Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 319 - 310: I Can Collect the Toll Myself—When Did Others Get to Do It?
"It’s a long story, but to put it simply... it’s already someone else’s."
Chu Feng sighed.
Hearing these words, Su Mu couldn’t remain calm and asked, "It was taken by someone else?"
"Not exactly." Chu Feng didn’t know how to explain this situation.
Because the Stone Jar he gave away was unexpectedly closely linked to the Mysterious Plateau.
Hearing this, Su Mu was also getting angry.
Good grief, on this river, besides myself, is there another person collecting tolls?
This river I manage, I can take from it, but when did it become someone else’s turn to take from it??
This is like opening a black market fishing ground and someone secretly collecting a second fee in your black pit, who could tolerate that?
If this gets out, people will say that I, Su Mu, do business without ethics, without credibility, and take black money.
"Where is the person who took your treasure?"
"Take me there."
Su Mu rolled up his sleeves and said.
"Senior, you’ve misunderstood, no one took my treasure."
"I gave it away myself."
Chu Feng explained.
"Was it taken on the river, or was it taken elsewhere?" This question was very important to Su Mu.
If it was taken on the river, then it’s a matter of principle, it’s Su Mu’s business too, and he must deal with it.
"It wasn’t taken on the river."
"I gave it away myself."
Chu Feng quickly denied it.
Who dares to come and take things on the River of Time??
....
"Oh."
"I see."
Hearing that it wasn’t taken on the river, Su Mu also let out a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn’t a robbery on the river, it was none of his business.
Even if Su Mu wanted to manage it, he couldn’t do it!
He can’t leave this river, can’t go to the outside world.
Leaving aside the cultivation, he is now just a hapless River Guardian, as long as he doesn’t refine this river and leave this damn place, he’s just a hapless River Guardian for another day!
No way around it, this was the system’s first task for him, and it had to be completed.
This novice task is like a tutorial, you can’t skip it! You can only complete it.
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"Are you returning with plans to have me stick up for you?"
Su Mu saw Chu Feng returning the same way, and coupled with the robbery, could it be that he was calling him for after-sales service??
Here, we do not include after-sales!
If it was robbed on my turf, then it’s easy to say. Su Mu would certainly include after-sales, but if it wasn’t on his turf, can he include after-sales?
Definitely not!
"No, no, no."
"Senior, I came back because there’s a small favor I’d like to ask you."
After hesitating for a while, Chu Feng made a major decision in his heart.
"What favor?" Su Mu asked.
Chu Feng took a diamond-shaped Crystal Stone from his sleeve and handed it to Su Mu, saying, "If Senior Ye Fan happens to come here, I’d like to trouble you to give this to him."
Inside this Crystal Stone, it recorded the scenes Chu Feng saw on the Mysterious Plateau, along with a few messages he left behind.
Because he and Ye Fan were not in the same time-space, if he were to find Ye Fan’s true form, who knows how long it would take; he might as well leave the "truth" with this senior on the River of Time.
Senior Ye Fan would surely pass by the River of Time on his way to the Mysterious Plateau.
Hearing this, Su Mu took the Crystal Stone and smiled, "It’s a small matter."
Anyway, that kid Ye Fan still owes me a big sum of money, whenever he comes to pay up, I’ll give him this thing; after all, it’s just a matter of lifting a finger.
...
Soon, Chu Feng removed the Space Ring from his finger and handed it to Su Mu, saying, "Senior, this is a small token of my appreciation, please do accept it."
Seeing Chu Feng giving him the entire Space Ring, Su Mu was stunned and said, "It’s just a lift of a hand, no need to give so much."
"Senior, could it be that you think it’s beneath you?"
"I don’t have many treasures, and they probably won’t catch the senior’s eye, but it’s all I’ve saved up in my life, I can only bring out this much, you must accept it."
Chu Feng said with a serious face.
"You’re... not thinking of anything drastic, are you?"
Su Mu thought that because Chu Feng’s Lifebound Treasure was taken, he was thinking drastically, giving everything to him, and then finding a deserted place to hang himself??
Why is it that young people nowadays have such poor psychological resilience, experiencing a minor setback and they want to die?
Hearing this, Chu Feng was stunned, then smiled and explained, "No, no, Senior misunderstood."
"I’m planning to develop in a different place, forget the past, and start anew."
Chu Feng only kept two Lifebound Treasures for himself, and took out all other treasures.
However, he had a small thought in doing so, which was to be on good terms with this senior; treasures are not important, it’s more important to befriend such a powerful senior.
"Alright then."
Seeing the other person’s determination, Su Mu reluctantly accepted it.
Although Su Mu already had lots of treasures, no one ever minded having too many treasures.
Because, once I refine the River of Time and go out, these accumulated treasures can allow me to quickly gather troops and develop my power.
So now, collecting tolls and accumulating treasures can be considered a sort of primitive accumulation, capital accumulation; once I get out, I can spread my wings and do great things.
...
"Where do you plan to go?"
"Shall I have Little Tiger Head see you off?"
Su Mu asked with a smile.
Chu Feng waved his hand and said, "No need to trouble Senior Tiger Whale, he’s already helped me a lot."
"I don’t even know where I’m going myself."
"Senior, farewell for now. We will meet again someday."
With that said, Chu Feng sat on a small boat, drifting down the main river, disappearing at the end of the waterway.
Actually, Chu Feng himself didn’t know where he was going.
His thought was to go to a stronger world, not confined to his original world, for by traveling the River of Time, he came to realize his own insignificance, realizing the vastness of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms and the length of the River of Time.
Originally... the vast world map he was in was but a tributary of the River of Time.
One must know, this senior is guarding the entire River of Time!
Having witnessed Su Mu’s power, Chu Feng decided to move to a stronger world, gradually improving himself.
Of course, he wasn’t escaping; once he reached a certain level of cultivation, he would return to the Mysterious Plateau to rescue Huang, severing the Mysterious Plateau.
...
Watching Chu Feng leave, Su Mu retracted his gaze, put away the Space Ring, and smiled to himself, "He’s an interesting young man."
After handling this matter, Su Mu began his patrol for the day.
But in the next second.
A huge creature swiftly approached him.
