Qing City
Near the Shopping Square, to be precise the exact location of the place Lin Haoran is quite far away from the well-known Shopping Square of the City.
A taxi could be seen stopping on the roadside, as a man with quite a handsome appearance got out.
"Here, keep the change." Lin Haoran paid the taxi driver the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man then grabbed the money and immediately thanked him, "Thank you, young man!"
He was in a very good mood, who wouldn't? When it only cost the man he drove 25.50 Yun, but the man gave him 50 Yun.
It may be a small money, but he was a man of needing that money, even if it was little, he still appreciate it.
That's why he's thankful to Lin Haoran right now.
Lin Haoran just nodded his head, not minding the middle-aged man's words, and he started to walk to his destination.
As he said, he will not be wasting time to intercept the Son of Heaven's path.
While walking, Lin Haoran was thinking about something connected to the Son of Heaven, Yang Chen.
'If I am not wrong, there is something that belongs to the Son of Heaven, one of Yang Chen's items near the Market.'
'The lost old needles that were used for acupuncture, basically for medical skills, like the ones that were used by the miracle doctor overseas.'
He was thinking about this, this is the reason why he was here also, he needs to grab that thing.
'Ancient Healing Needles.' It was one of Yang Chen's miraculous items in the story, that thing is not ordinary, as that belongs to the old Medical Master, used in the ancient times, and now was being treated like a trash.
Even though he was not in a hurry, he still needs to make sure of the situation, Son of Heaven's Luck works in a mysterious way, as it was unpredictable.
Lin Haoran knows that based on the information from the Book 'Mighty Son-in-Law' the story has now begun, and it wouldn't be that long before he, and Yang Chen would cross each other's paths.
He will have to fasten his ways, more and more.
Lin Haoran arrived at the marketplace, it was not that big, but the vegetables and others are fresh there.
People are busy, as they communicate with each other, and bargain there and here.
He did not stay idle, and immediately he directly bought all of the things that he needs, vegetables, tofu, fish, etc.
Originally, his money was 500 Yun but now, looking at his budget, it was now exactly 200 Yun.
The seller of the stuff that he bought waves their hands at him, as he walks away from them.
Taking a deep breath, he walks and walks towards his second destination, before he would cook for his wife.
It did not take too long, as he arrived at a certain remote place quite far away from the marketplace.
But, just like in the Market Place, the people shopping here were not for food and vegetables.
They were too many of them here.
Sellers have their own stalls, as they sell various and numerous kinds of items.
Like lamps, chairs with beautiful designs, old teapots, scrolls, paintings, lucky bracelets and etc.
Some were fake though, as the seller was just making each kind of story for each item, identifying that all of the goods were a treasure.
"Mam, look this pot's origin is rare..."
"People, try your luck you may find treasure in these ancient things!"
"Try this lucky bracelet, the longer you wear them the more that Luck will flock around you!"
"Paintings..."
They were shouting, trying so hard to convince each customer to buy their selling items.
Nevertheless, Lin Haoran walked past them, not even responding to their call, or trying to convince him.
He simply has one destination and that is where that thing was placed.
Finally, after a minute of walking in the area, which there was full of people, Lin Haoran finally saw his target.
He saw an Oldman seating on the ground, his hair was white with his clothes some were torn apart.
He was like a homeless Oldman, his expression could be seen, as his eyes knitting looking around.
In front of him, a mini carpet lay on the ground as various kinds of things were presented to people's eyes.
However, it seems that all of the people were passing him, as the things that he was selling some were rusty, old, has minor damage.
The Oldman just seat there, his stomach growling in hunger, but held it in.
Lin Haoran seeing this immediately walk to the Oldman's place, and stopped pretending to look at the items down there.
This is where Yang Chen got the item that he was talking about.
"..."
"A- Are you here to buy old and antique things, young man?" The Oldman said, his eyes looking at Lin Haoran curiously.
Lin Haoran was silent for a minute, as he looked again, busy at his own pace.
The Oldman was about to ask something again, but Lin Haoran interrupted him.
"Do you have more stock in that box near you?" He asked the Oldman casually.
Hearing him, the Oldman's eyes widened and immediately gave an answer, "Y— Yes, do you want to see them all?"
His eyebrows raise.
Lin Haoran nodded his head at the Oldman.
Then, the Oldman open the wooden box that was near his side and immediately dispatched all of the things inside of it.
There were too many items, as the Oldman sweated a lot and said with a hoarse voice, "This is all the goods that I have, all of this was collected by me when I was still young and virtues."
"Pick anything you want, young man, and we'll settle the price."
Lin Haoran agreed with the Oldman, as he crouched down and inspected all of the goods.
It didn't take that long, no, as a matter of fact only a second, as he sees the Son of Heaven's destined item.
"That one, I want it." Lin Haoran pointed his finger at a certain item.
The Oldman's eyes widened and smirked a little, stroking his beard, "Good, Good, this thing is from an old temple that I have found in the past."
"It has sentimental value to me."
It was a thin black box, it was rusty now, but inside of this was what Lin Haoran wanted.
"Give a price." Lin Haoran said to the Oldman. His eyes were glued to the thin rusty box.
"Let's see, I did not open this long ago, probably little things were inside of this..." The Oldman was murmuring to himself and continued, "Hmm, 140 or 150 Yun, what do you think young man?"
Lin Haoran immediately agreed and handed the payment, "Here."
"Appreciated, young man, if you need more things just come visit this Oldman's stall again, haha!" The Oldman was happy, as Lin Haoran handed 150 Yun, and the Old man handed the thin black box to him.
Lin Haoran nodded his head, and immediately got up walking away, as he need to go back to his home.
He called a taxi and was issued to his destination, which is where his house was.
Lin Haoran that was seating at the back of the Taxi, he looks at the thin black box in his hands, as he open it even though it was rusty.
"This is the Ancient Needles that once belong to a certain Old Miraculous Doctor." He mumbled that only he can hear.
There were black needles inside of it, and Lin Haoran immediately closed the thin box.
Then, the system's notification resounded.
[Ding! The host has successfully stolen one of the Lucky Treasures of Son of Heaven 'Yang Chen', you will receive +1000 Villain points.]
[Ding! Yang Chen's Protagonist's halo will be deducted by -20 points, and the host's Villain's halo will increase by +20 points.]
Seeing this, Lin Haoran was quite delighted, it was fortunate that he immediately got his hands on this thing.
'It's good but still not enough.' He thought to himself.
There were still more things that the Son of Heaven has, and Lin Haoran will make sure to not let Yang Chen even get a single one of them.
The taxi drove him towards his house, and the Old man was happy about the money he made, if only he knew the real amount of that item that Lin Haoran bought.
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Meanwhile, in a certain house, a young man could be seen standing, his eyebrows were knitted.
If Lin Haoran is here, he would surely know who this man is.
It was the Son of Heaven, Yang Chen.
He was taking a bath, and when he was done, he didn't know what happened, as he felt that something was like stolen from him.
His heart was beating faster as if something will happen in the near future.
"What kind of intuition is that?" Yang Chen held the jade on his neck tightly.
He look out the window, as he was still wrapped in a towel, hiding his private parts down there.
It was a heavy feeling, a boulder of rock pressing against him.
He shake his head, no matter what was that, it was probably strange, though inside his head he was telling himself to relax.
Looking at the Jade pendant in his hands, Yang Chen smirk, it seems that he needs to visit that place, where they sell old things, maybe he can find a treasure there with the help of his pendant.
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[A/N]: If there is any error, I will edit this chapter in the future.