In the middle of the night, Bi Ruyue knocked on Lin Ruojin's room door.

Since everyone tacitly isolated her, she was lucky enough to have a room of her own.

"Come in and sit down!" Lin Ruojin happily opened the door and made way for her. Bi Ruyue smiled and walked into the house.

"How is the owner of Baili Tower these days?"

"Uh...why are you asking him all of a sudden?"

Bi Ruyue sighed lightly and waved her hand to signal her not to be nervous. Then she said:

"I saw you at the trial meeting that day. I also heard that you had a close relationship with Baili Tower Master. I don't know why you came all the way to Qingyun to become his disciple, but since you have become Qingyun's disciple, I should take care of you at least."

After saying that, she took out a yellow talisman doll from her bosom. It was only as long as a finger, with a small brass bell hanging underneath. Lin Ruojin shook it, and the bell made a crisp but subtle sound.

"This is?"

"The soul-calming bell can protect the soul from being harmed by evil spirits." Bi Ruyue saw Lin Ruojin happily hanging the yellow talisman doll around her waist, and a cold smile flashed across her bright and affectionate eyes.

"Does it happen to everyone, or just me?"

"Others don't need this. You are a newcomer after all. You need to be careful."

The next day, Bi Ruyue was in the lobby preparing to assign tasks to everyone.

Everyone who heard about their mission nodded and began to prepare their things. Among them, a tall and thin man in white was quite dissatisfied when he heard that he was to be formed a team with Lin Ruojin.

"Big Sister!" He said in a somewhat aggressive tone, raising his hand to bow, "Lang Huan has only been in the mountain for a short time, and is unable to take care of newcomers. Please find someone to cooperate with Junior Sister Lin Ruojin!"

"Langhuan, what are you doing?" Bi Ruyue frowned.

"Lang Huan's behavior is not appropriate. Senior Sister and fellow apprentices all know it. He is not capable of leading newcomers!"

Lin Ruojin shook her head and chuckled. Was it really that she couldn't bring him, or did she think she was too much trouble?

"Don't lose your temper, this is not a joke! Lin Ruojin's strength..."

"What strength does she have? The strength to please men and rely on men to pave the way for her?"

"Langhuan! Shut up!" Bi Ruyue became angry and slapped the table hard with her palm.

Everyone seemed to be touched by what was said. Although they didn't say anything, they did not hide the smiles on their faces. Some of them even laughed intermittently while talking to each other, and the laughter was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for Lin Ruojin to hear clearly.

She doesn't take this kind of thing to heart.

She had gotten used to it. Since elementary school, when everyone knew that she had no parents, isolation and exclusion had never left her life.

"If you dislike me, just say it directly. Why do you have to say it so harshly? You all have been doing your duty on the road to seeking immortality and have not used any external force? You didn't accept any help from others?" Lin Ruojin smiled and looked at Bi Ruyue and said, "Since it is just the finishing work, I can do it alone. The process of capturing the lizard monster must be dangerous. It is better to add one more person for protection."

Hearing this, Lang Huan sneered, walked over to the two people and said, "Senior Sister, since she said so, I won't say anything more."

In the afternoon, five people followed Bi Ruyue out to patrol for the monsters, while the remaining five people including Lin Ruojin patrolled the village.

Lin Ruojin was quite comfortable alone, walking around behind the others.

It’s just that the air in this village seems a bit stinky. When she first came here, she thought it was an illusion, but now, after staying here for a day, the smell has not diminished but increased.

Especially at the end of the village, a strong sour stench would occasionally come into her nose along with the cool breeze, causing her to sneeze constantly.

After sneezing many times, Lin Ruojin rubbed his red and swollen nose and spoke to the four people walking in front.

"Don't you think it stinks here?"

"Tsk, so delicate! Aren't all small villages like this?" Lang Huan said to everyone sarcastically: "It's just the smell of pig, cow and sheep feces. We can all stand it, but some people can't stand it?"

"I really don't know what she can do if she has to say such a thing."

"Having a pretty face is different~"

Lin Ruojin felt bored and turned to look to the side. There were indeed several pig, cattle and sheep pens built close together on both sides of the mud wall surrounding the village, but she had also worked part-time in a farm, and the smell was definitely not the stench of excrement.

She sniffed twice, then walked quickly to a pigpen while no one was paying attention.

As soon as he got close, a sour and stinky smell hit Lin Ruojin's nose, which made his throat tighten and he began to retch.

Fighting back the nausea, I looked into the pigpen again. This pigpen was surprisingly clean, as if it had been carefully cleaned not long ago. A few white pigs were humping in the stone trough against the earth wall, with their ears flapping, and grunting as they ate.

"It's so clean, how can it be so smelly?"

She felt a sense of disdain in her heart, and was about to lean forward, leaning down to take another sniff, supporting the door with both hands.

Suddenly, a pair of strong hands grabbed her arms and then threw her back violently.

"Who let you near my pigpen?"

A man with a strong waist and a handsome appearance, dressed in a rough linen shirt, was still pulling Lin Ruojin's arm, gritting his teeth fiercely. His pair of fierce eyes like a leopard stared at Lin Ruojin's face.

"Who are you? There's no one like you in this village!"

"I..." Lin Ruojin paused, thinking that she couldn't just say that his pigpen was too smelly and he came over to smell it, so she raised the corners of her lips and pointed at her ear, pretending to be relaxed, and said, "I'm a disciple from Qingyun Mountain who came to help the village chief catch monsters. I accidentally lost a pendant when I passed by here yesterday, so I came here to look for it today."

"Pendant?" The man's eyes slowly fell on Lin Ruojin's earlobe, which was so white that a faint blood color could be seen. He was stunned for a moment, "Is that so? But, I cleaned this place today and didn't see any pendant. Even if it fell here, it's just your bad luck. You will definitely not be able to find it."

"..."

"Brother~" Lin Ruojin changed to a soft tone, rubbing her eyes with her hands aggrieved, "That's the dowry my mother left me. It's not a big thing, but it's very important to me. If I lose it, my mother will beat me to death when I get home!"

"Your mother...still hits you?" The man slowly released his hand that had been holding the woman's arm.

"Well, there is only one dowry. If it is lost, no one will prepare another for me! So... let me look for it again. If I really can't find it, I will consider myself unlucky, okay?"

Seeing the woman's eyes gradually gleam with tears, he turned his head and pointed at the pigpen, saying in a hoarse voice, "Go find it, hurry up."

Lin Ruo did not rush in. Instead, she acted like a lady from a noble family, bowed her head, bowed, said thank you, and then walked in slowly, holding up her skirt.

Seeing her lower her head and carefully searching for every gap, the man's eyes fell uncontrollably on her waist that was so slender that one arm could wrap around it...

Lin Ruojin squatted on the ground with her mouth and nose covered. The white pigs nearby saw a stranger entering the circle and all approached Lin Ruojin and nudged her with their noses.

"Go down! Go down!" He slapped them on the back a few times to drive away the troublesome ones. He looked at the beautiful face of the woman, crossed his arms and placed them on the gate of the pen in a good mood, and asked her: "How is it? Did you find it?"

“No…” Lin Ruojin shook his head and stood up, “If I can’t find it, then I’m unlucky.”

"..."

Zhenya didn't say anything, but silently watched Lin Ruojin walk out of the pigsty with a lost look on her face.

On the way, Lin Ruojin recalled everything that had just happened thoughtfully.

The pigsty was indeed very clean, so clean that not a speck of dirt could be seen, but the sour, rotten smell that was like swill that had been exposed to the sun for several days was definitely coming from there...

Just as he was thinking about it, he ran into Langhuan head-on.

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