From breaking the limits of archery to achieving martial arts godhood

Bihu Town is located next to Bihu Lake.

Bihu Lake is vast and teeming with fish and shrimp, supporting tens of thousands of people in Bihu Town.

During the fishing season, tens of thousands of kilograms of fish and shrimp are caught every day, some of which are sent to Changfeng County for sale.

That was the busiest time for the fishing community.

However, it is currently the fishing ban period, and the fishing gangs will not only refrain from fishing in the lake, but will also send people to patrol and prevent others from fishing.

Chen Xun set off from Changfeng City and arrived at Bihu Town in less than half a day.

Unlike Ping'an Town, Bihu Town has no city walls.

The entire town is built along the embankment of Bishui Lake, forming a curve that stretches for several miles.

The reason for this construction is that each household has a small fishing boat, which is usually placed on the lake and tied to one of the pillars of their house.

If you want to use the boat, simply untie the rope and you can set sail.

Now that it's the fishing ban season, the people of Bihu Town can't fish, so they have to farm.

Near Bishui Lake, they cultivated a large area of ​​fertile farmland.

These farmlands are piled with silt that fishermen have dredged from the bottom of the lake. This is a very effective fertilizer that greatly promotes crop growth.

Using this method, the annual crop yield of the farmland here is about 30% higher than that of other places.

When Chen Xun arrived in Bihu Town, it was already afternoon.

He found an inn in town, settled in, and began inquiring about the fishing gang.

Information in this area was relatively easy to obtain; in less than half an hour, Chen Xun had obtained some basic information about the fishing gang.

Like the medicine gang in Heping Town, the fishing gang was also established by people of the same surname.

The Medicine Gang is the Song family's Medicine Gang, while the Fishing Gang is the Wang family's Fishing Gang.

The entire town of Bihu has a population of about 70,000, of which 80% are surnamed Wang.

The Wang family has always maintained absolute control over the fishing community.

The fishing gang has seven elders, all of whom share the surname Wang; there are no outsiders among them.

Needless to say, the gang leader not only has the surname Wang, but also serves as the patriarch of the Wang family of Bihu.

All eight of them possessed the strength of the Blood Exchange Realm.

But this is not the complete overhaul of the fishing gang's power structure.

There are also three hall masters, who are also at the Blood Exchange Realm.

In other words, the entire Fishing Gang has eleven Blood Exchange Realm martial artists on the surface.

Not to mention martial artists in the Bone Forging Realm and Qi and Blood Realm.

Their overall strength is at least twice that of the former Medicine Gang.

Within the fishing gang, there is a strict hierarchy, divided into special-class disciples, first-class disciples, second-class disciples, and third-class disciples.

The disciples are ranked from highest to lowest status, with the third-class disciples having the lowest status.

Special-grade disciples enjoy certain privileges and are equivalent to candidates for hall master and elder.

This information is generally known to everyone.

After that, Chen Xun began to inquire about the Third Elder's residence.

His goal in coming here was to seize the [Face Changing Technique] from the Third Elder.

In terms of strength, Chen Xun is not as good as this person, but he can outsmart him.

Chen Xun refused to believe that the other party would stay at home forever and never go out.

This information was not hard to find out, after all, this Third Elder was a well-known figure in Bihu Town.

Three days later, Chen Xun arrived at the gate of a large four-courtyard mansion. The plaque above the gate read "Xueyi Mansion," which was the residence of the third elder of the fishing gang.

This third elder of the fishing gang, named Wang Xueyi, was a womanizer in his youth, marrying seven wives in succession. Now, he is almost sixty years old, but he is still vigorous. Last year, he married his eighth wife, who gave birth to his thirteenth son.

Therefore, his house was built exceptionally large, making it one of the largest in the entire Bihu Town.

With a larger house comes a greater need for servants.

"Stop right there, what are you doing?"

As soon as Chen Xun arrived at the entrance of Xueyi Mansion, he was stopped by the gatekeeper.

"In reply to you, sir, I saw that the manor was recruiting kitchen helpers, so I thought I'd give it a try."

Chen Xun said in a humble voice.

At this moment, he had changed into a set of coarse cloth clothes, and his face was covered in ash. Combined with his slightly immature face, he looked like a boy from a poor family.

"So you're here for a job interview. I'll take you to the kitchen and see if the head chef wants you."

The gatekeeper didn't make things difficult for Chen Xun. He led Chen Xun through a small door and along the way to the back kitchen of the mansion.

The kitchen was bustling with activity; people were stir-frying, chopping vegetables, and tending the fire, all working tirelessly.

There was only one large, fat man, over 1.8 meters tall and nearly 1.9 meters tall, standing to the side with his arms crossed, looking quite relaxed.

The only thing that's never idle is his mouth.

"Wang Ming, haven't you eaten? Why are you so weak when you're tossing the food? Do you want the people in the manor to eat raw food?"

"Wang Dong, are you blind? Look at what you've cut! It's almost as thick as the cutting board! Are you trying to make it impossible for anyone to chew?"

"And Wang Hai, you..."

In the short span of ten seconds since Chen Xun entered, the fat man had already named and cursed three people.

Seeing the other party's imposing manner, even the servant couldn't help but shrink back.

Fortunately, the fat man had sharp eyes and quickly spotted the two of them, asking first, "Wang Hao, why aren't you checking your own door? What are you doing here?"

Wang Hao didn't dare to be negligent and quickly replied, "Chef, someone applied for the position of kitchen helper, so I brought them over."

As he spoke, he stepped aside, making way for Chen Xun behind him.

The fat man looked at Chen Xun, sized him up, and nodded: "He's quite fit."

"Young man, what's your name? Where do you live?"

"Replying to you, my name is Wang Feng, and I live in Sweet Shrimp Lane."

Indeed, Chen Xun has now changed his identity.

The reason Chen Xun took three days to arrive here was to obtain a plausible identity.

To this end, he made a special trip to Baixiaolou and spent three hundred taels of silver to obtain relevant information.

Following the intelligence, Chen Xun returned to Bihu Town and found a person who specialized in creating fake identities for others.

This person is elusive; without an introduction from an acquaintance, it's impossible to find them.

Here, Chen Xun spent another hundred taels of silver to forge a fake identity.

It's perfectly capable of handling routine inspections.

"Did you bring your identification documents?"

The fat man continued to ask.

"I brought it; it's here."

Chen Xun quickly took out a wooden plaque from his pocket, on which was engraved various information about the person named Wang Feng.

This thing is like an ID card.

After taking it, the fat man glanced at it casually, then focused on the anti-counterfeiting pattern on the wooden tag, which was a fish.

"Not bad," the fat man nodded, then said to Chen Xun, "Go to the woodshed and chop firewood. If you can chop fifty pieces before lunch, you can stay."

Then, someone led Chen Xun to the woodshed to chop firewood.

Chopping wood was a very simple task for Chen Xun.

However, he did not overreact.

He just chopped ten more than the fat man had requested.

"Good, you've passed the test. Now you'll be our kitchen helper at Xueyi Mansion."

"My name is Wang Xiong, and I'm the head chef in the kitchen. I'm the boss in the kitchen, understand?"

Wang Xiong arrived at the woodshed, nodded in satisfaction, and began to set rules for Chen Xun.

"Chef, I understand. From now on, I will do whatever you ask me to do."

Chen Xun seemed to understand perfectly.

"Good, I understand."

Wang Xiong smiled and said, "Alright, come and eat with us."

"Although the job of a kitchen helper is a bit tiring and the pay is a bit low, you won't be shortchanged in terms of food."

Just as Wang Xiong had predicted, even Chen Xun, a newly arrived kitchen helper, was able to eat a piece of braised pork with a perfect balance of fat and lean meat, and he could eat as much rice as he wanted.

However, Chen Xun didn't dare to eat too much. He ate two large bowls with the remaining meat broth and then stopped.

Even so, among everyone in the kitchen, his appetite was second only to Wang Xiong's.

"Good lad, good appetite, I like it."

Wang Xiong likes to eat a lot.

He happily ate another bowl.

Afterwards, Wang Xiong had someone conduct a background check on Chen Xun.

The background check was very simple; it just involved checking the address on the wooden sign and asking questions.

Soon, the person who conducted the background check returned.

"Chef, no problem."

"Okay," Wang Xiong nodded.

That afternoon, Chen Xun signed a contract and successfully became a kitchen helper at Xueyi Mansion.

My usual task is to assist others and do all sorts of odd jobs, which is very hard work.

The last kitchen helper was driven away by exhaustion.

As a Silver Bone Realm martial artist, Chen Xun would naturally not be exhausted by this intensity of work.

In his spare time, he would try to get information about Wang Xueyi from other people.

In the blink of an eye, five days had passed.

During these five days, Chen Xun learned about Wang Xueyi's peculiar habit.

It turns out that this man not only had eight wives at home, but also liked to keep mistresses outside the home, and he had a particular fondness for married women.

Married women are great; they're experienced, know how to take care of men, and most importantly, they're exciting and give men a sense of conquest.

Every few days, Wang Xueyi would go out to meet her lover.

So, for the past few nights, Chen Xun has been secretly monitoring Wang Xueyi's movements.

Finally, the day he had been waiting for arrived.

Wang Xueyi sneaked out of the house by climbing over the wall.

Although no one would say anything if she went through the main entrance, it might have made her feel more excited.

As soon as Wang Xueyi left, Chen Xun rushed to Wang Xueyi's study.

The study was Wang Xueyi's private domain; without being summoned, even his children were not allowed to enter.

Therefore, Chen Xun speculated that the "Face-Changing Technique" was probably hidden in Wang Xueyi's study.

Soon, Chen Xun found his way to the door of the study.