[Currently active talent effects: Death Scent (retained), Death Memory (retained), Body of Death (retained), All Laws Return to Origin (to be retained).]
[If you successfully escape the current match, you will permanently retain the "Return of All Laws" talent effect.]
"Great new effect!"
Su Lin raised an eyebrow, a surge of joy in his heart.
He lacked a stable and rapid way to improve his personal physical attributes, and the new talent effect in this game made up for this shortcoming!
Although it still has considerable limitations in its use, its effectiveness remains powerful!
"This match has been quite a happy one for me."
While inwardly marveling at the scene, Su Lin listened intently to the conversations coming from the crowd around him.
This group of people appears to be discussing how to deal with a prisoner.
"Dugu Changshan! Do you know your crime?!"
In front of the courtyard steps, an old man in a white robe with a long beard stepped forward and angrily questioned a young man.
Su Lin stood in the crowd and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a boy kneeling in the center of the courtyard. His hands and feet were shackled. He looked about seventeen or eighteen years old.
His clothes were tattered, his body covered in shocking wounds, and he was in a state of utter despair, but his eyes were filled with hatred as he looked up and retorted, "What crime have I committed? How could I be guilty!"
"Still making excuses!"
The white-bearded old man laughed in fury: "You come from a prestigious family, yet you have strayed from the right path! You have secretly colluded with evil people, causing your sect to lose many talented individuals! You are so young, yet your hands are stained with the blood of your own kind!"
"snort!"
The boy sneered, offering no rebuttal, but instead gritting his teeth, stubbornly glaring at the surrounding crowd with a hateful look.
Su Lin observed silently from the side and noticed that the spot where the boy was kneeling seemed to be the same aura that represented the [evil path] faction earlier.
This seems to suggest that if Su Lin had chosen the "evil path" camp, he himself would be the one kneeling on the ground being condemned.
This is very bad.
Su Lin could see clearly that many young men and women in the crowd around him were staring at the young Dugu Changshan with hatred in their eyes, wishing they could draw their swords and kill him on the spot.
"Big brother, we can watch the show for a while now, but first we need to gather some key information..."
Xiao Linlin stood obediently beside her, whispering a reminder. She too had been transformed into an ancient costume, making her look even more adorable and charming.
Su Lin nodded silently and stood there listening.
As time passed, Su Lin roughly learned the reason from the discussions among the crowd: the young Dugu Changshan was originally an inner disciple of the righteous sect - Longyuan Academy. Longyuan Academy assisted Tianyong Sword Pavilion in competing for the [Peace Stone] and sent many disciples to track down its whereabouts in the martial arts world.
Half a year later, news spread throughout the martial arts world that the masters of Longyuan Academy had found the whereabouts of the [Peace Stone], which attracted the attention of evil masters who besieged and intercepted it. Dugu Changshan's team was ordered to go and provide support.
Shockingly, Dugu Changshan killed his fellow disciples halfway through the journey and used a vicious scheme to throw the righteous masters into disarray, causing them to perish one after another. Ultimately, the clues to the [Peace Stone] fell into the hands of the evil sects.
The entire Longyuan Academy was furious and dispatched countless experts to search for the boy. They eventually captured him and brought him back. After more than a month of severe interrogation, the boy still refused to reveal any information about the [Peace Stone], nor did he explain why he attacked and killed his fellow clansmen.
Su Lin listened for over an hour, but didn't see these people severely punish the boy.
Listening to the conversation of the others, he roughly knew that the young man had a powerful background. His father, Dugu Bo, was one of the Six Gentlemen of Longyuan Academy, with an extraordinary status in the martial arts world. Others could not directly kill Dugu Changshan.
Furthermore, currently only Dugu Changshan knows the clues to the [Peace Stone]. Killing him rashly would only hand over the [Peace Stone] to the evil sects.
"They won't kill, and they don't dare to use the methods, it's a waste of time."
Su Lin shook his head inwardly. These people had too many concerns and were completely helpless against a teenager who had made a serious mistake.
Fortunately, this tedious period did not last long.
Before long, the old man saw that the "public trial" was meaningless and could not change the boy's mind, so he ordered his men to continue to keep him under guard and wait for Dugu Bo to arrive before deciding on how to deal with Dugu Changshan.
After the boy was taken away, the righteous heroes also dispersed. Su Lin was about to leave with them when he saw the middle-aged man beside him suddenly pat his shoulder.
"Lin'er, let's go back too."
Upon hearing this, Su Lin looked up at the middle-aged man.
This man had a sword at his waist, and his clean and neat blue robe gave him the air of a sharp sword that was sheathed, making him seem like a peerless master with hidden sharpness.
[Player's role confirmed: Random - Inner disciple of Tianyong Sword Pavilion, son of "Little Zhou Tian Sword" Su Qingyang.]
[Su Qingyang]: One of the Seven Swords of Tianyong Sword Pavilion, a master of innate skill, a strong swordsman, known in the martial arts world as "Little Zhou Tian Sword", skilled in the secret technique of Tianyong Sword Pavilion, "Zhou Tian Sword".
"My goodness!"
Xiao Linlin secretly clicked her tongue in amazement, her little face full of surprise: "Big brother's start was really good! He even has a powerful NPC as a backer! This is a role-playing game! I love role-playing!"
This was what Xiao Linlin was thinking, but those around her naturally didn't know.
Su Lin reacted quickly. After glancing at the notification message, he understood and calmly nodded in response to the man: "Okay."
"Lin'er, have you finally seen the complexities of the martial world?"
Su Qingyang smiled faintly, thinking that Su Lin's calm and taciturn nature was due to the influence of what had just happened, and couldn't help but gently comfort him: "You'll get used to it. The world outside this mountain gate is mostly like this, with endless love, hate, and killing, all for the sake of profit."
Hmm... at first glance, this doesn't sound like something a righteous master would say.
Su Lin silently looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. This NPC was the temporary father given to him by the game mechanism, and in a sense, he was also one of the [game resources] that Su Lin could use.
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