This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 85: The Yin People Passing Through
Hearing Zhuang Lin say this, Lu Jing and others realized that he might know the situation of this family.

"Master, are you clear now?"

When Lu Jing asked this, he saw Zhuang Lin nodded.

"I've been here for a while. You guys were talking and discussing things so loudly that even I could hear it from outside. I'm sure the people inside could hear it clearly too."

The four of them looked at each other awkwardly, but were they also very puzzled. Was the voice really that loud just now?
"Then, Master, do you have any good ideas? Oh, Master, please sit down!"

Lu Jing asked again, and at the same time made room for a crossbar, cleaned it up, and then asked Zhuang Lin to sit down.

As soon as Zhuang Lin sat down, the other three all looked at Zhuang Lin, who thought for a moment before answering the previous question.

"We also have to see what they want. If they prefer to stay in their hometown, they can buy some land and other security as you said. If they can't stand this place anymore and are willing to take the risk and trust Zhuang, then there is still a good place for them to go."

"What kind of security?" "Where is a good place to go?"

Lu Cheng and Yang Tianlei asked the question almost at the same time. Zhuang Lin smiled and looked back towards the inner room, realizing that the woman was actually listening quietly.

Zhuang Lin did not shy away from the question and answered it with a smile.

"So-called protection is nothing more than a means to make outsiders fear you. At home, you rely on your relatives; outside, you rely on your husband. I think this sister-in-law is not from this place and has no relatives from her natal family here. Otherwise, she wouldn't be in such a miserable situation!"

"That makes sense!" "As expected of you, Master. Why didn't I think of that? You mean to help her find support from her family, or send her back to her parents' home?"

Zhuang Lin glanced at the person who spoke and shook his head.

"If they really had family members to rely on, they wouldn't have to resort to suicide!"

“That’s true.”

Zhuang Lin was not just guessing. He just took a quick look at the woman's face and fate, and combined it with the actual situation, he naturally understood.

"What should we do then? She has no family to rely on. Why did you say that just now, Master?"

Zhuang Lin glanced at Lu Jing.

"You're so stupid! You can't make up your family background out of thin air. You said everyone in the village knows everything about you, but that's not necessarily true. If you marry from far away, who knows if you have any powerful relatives?"

Lu Jing and others frowned, as if they were still thinking. Lu Chengshi asked directly when he couldn't figure it out.

"How can this be made? I've heard that children can be born, but my mother's family was born that way, so how can this be made?"

"Master, what you mean is to make others think her family is powerful?"

After Yang Tianlei said this, Zhuang Lin smiled again and nodded.

"You are a teachable child! For example, if I, the teacher, were to suddenly come looking for my relatives, dressed as a scholar and accompanied by four strong followers, saying that I had been separated from my sister since childhood and had come to reunite with her, how would the villagers view me?"

"Now that you mention it, it seems like there are suddenly more solutions."

"But this isn't a complete guarantee, is it?"

Zhuang Lin nodded.

"That's true, but nothing can be perfect. We can only try to deal with the extra things as much as possible. Ultimately, it all depends on how you manage your fate. Even if you have a healthy and prosperous family, how can you say that everything is guaranteed?"

"Master, didn't you say there was another good place to go?"

"Yeah, there is a good way out."

Zhuang Lin smiled and stated the second method calmly and clearly.

"If they can really give up everything here, then leave some copper coins here. It doesn't have to be so much that it attracts people's attention. It should be enough to cover their living expenses for a month or two after we leave."

Zhuang Lin paused for a moment before continuing.

"After this trip, I will come back here and take them all home!"

"Ah?" "Master, you"

Zhuang Lin's eyes jumped and he looked at the four people with astonishment on their faces. What on earth are you guys thinking about?
"Zhuang is saying that I want to take them to my hometown and buy them a house and land to start a new life. The climate there is comfortable and the environment is pleasant. The villagers are friendly. I will also take care of them, so I will definitely not let them suffer from cold and hunger!"

"Oh" "That's good!"

The four of them suddenly understood and nodded in agreement. With the teacher looking after them, there would definitely be no problem.

"Master, you never seem to tell me where your hometown is?" "Yes, Master, can you tell me so we can visit you later!"

The four of them looked expectant, but Zhuang Lin thought about it and shook his head.

"Don't say it, don't say it!"

The four of them felt somewhat lost. After going through so much, they had already understood that the Master was most likely not an ordinary mortal.

At this time, the four of them seemed to realize something and looked towards the inner room one after another.

In this way, it seems that although the four orphans and the widowed mother have just suffered a misfortune in their family, if they can seize this opportunity, they may be better than thousands of ordinary people in the future!

"By the way, Master, is there something strange here?"

"Yes, it's just nightfall here, and every household has turned off the lights. I don't believe they go to bed so early. Besides, this sister-in-law is in such a predicament, and she won't even let me light the lamp."

This family was already in a desperate situation, but they still instinctively refused to light the lamp, which shows that this custom had a deep influence.

"There is some demonic energy, but it's not strong. Instead, there is a strong yin energy."

Zhuang Lin had already noticed when he first arrived in the village that the yin energy here was very strong, so he walked around the village and of course heard the villagers whispering in their homes.

Perhaps it was because the newly widowed Liu happened to be passing by with four men, so some of the nearby families were discussing the matter. A widow bringing a few strange men home at night was certainly not a good thing. But the strange customs here were probably related to this yin energy.

"It's only nightfall, and the sun's firepower has only just dissipated. There shouldn't be such a heavy yin energy!"

As Zhuang Lin said this, Yang Tianlei on the side immediately looked towards the inner room and asked in a low voice.

"Why don't you ask her?"

Zhuang Lin shook his head.

"No need. An ordinary woman wouldn't know much. Even the villagers are just spreading rumors. It's just instinct to avoid danger and seek good fortune! But when things are out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy. I have a premonition that we'll find out soon!"

A moment?

Yang Tianlei and others looked at each other and perked up.
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As time passed, the night gradually deepened. There was no talking outside for a long time. The woman in the inner room, who had been daydreaming about many things, fell asleep leaning against the bed without realizing it.

Two of the three children have been sleeping soundly since they returned home, while the oldest girl has been holding her mother's hand tightly with her little hand, as if she was afraid of being shaken off.

In the hall outside, Zhuang Lin closed his eyes and rested.

The other four were sitting cross-legged and practicing martial arts. Although it couldn't completely replace sleep, it could make up for the loss of energy.

"Woohoo. Woohoo"

There was the sound of the howling north wind outside, but at a certain moment, the sound of the wind suddenly weakened, and the sound of the paper spirit-calling banners outside the house gradually died down.

At this moment, Zhuang Lin suddenly opened his eyes, and Lu Jing and others around him also opened their eyes the next moment. After all, the wind stopped rather suddenly.

"Master, are you here?"

"Ok!"

Zhuang Lin responded but did not stand up immediately. Instead, the four people around him began to get excited, but after a while, they all frowned.

“It’s so cold.” “Yeah, it’s a bit chilly indeed!”

This was an unusually cold sensation. It was the first time since their martial arts training that the four of them had truly felt cold. It wasn't unbearably cold, but goose bumps did appear on their arms.
"What an amazing yin energy. It doesn't seem to be directed at this side!"

Zhuang Lin couldn't help but show surprise in his words, and then he stood up. The four people beside him did the same, and then followed the teacher to open the door and go out.

After closing the door, the five of them stood in the courtyard. Zhuang Lin, the leader, looked toward a small tree in the distance, near the mountain. The few remaining leaves on it were actually beginning to wither.
The moonlight was still bright, illuminating many places, and the Tai Chi in Zhuang Lin's eyes moved slightly, allowing him to see clearly the flow of qi around him.

The yin energy here is just the aftermath of the passing!
"Not here, on the ridge over there! Be careful not to get too close, and focus on regulating your breathing and suppressing your Qi and blood!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuang Lin jumped out of the courtyard, tapped a nearby tree, and flew away as light as a swallow.

Lu Jing and the others were just a step slower, and then they also jumped out of the courtyard. Although they had achieved a certain level of accomplishment in lightness skills, they were still far behind Zhuang Lin, so they could only follow him from a distance, but fortunately the distance was not too far.

Just as he jumped out of the village and reached a ridge, Zhuang Lin stopped and looked ahead with wide eyes.

Lu Jing and the others followed a few breaths later and arrived behind Zhuang Lin. They all looked into the distance along his line of sight, but the four of them were more confused.

"What's wrong, Master?" "What are you looking at?"

Zhuang Lin grinned and raised his hand to signal the four people to stop talking, and the surroundings immediately returned to silence.

Although it was late autumn and the beginning of winter, and there were not many insects or birds singing in the mountains and forests, it was obviously abnormal to be so dead silent tonight.

In Zhuang Lin's eyes, a strange mist was rising from the mountain ridge a little further away, and within that mist were groups of evil spirits.
That's not just eight or ten, but hundreds and thousands.
Even Zhuang Lin didn't expect to see such a scene!
Although Zhuang Lin now believes that ghosts are relatively weak beings and he has no need to be afraid of them, this situation is still a bit scary for him.

Among the ghosts, some wore armor and held iron chains and weapons, surrounding them on both sides. Some held white spirit-calling banners and cleared the way, while others floated in the air, patrolling back and forth. Wherever the group passed, the branches and leaves of some vegetation in the nearby mountains withered.
Zhuang Lin could even hear some horse hooves and neighing sounds, some faint scolding, and increasingly obvious crying sounds.

There were countless ghosts and spirits shouting, crying, and begging. Most of them looked like humans, but some did not look like humans, and some looked like animals.
The more he listened, the more obvious the sound became. In Zhuang Lin's ears, the sound of "woo woo woo wah wah" was so chaotic that it made him a little irritated.
Among the ghosts over there, there was a man in armor riding a horse, riding back and forth, waving a long whip and scolding.

"Shut up, shut up—quit making any noise—"

"Pah~pah~"

Every time the whip was swung, a burst of white light would appear, extending at least ten feet away, causing some ghosts to stagger.
"General, General, my home is just ahead. Please, General, show me mercy and allow me to go home to see my wife and children—"

The ghost of a man suddenly ran out of the team and begged, but was stopped by the soldiers around him.

The general on horseback suddenly turned his horse's head, galloped over and raised his whip to hit him.

"Pa~" "Ah——"

The man's ghost let out a scream, was enveloped by white light, and flew back into the group of ghosts.

"The rules cannot be broken, don't make any noise—this is a warning. If you do it again, I'll beat you to death—"

But it seemed that the ghost general didn't need to attack again. After being hit, the man's ghost body and soul were scattered and fell into the group of ghosts, attracting countless ghosts nearby to pounce on him.

"Uh. Ah. Help me."

Countless ghosts were tearing the man's soul apart, and even biting him directly, causing him to scream in agony.
When Zhuang Lin saw this scene, he couldn't help but take a few steps forward. Just by taking a glance, he intuitively knew that the ghost of the man was the widow Liu's deceased husband!
It was because of Zhuang Lin's movement that he was fine, but the four people he was blocking were exposed because of his movement.

The ghost general over there suddenly turned his head and saw that there were people not far away!
The ghost general first saw Lu Jing and others, and then Muran discovered that there was another "person" in front who had been ignored!
A little further behind Zhuang Lin, Lu Jing and the others suddenly felt their scalps tingle and their bodies chilled. They couldn't help but use their Qi to ward off the cold.
Zhuang Lin thought to himself that this was not good, but he was not afraid to look up and look at the ghost general. He was confident that he could protect the four people.

As soon as the ghost general saw the Confucian scholar with calm eyes, he knew that this was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Who are you? I am an envoy under the command of the Emperor of Mount Dangzhong, escorting ghosts across the border. Anyone who dares to stop me will die—"

At this moment, the ghost general's voice was not only heard by Zhuang Lin, because it was a warning to five people, so even Lu Jing, Yang Tianlei and others heard it clearly!
The sound seemed to be the chill of the howling north wind transformed into substance, and it continued to echo in the mountains.

Indistinctly, the four of them seemed to see a horse-riding general in the mist, with a terrifying face, shouting at them. The four of them were so cold that their limbs went numb and they could hardly move.
(End of this chapter)