Chương 70: Fatty Zhang, I Think You’re In The Wrong Story.

[Ding! Activating Map Observation Function. The Map Observation Function allows the host to observe the situation within [Scan] range through a screen.]'Why the sudden additional function?' Ren Qingquan asked when he saw my notification. [It's actually not really a new function, but only a reskinned observation function that lets you watch scenes from your own [Scan] instead of others' [Scan].] [Before this, the range of [Scan] was too small, which made this function useless. System just decided to notify you about its existence, thinking you might need it to find a suitable target for the subsystem.] Ren Qingquan merely nodded in acknowledgment before continuing his journey to the city. Once inside, Ren Qingquan notices the city is quite deserted. Aside from a few stores and inns, most shops are closed. There are hardly any pedestrians on the street in front of those shops.

'It seems most of the people have joined the market near the sect's ship,' Ren Qingquan thought, feeling his trip to the city was a waste of time. Nevertheless, he still entered a tea shop to check the system map while sipping some tea. As he studied the map, Ren Qingquan focused on the five families' residences. However, aside from accidentally witnessing a reproduction scene inside one of the rooms, there was nothing noteworthy.

I also helped Ren Qingquan scout for a suitable target, but neither of us found anyone worthy of receiving a subsystem. [Host, should we just give this subsystem to one of the five family heads?] Ren Qingquan thought for a moment before disagreeing, saying, "No. Instead of focusing on a strong cultivator, my main target is someone who might be a child of destiny. Though powerful people can kill stronger demon beasts and earn us more points, they are also much more scheming and have more incredible methods.

I am still traumatized by that old regressor, Ren Xuan. So, I'd rather get involved with hot-blooded young folks instead of those scheming old farts.'

'Furthermore, I've been feeling uneasy since I learned about children of destiny, and that uneasiness worsened when my uncle suddenly dumped a lot of resources on me. No matter how I see it, I seem like a high grade cannon fodder young master and a stepping stone for a protagonist's rise, rather than a protagonist myself. Those resources in my portable space feel like a drop for the real protagonist to get after killing me.

If I give more children of destiny a subsystem with [Scan], I'll be able to monitor the overall situation and hide if there's a super powerful child of destiny that might endanger my life.' [Alright, System suggests you start moving while activating your Turtle Divination Technique to check everyone's luck too.] Ren Qingquan agreed with my words and wandered around the city while activating his Turtle Divination Technique, which allows him to observe others' luck.

However, even as night fell and there were no more pedestrians in the street, he still hadn't found anyone suitable.

'It seems there's no luck. Let's just head back and check the cultivator market near the sect's ship. Before I arrived in the city, I saw cultivators setting up tents and even building temporary buildings using cultivation techniques. Most of them should be staying there until tomorrow evening.' After thinking this, Ren Qingquan immediately took action and left the city. By the time he reached the ship, the sky had darkened.

Still, the market near the Pure Wave Sect's ships remained busy with many cultivators moving about.

'Let's see if we find anyone suitable to be a subsystem host.' Ren Qingquan entered the market while constantly activating his Turtle Divination technique. He seriously looked around, but the cultivator's shouts distracted him.

"Fiery rabbit meatbuns! Hot Meatbuns with Fiery Rabbit stuffing! Get two for a Tier 1 qi gathering pills or Tier 1 talismans!"

"Fried dough stick! Fried dough stick! Anyone want to buy some fried dough sticks made with harmony wheat? It's my grandma's secret recipe! Three sticks for one Tier 1 talisman or pills!"

"Cold noodles! Does anyone want some cold noodles?!"

"Watermelon! Buy some fresh, cold Eternal Frozen Watermelon here!"

"Fried Pineapple! Fried pineapple!!!" Ren Qingquan: (°ヮ°)? I checked my [Scan] and messaged Ren Qingquan. [Host, System thinks you arrived from the wrong entrance. This part should be the snack street section. System has marked the market area for you.] Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Ren Qingquan opened my map and found the area I marked. But he didn't go there immediately; instead, he went to buy some food before heading to the market.

While looking around the place for a suitable subsystem host, Ren Qingquan paused in front of a shop selling demon beast corpses of various kinds. All of them seem to have been processed in some way to prevent rotting.

'I have some experiments in corpse refining that I wanted to try. Let's buy some of these.' Besides buying some demon beasts' corpses, Ren Qingquan also purchased the bones of many demon beasts.

'After all, what kind of necromancer doesn't have skeleton soldiers?' While he thought so, Ren Qingquan sighed in pity, saying, 'What a pity, I can only take a few bones from the demon beasts slaughtered at the Pure Wave Sect's Demon Slaughtering Area.' Although Ren Qingquan is the manager, he can't just randomly take or buy the bones from the demon beasts in the sect because the Pure Wave Sect uses those bones to create fertilizer for their spirit field.

Taking or buying the bones would disrupt fertilizer production for the sect's spirit fields, affecting the herbs growing there and thereby offending the cultivators from Alchemy Peak. Ren Qingquan might be able to forcibly take the bones by using his influence, but since he already stole the souls, he feels too embarrassed to ask for their bones as well. As Ren Qingquan went on a shopping spree, I also used my [Scan] to look for some valuable items. That's when I discovered something incredible.

These people actually sold books! Furthermore, those books have only weak formations that block people from taking a look with Divine Sense. I controlled my [Scan] and secretly bypassed their weak defenses, copying every book I found regardless of their type. Both of us almost forgot our ultimate goal until a commotion caught our attention. Near a stall, a fierce-looking cultivator is trying to intimidate a teenager with dual pupils.

Behind the fierce-looking man, a young man with pale skin is surrounded by guards and maids. The strongest among them are the young man with pale skin and the fierce-looking man. Both have reached the seventh and ninth Qi Refining Realm, respectively. Meanwhile, the young man with dual pupils has only reached the second Qi Refining Realm.

"Kid! Go away. I told you, Young Master Xie is interested in this item and has already promised twice as many spirit stones as the one you offered the seller," the fierce-looking cultivator shouted. In response, the dual pupil boy calmly answered, "But I've already bought it and even paid for it." Ren Qingquan curiously activated the Turtle Divination Technique and observed the luck of both cultivators. Through our connection, I also glance at Ren Qingquan's sight. The fierce-looking man's luck is fairly average.

It's slightly lower than that of the cultivators in the Pure Wave Sect, but still quite high. On the other hand, the young man with dual pupils' luck is quite remarkable. If the other's luck is only about five to ten candles bright, the dual pupil young man's luck is comparable to a highway street lamp in brightness.

'System, place a level 1 [Scan] on him!' Ren Qingquan immediately commanded. I moved to anchor the dual pupil boy and lent him my [Scan]. While I set the target, Ren Qingquan chatted with a pedestrian, "Hello there, can you tell me what happened here?" The pedestrian initially gets a bit annoyed, but his expression changes when he sees Ren Qingquan's Pure Wave Sect uniform.

"Greetings, senior. These two cultivators got into an argument because Young Master Xie Mingli of the Xie family, which rules the city, has taken an interest in the item bought by that young man with dual pupils. I've been following that young man, and he's extremely skilled at finding bargains, which the Young Master of the Xie family has also noticed. Honestly, if I had such strong cultivation, I'd also be interested in forcefully buying the item that young man picked out."

Ren Qingquan glanced at the pedestrian through [Scan] and saw that he only has a Body Tempering realm cultivation. He also chuckled softly as he used his Turtle Divination Technique to observe the pedestrian, but the pedestrian's luck is just average. While he learned a few more details from that pedestrian, an unexpected person arrived. Somehow, Fatty Zhang arrived and helped ease the tension between the dual pupil young man and Young Master Xie.

When Fatty Zhang arrived, the people around Ren Qingquan whispered to each other, "Senior Zhang has arrived. I didn't expect to see the legendary Senior Zhang while traveling the market."

"What? How did Fatty Zhang become so famous?" Ren Qingquan muttered in surprise.

"Senior, did you know Senior Zhang?" the unknown pedestrian who previously explained the situation to Ren Qingquan asked. Ren Qingquan nodded. The unknown pedestrian helpfully explained, "Senior Zhang became famous after winning the cooking competition this evening. His cooking is said to be extremely delicious, to the point where it made one of the female judges have a foodgasm. It caused her spirit qi to run wild and explode her clothes." Ren Qingquan had many things he wanted to complain about.

From the cultivator's sudden cooking competition to the foodgasm thing. The sheer confusion made Ren Qingquan only capable of muttering a sentence, "What the fuck?" I am also completely stunned by the information. By the time Ren Qingquan and I regain our composure, Fatty Zhang has somehow already handled the situation. Fatty Zhang saw Ren Qingquan in the crowd and headed in his direction. Ren Qingquan saw this and gave the pedestrian a Tier 1 Spirit Gathering Pill as a thank you before meeting with Fatty Zhang.

They greeted each other, and Ren Qingquan immediately asked, "Why did you decide to get involved with that mess?"

"That young man with dual pupils traded some really valuable items for most of the goods I prepared today. Thanks to him, I can close the shop early. So, I am just returning the favor," Fatty Zhang explained.

"For now, I plan to visit the food street nearby. Do you want to come along? I heard the fried pineapple there is incredibly delicious," Fatty Zhang asked.

"Delicious enough to make clothes burst?" Ren Qingquan unconsciously retorted. Fatty Zhang fell into awkward silence, "..."

"No," Fatty coughed before awkwardly asking, "Did… did Young Master Ren see the accident this evening?"

"I visited the city in the evening, but I heard about your feat just now." Ren Qingquan's response made Fatty Zhang's face turn red, and he quickly said, "Well, I didn't expect my food to be that delicious either. I definitely didn't do it on purpose." To spare Fatty Zhang further embarrassment, Ren Qingquan decided not to join him and instead returned to his room on the ship.