Chapter 1376: One Word: Poor!

Pure Yang True Man shook his head repeatedly. "You cannot be elegant. To speak bluntly, you are unlearned and fond of taking crooked paths; all you have relied on throughout your journey is luck. A person with such strong luck and smooth sailing in all things is truly rare to this humble Daoist."

Chen Chen Guanlou laughed heartily, completely unconcerned by the other's assessment of him.

By the standards of this era, he was indeed unlearned, unable even to pass the Xiu Cai Gong.

Without the Xiu Cai Gong, they were all "illiterates"!

He never considered himself a scholar.

He knew his strengths and he knew his weaknesses. He always played to his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, rather than using strengths to compensate for weaknesses.

Weaknesses cannot be compensated for; no matter how much you try to fix them, a weakness remains a weakness; it cannot become one's own strength.

He never engaged in internal friction, never felt anxiety. This was because he understood himself and knew how to walk his path.

He asked with a smile, "Old Daoist, look at my face. Am I a person of strong fortune?"

"This humble Daoist cannot see it. Your face is very blurred, as if obscured by the Heavenly Dao. I have encountered a few such cases before; all were people of great wealth and high rank. But you..."

Pure Yang True Man shook his head repeatedly; it was truly strange.

Chen Chen Guanlou laughed aloud; his mood was excellent.

Not being able to see through him was simply too good!

He was truly afraid of encountering a second Prince Anping.

Thank heavens, Emperor Jian Shi killed Prince Anping.

"Old Daoist, tell me about the Great Wilderness."

"Oh?" Pure Yang True Man was slightly curious. "So your confusion all stems from the Great Wilderness? You plan to go to the Great Wilderness? You intend to pursue the legends of immortals?"

"Do you think I shouldn't?"

"I was born in the Great Wilderness and grew up in the Great Wilderness. To be honest with you, there are basically no legends of immortals descending in the Great Wilderness. Occasionally there are a few, but they cannot be verified. After all, it is too ancient; the years in the mountains are ruthless, and all traces have been swallowed by time. If you are determined to go to the Great Wilderness, this humble Daoist recommends you purchase a few types of pills; they might be useful at critical moments."

"Old Daoist, you are too unscrupulous. I came to consult you, and you end up selling to me. Is your Jade Spring Palace really so destitute that it requires its Palace Master to personally act as a salesman? Is it worth it? Did raising a son make you poor?"

Chen Chen Guanlou complained repeatedly.

Pure Yang True Man valued money above life; he was despicable and must be severely criticized.

Pure Yang True Man paid it no mind. "Speaking of my good son, I secured a government post in the Great Wilderness for his adoptive father. If you go to the Great Wilderness, you can travel with them. They are about to leave the city to return to the Great Wilderness."

"Traveling together is unnecessary; they are too slow. Congratulations, you have finally thought it through and lightened the burden on your good son," Chen Chen Guanlou teased.

Speaking of this, Pure Yang True Man wore a look of disgust, even a bit of nausea.

Then he sighed again. "Children are debts. Not only do I have to find a job for his adoptive father, but I also have to give money to subsidize them. This humble Daoist is the biggest sucker of the age. I owed them in a past life."

"People aren't holding the green hat incident against you; you should be secretly happy."

"This humble Daoist didn't just put a green hat on him."

"Good heavens! In the future, you will wait for a second son, a third son, a fourth son to come knocking, asking you for money and official posts. You are truly fortunate."

Pure Yang True Man's mouth twitched; he could no longer look directly at the word "fortunate." It was a curse!

He covered his head, seemingly having a headache. "Back then, I was so focused on happiness that I never thought the women would give birth to children. It was truly unnecessary. I do not lack an heir; having or not having a son makes no difference to me."

At this moment, he seemed somewhat regretful. Not regretful that he was too absurd back then, but regretful that he had not taken precautions back then and had not made things clear to those women.

Alas!

Regretting the past!

He only hoped those sons would not come knocking one by one. Best if they never recognized each other!

Yet his appearance belonged to dominant inheritance. Everyone in his family shared the same face; boys and girls all had the same face. So, if one day a son or daughter came knocking, just by looking at the appearance, he would be unable to deny it!

Instantly, he felt the sky had collapsed!

Chen Chen Guanlou laughed happily, extremely delighted.

"I am better than you. I have only one son. Moreover, I do not have to raise him; the child's mother has money and power, and when he grows up, I do not need to worry. Look at me; this is the benefit of never sleeping with decent women indiscriminately. Old Daoist, you made the mistake of sleeping around; you need to reflect deeply."

Pure Yang True Man was very displeased and asked directly, "Do you want to buy pills or not? I'll give you a discount, ten percent off."

"Tell me about the Great Wilderness first." Chen Chen Guanlou did not take the bait.

Pure Yang True Man spoke while expressing disgust. "There is nothing to say; it is one word: Poor! Four words: Desolate mountains and remote lands! Seven words: Desolate mountains and evil waters produce wicked people! Do not believe a word anyone in the Great Wilderness says. Do not even believe what children say.

Watch your personal belongings closely; if they are lost, they definitely cannot be found. Unless you dare to kill. If you kill, you must be prepared for the consequence of being besieged by everyone in the Great Wilderness. Even if your cultivation is profound, the Great Wilderness has many secrets unknown to outsiders and many traps. Their martial power is inferior to yours. But they are locals; they will always have a chance to trap you."

Deep down, Pure Yang True Man had little affection for the Great Wilderness, where he was born and raised. He was also one of those who suffered bullying from the Great Wilderness.

It could be said that every person in the Great Wilderness was being bullied by the Great Wilderness. No one could escape.

If it were not for valuing the Great Wilderness's remoteness, where it was the last retreat and also the place where the sect originated, he would have moved the entire sect out and completely abandoned the Great Wilderness.

The outside world is too good; it is ten times, a hundred times better than the Great Wilderness. Especially for ordinary people. Even though taxes are higher than in the Great Wilderness, overall it is still better than the Great Wilderness.

Chen Chen Guanlou pointed out slightly, "From what you say, the customs of the Great Wilderness are worrying!"

"Worrying? That is an understatement. Poverty breeds treachery! Everything must be seized by force, everything must be fought for with one's life. Sometimes even drinking water must be seized by force."

"Is water use in the Great Wilderness so difficult?"

"Most of it is groundwater; collecting it is extremely difficult."

"Cannot wells be dug?"

Pure Yang True Man sneered. "Is the Great Wilderness in your imagination rolling mountains and patches of forest? I tell you, there is none! Only bare mountains, bare rocks. The vegetation is entirely low shrubs. Where there are forests, they are in places rarely visited by humans, called no-man's-lands. Locals dare not enter. Anyone who enters has never been seen to come out alive."

"Can no one live at the edge of the forest?"

"They cannot live there. Wild beasts often appear. No one, not even the locals, knows exactly what wild beasts are inside; they only often hear the roars of wild beasts or see the footprints of wild beasts. Anyway, they are definitely different from common wild beasts. That place is a land of life and death. If one must say where traces of immortals exist, perhaps it is inside. Are you sure you want to go?"

Chen Chen Guanlou shook his head. "I have no plans yet."

"If you wish to hear my advice, I advise you not to go! Do not worry about immortals or not; do not go," Pure Yang True Man said solemnly.