Immortality begins in Goose City

Chapter 66 Evolution, Nine Heavens Crane Shadow Technique!

The man with the triangular eyes looked unwilling, but under Master Xie's stern gaze, he still took something out of his pocket.

The crane's beak, about three inches long, is dark yellow in color and has fine lines on its surface.

Huang Shujian took the crane's beak; it felt heavy in his hand.

[Exceptional item detected. View/absorb?]

"Check!"

【Item Name: Black Crane's Sharp Beak】

[Source: White-winged Black Crane (a mythical beast)]

[Quality: Average]

Key Features:

Crane-riding: One can control ordinary cranes and other birds of prey with ease, as if using one's arms and fingers.

Current Status: Contains 1 free attribute point

[Warning/Side Effects: Prolonged close contact with the body may cause the growth of crane feathers, resulting in a half-human, half-crane appearance.]

It truly is an extraordinary item!

Although it only has a little bit of free attribute, Huang Shujian is not concerned about that. What he cares about is this kind of crane-type extraordinary item, which can definitely replace the essence blood of cranes!

Master Xie tried to flatter him in every way, but Huang Shujian interrupted him: "I'm offering a thousand silver dollars, and it's not just for this crane's beak."

He looked at the triangular-eyed man: "The extraordinary item that controls the beautiful snake, and this crane, I want them both."

The man with the triangular eyes roared in anger: "Don't push your luck! You're undermining our livelihood!"

Master Xie pressed him down again, remained silent for a moment, and nodded with difficulty: "...Okay."

In the end, Huang Shujian, carrying a section of a crane's beak and a slender snake bone, led the crane out of the apricot and pear orchard.

The crane seemed to know that it had a new owner and obediently followed behind him.

At the doorway, Ba Qing hadn't gone far. He stared wide-eyed at the scene, his face filled with disbelief.

He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but ultimately swallowed it back, turned around and walked quickly back to the apricot orchard...

He needed to get to the bottom of this: the crane he regarded as an honored guest had actually been taken away by Huang Shujian. Could the fortune he had just told still be valid?

Xiuer saw it from afar and ran over happily: "Young Master! You really brought the crane back?"

She carefully touched the crane's feathers.

The crane lowered its head gently and nuzzled her palm.

Murong Xue and Lu Yu also came over. Murong Xue laughed and said, "As expected of Young Master Huang from Goose City, he can even bring a crane home."

It was already late, and the streets were deserted. The opera troupe had dispersed, the vendors had packed up, and only a few dim streetlights remained.

Just as the group was about to leave, Huang Shujian said, "Wait."

"Huh?" The group was taken aback.

Huang Shujian did not explain, but instructed Zhao Ming: "Go back first and tell Wu Zhichong to bring his servants and guns over."

Although Zhao Ming was puzzled, she quickly ran away.

Huang Shujian led the remaining three into a side alley, arrived at a house, and knocked on the door.

The door was opened by a young couple, dressed in thin clothes, looking at the group of uninvited guests with terrified expressions.

Huang Shujian tossed out a silver dollar: "Can I borrow the second floor of your house?"

The couple exchanged a glance and tactfully stepped back.

Huang Shujian led the three upstairs and opened a crack in the window, from which they could see the back gate of Xingli Garden.

Murong Xue asked curiously, "Is there something strange about this acrobatic troupe?"

Huang Shujian nodded: "Beautiful snake, pythons can be trained, but what about the singing woman in the snake's mouth?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this circus troupe is no good."

Xiuer felt a pang of anxiety when she thought of the snotty-nosed little boy from earlier that day.

The group waited quietly.

It was quiet outside, with only the occasional bark of a dog.

Murong Xue couldn't help but yawn.

Just then, a figure appeared on the street.

Everyone held their breath and looked, and there was the same little boy with the runny nose from earlier that day!

At this moment, his eyes were vacant, he was in a daze, as if sleepwalking, and he walked straight toward the back gate of Xingli Garden.

The back door of Xingliyuan opened silently a crack, and a figure flashed out—it was the big-breasted woman from the acrobatic troupe.

The little boy saw her but didn't react at all and continued walking forward.

The busty woman looked around, and seeing no one nearby, pulled out a sack from behind her back, quickly covered the little boy with it, and carried him away.

The whole process took only a few breaths, and the skill involved was chilling.

Xiuer, Murong Xue, and Lu Yu were dumbfounded.

"What's going on?" Lu Yu asked in a low voice, "Kidnapping a child?"

Xiuer suddenly realized: "It's 'flower shop'!"

"Pao Hua Zi" is a method specifically used to abduct children. It is said that secret drugs or evil magic are used. During the day, a child's head is patted, and at night the child will be in a daze and follow the traffickers.

Murong Xue asked, puzzled, "Why would a variety show troupe tie up a child?"

Lu Yu suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Those little monkeys!"

Xiuer understood, her voice trembling: "Could it be... that those little monkeys weren't monkeys, but children? Children in monkey skin?"

She opened her hand; during the day in the private room, the little monkey had held her hand tightly.

"I remember now," Xiu'er said in a trembling voice, "the little monkey was gesturing something in my palm, but I didn't pay attention."

"Thinking about it now, it should be the character for 'person'!"

"Skin them to make livestock." Huang Shujian made the final decision.

Skinning animals to create them is an evil practice.

They kidnapped the child, skinned him alive but he didn't die. They then covered him with animal skin, applied a secret medicine, and made the skin grow completely onto the child's body, making it impossible for him to detach.

They then poisoned their minds with drugs and raised them like animals.

However, this kind of evil magic will inevitably cause the child to grow up in a few years.

At that point, they will need to skin the baby again and replace it with a new one.

Their crimes were so heinous and immoral that they are beyond description!

Murong Xue and Lu Yuteng stood up abruptly, their faces ashen.

"Outrageous!" Lu Yu roared, "How dare they use such evil magic!"

Murong Xue immediately rushed downstairs, shouting, "I'm going to save them!"

But Huang Shujian remained seated.

Murong Xue turned to look at him: "Aren't you going?"

Huang Shujian said calmly, "I've already sent Zhao Ming to call for help; they'll be here soon."

"It's too late!" Lu Yu exclaimed urgently, "What if that little boy gets skinned alive?"

Huang Shujian remained unmoved.

Lu Yu couldn't hold back any longer, glaring at Huang Shujian: "You have no humanity! You only care about your own safety! How could a young master like you understand the suffering of others!"

After saying that, she rushed downstairs first.

Murong Xue looked at Huang Shujian with a complicated expression: "I don't think you're that kind of person."

She followed.

Only Huang Shujian and Xiu'er remained in the room.

Xiuer clutched the hem of her clothes with both hands, hesitant to speak.

Huang Shujian looked towards the Apricot and Pear Garden and asked Xiu'er, "Do you also think I should go there?"

Xiuer stammered, "Young Master's safety is the most important thing. He was assassinated at Yuchun Garden before, so we absolutely cannot let anything happen to him."

She paused, tears welling in her eyes: "But... that little monkey was so pitiful... At that time, I didn't know he was human, I just thought he was a cute little monkey, and I didn't realize at all that he was asking me for help."

Xiuer took a deep breath: "Young Master, you wait for Wu Zhichong and the others to arrive, then charge in immediately. I... I'll go rescue people first!"

She turned to leave.

Huang Shujian stood up, his eyes gleaming.

"It's too late," he said softly. "We've already alerted them."

The next moment, a fierce argument and shouting erupted in the apricot orchard!

Without further hesitation, Huang Shujian took out the crane beak from his pocket and squeezed it hard!

With a snap, the crane's beak shattered.

A cool energy surged into his body through his arm, and the control panel lit up...

"White Crane Technique, Evolved!"

[Consumes 3 Free Attribute Points]

[The White Crane Technique is evolving...]

[Class detected: Beast Blood Warrior...Talent detected: Pure Yang, Subtle...Prerequisites met...]

[Evolution complete!]

[Acquired new cultivation technique: Nine Heavens Crane Shadow Technique (Completed)]

Can we add some more?

[Consumes 1 Free Attribute Points]

【Nine Heavens Crane Shadow Technique (Breaking Limits)】

Limit Break Technique: Nine Crane Feather Strike!

"Hey——!"

With a crane's cry, energy exploded within his body, his bones crackled slightly, and his vision instantly became several times clearer, even revealing the cracks in the windows of the apricot orchard in the distance.

A feeling of lightness travels upwards from the base of the spine, as if one could take flight at any moment.

Blood and qi surged, and muscles and bones trembled and resonated.

The sixth major acupoint—the Jiaji Gate—is open!

Huang Shujian's eyes flashed, he pressed his hand against the window frame, and leaped into the air!

His figure flew away like a crane.