Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 227 226: Stormy Night; People Are Killing

Killing the secular child... is that easy?
Recalling the smile on Taoist Goupi's face at that time, Lin Beixuan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

From the other party's smile, it seemed that killing a secular prince was not as troublesome as Lin Beixuan had imagined.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the Dog Skin Taoist really does have this ability.

When targeting Cui Dongcan and Li Xizhao, after learning that the two could not be killed by conventional means, Grandma Yan went directly to the altar and asked the Soul-Binding God to take the souls of the two so that they could not be resurrected and reincarnated.

This was just a clan priest in the village. After knowing the specialness of Cui Dongcan and the other man, he came up with the idea of extracting souls.

As the oldest leader in the village, Goupi Taoist had traveled extensively with Lu Chengjiang's troops when he was young, and had seen much more.

He directly pointed out the weakness of the secular child in one sentence;
It's not about the body, it's about the soul.

These people may not have the ability to directly interfere with the other party's soul like ordinary gods, but they can imprison or kill them through some tricky methods.

The method that Lin Beixuan obtained from Taoist Goupi is a method that can directly kill the souls of other worldly people, but it requires a relatively strict condition.

That requires making people willing to be killed.

"..."

Lin Beixuan tapped his knees lightly with his fingers, his eyes fixed on Yang Qi who was lying at his feet.

To die willingly may be extremely impossible for ordinary people, but for a secular man, it may be possible.

In the minds of some worldly people, they did not completely bring themselves into the secular world, but regarded the people in the secular world as NPCs. Although they also cherished their own lives, compared with suffering physical torture, they would rather die early.

After all, the physical pain you suffer before death will not be alleviated just because you have the ability to resurrect.

Today's Yang Qi is a good example.

He now wanted to die quickly and put an end to it all, but there was no way that the Dog Skin Taoist would let him go so easily.

So they transformed him into a beast, destroying him both physically and mentally, madly torturing his heart and making him experience the feeling of wanting to die but being unable to.

Therefore, if you treat the secular world as a game, you are totally wrong!
Hearing the bell ringing not far away, Lin Beixuan slowly raised his head and looked towards the winding path in front of the village entrance.

On the path, I saw a group of human-shaped figures covered in black robes walking towards this side under the guidance of two Taoists.

The two Taoists were one tall and one short.

The tall, fat Taoist priest walked in front, shaking a bell in his hand. With each step he took, he paused rhythmically, making a rhythmic sound.

The dozen or so black-robed figures behind him also followed his steps, moving slowly and stiffly.

The short and thin Taoist priest had white hair and beard and looked quite old. He was hanging at the end of the line, stretching his neck to look forward, as if to determine the position ahead.

Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the group of people who were gradually approaching.

The fat Taoist saw Lin Beixuan sitting at the entrance of the village with a fat pig covered with bruises at his feet. He did not approach rashly, but asked with a smile, his hands folded, from a distance of five meters away from Lin Beixuan.

"Excuse me, brother, is this Huangshi Village?"

Lin Beixuan didn't say anything, but glanced at the stone tablet next to him with the words "Huangshi Village" written on it.

Are you pretending not to see those three big words?

The fat Taoist priest slapped his forehead as if he had just noticed something.

"Oops, sorry, sorry, I just noticed that it was written!"

"My eyesight is not very good, please don't be offended, brother."

As he spoke, Mingjue glanced at the quiet and peaceful village behind Lin Beixuan with a look of anticipation on his face.

He shook the bell in his hand, slowly approached Lin Beixuan, and was about to walk past Lin Beixuan, but after only a few steps, he stopped again.

"Excuse me, has anyone visited this village today?"

Lin Beixuan shook his head.

Seeing this, Mingjue breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to say something to the old Taoist priest.

"Looks like we got there first!"

Then he turned his head and grinned at Lin Beixuan.

"It's getting late today. May I ask if there is any accommodation in the brother village? My group would like to stay here for one night. Don't worry, we can pay for it."

As he spoke, Mingjue patted the bulging purse at his waist. Judging from the sound of the coin colliding inside, there seemed to be quite a bit of money in it.

He looked at Lin Beixuan, as if he wanted to see greed on Lin Beixuan's face.

However, the expression on his face then slowly changed from smiling to indifference.

The man in front of him slowly stood up, stretched his hand backwards, and took out an exaggerated and ferocious sickle from somewhere. The bead in the middle of the sickle, which looked like the eye of a ferocious beast, emitted red light and approached him little by little.

"What does this mean, brother?"

Mingjue's expression changed slightly, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly covered up by the fear he pretended.

"I don't like to play tricks. Outsiders are not welcome in the village right now, so if you two are just passing by, please go and find out if there are other villages around."

Lin Beixuan stared at Mingjue expressionlessly. Just from the tone of the other party's voice, he had already guessed that the so-called Mingjue in front of him was most likely a worldly boy who came here in response to a bounty.

Now that he is in the open, with his enemies on the loose, he can gain a lot of advantages.

For secular sons, it is too easy to recognize each other. Even the slightest hint of flaw in their words can be easily noticed by people who are also secular sons.

For this reason, when Lin Beixuan talked to unidentified people, he would deliberately imitate the way worldly people spoke, or simply said nothing to reduce the risk of being exposed.

Mingjue in front of him obviously didn't take him seriously, so he didn't deliberately hide the way he spoke. If one didn't pay attention, it would be fine, but if one observed carefully, there were too many flaws revealed.

He called me "poor monk" on the one hand and called me "brother" on the other. Only a worldly man could do such a thing.

"Hey, brother, has something happened in this village? I have learned some methods of exorcising evil spirits and protecting houses, maybe I can help." Mingjue did not retreat and said calmly.

In most ordinary villages in the secular world, people have a pretty good impression of Taoists.

Especially in this era when evil spirits are everywhere, every village hopes that a Taoist priest with high skills will come to exorcise demons and solve all kinds of strange troubles around them.

If the Yin-walkers who exorcise ghosts and evil spirits are compared to rats in the sewers, then the monks of the orthodox Taoist sect are a noble phoenix. The two are totally incomparable.

This is the benefit of having a strong enough backer.

Among all the three religions and nine schools of thought under the emperor, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are ultimately the ones in charge.

However, it is difficult to say whether the two people in front of him are real Taoists or fake Taoists. After all, there are many people who pretend to be Taoists.

Lin Beixuan smiled at the fat Taoist in front of him and snorted coldly: "Our village does not need your help. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude."

As he spoke, Lin Beixuan swung the giant sickle in his hand, and the sharp sickle blade almost brushed Mingjue's cheek.

“In that case…” The fierceness hidden in Mingjue’s eyes was almost revealed. His fat right hand was behind his back, and a ball of slippery black mucus flowed out from his fingertips like sharp claws.

But just as he was about to make a move, the old Taoist priest's unhurried voice suddenly interrupted him. "In that case, we won't bother you anymore."

Mingjue looked back and found that the old Taoist priest had his head lowered, revealing only a pair of eyes that were impossible to see through.

Mingjue laughed out loud twice, then turned and walked away with an eerily light step. He shook his hands, and the slippery mucus on his fingertips returned back under his skin.

He did not say goodbye to Lin Beixuan, but just stared at Lin Beixuan with a cold look, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Lin Beixuan stood there, looking at the backs of the two people leaving, and his gaze finally stopped on the dozen or so black-robed men who were walking stiffly.

"It's a bit like the corpse-driving we've seen before."

After Mingjue and the other man left completely, Lin Beixuan picked up the iron chain tied to the wild boar's neck on the ground.

"How do you feel when you see the two people who came to save you leave again?"

"???"

Yang Qi was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He frantically shouted for help in the direction where Mingjue and the others had left. However, his voice turned into the grunt of a wild boar as soon as it came out.

Lin Beixuan pulled the chain around Yang Qi's neck.

"Master Gou said that as an animal, you can't learn to speak like a human."

"Let's go, there might be a good show tonight!"

Lin Beixuan showed a weird smile and pulled Yang Qi back to the village.

……

"Boom!"

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed across the dark sky, heavy rain poured down, and the wind was so strong that the branches in the forest were shaking wildly.

In the blink of light, more than a dozen zombies with bloodshot eyes and covered with white hair appeared in the rain. Their bloody mouths were slightly open, revealing their jagged teeth, and each step they took covered a distance of several meters.

In this pouring rain, the sound of their footsteps was covered up, and the astonishing yin energy on their bodies was also well concealed, making them like ghosts in the darkness.

"Hahaha, God is really helping me. I was worried that it would take some effort, but this rain came just in time!"

Mingjue hid under a big tree, opened his arms and looked at the heavy rain that covered the whole sky and earth with enjoyment.

What he refined was a Yin corpse, and in the secular world, rainstorm nights were when the Yin energy was at its strongest, and all aspects of the Yin corpse's qualities would be greatly enhanced at this time.

The old Taoist priest sat cross-legged on a bluestone under the tree, greedily breathing in the humid air brought by the rain.

He placed his fingers on the ground, and centipedes followed his fingers and crawled onto his body.

"Haha, this rain really came at a good time. It makes me feel much better."

Mingjue looked back at the old Taoist priest: "Xuanming, have you thrown all those things out?"

"Don't worry, they have already entered the village. Once I beat the hui drum, they will devour all the living things around them."

Mingjue nodded, and then there was some worry in his eyes: "Do you think people from other forces will suddenly appear and cause trouble at this time?"

"Don't worry, if anyone dares to ruin my business, I will make him live a life worse than death."

"Now, all the poisonous insects within a ten-mile radius around Huangshi Village are my eyes. If there is any abnormality, I will discover it immediately."

"That's good!"

Mingjue raised the corner of his mouth excitedly, and shook the bell with his fat right hand. Strands of slippery mucus oozed out from his fingertips, dyeing the originally golden copper bell black.

"let us start!"

……

"Have you thought about it?" Lin Beixuan turned his head slightly and looked at Mr. Mouse under the light behind him.

"I've thought about it. My ancestors believe that in these chaotic times, if you have people you can trust, you should stick together to survive. If you just run away, your relationships will only become less and less."

Lord Mouse's face was full of solemnity at this moment. He bowed to Lin Beixuan and said, "We knew that two evil guests would attack today, so we released our brothers and sisters to guard inside and outside the village in advance. Now we have discovered many unusual things."

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows: "Tell me about it."

"We found that many animals outside the village were restless and agitated, and there were many poisonous insects, snakes and ants controlled by humans in the village. These poisonous insects carried some strange power in their bodies."

"How did you find these poisonous insects?"

Lin Beixuan frowned. If it weren't for Shu Langjun's reminder, he might have suffered a great loss because of these poisonous insects.

"These poisonous insects are scattered in those tiny and hard-to-find hidden corners. It is difficult for you humans to detect them, but we gray fairies not only use our eyes to detect them, but also use smell and the perception of living things to search."

Lin Beixuan nodded when he heard this, and looked outside at the increasingly heavy rain, his eyes gradually turning cold: "Can you help me get rid of these poisonous insects?"

Mr. Mouse clasped his fists and said firmly, "Please rest assured, Master Lin."

"Thank you!"

"It's my duty." After saying this, Rat Prince immediately disappeared into the darkness, apparently giving orders to his men.

At this moment, another voice suddenly came out in the room.

"Do you need me to ask Ninth Aunt for help? She should be here by noon tomorrow." Shen Tingmiao said calmly.

"No need, it's just a small matter, we can handle it." Lin Beixuan didn't look back, his tone was full of affirmation.

Shen Tingmiao smiled slightly after hearing this: "You are becoming more and more like a mature leader now."

"..."

Lin Beixuan's face darkened when he heard this. Was I not mature enough when I first took over Qingyun Village?
But he didn't argue about the topic, but stepped directly into the rain.

The skinner's blood-stained clothes were impervious to water and fire. The rain fell on Lin Beixuan and before it stayed for a moment it flowed down the black and red blood-stained clothes and dripped along the hem of the clothes.

However, Lin Beixuan's hair had no cover and was soon soaked by the rain, hanging wetly on his shoulders.

"Rumble..."

Another flash of lightning flashed across the sky.

Shen Tingmiao leaned against the door and looked at Lin Beixuan's back.

With the sudden thunder, the opponent's figure in the rain became inexplicably taller, and three twisted black shadows extended from under his feet, stretching out a long distance.

The three shadows danced in the wind and rain, sometimes merging, sometimes dispersing, flickering with the rhythm of the thunderstorm.

Shen Tingmiao couldn't help but hold her breath. It was the first time she saw Lin Beixuan appear in front of her in this posture.

At this moment, she vaguely felt that something seemed to be rising rapidly on Lin Beixuan's body.

　There should be another 4,000-word chapter updated tonight to fill the gap left by yesterday.

　　I didn’t update yesterday because I was stuck in a writer’s block. It was too painful. I felt that my writing was too bad, so I deleted everything I wrote. I will simply not write anymore from now on.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)