Volume 1 Lin Yuan Chapter 5: Unknown Opportunity
Huangpo Village was not big to begin with, and within just one day after Tu Jiaojiao became an immortal, the news that Wang Chen had become depressed and decadent quickly fermented and spread.
Hunters who came back late saw Wang Chen wandering drunk in the mountains and forests, and occasionally saw him lying on the ground reeking of alcohol.
The child woke up in the middle of the night and saw a figure standing outside the window and was scared and started crying. The figure was suspected to be Wang Chen.
Widow Li from the east end of the village claimed that one night Wang Chen was sneaking around in her backyard, and the entire backyard was filled with her clothes, stockings and other personal belongings hanging out to dry.
Because Widow Li was not beautiful at all, when she talked about these things, she seemed to want to hint at something through other people's mouths, and her face turned red, just like a red-faced monkey. Therefore, everyone was very shocked that a genius like Wang Chen who could recite heroic poems like toasting could become so heavy-mouthed.
Amid the discussions, people gradually began to understand that no matter how talented Wang Chen was, he was ultimately just a mortal. It was precisely because of his illusion that he was a genius that he floated so high that he could touch the threshold of becoming an immortal at any time.
Similarly, when you fall down, you suffer great frustration and blow. It is not surprising to go crazy, and depression is an inevitable result.
Wang Chen thus successfully monopolized all the gossip in Huangpo Village, which was stagnant. The villagers sighed, but were reluctant to admit that watching a genius fall, that feeling...
So fucking cool!
"Have you found anything ?"
The sun was setting again. Wang Chen lay on the ground without caring whether his clothes were tidy or not, and whispered with his ear close to the ground.
"It was pitch black, there was nothing there."
Xiaoyao's voice came from underground.
Thanks to the fact that Xiaoyao has no physical body, Wang Chen can investigate the clues of opportunities from 360 degrees without any blind spots.
"Take a closer look and see if there are any strange-looking stones, strips of cloth or anything like that." Wang Chen was still unwilling to give up and whispered.
Before searching for clues, he had already determined that the golden cloud in the sky was most likely not golden in itself, but was instead influenced by a subtle opportunity hidden nearby.
Therefore, the area around the golden cloud is the focus of exploration.
These days, in order to avoid arousing suspicion due to his abnormal behavior, he bought some rice wine, pretending to be drunk to drown his sorrows, frustrated and crazy, and explored extensively near Huangpo Village. At this moment, the exploration progress has reached 910.
He only needs one step to see the full picture of the opportunity.
What concerned him was that one of the nine clues was actually found in the backyard of Tu Jiaojiao's house.
It was a common shrub in the mountains and forests, but it was now withered. The strange thing was that its branches were golden yellow, like gold, and there were traces of fruit on the top of the plant.
Wang Chen's first reaction was that Tu Jiaojiao achieved the ultimate earth spirit body by eating this fruit.
"But it seems that this fruit has side effects." If it means turning into a half-orc for the sake of the top-grade earth spirit body, Wang Chen would rather not eat it.
After all, being handsome is a lifelong thing.
"Where is this last clue?" Wang Chen was inexplicably anxious at this moment.
He had searched the entire Huangpo Village from top to bottom, and this last clue seemed to be non-existent.
Although you can see and investigate opportunities, it does not mean that this opportunity will definitely be yours. There are many people with great luck in the world. Even if you work hard to investigate, you may not be as good as others who just release water, hang on a tree, or jump off a cliff. If you are a minute or a second slower, it is very likely that you will see the opportunity but not get it, just like the golden plant in Tu Jiaojiao's house.
If at a certain time, the opportunity that you have completed 80% of the exploration suddenly disappears from your eyes, the feeling is no different from being stabbed in the heart.
As the sun set, the hunters from Huangpo Village gradually returned to the village. When they saw Wang Chen's appearance, they couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
As long as Wang Chen continues to degenerate, they will continue to be happy. This is actually a kind of human nature, at least this is the human nature before it is sublimated.
The three young hunters who were traveling together saw Wang Chen's appearance, smiled sinisterly at each other, and surrounded him tacitly. Before they got close, they smelled the smell of alcohol coming from Wang Chen.
"Wang Chen, you are lying on the ground like a dog. Are you looking for a way to become an immortal?" A hunter in a short coat said sarcastically.
"It's just an earthworm. We have to see if the mole cricket is golden." Wang Chen whispered to Xiaoyao who had already sunk into the soil, as if he didn't hear it.
The nine clues that have been discovered have one thing in common: they are all bright gold in color, which is not difficult to find.
"There are no such things, just a few ordinary broken stones." Xiaoyao's voice came faintly.
"Is this old onion strong enough, Widow Li? You are so lucky." Seeing that Wang Chen ignored him, another short-haired hunter shouted wildly, causing sparse laughter.
"Where is the glowing thing? Is there one?" Wang Chen turned a deaf ear to him . All his attention was focused on finding clues.
"I'll look for it again." Xiaoyao tried very hard. She rarely saw Wang Chen care so much about something, so she was also very serious.
"I heard your knife is very sharp." The hunter with a sharp face slowly drew out his hunting knife. "Why not..."
The young hunters who were usually overshadowed by Wang Chen saw him in such a state of disgrace that they gradually forgot the prestige of the sharpest knife in Huangpo Village. Most of them wanted to just step on him a few times for fun.
Unfortunately, Wang Chen was in a very bad mood at the moment. He was constantly interrupted while talking to Xiaoyao, which pushed his patience to the limit.
"go away!"
He drew his sword in one go.
There was a crisp sound.
The hunter saw a flash of cold light before his eyes, and there was a sudden recoil force from the hunting knife in his hand. Boom, the flying hunting knife was nailed to the jujube tree, shaking off a lot of dead leaves.
This startled some insects that were resting on the date tree.
As the golden light flashed, Wang Chen saw that among the flying insects, there was a grasshopper that looked like gold.
Exploration progress 1010.
A line of words slowly appeared in front of me.
"Unknown opportunity, unknown strength, unknown arrival time, approximately ten meters east."
Except for the location, nothing else was known. Wang Chen was a little surprised.
Ten meters due east..."
“Old jujube tree?”
Wang Chen knew that the old jujube tree was ten meters to the east without even looking in that direction. Now, every blade of grass and every tree in the entire Huangpo Village was already well known in his mind.
Finally the exploration is complete. Wang Chen was excited. Who would have thought that the last clue was a grasshopper lurking in the tree.
"Didn't he say he was already drunk?"
"Brother Chen, I was wrong." The provocative young hunter's hunting knife flew out of his hand before he understood what was happening. This sudden change almost scared him to death.
Wang Chen didn't even look at the hunter. He raised the wine jug, tilted his head back and took a sip of the clear water in it. Then he walked slowly towards the old jujube tree, climbed up, and half-lying on the sturdy branch trunk.
He had heard the name Brother Chen many times in the past, but in recent days, he had not heard it for a long time.
It turns out that fists are the real deal.
