When Lin Xi heard this, his face suddenly turned dark.
"Who told you that all the people of Taixuan Sect were dead?"
The man also realized instantly that it was not appropriate to say that her sect was extinct in front of Lin Xi, who claimed to be the head of Taixuan Sect.
But the guilty feeling only lasted for a moment, and he quickly returned to his indifferent expression.
"That old man said that. He also said that his ancestors were outer disciples of the Taixuan Sect."
After hearing this, Lin Xi finally figured out the relationship between the man in front of him and Tai Xuanzong.
If nothing unexpected happens, the dead old man he mentioned should be his master in his previous life, and his master's ancestor was actually an outer disciple of Taixuan Sect.
No wonder the talisman drawn by this person has some similarities with Taixuan Zong's talisman.
Although he is only an outer disciple, he is also a disciple of Taixuan Sect.
For a moment, Lin Xi looked at the man with a little more kindness.
But looking at the man's nonchalant look, his kindness instantly turned into pickyness.
Although he is a disciple of the descendant of an outer sect disciple, since he has learned the principles of Taixuan Sect, he should also follow the rules of Taixuan Sect.
The most basic point is that you cannot help criminals.
Listening to the conversation between Hu Lei and Lao Jiang a few days ago, Lin Xi could infer that this man's master should care less about these things than he did, and would be willing to take any job as long as there was money.
Otherwise, his master would not have collaborated so many times with Lao Jiang, who was obviously not a good person.
Led by such a master, this man was still able to resist the temptation of money and was unmoved by Hu Lei and Lao Jiang's financial offensive. He even scolded them. He was better than his master.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xi asked the man.
"What's your name? Do you want to continue to improve in this field and enhance your abilities?"
Although he is one of the few people with good talent that he has seen so far, and he also has a certain relationship with their Taixuan Sect.
But if he didn't have the desire to make progress and didn't want to join the Taixuan Sect, she wouldn't force him.
Hearing this, the man frowned again.
"You came to see me late at night, just for this?"
Lin Xi looked at him silently as a response.
The man scoffed, then his tone became inexplicably sharp.
"Do you simply want me to improve my abilities, or do you want me to help you after I learn? Like that old man, you're using me as a free tool and doing anything immoral for money?!"
"I am a human being, a living person, not a machine controlled by others! Don't even think about controlling me anymore!"
The more the man spoke, the colder his expression became.
It seemed as if he recalled his past experiences through Lin Xi.
He recalled how he had been disliked by people around him since he was a child because of his unusual six index fingers, and even his father had beaten and scolded him.
Whenever something bad happens to them or something happens to their family, they think he is the one who brings them bad luck.
So in fact, he had a very hard time in his biological father Li's house.
Later, his father once again imposed false charges and anger on him because of an incident. When he was beaten to death, an old man appeared.
The old man said he felt sorry for him and didn't mind that he had six fingers, so he paid a sum of money to buy him from his biological father.
At that time, he naively thought that he could finally escape from the sea of suffering and live the life of a normal child. He secretly swore in his heart that he would repay him and be filial to him in the future.
But what he didn't expect was that the old man took him away not because he felt sorry for him, but because he saw that he had a talent in metaphysics.
From then on, he began to study day and night.
He was indeed never beaten again, nor did he go hungry again.
But what he saw was even more terrifying than before.
If he fails to complete his learning tasks successfully or his progress slows down, he will be abandoned in a cemetery in the wilderness in the middle of the night to stay with ghosts.
He still remembers the overwhelming fear he felt when he first saw a ghost.
He clearly remembered that he had been shaking all night and crying until his tears ran dry, but he didn't even dare to scream.
He could only keep praying in his heart that the old man would come and save him.
But no matter how he called for help in his heart, he never received any response.
The next day, when he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak, the old man finally arrived.
When he saw the old man again, he didn't need the old man to say anything. He took the initiative to swear to him that he would learn what he taught well in the future.
From then on, he was given a rote learning by the old man, who taught him all kinds of things that the old man himself did not fully understand.
Fortunately, he had better understanding than the old man, so nothing happened.
After he learned some skills, the old man began to take him out to help people solve problems.
At first he was just helping the old man, but later when he encountered some problems that the old man couldn't solve but he was reluctant to give up the generous reward, he was forced by the old man to take on the tasks.
The old man ignored his fear and didn't care whether he would get into trouble since it was his first time encountering such a thing, and forced him to handle it.
In order to survive, he can only unleash his potential in danger time and time again and try his best to overcome the danger.
If his determination to survive was not strong enough, he would have died countless times.
However, since then he has finally determined that this old man is not a good person. He bought him just to train him and let him make money for him.
And the old man doesn't care about the source of the money at all. As long as the other party is willing to pay, he is willing to help.
What impressed him most was that a man who killed his own child was being pursued by the child's ghost.
Perhaps because he had never been loved by his father, he felt an inexplicable pity for the child's ghost. Naturally, he wanted the father who killed his child to die quickly.
He tried to persuade the old man, saying that his father was too vicious and advised him not to help him.
But the old man only left one sentence: "If I don't help him, how will we get the money to live? If I don't help others as a servant, how will we get the money to buy you and save you from your parents who don't treat you as a human being?"
He actually knew that the old man said this on purpose to make him feel guilty and grateful.
It was obvious that he saved me because he saw my talent, and the money he earned from helping the old man was more than enough to repay the money he gave to his father.
But even though he knew it, he couldn't hide the fact that he was indeed rescued by the old man.
If the old man hadn't brought him out, he would probably have been buried on some hillside.
Therefore, no matter what the old man's purpose was, he did save his life.
Therefore, the following people, while despising and hating the old man and themselves, became his puppets in order to repay his life-saving grace, and obeyed his orders to complete the tasks.
He spent almost every minute and every second burdened with a heavy sense of guilt.
He often wondered why he couldn't be cruel enough so that he could ignore the old man.
No matter what life-saving favor he received, he has repaid so much and it is enough.
But as the old man grew older and his health deteriorated, he couldn't bear to completely ignore him.
Or maybe he could just be a little bit bad, like the old man, not caring whether others are good or bad, just completing his tasks like a ruthless machine.
But he would feel very conflicted in his heart. Whenever he found out that someone who came to the old man for help had done something bad, he would become angry and irritated, and even feel a strong sense of disgust.
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