Chapter 141: The Martial World Dream Is Far

Ground Rabbit mingled into a large crowd, ready to go working in the “artisans’ well”. He was very confident in his own ability; wasn’t it just becoming an apprentice? Mr. Rabbit only needed to learn for a few days to grasp everything, and then he could collect the carpenter’s wages.Just then, a Wangjia Villager ran over from the distance, shouting loudly, “I urgently need a group of road construction workers here; no skills required, just strength. The job is digging stones and digging mud; wages are settled daily, with food and lodging included, and three jin of flour issued each day.”

“Food and lodging, and three jin of flour each day!” Ground Rabbit shuddered all over: Mother! And this work didn’t even need skills, just strength was enough.

He immediately began pondering in his heart: If I took on the carpenter apprenticeship job, I wouldn’t get wages at all at the start, only food included; but if I did the road construction work, I could get three jin of flour tomorrow.

This job was doable!

Ground Rabbit leaped out from the carpenter group at once, ran to the front of the Wangjia Villager, and said in an urgent roar, “I can do this job; I’m very strong.”

Gao Yiyi was so angry his nose twisted: “Hey, you guy, didn’t you just sign up to be an apprentice with me?”

Ground Rabbit: “I want to do work more suited to me.”

Gao Yiyi: “Enough, enough. If you can’t even tell which side has a better future, then go ahead and dig mud as you like.”

He led a group of newly signed-up carpenter apprentices into the fortress, heading toward the artisans’ well.

Ground Rabbit followed the Wangjia Villager with an excited face, and a large group of short-term laborers with only strength and no skills followed behind; everyone was drawn by that flour.

Before they had walked many steps, a large crowd dashed out from Gaojia Fortress.

Leading was Cheng Xu with his face covered, closely followed by Gao Chuwu and Zheng Daniu, and behind them were over forty young adult men. The group walked with a powerful presence; after a few steps, they shouted in unison, “Kill kill kill! Kill kill kill!”

At the same time, they raised the wooden sticks in their hands and made a thrusting motion forward: “Kill kill kill!”

Cheng Xu shouted loudly, “Halted! Continue advancing!”

The young men withdrew their long sticks at once and kept marching forward.

Ground Rabbit saw this scene and his whole body ignited with excitement: “Wow, wow!”

The nearby Wangjia Villager said, “What are you wowing about?”

Ground Rabbit: “Is that troop still hiring? I want to go join them.”

The Wangjia Villager immediately laughed and scolded him, “What’s wrong with you? You jumped ship from the carpenter group to join me, Artisan Master Gao just scolded you, and right away you want to jump away from me? Even a field frog can’t hop this much.”

Ground Rabbit chuckled, “Can a field frog compare to me? I am Ground Rabbit.”

Wangjia Villager: “…”

With such a senseless guy, there was no point trying to reason.

The Wangjia Villager said in annoyance, “The militia hasn’t started recruiting outsiders yet. We only want upright, trustworthy young men from this village. You just got here; no one knows your character. Want to get into the militia? No way!”

Before he even finished speaking, he saw Ground Rabbit charge toward the militia, spread his arms to block the masked Cheng Xu’s path, and shout loudly, “Are you the militia instructor? I… I… could you take me into the militia? I can fight extremely well.”

Cheng Xu glanced sideways at the man before him: He had a sizable build, but looked horribly starved, with a weary face, wearing ragged clothes, and a rusty sword hanging at his waist without even a scabbard.

Tsk! Where did this wild type come from?

Cheng Xu shook his head: “My militia doesn’t take just any cat or dog.”

Ground Rabbit said anxiously, “I’m not a cat or a dog; I’m a rabbit.”

The crowd: “…”

Cheng Xu covered his face with his hand, feeling troubled. This guy was clearly unreliable; was he here to hassle the general again? In recent days, Gao Chuwu and Zheng Daniu, those two simpletons, had nearly driven him to illness; he really didn’t need another one.

Ground Rabbit saw that everyone had strange expressions, and he quickly said again, “My martial arts are very great. If you don’t believe me, test me.”

Cheng Xu said, “Martial arts good? How good? Show me a move.”

Ground Rabbit said, “Once Mr. Rabbit’s long sword is drawn, it must taste blood before it can be sheathed again. Its killing aura is too heavy, not easy to use for performances, only for real combat.”

Cheng Xu became furious and said, “Your rusty sword doesn’t even have a sheath.”

Ground Rabbit said, “This… because… Mr. Rabbit has been a bit down on his luck lately. Like a rabbit falling onto the plain being bullied by dogs, I used the sheath to exchange for a little money…”

Everyone said, “…”

Cheng Xu laughed in anger and said, “Fine, take a swing at me. If you beat me, I’ll let you join the militia. Otherwise, get lost.”

Ground Rabbit said, “Seriously?”

Cheng Xu said, “Seriously!”

“Then I won’t hold back,” Ground Rabbit drew his sword with a whoosh and said, “I’m going to use my ultimate move.”

Cheng Xu snorted coldly.

Ground Rabbit took a big step forward with a whoosh, brandished his rusty sword, his movements were sweeping and grand, full of momentum, and he shouted loudly, “Heaven! Rabbit! Break! Dominance! Sword!”

Cheng Xu sidestepped to the side, easily dodging his sword, hooked his foot, and Ground Rabbit fell down with a thud.

“Go dig your mud,” Cheng Xu didn’t even glance at him again, waved to the militia behind, and said, “Let’s go, continue the drill.”

The people behind said in unison, “Yes, sir!”

The group trudged quickly, ran onto the cement road, and headed towards Zhengjia Village.

Ground Rabbit rolled over and got up, looked left and right, let out a cry of shock, and quickly ran towards Wangjia Villager, saying, “I’m back, I want to do road construction.”

Wangjia Villager could only laugh or cry and said, “You bastard.”

Ground Rabbit rubbed his head and chuckled with a “heh heh.”

“Let’s go,” Wangjia Villager said. “If we weren’t really short-handed, I’d kick you flying away.”

Ground Rabbit said, “Don’t worry, I’m very diligent at working.”

Wangjia Villager said, “You are damn diligent at horseplay. The Deity might even be amused by you.”

Ground Rabbit said, “The Deity? Who’s that?”

Wangjia Villager said, “Stay here for a few more days, and you’ll know who he is.”

Ground Rabbit said, “Oh!”

He walked along with Wangjia Villager while turning his head to watch Cheng Xu’s militia running farther and farther away. His eyes revealed a gaze of envy and jealousy. He sighed deeply and touched his rusty sword…

The dream of the martial world was far away.

Better focus on working hard!

Li Daoxuan held a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall rice soup, shoveling it into his mouth while watching Ground Rabbit’s performance. He almost spit out his rice from amusement; this new wild figure was interesting.

Most new wild figures were timid, careful, and cautious. Only after getting used to Gaojia Village’s environment did they start to show their personalities. But this guy calling himself Ground Rabbit was quite open and unrestrained.

It seemed he could often provide fun.

Thinking of that, Li Daoxuan shifted his perspective. Oh, here came more wild figures. On the official road to the southwest, a caravan walked over. The leader was Xing Honglang, a tough woman who looked like a man, followed by thirty or forty salt smugglers, hurrying toward Gaojia Village.

Li Daoxuan was overjoyed: Gao Chuwu’s love story, chapter two, was about to update!