Chapter 71 Adopting Orphans
After traveling through the Taiwu Mountains and returning to Xichuan City, it was already dark into the night.
This was also convenient for Lin Mu, as he didn't have to hide his appearance.
With a figure like the wind, he swept into Lin Mansion silently.
He first went back to his yard to take a look and found that all the valuable things had been removed, and he couldn't help but frown.
In order to find out what happened, his mind moved and he drifted towards the yard where Lin Yun lived.
As soon as he jumped onto the courtyard wall, his eyes became extremely strange.
On the stone table in the center of the courtyard, two white candles were burning.
Lin Yun held three sticks of incense in his hand and cried out with tears in his eyes: "Lin Mu, is there really any justice in this world?"
"With your potential, you will definitely become a powerful warrior in the future, but the senior members of the family are blind and let the Beast Taming Palace take you away."
"You died young when you were less than fifteen years old. You must be filled with regret, right?"
"I can't help you with other things, but I will try my best to complete the things you ask me to do. Even if I don't eat or drink the adopted orphans, I will raise them up."
Listening to his chatter, Lin Mu felt moved.
Now he understood that everyone in the Lin family thought he was dead.
The difference is that while others showed no mercy to him and even emptied his house, Lin Yun was here to sincerely mourn for him.
At this moment, he finally fully recognized this young man of the same race. Maybe he had a very old-fashioned personality, but he was undoubtedly someone truly worth getting to know.
"Hey, my martial arts talent is too poor to avenge you, but if there is a genius among these orphans, I will train him at all costs and let him avenge you..."
Lin Yun was still lamenting.
"Thank you." Lin Mu said sincerely as he fell from the wall to the ground.
"You and I brothers have nothing to thank, let alone what you promise others, you must do it. This is a matter of course..."
Halfway through, Lin Yun suddenly felt excited all over. He turned to look at Lin Mu, and immediately threw the incense in his hand into the air and shouted, "Oh my god, what a ghost."
"Ghost, you big head, have you ever heard of ghosts having shadows?" Lin Mu said angrily and funny.
Lin Yun was stunned for a moment, then looked up on the ground, and sure enough he saw, under the candlelight, a long shadow behind Lin Mu.
"Are you really not a ghost? But aren't you dead?" Lin Yun said in disbelief.
Lin Mu found a chair and sat down: "People say that if I die, do I have to die? Or did you see it with your own eyes?"
"No." Lin Yun shook his head like a rattle, and the joy on his face became more and more intense, "That's great, but... but you are really not dead?"
The surprise came so suddenly, he still couldn't believe it.
"Why do everyone in the house think I'm dead?" Lin Mu said leisurely.
"Not only the people in the mansion, but also the entire Xichuan City think so. No one thinks that you can escape the full pursuit of the Beast Taming Palace." Lin Yun sighed, "It really seems like a dream, the Beast Taming Palace is full of people. Move out so you can all escape.”
Lin Mu smiled, but he did not explain that he did not escape, but destroyed the entire Beast Taming Palace.
"Tell me about the situation of those orphans." He immediately changed the subject.
"In this case, I will take you to take a look. As we walked, we said, after all, you paid for the two hundred gold coins, and you are their real adopter."
When he mentioned those orphans, Lin Yun's mood was obviously different, and he became very happy and satisfied.
Of course Lin Mu would not refuse.
The chase in the Beast Taming Palace had a great impact on him, making him realize that he was too weak to be alone and that it was imperative to cultivate his own power.
And the group of orphans he asked Lin Yun to adopt were undoubtedly the most suitable candidates for training.
The two of them left the Lin Mansion without anyone noticing. On the way, Lin Yun introduced: "It has been nearly ten days since you were chased by the Beast Taming Palace. In addition, in the previous half month, I adopted people from orphanages and slums. He bought thirty orphans and bought a dilapidated mansion in the south of the city and settled them there."
"Are you running out of money?" When he gave Lin Yun two hundred gold coins, Lin Mu didn't expect that the other party would be so efficient.
Lin Yun smiled coquettishly: "It's not enough. It cost more than half of the gold coins to buy the house, and the food expenses for thirty children are very high."
"Don't worry about the money. I will deliver it to you in two days." Lin Mu thought for a while, and he should have accumulated a lot of dividends from the pills in the Wind Chime Medicine Pavilion.
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the house Lin Yun was talking about.
The first time he saw this house, Lin Mu couldn't help but sigh.
This house is really dilapidated, probably the kind of place that has been abandoned for who knows how many years.
"To house thirty people, we can't do it without a big house. And except for places like this that no one wants, the price of a big house is more than a thousand gold coins." Lin Yun explained quickly.
Lin Mu glanced around and his eyes quickly flashed.
Although this house is dilapidated, it is not without its advantages. The surrounding houses are also abandoned. In this way, as long as you have money, it is easy to expand.
"Go and have a look first."
Stepping into the house, Lin Mu was surprised by the situation inside.
There is no clutter as expected. Although it is shabby, it is very neat.
"Did you clean it up?" Lin Mu looked at Lin Yundao.
Lin Yun shook his head and said with a smile: "These children took care of it themselves. Although they are young, their lives have been very difficult since childhood. They are much more sensible than other children of the same age."
The arrival of the two people quickly alarmed the people in the house. Several children in coarse cloth, both boys and girls, the oldest no more than ten years old, walked out quickly.
"Mr. Yun." When they saw it was Lin Yun, their faces immediately showed surprise, and at the same time they looked at Lin Mu with doubtful and curious eyes.
Lin Yun stared at them with warm eyes: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Sleep...can't sleep." A little girl about eight years old, wearing ordinary clothes but with a delicate face said.
"Mingzhi, why can't you sleep?" Lin Yun asked confused.
"Mr. Yun, life is so good now. Are we dreaming?" Mingzhi said uneasily.
Lin Mu was observing from the side and found that not only Mingzhi but also the other children had the same worried look on their faces. He couldn't help but ask, "Do you think life is good now?"
Although his treatment in the Lin Mansion was poor before, it was still much better than this miserable courtyard.
"Of course, I have a spacious yard, my own room, plenty of food to eat, and so many friends, so I won't be bullied anymore," Mingzhi said.
Lin Mu sighed secretly. Now he was sure that these children were easily satisfied. In the eyes of ordinary people, this was a normal life, but to them, it was the happiness they were afraid of losing.
One can imagine how terrible their previous lives were.
"From now on, your life will get better and better, and you can practice like others and become warriors." Lin Mu exhaled and said firmly.
If before, he only cultivated them with the idea of expanding his power, now he does it from the bottom of his heart. Such a group of children should not bear the injustice of the world.
"Martial artist? Can we also become warriors?"
More and more children came out and exclaimed when they heard this.
"Come, let me introduce to you. This is Mr. Mu, the real benefactor who adopted you." Seeing that the time had come, Lin Yun lost no time in introducing him.
"Hello, Mr. Mu."
"I've met Mr. Mu." All the children saluted.
Lin Mu smiled slightly and said: "From now on, you don't have to worry about life problems anymore. Your only task is to practice well for me. I believe that as long as you work hard, everyone here will have the opportunity to become a warrior."
The children immediately cheered. Although they knew that it was not easy to become a warrior, they did not feel as deeply as ordinary warriors. Moreover, the person who said this was their benefactor, and they repaid their benefactor's words with great trust.
In the evening, Lin Mu practiced in this house.
In the early morning of the next day, he got up and left, while Lin Yun stayed here to take care of these children.
When it was daylight and he left the house, Lin Mu quickly put on black clothes and a black hat. He didn't want to reveal his identity and find the Qiao family to hunt him down.
Walking calmly on the street, he could hear some comments about himself from time to time.
"It's been ten days, why haven't the people from the Beast Taming Palace come back yet?"
"Yes, did it take so long to hunt down a Lin Mu? Nothing unexpected happened, right?"
"He's just a martial arts disciple. If anything happened, Lin Mu would have died long ago. It's probably because the Beast Taming Palace took the opportunity to capture monsters in the Taiwu Mountains."
"..."
Lin Mu's expression remained calm, as if these words had nothing to do with him.
Not long after, he came to a medicine pavilion, which was the Wind Chime Medicine Pavilion.
In the medicine pavilion hall, he glanced around and found that the atmosphere was very dull, and he didn't see Lin Xiaowan, so he couldn't help but look confused.
Fortunately, the mark on his clothes is very obvious, and it is easy to think of the famous alchemist in the city...the master in black robe.
The waiter in the medicine pavilion immediately stepped forward respectfully.
"Where's your shopkeeper?" Lin Mu lowered his voice, sounding like an old man.
"Master, the shopkeeper is not feeling well these days and is resting in the backyard." The person who spoke was a beautiful waiter with a sweet smile on her face.
Everyone in the Wind Chime Medicine Pavilion knows that this master has a very high status in the medicine pavilion. It was the health elixir created by him that erected the signboard of the Wind Chime Medicine Pavilion.
If you please him, your status in the medicine pavilion will definitely be high in the future.
"Uncomfortable?" Lin Mu immediately became nervous, but he tried his best to say in a relaxed tone, "What happened?"
"In recent days, we have been repeatedly suppressed by competition from Ruyi Medicine Pavilion, and the shopkeeper seems to have been in a low mood, so he became sick from overwork." The beautiful waiter explained.
"Take me to see it."
Lin Mu was calm on the surface, but he couldn't wait in his heart.
In this world, the person he cares about the most is actually Lin Xiaowan.
This feeling was different from Ning Qingyu. For Ning Qingyu, he had more affection and admiration, while for Lin Xiaowan, he doted on her like a sister and hoped to protect her throughout her life.
Under the guidance of the waiter, Lin Mu arrived outside Lin Xiaowan's room.
"You go back and do your work."
After sending the beautiful waiter away, Lin Mu suppressed his excitement and knocked on the door.
"who?"
A weak voice came from the room.
"Little bowl, it's me." Lin Mu took a deep breath and said.
There was silence in the room, and then the sound of rapid footsteps sounded. After a moment, the door opened, revealing a sickly pale little face.
"How do you take care of yourself..." Lin Mu felt distressed.
But before he could finish speaking, Lin Xiaowan rushed out, threw her weak body into his arms, opened her mouth and cried, "Master."
