Chapter 35: The Only Option
Lin Dong spent several days gathering all kinds of information. It is mainly related to various rumors, incidents related to Mizi, and Senior Brother Gu related to cultivators, Senior Brother Gu's past experience, and so on.
Lin Dong really has no talent for this kind of scheming thing. His image in those days fell into Wang Xiaoshan's eyes, and he asked many questions.
"Senior brother has been thoughtful and unrelenting these days, and his hair has been caught and scattered, is this because he has taken a fancy to that senior sister and junior sister? Senior brother, you tell me, junior brother will help you inquire!"
Lin Dong was dumbfounded, "Go, go, go, adults don't understand the trivial things!" Wang Xiaoshan continued to talk there disapprovingly, and Lin Dongli ignored it.
However, Lin Dong still had a kind of obsession and fantasy on his face, and he was a little twisted!
Since then, it has been rumored among apprentices that the legendary Senior Brother Lin fell in love with a little junior sister or senior sister and fell into a demon.
Lin Dong sighed when he heard it, "This Wang Xiaoshan's mouth is really big. ”
This reminded Lin Dong that as long as he reasonably added a character to the impression he gave people, a cultivator with this character was not suitable for being a secret son, and he didn't need more, just one was enough.
"Wang Xiaoshan has a big mouth, what about me?"
Lin Dong, who was sitting in the small courtyard, was basking in the sun, with a look of reluctance on his face. Gritted his teeth and looked at his delicate little face in the water, "It's only like this, pity my little face!" touched his face pityingly, "In order to live better, I can only sacrifice you." ”
After re-sorting out his plan, Lin Dong resolutely walked out of the small courtyard.
Lin Dong took on a mission, a task to search for demon beasts. This monster beast called 'Phantom Fragrance Rabbit' has no other abilities, but it is cute and has a natural fragrance. Relatively rare and hard to catch. This task was released by the senior sister of the outer gate, who is known as the first beauty of the outer gate of the Dan Sect.
Lin Dong took it, ignoring Wang Xiaoshan's statement that this demon beast only moved within a range of 50 miles, regardless of Wang Xiaoshan's desperate persuasion. In Senior Brother Gu's strange eyes, he said resolutely, "For Senior Sister to be happy, it's worth it!"
Sitting on the spirit bird and flying to the edge of the forest, Lin Dong and Wang Xiaoshan said goodbye, Lin Dong smiled bitterly, and Wang Xiaoshan was already in tears. "Senior Brother Lin, you have to come back!"
Watching Lin Dong walk into the woods, Wang Xiaoshan sat on the ground, and he told Senior Brother Gu that he would wait for Lin Dong for three days. Senior Brother Gu agreed, Yan Jin Wang Xiaoshan was not allowed to enter the forest for a single step, he doubted that if he didn't say it, Wang Xiaoshan would follow.
Wang Xiaoshan waited at the edge of the forest for three days, and in the past three days, he wanted to enter the forest several times and then shrank back. Senior Brother Gu's words and fear of this forest made Wang Xiaoshan pat his head several times.
Lin Dong encountered the first demon beast within ten miles of the forest, which was the demon beast that Lin Dong had specially chosen. The strength is not strong, it is comparable to that of a second-layer cultivator, mainly because the claws are sharp and can cut through the magic clothes on his body, Lin Dong can ensure that the degree of his injury is under control as long as he dodges properly. It looks miserable, but it's actually just a flesh wound.
Lin Dong took off the tattered robe on his body and threw it away, and replaced it with his own earthen green coat. After a simple bandaging of the wound, he sat on the ground with fear on his face.
Lin Dong hesitated, took two steps back and three steps in the forest, and finally ran wildly in the forest.
Sanli's wild run didn't encounter a demon beast, and Lin Dong admired his luck very much.
After running for less than a mile, Lin Dong stopped, put on the green cloth again, and opened the array. This time, Lin Dong chose to be near the top of a large tree. The sky outside can be seen here, and from the outside you can only see the dense foliage.
Tightly constricted his breath in his body, and carefully looked in the direction of Danzong through the gaps in the branches and leaves.
An hour later, a cultivator with full spiritual consciousness rushed through about 300 meters away from Lin Dong, as if he was looking for something. Half an hour later, Lin Dong sensed that he passed through his range of 400 meters twice.
Lin Dong's eyes widened, his spiritual sense shrank into his body and remained motionless, and the sound of his breathing was inaudible.
It wasn't until Lin Dong saw a figure flying up from the woods three miles away and flying in the direction of Danzong that Lin Dong let out a long breath.
After waiting quietly for another day, until he saw another figure flying away in the distance, Lin Dong's eyes were indescribably angry.
"This Gu Changqing left a spiritual sense mark on my magic robe, bullying my low mana and making it difficult to detect. The magic robe was torn off by me with the power of the demon beast, and I looked for me for most of the day, don't tell me that you care about my life and death! Pretend to fly away and sneak back again, are you and I related?"
"With bad intentions, I have written off the favor with the old man! Next time, there is no discussion. ”
"It's getting late, I can't find my trace without my divine sense, not to mention that Gu Changqing has already come back once, there shouldn't be any more cultivators paying attention to me. ”
Lin Dong hardened his mind and waited for another hour, and gradually fell asleep when the sound of demon beast activities in the forest became more and more dense.
A day later, Lin Dong staggered out of the forest and fainted in front of Wang Xiaoshan, covered in blood.
Senior Brother Gu's diagnosis was that the mana was depleted and the root was injured, the whole body was fractured in many places, and the internal organs were bleeding, and it was a miracle that he could not die, and there was no hope for the foundation building period from then on.
The conclusion is that this son is reckless in his emotional actions and is not suitable to be a training target.
In the end, Senior Brother Gu decided to keep him alive and retain his apprenticeship status, and no longer pay attention to it in the future, and when he reached the fourth floor, he would arrange an outer door identity and let him fend for himself. It's kind of repaying grandpa's unbelievable favor.
Lin Dong woke up three days later, and he could walk slowly after ten days, and his body only improved a little after a month.
Lin Dong asked Wang Xiaoshan to help him and thank Senior Brother Gu when he was able to walk. Senior Brother Gu gave him several pills to save his life, and even used an extremely precious pill for Lin Dong to cultivate. Wang Xiaoshan listened to what Senior Brother Gu said. Lin Dong understood what Senior Brother Gu meant, and it was obviously not because he couldn't sympathize with him during the foundation building period when he paid such a big price.
Senior Brother Gu drove Wang Xiaoshan away, closed the stone door of the cave, and looked at Lin Dong with a complicated face.
"It's a pity that a good seedling, why is a good future so reckless in love?" Gu Changqing thought about it with pity, the gray face of the young man in front of him, and his seriously injured body, explained to him once again that this son was useless.
"Lin Dong, you can join my command because of my grandfather's face. Grandpa said when he finally went to owe you a favor, and now I don't hesitate to spend to save your life, and no matter how big the favor is, it has been repaid. ”
Senior Brother Gu stopped, saw that Lin Dong seemed to be about to fall to the ground, and pointed to the stone bench, "You sit down first!"
Lin Dong realized something, and sat down on the stone bench without saying a word. He no longer looked in the direction of Senior Brother Gu, but his face turned a little paler.
"Lin Dong, I will reserve your apprenticeship status for you, if you can advance to the fourth layer or become a Dan Master, you will become an outer disciple, and I will no longer recommend it to you. You go back, so that you can do it yourself, and you won't use me in the future, we have nothing to do with it. ”
Called Wang Xiaoshan to come in and help Lin Dong, who was already paralyzed, the stone gate slipped silently.
Lin Dong lay on the bed, thinking quietly.
"This step, at such a big price, is the right step. Old man, Senior Brother Gu can save me, and I owe you a favor again, I will save him once, so that we can both settle it. ”
Lin Dong knew that the pill was indeed precious, and Senior Brother Gu could use it on him, and he recognized this favor.
"Let's work hard to cultivate and reach the fourth layer as soon as possible. ”
Since then, Lin Dong's personality has changed greatly, he is taciturn and unapproachable, and he is gradually estranged from Wang Xiaoshan. Out of the sight of the entire sect.
The apprentices gradually stopped talking to Lin Dong, and occasionally only sighed when he mentioned it, "Although he was promoted to the fourth layer and became an outer disciple, he could only become a pile of loess after a hundred years!"