"What, someone is eating for free?"
"Which scoundrel dares to eat for free in our town?"
"Let's go and take a look!"
Before the meat bun seller's voice faded away, the commoners on the street immediately gathered from all directions. In an instant, the area where Lin Buzheng and the meat bun seller were was so tightly packed that not even a drop of water could trickle through.
"Old man, you've misunderstood!"
"I'm not eating for free. This is indeed a gold note that is more valuable than copper coins!"
Lin Buzheng looked around at the town's residents that had gathered around. Even though he had a firm will and knew that he was not in the wrong, he could not help but feel his face burning.
"What gold note? I think this is just a piece of broken paper!"
"Cut the crap and give me the copper coins!"
However, the old man was hot-tempered and stubborn. He did not listen to Lin Buzheng's explanation and pulled on his sleeve, refusing to let go.
"This young man looks dignified and well-dressed, but he's actually a swindler. I really couldn't tell!"
"That's right!"
"If you don't give Elder Wang the copper coins today, don't even think of leaving!"
The surrounding people were also filled with righteous indignation. They surrounded the area in all directions, afraid that Lin Buzheng would escape.
For a moment, the place was in chaos. Lin Buzheng was unable to explain himself and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He did not know how to end the situation.
"Elder Wang, you're rich!"
"This person did not lie. What he gave you is indeed a gold note that is more valuable than copper coins."
However, the next moment, a slightly good-looking woman in a green muslin parted the crowd and walked towards Lin Buzheng and the old man selling meat buns. There was a faint smile on her face. It was obvious that she had identified the authenticity of the gold note in Elder Wang's hand.
"It's the lady boss of the inn!"
The crowd at the scene shook. A few people subconsciously muttered to themselves as they recognized the woman's origin.
It turned out that there was only one inn in this small town. The woman in green was the owner of the inn. She usually traveled around and helped the lonely elderly in the town. She enjoyed an extremely high prestige in the town.
"What he gave me … is really a gold note?"
When the old man heard this, he looked hesitant and slowly let go of Lin Buzheng's sleeve.
"That's right!"
"If the old man doesn't believe me, you can give me this gold note. I'll pay for him."
After the woman explained with a smile, she took the gold notes and paid for Lin Buzheng's steamed buns.
"Hiss, so gold notes are actually so valuable."
Only after hearing the middle-aged woman's explanation did the commoners at the scene realize exactly how valuable gold bills were. All of them gasped, and the gazes they shot at Lin Buzheng completely changed, becoming submissive and incomparably reverent.
In the end, Lin Buzheng and the woman left together. They stayed in the inn that the woman had opened. Their daily expenses in the town were deducted from the gold notes.
This small town wasn't large, and Lin Buzheng used less than half a day's time to stroll through the entire town. He didn't find anything special about this place, just that it was remote, backward, and extremely isolated from the rest of the world.
One day, two days …
As time passed, Lin Buzheng did not find anything strange in the town. The residents of the town worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. Everything seemed to be very regular.
Until the third day.
On this day, the pedestrians on the streets were all frowning and walking hurriedly, as if they were avoiding something.
The streets were deserted, and the hawkers selling meat buns and candied haws were nowhere to be seen. The doors of the bustling shops were closed, and it was deserted, as if something bad was about to happen.
"What's going on?"
Seeing this, Lin Buzheng's expression was slightly surprised, but there was no fear on his face. He walked out of the inn that was closed early, and with his hands behind his back, he strolled on the sparsely populated street. After walking for a short distance, he heard the loud sound of gongs and drums coming from the front.
"The Divine Religion and Earth God Religion are inferior to the Ten Thousand Gods Religion!"
The voice rang out in the town. It was so loud that even the loud gongs and drums couldn't suppress it. It came from afar and approached Lin Buzheng at high speed.
The pedestrians on the streets were already scattered, and their faces changed drastically when they heard the voice. They hid in the nearby alleys and disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if they were running for their lives.
Soon, a team of more than a hundred people appeared at the end of the street.
The people at the front were holding a few banners embroidered with gods and demons. The people in the middle were carrying a sedan chair, and the people at the back were beating gongs and drums. The entire team was singing and dancing as they walked past Lin Buzheng, heading straight for the inn.
Lin Buzheng could clearly see that these people's Martial Dao cultivation was not high.
Most of them were in the early stages of the Qi Path. Only the person in the sedan chair was in the Qi Path Stage Five.
They weren't even considered a small force in Changqing County, but in this remote town, they were considered a huge force.
"Ten Thousand Gods Religion?"
"Interesting. Let's go and take a look!"
A curious expression appeared on Lin Buzheng's face when he saw this. He then turned around and followed the group back to the inn.
"The Divine Religion and Earth God Religion are inferior to the Ten Thousand Gods Religion!"
"Lady boss of the Xu family, why aren't you opening the door and paying tribute to the Ten Thousand Gods Religion?"
The team walked to the entrance of the inn and stopped. A few people walked out of the team and came to the closed door of the inn. They shouted at the top of their lungs. Their voices were deafening, and most of the town could hear them clearly.
However, no matter how loud they shouted, the door of the inn remained closed. There was no response at all.
"Welcome the messenger of the gods!"
After shouting for a while, seeing that there was no response from the inn, they stopped shouting. They turned around and bowed respectfully to the sedan chair in the middle of the team.
Whoosh!
Before they could finish their words, the sedan chair opened, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old man walked out. Although he was dressed extravagantly, he had the head of a rat and the eyes of a rat. He was short and looked wretched.
After he walked out of the sedan chair, he puffed out his chest and pretended to be an expert. With a wave of his sleeve, a terrifying gust of wind blew, and the door of the inn opened.
"We paid the protection fee ten days ago. Why are you asking for it again today?"
"You damn swindlers! You've gone too far! I'll fight it out with you!"
The lady boss of the inn rushed out of the inn with a few burly men holding iron rods and steel knives. They confronted the people angrily.
However, Lin Buzheng could see that although the burly men were tall, their cultivation was very low. They were only at the pinnacle of the Physique Path.
As for the lady boss, she was just an ordinary woman who couldn't even truss a chicken.
Without a doubt, they were no match for the so-called Ten Thousand Gods Religion.
"Hmph, cut the crap!"
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