said it's no longer possible. I said, why are you mother-in-law? Call your boss out quickly..." Before the big man could finish his words, a big knife was thrust into the big man's waist, completely plunging him into darkness.
Darkness can really swallow everything sometimes.
Yuan Chen dodged and came to the door. He didn't expect that the waiter's strength had reached the Holy Spirit Realm. For a person in the Holy Spirit Realm to work as a waiter in a shop, who would believe it?
Now that Yuan Chen believed it, he already regretted stopping to eat suddenly.
Originally Yuan Chen planned to go find Xiao Wenxing, but after thinking about it, even if he went, Xiao Wenxing wouldn't know him.
The current source of dust is very different from before.
So he set foot directly on the road to the central part, but who would have thought that he would encounter such a black shop.
The reason why black shops can exist is because they have strength.
He had no strength and was destroyed in minutes.
"Whose baby is this? It runs so fast."
The waiter looked at Yuan Chen who suddenly ran out and shook his head. He wanted to clean up the dishes, but suddenly felt that something was missing.
After taking a closer look, I realized that the kid didn't pay, which was a bit annoying!
"No. 9, go and catch that kid back for me."
"yes."
The figure in black suddenly appeared and planned to chase Yuan Chen.
"Wait a minute, then go get that kid's wallet."
"yes."
The man in black responded again and planned to hide again. At this moment, the waiter said: "No, you go to find out the details of that little kid and don't disturb him. I suspect there are powerful people around him to protect him."
This time the man in black was smart and didn't shout "yes" immediately.
As expected, the waiter continued: "No, sending you there will definitely alert the enemy. Go, go find Number One and let him track it."
The man in black still didn't move. This time the waiter reacted and looked at the man in black with some surprise. The man in black hurriedly said 'yes'.
Then his body dissipated, and suddenly, Xiao Er felt that No. 9 breathed a sigh of relief.
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Yuan Chen didn't look back. Now he finally understood a truth. There are most illegal shops in the wilderness. Don't set foot in them, because what you enter is likely to be a illegal shop that you can't deal with.
In the wilderness, it suddenly became cloudy and rainy.
The drizzle falls evenly, giving people a refreshing feeling.
After the New Year, this is the first rain in central Middle-earth.
Spring rain is very precious. The crops need spring rain, the earth needs spring rain, and even Baidi City also needs a spring rain.
The scarlet blood was washed away by the spring rain, and the blood flowed, and a depressing atmosphere hovered over Baidi City.
"Your Majesty, please think twice. In just a few days, the civil and military ministers of the entire dynasty have already suffered heavy casualties."
Shangguan Feng was already quite old and had retired, but after hearing about the recent situation, he came all night and went to the morning court before eating.
"Aiqing, why are you here?"
Shangguan Feng was about to kneel down, but the emperor personally stepped forward and helped him up, preventing him from kneeling down.
"My dear, you have been away from the government for many years. There are some things that you don't know."
Shangguan Feng looked the emperor up and down, and after realizing that the emperor was not crazy about gains and losses, he slowly said: "Your Majesty, you have committed too many crimes!"
"Kill? My dear, you don't know something. If you knew the truth of the matter, you would be as crazy as me."
Shangguan Feng was stunned. He knew the emperor too well. Although creatures like the emperor liked to use imperial mental tricks, Bai Changsheng still retained some of his own persistence.
"Now, I need to know who told you this." Shangguan Feng shuddered, then suddenly thought of something, and just as he was about to speak, an iron awl pierced his heart.
At this time, Shangguan Feng turned around and looked at the child he had worked so hard to raise with some disbelief.
"Qi'er, why is this?"
Shangguan Feng closed his eyes in pain, and when he opened them again, his eyes had become sharp: "If you had not assassinated me, I would have protected you, but no one can save you now."
A sword penetrated Shangguan Qi, cutting him in half, and blood flowed again.
At this time, the ministers were all frightened and did not know what to do to prevent the emperor from making fools of themselves.
The only thing they can know now is to ask nothing and do nothing.
In the palace bedroom, the emperor looked at the seriously injured white-haired old man on the hospital bed, and he still felt a little sad.
"I am just an old man who is about to die. I am very happy to be able to help you get rid of a disaster. I am satisfied to be able to do this for the country."
"I won't let you die. He will be back soon. As long as he comes back, we won't have to be so worried."
The old man finally closed his eyes, and he left peacefully, just as peacefully as when he came into this world.
"You don't owe the country anything in your life. The country owes you too much."
Shangguanfeng was buried grandly, and the whole country observed a moment of silence on this day.
Shangguan Feng has been a general and a soldier, been demoted, and even been locked up in a prison. But from beginning to end, his heart was always thinking about the country.
White replaced blood, and the entire Middle Earth was enveloped in a chilling air.
"What's going on here?" Yuan Chen walked on the street and looked at the white strips hanging everywhere, which was indescribably weird.
"Don't you know?"
"You don't know about such an important thing. You are from out of town."
"Out of town? I don't even think about it. He seems to be a local."
"My child, you are a child who has returned from an outing. Go home and see if you have lost anything."
"Poor child, you were born at the wrong time. If you survive, you will never be able to leave here again."
Yuan Chen was puzzled, he was obviously very careful, even his appearance had changed, but he didn't expect to encounter more things.
"Brother, this is a candy. My mother said that people after death will never be able to eat such delicious lollipops again. I will give it to my brother. He must also protect my mother down there."
The little girl's eyes were dull. There was no lollipop in her hand. It was clearly a person's finger.
The people nearby didn't seem surprised when they saw this scene.
The owner of a stall selling steamed buns said: "This kid has gone crazy since his mother died. He is looking for lollipops all day long."
"If we couldn't stand it any longer, we would have sealed her with her mother's fingers."
"That's true. Every time in the middle of the night, I can hear the sound of grinding my teeth."
"This child has gone crazy. If we hadn't saved her, she might have died outside."
Yuan Chen was noncommittal, he smiled softly and said: "Are you okay?"
"Of course, I feel very good now."
"Of course you are fine, because you are absorbing my spiritual power."
The mark of the Pluto Sword flashed between Yuan Chen's brows, and then everything in front of his eyes changed. The illusion around him, and even the entire world, changed.
"You are already dead."
Yuan Chen opened his mouth. In his eyes, these people were human bones from beginning to end. They had no flesh and blood.
"Do you still have any nostalgia while you are still alive?"
Yuan Chen is not a suitable candidate for the underworld at all, he can only be regarded as a power thief in the underworld at best.
But he would not let go of this opportunity to share the rights of the Underworld Lord.
"Am I already dead? Maybe I died too quickly. I vaguely remember that I seemed to be making soy sauce on the road. The sudden explosion affected me, and then I died."
"I was on my way home, but suddenly two figures passed through my body, and then I died."
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Yuan Chen didn't know what happened in Baidi City, but now that he was here, he needed to take a look.
Not only did he need to see it, he also needed to personally wave to the emperor who caused all this.
Perhaps due to the influence of the White Emperor, Yuan Chen now treats such injustices very seriously.
The moment Yuan Chen stepped into Baidi City, he had already fallen into a space similar to a ghost beating a wall. Faced with this situation, Yuan Chen's solution was simple and crude.
With one punch, the entire ghost wall space trembled and shattered.
Yuan Chen once ate Dragon Sun Grass, and there was still a young dragon soul hidden in the Dragon Sun Grass. In the end, Yuan Chen and Dragon Soul Grass truly merged, and because of this, Yuan Chen's power became very powerful.
"I'm going to help them fulfill their wishes."
Yuan Chen didn't want to help at first, but as a candidate for Underworld Lord, he actually had an unshirkable responsibility.