Behind the white curtain, Lin Xin took off his bath towel and slowly walked into the bathing barrel filled with white petals. He sat down in the barrel and sank slowly until the fragrant water slowly soaked him.
neck.
In addition to the white petals, the water in the barrel also has many black spots as thin as sesame seeds. If you look closely, you can see that there are many dense insect corpses.
In addition, the water is still faintly green, and from time to time you can see a lot of residual medicinal residue rolling around.
Lin Xinyuan stood outside quietly waiting for Lin Xin to take a bath. Huang Puyang stood with her next to her, facing the shower room through the curtain.
"The owner of the village specifically requested to add the Human Face Fruit. Could it be that he suffered internal injuries or lacked energy?" Huang Puyang asked in a low voice, frowning.
Lin Xinyuan also frowned and couldn't understand. Lin Xin was never a person who was extravagant and wasteful. He did not hesitate to add thousand-level human face fruit, yellow silver water, soul soil, condensation insects and other precious medicinal materials, just for bathing. It was definitely useful.
His reasons.
"Xiaoyuan, what's the matter with you coming over?" Lin Xin's voice came from behind the curtain.
Lin Xinyuan straightened her expression and said loudly.
"Recently, the number of soul soil and yang iron in the black market has become less and less. It may be that someone has purchased them on a large scale, which has a great impact on our acquisitions. I suggest that new materials can be selected as new materials for the Villa's rune stones and talisman swords."
"Yang Tie is okay, there is no way anyone can acquire all the soul soil." Lin Xin said lightly. "Don't worry about it."
"But brother, just in case"
"Nothing is wrong, the nature of the soul soil is the same as the human face fruit. On the surface, it is refined by demon monks on the border black market. In fact," Lin Xin didn't finish his words, but the meaning was very clear.
Lin Xinyuan's heart suddenly shivered.
To make soul soil, you need to bury a living person alive on a piece of soil. Then use corpse water to completely turn it into a liquid and blend it into the soil. Then plant a plant called poisonous bird flower, and then plant it here every year.
Bury twenty people alive on a piece of soil, and after three years, a large piece of soul soil will be made.
This method has always been used by demon monks regardless of the consequences. But if what Lin Xin said is true.
That means that the soul soil is likely to be the same as the Human Face Fruit, with the participation of high-level members of the Sword Sect. The business of this taboo product is hugely profitable. In addition to recruiting it for the promotion of children and nephews, there are also many people who collect it in large quantities.
As a supplement to the consumption of energy, it is also used in refining some special magic weapons, so the demand is huge. Only people from the Songlin Sword Sect who can produce them with this condition nearby.
"This is none of our business. Ignore it." Lin Xin said calmly. "Do what you should do."
Lin Xinyuan and Huang Puyang both understood and bowed their heads slightly in response.
"By the way, Xiaoyuan, you're not young anymore. It's about marriage." Lin Xin didn't finish his words.
"Brother, I'll take my leave now." Lin Xinyuan interrupted him directly, with a slightly cold expression on her face, and turned around to leave.
Huang Puyang's honest face also looked a little helpless. He apologized to Lin Xin and turned around to leave.
The maids and guards nearby also had strange eyes. Although they did not dare to say anything, everyone knew who Lin Xinyuan was single for.
Lin Xin lay in the potion, raised his upper body slightly, and reached out to touch the half-healed wound on his chest. He closed his eyes and didn't know what to say.
After bathing, he changed his clothes and sword, burned incense and meditated. He knelt down in the middle of the curtained pavilion.
There was a Buddhist scripture placed in front of the incense burner. He was trying to use the scriptures to calm the murderous aura in his body.
After reciting the sutra softly for a long time, which may or may not be effective, he stood up and walked out of the pavilion with a calm face.
There was a bright moon and stars outside, and there was a faint coolness in the autumn wind.
"Master, there is news." A voice came from the darkness beside him, as thin as a gnat.
"explain."
Lin Xin's face was expressionless.
"The flying pigeon sent a message, two hundred and seventy-eight miles away, at the Qishui River, Mr. Huang was wounded and escaping. The injury is ominous, and the pursuer is ominous."
"Pursuit?"
Lin Xin narrowed his eyes.
"Let Jian and his men go to meet us. No," he suddenly changed his words. "Where is the specific location?"
"In Bahu Village, Qishui River, Master Huang disappeared without a trace after he entered it. It is suspected that he was rescued and hidden by people from the fishing village."
Lin Xin pondered for a moment.
"Let Li Lao come over."
"yes."
The black shadow retreated.
Soon, in the small courtyard, Gongsun Li's figure slowly came in.
"The owner of the village."
"What's the name of that little sect?" Lin Xin asked directly.
"Yanyang Gate." Gongsun Li was stunned for a moment, but then he immediately came to his senses.
"Have you arrived near Zhuangzi?"
"arrive."
Lin Xin pulled out his long sword and flicked it lightly.
"There are many things that I want to get, but how can I do it without paying for it? Let their sect master come to see me."
"I'll arrange it right away."
The sound of sword chanting could be heard in the courtyard, and it stayed dark for a long time.
Lin Xin, however, was as calm as if he had not heard the sound of the sword.
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Two days later, Qishui River.
In the afternoon, the sun sets in the west, and the orange-red light dyes the river surface into red scales.
In a small fishing village by the river, there is a simple fisherman's house.
"Shh, don't say anything. Just hide inside, and dad and I will help you cover it up." Ah Li said softly to Huang Shi who was hiding in the big water tank.
A few days ago, she met Huang Shan among the rocks on a hill slope. Seeing that he was unconscious and bleeding, she rescued him back to her home. After some recuperation, Huang Shan's life was saved.
But the injury was too serious and the blood loss was too much, so there was no way to use the spiritual energy. He could only hide at home, because the medicine for the injury was used up all the way, and finally Ahri went out to find some herbs for him to torture and take.
"Thank you Ahri." Huang Shan never thought that he would speak to a mortal in such a gentle manner. But he did, and he is doing so now. Ahri is a good girl, even though she is only a mortal, but
"It's okay, Brother Huang." Ah Li's face flushed, and she hurriedly found the water tank lid from the side with some clumsiness. "You are a person who is going to do something big, you are a big shot, and you are going to fight to the death to slay demons for us."
"Stop talking, Ah Li. Those people are here. Hurry up and close the lid. Mr. Huang is someone who wants to do big things. Why would you want to talk to a little girl like you? Don't disturb the adults to rest and recuperate." An old man outside was a little nervous.
The sound came in.
"I know." Ah Li quickly responded in a low voice. "Brother Huang, don't worry, it will pass quickly, just like the previous times. It's very easy." She comforted with a smile.
Huang Shan felt a little ashamed, and his nervousness relaxed a little.
"Little Ahri, when I recover from my injury, I will let you live a good life." He smiled weakly. "Don't you want to buy beautiful silk clothes? I will take you to buy enough, and your parents too.
Dear, I will let you live in a big house and enter a big city."
"No need." Ah Li turned away and smiled shyly, "I covered it, Brother Huang."
"Yes." Huang Shan nodded. "Don't worry, if there is danger, I will take action to protect you."
Ah Li hummed. The voice was very small, but it felt like she trusted him.
With the lid closed, Huang Shi huddled in the water tank, and the sounds outside could be faintly heard.
Soon, a somewhat arrogant shouting came from outside.
"This way, open the door!!"
With a bang, the door of the hut was kicked open.
Several strong men dressed as bandits walked in and glanced around casually.
"Not here!"
"Search carefully. If you find someone, you can get a thousand taels of gold!" Another bandit chuckled.
"Good men, some good men. I really don't have many other people here." The old man wearing a white turban stepped forward to apologize and handed over the little money he had at home.
"This is all our family's savings, please do a good job, hero."
One of the robbers grabbed the silver and stuffed it into his arms, while his eyes swept around the room.
Suddenly, it focused on Ahri huddled in the corner.
"Oh, there's a little girl here."
With a lewd smile on his face, he walked towards Ah Li.
"Hero! Hero, please do well. This is my daughter Ah Li. She is still young and ignorant." Dad quickly stepped forward and begged.
In the water tank, Huang Shan felt a little impatient, and slowly held the Silver Heart Sword in his arms.
The people who came to see people the previous few times were regular officials, but this time they were replaced by bandits. It seems that the other party really mobilized both black and white.
He thought to himself that if the other party really dared to take action, he would rush out and kill a few people and escape from here so as not to harm Ahri.
The sounds outside were getting more and more urgent, and the guy seemed to be walking towards Ahri.
Huang Shan sensed his body's condition and found that his spiritual energy was exhausted, but there was still a trace of inner energy, which could at most support the third or fourth level of his family's strength.
And once he uses it, it will definitely aggravate the injury. He has already reached the point where he is about to run out of fuel. Now if he uses it forcefully, he will probably get more injured, and there is a danger of falling to the ground and dying at any time.
The guy's laughter got louder and louder, and there was a bang, as if something had been knocked off.
"Hero!" came the father's voice.
"Go away!"
"Daddy!"
"Ari"
Amidst the tugging sound, Huang Shi tightened his grip on the hilt of the sword. He eagerly hoped for some change and listened intently to what was going on outside.
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Outside the fishing village, on the beach beside the Qishui River.
More than a dozen figures in black costumes quickly ran to a place several hundred meters away from the fishing village. Everyone stopped suddenly, and their footsteps were silent on the beach, without a trace of noise.
laugh!
With a soft sound, a figure suddenly fell in front of a group of people in black, wearing white clothes and black ribbons. There were two long swords hanging on the left side of the waist. They were lined up side by side, which was very unique.
The figure turned around, his face indifferent, even a little calm. He looked a little bookish, and he was a middle-aged man in his thirties. It was Lin Xin, the owner of the village, who had come from Lingxin Villa.
"Master Lin, are our agreements valid?" The leader of the masked man in black stood up and said in a low voice.
"Of course." Lin Xin said calmly, "Whether it succeeds or not, we will be in the same boat, and no one will go back on the previous agreement."
"Well, I hope that from now on, I can call you Sect Leader Lin." The masked man in black said in a deep voice, and pulled out the thin sword from his waist.
The other men in black also drew their swords.
Their swords are a bit strange. There is a sun-like pattern on the sword. It is not a formation, but more like some kind of symbol.
"Walk!"
All the men in black jumped up one after another, and their movements were even more powerful than those of an insider or even innate. (To be continued...)