Chapter 2: An Eye for an Eye

Amidst the endless paddy fields.

They appeared in a grid-like pattern.

Row after row, filled with rice seedlings.

Outside the three paddy fields located in the southwest corner, a large crowd had gathered, dressed in tattered clothes and looking frail, pointing at the paddies and discussing animatedly.

All the rice seedlings in the three acres of paddy fields had been uprooted, the roots slashed to ribbons with a sickle, floating miserably in the water.

Led by his friend Jiang Ying, Jiang Shi quickly arrived at his paddy fields.

Seeing the seedlings in such a state, even though he was a transmigrator, Jiang Shi couldn’t help but shrink his pupils in anger.

How vicious!

How cruel!

"Who did this? Who destroyed my seedlings?"

He shouted furiously, turning back to glare at the crowd.

His voice was so loud it startled all the bystanders.

When did Jiang Shi’s voice become so loud?

"Jiang Shi, calm down, calm down."

Beside him, Jiang Ying turned pale and hurriedly tried to soothe him.

"Damn it, who doesn’t dare to admit it, which bastard uprooted my seedlings, get out here!"

Jiang Shi continued to curse angrily.

Several men in the crowd suddenly looked extremely unpleasant, but they paid no heed to Jiang Shi, sneering coldly, crossing their arms to watch.

"Jiang Shi, let it go, just let it go,"

sighed a middle-aged man, advising him.

"Yes, Jiang Shi, while it’s still possible to replant, how about buying another batch to plant?"

"Stop cursing, learn a lesson, just don’t be so careless next time."

"Let it go."

Many people advised him.

"Let it go?"

Jiang Shi’s heart turned cold, intensely staring at the sneering people in the crowd.

These few people definitely knew who uprooted his seedlings!

"You bastards, was it you?"

Jiang Shi suddenly shouted in anger, walking towards those men.

"Kid, what did you say?"

"You can’t just say whatever you want, who uprooted your seedlings?"

"You need evidence to speak? What do you want to do?"

"That’s right, falsely accusing someone, believe it or not, we’ll report it to the authorities!"

The men’s expressions changed immediately, shouting angrily, not fearing Jiang Shi at all.

"Jiang Shi, stop looking, just let it go,"

Jiang Ying beside him advised again, a bit nervous.

"That’s right, Jiang Shi, just let it go?"

"Replanting won’t take much time."

Others advised in unison.

Jiang Shi gritted his teeth secretly.

Let it go?

Let it go, my ass!

A gentleman does not seek revenge for personal grievances.

His eyes swept across the crowd, suddenly noticing a muscular man, dressed in gray short-sleeved clothes, unusually burly, sneering as he looked over.

Seeing Jiang Shi looking over, the man’s bull-like eyes widened, shouting, "What are you looking at me for? I didn’t do it!"

Liu Si!

"Fine, fine!"

Jiang Shi gritted his teeth secretly, turned around, and walked away.

Other people shook their heads and sighed.

Jiang Shi is really unlucky.

He just offended Liu Si yesterday, got beaten up by him, barely keeping his life, and now someone uprooted his seedling overnight.

In a short time, there’s no way he can plant his paddies again.

Nightfall came.

In a broken yard built of mud.

"Drink up, brothers, drink up, don’t be polite!"

The burly Liu Si, holding a large jar of wine, personally filled the glasses of the three other strong men at the table, filling each one before pouring for himself.

"Brother Forth, you’re really generous. The fine wine and food on this table must be quite a sum, right?"

One of the strong men flipped his palm, mouth watering.

"That’s right, Brother Forth is so generous."

"In the future, if there’s anything to teach that kid a lesson, just a word from Brother Forth, and we’ll make sure he has no income for a year."

The other men laughed.

"That kid?"

The burly Liu Si sneered and said, "Honestly, in my eyes, he’s not even worth a fart. Normally, I wouldn’t even bother to look at him, but since your Brother Forth has a small heart, he occupied a few of my furrows, and he kept pestering me about it. I’ll make sure he can never grow crops again. From now on, for every acre he plants, I’ll uproot an acre. Let’s see how much money he has to buy seedlings."

The other men exchanged glances, secretly surprised.

Liu Si is indeed ruthless!

This is completely cutting off Jiang Shi’s livelihood.

They originally thought it was just to teach Jiang Shi a lesson, but now, it appears to be far from the case.

However!

Thinking of Liu Si’s fierceness, they ultimately decided to obediently comply, to avoid his revenge.

"Drink, Brother Forth, drink together!"

A big man was the first to raise his wine bowl.

Other burly men followed suit, cheering and drinking.

A night passed.

The morning sun rose.

When most were still in their dreams.

Liu Si’s front door was directly slammed open, a big man hurriedly and angrily shouted, "Brother Forth, something’s happened, our rice seedlings have all been pulled out, damn it!"

His voice was extremely mournful.

Just yesterday, they had pulled out Jiang Shi’s rice seedlings, and today their rice seedlings also suffered.

To say it’s unrelated to Jiang Shi, he couldn’t believe it no matter what.

"What?"

In the room, Liu Si, who was snoring, was startled by the sound, then, without caring to dress, rushed out wearing only a pair of big shorts.

His face was filled with shock and anger, he grabbed a wooden stick as thick as a table leg and directly charged towards the rice field.

"My seedlings were pulled out?"

He could hardly believe it.

Damn it, who dared to pull out my seedlings?

The two hurriedly charged towards the rice field.

By the time the two of them got there, the entire rice field was surrounded by crowds, just like yesterday, discussing, looking at the water fields filled with floating rice seedlings.

The seedlings in the fields had all been chopped to pieces.

Coincidentally, the destroyed water fields were all Liu Si’s and those of the big men from yesterday.

Seeing the floating rice seedlings in front of him, Liu Si’s eyes instantly turned red, and he screamed mournfully.

"Ah, motherfucker!"

He was so angry that he jumped and looked directly at the crowd, shouting, "Who? Which bastard did this?"

Everyone was startled and quickly turned their heads away, indicating it wasn’t them.

"Brother Forth, could it be Jiang Shi?"

A big man gritted his teeth, his heart bleeding.

"Jiang Shi!"

Liu Si roared, hurriedly searching for Jiang Shi, only to find that Jiang Shi hadn’t even arrived, picked up the wooden stick, and said, "Go, to Jiang Shi’s house."

A group of people rushed rapidly to the distance.

Others were all astounded, discussing fervently.

"Something’s happened!"

"Should we report it to the steward? Someone might get killed."

"Hurry, go watch the commotion!"

In the courtyard,

Jiang Shi, having just washed, finished breakfast, meticulously moved his body, while his gaze turned to the panel in front of him, with a slight smile on his face.

After a night, the power indeed increased by 100 pounds.

It directly reached 1600 pounds.

If calculated like this, within ten years, how much power would he have?

Thinking about it felt terrifying!

"But working hard overnight was indeed tiring, after all, it’s 15 acres of land, pulling all night, anyone would be exhausted."

Jiang Shi thought to himself.

If it weren’t for him awakening the Dragon Elephant Talent, he wouldn’t have completed this task.

Jiang Shi smiled, casually picked up the transcribed Dragon and Snake Force beside him, and began to study it.

Even after obtaining the talent, he couldn’t slack off.

Striving to master Dragon and Snake Force early and becoming an Inner Sect Disciple is the true path.

"Jiang Shi, come out here!"

"Damn you, Jiang Shi, how dare you pull our seedlings, I’ll fight you!"

"Jiang Shi, come out and die!"

Raging shouts quickly came from outside.

Jiang Shi frowned, put away the Dragon and Snake Force, and walked with his thin body towards the door.

Only to see Liu Si, stout and strong, with red eyes, leading three big men, wielding hoes and wooden sticks, rushing furiously.

"What are you all raging about? What is this about pulling your seedlings? What are you doing?"

Jiang Shi frowned.

"Damn, you’re still pretending to be dumb, you dare to say it’s not you who pulled our rice fields?"

A big man roared angrily.

"Exactly, our rice fields have all been destroyed, besides you, there’s nobody else."

Another big man shouted furiously, his teeth almost about to break.

"What nonsense? You can eat food but don’t talk recklessly, you’re saying I pulled them? Do you have evidence? Recklessly accusing people, do you believe I’ll report to the steward?"

Jiang Shi’s tone was cold.

"You’re talking bullshit, it must be you, if not you, I’ll chop off my head!"

Another big man jumped up and cursed.

"You’re talking bullshit, I didn’t pull them!"

Jiang Shi said.

"Jiang Shi!"

Suddenly, Liu Si, the leader, shouted sharply, eyes red and teeth clenched, "No matter if it’s you who pulled them or not, today I’m going to beat you to death, damn it, get him!"

He grabbed the wooden stick and charged forward first.