Chapter 32 - 28: Leader of Forty-Two Lanes, The Miraculous Effects of Turtle Lingzhi (Seeking Follow-Up Reads)_2
Additionally, the territory Steward Ma assigned to Lin Xuankong was very much to his liking. It included Wutong Village, Cow and Horse Street, Yangchang Street, and the Five Streets and Forty-Two Lanes—right near Lin Xuankong’s home!
Being the ’big boss’ of the Five Streets and Forty-Two Lanes near his own home was certainly a good thing!
After finishing his errands, the sky had already grown somewhat dark. Lin Xuankong arranged with Bald Li Er, Yang Mountain, Guo Yun, and others to meet the next day at his Steward station on Cow and Horse Street. Then, he carried a wooden box containing a new Daoist Robe, a Sandalwood Token, medicinal herbs, and other items, and headed towards Wutong Village.
At the street entrance, he looked up and saw Old Zhang, who sold leek pies, still busy. He walked over and said, "Give me eight leek pies."
Seeing it was Lin Xuankong, Old Zhang’s expression changed. "Brother Lin, you didn’t get into trouble? Today you were recklessly saying you wanted to join the Yin Talisman Sect; I was really worried you’d get into trouble!"
Old Zhang had no idea that not only had Lin Xuankong avoided trouble, but he had also become the big boss of the Five Streets and Forty-Two Lanes. The Martial Cultivators and Yin Talisman Disciples, whom Old Zhang usually held in high regard, would now have to respectfully call him ’Steward Lin’ when they saw him!
Lin Xuankong, however, had no interest in showing off in front of this poor pie seller. He smiled and said, "Nothing happened! But it’s getting late. Why are you still working, Younger Brother Zhang?"
Old Zhang scrutinized him for a moment. Seeing that Lin Xuankong was indeed fine, he sighed and said, "I have no choice! After my son was devoured by a Demon, only my wife, daughter-in-law, and two little grandsons were left at home. If I don’t earn some extra money, how can I support them all?"
Lin Xuankong was somewhat surprised. "Younger Brother Zhang, you live in the Outer City? How could you encounter a Demon there?"
He had never heard of any Demons near Wutong Village!
Old Zhang sighed. "I live on Sishui Street in the West City. We’d never encountered Demons before! My son was a fisherman, usually safe working on the Sishui River. Who could have thought that a Fish Demon would sneak in with the current a while ago? Sigh!"
Lin Xuankong’s heart skipped a beat. Yangchang Street, under his jurisdiction, was not far from Sishui Street and near the Sishui River...