After 100 years of leatherworking, I have become a giant in the magic sect.

Chapter 87 86. Escape to the Border Town, Unexpected Visitors (3.5K words - Please subscribe)
In Chaoli County, people came and went, some starved to death and some died of illness, and no one cared about the disappearance of a knight who had no connections.

After discovering that the knight had disappeared, Lin Xianxing thought that the other party knew there was no hope and had gone far away, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.
The backyard of Li Mansion.

The door was locked. Song Yan grabbed the pig skin, took out a scraper and a carving knife, and went back to his old business.

Although it is a mortal place with barren mysterious energy, once the butcher shop business is on track, Song Yan's lifespan will increase by several years every day or every two days.

Others might worry about “time passing quickly” or have a headache about “there is no mysterious energy here, which delays the time for cultivation”, but Song Yan doesn’t care at all.

Because his life span will only get longer.

This made him not in a hurry and gave him an extra amount of terrifying patience.

Brush brush brush.
"Huh~"

Song Yan blew away the debris on the pig skin, then raised it and shook it.

[You have absorbed the remaining life span of a black pig: 14 years]

After doing all this, Song Yan placed the black pig skin shadow puppet back on the chopping board and began to quickly cut it into strips with a knife.

Naturally, he had long since disdained these shadow puppets made of ordinary animal skins, so after taking the life force, he used it to cook. This way, he could also conceal his true purpose of hoarding the pig skins.

For this purpose, he had been practicing his cooking skills very hard during this period and had acquired two unique skills.

First hand————Spicy pork skin.

Second hand————Roasted pork neck.

The first purpose was to deal with the shadow puppet and "destroy and eliminate all traces" of it; the second purpose was to conceal the truth from the public.

Even if no one is watching or paying attention, Song Yan will do his job without leaving any flaws.

He carefully prepared the pig skin, and at the same time, he cut the pork neck into thick strips and put them on a fruit wood rack to roast.
After half an hour, the "pig skin shadow puppet" had turned into a plate of spicy pork skin, crystal clear; and the "roasted pork neck" was also ready, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Song Yan looked at the two delicious dishes and felt quite emotional.

Back then, he couldn’t even swallow the grilled meat. I don’t know what was going on.

Now, I even have my own specialty dish.

Chuckling and shaking his head, he opened the door and walked out with the tray.

After walking two steps, a maid ran over and said respectfully, "Master, Guardian Du is waiting for you in the front yard."

Song Yan said: "I know, go get the jar of wine."

The maid said, "Madam, please drink less."

Song Yan was speechless.

Lin Xianxing asked him to drink less not because she was worried about his health, but because the wines he had stored in the cellar were all good wines. Drinking them was like drinking silver, so of course Lin Xianxing felt bad.

Lin Xianxing was very shrewd. She quickly realized that although Taoyuan Meat Shop made money, it was not that much. Most of the money came from the money that Mr. Li brought from the north.

Mr. Li’s money is her money, how could she not feel sorry for it?

"take!"

"Yes, sir." The maid hurried downstairs.

Song Yan carried two plates of food to the front yard.

In the yard, a fierce man was sitting next to a stone table. He was the same fierce man who "interviewed" and "invited Song Yan to join the gang" that day.

The Flying Knife Gang is a small local gang.

But although the gang is small, it has everything, including protectors, hall masters, and everything else.

"It smells so good!" Protector Du screamed while fanning the air.

Song Yan put the dishes on the table.

Protector Du picked up the chopsticks and was about to start eating.

However, Song Yan also grabbed a pair of chopsticks and stopped him.

The two pairs of chopsticks clashed in the air, entangled with each other as if competing in skills. After a long time, there was a "snap" sound, and the two pairs separated.

Guardian Du laughed strangely and said, "Okay, okay!"

Apparently, this was not the first time that the two had performed this "pre-meal etiquette".

Although Protector Du is fierce, he is still a martial arts expert.

At this time, the maid came up with a jar of wine.

Song Yan took it, broke the seal and poured a bowl for each of them.

The wine flowed into the porcelain bowl, spreading the amber luster and rolling up the light falling from the sky into scattered gold, which was very tempting.

"Good wine!"

Du Hufa couldn't wait to eat. He picked up a piece of spicy pork skin with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, chewing and saying, "Delicious food!"

Song Yan also started eating.

In a blink of an eye, half a jar of wine was gone and the dishes were almost finished.

Du Hufa then said, "Brother Li, I came here today specifically to say goodbye."

"Farewell?"

Song Yan smiled and asked, "Where are you going?"

Du Hufa's vicious triangular eyes swept the gaps between the archways and windows around him. Seeing no one, he moved closer and said, "Teach your brothers a lesson. There is chaos outside now. Many righteous sects are fleeing from north to south, and the evil sects are chasing after them. People die almost every day.

To exaggerate a little, anyone with hands can pick up martial arts techniques, secret manuals of magical weapons, and so on.

We in the Feidao Gang are planning to try our luck with the surrounding areas, especially with the big brother of the Iron Bear Gang in Handan City.

I went there on behalf of our Flying Knife Gang."

Song Yan sighed, "When I escaped last year, the North was already in chaos. I didn't expect the Jianghu to be so chaotic."

Du Hufa said: "Isn't it? Not only is Wei in chaos, but even Shu is in chaos."

"Shu is also in chaos?"

Song Yan was stunned for a moment, "What does this have to do with Shu?"

Du Hufa asked: "Brother, have you ever heard of the title of Queen Tianyun?"

"Queen Tianyun?"

Song Yan thought about it and shook his head.

Du Hufa gave a thumbs up and said, "That woman is quite a figure. She can be considered the big sister of the Shu Kingdom."

Then, he lowered his voice and said, "Last year, she was invited by the immortals of my country to visit Wu. But she disappeared suddenly. It is said that the immortals are also looking for her. In Shu, without the suppression of Queen Tianyun, the martial arts world suddenly became chaotic. When they heard that the immortals had gone there, it became even more chaotic."

Song Yan understood.

Queen Tianyun is Hua Linglong.

"Invited by the immortal of Wu State" is probably because "Hua Rong died in battle and helped Nanwu Jianmen before his death", so Nanwu Jianmen wanted to compensate her and invited her to Wu.

"Disappearance" should be that Nanwu Jianmen and Puppet Sect realized that "Hua Rong" might also be a trick played by Song Yan. When they couldn't find him, they started looking for Hua Linglong. But Hua Linglong was very slippery and disappeared in an instant.

"The immortals fled to Western Shu" should mean that someone from the Puppet Sect went there to search souls.

The entrance of the Demon Sect and their dimensionality-reducing attack naturally threw the Western Shu martial arts world into chaos.

I didn't expect that he stole the "blood of the tiger king" and caused such a big earthquake.
Soon, another four months passed.

Song Yan's life span increased by 1254 years, and the overall value became "【Life span: 29/8776】".

This outrageous and safe improvement is quite cool.

Song Yan also felt quite refreshed.

On a spring night, a cat was meowing outside.

In the midnight breeze, the new leaves in the bamboo forest rustle like waves, making a rustling sound.

In the master bedroom of the Li Mansion, separated only by an oil-paper window, two beauties were nestled in Song Yan's arms, competing for his favor and acting coquettishly.
Why two women?
Because last month, Mr. Li took another concubine.

This concubine was young, beautiful, with big breasts and long legs, and she was well-educated. After seeing Mr. Li's money and status, she pretended to be a talented and "elegant" woman, hoping to hook Mr. Li and talk about important feelings with him, while putting "unimportant money into her own pocket."

As a result, Mr. Li did not talk about feelings, but took her as a concubine and threw her on the bed.
When the concubine realized that her thoughts were discovered, she stopped pretending.

Then, Lin Xianxing met her "enemy of life".

The two women quarreled with each other every day, and no one dared to care where Mr. Li spent his money.

Now, the two women were lying on the same bed, serving Song Yan together, and competing with each other even more vigorously.

Both of them showed their magical powers, and the variety of their methods made Song Yan a little stunned.

Even though it was already midnight, the noise hadn't stopped yet.

It was not until the bangzi gong sounded at the fourth watch, accompanied by the night watchman's shouting "It's dry, be careful with fire" that the two women collapsed from exhaustion. Their four long legs entangled with Song Yan's on the left and right, and then they fell asleep in the air filled with the scent of red candles and incense.

Song Yan looked up at the curtain hanging down above his head and murmured in his heart: "This day is really dark and gloomy.
However, I am now completely Mr. Li of Chaoli County. Even if someone comes looking for me, they will not be able to find any flaws.

Where there is mysterious energy, there are constant disputes and dangers everywhere; this worthless mortal border town is really a tried and tested hiding place.'

A few days later, Du Hufa returned from outside, bringing back some news from the outside world and a book of unknown swordsmanship, which he treated as a treasure. Only members of the gang who are hall masters or above are qualified to practice.

Song Yan also practiced casually, focusing on "keeping everyone company" and getting a grasp of the outside information at the same time.

Another two months passed.

Protector Du led a group out again.

Half a year later, I returned.

In this way, two years passed by in a flash.

In the past two years, the peach blossoms in Song Yan's mansion have bloomed and faded.

Now that spring has arrived, the flowers are once again in full bloom, and are breathtakingly beautiful.

A "Taoyuan Restaurant" also opened opposite the Taoyuan Butcher Shop.

This restaurant was naturally also opened by Song Yan.

Originally, this restaurant was nothing special, but because Protector Du of the Flying Knife Gang often went out and brought outside gangsters back to the county, he would definitely brag when he returned, "My brother Li is a very good cook. He can make spicy pork skin in one hand and roasted pork neck in the other. They are simply the best in the world."

That's it.
Taoyuan Restaurant was initially popular in a small area.

After the second leader of the Tiexiong Gang in Handan City came specially to secretly taste Mr. Li's cooking and went back to promote it, Taoyuan Restaurant became completely popular.

Song Yan also had to show off some martial arts skills, and then he stopped cooking when some small fish and shrimp came over.

Later, he found it too troublesome, so he made a rule of "do it only once a day, and only those who are destined to do it can get it."

However, there are still many people who come here because of its reputation, and some even brag about having eaten Mr. Li’s "spicy pork skin and roasted pork neck".

There is a reason for this.

What level of realm is Song Yan at, and how good is his swordsmanship?

If you really focus on making two dishes, it will be perfect.

Through these people in the underworld, Song Yan learned more and more about the situation outside.

Although there is not much information about the world of monks, the Jianghu is the lower level of the world of monks. Anything that happens in the world of monks will cause a bigger wave in the Jianghu.

In the past few years, Song Yan has learned a lot of things.

First of all, the State of Wei was completely gone and became the State of Jin.

The State of Jin took advantage of the "Puppet Sect's search of Tianyun City" to swallow up Western Shu, and now it has almost swallowed it up.

The Southern Wu seemed to have suffered heavy losses, and was now defending the south and no longer taking the initiative to attack.

Secondly, the evil forces in the martial arts world held an unprecedented "tribute". They each brought the most precious gifts and went to the Puppet Sect standing in the center of the Three Kingdoms. It was said that they were attending an extremely important grand wedding.

The groom at the wedding is said to be the son of a peak master of the Puppet Sect.

The bride is called "Mrs. Wang".

People in the underworld call her "Mrs. Wang", but their expressions and attitudes are no different from those who call out to the high and mighty Fairy Queen.

One day, Song Yan had just finished making shadow puppets for the day and was watching the guests coming in and out of the restaurant when suddenly a fast horse came from afar. The sound of "da da da" came from far away and then got closer, fast and then slow.

Guardian Du dismounted, ran to Song Yan's side, and whispered in his ear, "Brother Li, get ready, show us your unique skills."

Song Yan said: "Brother Du, you know that I only make one portion a day."

Du Hufa said softly with a look of delight on his face: "There are cultivators, independent cultivators, who have heard of your cooking skills and want to try them."

Song Yan was stunned.

A monk wants to try the craftsmanship of mortals?

Is this an excuse?
He became alert for a moment.

And Du Hufa lowered his voice and said, "It's Madam Ling's small meeting."

Song Yan was stunned and asked, "Who is Madam Ling?"

Du Hufa said, "Madam Ling is Madam Ling. She has gathered several independent cultivators. In addition to eating your food, they also want to do something. Hurry up, Brother Li, hurry up, they are coming soon."

(End of this chapter)