Chapter 713: All in, Liujia Village
There are many people coming and going on the riverside of Shanghai, especially tourists checking in.

The last time Wen Yuan entered the sea, a dragon shadow rose into the sky. Many things could not be hidden at all.

It’s useless for experts to come out and say it’s a mirage.

Even if it is a mirage, there are still many people who are willing to take a photo and check in after coming here.

If it happens to be a cloudy day, the sea fog is just right, and the sun just breaks through the clouds, when the Tyndall effect is at its fullest, this is a great spot for taking photos and you really have to grab it.

Apart from tourists, the most frequent visitors are photography enthusiasts with their cameras and cannons.

In an old teahouse by the river, a middle-aged man with glasses on his nose was holding a yellowed book and reading it seriously.

Suddenly, his body shook slightly, and then he saw a drop of blood dripping from his chest.

His eyes changed slightly, and he naturally took out a piece of paper and wiped his nose.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he closed the book and went to the bathroom.

After entering the bathroom, he washed his nose, then naturally took some cold water with his hands and patted his forehead.

He raised his head and looked at the mirror, frowned slightly, and did not move. However, the reflection in the mirror moved.

The reflection showed a slightly nervous smile and its lips moved.

“Water God…”

The next moment, the reflection suddenly exploded and turned into a ball of blood mist.

The bathroom in the mirror seemed to be covered with a layer of blood for a moment.

In a flash, the scene reflected in the mirror returned to normal.

The middle-aged man took a tissue, wiped his nose, and wiped the water stains on his face. His expression looked quite ugly.

Inexplicably, a mark collapsed.

The speed was so fast that he didn’t even know which mark it was. He could only be sure that it was a mark related to the water god.

After waiting for a while, no new memories emerged in his mind and his face darkened.

After the mark collapsed, that trace of power never returned. Perhaps that trace of power was also erased or collected by someone.

After thinking about it, there are only two possibilities.

Either the mark was originally set up to be discarded immediately upon encountering the water god, or the taboo of the old dream might be the water god.

Either an outsider entered, and this person’s strength was too strong, so strong that his mark had no power to resist and was destroyed in one encounter.

But he didn’t know anything now and didn’t know what was going on.

Coming out of the bathroom, the middle-aged man took out his cell phone and made a call. He walked around and came to an old western-style building not far from the river. After coming back, he closed the door and muttered something casually.

“I want to know what happened to the Water God these days.”

A moment later, the housekeeper brought a USB flash drive and plugged it into the laptop. After opening it, it contained records of everything related to the Water God in the past three months, all sorted by time.

The middle-aged man took a closer look and saw the latest news in the record, his face suddenly darkened.

Goddess of Luo River.

The goddess Luo summoned representatives from the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, negotiated with them, and obtained the land walking talismans of the Three Mountains and Five Peaks.

He was a disciple who went down from Mount Laoshan, went down the Yellow River, and entered the Water Palace. No one knew what he did, but he was caught on the spot by the Goddess of Luo River, and thus had an excuse.

He looked at the disciple’s name and frowned slightly. He had a vague impression of this person and should have seen his information before.

He looked at the information again and confirmed it again.

Nothing happened in the Xijiang River system.

The Huai River remains the same as always.

The big river was a bit lively, but he knew very well that the Dragon King, who could walk on the water legally and turn into a dragon when entering the sea, was not a water god at all.

There was nothing major happening in the Northeast.

The sea had been getting more and more noisy recently, but he had not left any mark in the sea at all.

The most likely possibility is Luoshen.

The middle-aged man frowned, he had done nothing recently, just drinking tea and reading newspapers peacefully every day, yet he was implicated by those idiots from the north.

What on earth is Luo Shen going to do?
Also, when did the Goddess of Luo River become able to enter and exit old dreams so easily?
I’ve never heard of it before.

What on earth happened?
He looked at the information in his hand and gave an order.

“The last one is about Luoshen. I want the most detailed information. There must be a lot of people in the meeting. This kind of information should not be difficult to get as soon as possible.”

Half an hour later, the middle-aged man got more detailed information.

After only reading half of it, he sighed and a look of realization appeared on his face.

“Unlucky star! Unlucky star! It really is this unlucky star!”

In the previous information, the protagonist was Luo Shen. When organizing it, Luo Shen was always the main focus, and the others were just briefly mentioned.

But the document in front of him looked a bit like a meeting record, and Wen Yan’s figure appeared in it.

Not only had Wen Yan been taken out by Luoshen for two days before, but he also appeared as a representative of Fuyu Mountain at the meeting where the Three Mountains and Five Peaks were communicating with Luoshen.

More importantly, Wen Yan is nowhere to be seen now.

It can be basically confirmed that the ones who entered the old dream were definitely Wen Yan and Luo Shen.

There is also an explanation for why the Goddess of Luo River could enter the old dream so easily. It was probably with the help of Wen Yan.

After reading the information, the middle-aged man sat there thinking for a long time.

What to do next.

He felt that it was time to make a decision again, just like before, to decide his future destiny.

The last time, forty or fifty years ago, he decisively started doing business. No, that time doesn’t count. That time it seemed that the winning rate was very high. It was just a normal investment. The only unexpected thing was that the subsequent returns far exceeded expectations.

The last time was probably eighty years ago.

At that time, he was actually more familiar with the people at the Tianjin Special Agent Station. He still remembered that the stationmaster of the Tianjin Station at that time was particularly fond of antiques and was very greedy, so he also gave him things.

It was also that year that he secretly spent all his family wealth, placed his bets again, and went all in.

Only then did he smoothly change his identity and gain a firm foothold amidst the great changes.

The thing I regretted most later was that I didn’t make good use of my identity at the time, nor did I make good use of my relationship with those spies.

If he had lived a few years earlier, he would have used his connections and gold bars to exchange all his assets for penicillin and moved to Guanzhong County. His identity might have been on the monument now.

In this way, even if you change your identity later, you can still live in peace and stability.

Why did he have to fake his death and change his identity to go out to sea to do business in the first few years of the revival of spiritual energy for fear of being seen through and caught?

Unfortunately, there is no if in this world.

At this moment, a trace of palpitation arose in my heart again, but it flashed away.

This time he noticed it and caught it, and now he was thinking about what to do next.

At the crossroads of life, should you go all in this time?

If you succeed, you can gain a foothold in an era again. If you fail, you are completely finished and will die.

“Lao Liu, do you have a cigarette? Light me one.”

The housekeeper of the house took one out of the cupboard without saying a word, opened it, and placed it next to the middle-aged man.

When the butler was about to leave, the middle-aged man spoke again.

“Lao Liu, you have been following me for a long time, have you ever thought about changing your way of life?

What I mean is, didn’t you want to build a small yard near the city after you retired?

Plant flowers and vegetables, and when you have nothing to do, pick up the skills you had when you were young.

It’s definitely not like when you were young, because a good piece of leather is too expensive to buy.”

The old butler was stunned for a moment, then thought about it seriously, smiled, and said.

“If I can be relaxed and comfortable without having to worry about other things, I really want such a retirement life. I have a little money in my hands. I also listened to the advice of my master before, and I also have several houses in Shanghai.

My children will probably also bring their grandchildren to visit me during the holidays.”

The middle-aged man also laughed and took a deep puff of his cigarette.

“Lao Liu, help me do one thing. Once you’re done, you can retire.”

“it is good.”

“Let’s go to Nanwu County and meet the man named Lu.

Ask him if he remembers the old friend at the ferry during the heavy snow that year.

If he doesn’t remember, then forget it, you don’t have to do anything.

If he remembers, then you should find a way to send him off.”

“Okay.” The old butler still nodded decisively.

When the old butler turned around, the middle-aged man suddenly asked.

“You wanted to buy a villa in the villa area in the north of Decheng before, but you didn’t buy it. Which one did you buy later?”

The old butler paused, turned around, and replied naturally.

“I bought a building in the east of the city and now I’m renting it to an outsider who’s opening a bathhouse.”

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said.

“That weird guy from the Mai faction?”

“It’s him.”

“Did he give you a bath?”

“I didn’t dare try it, but the rent I offered him was much cheaper.”

“He didn’t say anything to you?”

“He said something auspicious, saying that my building is good and I can live out my old age there.”

“Okay, go ahead.” The middle-aged man nodded, feeling relieved.

You can’t do anything to the extreme before the critical decision point, but you can’t sit on the fence when you reach the critical decision point.

The moment his housekeeper left home and closed the door, he had actually made his decision in his heart.

He took out his phone and dialed.

“Hey, how was your inspection in Nanwu County?

I’ve read the report and there’s no problem with it, so I’ll submit it.

I know the requirements there are high, but his requirements are not high, so I won’t go.

Well, that’s it.”

Wen Yan, that jinx, made him feel very uncomfortable even before they faced each other head-on.

If you can’t beat it, then join.

Let that jinx be the jinx to defeat others.

He sincerely felt that Wen Yan, this jinx, was somehow unlucky for him.

Let’s wait for the result of the butler’s questioning. If there is no problem, then he will go all in.

At the same time, Wen Yan was still following Luo Shen, walking in the old dream.

Just as Luoshen said, the old dreams related to the Yellow River in front of me were all very strange, and one by one, they were all connected together.

They had not walked far when they took a step forward and the scene in front of them turned into winter with heavy snow.

The surrounding topography has not changed much.

Take a step back and it will return to the previous dream.

Under the guidance of the goddess Luo, they followed the ray of power that had flown over before, and soon arrived at a small temple by the river.

Before they arrived, they saw a person sitting in the temple. He just raised his head and looked at them, then suddenly exploded, a wisp of power flew out and disappeared.

And no one else who was warming themselves by the fire in the small temple seemed to think there was anything wrong with this.

Instead, someone saw Wen Yan appear and immediately became alert.

Wen Yan frowned slightly and turned back to Luo Shen.

“Sister, next time I catch up with him, don’t show up first. I’ll go first. This guy is very weird. He exploded as soon as he saw you last time.

Now let’s take a look in this small temple.”

Luoshen walked slowly over, and the people in the temple seemed not to notice Luoshen. Luoshen was busy observing everything in the temple.

Only half of the clay statue remains, and it is impossible to tell who it was once dedicated to.

Wen Yan could only confirm through the images of these people that the old dream under his feet was still the Dharma Ending Age.

These people were dressed in rags and looked dusty. Wen Yan couldn’t be sure whether they were refugees or something else. He could only be sure that they were ordinary people.

“Just passing by, take a break and avoid the cold.”

Wen Yan just said this and found a place to sit down where no one was next to him.

The others looked at it and said nothing more.

While Luo Shen was still investigating in the temple, Wen Yan had already started to get close to her.

After a while, he took out a piece of compressed biscuit, threw it into the pot on the campfire, and cooked it into a paste. He then became much more friendly with the people in the temple.

He claimed to be a funeral director and knew a little about medicine. He was dressed neatly, had no mud under his fingernails, and didn’t even have calluses on his hands. He looked like a respectable man.

“Brother, you’re welcome, just eat it. I bought this last time. It’s called compressed dry food and it contains butter.

When did a temple appear in this damn place? I have never been here before. What kind of temple is this?”

“White Dragon Temple. I heard that there was a white dragon that once appeared here.” A bearded man replied casually.

“No, it’s the River God Temple.” Another older man nearby immediately shook his head and said, “There used to be a temple priest here, and there was a village nearby that worshipped him. It’s a pity that in this world, there is no one left in that village. Sigh…”

“Ah? Is this the River God Temple?” Wen Yan was surprised.

“That’s right. As for the White Dragon, it’s not false. When I was young, I went to that village and heard people there talk about it.

It is said that when the River God saw the Goddess of Luo River, his eyes widened, but he did not dare to go up rashly.

In the end, no one knew what he was thinking, but he transformed into a white dragon and got to know the Goddess Luo.

Hey, then, it happened.”

Wen Yan blinked and glanced at Luo Shen secretly. Luo Shen was still looking at the blurred words on the stone wall in the temple, as if she didn’t hear these words at all.

Wen Yan wanted to ask how this happened, but he didn’t dare to open his mouth.

He took the broken bowl and served a bowl of porridge to the old man who was talking. The old man didn’t mind the heat and slurped it. Seeing Wen Yan’s curiosity, he grinned.

“Young Master is still curious about these things.”

“Yes, these legends are quite interesting. Are there any more?”

“These are gone, but I have heard of one more thing, which is that Luoshen was very fond of that poem.

Later, the descendant of the person who wrote this was hunted down. Unable to bear the humiliation, he jumped into the Yellow River and was saved by the river god.

The latter settled in the nearby village, and that’s how the village came into being.”

“Are the people in that village surnamed Cao?”

“No, the last name is Liu. Liujia Village. Almost everyone in the village has the last name Liu.”

Huh? Wen Yan was startled. Why is the last name Liu? Liujia Village?

In several nearby counties, there are many people with the surname Liu, and there are also many Liujia Villages.

(End of this chapter)