Chapter 60 Not So Polite
When the bell rang, Lin Du was practicing the spiritual power with his master.
The winter in the Supreme Sect is particularly long, but for the master and disciple, it is an excellent season for cultivation.
The bell rang only once, but Lin Du had already stood up quickly.
"The sect has summoned you, Master, I'll go first."
Yan Ye nodded perfunctorily, "Hurry up and come back early. If you come back injured because of this low-level mission, I will really look down on you."
That was the bell that the Supreme Sect used to summon all the current disciples in the sect. One ring was for low-level cultivators, three rings were for cultivators above the third level, and so on.
Lin Du was in the forbidden area, some distance away from the main peak, and he was the last one to arrive.
He Gui's expression was not as kind as when he first met her at the Zhongzhou election. Instead, he looked solemn and was talking to those disciples. When he saw Lin Du coming, his eyes softened slightly.
"It's okay if Junior Sister doesn't come."
Lin Du waved his hand, "Don't try to be so mean. I'm not a porcelain doll that will break if touched. What's the important matter?"
He Gui continued to talk. After all, the danger was not too high, otherwise he wouldn't have asked a disciple of a lower realm to do it.
"The nearby Heding Village sent a distress signal to the sect, saying that there are monsters coming down the mountain to hurt people. You should go and explore first, protect the village and their spiritual fields. If you catch them, tie them up and bring them back to the zoo for you to practice fighting."
In winter, wild beasts are hungry, and it is common for them to come down the mountain to hurt people. Generally, there are no big monsters around here. They are all monsters that have not yet transformed and are in the stage of enlightenment.
As a large sect, enjoying the nourishment of the spiritual veins of heaven and earth, and concentrating cultivation resources, it is not just to raise a group of powerful cultivators to compete with each other, but to protect the spiritual world, the sect's territory, and those ordinary people with poor spiritual roots.
The high platform of the righteous way is always littered with corpses, and saving the world and saving people is a Taoist tradition passed down from generation to generation.
They have the responsibility to protect people and the world.
"What if we can't bring them back?" Yuan Ye asked.
Monsters that can eat people are not good beasts that can be brought back obediently. Even the pigs and Shu Yan they raised in captivity would take at least half an hour to chase and intercept.
"Then just kill them directly and add them to the kitchen." Lin Du said with a smile. She is familiar with this job.
He Gui smiled and glanced at Lin Du, "Junior Sister is right."
Ni Jinxuan followed up and said, "Junior Uncle is right!"
Heding Village was not far away. The group of six did not even take the flying boat. The four people who had not yet reached the third stage of Tengyun Realm sacrificed their flying magic tools and followed Mo Lin and Tian Wu all the way. Their robes were blown and rustled.
It had just snowed heavily, and the ground was covered with thick frost. The sky was still gray with a hazy halo.
Flying in such weather would not be too dazzling. Tian Wu was afraid that the children would laugh and whimper in the wind, so he forced them to cover their mouths and noses with gauze.
"This is the first time we have received a mission from the sect." Yuan Ye was inexplicably excited, and he did not forget to speak even with the gauze covering his face.
Yan Qing replied calmly, "I don't know if it's a blind bear or a golden tiger, but we can finally have a serious fight."
Lin Du tilted his head and glanced at the oldest of the four new disciples, "I remember you said you were a scholar."
"Little uncle, you don't understand. In the northern part of Zhongzhou, all the cultivators who have practiced physical skills want to kill a tiger to prove themselves." Yan Qing spoke a little muffled through the gauze.
Scholars convince people with reason, but that has to be a human being.
Mo Lin nodded in agreement.
Lin Du really didn't understand these two straight men.
She turned to look at Yuan Ye, who was not a local a year ago. His phoenix eyes were particularly energetic at this moment, "Great, beat the tiger! I want to ride a tiger to beat it!"
Lin Du:... Forget it, a bunch of naughty kids.
"But I'm afraid I'll be disappointed when I get there. After all, ferocious beasts are rare. The last time I came here, I found that the village was only because the dog raised by the neighboring family liked to steal the spirit chicken to eat, and ate it in an impolite manner, leaving chicken feathers and blood all over the floor. As a result, the villagers thought it was a wild beast from the mountain that came down to hurt people."
Mo Lin sighed, and his face suddenly showed a bit of vicissitudes.
Yuan Ye was a little disappointed, "Then what happened?"
"After we investigated for a day and caught the dog, the two families started quarreling and almost came to blows. In order to mediate, the eldest senior brother stood between the two families, and in the end, eggs and rotten cabbage leaves were thrown on his head."
Xia Tianwu added.
Lin Du glanced at the handsome and tall young man in the front, and tried to hold back, but then he thought of the veil and laughed out loud.
Thank you, second nephew, otherwise it would be a bit impolite.
Heding Village is indeed not far away, only a dozen miles away from Dingjiu City. The group arrived quickly with laughter.
But soon they couldn't laugh anymore.
The strong smell of blood in the air indicated that an attack had just taken place.
The six people took out their magic treasures at the same time, their faces were cold.
The long wind blew across the snowy road, blowing up a swirling snow powder. Looking from the sky, the scattered low courtyards in the countryside should have been peaceful and quiet, but at this moment, the snow piled up in front of the house had no one to clear the way out, and the cold light reflected by the snow was a bit dazzling.
A short, empty and helpless scream rang out.
"Ah...ah..."
The sound was like the sound squeezed out of the throat of a stunned person, who had lost the ability to speak and only had the original instinct left.
Lin Du has lived in Luoze for many years and was not affected by this cold light. He just narrowed his eyes slightly and locked onto a place.
"There."
She first used her mind to mobilize the magic weapon and moved it to the chaotic place. The tip of the dark green bamboo leaf bent in the air, leaving a white spiritual tail in the air.
"I am Lin Du, a disciple of the Supreme Sect."
Lin Du landed in the courtyard, paused, and just stated his identity without saying anything else.
The door of the house was wide open. A middle-aged woman was kneeling on the ground. She tried again and again in despair to pick up some traces of her relatives from the broken meat on the ground.
Lin Du did not move, but stood quietly at the door for a long time before speaking, "Sorry, please accept my condolences. We will catch the monster."
Because it was just the New Year, there were red blessing characters and couplets hanging at the door. This was a custom in the village, and it was rare to see it in the city.
At this moment, those joyous blessings have turned into a sarcastic and eye-catching red, and a corner was blown apart by the cold wind.
The people in the house turned their heads back suddenly, and their faces, which were frozen purple by the wind and snow, showed an empty and desperate sadness. The woman murmured in a low voice, "Child, my child!"
She came back to her senses, and then finally burst into tears.
"You, why are you also a step late!!! My child!!!"
Lin Du turned his head in silence, a step late.
There are always many times in life when you are a step late.
But she soon noticed the word in that sentence, what does...also mean?
Yuan Ye stood in the courtyard, took a look inside, and then frowned.
He has always disliked blood, even if he has seen it countless times, he is still not used to it.