Chapter 41 A Little Conscience, But Not Much

Lin Du not only obtained the list of the 217 cultivators, but also their respective characteristics, strengths, and skills.

Judging from the bones of this city lord alone, his cultivation is no less than that of the 217 cultivators, which means that perhaps in the beginning, this gang really wanted to save the world.

But the person who saved the world, in the end, became the person who destroyed the world for his own survival.

This regret has almost run out after giving the list.

Lin Du thought for a moment, "City Lord, your obsession is to save the world, but the people in the world are dead. But I have a request. Those 197 people are against the will of heaven. They are superfluous to our Dongming Realm. In order to conceal the secrets of heaven, it is difficult to say what they will do. I am insignificant and my words are not taken seriously. I need stronger evidence."

She took out a piece of soul-nourishing wood from her storage ring. This thing was valuable and most importantly, it was rarely used. If she was not a formation mage, she would not have brought it with her.

"Are you willing to save the people of our Dongming Realm?"

"We who practice Taoism understand life and death, seek the right path, punish evil and promote good, and benefit all living beings. We should do our best."

Lin Du bowed respectfully and placed the faint remnant of soul into the Soul-Nourishing Tree.

"Uncle Junior Master?" Yuan Ye's eyes flashed with worry, "What are you doing?"

"There must be some evidence." Lin Du pointed at himself, "How credible do you think the words of a young disciple are? Elder Ju Yuan will believe us, but there are countless sects of all sizes in Zhongzhou. Will they believe us?"

Even if the demon willow eats people, who can prove that those 197 people really escaped?

Who would spend time and energy to verify and hunt down the 197 people they mentioned, and even be suspicious of each other?

Yuan Ye always felt that his junior uncle seemed to be full of doubts about the world.

She had just used Zhongzhou's No. 1 Sect to gain the city lord's trust, but she herself did not trust Zhongzhou's No. 1 Sect's credibility and influence among the other sects in Zhongzhou.

She thought first and sought truth later, calculating and pondering every step, just like trying her best to make the emperor believe that there were uncles who were bad people. But how old is the junior master uncle this year?

Rao is a member of the royal family. At his age, he probably wouldn't be so suspicious of others.

Lin Du didn't know what Yuan Ye was thinking, and even if she knew, she would just smile and pass it off.

The two walked side by side towards the inner storehouse of the city lord's palace.

"Master Junior, tell me, how much truth is there in what the city lord said? If it is true, why didn't those people kill him?"

“Because they don’t want to waste it.”

"What?"

Lin Du repeated, "They don't want to waste the power sacrificed by a living high-level monk."

If he dies early, then this city lord will have no value.

Before the sacrifice, they all wanted the people in this world to live well.

Lin Du broke the formation, and then together with Yuan Ye, he raided the entire inner treasury.

Various materials and elixirs were returned to Lindu, the magic weapons and artifacts were returned to Yuanye, and the spiritual crystals and gems were divided in half.

"We still have the city lord's regrets. Isn't it a bad idea to just collect his things?"

When they walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, Yuan Ye suddenly felt guilty and asked in a low voice.

"It doesn't matter. I put it in another storage ring so he can't see it." Lin Du stretched out his hand, with his index finger and thumb spread out. Two plain wide silver rings shone with a plain luster.

Yuan Ye felt ashamed of himself and thought he was still inferior to his junior master.

A little conscience, but not much.

The two separated again. When Lin Du entered a pharmacy, he found that there was already someone inside. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a very surprised and gentle female voice, "Lin Du?"

Lin Du turned his head and saw Du Shao wearing the water-blue disciple uniform of King Sejong of Jeju with nine-leaf bell lotus and a crystal peony pinned in her hair. There was a happy smile between her eyebrows.

"Finally I met you. I wanted to say hello to you before, but there were so many people there that it was inconvenient for you to see me."

Lin Du nodded at her, stood at the door frame, and glanced at the alley entrance, "Sister Du Shao, how are you these days?"

"All right, come in, I haven't finished searching this pharmacy yet."

Lin Du nodded. "I'm here right now. Sister, please get your own things first."

Du Shao continued to search after hearing this. After a while, she heard Lin Du ask from the side, "There is a restriction in the storeroom of this medicine shop. Did you break it?"

She shook her head. "This pharmacy seems to be the best in the city. Even the medicine is stored in jade boxes. All the medicinal properties are there. Do you need any medicine? I'll give it to you."

Lin Du smiled and did not accept her kindness. He just walked into the middle door and said, "Let me try."

As she spoke, she probed the restriction, then punched the most vulnerable space. The restriction dissipated, and she calmly pushed open the door.

"Let's go in."

Du Shao stared blankly at the door frame that was smashed by a punch, "Your hand?"

"It's just spiritual power, it's okay." Lin Du has already begun to search for things skillfully.

Du Shao didn't believe it, so she went over to take a look. There was indeed nothing wrong with the right hand, only a slight redness at the joints, which was one of the few spots of blood on her body.

"I see that you don't look good, maybe there is something wrong with your heart. You need to be careful when using spiritual power, and don't be too aggressive."

Medical books are complicated and one can only learn the basics in five years. Du Shao wanted to help Lin Du, but now he can only give him some advice.

Lin Du agreed with a smile, and when the two were about to go out, they suddenly heard laughter.

Before Du Shao could react, Lin Du raised his hand to stop her.

Before she could open her mouth to ask, a stream of icy spiritual power penetrated into her throat, like a drop of snow falling on the tip of the tongue on a snowy day, and quickly disappeared, but the cold taste of snow remained, and her vocal cords stopped making any sound.

Lin Du had read a lot of miscellaneous books. This spell did not hurt anyone, and it could be forcibly broken by spiritual power. She explained using telepathy, "Wait a minute, I'll break it for you in a moment."

Du Shao looked at the boy helplessly, and was then surprised to find that the boy, who was half a head shorter than her before, had become as tall as her in just one year.

What did this child eat in the sect? He is growing too fast.

But soon, Du Shao's expression became serious.

The male voice speaking outside seemed to be her fiancé, Li Dong.

The sect that Li Dong belonged to only had two spots available, so she was not surprised that a man and a woman were traveling together.

But what they said made Du Shao's eyes widen, and she even forgot to think about why Lin Du dragged her to hide in the drugstore's warehouse instead of going out to meet Li Dong.

"How are you? Do you still feel cold after taking the pill?" the woman asked with concern.

"A little bit, it's okay, I'm a man, I can handle it." The man pretended to be nonchalant, "But this Lin Du is really sick, you should go back and talk to the headmaster, you can't just bully our small sect just because he is a disciple of the Supreme Sect, right?"

Ni Si sneered upon hearing this, "That Lin Du is indeed abominable. He cheated us out of our money and froze us under that man-eating willow tree without saving us. Fortunately, we managed to escape. When I get back, I will definitely ask my father to seek justice for us."

"Hiss, I don't know why, but I always feel cold. Sisi, aren't you cold?"

"It's fine with me. If you feel cold, why don't you go find your sister in the Jishizong and ask for some pills? Didn't you say that she promised to come to the sect to exchange for foundation-building pills for you after this training?"

"Does what you said before, that you would ask my father for marriage after returning from the secret realm, still count?"

There are no alchemists in small sects, and elixirs are in short supply. A foundation-building pill is extremely expensive outside, and there is also a certain chance of foundation-building failure. In the sect, only the daughter of the sect leader, Ni Si, can afford it.

Li Dong hesitated for a moment. He was sure that Du Shao would give it to him, but the last time he mentioned it, Du Shao didn't realize that he was asking for it.

Du Shao has already reached the Great Perfection of the Phoenix Initial Stage and is about to lay the foundation.

"I'll ask her for it when I see her later. Sisi, after I successfully build my foundation, I will immediately ask the master to marry you as my Taoist partner. But I'm worried that I don't have enough resources and will fail to build my foundation..."

Li Dong lowered his voice and spoke sincerely, "Believe me, I really like you, but as for the marriage proposal, only when I successfully lay the foundation, I will be qualified to stand up straight and ask you to marry me, right?"

Ni Si also softened his voice after hearing this, "My father only cares whether I like it or not, not your cultivation. But what you said is also right, then I will go back and ask my father to give you more cultivation resources so that you can build your foundation smoothly."

The two were talking outside when suddenly there was a muffled sound inside.

"Who?" Li Dong frowned and clenched the spirit sword in his hand, "Eavesdropping on others' conversations? That's too immoral."

"Morality?" A very familiar, casual tone came out from inside, and the hem of a green robe swayed past the edge of the lattice door inside.

"Friend Li, playing two-timing is immoral, don't you think?"

Lin Du walked out alone, with a happy smile on his face.