Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 270 269: The road ahead is uncertain, the future is unknown
"Look, the person I'm waiting for is here!"

Lin Beixuan sat on a rock, his expression calm and his tone relaxed, as if he was neither happy nor excited about the hundreds of people rushing towards him in a menacing manner not far away.

Gu Yan looked at Lin Beixuan, feeling both surprised and a little frightened.

Only when he truly saw those wolf-like and tiger-like eyes did he realize that Lin Beixuan had never lied from beginning to end and that the other party really intended to rebel.

So, now there is a choice before him.

To follow, or not to follow...

Although he understood that what he said before might have caused the other party to have some resentment towards him, when he really saw those people who were dressed in ordinary clothes but had a military aura, his thoughts began to waver.

"If I follow these people, I should have a better chance of survival in this chaotic world."

However, another thought suddenly came to his mind.

"Although those few hundred people seem to have made mistakes, it is still a bit of a pipe dream to overthrow the court with this. They can only barely gain a foothold in the chaotic times."

"And even if I wanted to join them, I'm afraid the villagers wouldn't be willing."

After a psychological struggle, and after a moment's hesitation, Gu Yan was about to bow to Lin Beixuan.

"Since the people who are here to pick you up have arrived, we in Xiahe Village will leave first. Thank you for your help this time. If you need any help in the future, I will definitely do my best to repay you for this favor."

Gu Yan's face looked much more haggard than when Lin Beixuan first met him, but he spoke this sentence with full energy and solemnity, as if he had used up all his strength.

Lin Beixuan looked at Gu Yan, and the bad impression he had of him from their previous conversation faded a little.

'After all, they are just people who want to survive!'

Sighing in his heart, Lin Beixuan clasped his fists towards Gu Yan, his attitude much softer than before.

"If you can get out of Luozhou alive, you can go to Huangshi Village on the border between Qingzhou and Luozhou. I have people there, and it is relatively safe compared to other places for the time being."

Gu Yan's expression was slightly moved, and he showed gratitude.

"Thank you!"

"Ah."

Lin Beixuan looked at Gu Yan's back as he slowly turned around.

Old, thin, confused, scared... several emotions piled on the shoulders of this short and thin man.

"Take care!"

The faint words sounded behind him, which made Gu Yan's shoulders tremble. After thinking about something, he slowly turned around and waved to Lin Beixuan.

"Take care of yourself, my dear!"

After saying goodbye, the group from Xiahe Village, under the organization of Gu Yan, packed up their bags and hundreds of people slowly left under the gray sky.

This group of people are like the wild grass that have just sprouted out of the ground on this dry land. They have the desire to survive tenaciously, but they don’t know the way forward.

Looking at these people walking away, a complex light flashed in Lin Beixuan's eyes.

In his opinion, the probability that the people from Xiahe Village could eventually walk out of Luozhou alive was actually very low.

Not to mention that Luozhou is affected by the starving ghosts and it is difficult to get out. The subsequent food and other issues will be the biggest problem.

He walked all the way here from Qingzhou, and had never seen anything to eat along the way, and there were even few sources of drinkable water.

He is not a pushover. Since the other party has decided to go his own way, he will not say anything more. In the end, he can only wish the other party less hardships on the road.

"I hope they can all survive!" Lin Beixuan sighed softly.

After saying this, he tilted his head slightly and looked at the twenty or so people around him.

"What about you guys? Are you sure you want to follow me?"

Lin Beixuan looked at the people in front of him with a calm expression. He did not feel as relieved as others imagined, nor did he feel disgusted as if there were a few more burdens.

"That's right. I don't see any hope from the village chief."

Yinggu walked forward leading Ajiu and put her remaining small bag of dry food on the ground. There was no trace of nostalgia for the people in Xiahe Village in her tone.

Since her husband's death, she has been supporting the family alone. Before the great drought in Luozhou, the only elder in the family had also passed away, and now she and her child are the only ones left.

This also made her a courageous and resolute person.

Although she is a woman, she is more opinionated than many men.

Among the twenty or so people, there was only her, a woman with a disfigured face, and the families of some men present.

What Lin Beixuan didn't expect was that the man who seemed to be quite prestigious in Xiahe Village actually stayed.

Guan Shuo and more than twenty bald men bowed to Lin Beixuan, and also took out some dry food from their bodies and placed it on the open space in front of Lin Beixuan.

Lin Beixuan had some impression of this person. Logically, he should be the most supportive of Xiahe Village.

"I remember you, why don't you follow your village chief?"

From what he had seen of Guan Shuo's style, he knew that this man had his own principles and would not abandon Xiahe Village and stay here.

Guan Shuo stopped, with an indescribable complexity and helplessness on his face.

"Actually, it was the village chief who asked me to stay with a few brothers."

"So that's how it is." Lin Beixuan frowned.

"Although I agree with your idea, I also originally planned to follow Xiahe Village, but the village chief..."

Halfway through his words, Guan Shuo's eyes turned red and his voice became a little choked.

"He felt that some of the fire should be preserved for Xiahe Village. If they died, at least a small number of people would survive, so that Xiahe Village would not be completely cut off from the incense."

These ordinary people in the secular world are very much like the farmers in the turbulent period of ancient Xuan Kingdom. It can be said that they have no culture, but in order for something to continue, they are really willing to give up many things.

If Lin Beixuan's guess is correct, together with Guan Shuo, the men who stayed behind should be the strongest in their Xiahe Village and have the greatest chance of survival.

Many of these people have learned some basic martial arts, and although they have not yet reached the level of becoming a master, they are still much stronger than ordinary people.

Looking at the people in front of him, a sentence popped up in Lin Beixuan's mind.

"Does this count as letting those who deserve to live live?"

Gu Yan witnessed all the risks along the way back to the ground. If it weren't for Lin Beixuan, they might not even be able to pass the Sanjiao Fu test and would have died early in the body of the Liku River God.

Gu Yan knew that without Lin Beixuan's protection, their journey would be extremely dangerous. Instead of letting Guan Shuo and others suffer in vain in Xiahe Village, it would be better for them to stay with Lin Beixuan, where there might be a glimmer of hope.

"He is very smart." Lin Beixuan exhaled and said lightly.

After saying this, Lin Beixuan didn't say anything more. He closed his eyes quietly and waited for Wu Huo, Shen Tingmiao and others to come.

As he stopped talking, the atmosphere on the field became a little depressing.

Guan Shuo and others comforted the sad families and began to think about how they would be assigned next.

Not long after, there was a rumbling sound of footsteps coming from afar and coming closer to them.

Guan Shuo and others stared with wide eyes at the army that was getting closer and closer to them not far away, and they felt very nervous.

Only then did he realize that the composition of Lin Beixuan's team was somewhat strange. Although each of those people had human features, they did not look quite like humans.

After reminiscing for a long time, he couldn't help but blurt out in surprise, "These are all aliens!"

'Stranger'.

Even in this secular world full of weirdness and evil, this race is relatively rare.

These people are born with physical differences from humans. Although they are all human beings, they are rejected in many areas.

This is similar to the situation where, under a large base, those small base members who do not fit in will often be squeezed out.

Special people are often treated 'specially'.

Even in the modern world, the reality is similar.

People with physical disabilities or abnormalities will certainly not find it easy to integrate into a group of normal people. This stems from the mediating effect of a sense of security.

When encountering and recognizing things and people that are different from what we know, the body will subconsciously reject and deny them.

At this time, Guan Shuo and others felt this way, but this insecurity came from themselves.

A group of strange people who looked as ferocious as wolves and tigers stopped in front of Guan Shuo and others, looking back and forth at them with eyes filled with confusion and curiosity.

After all, these were the first people they had truly met since entering Luozhou.

They had been stationed in the village as ordered by Lin Beixuan. However, after a long time, Lin Beixuan did not come up. Wu Huo even got so excited that he wanted to go down to look for him. In the end, Shen Tingmiao held him back.

After almost a day and a night, they suddenly felt the ground shaking, as if a series of explosions had occurred below. Soon afterwards, a loud bang was heard in the distance. Thinking of the underground shaking, they guessed that Lin Beixuan might have appeared here, so they rushed over without stopping.

Fortunately, things turned out just as they expected.

Shen Tingmiao was obviously relieved after seeing Lin Beixuan, and the dim light emitted from the shrine in her arms gradually dissipated.

Wu Huo ran forward anxiously and looked at Lin Beixuan with concern: "General, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Lin Beixuan waved his hand, pointed at Guan Shuo and the others, and said to Wu Huo: "Among the more than 20 people, the men will be incorporated into the team, and the women can find some work for them. Hmm... just take charge of logistics for the time being, and help everyone mend their clothes and so on."

"From today on, they are one of us too."

"Uh…"

Wu Huo turned his head to look at Guan Shuo and others, and then his gaze fell on Ajiu and several other children.

'And bring your family with you.'

Seeing them, Wu Huo couldn't help but recall his own past experiences.

He remembered that when he was young, the village was destroyed and his parents took him into exile, begging for survival.

Feeling the same way, Wu Huo showed a friendly smile on his face.

"General, I know what to do." Wu Huo patted his chest and assured Lin Beixuan.

Lin Beixuan nodded: "Let's temporarily set up camp here. I'm injured and need some time to recuperate."

Upon hearing this, Wu Huo immediately gave orders, strode over to Guan Shuo and the others, and looked at them with a wide smile.

"The general said that from today on, you are all members of our army. We are all brothers, so there is no need to be estranged from each other."

"And you don't have to worry about your families. I will arrange a separate tent for them so that they won't get hurt..."

Wu Huo seemed particularly excited about the new recruit, so he gave a few more instructions and then went to help his deputy set up the tent.

Guan Shuo watched Wu Huo turn and leave, and felt slightly relieved. He was really afraid that the other party was someone who was difficult to deal with.

So far, he seems to be a good person.

The army of more than 200 people under Lin Beixuan's command was not as weak as the traditional armies of past dynasties in his knowledge, but was well-organized and disciplined.

It gives people a novel experience, as if it does not belong to this era.

Ajiu looked at the busy figures in front of him, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

These were the first times he had seen the so-called 'soldiers'.

The aura emanating from those people not only did not make him feel afraid, but instead made him feel a little yearning.

Although it was just a small matter of setting up camp, this orderly and efficient action, in which everyone had a purpose, had a great impact on the young boy.

It turns out that when so many people work together, it doesn't have to be chaotic, but rather so orderly and full of power.

Lin Beixuan leaned against the stone, looking at everyone, his heart was extremely calm.

It has been quite some time since they entered Luozhou. Compared with before, the strange people in Qingyun Village have changed a lot. They have already developed some things they long for.

Shen Tingmiao walked towards Lin Beixuan, and couldn't help but glance at the infant spirit floating in the air.

Unexpectedly, the infant spirit also looked at her at the same time, raised its chin and snorted at her, then staggered back into Lin Beixuan's bag.

"..."

Shen Tingmiao rolled her eyes helplessly.

This was not the first time that the infant spirit had met her, but the two had not had much interaction. However, ever since the infant spirit had established its own house and grew up a little, for some reason he had become more repulsive to her.

"You seem to be injured."

Shen Tingmiao sat next to Lin Beixuan. The yellow jacket she often wore had frayed edges due to the wind and sand, and the color seemed to have faded a lot.

"Well, I tried to see where my bottom line is. This injury was not in vain."

A breeze blew, ruffling Lin Beixuan's gray hair, making Shen Tingmiao a little dazed.

After a long silence, Shen Tingmiao slowly said: "You are becoming more and more different from before."

"?"

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows and suddenly laughed: "People are always changing, aren't they?"

Shen Tingmiao nodded, not thinking there was anything wrong with what Lin Beixuan said.

"What should we do next?"

"Of course we will continue to advance, and visit Xuefeng Mountain and Luozhou Plain one by one.

But I have recently discovered a lot of news about Luozhou, and there may be some changes along the way, but overall we should still proceed according to the original plan."

"We are still a little short of people, and with more and more new people joining, the team will become mixed. Our strength is still too weak." Shen Tingmiao sighed.

Lin Beixuan shook his head: "Everything needs time to grow, I need it, and so do you."

"How's everyone's training going on that weapon training?"

Speaking of this, Shen Tingmiao showed a hint of pride on her face.

"This technique is the strongest basic technique I have ever seen. It uses killing and attacking to enter the Dao. I have taught everyone to recognize the words on it. I believe that it will not take long before a qualitative change will occur. In the future, if everyone in the team is at the Kaifu realm and the number reaches a certain level, combined with the formation, I am afraid that even a secular god can be defeated."

"Not bad!" Lin Beixuan praised, forcing himself to stand up and looking at the vast world in the distance.

"Then I can't fall behind, so let me invite the gods to enter my house in this hell!"

(End of this chapter)