Porter of Two Worlds

Chapter 44: Racing Against Time

When they headed towards De Yang Town, they were traveling downstream, it took them about 8 hours, and when they returned home, they were traveling upstream, which inevitably prolonged the traveling time; they spent almost 10 hours just to get back.

Nothing happened on the way back, it was all good and quiet, but Bai Yang was thinking of a problem, a very serious problem!

Although in fact, he was really just spending most of the time sleeping….

“I get it now!”

When the sun was about to set, the fool who was energetic after sleeping for so long, stood up and shouted.

And this shout confused all the villagers.

“What did young master understand?”

The people around turned and looked at Bai Yang right away in curious.

“The reason why you can’t get into the town is because you are all unregistered. Without any registered residence and identification, there’s no way you can get into the town.”

So after thinking for such a long time, the fool shouted this out.

Is that all you managed to figure out? Shouldn’t you be more worried about how the guys come back for revenge?

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

“Erm… What do you mean, young master?”

A puzzled Xiao Mao asked.

“Ah, it’s too much to explain so I’ll skip it, anyway, it’s important. Without identifications, you will not be able to enter the city and you will be deprived of education, get it?”

No… Everyone on the scene shook their head…

Bai Yang scratched his head at this scene, in his heart, he was shouting, This is a serious problem, it’s tightly related to your future, can’t you give me a little bit more reaction than just this…..!

But apparently, the villagers did not seem bothered, as they started keeping themselves busy with their respective work after finding the information Bai Yang threw out useless….

Bai Yang rolled his eyes right away, he found himself unable to communicate with these guys, what did they even know? No wonder no one batted an eye even when De Yang Town cheat on them; you can’t possibly expect equality when you are not even registered under them or unrecognized by the country’s law…..

Without a registered identity, there wouldn’t even be a place for you to seek justice when you were cheated!

Bai Yang also did not think that there would be so-called men of justice who were all so free to help them, and the problem was that there was nothing they could do for you if you were unregistered….

No one cared about this, but Bai Yang was different, he felt that there was the need to help them, to eliminate this dead cycle once and for all. Thus, the easiest way was to get them a legal identity, so they could be protected by the laws, at least, the cheaters wouldn’t go all out on scamming them!

Which raised another problem, what should be done to get them legalized?

There were a lot of ways actually, first, they have to get the attention of the “related department”, and to get their attention, the quickest way was to achieve something huge.

Although he did not know if there was such “related department” around….

As for something that could draw attention…. I reckon defeating the Che Family is a good start…

The fool started thinking of a sinister way as he thought.

Fine fine, Bai Yang admitted that he was not so free and kind enough to help these villagers get a legalized identity, it all returned back to the root, himself!

Think of it, if he himself did not have a legalized identity, he wouldn’t go anywhere, and if that happened, how was he supposed to explore this world? He wouldn’t be able to solve this problem by himself as well, after all, he had no connection “above” there.

Hence, it would be easier if he legalized his identity along with the endless villagers in the Lost Forest; if everyone were to be legalized, then an additional me wouldn’t matter much, right?

Hehehe, so it’s decided then! Trample over Che Family, do something big to attract attention and show them that the villagers are not to be underestimated, then I will silently mixed among the villagers to get my identification done….! Of course, if I am not careful enough, I will get a lot of the villagers killed, so I have to be cautious. And the other problem is that they don’t seem to be bothered about getting their identity legalized… But this shouldn’t be a problem, I will just tell them that the importance of this and they will start working hard to get themselves legalized…

Bai Yang did not think this was unnecessary, as with further consideration, if there were already officials in this world, then there would be rules and laws, right? With a legal identity, he wouldn’t have to worry about being rejected if he went out to have fun with money in his hands, or at least people would think twice before pulling anything funny on him….!

Otherwise, you were asking for it for walking around without legalized identification…..

The villagers were illiterate and deprived of knowledge, but Bai Yang was not one of them, so this was an important matter!

He pulled out a notebook and a pen and asked, “Zhao Shi, tell me, what do you always ask in exchange for your forest goods, tell me everything.”

Although he did not know what Bai Yang wanted, he still replied, “Young master, we mainly exchange them for edible salt, this is the most important thing we need, then it will be the blood stopping hemostatic medicine, flints, sewing items, daily products, and lastly, equipment…..”

Zhao Shi said while Bai Yang jotted down notes.

“Salt… Yunnan Baiyao, lighters, threads and needles, cutleries…. Xiong Da?….”

After closing up his notebooks, Bai Yang snapped his fingers and said, “Ok.”

“What did you draw on it, young master?”

A curious Zhao Shi asked.

“Something you wouldn’t know, forget it.”

After throwing back a reply, Bai Yang fell back into silence and he looked at Zhao Shi again, “When you get back to the village, forget about everything and do what as I said. I want you to get to all the villages in the forest, tell them that I want them all, the smoked meat, fur, herbs, fruit wine and whatever they have, give them all to me! I will offer them something else in exchange, have them bring their goods to the Gedo Village!”

“Young master, we have what they have, so why the unnecessary move? Besides, what are you going to offer them in exchange?”

Xiao Mao who only wanted to guarantee Bai Yang’s welfare asked him this question, but deep down, she wanted to advise Bai Yang not to do this.

“I will have things to offer them back, as for the goods in their hands, I have use for them. Well, I can disgust someone by doing so… Hmph….”

Bai Yang put up an expression that said that the best would happen as long as they believed him.

“Okay…okay….”

Zhao Shi nodded as if he knew what Bai Yang was planning but also clueless at the same time.

“Remember, bring the salt I brought to you when you visit the other villages, also, put on the armor. Tell them that they will get this snowy white salt and the equipment you are wearing in exchange, I can’t supply them with bows and arrows right now, but I can supply arrowheads. As many as they want!”

Bai Yang warned seriously.

Although he did not understand, Zhao Shi felt like it was reasonable and worth doing, so he nodded while scratching his head.

The reason Bai Yang couldn’t supply bow and arrow was because they were all controlled tightly by the government; at least it wouldn’t be that easy, he might only be able to get himself a tiny bit of the equipment, unless he has the right connection in the overseas, but if this was the case, he would be able to get his hands on firearms already!

Heh, someone will deliver them to me, if the price I offer is high enough! The fool thought.

Meanwhile, the village was already in sight, and Bai Yang sighed, Guess I’m just a busy man after all….

Meanwhile, Zhao Shi stared right at Bai Yang and he suddenly became smart, the touched barbarian then said, “Young master, you’re worried about our safety?”

“Eh? Since when did you become that smart?”

Exclaimed a surprised Bai Yang.

Such a question was refused to be answered by Zhao Shi, the man smiled again, “Young master, you don’t have to be that worried, the Lost Forest is a very dangerous place, there are countless poisonous insects and dangerous beasts in the forest. If you are not careful enough, every corner of the forest would become the deadliest place, it would be more than just difficult for someone unfamiliar to survive in it, let alone find us, so your worry is not necessary….”

“But its always best to be cautious, what I worry about is more than just our safety….. Hey, you wouldn’t understand it even if I explained, so just do as I say. Are you the young master right now or am I the young master?”

Bai Yang replied speechlessly.

And that’s why they said habit was a dangerous thing in a way, in just a short time, the fool really thought that he was a young master already…..

Zhao Shi and the others were being too naive, indeed, finding Ge Duo Village in the Lost Forest was just like finding a needle in the ocean, but the problem was the enemy themselves? No, all they have to do was to find any village, and with a little cost, they would be able to drive the villagers to locate Gedo Village for them.

Which was why from Bai Yang’s point of view, when they started resisting Che Family, they were already in the brink of danger, and they would need to hold onto every second to strengthen themselves!

There was no more time when they returned, so under the “understanding” looks of the villagers, the young man dragged Xiao Mao back to the treehouse.

Xiao Mao’s face blushed right away, thinking that Bai Yang was eager to do something shameful with her.

“Xiao Mao, watch the door, I want to sleep now. Remember, hold off anyone that wants to see me and we will talk about it later after I wake up, get it?”

After returning to the house, Bai Yang held onto Xiao Mao’s shoulder and under her confused glance, he kissed her gently on her lips and slammed the door after entering the room.

Staring at the closed door, Xiao Mao’s mind was empty, she couldn’t understand what was happening and she murmured, “Young master, I can sleep you with you if you want to…..”

Oh no no no, it’s too embarrassing….

After getting back to the room, Bai Yang picked up about ten bags from the rack, grabbed another jar of the Hundred Fruit Wine and disappeared from this world…..