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Chapter 438 A Bloodbath Caused by a Chicken (First Update)

"It really works."

Li Chuan placed his hand on the Mage Stone, and instantly a strange power flowed from the stone into his body. Under the influence of this power, he clearly felt that his mind had become clearer.

This is especially evident when thinking about questions related to magic.

However, his powerful mind soon discovered that this enhancement to his thinking was purely an additional effect of external forces.

This means that once he leaves this world, returns to the main world, or goes to other smaller worlds, the effect of this blessing will disappear.

Because the source of this enhanced thinking power still lies within this world.

Just like Wanda and Doctor Strange, their magical powers come from external dimensional demons. If Li Chuan takes them to the small world, isolating them from those dimensional demons...

Then they would no longer be able to use their magical powers and would become no different from ordinary people.

Once he understood this, his interest in Lishi diminished considerably.

He has never been particularly concerned about these external enhancements; what he truly cares about is the kind of power that is unaffected by external influences and can enhance his fundamental strength.

So after studying them for a while, he left the three standing stones.

One person can only choose one of these standing stones. Once the next one is chosen, the blessing of the previous one will disappear. The Thief Stone and the Warrior Stone are almost useless to him, so he naturally wouldn't choose them.

As he walked down the stone platform where the standing stone stood, a clear stream appeared before his eyes.

This little river is a tributary of the beautiful lake he just saw, and it is also the river that leads to Hemu Town.

Following the river eastward, he soon came across a small town with a distinctly medieval European style, which reminded him of Hogsmeade Village near Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The two do seem somewhat similar.

"Chicken thief! Someone's stealing chickens!"

"Kill him! Everyone, attack and kill him!"

However, just as Li Chuan was about to reach the entrance of the town, he suddenly heard several angry roars coming from inside, followed by the clanging and clashing of weapons.

As he stepped into the town, he was met with a group of villagers wielding sharp weapons and an acquaintance lying on the ground, covered in blood and beyond dead.

Yes, he knew the guy who was surrounded and killed by the villagers, or more precisely, Locke knew him.

It was the cat-man who, along with Locker, was mistaken for a Stormcloak rebel and escorted to Holy Land Town, had smuggled himself across the border.

"Are the people here really that tough?"

After listening intently for a while, Li Chuan finally understood that the bloodshed was caused by a chicken.

The incident started when the cat-man, who had just entered the village, was probably a little hungry. He secretly used his sword to kill a chicken owned by a villager named Hilde, intending to roast it and eat it. However, he was discovered and surrounded and killed by the villagers.

This cat-man was killed by all the villagers in the town simply for killing a chicken; his death was quite humiliating.

Shaking his head, Li Chuan decided not to meddle and stepped into the town, intending to take a look around first.

But perhaps because of the recent incident of the cat-man stealing chickens, he was still given a warning.

"Outsider, no matter where you come from, I must warn you: here, private property is sacred and inviolable. Even a chicken—if you dare to steal it, we have the right to execute you on the spot!"

A middle-aged man, as strong as an ox and dressed in blacksmith's clothes, walked up to Li Chuan.

Li Chuan nodded upon hearing this, but he wasn't angry.

Although he felt that stealing a chicken wouldn't get him killed, he figured he had to respect local customs; it was the local law, and there was nothing he could say about it.

He wasn't familiar with that cat-man, so there was no need for him to avenge him.

Seeing Li Chuan's smiling face and his seemingly very good temper, the middle-aged blacksmith was very satisfied. Before leaving, he even gave him some advice.

"Out-of-towners who want to rest should go to the Sleeping Giant Inn, which offers drinks and rooms. If you want to buy or sell something, go to the Trading Company."

If you want weapons and armor, you can come to my blacksmith shop, Alvo. The prices are reasonable, and everything is top-quality.

Finally, he also gave his blacksmith shop a bad ending.

There's no other way; the town isn't very populated, and most people who come to him are looking for farm tools. Only these outside adventurers are likely to be his big customers.

"Thank you, Mr. Alvo."

Li Chuan smiled and nodded, then strolled around the entire town.

Hemu Town is not large in area and its population is not particularly large. He explored the whole town in just over ten minutes.

"Let's exchange some money first, and then see if we can buy anything useful."

Li Chuan found the trading company in Hemu Town and went inside.

"Okay, at least one of us has to do something."

"No, you're not allowed to take risks, you're not allowed to catch thieves! Stop messing around, little sister! With your strength, going to the Desolate Waterfall Ancient Tomb is practically suicide!"

At that moment, a brother and sister, a man and a woman, were arguing inside the shop.

However, upon seeing Li Chuan enter, the man's attitude immediately changed, and he adopted a classic businessman's smile, saying warmly:

"Sir, welcome to my shop. I'm Lucan Valeris, the owner. Whatever bad rumors you've heard, it doesn't matter. My shop is still open for business."

"I heard your shop got robbed?"

Li Chuan asked casually.

While strolling around town, he overheard villagers chatting about how a group of robbers had robbed a trading company in Hemu Town under cover of darkness the previous night.

"Robbery. Well, not exactly. The thieves from the Desolate Waterfall Ancient Tomb stole an ornament from the shop while I was asleep—a dragon claw made of gold—and then they ran away because I scared them off."

To be honest, if I didn't have to watch the shop, I would have killed them long ago.

Lu Kan looked confident.

His sister, standing next to him, wore a disdainful expression, clearly not believing that her timid brother could kill those fierce bandits.

"Okay, I want to sell something. How much do you think it's worth?"

Li Chuan pretended to take out five rubies that Wanda had previously transformed into from his pocket and placed them on the table.

Upon seeing this, Lu Kan's eyes lit up. After carefully examining the situation, he spoke:

"These are very good quality rubies, but to be honest, few people would buy them here. How about 300 gold coins each?"

"Can."

Li Chuan didn't haggle. He knew that 300 for a ruby ​​was definitely a loss, but it didn't matter. He already had a small mountain of these rubies in his Tsukuyomi world, so he didn't care about that little bit.

What do you sell here?

"They have everything: food, drinks, weapons, jewelry, and so on."

Lu Kan quickly stepped aside and introduced the various items on the counter behind him to Li Chuan one by one.

(End of this chapter)