Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 195 194: Lin, Commander, Bei Xuan
As the two sides were chatting, a gray-haired mouse jumped out from the nearby woods and whispered something in the mouse's ear.

Then, Rat Prince raised his head and nodded at Lin Beixuan.

"Master Lin, the person you are looking for has been found."

Lin Beixuan didn't expect to find the whereabouts so quickly. Compared with the previous search which took him a long time, this efficiency was simply amazing.

"The people from Qingyun Village are hiding in a cave now."

"It's just... their condition doesn't seem to be very good." said Mr. Mouse.

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows slightly: "What happened?"

"According to my third cousin, there seems to be an internal conflict in Qingyun Village. Two groups of people are fighting each other. Not far from where they are hiding, a group of imperial soldiers are heading in their direction."

"..."

"I understand."

Lin Beixuan did not stop for a moment. Under the leadership of Shu Langjun's third cousin, they first found the location of the imperial troops and inquired about the situation, and then rushed to the cave where Qingyun Village was located.

Through the bushes in front of me, I could see guards on duty in front of the cave, but they seemed a little absent-minded and would look back into the cave from time to time.

Lin Beixuan frowned and planned to go straight over, but at this moment, a hollow female voice suddenly sounded in the woods.

"My dear, my dear~~"

The sound seemed to come suddenly from nothingness, and then slowly floated into people's ears, which was very strange.

Lin Beixuan tilted his head to look, his eyes could still see clearly in the dim forest and see every corner.

In the ground in the center of the forest, a puff of green smoke suddenly appeared. The smoke was like a thread, passing through the fog and forming a female ghost in long fluttering clothes in the air.

Before Lin Beixuan could make any move, Rat Prince ran over happily, stood next to the female ghost, and called out affectionately, "My lady, why are you here?"

"…Madam?"

Lin Beixuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted.

This person should be the female land god in the land goddess temple he saw that day, and also the wife that Rat Man married not long ago.

"I was worried about you, so I followed you."

Mr. Rat laughed and kissed the female ghost on the face, then brought her to Lin Beixuan.

"Master Lin, this is my wife."

As she spoke, the female ghost bowed in the direction of Lin Beixuan: "Yin Lian greets Master Lin!"

Lin Beixuan clasped his fists in return.

Although he couldn't quite understand the love between the female ghost and the monster, he still respected them in his heart.

Moreover, seeing the two of them falling in love, he was somewhat amazed.

Love really can transcend race!
Seeing this, Lin Beixuan didn't want Shu Langjun to accompany him anymore.

"Thank you for your help today. Since my wife is worried about me, please don't stay here. Go back first."

"This……"

Shu Langjun was hesitating for a while, and then he saw Lin Beixuan smiled and said: "This is Qingyun Village's business, I don't want to involve Haier Village, please leave quickly."

Previously, Lin Beixuan had roughly told Shu Langjun about the current situation of Qingyun Village, and that the people from the Nanyang Evil Spirit had already set their sights on them.

For Haierzhuang, naturally, they don't want to create a big enemy out of nowhere.

Rat Prince sighed, bowed to Lin Beixuan and said, "If Master Lin needs any instructions in the future, just ring the bell again."

Lin Beixuan nodded and watched Rat Langjun leave accompanied by his wife.

He could naturally see that the reason why the wife of the land goddess appeared here was probably because she knew what happened in Qingyun Village, so she came here specially.

But it is understandable. They are living well in Wumeng Mountain. If they get into big trouble because of an outsider, and even the whole family will be affected, everyone knows what to choose.

If he were in Rat Man's place, he would probably make the same decision.

"Alas, it is hard to repay a debt of favor!"

Lin Beixuan sighed, pushed aside the bushes in front of him, and walked to the front of the cave.

The guard in front of the cave heard the noise and immediately looked over vigilantly. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that it was Lin Beixuan.

"It turns out to be Master Lin!!"

After seeing Lin Beixuan, the two guards' eyes lit up and they asked anxiously, "Mr. Lin, isn't the commander-in-chief with you?"

When they were leaving, they all saw Lin Beixuan following the commander-in-chief to stop the government officers and soldiers who were attacking at night.

At this time, Qingyun Village was in turmoil, and everyone hoped that the commander-in-chief would appear to take charge of the situation.

Lin Beixuan glanced at the chaotic scene in the cave, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I separated from the commander-in-chief because of some things. What's going on in there?"

Hearing that the commander-in-chief was not with Lin Beixuan, the guard's eyes dimmed a little and said, "Several clans wanted to separate at this time, but Taoist Dog did not allow it, so they started to make trouble."

"By dividing the family at this time, do you want to be defeated one by one by the people in the government office?"

"Alas, we were originally tied together by interests, so it's not surprising that we want to split up now!"

The guards all looked somewhat negative. The destruction of Qingyun Village was obviously a big blow to them.

Lin Beixuan frowned slightly and gave up the idea of telling them that the pursuers were approaching.

He had gone to take a look at the pursuers before, and based on their speed, he roughly estimated that it would take another hour for them to arrive.

These pursuers were different from the government soldiers who had attacked Qingyun Village before. They were obviously much better equipped, and many of them were commanded by foreigners.

Will did not get the real remains from Yang Jian, so he became a little anxious and directly sent out the troops of Evil Spirit Lord.

If the news of Yang Jian's death were told to these guards now, their morale would probably suffer another serious blow.

Led by a guard, Lin Beixuan entered the cave.

At this time, there were clearly two groups of people inside. One side had a larger number of people, led by the Taoist Dog Skin, and the other side was led by a man covered in green skin.

They seemed to have just had a fight, with people injured on both sides. The green-skinned man was negotiating with the dog-skinned Taoist priest between the two groups.

"Qingyun Village is now in this state. Half of the leaders and many people have not returned yet. They may have met with an accident. If we escape separately, we may still have a chance of survival."

"When everyone is together, the other party may be a little wary. If they separate, they will only be defeated one by one in the end."

"Wumeng Mountain is so big, how could they be more familiar with the road conditions than us? The things in their hands are useless even if we have more people.

Besides, most of the team members are old, weak, women and children. Do you plan to let them lead the way?"

The young man raised the steel knife in his hand and said, "Everyone fled from their hometowns to survive, and they are still doing this now. There is no right or wrong. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame the injustice of this world.

If you continue to stop us from begging for our lives, we will have no choice but to draw our swords and fight!"

As he spoke, the young man chopped off a huge rock in front of him with a knife.

Taoist Goupi narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "Commander Wen, the lives of Commander Yang Jian and others are uncertain. Are you doing this to them?"

The green-skinned man looked at the anxious tribesmen behind him, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.

"Those who are willing to leave can follow me. After we get out, we can each choose a direction to leave. It's better than gathering together and being caught in one fell swoop."

Having said that, he ignored what Taoist Goupi said and left the cave with the people of his alien clan.

During this time, when he passed by Lin Beixuan, there was a hint of something strange on his face, but when he saw that Lin Beixuan was the only one there, he quickly hid that strange look.

This time, the Taoist Dog Skin did not try to stop him. Instead, he let the other party leave. He sighed silently, and his face became even older.

What the other party said was actually not without reason. Half of the commanders were now missing, and how many people could he win over as a dying man?

The more dangerous the moment, the more complicated people’s hearts are, and everyone will have their own choices in their hearts.

There were many people following the green-skinned man, and some leaders, after some hesitation, began to leave with their clans. In their opinion, the Qingyun Village as a group no longer had any need to exist.

As soon as these people left, the number of people in the cave suddenly decreased by one third.

"Finally clean!"

Tao Tao held the ointment in her hand and applied it to Wu Huo.

In her opinion, the enemy had not yet arrived but their own people had already started a commotion. Instead of forcibly tying together those who were not loyal to Qingyun Village, it would be better to let the enemy go as soon as possible.

With these things in mind, he didn't care about the severity of his attack, and Wu Huo grimaced in pain.

He had just had a fight with a few commanders who jumped out and clamored for a split. Although both sides had restrained themselves and did not kill each other, injuries were inevitable.

Wu Huo sighed deeply and looked outside the cave, meeting Lin Beixuan's gaze.

"Benefactor!"

His voice was loud and clear, and with the sound amplification in the cave, everyone could hear his shout.

Tao Tao's face lit up with joy when he saw Lin Beixuan, but Goupi Taoist frowned, feeling a little surprised at Lin Beixuan's appearance.

"Why did you show up?"

Lin Beixuan is not from Qingyun Village. Now that Qingyun Village is in crisis, he can easily get out of it on his own. No one would blame him.

However, it suddenly appeared now, which was something no one expected.

Lin Beixuan walked silently to the side of the Taoist Gou Pi and sat down. He glanced at his increasingly aged face and said softly, "The pursuers will be here soon. This is no longer a place to stay. Arrange for people to pack up and leave quickly."

Hearing this, the Taoist Dog Skin's gray eyebrows trembled, as if he had guessed something.

He called Tao Tao to his side and gave him quick instructions.

Tao Tao was shocked when he learned what happened. He looked at Lin Beixuan and then ran away quickly. Not long after, a series of noises were heard in the cave.

A newborn baby woke up because of the shaking of his mother, and opened his mouth to cry. An old man in a panic leaned on a cane and carried the burden on his thin shoulders...

The news that the pursuers were approaching quickly spread throughout the cave.

Lin Beixuan watched everyone busy packing up their things and said calmly, "Those who left earlier may be able to help us delay for a while. Take this opportunity to think about which direction to escape."

Taoist Goupi nodded, not caring why Lin Beixuan told the news when those people who had just left were still there.

In his opinion, it is worth it to sacrifice a few people in exchange for the lives of more people.

Besides, it was those people who gave up on them first.

"There are spies in the village. Those who attacked Qingyun Village are not only the people from the government office, but also the vanguard sent by Jiangzhou Evil Spirit True Lord. Their target is Lu Chengjiang's remains..."

Hearing this, the dog-skinned Taoist couldn't help but shake his skinny body slightly. His eyes turned red, and blue-black blood vessels began to bulge on his neck. A strong hatred emanated from him.

"South...Ocean!!"

The dog-skinned Taoist almost gritted his teeth as he uttered these two words.

It’s no wonder that he has such hatred, because the dog skin that has been entangled with him for half his life is all caused by those foreigners.

After a long time, Goupi Taoist calmed down and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

Lin Beixuan shrugged and continued talking to himself, recounting what had happened in the tunnel.

"Yang Jian may be dead."

Lin Beixuan looked at the Taoist Gou Pi and saw that he only showed a trace of grief and did not say anything. He then continued, "His last wish was for me to bring the remains to you, but I'm sorry, the remains suddenly turned into ashes when they came into contact with me."

"..."

Time seemed to stand still. Even though the dog-skin Taoist's expression did not change much when he heard the news of Yang Jian's death, his eyes almost popped out.

They came to Wumeng Mountain to guard Lu Chengjiang's remains for such a long time, only to be told now that they have turned into ashes?

"Are you kidding me?" There was some uncertainty in the tone of the Taoist priest Gou Pi.

Lin Beixuan was a little embarrassed at this moment, but that was the fact and he had nothing to hide.

Seeing this, Goupi Taoist looked at Lin Beixuan deeply and said, "I know!"

Lin Beixuan didn't expect that the other party would let go of the matter so easily. The reason he had thought of was on the tip of his tongue, but he just held it back.

He couldn't help but ask curiously: "You don't ask why?"

The dog-skin Taoist shook his head and said, "There is nothing to ask. If you want to take the remains for yourself, you don't have to come here, so I believe you."

"..."

Immediately afterwards, the Taoist Dog Skin stood up and looked around at the people who were packing up their things in the cave.

When everyone saw the Dog Skin Taoist stand up and seem to have something to say, they stopped what they were doing and looked at him.

Those who are still here today are all from clans that believe that Taoist Goupi can lead them out of trouble. Among them, many clan leaders have died, but they don't know it yet.

Among the remaining alien leaders, there are only seven besides the Goupi Taoist, namely: Wu Huo, Shahai'er, Shiluo Man, Tao Jiang, Cangshu Ren, Huaran Nu, and Changjiao Lumin.

These seven are also the strongest fighting force in the current Qingyun Village team.

They stood quietly by and watched the Dog Skin Taoist slowly speak.

"Now I have good news and bad news. Let me tell you the bad news first!"

"The reason why Qingyun Village encountered this crisis is because there were spies among us. Several leaders such as Qingmian Tuo and Short-legged Lang colluded with outsiders and made everyone homeless again."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the cave, and the foreigners whispered to each other.

"No wonder I didn't see the Qingmiantuo clan. It turns out they were the ones who betrayed the village."

Everyone was gritting their teeth in hatred. People hate betrayal the most, let alone surrendering to the enemy. It caused huge losses to Qingyun Village, and many families were broken up because of it.

So when they found out that there was a rift within their own group, they felt an unconcealable anger rising in their hearts.

However, the dog-skin Taoist continued to speak.

"The commander-in-chief and others who went to meet the enemy may have met with an accident..."

If the words just now aroused the anger in everyone's hearts, then the news of the death of Yang Jian and others was like a basin of cold water that extinguished everyone's hearts.

Some clans who learned that their leader had died could not help but cry out in pain.

In their feudal era, the leader of the alien clan was like the patriarch of a large family, the leader who guided everyone in the direction of progress.

When a clan leader dies, the clan will inevitably be in chaos until a new clan leader is elected.

And the most important point is that the leader of the alien clan is usually the strongest person in the clan. At a critical moment like now, without the protection of a strong person, the probability of surviving the crisis will be even slimmer.

Even though there are other leaders present, if they encounter danger, will they protect their own clan first or others?
There is no doubt about that.

The words of the Taoist Goupi were like a bombshell that hit everyone's heart.

They hate those spies who collaborate with the enemy, but are panicked by the current situation.

Lin Beixuan didn't quite understand why Taoist Goupi wanted to tell these things now. He could have waited until everyone was safe before slowly telling them.

However, just as he was wondering, the Taoist Dog Skin said something that shocked everyone.

One after another, everyone looked at Lin Beixuan, with scrutiny, expectation, and disbelief...

"The good news is that the commander-in-chief chose a new commander for us before he died. He can lead us to survive."

Taoist Goupi looked at Lin Beixuan: "Don't you think so, Master Lin?"

　Sorry everyone, I worked overtime today and got home late. I didn't have time to separate the chapters, so I merged the two chapters. I hope you can understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)