Five years of fighting have left everyone with a restrained heaviness, like bamboo that gradually matures after the autumn frost falls.
Everyone in the Supreme Sect finally stood up and prepared to return to the sect.
Before leaving, they saw excited monks knocking down one of the temporary defensive lines set up in the middle. With the collapse of the barrier, it seemed that a wall that had placed constant vigilance on all spiritual practitioners over the years also collapsed.
Several people from the Supreme Sect chose to walk slowly rather than go straight to the sect with a tacit understanding.
Together with the Tongtian Sect, they passed through a small border town and rested in a pavilion built by a shop.
"Don't look at this kind of environment. This kind of store has been open for so long, so it must taste good." The fat old man saw that Hou Cang's face was not good and said.
Hou Cang glanced at the old man lightly after hearing this, and the fat old man added, "It is true that spiritual energy is scarce, but at this stage, you don't need to rely on food to replenish spiritual power."
Lin Du laughed, watching the braised animal meat being served, and listening to the comments of the resting people in his ears.
"Did you hear that? The battle is over!"
"Hey, I thought it would take decades, but I didn't expect it to happen quite quickly."
"How much longer do you have to wait? You don't know how many spiritual practitioners have died. I know a family. The only son has the talent to enter a large sect, but he also ended up in this battlefield of spirits and demons. Now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Such a person is still I don’t know how many there are.”
"I heard it was organized by the Supreme Sect. This evil demon only eats a few people. Why does it have to go to war? There will be countless casualties."
"People only see righteousness and evil, but how can they see the bones that have been broken by those words?"
The faces of the Tongtian Sect were not very good-looking. Only the people in the Supreme Sect could still sit down during the feast. Everyone in the Supreme Sect was calm, with no emotion at all. Ni Jinxuan just lowered her head and kept drinking tea until it was in the thick tea bowl. The tea was empty and not placed on the table.
Having said this, the waiter in the store came out with bowls and placed the hot noodle soup and fried cakes on their table. After placing them, the waiter turned around and passed by those tables.
"You can't say that. We didn't have such peace here before. The town next door was massacred by evil spirits. No one was left. At that time, some people still accused the big sects of being freeloaders. Now they have killed all the evil spirits. , the world is at peace, yet you say we didn’t fight well and too many monks died.”
The guy named the dishes and was even more eloquent.
"Anyway, the people in our town are grateful to them." The guy grinned, "Who doesn't want to live? But at least the children we have in the future will no longer be afraid of being eaten by evil spirits."
Lin Du said, "This noodle soup is good. I've cooked it all night. It's delicious."
The fat old man laughed and tried to liven up the atmosphere, "I'll just say it!"
The people at the table silently picked up their chopsticks and ate their own noodles, showing a rare lack of activity.
When they were on the road again, Feng Yan said, "You took them all the way through these borders just to hear this?"
Lin Du was noncommittal and looked at the group of apprentice nephews walking in front, "It's easy to be passionate, but it's difficult to be calm. When you make a choice, there will always be two sides. If you don't show them, if they are still immersed in this kind of stuffiness, In the atmosphere of determination to move forward, problems will also arise.”
"Are you also training yourself?" Shengyan turned to look at her side face, "After all, in fact, a large part of that decision was made by you."
"Those who support the sky should bear the weight of the people." Lin Du raised his eyes, "The human heart also needs to be polished. The higher you are, every decision you make and every word you say will actually bring about great cause and effect. , be more cautious.”
"If you stay at a high place for too long and are separated from the land, the clouds above will inevitably cover the real ground."
This was the last lesson Lin Du taught these apprentice nephews who were about to grow up, and it was also a constant reminder for herself.
Feng Yan laughed, "So I'm not as good as you."
She is much older than Lin Du, but still not as good as Lin Du.
Lin Du shook his head, "It's different. The way is different. There will be times when you are higher than me."
Such as free and easy, such as sharp edge.
Sheng Yan thought for a while, "But having a strong person like you is a blessing in the world of enlightenment."
After separating from the Tongtian Sect, they also arrived at the northern border.
Hou Cang didn't know why he wanted to mix with the younger generation, but he followed these six people aimlessly and cruised most of the border.
Until they met a dirty child on the road. The child's hair was neatly tied up with cloth strips and his clothes were loose. However, his face was very tanned. At a glance, he looked like a little monkey.
The child was carrying a bag and seemed to be asking for directions.
"I dare to ask the real person, is the Chunyang Sect going this way?"
The person being asked for directions was just a Qin Xinjing monk, far from a real person, and he didn't know where the Chunyang Sect was going. The child was a little frustrated.
Several people immediately realized that the child seemed to have deliberately changed his voice.
Lin Du suddenly stood still and watched the child walking towards them.
"Excuse me, real people, is the Chunyang Sect going this way?"
Ni Jinxuan leaned forward slightly, "No, Chunyang Sect is still far away. You'd better go directly to a big city to see if there is a teleportation array."
The child thought about it seriously and looked at the people in front of him. He seemed a little nervous. There was still a handful of ashes in his hand. He thought he was very hidden, but everyone in front of him knew it.
"Then... how much does a teleportation array cost?"
These people in the sect don't know about this yet, and they don't want to go to the teleportation array.
"This is the north. It costs about 10,000 low-grade spiritual stones to get to the city near the Chunyang Sect." Hou Cang suddenly said, "It also costs ten spiritual stones to enter the city."
The child was a little embarrassed for a moment, but he held it back, "Then, which path should the Chunyang Sect take?"
"It's really far away. You can't walk there as a kid. Why do you want to go to the Chunyang Sect? Do you want to become a disciple of the Supreme Sect? I'm a disciple of the Supreme Sect, the nearest sect here." Ni Jinxuan said patiently.
Lin Du suddenly said, "You can't walk alone, but we can help you get there faster."
The child was stunned for a moment and looked at the Qingyi real person with a rather profound aura. He swallowed the words he could go to, "I, I'm going to find my father. My mother died of illness. My father is Chunyang." The monk I sent, a super powerful monk! I want to find my father."
After hearing this, Yan Qing thought seriously and said, "We are all disciples of the Supreme Sect. I know many people. My cousin is in the Chunyang Sect. Please tell me your father's name and I can help you inform your father. "
The children's eyes were still wary. When they saw the valuable-looking disciple tokens on their waists, they hesitated for a moment before saying their names.
Yan Qing immediately sent the transmission talisman.
While waiting, Ni Jinxuan gave the candy and snacks from the storage ring to the child. The child declined at first, then took it in his hand and did not eat it immediately.
Yan Qing received the message and activated it with spiritual power. The child who had just smiled heard the extremely cruel truth.
"Ren Qiang, there is indeed this person. He is an outer monk. I remember that he seemed to be very strong. He also went to the front line this time. He was originally responsible for transporting supplies, but he died due to an evil attack."
The child had a sullen face. After a long time, he raised his hand, wiped his eyes with his dirty hands, and said nothing.
"thank you, I know now."
The child gave a somewhat rough salute and turned around to leave.
Ni Jinxuan couldn't bear it, "Where are you going? Is there anywhere else to go?"
The child remained silent and walked a few steps to a place far away from them. He raised his hand and punched a dead tree on the side of the road.
The dead wood clicked, revealing a huge hole, which stopped the steps of those who were following.
"With your style, I'm serious." Yuan Ye turned to look at Ni Jinxuan.
A group of people looked at the child carefully and scanned it with their spiritual consciousness. There was indeed nothing abnormal. The bone age was only eleven or twelve years old, but the bones were really strange.
Hou Cang suddenly walked forward and said, "Hey, boy, I think your qualifications are pretty good. I want to take on a disciple, are you okay with that?"
The child turned his head, obviously a little panicked, "Me?"
Hou Cang nodded, "Yeah."
Yan Qing stopped talking and turned to look at Lin Du, "Can I pick this up?"
Lin Du glanced at Hou Cang's back with an incomprehensible expression, "It's okay to use the life-tracing illusion to look at it, and then take it to your hometown to check it out and make sure it's correct."
Hou Cang's wish has been fulfilled, but people still have to live.
Regardless of whether the outcome is returning to reincarnation or achieving perfection in cultivation, you must first live your life.
Hou Cang just carried the dusty little monkey back to the sect. When he wanted to wash the child clean, the child resisted hard and he realized that it was a little girl.
Hou Cang had a cold face and ran out to look for Lin Du. When he opened his mouth, he was stunned, "That's a girl!"
Lin Du:......
"You didn't use your spiritual sense to scan?" Lin Du asked strangely, "You don't even have to look at her, and you plan to accept her as your disciple?"
"I...I think he looks quite obvious, young man." Hou Cang was at a loss.
"Didn't you see that the kid did it on purpose? A little girl has to walk a long distance alone. In order to reduce the risk, she probably can only dress a little dirty and speak in a lower voice. At least it will reduce the risk a little bit. "
Lin Du didn't expect Hou Cang to be so ignorant, "When I was a kid, I didn't have much money and I didn't dare to go to the city. In order to go to Zhongzhou for the general election, I pretended to be a skinny boy who was about to die at any time. I had no cultivation in the first place, and I had to go so far. Are there really no kidnappers in Zhongzhou?"
Whether it is the Dongming World or the modern world, living alone as a girl is difficult. You need to be cautious and disguised. Only by becoming untouchable, or not looking like a woman, or not having the value of being trafficked, can you barely be safe. Life.
Until you become strong enough to ignore the potential harm.
But even if you are weak, that is not a reason to be hurt.
But the world is like this. On the way to becoming strong, the weak still have to rely on caution and disguise, step by step.
Hou Cang thought about it seriously, "That's true. The female slaves who were abducted when I was a child were not captured and trained, but they seemed to be worse."
He stopped talking and turned back, "Call me when you've finished the formation."
Lin Du waited for him to walk out before speaking, "Okay."
Hou Cang turned back, "Can you finish your sentence next time?"
Lin Du spread his hands and said, "You didn't ask."
Hou Cang left with a cold face to catch the child and test him.
Regardless of whether they are men or women, they all need to be trained under his hands. Such a good young talent will be in vain if it is not trained.
