Strange And Troubled Times: Eternal Life Begins From Marrying A Wife

Chapter 62 Encounter with the Werewolf Anomaly in the Middle of the Night, Liu Ruyan Summons Again

"The escort bureau will set off tomorrow!"

After Chen Dongyu finished speaking, he handed one or two taels of silver to Hu Yuanfu.

"Hu Senior Brother, this is a deposit. As long as you complete the remaining payment, all of it will be given to you!"

Hu Yuanfu looked at the silver in his hand and was very happy. "Alright, I will come find you tomorrow!"

"Thank you, Hu Senior Brother!"

After Chen Dongyu finished speaking, he hurriedly left.

"Hu Senior Brother," Qin Feng quickly walked up, preparing to remind Hu Yuanfu that there was a problem with Chen Dongyu's escort.

"You're just an apprentice?"

"Did you call Hu Senior Brother too?"

Hu Yuanfu glared fiercely at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng opened his mouth, but in the end, he silently walked to the side.

Originally, Qin Feng wanted to remind Hu Yuanfu not to participate in the escort, but now there was no need for a reminder.

"Hmph!"

Hu Yuanfu snorted coldly and walked towards the main hall.

After Hu Yuanfu entered the main hall, Qin Feng also left.

Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

Qin Feng arrived at the main hall of Eternal Peace.

"I wonder what the Lord of the Manor has invited me for?"

Qin Feng bowed to Liu Ruyan in front of him.

Liu Ruyan took a sip of tea before speaking, "Last time, I asked you to find the Spirit Ginseng Anomaly. Do you have any clues?"

Spirit Ginseng Anomaly!

Inside the jade box under Qin Feng's bed, there was a Spirit Ginseng Anomaly.

But Qin Feng had no intention of handing over that Spirit Ginseng Anomaly. It was impossible for him to use it to exchange for his freedom.

"Reporting to the Lord of the Manor, I don't have any clues!"

Qin Feng replied.

"Ah!"

Liu Ruyan sighed softly before saying, "This kind of treasure is hard to come by. It's normal for you to have no clues!"

"Now, Liu Cheng's whereabouts are unknown!"

"A new steward has not appeared yet."

"You will temporarily be in charge of collecting medicine tomorrow!"

"Understood, I will follow your orders!"

Qin Feng bowed to Liu Ruyan.

"Alright, you may leave now!"

Liu Ruyan waved her hand.

Qin Feng quickly left.

Not long after Qin Feng left, a pale-faced girl walked out.

"Aunt, if you didn't find the Spirit Ginseng Anomaly, don't be sad!"

The pale-faced girl comforted Liu Ruyan.

"Han Xue, don't worry. It won't be long before Aunt kills the Anomaly on Soft Wind Mountain and digs out its heart to cure your illness!"

Liu Ruyan touched the girl's head.

Early the next morning.

Outside Qin Feng's door, there came a knocking sound.

"Who is it?"

Qin Feng's voice was filled with dissatisfaction.

"Captain Qin, I've brought the allowance for the menial task of collecting medicine. Please count it."

The voice of Manager Huang came from outside.

"Allowance?"

"There's an allowance for the menial task of collecting medicine?"

Surprise filled Qin Feng's face.

He had entered Soft Wind Mountain to collect medicine many times before.

But he had never received any money.

He had also never heard of any allowance.

Qin Feng quickly opened the door.

He saw Manager Huang standing outside with a smile.

"Greetings, Manager Huang!"

Qin Feng bowed to Manager Huang.

"Brother Qin, this is the allowance for the menial task of collecting medicine!"

"Ten wen per person per day. Please count it!"

Manager Huang handed a big bag of silver to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng took it and felt that there were at least thirty taels of silver inside.

Those menial workers from before must have received an allowance too.

However, it's certain that Liu Cheng embezzled all of it.

No wonder Liu Cheng likes to go to Soft Wind Mountain to gather herbs.

I didn't expect there to be such great benefits here.

"Manager Huang, how should we distribute this silver?"

Qin Feng asked cautiously.

Manager Huang looked around and then nodded in satisfaction, saying, "This silver will be split evenly between the two of us."

"Thank you, Manager Huang!"

Qin Feng quickly handed fifteen taels of silver to Manager Huang.

"Brother Qin, you will be in charge of the herb-gathering team from now on!"

"We won't assign anyone else to go to Soft Wind Mountain!"

Manager Huang had a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Manager Huang!"

Qin Feng bowed to Manager Huang.

Half an hour later, the herb-gathering team set off again in a grand manner.

Qin Feng rode his horse at the front of the team.

The small horses and many guards maintained order on both sides.

"Why isn't the manager here this time?"

"Who said there's no manager? Qin Feng is the manager!"

"Isn't Qin Feng the captain of the guard? How did he become the manager again?"

"I envy Qin Feng. He achieved so much at such a young age!"

"Too bad I don't have a daughter. If I did, I would marry her to him!"

"... "

Many servants looked at Qin Feng with envy.

Just a few months ago, Qin Feng was just a servant gathering herbs with them.

Now, Qin Feng had become the manager of the herb-gathering team and the captain of the guard.

He was responsible for everything related to herb-gathering.

How could they not envy him?

"Stop!"

Qin Feng looked ahead with vigilance.

The small horses and many guards all came to Qin Feng's front.

A few minutes later, Liu Jin led more than ten guards down from Black Wind Stronghold.

Behind these guards were several bandits who were tied up.

However, Chen Sandao was not among these bandits.

"Commander Liu!"

Qin Feng dismounted and walked towards Liu Jin.

"En!"

Liu Jin just nodded and led the bandits towards Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

"Liu Jin cares so much about Black Wind Stronghold. He probably knows about the Spirit Ginseng Anomaly!"

Qin Feng silently speculated.

"Let's continue on our way!"

Qin Feng jumped onto his horse and led the many servants towards Soft Wind Mountain.

After more than half an hour, Qin Feng arrived at the camp with the many servants.

The small horses and many guards left to drive the servants into Soft Wind Mountain.

"Greetings, Captain Qin!"

An old man in black robes came to Qin Feng's front.

This old man in black robes was the accountant for herb-gathering.

"No need for formalities!"

Qin Feng waved his hand.

"Captain Qin, here is the record of the herb-gathering. Please take a look!"

The accountant handed a ledger to Qin Feng.

"Each servant only needs to gather sixty herbs in three days?"

Looking at the numbers on it, Qin Feng was completely confused.

He remembered that in the past, each servant had to gather one hundred herbs in three days.

If they couldn't gather one hundred herbs, they would be scolded at the very least.

At worst, their salary for the month would be deducted.

But unexpectedly, Eternal Peace Medicine Manor's herb-gathering task was only eighty herbs in three days.

The remaining twenty herbs were definitely added by Liu Cheng and the others.

Herbs were very valuable.

As long as the extra herbs were sold to the pharmacies in the city, they could obtain a large amount of silver.

The accountant kept his head down and didn't speak.

"What should we do with the excess herbs from before?"

Qin Feng asked.

The accountant didn't speak, but took out a purchase list.

"Yunhe Pharmacy, five wen per herb!"

Looking at the words on it, Qin Feng's face was filled with astonishment.

He originally thought that the subsidy for the odd jobs was enough for him to make a big profit.

But he didn't expect that the biggest profit would come from the medicinal herbs.

An odd job could earn him an extra hundred wen.

There were at least over a thousand people from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor who gathered herbs.

That's over a hundred taels of income.

"Do you know how this silver is distributed?" Qin Feng asked again.

"Huang Steward gets thirty taels, Liu Jin Vice Commander gets thirty taels, you get thirty taels, and the rest of us servants split the rest!" the accountant replied.

"Alright, everything remains the same!" Qin Feng waved his hand.

"Yes, sir!" The accountant quickly retreated.

"Thirty taels for gathering herbs, over ten taels for odd job subsidies!"

"I didn't expect to earn nearly forty taels of silver in one herb gathering!"

"No wonder Liu Cheng likes to come here to gather herbs!"

At this moment, Qin Feng finally understood why Liu Cheng always had a smile on his face when he came here.

With so much silver.

No matter who it was, they would be smiling.

"Captain Qin!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed as a chef walked in.

He was one of the accompanying cooks.

"Captain Qin, this is the food for you, the guards, and the odd jobs for the past three days. Please have a look!" The cook handed a list to Qin Feng.

"Do the odd jobs have porridge and pickles every night?"

Looking at the list, Qin Feng was completely confused.

In the many years he had been in Eternal Peace Medicine Manor, there was never any food for the herb gathering team when they returned.

They always had to eat the biscuits they brought from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

Obviously, this food had also been embezzled by Liu Cheng.

"Captain Qin, should we directly exchange the odd jobs' food for two taels of silver?" the cook asked cautiously.

"No need, prepare a meal of porridge and pickles for those odd jobs!" Qin Feng shook his head slightly.

A meal of porridge and pickles didn't cost much money.

He already had over forty taels of silver.

This small amount of money was nothing to him.

And by letting the odd jobs have some pickles and porridge.

They would definitely be grateful and work hard at gathering herbs.

"But...!"

The cook hesitated, as if he had something to say.

"But what?" Qin Feng looked at the cook.

"Captain Qin, we didn't buy any food or pickles."

The cook quickly said.

"No food? Don't you know to buy them from Eternal Peace County?"

Qin Feng glared at the cook.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll go buy them now!"

The cook quickly retreated.

After dealing with the trivial matters, Qin Feng went to the camp to cultivate.

Qin Feng spent the whole day practicing the Five-Tigers Gate Breaking Saber.

Under Qin Feng's efforts, the proficiency of the Five-Tigers Gate Breaking Saber continued to increase.

[Five-Tigers Gate Breaking Saber Great Accomplishment: 1262/1500, Saber Qi Great Accomplishment, increased Qi and blood]

In the evening, Qin Feng looked at his attribute panel with joy on his face.

After a day of practice, the proficiency of his Five-Tigers Gate Breaking Saber had increased by over thirty.

Now, he only needed over two hundred and thirty more proficiency points to cultivate the Five-Tigers Gate Breaking Saber to Perfected.

As Qin Feng headed towards the warehouse after finishing his work, many odd jobs had already started eating porridge and pickles.

"Captain Qin is really great!"

"He actually prepared pickles for us!"

"When Liu Cheng was in charge, there was no porridge or pickles!"

"If Captain Qin could always be in charge of us!"

"It's so delicious!"

"I won't be lazy again, I will gather herbs properly!"

"..."

Many servants were eating and thanking Qin Feng at the same time.

They had been servants at Eternal Peace Medicine Manor for over ten years.

Every time they came down, they would eat dry pancakes.

But unexpectedly, this time Qin Feng actually prepared rice porridge and pickles for them.

Allowing them to have a good meal.

"Captain Qin, here is today's list, take a look."

Qin Feng had just sat down in his chair when the accountant handed him a list.

"Fifteen names!"

Qin Feng glanced at the list and knew that fifteen people had died on Soft Wind Mountain today.

Early the next morning.

These servants once again ascended Soft Wind Mountain.

Qin Feng also began practicing the Five-Tigers Gate Breaking Saber within the camp.

Once!

Twice.

After practicing for two hours, Xiaoma hurriedly ran over.

"Captain Qin, a convoy has arrived!"

Xiaoma whispered.

"A convoy?"

Qin Feng was slightly surprised, then walked out of the camp.

Soon, Qin Feng saw a carriage slowly approaching, with a large character "Liu" inserted on the carriage.

Beside the carriage were three big men with long knives.

The leader was Hu Yuanfu from the Hundred Blades Martial Hall.

"There's a familiar Anomaly aura!"

"Liu Xunwen is inside the carriage!"

As soon as Qin Feng walked out of the camp, he smelled a familiar Anomaly aura.

"Hu Yuanfu, and the other two, must all be Liu Xunwen's blood food!"

Qin Feng had no intention of reminding Hu Yuanfu.

After all, Hu Yuanfu looked down on Qin Feng very much.

Hu Yuanfu and the others were just passing by the camp of Eternal Peace Medicine Manor, and soon they disappeared from Qin Feng and the others' sight.

"Xiaoma, don't go to the Liu family for escort missions in the future!"

Qin Feng spoke.

"Captain, why shouldn't I go?"

Xiaoma looked at Qin Feng with a puzzled expression.

He knew that the salary for helping the Liu family with escort missions was very high.

He used to go to the Liu family for escort missions frequently with Jiang Yong.

Qin Feng didn't say much, but turned around and returned to the training ground to continue practicing.

Nightfall.

Qin Feng was resting in the warehouse.

"Help!"

Just at this moment, cries for help suddenly came from outside.

"Hmm, this is not Hu Yuanfu's voice!"

Qin Feng instantly recognized that it was Hu Yuanfu's voice.

And Xiaoma and the other guards were all asleep in the warehouse, without any reaction at all.

Qin Feng went to the window and carefully looked outside.

He saw Hu Yuanfu running towards the camp.

As he ran, he kept looking back.

At this moment, Hu Yuanfu's face was full of fear.

And one of his arms was broken.

Countless blood was flowing from his severed arm.

Soon, the figure of a half-human werewolf appeared in Qin Feng's line of sight.

Seeing this half-human werewolf figure, Hu Yuanfu ran even faster.

But just as Hu Yuanfu took two steps, he tripped over a tree branch.

"Ah!"

Hu Yuanfu screamed and fell to the ground.

The monster of the half-human werewolf slowly approached Hu Yuanfu.

"Don't!"

"Help..."

"Liu Xunwen"

Hu Yuanfu's face was full of fear.

He desperately crawled towards the camp of Soft Wind Mountain.

There were guards from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor there.

As long as he ran into the camp of Soft Wind Mountain, he would have a way out.

(End of this chapter)