Chapter 2

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The broken net expanded with the wind and kept growing larger. In an instant, it caught the bamboo staff that was as tall as a person and gently flew back, landing in Lin Changqing’s hand.

Seeing this magical scene, Lin Changqing was immediately filled with anticipation when he saw the bamboo staff in his hand.

The broken net automatically shrank and returned to Lin Changqing’s sea of consciousness. Lin Changqing knew that this broken net no longer had the ability to capture anything else today. The broken net could be used once a day, but the success rate was not 100%. There were many factors that affected the success rate.

Therefore, Lin Changqing could not use this lousy net casually. Every time he used it, he had to be careful and constantly summarize his experience.

However, this broken net would grow as Lin Changqing and his pet grew, and its abilities would become stronger and stronger.

If he did not capture anything, the success rate would increase after accumulation.

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A bit of spirituality was born from the bamboo staff. A weak consciousness wanted to communicate with Lin Changqing, but the weak consciousness that had just been born did not have the powerful communication ability of intelligent creatures.

The bamboo staff that had turned into Lin Changqing’s pet had shown him its innate ability through breaking the net.

[Bamboo Staff]: A spiritual bamboo that contains powerful vitality. It has the talents [Exuberant Vitality] and [Stick Strike]. It can grow.

It was a very simple introduction. This bamboo staff had already become a spiritual bamboo. It had two great talents and could continue to grow.

Lin Changqing being able to obtain a pet’s talent was what he valued the most, and it was the only way to solve his current predicament.

Lin Changqing continued to check the introduction of the two talents of [Bamboo Staff] through the broken net to see if he was suitable to have these two talents.

The information provided by the broken net stated that the more talents one had, the better. Many talents were not suitable for humans. Lin Changqing had to weigh the pros and cons of various pet talents and make suitable choices.

[Exuberant Vitality]: Extremely vibrant and greatly increases vitality.

[Stick Strike]: Hit someone with your body. There is a certain chance of stunning the enemy.

The introduction of the two talents was very simple. Lin Changqing could roughly understand the meaning behind them. Fortunately, [Exuberant Vitality] happened to be suitable for his current injured situation.

“I choose the [Exuberant Vitality] talent!”

Lin Changqing’s body was in unbearable pain, and he immediately chose the talent [Exuberant Vitality] that increased his vitality. The green [Bamboo Staff] shot out a green light filled with vitality and entered Lin Changqing’s forehead. Lin Changqing felt a magical power revive in his body.

This power brought powerful vitality that circulated in Lin Changqing’s body, repairing his injuries.

Not long after, Lin Changqing felt all the pain in his body disappear. His body returned to its normal state, and he was even healthier than before. Even the various hidden injuries left behind by his predecessor from a young age had been eliminated.

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At this moment, the sky was already dark. Few people in the slums of this county could afford to light the lamps extravagantly. It was pitch-black.

“It’s about time! That kid should be dead!”

“Let’s go in and take a look first. That kid is valued by Elder Zhao. He must have some savings. Let’s plunder him first!”

“Hey! This courtyard is really not bad! No wonder Leader Lu chose this place!”

“…”

Before Lin Changqing could stand up completely, he heard a murmur outside the courtyard. Soon, the sound of someone climbing over the wall could be heard.

“They’re here so soon!”

Lin Changqing had already expected someone in the gang to come and collect his corpse.

After absorbing the memories of his predecessor, Lin Changqing obtained a rare experience, allowing him, who had transmigrated from a peaceful era, to quickly adapt to the dangers of this world.

His predecessor ate from hundreds of families and ate from nature. In addition, his genes were not bad and he often consciously trained. Other than being a little thin, his physique was not bad.

When Lin Changqing heard the voices coming from outside the courtyard, he had some impression of them. The people who spoke were ordinary members of the two gangs. They had yet to learn the true martial arts of the gang. In terms of fighting and killing, they were only slightly stronger than ordinary people. Compared to his predecessor, they were on par.

Lin Changqing didn’t know if there were others in the dark. Now that he knew how sinister people were, he had no choice but to be even more careful lest he failed miserably.

Lin Changqing quietly got up and threw his pet [Bamboo Staff] at the courtyard wall where the commotion came from. The [Bamboo Staff] had a spirit and floated to the side of the courtyard wall. It was arranged against the wall like a piece of junk casually placed by its owner.

Lin Changqing quietly walked to a corner on the other side of the courtyard wall and reached out to touch a piece of hardwood used to start a fire. He held it in his hand and stood quietly in the darkness.

The hatchet that his predecessor had brought out was knocked away by a palm. At that time, he was not feeling well, so he did not find it back. Now, he could only use wood as a tool. Fortunately, he had his pet [Bamboo Staff], so he did not have to do it himself.

The courtyard wall was not high. The two ordinary gang members dawdled for a long time before quietly climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard.

Lin Changqing saw two shadows, one tall and one short, and they seemed to be holding iron tools in their hands. With a thought, he used his spiritual communication to communicate with his pet [Bamboo Staff] to attack the two of them!

Smack! Smack!

Upon receiving Lin Changqing’s order, the pet [Bamboo Staff] jumped up as if it was equipped with a huge spring. At an extremely fast speed, it attacked the back of the heads of the two shadows, one tall and one short.

Plop!

“Ouch!”

The tall man fell to the ground without saying a word. The short man let out a low cry of pain and could not even stand steadily against the wall.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Seeing that one had not fallen, the pet [Bamboo Staff] jumped up and beat him up, knocking him to the ground and making him unconscious.

Lin Changqing saw the two of them fall to the ground unconscious. With the memories of his predecessor, there was no fluctuation in his heart at this moment. In his predecessor’s memories, killing people was not rare.

If he wasn’t ruthless, his predecessor wouldn’t have been able to live until now.

However, Lin Changqing stood in the dark corner of the courtyard wall and did not move. He let his pet [Bamboo Staff] return to its original position and also stood still.

“This pet [Bamboo Staff] can hit people on its own. Unless it’s absolutely necessary, it can’t be easily revealed. I wonder how much trouble such a spiritual item will bring!”

Lin Changqing quietly waited for the commotion while thinking to himself.

Inanimate objects had spirits. His predecessor had never seen such a thing before. He had only heard from the booksman that they were all extraordinary things.

This pet [Bamboo Staff] must not be easily exposed.

Lin Changqing stood there for half an hour before silently walking to the two shadows. With the help of the weak sunlight, he used the thick firewood sticks in his hands to hit the backs of the two unconscious people’s heads.

Regardless of whether the two of them were dead or alive, Lin Changqing threw away the firewood stick in his hand, picked up his pet [Bamboo Staff], and returned to the main room in the courtyard in the dark.

The small courtyard was not big. There was only a main room, two rooms, and a small kitchen. There was also a simple toilet at the back of the house.

However, this small courtyard was a very good place to settle down in the county city. The alleys in the slums outside the small courtyard were mostly temporary shacks.

Relying on the memories of his predecessor, Lin Changqing skillfully opened the door and lit the oil lamp on the wooden table in the main room. He found the hidden miscellaneous grain and went to the kitchen to cook a pot of grain rice. Then, he held the pot and ate the pot of grain rice.

It was not easy to survive in this world. Lin Changqing’s soul was a little resistant to eating like this, but his body was not resistant. He urgently needed food to replenish his body’s consumption.

Fortunately, everyone around knew that this small courtyard was the property of a gang boss, so they did not dare to come in and rummage through it easily. Otherwise, what little property his predecessor had would have been stolen.

After eating and drinking two large ladles of well water, Lin Changqing placed his pet [Bamboo Staff] at the door of the room. There was a short knife by the bed for self-defense. He blew out the oil lamp and lay on the bed to sleep.

The oil lamp would run out soon. It wouldn’t last long. There was no moon tonight, and it was pitch-black. Other than sleeping and resting, nothing else was easy to do.

As for the two people lying outside, Lin Changqing planned to deal with them after midnight. After midnight, it would be the next day. He could use the broken net in his sea of consciousness again.

Lin Changqing’s soul had just transmigrated, and his predecessor had suffered fatal internal injuries. Even with the powerful vitality brought about by the [Exuberant Vitality] talent, he still felt physically and mentally exhausted and could not hold on much longer.

Lin Changqing asked his pet [Bamboo Staff] to wake him up if there was any movement in the courtyard. As for the concept of midnight, with the current spirituality of the [Bamboo Staff], it probably didn’t understand it yet. He could only forcefully set his biological clock and keep hinting in his heart that he would wake up in the middle of the night.

Regardless of whether this was useful or not, Lin Changqing quickly fell asleep.