Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 138: The Five Rats Return to the Secular World

"A divine craftsman, a demon painter... I guess he should be on the same level as Lianhuo Zangzhen Sanren."

After reading the most recent post, Lin Beixuan became somewhat interested in this demon painter.

There are hundreds of craftsmen in the secular world, and each of them represents the pinnacle of a skill. Their strength may not be top-notch, but their reputations are no less than those of the secular gods who are worshipped by people.

A hundred worldly arts; inheritance, secret skills, techniques...the abilities of these people come from their understanding of the pinnacle of their own skills.

When an ability is practiced to the extreme, it can become a magical power that can change the world.

Just as Lin Beixuan was scrolling through his phone and observing worldly events happening all over Xuan Country, the door of the compartment behind him suddenly opened a crack.

The Five Rats of Floating Life carried the flat board, looked around the store, and then jumped onto the cloud-patterned incense table with a whoosh.

"Master Tang Ling, you are finally back!"

The Blessing Rat ordered his brothers to put down the tablets, and he walked forward and bowed his head.

Having been with the Five Rats for some time, Lin Beixuan has come to understand their respective personalities.

The Praying Rat may seem smart, but in fact, it does not have many evil intentions, and its thoughts can be easily seen through.

As the former leader of several rats, the Longevity Rat has a loyal and honest character. He doesn't talk much, but when he speaks, he means what he says. However, he is easily influenced by the thoughts of others.

The Wealth Rat is a middle-aged rat who acts rashly and does not like to be taught. Occasionally, he will have sudden inspiration and do something astonishing.

Among them, only the Li Lu Rat is truly smart, with hidden thoughts and no expression of emotions. Many of the ideas of the Prayer Rat are secretly controlled by this guy, but as a subordinate official, he is still loyal and has good judgment.

As for the Rat of Joy...

In Lin Beixuan's opinion, the Rat of Happiness is the most powerful among the Five Rats. Its ability to manipulate space to bring double happiness simply crushes the abilities of the other rats.

Looking at the five rats lined up in a row and looking up at him obediently, Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say."

Li Lushu coughed twice and walked out on his own initiative: "Reporting to the hall commander, we brothers have been feeling a little uneasy recently. Jiang Xi ran outside to check and found that the space nearby was fluctuating violently, and the aura of our original world would leak in from time to time."

"I know about this. In two days, a transit phenomenon will occur here. The secular world will merge with the present world. You may be able to take this opportunity to return to the secular world."

Li Lushu thought that Lin Beixuan was trying to trick them, so they quickly expressed their loyalty: "We will follow you, Lord Tang Ling, until death."

The other rats nodded repeatedly. They had already been traitors once, and if they betrayed Lin Beixuan again, wouldn’t they become slaves of three families?
Seeing their frightened looks, Lin Beixuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He really thought that the Five Rats could take this opportunity to return to the secular world and had no intention of warning the other party.

However, seeing the other party's look, he didn't know what to say.

The longevity rat was silent for a while and then walked out: "Master Tang Ling, we have an unreasonable request."

"Hmm?" Lin Beixuan turned his head and looked at the longevity rat who never talked much: "Tell me about it."

"I have seen you break through the gate between the two worlds several times. Every time you rest at night, your strength increases. I think you must have gone to our world."

"We are originally incense-worshipping spirits. If we don't have incense offerings for a long time, our strength will slowly decline. So I would like to ask Tang Ling to take us with him when he enters that world."

"Take you with me?"

Lin Beixuan looked at the Longevity Rat, then at the Profitable Rat standing properly beside him, and roughly knew what was going on.

"Okay, but you are my subordinates now. Aren't you afraid that Mr. Kongyun will find you?"

"We have come up with a solution to this problem, which is to use your contract mark to counterbalance Mr. Kongyun's contract. As long as we try not to use the abilities it grants us, there will be no risk of being discovered."

"Once we build a temple next to you to cultivate ourselves, absorb your incense and worship, and bring us into your palace, Mr. Kongyun will completely lose control over us."

"Li Dai Tao Jiang?"

These few words popped up in Lin Beixuan's mind. The meaning of the longevity rat's words could be summed up in one sentence.

They planned to take the authority of the path from Kong Yunsou, transfer it to their own sect, and then kick Kong Yunsou away.

Unexpectedly, these mice played so many tricks. Lin Beixuan looked at Li Lu Rat carefully and agreed with his idea.

After all, the benefits of this matter far outweigh the disadvantages for him. The advantage is that he has five more channels of ability, while the disadvantage is that he is more likely to be targeted by Kong Yunsou.

However, he had just been noticed by the Soul-Binding God, and as the saying goes, too many debts are always a burden, so what if one more comes?

Glancing at the sky outside which was already darkening, Lin Bei walked into the compartment through the entrance door, with the Five Rats following behind him.

"here we go!"

Lin Beixuan lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and his body instantly entered a transit state. The purple jade gourd around his neck flickered, and a faint gray mist diffused out.

"It's now."

The Prayer Rat's eyes lit up, and it dived into Lin Beixuan's arms with a whoosh. When the other rats saw the Prayer Rat disappear, they immediately followed.

After the rats disappeared, Lin Beixuan's transit state was restored, and his clothes returned to their original appearance, but his eyes were not opened, and he also went to the secular world.

……

[You are baptized by pure air, and your health is restored by +1.] His bones made crackling sounds, and Lin Beixuan sat up from the bed and stretched.

The medicine that Tao Tao brought was very effective. Apart from some discomfort in his chest, he could no longer feel any pain anywhere else.

Of course, this is also due to his strong recovery ability.

Lin Beixuan looked towards the bed and saw the Five Rats looking at the surroundings with curiosity.

Opposite the Five Rats, the infant spirit pouted, its sparse eyebrows slightly curled upwards, its chin supported by its little hands, and its big eyes full of confusion.

How could these things escape from their owners’ arms?

Under its butt, the hideous face of the Evil-Bellied Ghost Skin was pressed down, making a "ho ho" sound to indicate its presence.

After absorbing the poisonous fog several times, its intelligence seems to have improved and its expression has become more lively.

"Stay close to me and don't run around. Otherwise, don't blame me if you die." Looking at the curious Five Rats, Lin Beixuan said coldly.

As he finished speaking, the five rats looked at Lin Beixuan's body in the mortal world, glanced at each other, said yes respectfully, and hurriedly climbed into his arms, leaving only their five little rat heads exposed.

He grabbed the baby spirit and placed it on his shoulder, rolled up the evil ghost skin and stuffed it into the baby spirit's hand. Then Lin Beixuan opened the door and walked outside.

At this time, the moonlight outside was dim, and human-like voices were heard from the forest from time to time, as if calling for help.

But everyone knows that it is definitely not a human who would make such a sound at night.

Passing by the shrine standing outside the door, Lin Beixuan took a glance at it. The pair of scarlet eyes on the shrine seemed to notice someone's gaze and blinked a few times strangely.

The difference between a shrine and a shrine lies in what is enshrined in the shrine.

The shrine has a simple appearance without many design elements. The statues enshrined in it are often those of animals, and what is placed in front of it are not long incense sticks and candles, but a pile of blood food.

The shrine is much more exquisite and larger than the spirit shrine. The statue of the deity is enshrined in the middle and is often filled with incense.

"The reason why the people of Qingyun Village don't light red lights outside their gates is because of this shrine."

Lin Beixuan looked around and found that there were no lights on outside the doors of every household. The surroundings were deep in darkness. The cold wind from the mountains blew around, but he never dared to stop at any house.

"Using the shrine instead of lanterns is obviously a more advanced method than lighting lamps and hanging lanterns frequently."

Lin Beixuan withdrew his gaze and heard a rustling sound in his ears. A pleasant female voice suddenly appeared behind a pile of firewood outside his house, as if calling him over.

Lin Beixuan didn't even look at it, but threw the baby spirit into the firewood pile when he passed by it.

"Come on after you're full."

"what……"

The infant spirit showed a few sharp fangs in its mouth and shouted excitedly. Then, a noise was heard behind the firewood pile, followed by a series of chewing and swallowing sounds.

Because the time in this world is different from that in the secular world, people in the secular world often have to move around at night, which leads to an increase in the number of deaths for many people.

However, Lin Beixuan has obviously passed the rookie stage. As long as the area is not too dangerous, he does not need to worry too much even if he encounters evil spirits at night.

People are three parts afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are seven parts afraid of people, not to mention a guy like Lin Beixuan who has a vicious temperament. Ordinary evil spirits will involuntarily avoid him when they see him.

After strolling around Qingyun Village late at night, Lin Beixuan just walked out of the village when he saw a mangy dog lying on the side of the road.

Lin Beixuan took a curious look. With his current eyesight, he could clearly see the other person's appearance even at night.

This mangy dog had very long ears and its skin was covered with spots. There were abscesses in many places, oozing disgusting yellow mucus.

"Where are you going so late?" Before Lin Beixuan could get closer, an old voice suddenly came out of the mangy dog's mouth.

Lin Beixuan was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the mangy dog with surprise.

"There are many miasma in Wumeng Mountain at night, and there are many places that cannot be visited. If Master Lin wants to go somewhere, I suggest that you ask someone in the village to lead the way tomorrow."

"Thanks for the reminder, but I woke up at night and couldn't fall asleep, so I wanted to walk around the mountain. If anything happens, I will be responsible for it myself."

Through the words, Lin Beixuan now realized that the mangy dog in front of him was not a real "dog".

At this moment, the mangy dog slowly stood up, stretched out its claws to cut open its belly, and a wrinkled human face poked out from inside.

It seemed like it took a lot of effort for Goupi Taoist to finish this task. His eyes were bloodshot and he let out a long breath.

"Just tell me, where do you want to go?"

"Black Evil Valley." Seeing that the other party could see through his thoughts at a glance, Lin Beixuan no longer concealed it and said without changing his expression.

The dog-skin Taoist narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky. The moon seemed to be staring at the ground below.

"Okay, I'll take you there."

　Thank you for the reward from the ruling sword, thank you very much

　　
　
(End of this chapter)