Rebirth as a Willow Tree, building the strongest tribe in all of eternity
Chapter 1735 - 1042: Reversing Time, Turbulent Karma (Part 2)

Chapter 1735: Chapter 1042: Reversing Time, Turbulent Karma (Part 2)

However, currently, the Bizarre Clan no longer consists of just the Ten Great Mysterious Ancestors.

The origin of the Bizarre Clan has added—the Red-Haired Monster.

Therefore, if a collision occurs, it might be even more tragic and brutal, and not even a tenth of the disastrous defeat of the Soul River described in the original text.

But none of this has happened yet. At this level, no one can tell what will happen in the future. Everything will be obscured by haze; the future is unclear, destiny chaotic, karma vanishing...

What Jiang Hui can do is strive to maintain an equal strength, to avoid a true disastrous defeat.

Jiang Hui’s gaze fell again on the Big Black Dog. The dog was friendly now, its behavior completely opposite from before, constantly rubbing its head against Jiang Hui’s arm, looking just like an ordinary dog.

Emperor Huanfen watched Jiang Hui curiously, inquiring about the origin of this Big Black Dog.

"That depends on what this Big Black Dog is called?"

Jiang Hui patted the head of the Big Black Dog.

"Are you the Black Emperor or the Dog Emperor?"

The Big Black Dog was taken aback. It hadn’t expected this man to directly reveal one of its origins when it had planned to act like an ordinary black dog to get by.

In the face of Jiang Hui’s inquiry, the Big Black Dog dared not hide anything, nor pretend not to have heard.

The oppressive aura this mysterious man exuded was just too powerful; just a slight emanation made its God Soul tremble. There was absolutely no way to deceive him.

With a human voice, it said, "Your Excellency, you overpraise me. How dare I claim any sort of throne in front of you? Just call me Black."

Black?

Then that’s the Black Emperor.

That’s interesting.

The Black Emperor from the Overarching Era, known with Duan De as the most bottomless duo, how come it ended up by Emperor Huanfen’s side, and especially, brought to me?

Even if this Big Black Dog isn’t in physical form, just a lingering thought, it’s still astonishing.

When he returned to the village, Shen Yi was already exhausted, panting heavily and drenched in sweat.

Thankfully, the whole steamed cornbread he had earlier helped sustain him a lot.

Otherwise, he would have collapsed halfway.

Honestly, the things he bought weren’t very heavy, totaling just over twenty pounds.

But ever since his parents had passed, he hadn’t eaten a full meal for days, leaving him severely weak.

It’s manageable to travel lightly, but the burden reveals itself immediately.

Of course, these days, unless you’re a skilled old hunter, everyone is weak.

At this moment, the sky had not completely darkened, and villagers seeing Shen Yi with bags of goods, including oil paper wrapped meat, were startled as if they had seen a ghost.

"Wow, Ah Yi, where did you make a fortune? You didn’t study for nothing, and you even bought meat?"

In the entire village, who doesn’t know the man who always talks about sage books and is actually someone who barely lifts a finger and is lazy by nature? NovelFire

Today, the sun must have risen in the west, and he actually has money to buy meat?

At this moment, a woman realized something, approached, and said meaningfully, "Ah Yi, you didn’t sell Yun Niang, did you?"

"Aunt Chun Hua, how could I be that kind of person?!"

Shen Yi wasn’t angry; he recognized the woman.

This woman had good relations with his parents and was kind-hearted, having supported him several times.

She had advised him to live peacefully with Yun Qiushui and not resort to violence, though she was scolded by his original self.

But why did she ask such a thing?

It was obvious she had heard some rumors.

He suddenly remembered what Yun Niang said last night...

Nine times out of ten, it must have been Aunt Wang stirring trouble behind his back.

The woman called Aunt Chun Hua glanced at Shen Yi, "Better if you didn’t."

"But where did you get the money to buy these good things?"

Shen Yi said he happened to kill a poisonous snake last night and sold it for some money.

Selling snakes isn’t much of a secret.

Many people are aware of its value.

It’s just that not many dare to catch them.

Thanks to his parents, who had good rapport.

A few more people approached to greet him, and Shen Yi responded to each one.

Meanwhile, he didn’t slow his pace and quickly reached his own doorstep.

Only to find a woman, around forty or fifty, with a sharp and mean face, and a long-haired black mole at the corner of her mouth, peering into his yard, curious about something.

When she saw him return, she quickly left, pretending nothing happened.

Shen Yi frowned and searched his memory, finally recalling the woman.

She was exactly Aunt Wang, who had whispered to Yun Qiushui the other night about matchmaking his wife!

Blast it, the old shrew!

A weasel setting the chicken on New Year’s Eve.

He suppressed his anger and pushed open the fence door.

Yun Qiushui wasn’t home.

He then came to the kitchen, arranged things, split the firewood, and started preparing to cook.

In his previous life, Shen Yi was quite good at cooking.

In this lifetime, although there are limited seasonings, it’s made up for with fresh, unpolluted ingredients.

Shen Yi heated up two salted duck eggs, cooked some rice, and stir-fried shredded radish with pork lard, adding a bit of shredded lean meat inside.

As for the rest, it was all preserved with salt.

Three jin of lean meat certainly couldn’t be finished in one night.

The weather isn’t cold now, and if left out, it’ll surely spoil, so it must be turned into cured meat to last longer.

Besides the meat, they also cleaned the purchased white radishes and cured them together.

After tidying up, Yun Qiushui finally returned.

However, her demeanor seemed a bit low-spirited, even quite indignant.

"Yi Lang, can you believe it, this afternoon I finally had someone ask me to do some laundry, but then, for no reason and without a word, they canceled, making me wait in vain all afternoon."

Although Shen Yi now has found some work, with two mouths to feed, three hundred coins are definitely not enough, let alone the taxes due during autumn harvest.

Even though they no longer owned any land, the tax collectors demanding those life-threatening taxes wouldn’t demand any less.

She didn’t want all the pressure to fall on the man, so she was planning to find some laundry work again.

She finally found a family but was told midway that her services weren’t needed, leaving her quite frustrated.

"Did you go into town too?"

Yun Qiushui nodded obediently.

"In the future, stay at home honestly. Coming back so late, aren’t you afraid something will happen?" Shen Yi said sternly.

For a woman, walking the roads at night is risky, though fortunately the village isn’t far from the town.

However, there’s still that out-of-control bear causing havoc.

Yun Qiushui’s reflexes finally kicked in, and she nodded fearfully.

Yet in her heart, it was as sweet as honey.

Brother Yi was concerned about her.

Shen Yi said no more.

The woman didn’t want him to be too overworked, even pushing aside her greatest fears. What more could he say? Just be more careful in the future.

"Alright, let’s eat."

Shen Yi was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back.

"Brother Yi, you can cook?" NovelFire

"Such a feast?!"

Seeing the meat, salted duck eggs, and white rice on the table, Yun Qiushui was completely stunned.

"The money from selling snakes."

"You really sold it?"

"Let’s eat first."

"Um, it’s really delicious, Brother Yi, your cooking is amazing, even when you usually don’t cook!"

With this meal, Yun Qiushui almost swallowed her tongue.

...

After eating their fill, Shen Yi initially intended to wash the dishes, but Yun Qiushui wouldn’t let him no matter what.

She insisted that a scholarly man like him shouldn’t do such tasks.

Yun Qiushui also boiled some hot water to soak and wash his feet.

Shen Yi wanted to help, but he was consistently stopped.

Afterwards, the woman wiped herself off with the warm water left in the pot, then went straight into bed.

Where warmth leads to that kind of thoughts.

In the countryside, at night, there wasn’t much to do.

After their flirtation, their intimate practices progressed, leaving the woman perfectly content in Shen Yi’s arms.

"I sold it for three taels altogether, spent less than one tael, and this is what’s left, keep it safe."

Shen Yi got up, took out more than two taels of leftover silver, and handed it to Yun Qiushui.

Silver is like hard currency; if exchanged for copper coins, one tael of silver would be around twelve hundred coins.

"You actually sold it for so much money?"

Yun Qiushui was shocked.

She had originally thought Shen Yi was joking, but it turned out to be true.

Coming back to her senses, she quickly shook her head and said,

"Brother Yi, you’re the head of the household, you should keep the money."

"I’m giving it to you, so just take it."

"Okay~"

"By the way, someone has been lurking around today."

Shen Yi recalled the old weasel.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qiushui’s face changed slightly: "It’s Aunt Wang."

"What business does she have spying on our house?" Shen Yi feigned surprise.

Yun Qiushui’s expression turned somber as she explained the reason, originally fearing it would lead to scolding or even beating from the man.

(About to make a modification.)