After meeting Lin Shen, Yan Dao has been suppressing his dissatisfaction and anger towards Lin Shen and trying not to show it.
It wasn't until I saw Ai Jingting talking to Lin Shen in a good voice and angrily, but the other party looked like she was just answering and ignoring her, that I finally couldn't help but blurt out.
But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Yan Dao already felt a little regretful.
It would be terrible if the girl was dissatisfied with him because his talkativeness ruined Ai Jingting's business.
But now that the matter was over, Yan Dao didn't want to give in in front of Lin Shen, so he had to bite the bullet and snorted coldly:
"Yandao, earth-level disciple!"
"It turns out to be Senior Brother Yan."
Lin Shen's eyes flashed with surprise.
No wonder from just now, he had a vague feeling that this man was looking at him with an inexplicable hostility.
He thought it was his imagination, and it turned out that he was from the Yan family.
With a faint smile, Lin Shen turned to Ai Jingting and said:
"Senior Sister Ai, I promise you, with eleven Hunyuan Pills, the Hair of the Mountain Charm will be yours."
Ai Jingting was stunned for a moment.
Yan Dao was furious.
"The Hair of Mountain Charm is worth at most three to four hundred merit points. You have already taken advantage of ten Hunyuan Pills. Do you still want to increase the price?"
Lin Shen glanced at Yan Dao and said with a smile:
"Twelve Hunyuan Pills."
"You are a lion talking loudly!"
"Thirteen Hunyuan Pills."
Yan Dao was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. Before he could speak anymore, Zheng Weirong and Bai Xiaotong could no longer stand it and rushed forward to stop him.
"Senior Brother Yan, calm down, calm down!"
"Yes, Senior Brother Yan, it is Senior Sister Ai who needs the Hair of Mountain Charm. Just leave this matter to Senior Sister Ai herself!"
While trying to dissuade Yan Dao, Zheng Weirong also hinted that it was Ai Jingting who wanted to exchange Shan Mei's hair, and asked Lin Shen not to blame Yan Dao's mistakes on Ai Jingting.
Lin Shen was so perceptive that he naturally understood Zheng Weirong's hidden meaning immediately.
But he doesn't care so much. With such pig teammates, he will naturally have the consciousness of being cheated by pig teammates.
"How about it, Senior Sister Ai, do you want to exchange?"
Looking at the smiling young man in front of her, Ai Jingting felt a little helpless, but she still nodded without hesitation.
"want!"
After taking the porcelain bottle and checking it to make sure that it was the thirteen Hunyuan Pills, Lin Shen readily handed the Hair of Mountain Charm to Ai Jingting.
"By the way, I would like to remind you, Senior Sister Ai, those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. If you stay with idiots for a long time, your IQ will also decrease. It is better to keep a distance from such people."
After saying that, before the furious Yan Dao could yell and curse, Lin Shen left the top of the mountain with a smile on his face without looking back.
Watching Lin Shen disappear from sight, a strange light flashed in Ai Jingting's eyes.
"Junior sister Ai, me"
After calming down, Yan Dao stepped forward to explain a few words, but was interrupted softly by Ai Jingting.
"It's okay, Senior Brother Yan, I know you didn't mean it, don't take it to heart."
"It's getting late, let's go back."
After saying that, he walked down the mountain.
Yan Dao's face turned pale slightly.
He would rather Ai Jingting complain a few words to him, or simply turn her face angrily. In any case, it is better than the gentle and indifferent attitude she has now.
It seems to be tolerant and gentle, but in fact it means that Ai Jingting does not regard him as a close person at all, so she is so polite.
After leaving Huohe Mountain, Lin Shen returned directly to Linlong City.
After all, I have been in the Longyuan Mountains for more than half a month, and it is time to go back.
On the way, Lin Shen called out the panel.
[Name: Lin Shen]
[Talent: Prove the Tao through killing]
[Realm: Long Breath Level 3 76%]
[Skills: Golden Crow Sutra (35% mastery), Blazing Sun Palm (perfection), Shadow Follower (perfection), Weapon Melting Hand (perfection), Forbidden Golden Armor (15% mastery), Cloud-Piercing Dragon's Song (11% success), Condensation Mortal Arts (Proficiency 21%)]
[Number of clones 5 (39%)]
During the more than half a month in the Longyuan Mountains, Lin Shen basically did not practice the Golden Crow Sutra. The improvement of his cultivation was entirely due to the increase in the talent effect of killing to prove the Tao.
Therefore, the improvement is a bit slow, and it has not yet broken through to the fourth level of Long Breath.
In comparison, the improvement in martial arts level is very significant.
Both Forbidden Golden Armor and Cloud-piercing Dragon Yin have broken through to the Dacheng state.
The Melting Hand has even reached perfection.
The improvement in strength is not small!
"Hunting demonic beasts combined with killing demons to increase strength is really effective, but it's just a bit hard work."
"After you go back and rest for a while, you can continue to practice in the Longyuan Mountains."
Lin Shen made the decision happily.
Back in Linlong City, Lin Shen first sent Xiao Ai back to the villa and told her to stay at home and practice and not run around. After leaving a lot of canned cats behind, he returned to Jiuyang Taoist Temple without stopping.
After passing through the teleportation array, his vision was completely blank, and Lin Shen quickly returned to Jiuyang Taoist Temple.
The disciples coming and going on the mountain road were in a hurry as always.
Here, the pace never seems to slow down, and all the disciples are racing against time to improve their strength.
Lin Shen originally thought that after so many days, the impact of the mentoring war turmoil would have subsided a lot.
But when he stepped onto the mountain road, he still felt the attention of many eyes, and many disciples were pointing at him on the road.
Lin Shen felt helpless, but Quan Dang ignored it and rushed straight to the Court of Merit.
Arriving at the mission hall, Jiao Yu was still on duty behind the counter.
Seeing Lin Shen, Jiao Yu immediately smiled.
"Senior Brother Lin, you are back!"
Lin Shen nodded with a smile and said, "I have to hand in a task, please help me handle it, junior sister."
"No problem, Senior Brother Lin, show me the things. If there is a corresponding task, I can just register it and complete it for you here." Jiao Yu said with a smile.
But soon, she stopped laughing.
Wood spirit grass, ebony root, frost flower, ice flakes and even precious gold cloud sand!
As Lin Shen took out rare and rare herbs, Jiao Yu's eyes grew wider and wider.
Especially when I went to the back, I saw that Lin Shen had taken out so much precious gold cloud sand that it was piled up into a hill, and Jiao Yu's delicate face was filled with an expression of disbelief.
"This, this is too much."
Jiao Yu almost suspected that Lin Shen had emptied a certain mountain of natural treasures. Otherwise, where could he have collected so many things?
Ordinary long-breath realm disciples who have been practicing outside for more than half a year may not have achieved such amazing gains!
The movement here quickly attracted the attention of many disciples.
When they saw the pile of rare herbs and monster animal bones near the counter, everyone was dumbfounded.
"I'll go, there are so many natural and earthly treasures?"
"There is even precious gold cloud sand, and the quantity is so large, I'm afraid it weighs several hundred kilograms!"
"What a great harvest! Who is so powerful?"
"Lin Shen! It's actually him!"
There was an uproar in the hall.
The tumult of the mentoring war has only passed not long ago, but these days Lin Shen is still the center of everyone's conversation after dinner.
Just now, many people were talking about Lin Shen. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the person involved would come to hand in a task with a lot of treasures of heaven and earth.
After a long while, Jiao Yu recovered from the shock, looked at Lin Shen with admiration, and then began to count things.
There were many and miscellaneous things, and it took nearly an hour for Jiao Yu to inventory everything, register the corresponding tasks, and record the merits into Lin Shen's identity token.
At the end of the day, Lin Shen had gained a total of fifty-four minor merit points in this trip, plus an additional 893 merit points.
When handing the identity token to Lin Shen, Jiao Yu looked a little dazed.
Many Changxi Realm disciples have stayed in the Taoist Academy for two or three years, but they may not be able to earn so much merit.
But Lin Shen just went to the Longyuan Mountains and has already accomplished a goal that would take others two or three years to achieve. It is incredible!
"Thanks."
Lin Shen took the token and his eyes flashed with joy.
The harvest of this trip was far beyond his expectation.
In addition to the huge number of meritorious deeds, there are also Hunyuan Pills, storage bags, and many rare and exotic herbs that are not among the mission collection targets, but are of high value.
If necessary, you can sell it and exchange it for spiritual coins, which is also a huge amount of wealth.
Not to mention the improvement in strength.
The benefits this experience has brought to him cannot be described in words!
Putting away the token, Lin Shen asked casually:
"Junior Sister Jiao, has anything happened in the Taoist Academy recently?"
Jiao Yu woke up, thought for a moment and shook his head:
"Nothing happened right, but there is one thing that Senior Brother Lin might be interested in!"
"What's the matter?" Lin Shen asked curiously.
"The Zhiwu Hall released a mission in the Taoist Academy a few days ago to recruit Longxi Realm disciples to help capture criminals. The reward is three small merits. If you perform well and make contributions, there will be additional merit rewards. Many disciples have accepted the mission.
."
Zhiwutang? Help catch criminals?
Lin Shen was greatly surprised.
Is there no one in the Zhiwu Hall? Why did you come to the Taoist Academy to recruit people?
Seeing Lin Shen's doubts, Jiao Yu explained with a smile:
"This is not the first time that Zhiwu Hall has done this. Similar things have happened two or three times before. Usually Zhiwu Hall does this when it wants to carry out some kind of large-scale operation."
"And in this kind of mission, Taoist disciples generally don't have to face criminals directly. Most of the time they perform search, investigation, and siege tasks. The risk is not great and the reward is high, so it is very popular among the disciples."
Lin Shen was stunned.
After thinking about it, it is not surprising that the Zhiwu Hall temporarily recruits helpers from the Taoist Academy.
After all, many Taoist disciples are practitioners of the Long Breath Realm, and in terms of skill, they are stronger than many members of the Zhiwu Hall.
In the case of shortage of manpower, recruiting helpers from Jiuyang Taoist Temple is indeed a good choice.
Speaking of which, this can be regarded as a different kind of internship.
After all, many disciples who were eliminated from the Taoist Academy would eventually join the Zhiwu Hall.
"Senior Brother Lin, do you want to take this mission?" Jiao Yu asked.
Lin Shen refused to comment: "What about the mission content?"
"The specific content is not disclosed. Zhiwutang said it is for confidentiality. The only thing they know is that they have accepted the task, and the disciples who have passed the screening will be on standby at any time within the next month. Once they receive the news, they must immediately go to the designated location.
Gather together and assign tasks later.”
Three small merits a month?
For ordinary long-breath realm disciples, this reward is indeed considerable.
After all, long-breath realm disciples can only get a small amount of merit by working in the spiritual mine outside the city for a month.
And although the danger is not great, most of the time will be spent on patrol and garrison.
Unlike the mission of Zhiwu Hall, although the mission has to be on standby for a month, the disciples can continue to practice during this period without wasting time.
It’s no wonder so many disciples rushed to sign up to participate.
Even Lin Shen, who had just obtained more than fifty small skills, was a little excited.
Although we have had a great harvest this time, we do not encounter good things like Baojin Cloud Sand Vein every time we gain experience. The road to earning merit is still long and arduous. If you encounter a good mission with high rewards, you must not miss it.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Shen decided to take on the task.
He had just returned from training outside, and he had no plans to go outside the city for the time being. It happened that the task was not very dangerous, so he should treat it as a vacation.
Furthermore, he also wanted to see how the Zhiwu Hall arrested criminals.
After accepting the mission and chatting with Jiao Yu for a few more words, Lin Shen was ready to redeem martial arts and magic weapons.
With a large sum of merit in hand, all the martial arts and magic weapons that I have longed for can be redeemed this time!
Thinking of this, Lin Shen's steps became a little brisk.
But before he walked out of the door, he saw a man rushing into the hall aggressively, striding towards the counter, slapped his palm on the counter, and said loudly:
"If I want to take on the mission, I'll take the one from the martial arts hall!"
Jiao Yu obviously knew the person coming. Hearing this, his face turned bitter and he said helplessly:
"Senior Brother Leng, Commander Leng has given us a fatal order and you are not allowed to take any missions involving combat. Please don't embarrass me."
The young man named Senior Brother Leng was furious when he heard this and slapped the cabinet again.
"I am a disciple of the Taoist Academy and I have the right to take on tasks. Why do you stop me from taking on tasks?"
"But that was what your father, Commander Leng, said personally. I"
"I do not care!"
Senior Brother Leng impatiently interrupted Jiao Yu's words and said angrily:
"Anyway, I must take over the recruitment task of Zhiwu Hall today. If you don't help me handle it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Jiao Yu frowned, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally gritted his teeth and whispered:
Senior Brother Leng was furious and swiped Jiao Yu's cheek with his backhand.
The girl never expected that Senior Brother Leng would really dare to take action. Her face suddenly turned pale and she subconsciously closed her eyes tightly.
But after waiting for a few seconds, the expected pain never came.
Jiao Yu opened his eyes in confusion, only to find that Senior Brother Leng's wrist was tightly bound and unable to move.
But it was Lin Shen on the side who took action in time to stop Senior Brother Leng's actions.
"If you are really brave, go to your father and cancel the order. What's the point of bullying a girl?"
Lin Shen shook off Senior Brother Leng's wrist, stepped forward and stood in front of Jiao Yu, looking at him with a calm expression.
"Who are you? You're so full that you're nosy?"
Senior Brother Leng rubbed his wrists and glared at Lin Shen.
"If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
Lin Shen did not flinch, and still stood there with a calm expression.
Seeing this, Senior Brother Leng's eyes filled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Very good, in that case, I will."
"That's what you do!"
Halfway through his words, he was suddenly interrupted by a deep shout.
Everyone was startled and turned around to follow the sound, only to realize that someone had appeared next to them.
The person who came was about forty years old, with a slender face and bright eyes. He was dressed in black robes and exuded a graceful and extraordinary demeanor.
Seeing the person coming, Senior Brother Leng, who had been so arrogant and furious just now, suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him. His whole body suddenly froze, and he was mumbling and speechless.
At the same time, Jiao Yu also let out a low cry.
"Headmaster Leng!"
Lin Shen suddenly glanced at the person who came and realized that he was the father of Senior Brother Leng.
Leng Zhizhang glanced at Jiao Yu and Lin Shen, his eyes focused on Lin Shen and paused for a moment, nodded to him, said nothing, turned and left the hall.
"Come with me!"
Senior Brother Leng said nothing and left the hall dejectedly like a defeated rooster.
Watching the two of them disappear at the entrance of the hall, Lin Shen secretly shook his head.
A strange father and son.
Turning his head, Lin Shen found Jiao Yu looking at him with bright eyes.
"Senior Brother Lin, you were so handsome just now! Thank you for helping me!"
"It's just a little effort."
Lin Shen waved his hand and asked casually:
"What happened to that person just now?"
Jiao Yu came back to his senses, stuck out his tongue in the direction where Senior Brother Leng left, made a face, and then replied:
"That man's name is Leng Xing. He is the son of Leng Guangting Leng. His father does not allow him to take on any combat-related tasks, so he comes here from time to time to cause trouble."
"why is that?"
Lin Shen was greatly surprised.
Is there such a father?
You must know that practicing a religion is not just about practicing hard. Fighting and fighting are also essential!
Not to mention that the practice of many martial arts requires insights from battles, but there are many practitioners who take the initiative to go deep into places where monsters are densely populated, just to obtain that flash of enlightenment between life and death, so as to break through the bottleneck.
It can be said that fighting is also a part of spiritual practice.
If your son is not allowed to participate in the battle, wouldn't that delay his improvement in strength?
Moreover, Lengguangting is still a leader, so it stands to reason that he should be able to understand this better.
"Everyone speculates that it has something to do with Commander Leng's dead eldest son!"
Jiao Yu said mysteriously:
"Director Leng's eldest son is also a disciple of the Taoist Academy. However, he accidentally disappeared two years ago when he entered the Longyuan Mountains for training. He has not been found so far. He is basically dead. Since then, Director Leng has only one son left, Leng Xing.
."
"Perhaps because he doesn't want his only son to be in danger again, Commander Leng strictly prohibits Leng Xing from taking on any more dangerous tasks. Everyone in the Taoist Academy knows this."