Chapter 370

This guy entered Beijia two hundred years ago; at that time, the Beijia Nation had already been established for a long time, so it should have some understanding. He Lingchuan was not in a hurry and returned to the previous question: "The nightmare energy you mentioned, can it also be referred to as life?" "Nightmare energy is nightmare energy, life is life; they intersect but cannot be completely confused," the mirror hurriedly corrected him. "You are a life, and the old man guarding the gate at Zizhu Garden is also a life; essentially, there is no difference. But nightmare energy is different; humans grow from infants to young adults, and the nightmare energy in their bodies becomes more and more abundant; and from young adults to old age, in this process, nightmare energy gradually dissipates and returns to heaven and earth, completing a cycle of returning to where it came from. So the nightmare energy possessed by you and that gate-guarding old man is worlds apart in both quality and quantity!"

He Lingchuan was thoughtful: "I am a cultivator."

"You are a cultivator, so the nightmare energy you possess is more and richer; this is as it should be," the mirror talked eloquently. "The ancient immortals possessed too much nightmare energy and could not adapt to the world after the disaster, which is why they disappeared."

"So essentially, nightmare energy (nightmare power) is spiritual energy?"

"Yes!"

Nightmare energy and profound crystals were all different manifestations of spiritual energy. In the end, this thing needed to replenish spiritual energy to be repaired.

"Too much trouble, I'll just find a blacksmith to repair it for you."

"That—that will do too," the mirror said reluctantly. "But at least use Yugold."

"...... Damn!"

It turned out that the most basic method could repair it! Actually, this thing just wanted to take advantage and get some profound crystals or precious metals from him to eat, right?

He Lingchuan couldn't help but rub his temples. A family that wasn't wealthy to begin with was now raising such a big spender; it was adding frost to snow.

At this time, Shi Congshan, the second-in-command of the Shimen Chamber of Commerce, came to see him. Hearing that the Imperial Preceptor's guards of the Treasure Tree King of Beijia were also staying here and even wanted to travel with them, he was overjoyed.

The territory of the Treasure Tree King alone was larger than the Fu Nation and was also closer to the Fu Nation. If the Shimen Chamber of Commerce could connect with the Imperial Preceptor's mansion, they could expand their business map by a lot at once. He Lingchuan knew the thoughts of these merchants very well, so he went to knock on the door and call Wu Jingsong and the other to drink, and took the opportunity to introduce the second-in-command Shi to them at the table.

The four talked happily. Wu Jingsong couldn't spread the news about the loss of Young Master Sha's soul, so he only said they came to Wu Ze County on official business but encountered a mirror demon, and so on. He Lingchuan added fuel to the fire and told the story of last night again, which made the second-in-command Shi exclaim repeatedly; he didn't expect that while he was sleeping, these terrifying things had happened by the side of Mochou Lake.

Especially since Gan Sanye Gan was involved, the second-in-command Shi drank three bowls of wine in a row after hearing it, shouting that it was satisfying.

"You brat, retribution is here!"

Taking advantage of the wine, he talked about many past events of the Gan family. To He Lingchuan's surprise, Gan Sanye Gan had done many bastard things, but the one who truly walked others' paths and left others with no path to walk was actually First Master Gan.

"First Master Gan is dead, so there will be a good show to watch in the Gan family."

As if to confirm the second-in-command Shi's words, by the afternoon of the next day, the news that the pass for the Demon Nest Swamp had changed hands was already spreading wildly throughout the county.

He Lingchuan dared to bet ten copper coins that this was the wind released by the Shimen Chamber of Commerce. Because the news didn't specify whose hands the pass had fallen into, otherwise he definitely wouldn't have had peace these past few days.

The creditors who heard the news almost broke the threshold of the Gan family.

First Master Gan was dead, and the Gan family had lost the Demon Nest pass; then what future did the Gan Chamber of Commerce have? They had to rush to collect debts before others, otherwise, they were afraid they would lose everything later.

How could the Gan family handle such a scene? It was said that Second Master Gan couldn't stand the creditors' gossip and started hitting people, and the bailiffs arrived at the door immediately. Fortunately, the County Magistrate still owed First Master Gan a little favor, and the creditors were also willing to take money to settle the matter, so Second Master Gan paid a large sum of money before he was detained in the county jail.

This matter went crazy in the county.

On the third day, the exhausted Mother Gan fell ill, with only two old servants to serve her medicine. The servants of the Gan family brought out more rumors and big gossip.

At this time, Steward Zhao came to find He Lingchuan and asked if he could accept the Gan family's apology and agree to hand over the pass to the Gan family after the trip to Lingxu City. The Gan Chamber of Commerce was willing to offer generous assets.

He Lingchuan, of course, refused and smiled at Steward Zhao: "You didn't deliver this message very sincerely." He didn't even say a few nice words.

Steward Zhao was slightly embarrassed.

The Shi brothers were also on the side and, seeing this, helped him out: "The decline of the Gan family is a foregone conclusion. Steward Zhao knows that Brother He is a clear-eyed person, so why bother to whitewash it?"

He Lingchuan knew that Steward Zhao was already their person in secret, so he didn't pursue the matter to embarrass him and changed the subject: "The Gan family might still have one way to overcome the current crisis."

"Oh, what is it?"

"Find you to cooperate," He Lingchuan smiled. "You have the pass, and the Gan Chamber of Commerce has connections and business routes; it's a perfect match. No matter what, overcome the Gan family's current crisis first."

The second-in-command Shi hummed: "Cooperate with his family? Thinking quite beautifully."

First Master Shi thought for a moment but said: "It's not impossible."

In business, talk business. As long as the Gan family pays enough money and bleeds enough, what can't be discussed?

The Gan family was so fat; who wouldn't be greedy when they saw it? It's a pity that the Gan family members seemed to have really not thought of this method and never came to the Shimen Chamber of Commerce to contact them.

Another day later, several heads and stewards of the Gan Chamber of Commerce suddenly disappeared, and along with them, a huge sum of money from the accounts. Even He Lingchuan was tongue-tied when he heard the number; he only felt that the family foundation First Master Gan had worked hard to build was very thick, and even the cash flow was so abundant.

But they played such a trick of running away with the money, and the Chamber of Commerce immediately couldn't pay wages and payments for goods. People's hearts were already wavering, and the people below stopped working and rushed to the Gan residence to surround and demand payment.

Second Master Gan couldn't withstand the pressure from creditors and agreed to sell off family property and Chamber of Commerce assets to pay debts; just as he made this decision, Gan Sanye Gan ignored his mother lying on the bed, greased the soles of his feet, and slipped away!

Of course, he also took away a lot of valuable jewelry from the family.

After all, the Gan family still had some family foundation at this time, and Gan Sanye Gan's business ability was not good, but his eye for appraising treasures was very good, and he knew clearly what was valuable in the family.

This was already the fifth day, and the Shimen Chamber of Commerce's caravan to Lingxu City in the Beijia Nation set off. The second-in-command Shi sighed that he wouldn't be able to hear the exciting follow-up of the Gan family.

He Lingchuan said leisurely: "I'll bet with you, Gan Sanye Gan won't be able to escape. If you don't believe it, you and I will wait a little longer."

"Really?" The second-in-command Shi immediately ordered to postpone the departure time, "Then I'll bet ten taels of silver."

As a result, by the afternoon of this day, the latest news was refreshed again:

Gan Sanye Gan hadn't escaped far.

He was robbed in a small grove on the outskirts of the county.

When others found Gan Sanye Gan, he was lying in the mud groaning, a large bump bulging on the back of his head, his whole body was looted, and even his other leg was broken.

Who was the robber?

Gan Sanye Gan cried and said a name: Luo Xunyi!

He only brought his trusted subordinate Luo Xunyi on this run, and even abandoned his personal attendant. He didn't expect Luo Xunyi to turn against him in the small grove and sneak attack him with a hammer. Gan Sanye Gan's head was hard and he wasn't knocked unconscious, so Luo Xunyi broke his leg...

Of course, Luo Xunyi was no longer in Wu Ze County now, and no one knew where he had gone.

Hearing this, the second-in-command Shi asked He Lingchuan: "How did you know he would definitely be unlucky?"

"He is still too young. The Gan family is in a troubled autumn, and he owes a huge amount of foreign debt. Can there be few people staring at him?" He Lingchuan smiled. "And he has no ability to recognize people, yet he actually took a white-eyed wolf to run away. If he isn't a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, who is?"

The pores of the second-in-command Shi were all clear, and he laughed loudly: "A good omen, truly a good omen! This trip to Lingxu City will definitely be smooth sailing."

Even if he returned to the Gan family, Gan Sanye Gan's fate was a foregone conclusion; the creditors wouldn't let him go, and the fellow villagers he had bullied wouldn't let him go either.

When a drum is broken, everyone beats it.

Working hard is an ability, and being able to maintain the status quo is also an ability; it's a pity the Gan family had no talent. Waiting for this family was only a bleakness and dimness that couldn't be seen to the end.

The second-in-command Shi felt truly relieved.

He Lingchuan asked him: "Why hate Gan Sanye Gan so much?"

Shi Congshui was startled, thought for a moment, and then said: "He doesn't count as a great villain; he doesn't deserve these four words, but people like Gan Sanye Gan are not worth pitying when they die."

"The evil of a mediocre person?"

"Yes, yes, exactly the evil of a mediocre person!" Shi Congshan pondered these words and found them tasteful. "The things this kind of person does, one or two don't deserve death, but when added together, they are more annoying than a murderer; everyone wants to go up and spit on him, step on him twice. Sigh, Brother He, you summarized it well."

"You look like a high-spirited man, I didn't expect..." Here, the Soul-Sucking Mirror also gave He Lingchuan a 'hehe' sound, laughing maliciously, "You let me lift the mirror slave contract just to see him fall into this kind of fate, right?"

The mirror was lying on his chest, fulfilling its duty: "Controlling others' fate, watching him live, watching him die, watching him live worse than death; is this feeling very cool?"

More than just cool? He Lingchuan let out a long breath: "Of course."

When walking out of the territory of Wu Ze County, he looked back from the horse's back.

Those words were actually his own feelings.

If Sun Fuping and Nian Songyu hadn't come to Heishui City, if He Chunhua hadn't left Qiansong County, would he be another Gan Sanye Gan? Just with a harder backing.

"At least counting in decades!" The mirror said sadly, "If not for being forced, I wouldn't have dared to move you into the Soul Village."

"That wasn't an illusion world created by you, changing a rule, how much trouble could it be?" No wonder the mirror first sent him into a replicated Wu Ze County, rather than the battlefield.

But this was the second time he had heard the two words "Soul Village" from the mirror.

"That's not how it works." The mirror explained helplessly, "Heaven-made and earth-grown, it forms its own logic. Soul Villages are all copies of past history, so they must be seamless and without error. Even adding a little change is adding a little loophole. The places that are unreasonable and do not fit the rules will become more and more numerous. In the end, the entire Soul Village cannot continue to operate and can only collapse. At that time, I, I will be in big trouble!"

The disciple claimed to have opened his "Heavenly Eye" and also said that the Imperial Preceptor wanted them to collect nightmare energy and take it back to properly transcend and soothe them.

"How come I heard that nightmare energy is the resentment, unwillingness, and anger of dead souls on the battlefield?"

The mirror laughed with a 'pfft': "Aha?"

"Hahahahaha!" It laughed uncontrollably again, "Which big idiot said that? It's truly off the charts, super off the charts!"

He Lingchuan didn't interrupt; only when it was laughing boisterously did he say softly: "Imperial Preceptor Shuangye of the Beijia Nation."

The mirror's laughter stopped abruptly.

"It's the Imperial Preceptor of Beijia?"

It was silent for a moment and said weakly: "Perhaps he has other motives."

A dignified Imperial Preceptor of Beijia, how could he make such a low-level mistake?