The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 525 Chaos

Du Yu can naturally continue to retreat and practice "Celestial Silkworm Transformation" to an extremely high level.

It was just that he wanted to find a path that belonged only to himself, so he could take the initiative to break away from the state of 'enlightenment' after reaching the inner state of cultivation.

He went to the actual battlefield and played dozens of rounds. It was only after he controlled the changes in his body that he opened the system panel and teleported back to the Yakuza world.

Zhang's study room.

Du Yu opened the secret door and walked out. The time spent in this retreat was not that long, only two years. If anyone knew that he had only used this short time to cross a great realm, they would be shocked.

As his realm improves, his aura becomes more restrained. If someone didn't know the details, they might really think that he is just a scholar.

Just like this time, when he went to Zhang Xian and Luo Shi to greet them in the name of the original owner, they were shocked, thinking that his son had lost his power.

But when Du Yu heard that Luo Shi was planning to arrange a marriage for him, the guy ran away. It was not that he had changed LSP's nature, but that he was unwilling to make the same mistake again.

He now only has one criterion for selecting a Taoist companion, which is that his talent is high enough and his lifespan is long enough. After what happened with Cui Kuo, he no longer wants to face separation between life and death.

Du Yu didn't expect that Zhang Xian would follow him when he returned to the study.

"Old man, what are you doing?" he asked casually.

Zhang Xian forced out an ugly smile and said, "Wen Yuan, the world is going to change now."

"Ah! Could it be that the imperial army hasn't wiped out the rebels in the four states yet?" Du Yu asked.

Zhang Xian nodded and said: "Not only did they not wipe out the rebels, they suffered successive defeats. Hanzhou and Fuzhou have fallen into the hands of the White Lotus Sect, while Pingzhou is occupied by the Yellow Turban Army and Xingzhou is occupied by the Xingguo Army."

"The Daqian court has become corrupted to this extent?" Du Yu felt a little incredible.

When he came to Qingshui County, the rebellion had just started. The imperial court sent four armies to suppress the rebellion. He did not expect that the situation would get so bad in just two years.

"Well, the ones most affected by the troubled times are our family, which is mainly engaged in business." Zhang Xian sighed.

"Now the family business..." Du Yu asked.

"Half the number. The caravan has been idle at home in the past six months, so the road is really not peaceful." Zhang Xian said.

"Old man, what do you mean?" Du Yu asked.

"Wenyuan, my father wants you to go to the imperial capital." Zhang Xian said.

"Why?" Du Yu was a little confused.

"Firstly, I can go to the main line to learn the latter part of "Golden Wind Jue", and secondly, it is to avoid disaster. Qingshui County is only more than [-] miles away from Xingzhou, and I am afraid that the war will burn here." Zhang Xian said.

"Then will you and your mother go together?" Du Yu asked.

Zhang Xian shook his head and said, "We are getting older, and besides, someone in the family needs to stay and protect the family business for you."

"Old man, there's no need for this." Du Yu said.

"Many families in the county are making preparations now. A wave of people have already rushed to other places a few days ago. We are still late," Zhang Xian said.

"The imperial court will just sit back and watch the thief grow bigger?" Du Yu asked.

"How could it be possible? Even if His Majesty is fatuous now, his uncle King Jin is still helping to maintain it. It is said that the imperial court is preparing to transfer the Zhenrong Army guarding the Western Border to judge. But..., it is not that easy." Zhang Xian said.

"Old man, there's no need to worry about this. It's better to wait and see for a while before talking." Du Yu said.

"Oh, okay. But I have already left a backup plan. If you want to leave, you can leave at any time." Zhang Xian said.

"Well, I will. If the situation goes bad, I will leave." Du Yu said.

Only then did Zhang Xian pat him on the shoulder, and he already understood some of the words without saying anything.

After Zhang Xian left, Du Yu immediately called Zhang Hu and Li Bu.

He was surprised to find that Li Bu had completed the training in the Bone Forging Realm and was only one step away from entering the first small realm of the Inner Strength Realm.

Think about it, he was still a twelve-year-old child when he was brought into the house. Four and a half years later, he has grown to this extent.

‘Well, it’s in line with expectations. ' He thought to himself.

"Master!" they both said in unison.

"No need to be polite in private. Let me ask you, are you really in chaos now?" Du Yu asked. "Master, it is indeed chaotic. Compared with before you retreat, the price of food has tripled. It is even harder for ordinary people to live. It is not an exaggeration to say that hungry people are everywhere." Li Bu said.

"Yes, young master, you don't know that there is also a famine in Lingshui County, and many of the family's lands have lost their harvest due to drought." Zhang Hu added.

Du Yu nodded, and then asked them to send the information they could collect to the study.

He really didn't want to start a career in Daqian, but he wanted to have enough power to protect Zhang Wenyuan's parents. This was probably the cause and effect after devouring the original owner.

Zhang Hu and Li Bu were quick in their work and quickly sent over the latest news and rumors.

Du Yu stared at the messy information and studied it for a long time. The answer he got was very disappointing. I am afraid that the imperial court of Daqian is really in trouble.

Not only are the rebels unable to get rid of their tail, but what is even more worrying is that strange activities have become more frequent. In the past, the strange rumors were mostly in rural market towns, but now they can be found in Lingyun County.

"No wonder the old man moved to the county seat."

Du Yu threw the messages aside, leaving only the last piece of paper. He tapped his fingers on the table while looking at the content on it, thinking to himself that it was indeed a time of troubled times where monsters appeared frequently and all kinds of careerists appeared.

The strangeness in the rumors was obviously deliberately caused by someone, otherwise how could those strange creatures leave the place where Yin Qi gathers and run into the city to cause trouble, and specifically target small and medium-sized families that do not have strong protective power.

He only thought of one possibility, to exploit the wealth accumulated by those families for generations or even more than a dozen generations.

But again, if it doesn't offend him or the Zhang family, it has nothing to do with him. This guy doesn't intend to be a chivalrous hero.

However, he had no exact plan for how the Zhang family would proceed, so he could only choose to wait and see for a while.

The next day, Du Yu put on a robe and took Zhang Hu and Li Bu for a stroll in the county.

What he saw made him a little surprised. Because of the chaos in the world, people with some ability ran to the county to avoid trouble.

The population of Qingshui County has not decreased but has increased a lot. Although people on the street look bad, they still patronize shops of all sizes, especially Mihang.

But most of them went in smiling and came out crying. Prices skyrocketed during the war, and the money in their hands depreciated greatly.

Du Yu was observing and thinking silently, when a voice came over.

"Brother Wenyuan, is that you?"

Du Yu turned around and saw the same young master with two legs greeting him.

After he found the face in the memory fragments of the original owner, he immediately complained in his heart: 'I am a fellow-traveler. ’

"Brother Tianyi! I haven't seen you for a long time. You look good." Du Yu said.

"Brother Wenyuan, it's really you. When I heard that you were imprisoned, I thought it would only take a month or two for my uncle to calm down and release you. I didn't expect that this confinement would last more than four years. ." Lin Tianyi smiled.

"Oh, it's hard to look back on the past. We also had too much fun back then. Now seeing that Brother Tian's face is as rosy as jade, I'm afraid he rarely goes to that place of fireworks." Du Yu said.

"To each other, after Brother Wen Yuan was banned, I was also captured by my uncle and brought back to the county. I sacrificed my face and sent him to the Cangyun Sect to learn martial arts." Lin Tianyi said.

"Brother Tianyi, how about a chance meeting? How about a drink?" Du Yu said.

"That's what I meant." Lin Tianyi smiled.

Afterwards, the two of them talked and laughed, telling the story of the brothel war back then and walked towards Yingxian Tower, the best restaurant in the county.

When they arrived at Yingxian Tower, they asked for a private room and sent four doglegs downstairs to have a drink before the two of them sat down.

"Brother Wenyuan, it's amazing to see such rapid progress in martial arts after several years." Lin Tianyi said.

"Between each other, Brother Tian's martial arts level is not bad either. He is indeed a master disciple of Cangyun Sect." Du Yu said with a soft smile.

"Hahaha, who would have thought that the dandy from Qingshui County who was a drunkard and a womanizer a few years ago would actually become a master. Life is really unpredictable." Lin Tianyi said.

Du Yu smiled and said, "Brother Tianyi knows that the world is in chaos, why doesn't he just cultivate on the mountain?"

"Practice behind closed doors is better than traveling thousands of miles. Brother, this time I went down the mountain to practice. I just returned to my hometown after not seeing my relatives for many years." Lin Tianyi said.

"Oh! Is it really that simple?" Du Yu asked.

"Haha, I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Lin Tianyi said.

(End of this chapter)