[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter":3,"chapter-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-261":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1516967,1969,"Chapter 261 - 118: Sixth Grade Tributor Mu Er, Raking in Cash Nonstop","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-261",261,"\u003Cp>The moonlight was hazy, casting shadows of the low houses and fences in the village onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Li Yuan dismounted, he directly led people towards a farmer’s house where an incident occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arriving at the entrance, Li Yuan glanced at the guide who was \"equipped, with combat strength only at the Eighth Grade\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guide was still pretending to be a peasant woman, weeping while wiping her tears with her sleeve, saying, \"Sir, my husband was fine in the morning, but suddenly went mad and tried to kill me with a knife...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cried while keeping her gaze locked on the door handle, inwardly feeling smug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the sir stepped inside, she could close the door, and her assassination mission would be complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See, it’s that simple for the guide to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan’s expression turned slightly serious as he glanced around, and the gang members behind him all kept their heads down, not daring to step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan didn’t insist, knowing that the three families had hired Sixth Grade Honored Guests precisely for these matters...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he strode forward and directly kicked the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud bang, the door flew off and exploded in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan rushed in, shouting, \"Who’s gone mad?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guide waiting to close the door silently looked up at the missing door, her eyes wide open in prolonged silence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the house, Li Yuan lifted the man on the bed who was laughing and crying and examined him, saying, \"He’s been poisoned!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrest this woman and take her to prison for questioning! Clearly poisoned, yet claiming madness; this is treacherous!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guide looked at Li Yuan in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had imagined various scenarios, but not this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hurriedly kneeled and cried pitifully, \"Sir, I... I didn’t poison him... I really didn’t poison him...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gang members blankly watched the scene, but none dared confront a Sixth Grade, even if his actions seemed baffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, immediately two members stepped out to apprehend the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman quickly kneeled and cried, \"Sir, sir, I... I really didn’t...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan said, \"Whether you did or didn’t, we’ll find out after questioning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he ignored the guide and went to check the other households with mad individuals and arrested a few others for interrogation to cover up his actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike those of Spring Breeze Square before, these mad individuals were definitely poisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A disciple proficient in poisons confirmed Li Yuan’s words after a brief investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That disciple wrote several prescriptions and then departed with Li Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan’s group arrived swiftly and left just as quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassin guide was thrown into the East Spring County prison, awaiting interrogation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the guide nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no narrow doors in the prison, so she couldn’t enter Ghost Street in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because she was cursed, she couldn’t stay outside for long...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, the guide cried for help loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one paid her any attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan promptly returned to his mountain pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His neighbor named \"Chang Tianli\" hadn’t returned yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wandered around then tied [Thousand-Mile in a Line] onto a nearby Seventh Grade neighbor, and returned to Baihua Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan returned to his mountain pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He emerged from the forest, yawning, and suddenly saw his neighbor named \"Chang Tianli\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neighbor, with one arm missing, had bloodshot eyes full of hidden pain as he gazed into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Li Yuan, his eyes widened in shock, hoarsely asking, \"You’re alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chang Tianli said, \"I’m quitting this tributorship...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan asked, \"Brother Chang, what happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chang Tianli did not answer but said, \"Brother Mu, since we’ve been neighbors, let’s form a good bond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I advise you... it’s better not to continue this tributorship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you keep doing it, sooner or later... sooner or later you’ll lose your life! I’m already pretty fortunate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for the warning, Brother Chang.\" Li Yuan politely saluted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That afternoon, Chang Tianli left, and a disciple delivered \"twenty taels of Blood Gold,\" the pay for the outing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan weighed the Blood Gold, muttering, \"Money is hard to earn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, it was time for the second outing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan skillfully sent the Color-changing Demon Sparrow for reconnaissance, then spotted the guide instantly, staged a play... and received another twenty taels of Blood Gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed day by day...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, a month went by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this month, Li Yuan went on thirteen outings, earning a total of two hundred sixty taels of Blood Gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this amount, he requested the supply diagrams from the three families as a tributor, then spent one hundred fifty taels of Blood Gold to purchase \"materials for making a Sixth Grade Puppet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The merchandise from the three families apparently connected to some great merchants, offering a wide and rich variety of goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for a Sixth Grade Demon Beast heart for puppet power, there was no need to purchase one because... Tang Nian had a Demon Heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Heart could fully drive a Sixth Grade Puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Demon Heart was different from a Sixth Grade Demon Beast heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a Sixth Grade Demon Beast heart was put into the puppet, it had to succeed at once; otherwise, if taken out, it became useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Demon Heart could be tried repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan planned to let Tang Nian practice first, and when skilled, then buy her a Sixth Grade Demon Beast heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Li Yuan went to the Martial House and knocked on his adopted daughter’s door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his adopted daughter in a white dress, with short hair, no longer charming, Li Yuan smiled and said, \"Time to come home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Nian gave her foster father a sidelong glance and said, \"In the middle of the night, you came just to tell me this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To surprise you.\" Li Yuan smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he pulled Tang Nian into the carriage, heading back to Baihua Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Nian returned to her familiar room, pushed open the door from her memory, and saw the metal materials piled inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately rushed over, caressing the materials with her hands, then turned around sweetly and said, \"Thank you, foster father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1050,"2026-06-06T05:24:25.078Z",1,"novelbin.me","55e8c1dfba4e164d6d3df0e1d4858901247a83503cdeef450815ad4a9d1da042","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-262","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-260",563,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-cover.jpg"]