Chapter 38: Enemies
In just a few days, the parade ground was transformed.
The platform rises from the ground and it really looks like that. Lin Zhusheng quietly acted as a supervisor during sword practice every day, and he felt that his boss did have some skills.
Taking on some private work might make money faster than setting up a stall and selling big swords.
Sword practice was suspended for a few days during the competition, just like giving others a holiday in the examination room during high school. All the fellow students were looking forward to these days, and they would run away immediately after practicing sword on the last day.
Lin Zhusheng also ran away.
The plants in the world of cultivation grow much faster than normal. He had picked some fruits and herbs before, and now he should be able to harvest them again. He can also take on some tasks and earn some money. A few days of competition was just enough time for him to conquer several mountains.
In the middle of the month, on the first day of suspension from sword practice, the competition entered the preparation stage and people from various major sects began to come to Tianzong.
When Farmer Lin woke up early in the morning, he immediately washed and watered the fields.
The plants in his yard have also grown. A wave of herbs have been harvested and made into herbal snacks. The saplings have also grown taller. Only the orchid flowers are growing slowly. Only a small seedling has emerged in such a long time.
Fortunately, Senior Brother is not yet at the stage where he likes the orchid flower. Just take care of it, and maybe when it grows up, he will like it.
The yard was occupied. Zhang Jing, who also got up early to water the vegetables, was a little surprised to see him getting up so early when it wasn't his sword practice time. He asked, "You got up so early, are you going to watch the sect competition?"
Lin Zhusheng finally remembered that there was such a thing as the sect competition. No wonder I always felt something buzzing above my head this morning. It turned out that people from other sects were passing by. Putting the watering can aside, he waved his hand and said, "No, I'm not going. I have something else to do."
He had participated in the sect competition before after becoming an external elder, so he was not very interested in it and would rather pick fruits.
The kitten lying on the side said to Zhang Jing: "He is going to pick up trash again."
Lin Zhusheng pulled a handful of cat hair and condemned, "You're rude."
After the routine watering was completed, he took the rude cat and his big sword and set off.
The place where he lived was remote, and he could only hear sounds but not see any people. After going to the mountain near the training ground and standing in the woods, he only needed to look up to see a huge flying boat passing high above his head, vaguely emerging in the clouds.
This is just one of the thousands of flying boats, and there are many more boats beyond the horizon.
When I was playing the game, I had no idea about things like the sect competition, but now that I’m watching it from a real perspective, I can finally get a sense of what it’s like to be a grand event across the country.
But the world event is not as important as picking up trash right now. He found another intermediate herb, so he quickly bent down, pulled it up, and dived into the bushes.
Some people were busy searching for treasure in the woods, while others were busy at the competition venue.
The boss was working as a venue engineer one foot, and then because his master San Zhang was in charge of external relations, he had to be the receptionist at the venue. He and the elders met and talked with the leaders and elders of various sects, and his mouth was almost cramped from talking.
The small sects arrived early, most of them arrived in advance, and then the big sects with high rankings came. The first of the top sects to arrive was the Medicine Sect, followed by the Weapon Sect.
When he arrived at Qi Zong, he finally perked up a little and took a closer look at the scene.
Very good, I didn’t see any friend who needed special attention.
The huge flying boat landed and a group of people slowly walked down.
The disciple leading the way was in front, and the one walking in front was a middle-aged man who was neatly dressed, but had some white hair.
That is the leader of the Weapon Sect, the first and only person who can refine a purple-grade treasure. Everyone around him showed him some respect and bowed slightly when they saw him appear.
He had a respectable appearance, wearing a dark gown with dark silver-grey patterns that were vaguely visible as he walked, and he had an intimidating aura, but the person walking behind him was the opposite.
He was wearing a bright red robe that fluttered in the wind as he walked with big strides. Just like his face, he exuded an unbridled arrogance and a burning aura.
This is Chen Jinghao, the young sect leader who is said to have a talent for refining equipment that is rare in a thousand years and has been dubbed a genius early on. As his eyes swept through the crowd, there was an unconcealed scrutiny, and his natural arrogance was fully revealed.
If it weren't for the vague similarity between his eyebrows and eyes, it would be hard to believe that he was the son of the leader of the Weapon Sect.
The disciples who were participating in the competition were taken by a special person to their temporary residence for the next few days. The elders and the sect master stayed behind to greet other sect masters and elders.
The boss arranged everyone to their seats. After settling them down, he wiped his sweat and felt more tired than practicing sword. When he turned around, he found that the young master who was originally in the crowd had disappeared inexplicably.
No one is content. Not knowing where the person had gone, the boss's eyebrows twitched and he quickly looked for him in the crowd.
"If Senior Brother Xu is looking for the Young Master of the Weapon Sect," the disciple who had been following him said as he looked around again and again, "it seems that he is going to look for Senior Sister Mingyue and the others, in the direction of the inner gate."
Senior Sister Mingyue is a famous beauty in the sect. She is also talented and seems to just meet the other party's aesthetic standards. She is one of the few people that the other party will actively seek out.
“…”
During the sect competition, the inner gate will be temporarily opened and others can enter to visit. Although it is possible to enter, it goes too quickly and disappears as soon as it lands. The boss was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Okay."
Then he asked, "Does he know how to get to the inner gate?"
The disciple was not sure and said hesitantly, "The young master has been here twice, so he should know him."
Then he added: "He should have a personal attendant with him, so it's okay if he doesn't know the way."
It's okay as long as there's someone around. The people from the Hehuan Sect also arrived, so the boss stopped paying attention to this side and turned around to welcome the next group of people. If he had known it would be so busy, he would have gone to Guiyu City.
——
There was no one around Chen Jinghao.
It was not time for him to actually participate in the sect competition. He came here just to watch with his father and would not participate. Not participating means it’s irrelevant. He doesn’t care about irrelevant things, so he might as well go find some pleasing faces to look at.
He knew that the followers around him were extremely beautiful and immoral, which brought shame to the sect, so he replaced his followers this time. He didn't like to see them and didn't want anyone to follow him all the time, so he found a chance to leave.
Tianzong is big, but in my memory the road is not winding. The inner gate is easy to find. In theory, you can find it as long as you walk more.
Well, logically speaking.
He thought so as he walked along a paved path until the path disappeared and was surrounded by trees.
He was not the type to stay in one place and wait, so he walked forward a little, tapped his palm with the folding fan in his hand, and finally confirmed it roughly.
He is lost.
At a glance, there were dark green forests all around, and the only sunlight sparsely shone through the layers of leaves and fell on the ground covered with fallen leaves.
There were only trees and grass, and I couldn't tell where I was coming from, nor where I was going. He touched his side pocket out of habit and realized that the bag he usually put there was missing. He probably forgot to bring it with him when he was in the house.
It seems like a deep mountain that can drown people. Occasionally, a bird flies overhead or in the distance, making a sound of flapping wings.
The breeze caused the leaves to rustle, like the sound a monster might inadvertently make when lurking. For a wild beast to become a demon, it needs talent and abundant spiritual energy. The thing that the Tian Sect has the most is spiritual energy.
“Huahua——”
The wind stopped and the trees were still. When the last sound of leaves rustling disappeared, the bushes at the end of my eye moved slightly and a slight sound was heard.
“Shua——”
Almost at the same time as the voice sounded, the folding fan in his hand unfolded, turned into a red light and flew out, and a faint firelight flashed through the air.
As the branches and leaves fluttered, the leaves that came into contact with the shadow of the folding fan broke neatly into two halves and flew away from the air.
Then a black shadow emerged, and the folding fan that was about to leave an afterimage suddenly got stuck. There was a loud friction sound, and as his vision shifted, he only had time to see a piece of lifted green skirt.
He felt a weight on his waist and a huge force hit him, causing him to fall to one side. After rolling over, his back hit the ground hard and his neck was pressed against something cold.
Unable to hold back a breath of cold air, he raised his eyes and was suddenly and unexpectedly met with a pair of clear eyes.
The distance was very close, and the smell of grass and trees filled my nose. The eyes blinked slowly with a hint of surprise, and at the same time, the cold thing pressing against his neck disappeared.
It was a sword, a wooden sword. It was removed from his neck and inserted into the ground on one side. It fell just past his ear, and the strong wind it brought up blew up his hair, making a sound of breaking through the air.
“It turned out to be a person.”
The hardworking worker Lin was picking herbs in the bushes peacefully, but he didn't expect something to suddenly jump out. He thought it was another sneak attack by a monster and fought back out of habit. Fortunately, he checked before he really took action.
The wooden sword sank into the ground. He sat up straight, pulled out the sword as he stood up, wiped off the dirt on it, bent down to pick up the folding fan that had fallen to the side, stretched out his hand to the person on the ground, apologized and asked, "Why did you attack me for no reason?"
Chen Jinghao took the folding fan, but did not hold his hand. He supported himself and stood up. When he stood up, he felt a burning pain in his waist and abdomen.
In just a moment, he already had several wounds on his body. The injury was not serious, but if the wooden sword had not stopped in time, it might not have been a problem of injury. The hand holding the folding fan moved slightly, and he looked at the person standing not far away.
A face that was completely inconsistent with the eyes and voice, with no distinctive features, a few weeds mixed in the hair and clothes, a thin figure, holding a broken wooden sword, looking gentle and harmless, with no sign at all that he had just been pinned to the ground with a sword pointed at his throat in the blink of an eye.
Frowning slightly, he asked, "Who are you?"
Lin Zhusheng was even more surprised than him. He lowered his head to look at his school uniform and felt that his identity should be obvious. Out of a little tolerance for outsiders, he patiently said, "An outer disciple."
He still remembered the man's appearance and face, and when he recognized who it was, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you lost?"
Although it is a question, it is basically in a declarative tone.
In the game, he communicated a lot with the current young master of the Qi Sect and the future sect master. Compared with his identities as the Young Master of the Weapon Sect and a genius, what he remembered more was the extent to which this person had a poor sense of direction.
I came to look for him five times and got lost each time. He led the way every time and has become so skilled that he can develop a side job as a tour guide.
Slightly provoked by the tone of his statement, Chen Jinghao subtly swallowed his original words and denied, "I came here to relax."
"oh."
Lin Zhusheng lowered his head and carefully checked his broken wooden sword to see if it had any scratches from the fan. As he checked, he asked, "How long have you been lost?"
Chen Jinghao emphasized that he was just here for a walk.
Very good, there are no scratches on the sword. Lin Zhusheng put away the broken wooden sword and asked, "Can you go back by yourself?"
Chen Jinghao reiterated that he was not lost.
Lin Zhusheng's brain automatically filtered out the nonsense and asked again, "Where did you originally want to go?"
"..." Chen Jinghao said, "Inner Gate."
The inner door. The inner gate was far from here, and there was no plan to go there today, so Lin Zhusheng patted the man on the shoulder and said, "You can go back to the training ground if you turn around and walk straight. Just tell them and someone will take you there."
The fact that they were lost had obviously been exposed, so Chen Jinghao asked, "Can you take me there?"
With his hair straightened and his clothes combed, he looked like an elegant and graceful young man. Plus, he had a good-looking face, so when he asked in a low voice, he seemed to be the man. But Lin Zhusheng didn't buy it. All he saw was the garbage he hadn't picked up yet. He simply said, "I have something else to do."
Leading the way at this time should increase your favorability, but compared to the favorability you will have plenty of time to gain later, the fruits and herbs that will disappear after this period of time are more important.
Although he almost forgot, he still barely remembered what his senior brother had asked the boss to tell him to have less contact with people from other sects, especially those from the weapon sect.
Chen Jinghao: "I can pay you."
Lin Zhusheng turned his head instantly, and the senior brother's warning was quickly thrown out of his mind.
It would cost fifty gold to lead the way once, and even the units were gold instead of silver. It was much more cost-effective than picking up garbage all over the mountains, so he accepted it.
But the prerequisite for leading the way is that he has to search the remaining unsearched areas of the mountain. He went to the mission center to accept some missions, which should be completed after searching the mountain.
Chen Jinghao agreed.
Or maybe he shouldn't have agreed. It was not until the mountain road became more and more rugged and closer to the dense forest that he realized what "search completed" meant.
This was the first time for the pampered young sect leader to go to such a place. Every time he thought there was no way out and wanted to go back, the people in front of him would take out their swords and chop a way out.
He followed behind and watched for a long time, but couldn't figure out where such a thin man got so much strength.
He didn't know where he had ended up and he couldn't tell the direction, but he could see that the sunlight falling from above his head was getting dimmer and dimmer.
Halfway through the afternoon, the mission was completed and Lin Zhusheng finally returned with his sponsor.
It was the first time that he had been walking on such a rugged and complicated mountain road for a long time. In fact, the young master, who had never suffered any hardship, was already a little exhausted, especially since he was injured.
After jumping onto a steep slope, Lin Zhusheng looked down at the person behind him. After thinking for half a second, he stretched out his hand and said, "Do you need a hand? Hang on, we'll be there soon."
The young sect leader looked embarrassed but was naturally proud. He pushed himself up the steep slope with his hands.
Lin Zhusheng withdrew his hand and praised with a smile.
The young sect leader is worthy of being the young sect leader. He can hold on until he gets back to the training ground.
When he could see the temporary platform of the parade ground and stepped onto the familiar jade-white steps, Guide Lin finally stopped and turned around and said, "We have arrived at the parade ground."
He pointed to another hilltop in the distance and said, "That's the entrance to the inner gate."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the person sitting on the ground behind him and asked in a low voice: "Are you still going?"
“…”
Appearing in a dishevel and with his feet almost numb from walking, Chen Jinghao decided not to go, or rather, he couldn't go.
The leading mission ends here. Lin Zhusheng rubbed his hands together and mentioned his reward in a tactful way.
Since it was not brought to the inner gate, the reward can be discounted, but it cannot be zero.
The young master was very generous and principled. Even though he didn't bring the creature to the original destination, he still gave the promised reward.
After receiving the reward, the smile on Lin Zhusheng's face instantly widened and became more sincere.
Mission accomplished, since there was no need to bring it with him, he could leave. As he was waving and preparing to say goodbye, he heard the sound of swords ringing in the sky not far away.
He and the young sect leader looked up together and saw a disciple, also wearing a green school uniform, flying by on a sword. He crossed several hills easily, gracefully and without any embarrassment until he could no longer see him.
“…”
Feeling the silent gaze from the person next to him, in the silence, Lin Zhusheng slowly withdrew his gaze, scratched his head, and suddenly realized: "I can also fly a sword."
His big sword can carry more than just one Chen Jinghao, it can easily carry ten. The journey that just took people more than an hour to complete can actually be completed in two minutes.
Qiao Mo glanced over and met the person's gaze and the folding fan in his hand which he unconsciously clenched.
"Oppose violence."
He took a half step back tactically, and halfway through he realized something. He scratched his head with his hand, but didn't put it down. He scratched it again and said, "It seems like you can't beat me either."
The young master of the Weapon Sect has a good talent for refining weapons and practicing, but he doesn't like hardship and seldom practices seriously. Most of the time he goes out to play with others. Judging from the results, it seems that no one can beat him.
Chen Jinghao: “…”
Before the young master jumped up to test whether he could beat him, Lin Zhusheng took the lead in stuffing a fruit into his arms, and at the same time, guiltily helped to pick the leaves off the man's head, patted him twice, and comforted him, "I'm very familiar with the sect. If you need anything tomorrow, I can lead the way for you again. I guarantee you'll get there."
It would have been better if he didn't take a picture. As soon as he took a picture, more leaf fragments came out, floating down and swirling in the wind.
Chen Jinghao didn't know whether he was laughing out of anger or because of the leaf fragments. He supported himself on the ground and stood up, patting his sleeves and said, "It's better not to show up."
"That won't work," Lin Zhusheng said honestly, "I still have to maintain a good relationship with you."
After patting his sleeves for a moment, Chen Jinghao turned his head and met a pair of clear and sincere eyes under the light. His eyelids twitched, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Let me be clear, I don't like men."
"Um?"
Lin Zhusheng was stunned for a moment, but then he came to his senses, let out a breath, raised his head and smiled, saying, "That's even better."
His tone of relief was not obvious, but Chen Jinghao still noticed it. He raised his eyebrows fiercely and said, "Do you think I will like you?"
His words were full of disbelief and extreme conviction in his own sexual orientation and standards for choosing a partner.
"That's not it."
Lin Zhusheng was in a good mood. He stuffed another snack into the person's hand and walked away. He turned around and waved as he walked, "I'm leaving first. Snacks taste better when they're hot."
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