Chapter 74 Guan Laidi

What identity? I didn’t react immediately. I was still immersed in the tension of having my identity exposed. Master Liu suddenly asked me to guess his identity. How could I guess it?

Seeing my dumbfounded look, Master Liu laughed, as if the peel of a dried orange had cracked open. Then he stood up with his hands behind his back, walked over to the shelf behind him, and began to carefully flip through things, without looking back. He then said to me, “My ability to make talismans and weapons is second to none in China. So, you, Old Li, your master is so proud, and every time he needs something, he will come to me. Understand?”

As he spoke, he smiled at me again. This smile, with its cracked orange peel, was not a good look! But it affected my mood, and I suddenly seemed to have grasped the point. I almost jumped out of my chair, and then pointed at Master Liu and said, “You… you… you are…”

Forgive my incoherence. I just got the news at the ghost market that if you want to find Kunlun, you must find a Kunlun person or a Kunlun descendant. I never expected that Master Liu, who was in front of me at the moment, would hint that he was!

Master Liu didn’t pay any attention to my excitement, sat back down in his seat, and said calmly, “I originally planned to tell you some news about Kunlun, and depending on how well you do your job, I can also provide you with a network of contacts, because people with a reputation in the circle will buy things from me. Guess who I’ll provide you with a network of contacts?”

I was so excited that I couldn’t even speak. I knew what he meant. He would provide me with my master’s network of contacts. As long as I could grasp these clues, I wouldn’t have to worry about figuring out my master’s trajectory and finding Kunlun.

Master Liu is a master of fishing, and he has successfully made me, the fish, bite the hook and not let go! I even started to breathe heavily.

“Well… I don’t have any other wishes in my life, except to spend a normal life with my daughter and let her enjoy the life of a normal girl. I’m sorry to my daughter’s mother, and this can’t be made up for, I…” Master Liu’s words became softer and softer, and at the end, I could hardly hear him.

But at that moment, Master Liu looked up and said, “What do you think? If you help me bring back that person to negotiate with me, I will give you more information and provide you with a complete network of contacts in your master’s circle! If you can help me complete the spell, I will give you eight words, the most important eight words about Kunlun. With these eight words, you will at least know how to embark on the path of Kunlun. Otherwise, no matter how much you know, Kunlun will still be Kunlun, and it will still be out of reach for you!”

I was so excited that I almost lost my mind. I slammed my hand on the table and yelled, “Deal!”

Master Liu smiled like an old fox, coughed twice, and pointed languidly at the name on the paper, saying, “What else is there to say? Bring her back.”

When I got downstairs, I found Chengxin waiting for me. I asked him, “Why are you here?”

“How would I know? After Shen Xing went upstairs, she said that she had something important to do and wouldn’t be with anyone. The door was closed and never opened again! What was I supposed to do standing there by myself? I just came out to wait for you. What did Master Liu tell you?” Cheng Xin asked.

“Let’s go, first get a room, take a shower and rest a bit.” I was actually a bit tired.

Chengxin looked at the building with a lingering look, probably thinking about Shen Xing, but there was no other way, so he left with me.

When I set off on the journey again, I was alone again. As he had said, Cheng Xin stayed in Tianjin and rented a room close to Master Liu’s place. He was keeping an eye on Shen Xing, which was quite enjoyable.

As for Shen Xing, I haven’t seen him since I came back.

Because the trip was too rushed, I didn’t have time to notify anyone, including Chengqing and Qinhuai, when I returned this time. After a hurried stay at the hotel for just one day, I was already on a bus headed for a small town.

After driving on the highway for nearly five hours, the bus arrived at my destination, the small town!

But in this strange little town, I didn’t stay long. I didn’t even have the mood to take a look around. At the bus station, I hurriedly transferred to another bus headed for a small county town.

The bus was on a national highway that was a bit old, and it swayed a bit. After driving on the national highway for a while, it turned onto a road that was even older, and the bus swayed even more.

Most of the people on the bus were villagers, and in front of the bus there were some chickens and ducks. When the bus swayed, the chickens and ducks squawked and quacked. I was sitting in the back of the bus, and I was a little drowsy from the swaying. I also felt a little sad about my own running around, and always running to remote places.

I don’t know how long it took to get there, but finally we arrived at the small county seat. It’s more like a small market town, with only two streets going back and forth, and there are some small grocery stores around, as well as some residential buildings and small restaurants.

I looked at the address on the paper and asked around. The residents of this town were quite enthusiastic about giving me directions.

When I asked for the specific address, an uncle looked at me strangely and said, “What are you going there for? Isn’t that Guanlangzi’s home?”

Guanlangzi’s home? I frowned slightly. If I remember correctly, the girl I was looking for is called Guan Laidi. It seems that I haven’t found the wrong person, and the information the old woman gave me was quite accurate.

“Oh, it seems that his family is a little bit related to me. I’m here to ask about it on purpose. Uncle, can you take me there?” I had no choice but to make up a random lie.

The uncle looked at me up and down for a while and said, “This Guanlingzi family is also considered blessed, and they have actually come to visit a rich relative in the city. Let’s go, let’s go, I’ll show you the way.”

Was I really blessed? But I was worried inside. I didn’t know what I was doing to others. I always felt that what I was doing was not very right!

But maybe there is no “but” or reason. Cause and effect. I did it today, and I am destined to bear the consequences.

The Guan family’s home was quite far away. The uncle took me on a long detour through the back alleys, and we finally saw a dark house in the distance. The house was already far from the so-called “downtown area,” just two blocks away, almost on the edge of town.

When we got there, the uncle pointed to the dark house and said, “That’s it. You go ahead. I’m not going. That family is not easy to deal with.”

It was rare to find such a sincere uncle, and he even personally brought me here. I chased after him and took out 50 yuan and shoved it into his hand. The uncle didn’t take it at first, but then he took it with some embarrassment, saying that Guanlangzi was blessed, and if the relatives in the city were good, then he walked away.

I took a deep breath and walked towards the dark house with a feeling of inexplicable guilt. Although Master Liu had emphasized that he would not force people, because it would be useless to use coercion, and he would make up for it, I always felt in my heart that Master Liu’s method must be very against the heavens. Am I doing the right thing?

However, I am not a saint, and I could not overcome my obsession. I still walked into the house.

It was a dirty, messy, and simple house. The yard at the entrance didn’t even have a decent gate, just a fence gate that could be pushed in with a light push.

The dirty yard was not even covered with cement, it was just a muddy yard. Several little girls were playing in the dirty yard, chasing each other and even rolling around on the ground. Their clothes and pants were all dusty, and the youngest one, who was probably only one or two years old, had a runny nose and no one to wipe it. She was biting her finger and watching her sisters play around, just smiling foolishly.

No one in the yard paid any attention to my arrival. I stood at the entrance to the yard, not knowing what to say.

At that moment, a man who looked unsteady on his feet came out of the house and shouted at the top of his voice, “You worthless trash, what are you doing in the yard? Go and work!”

After yelling this, the man finally noticed my existence.