Chapter 271: Water Town

Lu Fang didn't continue to stay in Beiya City. After saying goodbye to Bai Yu, he left under the cover of night. However, he didn't go far, but sat cross-legged by a quiet lake in the suburbs, thinking about what to do in the future.

Apparently, this training in Beiya City was a failure.

He also didn't think that he would encounter such a thing.

Now there are two things in front of him that need to be dealt with. One is the Invincible Army in the Scorched Earth region. He got the news from Shen Kangbo that the Great Zhou army will be stationed there in the near future.

Before, the reason why he let the Invincible Army camp in the Scorched Earth region was that he took a fancy to the chaos of that place.

However, now it may be contrary to his wishes.

He was thinking about whether to let the Invincible Army change to a base.

After thinking about various possibilities, Lu Fang decided to let the Invincible Army observe the situation in the Scorched Earth region for the time being. If it really doesn't work in the future, it won't be too late to withdraw.

The Scorched Earth region is so large. Even if the Great Zhou army is large enough, it is estimated that after going to that place, it will only guard some more important seal lands and will not have too much energy to manage others.

Plus, the northern and southern frontiers are still at war with the Demon and Barbarian races, and the Great Zhou doesn't have too many people to draw out.

The second thing that needs to be thought about is the Shen family's intelligence organization. Inadvertently learning that Bai Feng is an important role in the Shen family's intelligence, and the relationship between His Majesty and these two is not shallow.

Lu Fang had a bold idea. Perhaps the Shen family's intelligence is not in Shen Kangbo's hands, because he faintly felt the shadow of His Majesty.

There is no evidence, just a feeling.

Before, he didn't think much, because the Zhou Emperor's attitude toward Shen Kangbo was not so friendly. However, after the popularization of the Great Zhou Literary Gazette, the Shen family, as a pusher, benefited a lot. Correspondingly, the intelligence would also expand to an exaggerated level.

However, Shen Kangbo's performance didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Being able to become the Great Zhou's richest man, he shouldn't have thought about the matter of merit overshadowing the master. The only possibility is that he is working for the Zhou Emperor, so he would be so fearless.

Looking at it this way, the last time the Zhou Emperor sent Lu Fang to Wuyincheng to persuade Shen Kangbo was just a diversion.

Lu Fang thought for a while and let out a sigh of relief. He didn't seem to have done anything unfavorable to the Great Zhou using the Shen family's intelligence network.

It seems that in the future, he should think twice before using the Shen family's relationships and intelligence network.

After figuring out these two things, Lu Fang intentionally didn't think about Li Yu, because he didn't know how to deal with the current relationship between the two.

Now in front of him, there are two choices.

One is to return to Shangjing and forcibly write out the Elegant Script 'Journey to the West', but he soon denied this choice.

Because he didn't know whether the Heavenly Dao's restrictions would allow him to finish writing 'Journey to the West'. If he didn't finish writing, he wouldn't get the reward.

Relying only on the first few volumes, he estimated that no one would comprehend the super powers in it. It is really because the power in the book is too exaggerated, and the Heavenly Dao will definitely have restrictions.

In this way, he would be wasting time and energy in vain. Whether it is cultivation or countering the Heavenly Dao's restrictions, there is no good progress.

Thinking this way, Lu Fang could only choose the second one, continue to wander and deceive the Heavenly Dao. However, with

For instance, he could manipulate his cultivation realm.

This time, his realm was somewhat too high, which was actually unnecessary; once his realm was high, the matters he encountered would essentially prevent him from seeing most of the common affairs of the secular world.

For him, this was definitely not a good thing.

He needed to be an ordinary person, or perhaps someone even worse off than an ordinary person, so that he could see the other side of this world.

Furthermore, Lv Fang intended to choose a place to live in seclusion for a period of time; coming and going in a rush would also cause him to miss too many things.

Previously, he felt his heart had been too impatient; he wanted to try a slower pace, which might yield unexpected gains.

Additionally, regarding the "Journey to the West" manuscript, he felt he could balance it while traveling; he could train during the day and write from memory at night, allowing him to constantly feel whether the training was effective.

The Boundless Secret Technique would suffice; sealing his strength and memories for a certain period of time was something Lv Fang felt was feasible.

No sooner said than done, he quickly disguised himself as a man in his thirties with a thick beard—just an ordinary person with no cultivation base at all, though quite a bit stronger than the average man; after thinking about it, he still felt unsatisfied.

Thus, he became a down-and-out man with a slight limp.

As for his name, this time he was Lv Youwei; after his memories were tampered with, he was a hunter who could no longer hunt due to a leg injury, so he was going to a small town or city where he could live in seclusion to find work and make a living.

The seal of the Boundless Secret Technique would automatically expire at night, then he would finish writing "Journey to the West," and he could simply cast it again during the day.

After finishing all this, the distant horizon was already beginning to brighten.

Lv Fang removed his disguise and rode the wind to flee into the distance; he needed to find a place first, and after traveling for a day and a night, he finally selected a location—Water Village Town.

It was a good place surrounded by mountains on three sides and a lake on one; most of the residents in this small town made a living by hunting and fishing, and the environment was definitely a good place for seclusion, with the only drawback being that it was too remote.

After confirming this place repeatedly, Lv Fang disguised himself as Lv Youwei; in an instant, he became a cripple looking for a living, his clothes full of patches, and he had also improved his appearance.

Although he was ugly last time, it was an "ugly-handsome" kind of ugly, and he still had a bit of charm.

To prevent any more emotional entanglements, this time Lv Fang disguised Lv Youwei's appearance as a rough-looking man.

After entering the town, Lv Youwei walked down the main street, looking at the shops on both sides and asking one by one if they needed help; his requirements were not high, and as long as it wasn't anything illegal, he could do anything.

As for wages, he only asked for the standard amount, and he just needed them to provide food and lodging.

Yet, even with such simple requirements, those shopkeepers would wave their hands and drive him away as soon as they saw he was a cripple.

Some had decent attitudes, while others had poor attitudes and would directly say nasty things to chase him off.

Lv Youwei hung his head, walking and asking like this, yet he didn't obtain a single job to make a living; for some reason, he felt a tightness in his chest—though he wouldn't go so far as to cry, it was very uncomfortable.

Being rejected by others while still having to keep a smile on his face to ask was difficult, because if he couldn't find work, he might have to sleep on the streets; the copper coins he had were only enough to feed him for three days.

Fortunately, there was one shopkeeper who took pity on him and told him he could try the Water Village Lake area, where as long as he was willing to put in the effort, earning enough for food and clothing to settle down in the town would be no problem.