Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five.

how to say?

Old Ma is an honest man... he gives the impression of being simple-minded.

Knowing full well that he was an employee of the company, she still trusted him so much that she showed him the Body Refining Furnace directly. I don't know if she really regarded him, the successor of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques whom she had only met once, as one of her own, or if she was really not afraid that he would tell the company that the Body Refining Furnace could transform people into superhumans.

...

In addition, Zhou Fengliu could also feel an indescribable discomfort when he was with Ma Xianhong.

After careful consideration, he felt that this discomfort seemed to stem from the self-righteousness that Ma Xianhong always displayed when speaking, presumptuously defining the nature of the matter without understanding the full story.

This can be seen from the fact that Ma Xianhong mentioned to him several times that the company was not a good place after they had only met once...

People like Ma Xianhong don't consider how others will feel after they say these things... nor do they consider the consequences of their actions.

To put it nicely, this is being straightforward; to put it bluntly, it's speaking and acting without thinking, and being used as a pawn without even realizing it.

Old Ma is indeed a good person, but getting to know him closely... would definitely be very uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Zhou Fengliu turned around and glanced in the direction of the Body Cultivation Furnace.

Old Ma, Old Ma...you'd better be more careful.

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P.S.: I beg for everything, please beg for everything. Goodnight and sweet dreams, godfathers.

Chapter 128 is here! Here comes the chicken soup for the soul! (First update)

Zhou Fengliu did not intend to stop Ma Xianhong from rebuilding the furnace.

After all, he knew that the Body Refinement Furnace was Ma Xianhong's hope for regaining his lost memories.

Of course.

He also did not intend to help Ma Xianhong, because he knew that what Ma Xianhong was doing would not succeed.

For him, he is now just a passerby, visiting Biyou Village for sightseeing and rest. As for other things, he has no business and does not want to care.

...

When we returned to Biyou Village, it was already close to evening. The setting sun and the night sky were sharing the same horizon. Every household was starting to prepare dinner, and smoke from the chimneys drifted into the air. The occasional chirping of insects and barking of dogs made Biyou Village even more peaceful and serene.

"Mr. Zhou...your accommodations have been arranged."

Qiu Rang waited at the end of the village for a while, and when he saw Zhou Fengliu and Jin Yong coming down the mountain together, he spoke up.

Clearly, his appearance was arranged by Ma Xianhong.

"Thank you."

Zhou Fengliu followed Qiu Rang to take a look at his residence. His residence was located in the east of the village. The house was not large and there was not much furniture, but it was clean enough, which was quite good for Biyou Village.

"The cult leader has already instructed me that Mr. Zhou should feel free to make any requests... If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

After bringing Zhou Fengliu here, Qiu Rang turned to leave.

"Hey." Zhou Fengliu called out to him.

"how?"

"It's so late, aren't you guys going to eat?" Zhou Fengliu indicated that he hadn't eaten all day.

“Oh, I almost forgot, Mr. Zhou, if you don’t mind, you can eat with us…” Qiu Rang said.

...

After a moment.

Led by Qiu Rang, Zhou Fengliu arrived at a house that resembled a canteen.

As far as the eye can see, a long table inside the house is set with plates of ordinary home-cooked dishes, which look quite appetizing at first glance.

A little girl with orange hair was pushing a boy in a wheelchair to a long table. Besides the boy and girl, several other people were sitting on either side of the table.

Zhou Fengliu glanced at the list and recognized quite a few.

Basically, everyone present was Ma Xianhong's helper, what Old Ma called "highly talented".

"Who is this? He looks unfamiliar. Is this a new employee?"

A man with purple hair and slightly dark skin was the first to notice Zhou Fengliu next to Qiu Rang and asked him a question.

"The leader's friend... Zhou Fengliu, Mr. Zhou." Qiu Rang gave a brief introduction of Zhou Fengliu.

Upon hearing the name Zhou Fengliu, the expressions on the faces of everyone present changed to varying degrees.

"This name... it sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before?"

"Indeed... The young man who inherited the Tongtian Talisman at the Luotian Grand Ceremony not long ago was named Zhou Fengliu."

"Ah...it's him."

"The sect leader even brought him here? I heard that there was a War God who forced his way through the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, and he slapped all the younger generation from the weakest to the strongest. Even the top disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion couldn't escape. I didn't expect him to be so young."

Everyone had heard of Zhou Fengliu to some extent.

...

"Here it comes, chicken soup is here."

As everyone was surprised to see Zhou Fengliu, the recently rumored extraordinary person, here, a short-haired woman wearing a Western-style double-breasted chef's uniform with an apron walked in carrying a pot of chicken soup.

"The dishes are all ready, we can eat now..."

The woman wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at the crowd.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Fu Rong," the orange-haired girl replied.

Seeing that all the dishes were ready, Zhou Fengliu echoed with "Thank you for your hard work" a few times, then naturally found a chair to sit down and prepared to start eating.

"Huh? Who's this?"

Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Fu Rong noticed Zhou Fengliu at the dining table. With Zhou Fengliu's presence, the overall appearance of everyone at the table improved considerably, making it easy for her to spot him.

"He's just here to freeload."

Zhou Fengliu replied, then glanced at everyone present: "Don't worry about me, everyone eat and drink as you please... make yourself at home."

"..."

Zhou Fengliu's overly familiar manner caused everyone present to raise an eyebrow.

Why is this a reversal of the Heavenly Gang? Who exactly is the guest?

Despite Zhou Fengliu's lack of politeness, the dinner proceeded smoothly.

Having barely eaten all day, Zhou Fengliu's gluttonous eating made everyone present feel that he wasn't a guest in Biyou Village, but rather a refugee fleeing famine.

After dinner, Zhou Fengliu not only filled his stomach but also roughly recognized the identities of the several people with superior spiritual cultivation in front of him.

The short, purple-haired, squinty-eyed man sitting on the far left is called Zhong Xiaolong.

At first glance, he couldn't even see where Zhong Xiaolong's eyes were, even though Zhong Xiaolong said that his eyes were wide open, he really couldn't see them.

The second person clockwise, the ordinary man who always wears a red baseball cap while eating, is named Zhang Kun.

He only remembered the character "坤" (Kun), and didn't remember much else, since the person was too ordinary and had no special characteristics.

The third is Bi Yuan, who is known as "Grandpa Bi".

He remembered this old man, because Gong Qing, the acting leader of Quanxing Sect in the original novel, was his disciple.

The little girl with orange hair was named Liu Wu Kui, and the person sitting in the wheelchair was her older brother, Liu Hong Zhong.

Of the brother and sister, all he remembered was that Liu Wu Kui had a bad temper and was quite strong.

The man opposite Liu Wu Kui, who didn't talk much and had a very unconventional hairstyle, was named Ding Zi Huan.

If there's one person Zhou Fengliu remembers most from this dinner, it's the Taoist priest Zhao Guizhen who's standing next to Ding Zihuan.

This old fellow used to be from the Maoshan Sect, but later escaped from Maoshan and came to Biyou Village to become Ma Xianhong's companion. On the surface, he looks respectable and has no desires, but in reality, as soon as he hears about the Tongtian Talisman, his eyes practically light up.

This is understandable, given that they come from the Shangqing Maoshan Sect, a sect renowned for its talismans in the eyes of outsiders.

However, drawing a talisman requires too much preparation, and the Maoshan sect rarely bestows talismans upon its disciples.

Zhao Guizhen couldn't help but get excited when he heard about the Tongtian Lu, which allowed one to draw talismans at will without setting up an altar, circulating qi, or making prior preparations.

Despite his excitement, the old man didn't dare to make any further moves at the dinner table, only glancing at Zhou Fengliu a couple more times.

...

After dinner, everyone had gotten to know Zhou Fengliu and gained some understanding of him.

After most of the people had left, Zhou Fengliu looked at Chef Fu Rong, who was cleaning the kitchen, and said:

"I'm full. Miss Rong's cooking is really good."

"Um...it's alright." Fu Rong didn't react much to Zhou Fengliu's words. Many people had said she was a good cook, and she was used to it.

"Are you okay?"

"It's alright."

"Could you help me tidy up the kitchen sometime?"