God Weird Fairy

Chapter 405 0314.5 Tang Shan Yun

Tang Shan was extremely anxious. He packed his bags in a hurry, reported to the officials, and left Junshan Palace, walking quickly down the mountain along the winding mountain road.

At this time, there were still many people in the mountains, living in tents in the forests in anticipation of the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky tomorrow.

Even though they had no chance to watch the ceremony up close and could only admire the grand spectacle from afar, they were willing to spend their time and spend the night here.

Tang Shan's mind was set on faraway places. He ignored these common people and headed straight for Junshan Village at the foot of the mountain with a determined goal.

Although Junshan Village has only a hundred villagers, they are quite good at business.

In recent days, every day there are villagers disguising themselves as peddlers, shuttling between the mountains and forests, selling dry food and sundries.

The temple priest in the village is even more discerning. He has set up a horse shop where he can not only look after and feed horses for people, but also rent and sell horses to people.

Tang Shan went down the mountain with a lot of thoughts in his mind. Sometimes he wondered whether the "Zhenwu Crown" was hidden in the imperial treasury, and sometimes he thought of Xiao Tiao, with mixed feelings in his heart.

When he was about to go down the mountain, Tang Shan suddenly saw a young peddler sitting on the side of the road, looking a little embarrassed, with his back against a big tree. He seemed to be in trouble and could only sit there.

Beside him, two bamboo baskets fell to the ground and the carrying pole was broken in two.

Seeing this, Tang Shan slowed down.

He was not a kind-hearted person, and rarely offered a helping hand when he saw strangers in trouble.

However, judging from his appearance, this peddler should be a villager of Junshan Village. Tang Shan went to Junshan Village to buy a good horse from the temple priest.

The wilderness was vast and without a horse, even if he was the top martial arts champion of the year, it would be difficult for him to cross it on foot.

If this peddler is indeed a villager from Junshan Village and has not returned for a long time, the villagers will go up the mountain to look for him, and by then the temple keeper may not have time to take care of him.

Thinking of this, Tang Shan slowed down his pace.

At this moment, perhaps hearing the sound, the peddler, who was originally dejected, suddenly turned his head to look at Tang Shan, his eyes full of joy, and shouted: "Brother, please do me a favor and take me down the mountain!"

Tang Shan looked at the peddler and felt that he looked familiar, but he did not think about it and just asked, "What's wrong with you?"

The peddler sighed and said, "Oh, it's all my fault for being greedy. I wanted to sell all the goods, so I stayed on the mountain for some time and had to go down alone. As a result, I accidentally sprained my ankle and fell here, unable to move."

"I thought that when it got dark, the villagers might come to look for me. I never thought that someone would come down the mountain at this time..." The peddler looked at Tang Shan eagerly, but in a flash, his expression changed from eager to frightened, and then he became uneasy, "You, you, sir, are you the martial arts champion Tang Shan?"

Tang Shan was originally hesitating whether to lend a helping hand, but now that his identity had been exposed, he no longer hesitated and decided to help.

After all, he would not kill the peddler without any reason. If he did not help him, not to mention whether he could successfully buy a horse after going down the mountain, when the villagers found the peddler, if the peddler exaggerated and said that he did not help the dying, it would ruin his reputation, wouldn't it be unlucky?

"That's right. I am this year's top martial arts champion, Shura Tang Shan. You don't need to call me sir, just call me Brother Shan." Tang Shan agreed and walked to the peddler, reaching out to pull him up.

The peddler leaned on the half-carrying pole with his right hand, borrowed the strength from Tang Shan's hand, and slowly stood up. After the peddler stood firmly, Tang Shan let go of his hand and took the initiative to bend down, trying to pick up the bamboo basket and the other half of the carrying pole on the ground for the disabled peddler.

Unexpectedly, just as Tang Shan picked up a bamboo basket, he suddenly felt a buzzing in his ears and a sharp pain from the back of his head.

Instantly, Tang Shan's eyes went dark, his body swayed, and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was physically strong and very resistant to blows, so a single blow from the club was not enough to knock him out.

Tang Shan supported the bamboo basket, barely able to keep his body steady, and subconsciously looked behind him. He saw the peddler, holding a thick half-length shoulder pole tightly in both hands, looking at him with an indifferent expression, neither sad nor happy.

Moreover, the peddler's posture was straight, and there was no sign of him spraining his ankle. It was obvious that he was deliberately set up here and hit with a club with the intention of murdering him.

"Why? How did you know that I would go down the mountain..."

Before Tang Shan could finish his words, the peddler took advantage of his illness and raised the half-broken carrying pole high up and smashed it hard on the back of Tang Shan's head again.

This time, Tang Shan finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground. When he fainted, Tang Shan was still full of confusion and couldn't believe what he saw.

It was a pity that Tang Shan was destined not to get an answer. This peddler was no one else but Ji Xiaoba, the waiter of Longmen Inn.

There was more than one waiter in Longmen Inn. Although Tang Shan felt that Ji Xiaoba looked familiar, he had never met him in person and could not recognize him.

In mid-August, when Emperor Li, along with his officials and the top four contestants of the martial arts examination, rushed to the Junshan Palace, many people followed the court team to watch the final round of the martial arts examination and the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

Ji Xiaoba, who had asked the innkeeper for a few days' leave, was also among them.

Before this, Ji Xiaoba "eavesdropped" on what Nan Yi said and learned that the position of martial arts champion corresponds to the opportunity to obtain a true qi lineage that is comparable to the true qi of immortality, and he has been yearning for it ever since.

However, he was not good at martial arts and had no chance to take part in the military examination, let alone become the top martial arts champion.

However, Ji Xiaoba was unwilling to give up and was always thinking about the title of martial arts champion, so he paid special attention to Tang Shan, who won the championship.

When Tang Shan challenged Nan Yi without knowing his own limitations, Ji Xiaoba unexpectedly discovered that Tang Shan's lips moved slightly, as if he was whispering to Nan Yi.

Although he couldn't hear what Tang Shan said, as luck would have it, Ji Xiaoba knew a little about lip reading and discovered that Tang Shan was actually saying that he had overdrawn his life and would not live long.

These words were like a prairie fire, instantly igniting Ji Xiaoba's greed.

He secretly thought, if Tang Shan is not going to live long, will he be able to seize the opportunity that comes with the title of martial arts champion?

Can I say that Tang Shande is not worthy of the position, and this opportunity is destined to be mine?
As a time traveler, Ji Xiaoba naturally saw that Tang Shan, Qin Yu, Zhou Yuan and others were all from the same hometown. After a little inquiry, he found out that these fellow villagers were all recent rising stars.

But as they are all time travelers and of similar age, why do others have martial arts skills?
You know, under normal circumstances, it is normal for these time travelers to be lazy.

One or two may be exceptions, but three, four, five, six, or even more, there must be common external factors.

Ji Xiaoba quickly thought of the system.

Seeing that everyone was skilled in martial arts, Ji Xiaoba boldly guessed that there might be a system related to martial arts training, but it was broken into several pieces and obtained by different time travelers; then, these people fought each other in order to seize the system fragments from others.

Otherwise, they would not have gathered in the capital at the same time.

Ji Xiaoba then wondered whether every time traveler would be qualified to obtain the system?

If he can get rid of Tang Shan, can he inherit Tang Shan's system?
Although Ji Xiaoba had no evidence to confirm his guess, he intuitively believed that it was very likely.

However, Ji Xiaoba also knows his own limitations.

If Tang Shan was in good condition, even if Ji Xiaoba was very bold, he would not dare to plot to harm Tang Shan, for fear of seeking death.

But now Tang Shan is dying, and he is obviously upset and in poor condition. After Ji Xiaoba noticed this, greed suddenly arose in his heart and he came up with a bold idea.

He bet that Tang Shan would go down the mountain today!

If the position of martial arts champion really has a corresponding opportunity, Tang Shan, who is dying and has not much time left, will definitely not be able to sit still!

In other words, it is very likely that Tang Shan will go down the mountain today and not wait until tomorrow to watch the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky.

After making this judgment, Ji Xiaoba immediately found a peddler in Junshan Village, bought bamboo baskets, shoulder poles and other items, and waited on the road leading down the mountain, waiting for something to happen.

And God rewards those who work hard. The martial arts champion Tang Shan actually fell into the trap. Without any warning, he was knocked unconscious to the ground by Ji Xiaoba's two blows.

Then, die!

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(End of this chapter)