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The winter sun was always warm, causing people to feel a sense of warmth. Even this small city by the lake, which was often buffeted by the cold lake winds, felt strangely comfortable under the sun's rays.

It was now afternoon, and unlike the people of other great cities, who were always busy with their work, the people of this small city seemed to be like the calm and wide waters of the lake, always so idle and merry.

After lunch, out shopping or going to work, alone or in pairs, walking along the tree-lined streets, as serene and beautiful as their warm smiles.

However, there were always exceptions. In this peaceful city, there was a shabby beggar sitting under a lamppost at a crossroads, which was the only discordant thing in the city besides the garbage heap.

In fact, as far as the woman in the nearby newsstand knew, the beggar had been sitting here for two days, but strangely enough, even she did not know when the beggar had been sitting there, and she remembered that she had only gone to the bathroom, and when she came back she had seen the beggar sitting there, and then he had sat still for two days in that strange posture of his with his hands on his feet.

This beggar looked to be no more than twenty years old. His face was covered in dust, and his clothes were as tattered and filthy as the beggars she had seen before. There was nothing special about him.

Based on the beggar's young face and healthy body, the grandma guessed that the reason he was in this situation was probably because of some disaster that had befallen his family, or because he had come out to find a job and had been robbed of his money. With a sympathetic heart, on the first afternoon when the beggar appeared, the auntie left him a bowl of rice for dinner in order to do some good deeds.

But no matter how she yelled, the young beggar acted as if he didn't hear her, not moving an inch. She could not help but think, this beggar is probably deaf!

However, even though the beggar didn't eat the food she gave him on the spot, the kind auntie still left her bowl on the ground due to his pitiful appearance.

However, she did not expect that not long after she left, a stray dog would come running out from the corner of the street and eat to her heart's content. By the time he reached the beggar and chased him away, the bowl was empty.

Although auntie wasn't very rich, she could afford a bowl. A bowl that had been licked by a dog was naturally not something that could be taken. Thus, the beggar placed a bowl of food in front of him to collect money.

After this, the grandma naturally wouldn't give out a second bowl. She would close the stall at night. However, when he came to the newsstand the next day …

She was surprised to find that the beggar was still sitting as she had left him the day before, not moving at all. However, the bowl in front of him had a few more coins and a few crumpled yuan.

At first she thought it was just a coincidence, and that business was good that day. She didn't have time to look at the beggar, she only thought that he would leave by himself. However, when she closed the stall in the afternoon, she was surprised to find that there was a lot of money in the beggar's bowl.

Even their postures were the same as yesterday. Now, the woman could not help but feel curious, but when the time came to pack up, although she was imagining things, she did not do anything.

Until noon today. At the crossroads of the people, the bowl in front of the beggar was filled with money. There were even some scattered money on the ground, but he still didn't move.

Could it be that this person was already dead? Otherwise, why would he continue to maintain this sitting posture? The grandma finally could not help but want to call the police!

But at this moment, the finger on the beggar's right hand, which had always been spread out on his feet, suddenly moved. Then, his eyelashes trembled. He then opened his eyes that he had not seen for the past two days. Then.

The grandma saw the clearest eyes that she would never forget in her life--even though the scene lasted less than a second, the beggar's eyes turned back to normal.

The Pauper looked at the bowl of money in front of him, puzzled.

Then he glanced at himself, as if he suddenly understood something. He smiled, shook his head, picked up the money from the ground and put it into his bowl. Then he grabbed the rice bowl that was full of coins and stood up.

Although the woman watching the newsstand was puzzled by the strange feeling, she could not help but heave a sigh of relief when she saw the beggar stand up. However, she soon became even more surprised.

At that moment, the beggar walked up to the newsstand, took out ten yuan from the bowl, and said with a smile, "Auntie, thank you for taking care of me. Please give me a map …"

Holding the newly bought map in his hand, Lin Jin smiled bitterly. Even though he was already mentally prepared, he still did not expect that after appearing on the surface of the ground a few months later, he would be able to reach the Jiangxi Poyang Lake.

Two days ago, at the moment he was sent out of the strange array, he thought that he had fallen into a trap and expended all of his energy to resist the array, but after failing to do so, the moment he was teleported out, he almost went berserk. At the same time, all of the zhenqi in his body started moving up, causing the elemental energy of heaven and earth to change and almost activated the array itself.

If not for the fact that he saw that was quick enough to use the method that the spiritual consciousness mentioned about how to stop the array formation by accident and escape from it, he would have been dead by now.

But even so, the zhenqi in his body still scurried, causing the meridians in his body to be on the verge of collapsing. Even the clothes on his body had been torn through by the ferocious zhenqi in many places.

However, at that time, he was only concerned with escaping from that terrifying array and did not notice this point for a while. A few seconds later, when he arrived at the nearest city, the zhenqi in his body suddenly exploded, causing him, who was in the process of flying, to fall onto the ground.

After rolling on the ground and getting covered in dust, and feeling the danger of the situation, he did not care about anything else and subconsciously ran to the safest telephone pole in his subconscious to suppress the zhenyuan that was rampaging in his body. He did not expect that other people would treat him like a beggar and throw so much money in front of him.