Chapter 10 Meng Ting
Just then, the system's voice sounded.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for triggering the side quest, Lin Mo's Obsession. Mission prompt: Lin Mo regretted the betrayal of his childhood sweetheart and the failure to keep the brocade box left by his parents, which led to his death from excessive drinking, which condensed into deep resentment.
Mission requirement: make the resentment of the predecessor Lin Mo dissipate, mission reward: 3000 points. "
Lin Mo looked at Meng Ting deeply again and then asked the system: "I understand. You want me to kill the woman in front of me and take back the brocade box, right? And there is no time requirement for the side quest?"
"Ding, the mission requires that Lin Mo's resentment dissipate. In addition, all of the host's side missions can only be activated by being triggered in reality, so there is no time limit and no penalty."
Lin Mo nodded, drew out the bloody knife he carried with him, and walked towards Meng Ting step by step.
Meng Ting was stunned at this moment. She had never expected that Lin Mo would change so much. Looking at his actions, was he going to kill me? How could that be? Especially the look in Lin Mo's eyes, which was just like the look he gave to a stranger. There was no emotion or ripples. Meng Ting could not stand this atmosphere and said loudly:
"Lin Mo, don't you want to know why I called you here? Do you still want to get the brocade box back?"
Lin Mo turned a deaf ear and raised his hand to slash at Meng Ting with a knife. Meng Ting dodged awkwardly, but Lin Mo was not going to let her go. He used the Bloody Killing Knife Technique, and every strike of the knife went straight to Meng Ting's vitals!
Meng Ting had no weapons and could only dodge. Although she had taken a large amount of elixirs at the Hu family and reached the sixth level of marrow refining, the elixirs had improved her realm but she had no fighting power.
Meng Ting felt that she couldn't go on like this. She was in danger after just five moves, so she dodged while saying:
"Do you think I betrayed you, so you want to kill me? I am just an ordinary woman, and everything I did was instructed by the Hu family. I have been an orphan since I was a child, and I have no power or influence. They asked me to do this, is there any other to refuse?
Or was it that you, a weak young man, could protect me before? No! I could only listen to the Hu family, and I didn't have a good life in the Hu family. After the head of the Hu family, Hu Wei, found that my physique was suitable for martial arts training, he let me marry his second son, Hu Yi.
I am just an ordinary woman. Even if I am suitable for practicing martial arts, I would not be allowed to marry the second young master of the Hu family. So in the past few months, I secretly went to the Hu family's study every day to read ancient books, only to find out that I have a wedding dress divine body.
Women with my physique are natural cauldrons. When I remain a virgin and my cultivation reaches the acquired realm, the first time I have intercourse with a man, he will easily break through to the innate realm, but I will lose all my strength, and then my energy will be absorbed by him until I die.
Now, I am afraid every day, afraid of dying like this. From the beginning, I just wanted to live, even if I could live like this as an ordinary person. If this is the price I have to pay for betraying you, I have already begun to bear it.
I came here this time to make a deal with you. The Hu family has noticed you since you killed a servant of the Hu family. However, because something big happened recently, they temporarily relaxed their surveillance on you. It was after I heard the news that I quietly observed you for a while.
Although your cultivation is high, it is still not as good as Hu Weidi, so we need to cooperate, so that both you and I can survive! Lin Mo! There is no benefit in killing me here! It will only make the Hu family aware of you! "
When Lin Mo heard this, he suddenly realized something, but the system task still had to be completed. At this time, Meng Ting had been forced into a dead end, and Lin Mo's knife was on Meng Ting's neck!
Lin Mo saw a lot in Meng Ting's eyes, fear, regret, terror, and hope for life. Just when Lin Mo was about to kill her with a knife.
"Ding, the side quest is 1/3 complete. Please continue to work hard, host."
Lin Mo was stunned when he heard this. What did this mean? Originally, he thought that he just had to kill Meng Ting and then find a way to steal the brocade box back. But now he was prompted to complete one third of the task, so what about the remaining two thirds?
One of them should refer to the brocade box, and the other one should refer to the head of the Hu family or the hatred of the second young master of the Hu family who wanted to steal his love. But it’s okay this way, and cooperation with Meng Ting is indeed very necessary.
Now he is completely in the dark about the Hu family and has no idea where to start his revenge. Moreover, his goal is just to get the brocade box back first. Is there any punishment for this branch quest? Killing the head of the Hu family or the second young master of the Hu family will be too much trouble.
I had just heard Tang Yu talk about how terrifying Hu Ling, the eldest son of the Hu family, was. And if I really killed his relatives, I'm afraid that the Lujian Mountain behind Hu Ling would also send people. I still have to make long-term plans.
After thinking about it, Lin Mo took back the knife in his hand and said, "Tell me how to cooperate. With your current situation, it will be difficult for you to leave the Hu family. There is no need to talk about things that are too risky, and there is no need to think about threatening me. At worst, I can kill you and go out to hide. There will always be a chance to deal with the Hu family."
When Meng Ting saw him put away the knife, she suddenly gasped violently. After all, she thought she was really going to die just now. There was no doubt that the murderous aura really wanted to kill her.
Although she didn't know why Lin Mo stopped in the end, she just wanted to be alive. At this time, the cold sweat on her body soaked her clothes. Under the great fear of death, Meng Ting's hope for life became stronger. She took a few deep breaths, calmed her violently beating heart a little, and then said:
"I know you want to get the brocade box back. Only I, the second young master Hu Yi, and the head of the Hu family, Hu Weidi, know about the brocade box. I also know the whereabouts of the brocade box. When Hu Weidi first got the brocade box, he carried it with him every day.
But it seems that he has been unable to open it, so he put the brocade box in a secret compartment in the study. I accidentally found it when I was reading a book before. I can help you get it out, but I hope you can help me join the Yue Girl Sword Society. "
Lin Mo couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "Yuenu Sword Society? Your request is a bit too much. I'm just a casual cultivator and I don't know anyone from Yuenu Sword Society. How can I help you?"
Meng Ting had regained her composure and said, "I saw you and Tang Yu go to the second floor of the restaurant today. I guess you also met someone from the Yuenu Sword Society. With Tang Yu's reputation, she would not refuse if she just casually told Liu Emei from the Yuenu Sword Society."
Lin Mo's mind was working at overspeed at this time, and he laughed softly, "You should be very clear about the identity of the eldest young master of the Hu family, and since the head of the Hu family hopes that you can take on the responsibility of the Wedding Dress Divine Body, he must want you to practice quickly, and it is already difficult for a small family like this to support you from an ordinary person to the marrow refining stage.
The next method is to put you into a big sect. I have seen the Wedding Dress Divine Body in ancient books before.
Although you are mainly serving as a wedding dress for others, your own cultivation speed is not slow. The Hu family should be afraid of being reaped the benefits by others, so they chose the Yuenu Sword Society, and they will also find some ways to control you so that you will come back to serve as a wedding dress when you reach the acquired realm.
The Hu family should have sent someone to contact the Yue Female Sword Society's Liu Emei, and she should have recognized your physique, so she refused. You asked me to go find Tang Yu to help you intercede.
If you are just an ordinary disciple, of course you can, but do you think Yuenu Sword Society will agree to someone like you who is destined to be used as a wedding dress by the Hu family? You hope that I will openly provoke a conflict with the second young master of the Hu family.
Regardless of whether the Yuenu Sword Society will let you join, I am here to plead for you. Ordinary people may not care, but the head of the Hu family will turn his attention to me again.
It is said that the second young master of the Hu family seems to be upright on the outside, but he is actually very mean-spirited. His wife needs the help of another man to be introduced to the sect. Even if he has no real feelings for you, I am afraid he will not feel comfortable. Do you want me to kill the second young master of the Hu family, Hu Yi?"
Meng Ting's face turned pale and her voice became much deeper: "You have changed, a lot. Yes! I want to kill Hu Yi. Only by killing him can I be safe. As long as Hu Yi dies, the Hu family will be in chaos and I can escape. I admit that I have another bargaining chip to join the Yue Girl Sword Society. You help me kill Hu Yi, and I help you steal the brocade box back. It's fair, isn't it!"
Lin Mo drew out the blood knife again, put it on Meng Ting's neck, and said disdainfully: "Then I will help you attract the firepower of the Hu family, and even cause Hu Ling to chase you, or even provoke Shang Lujian Mountain. Your deal is very fair. If you still have such a whimsical idea, I can only send you to death."
Meng Ting gritted her teeth. A trace of blood had appeared on her neck due to the blood knife's piercing. She took a few deep breaths and said as if she had made up her mind: "I have three more pieces of information. First, the Earth Tiger Society was secretly organized by Hu Weidi alone. The purpose was to help him and Hu Yi collect elixirs for cultivation, and also to better control Jinyang City."
Lin Mo shook his head and said, "This news is good, but it's not valuable enough."
Meng Ting continued, "Secondly, Hu Ling and the Hu family are not as close as you think. Everyone thinks that the Hu family rose because of Hu Ling. In fact, Hu Ling has never had any contact with the Hu family since he joined the Lujian Mountain. I have heard some old housekeepers and servants say that Hu Weidi has favored Hu Yi since he was a child.
However, Hu Ling had always ignored him and even did not teach him martial arts since he was a child. Until one day, an elder from Lujian Mountain passed by Jinyang City and saw Hu Ling practicing with a branch on the street corner. He discovered that Hu Ling seemed to have a sword heart that was about to awaken, so he brought him to Lujian Mountain to practice, and then he created such a great reputation.
But Hu Ling never came back to visit the Hu family, and Hu Yi was privately very dissatisfied with his brother. That was why I was able to convince the people of the Yuenu Sword Society that I could join the Society after Hu Yi's death.
So even if you kill Hu Yi, you don't have to worry about Hu Ling's revenge. Hu Ling may have even forgotten the Hu family a long time ago."
When Lin Mo heard the word "sword heart", he couldn't help but marvel at Hu Ling's strong understanding. He knew very well that this kind of sword heart and knife heart was equivalent to finding his own way.
And he has already recognized who he is, so Hu Ling's disregard for the Hu family also shows a certain degree of demarcation, but this kind of thing cannot be gambled.
Then he shook his head and said, "This chip is not enough, you are asking me to gamble whether Hu Ling will retaliate.
However, it can be confirmed that there is a high possibility that Lu Jianshan will not intervene. Killing Hu Yi can be discussed, but you need to increase your bargaining chips. Simply getting the brocade box is far from enough."
