Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 210 'Door to Door'

"This woman is not a rat, she actually likes to live underground. No wonder her skin is so white, and it is a healthy white, almost as if it can be blown away. Although she is cold, I guess she is also a person who loves beauty. No wonder she smells so good."

Chen Xuan pondered it in his heart, but he didn't care too much. He probably understood that there must be more than one entrance and exit to her underground living space, but there was no need to deliberately investigate. There was still a long time to go, and there was plenty of time to find out.

Looking at the sky, it was still early, less than three o'clock in the morning. Chen Xuan was not in a hurry to leave and return to the academy. Instead, he came to the front yard, intending to use the next time to create a private space for himself.

From now on, I will be the neighbor of the woman in black. We are so close to each other, but she doesn't know what I am like.

As soon as he arrived at the front yard, Chen Xuan was about to take action, but he raised his eyebrows and hid silently in the dense locust tree like a wisp of green smoke.

Then he saw that in the other direction of the deserted house, the woman in black who had just crawled into the ground appeared again, and was quietly observing this side from a tree outside the deserted house.

Well, Chen Xuan understood that the other party had become suspicious, so he changed the way to observe the hidden dangers, which was quite cautious.

But I think the other party himself is not sure, he is just being suspicious just in case.

The other party observed quietly for about a quarter of an hour, and seemed to be sure that he was overthinking it, so he left quietly.

Chen Xuan thought for a second, then followed quietly and saw her lift a stone in an inconspicuous corner and drill back into the ground. After entering, she did not forget to reach out and put the stone back in place.

Looking at the moon in the sky, Chen Xuan felt amused. Could this really be a rat spirit? It loves to dig holes so much.

Next, he was not in a hurry to act, but continued to wait silently in the dark, hoping that the other party would secretly appear from another direction.

As Chen Xuan expected, she appeared from another direction not long after. After observing for a while and finding no problems, she quietly left.

Half an hour passed, and she did this four or five times before she didn't appear again.

Every time she appeared, Chen Xuan followed her quietly. The other party could no longer be described as a cunning rabbit with three burrows. Chen Xuan had seen seven or eight underground entrances and exits with his own eyes. Some were in tree holes, some were under stones on the roadside, some were in residents' homes, and even more outrageous were the sewage ditches. No one knew how she could bear it.

Apart from anything else, Chen Xuan truly admired her vigilance, which he probably thought was related to her occupation.

Perhaps once she had this bad premonition in her heart, it wouldn't completely go away for a long time. She would either completely find herself out of it, or slowly forget it over time...

Only when the other party completely calmed down did Chen Xuan start to get busy. He kept an eye on any movement within a hundred feet, and he came to the well in the deserted house silently.

The well wall was dark and slippery, and Chen Xuan easily climbed up to the break, which was about two or three feet above the ground.

Where he was, opposite to Mi Xuwai, there was a hole that was revealed when a stone fell off naturally. It was the size of a human head and was one of the entrances and exits for the woman in black to live underground. She had sneaked out from here before.

Out of some evil taste, Chen Xuan planned to "settle down" across from her door, which is called being in the dark under the lamp.

He placed his hand on the wall of the well, and his innate true energy circulated through his body, silently penetrating deep into the ground to investigate.

Innate True Qi is invisible and intangible. It is a special form of energy existence. In Chen Xuan's understanding, it is like physical strength. It is a part of oneself, but its uses are endless. Attaching it to weapons in a special way can enhance its power, while using it to spread out for investigation is a relatively superficial and crude way of application, and even somewhat insulting to the words "Innate True Qi".

If the true Qi can be integrated into weapons, it can naturally be integrated into mountains, rocks, and plants. As a part of itself, it can of course bring some sensory feedback when it extends out.

It's just very vague. After all, it can't give people the most intuitive feeling like nerves. It can only be roughly judged by the conductivity after extending out, but it is enough to investigate some basic situations.

With the quality and thickness of Chen Xuan's true energy now, he can basically explore in a certain direction within a range of four or five meters at most. If he goes further, he will be inexhaustible.

After a brief exploration, he had a rough idea in his mind that there was no other space underground opposite the 'door' of the woman in black. It was just some normal mud and stone structures that could serve as his 'home'.

The next step was easy. He practiced his skills, and the innate true qi transformed into invisible sword energy at his fingertips, which cut a piece of stone from the well wall along the gap. The incision was as thin as a hair and as smooth as a mirror, so he could easily remove it.

Considering that he would need to bring some things in later, Chen Xuan cut an entrance that was big enough for a washbasin, making it convenient to enter and exit.

Then the invisible sword energy extended again to cut, and he practiced his skills and stretched out his hand to suck out a piece of cut soil. He used light skills to throw the soil into the river in the distance. After doing this once or twice, he cut out an entrance nearly two meters deep.

Then he entered the cave like a boneless snake, making horizontal and vertical cuts to expand the internal space. In just half an hour, plus moving the cut soil and rocks, he created a space about ten feet long, wide and high at a depth of two feet from the well wall, which was enough.

There is no need for reinforcement at all. Just perform a palm technique, and the true energy turns into the Mixu hand seal to silently slap the surroundings to compact them. Without causing any noise, the surroundings are as solid as concrete.

This wasn't the end of the story. Considering ventilation, Chen Xuan carved two or three more holes, like rat holes. These were much smaller than the entrance, barely larger than a bowl. To prevent water seepage, the holes twisted and meandered. One led to the base of a pillar in an abandoned building, ending in a few inconspicuous, finger-sized holes. Another led to the base of the wall on one side of the courtyard, and the last one went straight through the locust tree, creating a hole somewhere.

It's done only after you've done all this.

Even though Chen Xuan had a good level of cultivation, he was still wriggling around like a snake and ended up getting himself covered in dust. Fortunately, he was able to clean the dust off his body by breathing in and out his true energy.

After finishing, Chen Xuan looked at his work and thought that this would be his private space from now on, where he could use it to do whatever he wanted.

It's just that hiding it underground makes it a little cheap, but it doesn't matter.

There is absolutely no need for him to buy the abandoned house and renovate it. It would be much better this way and it wouldn't cost a penny.

"I'm bored enough, so where can I find a space like this? Forget it, just think of it as having a pleasing neighbor to the eye to occasionally adjust my mood. Although my neighbor is not a beauty, her cold temperament is unique and cannot be compared with those courtesans in Mo City's brothels. Sorry, I shouldn't compare her with prostitutes."

After looking at his work with satisfaction for a moment, Chen Xuan could then take time to come here and make some money.

After considering it for a while, he decided to make some pills to sell. They were not very sophisticated, easy to operate, and very profitable. In fact, his inspiration came from Wu Junyao.

That guy is already useless, because he can't think of the sequel to the incomplete poem, so he spends the whole day drunken and dreaming in Wenxiang Pavilion, trying to complete it in a flash of inspiration.

In the first few days, Wenxiang Pavilion treated him like a big boss. Later, as the situation cooled down, Wenxiang Pavilion only treated him like a boss on the surface. They would not do business at a loss. After all, taking advantage of capitalists is more painful than killing them.

Anyway, Xiao Wu later spent his own money to find inspiration in the Wenxiang Pavilion, and never gave up, wanting to recreate his glory...

Following the entrance back into the well, Chen Xuan placed the cut stones at the entrance, fitting them perfectly. Due to the cutting angle, the stones blocking the entrance would not slip or loosen unless they were deliberately positioned.

Moreover, the light in the well is dim, and the hair-sized gap is difficult to find clues unless you look for the answer.

Looking at the dark hole opposite, Chen Xuan thought that they would be next-door neighbors from now on.

After finishing the work, it was almost dawn in two hours. Chen Xuan could rush back and take a nap, and find a place to clean himself on the way.

When he got to the ground and was about to leave, he heard people coming towards this direction not far from the deserted house. There were four or five of them, cursing at each other. Each of them had martial arts skills, but their strength was far inferior to that of the weak woman next door.

Although he didn't pay much attention to it, Chen Xuan still took a few glances at them. They were holding knives and sticks, and they were obviously searching for something along the way. They had searched all the way here, and Chen Xuan guessed that they were looking for the injured man before.

Looking at their attire, their clothes had the logo of the Iron Fist Gang, one of the three major gangs in Mo City. No one knew how that guy had provoked them.

Several people followed him all the way to the deserted house, each of them was obviously hesitant. One of them, who was probably good at tracking, said in a deep voice, "That guy ran into the evil yard. What should we do?"

"What else can we do? Of course we have to find him, chop off his head and bring it back. Otherwise, no one can sleep. It's just a rumor. How can it scare others and us?"

"Yes, there are so many of us, we shouldn't be afraid of anything!"

After a brief discussion, several people cooperated to enter the yard, but none of them were as tough as they said. It was not known whether they were afraid of the rumors here, or because the person they were looking for might be hiding here and ready to give them a fatal blow at any time.

"Brother, look, there are bloodstains and spilled hemostatic powder. That person has been here."

"Everyone be careful, that guy is probably still there. Don't separate, search together, and we must find him. He was hit by the hall master's sword and his life is in danger. He has no fighting ability."

"Hehe, maybe we'll make a contribution this time."

Just as they were enthusiastically searching for the missing person and planning to claim their reward, one of them suddenly said in a trembling voice, "Did you hear that? Where's that crying coming from?"

"Why don't I have any... I really do, damn, those rumors can't be true."

Chen Xuan, who was originally planning to leave, stopped and watched with interest.

The neighbor is doing this again, so how will she treat these people? Just scare them away like before?

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(End of this chapter)